Новости Флибусты - Донна Эндрюс

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 130, Nos. 3 & 4. Whole Nos. 793 & 794, September/October 2007 - Эд Горман - Детективы

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:38:10 GMT

Gone Gull - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Wed, 16 May 2018 13:59:48 GMT

Andrews soars into summer with Gone Gull, a crafty adventure in the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series.

Sometimes you have to ruffle a few feathers to solve a murder mystery.

Meg Langslow is spending the summer at the brand-new Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordelia run the studios. But someone is committing acts of vandalism. Is it the developers who have found a new tactic to pressure Cordelia into finally selling the property? Or is the real target Meg's grandfather, who points out that any number of environmentally irresponsible individuals could have it in for him - and his flock of gulls? Then, just as Meg seems to be making headway in her search for the culprit, a dead body turns up at the center. A murderer is waiting in the wings... Does Meg have what it takes to turn this case into a soaring success?

Duck the Halls - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Mon, 14 May 2018 05:14:04 GMT

A few nights before Christmas, Meg is awakened when Michael is summoned to the New Life Baptist Church, where someone has rigged a cage full of skunks in the choir loft. The lengthy process of de-skunking the church requires its annual pre-Christmas concert to relocate to Trinity Episcopal, despite the protests of Mr. Vess, an elderly vestryman.

Meanwhile, when Meg helps her grandfather take the skunks to the zoo, they discover that his boa has been stolen - only to turn up later during the concert slithering out from the ribbon-bedecked evergreens. It's clear that some serious holiday pranksters are on the loose, and Meg is determined to find them. But before she can, a fire breaks out at Trinity, and Mr. Vess is discovered dead.

How the Finch Stole Christmas! - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sun, 13 May 2018 01:12:52 GMT

As in her previous Christmas mysteries, SixGeese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and The Nightingale Before Christmas, Andrews continues to write "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail).

New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews takes us home to Caerphilly for the holidays in her new hilarious Christmas mystery How the Finch Stole Christmas!

Meg's husband has decided to escalate his one-man show of Dickens' A Christmas Carol into a full-scale production with a large cast including their sons Jamie and Josh as Tiny Tim and young Scrooge and Meg helping as stage manager.

The show must go on, even if the famous - though slightly over-the-hill - actor who's come to town to play the starring role of Scrooge has brought a sleigh-load of baggage and enemies with him. And why is Caerphilly suddenly overrun with a surplus of beautiful caged finches?

How the Finch Stole Christmas! is guaranteed to put the "ho ho hos" into the holidays of cozy lovers everywhere with its gut-bustingly funny mystery.

Some Like It Hawk - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 11 May 2018 04:40:42 GMT

Meg helps run Caerphilly's summer arts and crafts festival while trying to smoke out a murderer--turn up the heat, because Some Like it Hawk!

The hilariously funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the award-winning New York Times bestselling series that has captured human and avian hearts alike. Meg Langslow is plying her blacksmith's trade at "Caerphilly Days," a festival inspired by her town's sudden notoriety as "The Town That Mortgaged Its Jail." The lender has foreclosed on all Caerphilly's public buildings, and all employees have evacuated --except one. Phineas Throckmorton, the town clerk, has been barricaded in the courthouse basement for over a year.

Mr. Throckmorton's long siege has only been possible because of a pre-Civil War tunnel leading from the courthouse basement to a crawl space beneath the bandstand. The real reason for Caerphilly Days is to conceal the existence of the tunnel: the tourist crowds camouflage supply deliveries, and the ghastly screeching of the tunnel's rusty trap door is drowned out by as many noisy activities as the locals can arrange. But the lender seems increasingly determined to evict Mr. Throckmorton--and may succeed after one of its executives is found shot, apparently from inside the basement. Meg and her fellow townspeople suspect that someone hopes to end the siege by framing Mr. Throckmorton. Unless the real killer can be found quickly, the town will have to reveal the secret of the tunnel--and the fact that they've been aiding and abetting the basement's inhabitant. Meg soon deduces that the killer isn't just trying to end the siege but to conceal information that would help the town reclaim its buildings--if the townspeople can find it before the lender destroys it in a gut-busting caper that will have giggles and guffaws coming as fast as a four-alarm fire.

The Hen of the Baskervilles - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Thu, 10 May 2018 04:36:27 GMT

A dastardly murder and the kidnapping of a prize chicken threaten to ruin Caerphilly’s state fair—fortunately, Meg Langslow is on the case of The Hen of the Baskervilles

The newest mystery in Donna Andrews's gut-bustingly funny, award-winning, New York Times bestselling series is anything but elementary. Meg Langslow is helping Mayor Randall Shiffley organize the Virginia Un-Fair, Caerphilly’s entry in the race to replace the old state fair (which has gone bankrupt). Before a line can even form outside the ticket booth, however, a pair of Bantam Russian Orloff chickens are stolen from their coop in the chicken tent. Soon, a rash of vandalism crops up at the fair, showing no heritage farm animal, prize vegetable, or artisanal craft to be safe.

While patrolling the fairgrounds, determined to catch the perp, Meg runs into her friend Molly, who has been building a successful business making goat cheeses. Molly is terrified that she may lose her farm because her idle husband Brett has left her for Genette Sedgewick, a rich hobby winemaker, and is demanding his half of the land. Meg enlists Mother's help to find Molly a divorce lawyer, but later that night, Brett is found murdered and Molly is swiftly accused as his killer.

Meg is convinced that her friend wouldn’t so much as harm a fly, but can she find the real killer before it’s too late? Will she track down the vandal who has been terrorizing—however creatively—the fair’s participants? And will Michael be able to convince her to add members of his new favorite heritage breed to their growing menagerie? Meg’s most hilarious caper yet, the curious incident of the hen in the nighttime will have readers rolling on the floor with laughter.

Lord of the Wings - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Wed, 9 May 2018 04:19:58 GMT

It's another holiday and Mayor Randall Shiffley has turned Caerphilly, Virginia, into Spooky City, USA. The residents are covering every window with cobwebs and roaming the streets in costume to entertain the tourists, and Meg's grandfather is opening a new 'Creatures of the Night' exhibit in the zoo. When a real body at the zoo and a suspicious fire at the Haunted House threaten to mar the town's creepy fun, it's up to Meg Langslow to save Halloween.

Die Like an Eagle - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Tue, 8 May 2018 07:40:08 GMT

The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The nineteenth book in her New York Times best-selling series continues to surprise and delight in this next knee-slapping adventure featuring Meg Langslow and all the eccentric characters that make up her world.

Meg is Team Mom and Michael is coach of their twin sons' youth baseball team, the Caerphilly Eagles. Meg tangles with Biff Brown, the petty, vindictive league head. On opening day, Biff's lookalike brother is found dead in the porta-potty at the ball field. So many people think Biff's scum that it would be easy to blame him, but he has an alibi--and Meg suspects he may actually have been the intended victim.

With Die Like an Eagle, readers can look forward to another zany Meg Langslow mystery--this one filled with the spirit of America's pastime and Donna's eagle eye.

Like Meg Langslow, the blacksmith heroine of her series, Donna Andrews was born and raised in Yorktown, Virginia. She introduced Meg to readers in her Malice Domestic Contest-winning first mystery, Murder with Peacocks, and readers are still laughing. This novel swept up the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and a Romantic Times award for best first novel, and a Lefty for funniest mystery.

The Nightingale Before Christmas - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Mon, 7 May 2018 03:59:11 GMT

As the holidays draw near in Caerphilly, Mother volunteers to take part in in a big Christmas-themed decorator show house - each room of a temporarily untenanted house is decorated to the hilt by a different decorator for the public to tour. Of course, Mother insists that Meg pitch in with the organization, and she finds herself surrounded by flamboyant personalities with massive egos clashing and feeling their professional reputations are at stake. Then the rooms start to be sabotaged, and an unfortunate designer turns up dead—making Mother a prime suspect. Can Meg catch the real killer in time to save Mother the indignity of arrest?

The brilliantly funny and talented Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. Cozies make excellent stocking-stuffers, and The Nightingale Before Christmas is guaranteed to put the "ho ho hos" into the holidays for the legions of fans hungry for another Christmas book featuring Meg Langslow. Donna has won many awards for this very popular series, and continues to come up with new hilarious adventures for her endearing heroine. The novel is full of superb screwball comedy as well as Donna's trademark crisp plotting, not to mention bushels of holiday cheer--it wouldn't be the most wonderful time of the year without it.

The Good, the Bad, and the Emus - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sun, 6 May 2018 14:19:06 GMT

Meg's paternal grandfather has hired Stanley Denton to find her grandmother Cordelia. Stanley has found a trail to his long-lost love in a small town a short drive away. He convinces Meg to come with him to meet her, but unfortunately, the woman they meet is Cordelia's cousin - Cordelia died several years ago, and the cousin suspects she was murdered by her long-time neighbor. Stanley and Meg agree to help track down the killer. Grandfather even has perfect cover: he - along with most of Meg's family and friends in Caerphilly - will stage a rescue of the feral emus and ostriches that infest this town. But then the neighbor is murdered, and not only Cordelia's cousin but also the entire contingent of emu-rescuers are suspects.

Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder! - Марсия Талли - Детективы

Mon, 5 Sep 2016 13:32:05 GMT

An anthology of stories edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman and Marcia Talley
The latest installment in the Chesapeake Crimes mystery series focuses on working stiffs – literally! Included in this collection are new tales by: Shari Randall, C. Ellett Logan, Karen Cantwell, E. B. Davis, Jill Breslau, David Autry, Harriette Sackler, Barb Goffman, Ellen Herbert, Smita Harish Jain, Leone Ciporin, Cathy Wiley, Donna Andrews, Art Taylor. Foreword by Elaine Viets.

Волосок зверя - Донна Эндрюс - Ужасы

Sat, 5 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT

Их герои — ВЕРВОЛЬФЫ.
Волки-оборотни, охотящиеся на улицах крупных городов.
Единственные порождения Ночи, способные достойно соперничать с «аристократами Тьмы» — вампирами.
Сборник «Волкогуб и омела» будет интересен и старым поклонникам этих авторов — ведь в рассказах и новеллах, вошедших в него, действуют всеми любимые герои их сериалов — и читателям, только-только знакомящимся с произведениями этого нового, но уже имеющего миллионы и миллионы поклонников жанра…
Посвящается мохнатым созданиям, которые разнообразят нам жизнь, и не только в полнолуние: пуделям и хорькам, мышам и боксерам, морским свинкам и большим белым котам.
Всего вам вкусного!

Волкогуб и омела - Патриция Бриггз - Ужасы

Wed, 5 Dec 2012 17:23:25 GMT

Месть кованых фламинго - Донна Эндрюс - Иронический детектив, дамский детективный роман

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:16:17 GMT

Кто из модных дизайнеров откажется от потрясающего заказа — создать серию стилизованных под старину статуэток фламинго, которым предстоит стать СЕНСАЦИЕЙ великосветского костюмированного бала?
Только не Мэг Ленгслоу!
Но она и предположить не могла, что один из ее шедевров будет использован в качестве ОРУДИЯ УБИЙСТВА — убийства, повергшего в шок всех гостей!
Полиция теряется в догадках — ведь ПОЧТИ У ВСЕХ приглашенных были и возможность, и желание отправить жертву на тот свет…
Задетая за живое, Мэг начинает СОБСТВЕННОЕ РАССЛЕДОВАНИЕ!..

Доставлено: убийство - Донна Эндрюс - Детективная фантастика

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:59:10 GMT

Кто только не выступал в роли частного детектива!
Старушки, школьники, домохозяйки, писатели, адвокаты!
Но ТАКОГО частного детектива в мире еще НЕ БЫЛО!
Дело об убийстве блестящего программиста ведет… ВИРТУАЛЬНАЯ ЛИЧНОСТЬ!
Искусственный разум, расследующий вполне РЕАЛЬНОЕ преступление?
Да!
Но… КАК ТАКОЕ ВОЗМОЖНО?
Если виртуальная личность — ЖЕНЩИНА, возможно ВСЕ!

We’ll Always Have Parrots - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:13:40 GMT

Meg Langslow knew the fan convention for her actor-boyfriend's hit television series was going to be the ultimate in weird. But she came along because she figured Michael could use an occasional dose of sanity-and because it was an inspired place to sell her hand-crafted weapons. And so far, she was dealing pretty well with the costumed fans camped outside, the batch of escaped parrots and monkeys frolicking throughout the hotel...and the minefield of egos lurking behind the show's success.

But soon after Meg goes head-to-head with egomaniacal series star Tamerlaine Wynncliffe-Jones, the "Queen B" turns up brutally murdered. Now, with Michael in the running as prime suspect, Meg will go up against an all-star cast of not-even-innocent parties, hidden identities, and buried motives. And she'll cross swords with a deviously obsessed murderer determined to write her out of this picture for good.

Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 2 Jun 2012 06:56:02 GMT

Poor Meg Langslow. She's blessed in so many ways. Michael, her boyfriend, is a handsome, delightful heartthrob who adores her. She's a successful blacksmith, known for her artistic wrought-iron creations. But somehow Meg's road to contentment is more rutted and filled with potholes than seems fair.
There are Michael's and Meg's doting but demanding mothers, for a start. And then there's the fruitless hunt for a place big enough for the couple to live together. And a succession of crises brought on by the well-meaning but utterly wacky demands of her friends and family. Demands that Meg has a hard time refusing-which is why she's tending the switchboard of Mutant Wizards, where her brother's computer games are created, and handling all the office management problems that no one else bothers with. For companionship, besides a crew of eccentric techies, she has a buzzard with one wing-who she must feed frozen mice thawed in the office microwave-and Michael's mother's nightmare dog. Not to mention the psychotherapists who refuse to give up their lease on half of the office space, and whose conflicting therapies cause continuing dissension. This is not what Meg had in mind when she agreed to help her brother move his staff to new offices.
In fact, the atmosphere is so consistently loony that the office mail cart makes several passes through the reception room, with the office practical joker lying on top of it pretending to be dead, before Meg realizes that he's become the victim of someone who wasn't joking at all. He's been murdered for real.
Donna Andrews's debut book, Murder with Peacocks, won the St. Martin's Malice Domestic best first novel contest and reaped a harvest of other honors as well. This is the fourth book in the Meg Langslow series, which features the intrepid Meg and her cast of oddball relatives. Their capers are a lighthearted joy to read.

Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 2 Jun 2012 06:50:34 GMT

Every year, Yorktown, Virginia, relives its role in the Revolutionary War by celebrating the anniversary of the British surrender in 1781. This year, plans include a re-enactment of the original battle and a colonial craft fair. Meg Langslow has returned to her home town for the festivities--and to sell her wrought-iron works of art. Except, of course, for the pink-painted flamingos she reluctantly made for her mother's best friend--she's hoping to deliver them secretly, so she won't get a reputation as "the blacksmith who makes those cute wrought-iron flamingos."

Besides, she has taken on another responsibility--making sure none of her fellow crafters ruin the historical authenticity of the fair with forbidden modern devices--like wrist watches, calculators, or cell phones. She's only doing it to keep peace with the mother of the man she loves. And Michael himself will don the white-and-gold uniform of a French officer for the re-enactment--what actor could resist a role like that?

Meg's also trying to keep her father from scaring too many tourists with his impersonation of an 18th century physician. And to prevent a snooping reporter from publishing any stories about local scandals. Not to mention saving her naive brother, Rob, from the clutches of a con man who might steal the computer game he has invented. It's a tough job--at least, until the swindler is found dead, slain in Meg's booth with one of her own wrought-iron creations.

Now Meg must add another item to her already lengthy to do list: "Don't forget to solve the murder!"

Fortunately, the more trouble Meg faces, the more fun the reader will have--and Meg faces plenty of trouble in this lighthearted and funny novel.

Murder With Puffins - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 2 Jun 2012 06:47:49 GMT

Meg Langslow is back for another loony adventure in the latest installment of Andrews' bird series. Although the author's dry humor and offbeat characters are much more entertaining than her mystery plots, enough happens in these stories to hold readers' interest. This time Meg and her boyfriend, Michael, head to the remote island of Monhegan, off the coast of Maine. Meg's hopes for a romantic interlude are blown away when a hurricane hits the island. Compounding matters, she discovers that her entire family is staying at the normally empty family cottage, and the island is being overrun by birdwatchers. The final blow comes when one of Meg's mother's old beaus is found murdered, making Meg's father a suspect. As Meg and Michael investigate, they learn a great deal about the colorful inhabitants of Monhegan--both human and avian. The puffin angle proves very amusing, especially as it is manifested in the character of Rhapsody, a weird children's book author who writes about the "Happy Puffin Family." An enjoyable flight of fancy.

Murder With Peacocks - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 22:20:33 GMT

When Meg Langslow is roped into being a bridesmaid for the nuptials of her mother, her brother's fiancee, and her own best friend, she is apprehensive. Getting the brides to choose their outfits and those of their bridesmaids (and not change their minds three days later), trying to capture the principals long enough to work out details, and even finding peacocks to strut around the garden during the ceremony--these are things Meg can handle. She can brush off the unfortunate oaf who is smitten with her, and take philosophically her disappointment when she learns that the only eligible man in her small Virginia town (and a delightful hunk he is) is of questionable sexual preference. But even Meg is taken aback when the unpleasant former sister-in-law of Meg's soon-to-be stepfather disappears and is later found dead.

Well, that's one way to zip up a wedding, and Andrews does a fine job of making the three celebrations more fun and more unusual than anything you've ever read in Ann Landers.

Stork Raving Mad - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:27:01 GMT

Swan for the Money - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:25:08 GMT

Swan for the Money - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:22:19 GMT

Six Geese A-Slaying - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:19:14 GMT

Six Geese A-Slaying - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:18:19 GMT

Cockatiels at Seven - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:15:05 GMT

Cockatiels at Seven - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:13:21 GMT

Penguin Who Knew Too Much - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:11:55 GMT

Penguin Who Knew Too Much - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:10:55 GMT

Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:08:07 GMT

Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:05:24 GMT

Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingoes - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:18:20 GMT

Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingoes - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:11:22 GMT

Murder with Puffins - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:02:48 GMT

Murder with Puffins - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:56:43 GMT

Murder with Peacocks - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:25:52 GMT

Murder with Peacocks - Донна Эндрюс - Детективы

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:07:59 GMT

Powers of Detection - Саймон Грин - Триллер

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:42:38 GMT

An anthology of stories
This one-of-a-kind collection features stories from some of the biggest names in mystery and fantasy-blending the genres into a unique hybrid where PIs may wear wizard's robes and criminals may really be monsters.
Sit in on a modern-day witch's trial, visit the halls of a magical boarding school with murder on the curriculum, spend some time with Sookie Stackhouse, visit London 's hidden world of the Nightside, and become spellbound with eight more tales of magical mystery.

Wolfsbane and Mistletoe - Патриция Бриггз - Триллер

Sun, 16 May 2010 14:09:44 GMT

The editors of Many Bloody Returns deliver the perfect howl-iday gift, with new tales from Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn, and many more.
New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Keri Arthur, and Carrie Vaughn — along with eleven other masters of the genre — offer all-new stories on werewolves and the holidays, a fresh variation on the concept that worked so well with birthdays and vampires in Many Bloody Returns.
The holidays can bring out the beast in anyone. They are particularly hard for lycanthropes. Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner have harvested the scariest, funniest and saddest werewolf tales by an outstanding pack of authors, best read by the light of a full moon with a silver bullet close at hand.
Whether wolfing down a holiday feast (use your imagination) or craving some hair of the dog on New Year's morning, the werewolves in these frighteningly original stories will surprise, delight, amuse, and scare the pants off readers who love a little wolfsbane with their mistletoe.