Death Wore White by Jim Kelly - A Crime Story

Jim Kelly, the winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library Award, lives inCambridgeshire, England. He is the author of The Fire Baby, The Moon Tunnel, The Coldest Blood, The Skeleton Man and The Water Clock that was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award.

“Death Wore White by Jim Kelly” is a horror, thriller and crime story written by Jim where he gives detailed entry to the snowy fens along England’s Norfolk coast. This new series, set in Norfolk, features a duo of cops, unwillingly partnered. DI Peter Shaw is the son of a previous partner of DS George Valentine. They have history and it's not looking good for the partnership. Shaw thinks Valentine is past it, and Valentine thinks Shaw is a stuck-up fast tracked college graduate who has got too big for his boots.

The main story is about Harvey Ellis who sits in a line of traffic on an isolated road along the Norfolk coast, trapped by a fallen tree in a snowstorm. At 8:15 p. m., he is discovered stabbed to death, despite having been in full view of the other drivers the whole time, and the fact that no footprints are seen the snow around his vehicle. From this point, the crime gets into effect.

The detectives involve in this case on the same night they find the dead body of another man washed up on a nearby beach. Before they can get to the depth of either mystery, the dead bodies increases up in number and the case becomes more puzzling. Shaw and Valentine are experiencing the untold tension between them resulting from a twelve-year-old case involving a murdered boy which Valentine worked with Shaw’s father, Jack. Valentine and the senior Shaw were accused of planting evidence in that case and Jack eventually died of heartbreak from disappointment.

While handling with all the murders happening on his watch, Peter is re-investigating the cold case that may clear his father’s name and bring the things back to normal. Now the queries arise like Did Peter finds the culprit? Or did he fail to remove the knots?

In short, the author is taking the readers to thrilling stages at the middle of the story and makes them to walk along with the characters involved in the story.

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The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly - A Writer traps the Criminal

In this story, three issues weave their ways linking to each other. The main plot centers on the murders committed by someone who comes to be known as the Scarecrow. He has a special way of killing, of course, but the police have not threaded the knots as they have settled for the expedient solution. Computers figure heavily into the crimes as they provide a means of identifying potential victims. A major part of the story revolves around the decline of newspaper business and the difficulties it is raising in real life of the hero, Jack McEvoy who had won a Pulitzer for his reporting on The Poet.

Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels who is among that select few authors who seem to always spin gold. The Scarecrow is a 2009 novel written by Michael in which he introduces us to a killer right up front.

Jack is focused on writing about Alonzo Winslow -a 16 year old teen who is being convicted of murdering a Hollywood dancer, but when he discovers that the story is bigger than he thought, and Jack discovers that Alonzo might actually be innocent. Things start to turn as his further investigation brings him back in touch with Rachel, his former lover, whom the FBI had relegated to a backwater office. She has just rehabilitated herself and is now backing in the mainstream of the agency. However, her participation with Jack creates new problems, resulting in her suspension and resignation. While Jack is looking for the killer, the killer is not looking for him because he knows he is coming and is waiting for his kill.

Now the queries arise in the minds of the readers. Did Jack save his job? Will Rachel save hers? Will the Scarecrow be caught?

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Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac - A Teenager’s Love Story

Jack Kerouac, the youngest of three children in a French-Canadian family was born in 1922 in Lowell,Massachusetts. Having left college, he joined the merchant marines and began the restless wanderings that were to continue for the greater part of his life. He is one of the most controversial and best-known writers of his time. His first novel, The Town and the City, followed by his many other books like The Subterraneans, Doctor Sax and Desolation Angels, and more made him more popular. Jack Kerouac died in St. Petersburg, Florida at the age of forty-seven.

"Maggie Cassidy" is the love interest of a teenage boy growing up in Lowell, MA. The base is a basic adolescent love story in a New England mill town. The young narrator is active in sports, hangs out with his friends, and daydreams of being with Maggie -- his love interest.

At the beginning of the story, Young and loveable, Jack Dulouz experiences all the trembling of fear, anxiety and delight as he dreams of making it -- as a football star, and with Maggie Cassidy, his high school sweetheart. He met her at the New Year's Eve Dance at the Rex Ballroom, which makes him crazy about her. But at eighteen, a year older than him, she's giving him a lot of trouble with her capricious sexuality.

In short, this book unfolds the story of Jack and Maggie, in love with the idea of being in love, looking ahead to marriage with hope and anxiety, is told with touching simplicity. It skillfully captures both the intensity and the ordinariness of adolescent life, with its torments and complications and is a beautiful evocation of growing up in America. So did the Romeo fulfill his dreams as a football star? And did he thread himself with his love?

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Constable in Love by Martin Gayford - Exhibiting a Painter’s Love Story

Martin Gayford has been art critic of the Spectator and the Sunday Telegraph. He is currently chief European art critic for Bloomberg and lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.

“Constable in Love” is a romantic story about John Constable -- one of the grand masters of English painting, fell in love with Maria Bicknell, granddaughter of a Suffolk country neighbour, Dr. Rhudde. The story begins with the description of Constable -- his achievements and his family background is also plotted well. In 1800, when he was 24, he met a 12-year-old with a sweet and winsome face, who was visiting her grandfather, the wealthy, rector of the parish. From 1809 onwards, his childhood friendship with Maria Bicknell developed into a deep, mutual love. They soon fell in love and immediately found their plans for future happiness beset with problems since their engagement in 1816 was opposed by Maria's grandfather, who considered the Constables his social inferiors and threatened Maria with disinheritance.

Maria Bicknell was intelligent, attractive, refined and delicate, as befitted the daughter of a well-known and successful London lawyer, Charles. But one of the most important things about her was that she and Constable knew one another from East Bergholt. From Constable’s point of view, she was thus a natural muse, the embodiment of the landscape which was always at the centre of his art. After the rejection of his marriage proposal by Maria’s grandpa, Maria herself pointed out that a penniless marriage would detract from any chances John had of making a career in painting.

Now its upto the hero of this story to bring out himself as a successful individual and to stay connected with his love interest, Maria after such a worse disappointment in his marriage plans. Did he triumphs in his love and career?

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Tropic of Capricorn by Simon Reeve - Insight into the Fascinating Journey

Simon Reeve is a British author and TV anchor. Based in London, he is skilled in international terrorism, conflict resolution, and making travel documentaries in little-known areas of the world.

“Tropic of Capricorn” is a travel categorized book by Simon Reeve that takes the readers on a journey along the tropic of Capricorn line starting in Africa & finishing in Australia. Simon journey doesn't visit only the big well known towns and cities, but also visited most of the places that are well off the beaten track.

In the first part of his journey, Simon travels though Africa and finds out that some countries economies are developing due to trade from China but others are still suffering from murderous omnipotentants and chronic lack of food and good medical facilities. On the journey though Western Australia and the Northern territory, Simon finds out that the Australian farmers and people living in the outback are suffering the most dramatic change in the climate like the chronic shortness of rain and very hot temperatures.

Some of his experiences in meeting different people were also said neatly through out the book. In his journey, the author met miners scrabbling for gems in dark, dangerous tunnels and a British anthropologist who is fighting to save forest communities in South America. He also went hunting with a tribe of former cannibals, traveled the equivalent of half-way up the giant Everest, ate dried caterpillars, and searched for wild honey in the forests of northern Argentina.

Through different experiences that reveal out the traditions of mankind and availability of resources, this book is taking the readers to different places and subjects them the experiences that the author has felt during his journey.

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1000 Things for Kids to do in the Holidays by Ronnie Haydon - A perfect Guide for Children

Ronnie Haydon hails in London and has three children. She has modified Time Out’s annual guideLondon for children since its launch in 2003.

“1000 Things for Kids to Do in the Holidays” is a new guide from Ronnie Haydon that is packed full of ideas for children to keep themselves busy when schooling is temporarily out in vacation. This book is crammed with sights, excursions and events, as well as activities that can be done at home thereby it covers all categories, from the adventurous to the educational, from the eco-friendly to just plain fun.

In this book, the author neatly describes a large variety of diverse events providing when, where and how long they last as well as contact information, cost and whether the event is child-friendly. Also this is a concise guide comprising nine main regions of Britain covering a fantastic variety of local festivals. Moreover the author has suggested some activities like swimming in Loch Ness, watching monkeys in Dorset, building a hedgehog shelter, sleeping in a windmill, viewing the circus shows, learning to drive off-road and more.

Aside of short day-trips and even some overnight ventures, this book has a detailed listings include addresses, websites, admission prices, and payment options for outings. In short, this book is a useful source for parents who can vanish out the boring times of their children by offering hundreds of activities that can be undertaken on weekends, school vacations, or rainy afternoons. So this book gains good credits among the people since it offers tips to keep their children engaged in useful activities thereby teaching them perfect mannerisms.

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Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer - A Detective’s Story

Eoin Colfer is an Irish author and comedian. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also achieved success with other books.

Half Moon Investigations is a children's crime/comedy drama television series created by the BBC and based upon the novel of the same name by the author Eoin Colfer. It frames out a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St. Jeromes. He is also known around school as "Half-Moon" due to his size, has qualified as a private eye after taking Internet classes. He graduated top of his class and received a gold plated detective's shield for his effort. Armed with his prized shield, Fletcher takes on various petty crime cases in his school.

Things were going well, until April Devereux hires him to find a lock of celebrity hair that was stolen from her playhouse. While working on the case, Fletcher gets attacked, and then accused of being an arsonist. One thing leads to another, and he finds himself holding up with Red Sharkey -- son of a local gangster and well-known for his family's criminal reputation. Fletcher Moon knows that this still does not solve the mysteries that included his assault.

Meanwhile, he finds that the link between the crimes was the school, Saint Jerome's. Having looked at information held within Saint Jerome's, it turns out that the affected victims were directly and indirectly linked to the school talent show. Now there is only a short period of time to clear their names and to find the guilty party. Will the thief just be one of the usual suspects? Or Will Fletcher will be declared to be a guilty one?

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