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Mystery and Suspense in Creative Writing
Author: Jacek Dąbała
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 3643902077
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mystery and Suspense in Creative Writing presents a systematic analysis of a very important aspect of writing by integrating it with journalistic, media, and communication studies. The book examines the specific rules for creating intrigue and suspense, and confronts their universal features with selected literary texts. The individual texts emphasize the importance of understanding the emotions through transformation of various archetypes. The rules postulated by creative writing for building drama and tension in such texts often deal with this profound issue. They are thus not an end in themselves, but actually lead to more mature writing. Therefore, they essentially contribute to developing one's creative talent and communication skills. The paradigm of creative writing serves to shape the creativity of students of various disciplines, including not only literary studies and journalism, but also such diverse areas as medicine and information technology. (Series: International Studies in Hermeneutics and Phenomenology - Vol. 7)
Mystery, Intrigue and Suspense
Men of Mystery
Author: Sean Meriwether
Publisher: Southern Tier Editions
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781560236634
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of 16 stories about gay men's 'obsessions' with mobsters, hit men and shadowy spirits from the other side, delivering powerful short fiction that explores the seedier side of gay sexual adventure.
Despite Chaos
Author: Stacy Lynn Miller
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2021-12-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1642474150
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Alexandra Castle hides the brightest part of herself. As the heir-apparent to the Castle Resort empire, her only fault—according to her controlling father—is that she’s gay. Keeping her sexuality hidden seems a small price to pay for upholding the family image. When Alex’s father pits her against her twin brother in a high-stakes competition to choose who will take over the company upon his retirement, Alex knows she’s got what it takes to win. Until an ex-lover reappears and threatens to destroy her life. Tyler Falling hides the darkest part of herself. On the surface, she’s a put-together middle-class wife and mother. In reality, she’s broken from a sexual assault twelve years earlier. When Tyler unexpectedly comes face-to-face with her rapist, a deep family secret surfaces and jeopardizes the life she’s created. With both their worlds crumbling, Alex and Tyler escape to Napa where a brief, anonymous encounter sparks a mutual infatuation, changing the trajectory of their lives. Living a lie is no longer an option, but can an improbable romance bloom amid embezzlement, blackmail, and self-exploration? Content note: the book contains one brief description of a sexual assault. Book One in the Falling Castles Series.
The Fiancée
Author: Kate White
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2021-06-29
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0062945424
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A tense, simmering, fast-paced mystery.”—Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest and The Girl from Widow Hills The New York Times bestselling author returns with an unsettling but riveting psychological thriller about a captivating woman who joins a family and threatens to upend their picture-perfect lives. They had everything they needed for a perfect family vacation: close-knit relatives, a bucolic setting . . . and a murderer in their midst? Summer’s looking forward to a break from hustling for acting work in Manhattan when she, her husband Gabe, and Gabe’s nine-year-old son arrive at the annual family get-together at her in-laws’ sprawling estate. On the agenda are leisurely gourmet meals, tennis matches, and plenty of relaxation by the pool. But this year, Gabe’s brother Nick has invited his new flame Hannah, whom Summer immediately recognizes from a few years before. Oddly, her brother-in-law’s girlfriend claims not to know her. Yet she charms the other family members, and after Nick announces that he’s proposed to Hannah, Summer doesn’t have much choice but to grin and bear it. Then the reunion is rocked by tragedy when a family member is found dead. Though the doctors attribute the loss to natural causes, a grieving Summer fears that the too-good-to-be-true Hannah is involved, even as Gabe dismisses her suspicions. How far will Summer go to expose the truth? As she investigates just what Nick’s fiancée might have done to keep her perfect image intact, she begins to fear that the first death might only be the beginning . . .
Suspense and Sensibility Or, First Impressions Revisited
Author: Carrie Bebris
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2005-02
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0765305097
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pemberley newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Darcy identify a seemingly ideal suitor for Elizabeth's younger sister, a situation that turns bizarre when the young man's personality undergoes a radical change.
Two Knights Tango
Author: Tagan Shepard
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2022-02-01
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 164247424X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →I’ll see you in Chicago. Those words echoed in Marisol Soltero’s mind as she sprinted across Bogota. Back in Chicago, she waited outside Governor Sabrina Sloane’s luxury condo, needing to see the woman she loved return to safety. But Sabrina didn’t return. Not to Chicago and not to Marisol. That was six months ago. Now a series of disappearances in Humboldt Park provide the distraction Marisol needs. Her people are going missing. Snatched off the street right under her nose. Clues are sparse, but Marisol’s gut tells her the culprit is her old enemy. Governor Sabrina Sloane has become a shadow of herself. She haunts the halls of the Governor’s Mansion, both her work and personal life flooded with nightmares. She knows Marisol is in danger, perhaps even more now that she’s back in Chicago, and Sloane will do anything it takes to keep the woman she loves safe. Even if it means confronting the man at the center of her nightmares. But when two chess pieces are directed at the same enemy, they can get in each other’s way. If Marisol and Sabrina get the moves right, they could tango back into each other’s arms. If not, all of Chicago could pay the price.
Maisie Dobbs
Author: Jacqueline Winspear
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2014-06-03
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1616954078
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." —Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the remarkably bright youngster under her wing. Lady Rowan's friend, Maurice Blanche, often retained as an investigator by the European elite, recognized Maisie’s intuitive gifts and helped her earn admission to the prestigious Girton College in Cambridge, where Maisie planned to complete her education. The outbreak of war changed everything. Maisie trained as a nurse, then left for France to serve at the Front, where she found—and lost—an important part of herself. Ten years after the Armistice, in the spring of 1929, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator, one who has learned that coincidences are meaningful, and truth elusive. Her very first case involves suspected infidelity but reveals something very different. In the aftermath of the Great War, a former officer has founded a working farm known as The Retreat, that acts as a convalescent refuge for ex-soldiers too shattered to resume normal life. When Fate brings Maisie a second case involving The Retreat, she must finally confront the ghost that has haunted her for over a decade.
The Professor's Mystery
Author: Wells Hastings
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-04-25
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Young Professor Crosby planned to spend the summer abroad. Having missed his boat to Europe, he gets on a train and meets a young lady he had met once earlier at a party. While on the train, they discover they are attracted to each other but don't admit it. On the way, there's an accident, leaving the girl a bit shaken. He offers to take her to her house, where he is invited to spend the night as it is already late. But the mystery starts when he is asked to leave without reason. Why was he asked to leave suddenly? What secret does the household seem to be hiding?
