Showing results for "Tom Adams" in Mystery

Beneath the glitter of Mardi Gras lies the sleaze of Bourbon Street; under the celestial sounds of JazzFest, the nightmare screams of a city once at war within its neighborhoods, but after Hurricane Katrina, seemingly at war with nature and the rest of the country as well. New Orleans is a third world country in itself, a Latin, African, European (and often amoral) culture trapped in a Puritan nation.

In a city full of police controversies, hippie artist punk houses, and overzealous liberals, Portland, Oregon, is a place where even its fiction blurs with its bizarre realities. Brand-new stories by: Gigi Little, Justin Hocking, Christopher Bolton, Jess Walter, Monica Drake, Jamie S. Rich (illustrated by Joelle Jones), Dan DeWeese, Zoe Trope, Luciana Lopez, Karen Karbo, Bill Cameron, Ariel Gore, Floyd Skloot, Megan Kruse, Kimberly Warner-Cohen, and Jonathan Selwood.

This entertaining collection features 13 short mystery stories from some of our finest writers, all based on a piece of music. Editors Claudia Bishop and Don Bruns present the stories with two essays, discussing the short mystery and the musical mystery.

Biff Brewster receives a mysterious, urgent telegram from his uncle, Charles Keene, from Martinique, asking him to come quickly. Biff's parents reluctantly allow Biff to make the trip. During the airline trip, Biff meets another boy, Derek, who looks like Biff. After making friends on the flight, they decide to play a trick on Biff's uncle by exchanging identities. The exchanged identity backfires as Biff is kidnapped by thieves hoping to find and steal a pearl fishery that Dere's father has discovered.

Gab es ihn wirklich? Den sagenumwobenen "schwarzen Abt"? Und noch viel wichtiger: Seinen unermesslich wertvollen Goldschatz? Die Einwohner der Gemeinde Fratton scheinen dies jedenfalls zu glauben. Der Meisterdetektiv verspürt keine große Lust, sich der Suche anzuschließen. Bis man ihn herausfordert und er einfach nicht ablehnen kann.

Eigentlich hätte es ein gemütliches Wochenende am Kamin eines alten Freundes werden sollen. Doch was ist schon gemütlich für einen Mann, der seine freie Zeit an der Seite eines Meisterdetektivs verbringt?