Sentences with phrase «mystery novels while»

I'm not a good companion for languid hours on the beach reading diversionary mystery novels while sipping gin and tonics.

Not exact matches

Researchers Nissim Benvenisty, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and principal co-author of the study, and Ido Sagi, a PhD student, said in a statement that their work also provides a novel way to study human development and may help solve mysteries like why we reproduce sexually, while some other creatures can create offspring by themselves.

While the film does center around two detectives trying to determine who drained the blood and removed the reproductive organs of some young wayward girl, the real mystery is why someone drained the intelligence out of Ellroy's novel, ripping out its soul in favor of glossy, empty - headed vacuousness.

Charlotte Rampling (Stardust Memories, The Verdict) stars as Sarah Morton, a best - selling author of a series of murder mystery novels, who takes up her publisher's offer to stay in his lavish home in France while she draws up inspiration for her next book.

In that way, the film often brings to mind Brooklyn author Jonathan Safran Foer's unbearably contrived 9/11 novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, in which a precocious little boy unlocks a mystery about his father while taking a quirky tour of Manhattan and its varied people.

My paranormal mystery novel GHOSTS OF WITCHES PAST was inspired by a mansion that I stumbled upon while taking a walk in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

Over the course of Stead's 200 - page middle - grade novel, Miranda deals with changing friendships, bullying, racial prejudice directed toward a classmate, a first crush, different income levels within her school — all while solving a mystery that could save her friend's life.

While this new novel solves some of Dune's most baffling mysteries, it presents new puzzles springing from the sands where one day Paul Muad «Dib Atreides will walk.

Deon Meyer's engrossing South African thriller pits Detective Benny Griessel against a mystery that unravels like the threads of a complex tapestry... Because the novel is set in contemporary South Africa, race relations and the legacy of apartheid are an inevitable topic, and Meyer works his social commentary into the story while remaining true to his characters... Thirteen Hours draws to a satisfying conclusion, with answers that prove surprising.

In this debut novel by Rebecca Cantrell, crime reporter Hannah Vogel tries to solve the mystery of her brother's death, hold onto her job and maybe fall in love — all while keeping a low profile.

Between the two sexes, women tend to read more mystery novels and self - inspirational books, while men prefer to read more historical biographies, humanities and social science and sci - fi.

The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney «While the novel's rich subplots are brimming with romance, family pathos and details of Romany culture, The Invisible Ones remains a mystery at heart.»

With its themes of mental illness, physical abuse and dealing with loss By The Time You Read This could be a deeply depressing story, but in fact it's an absolutely riveting character - driven mystery, a thinking - person's novel that tackles big issues sensitively, while reaching the pulse - pounding heights of the best thrillers.

And while most mysteries and crime novels do have a dead body — or 10 — you don't have to die first to go to a mystery convention.

It had some interesting facts, such as Aussies are captivated by mystery novels and they have 63.5 % completion rate, meaning the percentage of books that are read from cover - to - cover, compared to Sci - Fi at 56.5 %, while Non-Fiction entered at 37.8 %.

While the mysteries in the novel are compelling, the pace is slower than what you'd find in traditional mysteries.

While researching the life of the inventor, genius and polymath Nikola Tesla for my novel The Seventh Plague, I came across a mystery surrounding the enigmatic scientist, one that bears relevance even today, as his story dovetails into the life and work of the president - elect's uncle, John G. Trump.

The Lightkeepers upends the traditional structure of a mystery novel - an isolated environment, a limited group of characters who might not be trustworthy, a death that may or may not have been accidental, a balance of discovery and action - while also exploring wider themes of the natural world, the power of loss, and the nature of recovery.

While mystery author Sue Grafton is not on the Kobo Book Report's Bestseller List as featured below, three of her novels make the Most Completed Book List, meaning that hers were more often read from start to finish.

Developmental edits can be time - consuming because the editor is reading your manuscript not only from a typical «editor's» standpoint (fixing grammatical errors), but as a «reader» who is determining whether it is an entertaining book that achieves what it set out to achieve (this will depend on the genre; for example, romance novels want to entice readers with sensual characters and chemistry, while a murder mystery's goal is to instill fear and intrigue in the reader's mind).

Slash your price: This was mentioned in a piece about marketing romance novels a while back, but can and should be used for mysteries and thrillers as well.

«The Temptation of Forgiveness... presents the understated yet razor - sharp investigator with what is possibly his most complex mystery to date, arising from what appears to be a somewhat simple crime that has a particularly tragic result... Once again, Leon gives us that rare novel that will satisfy fans of pure mysteries while entrancing those who are interested in personalities, cultures, and the complexities of life and living.

While it's not quite visual novel and not quite mystery game, it accomplishes the goals of both.

While it was fun creating the mystery novel - like scenario, we had no previous experience in working on such a plot, so we were making adjustments to the storyline until the very end.

The title, Third Girl, refers to the title of Agatha Christie's mystery novel that is about a quintessential triangle of suspects whose ambiguous relationships slowly come into focus while the culprit of the crime is slowly being revealed.

While at Harvard Medical School, Michael Crichton wrote book reviews for the Harvard Crimson and novels under the pseudonyms John Lange and Jeffery Hudson, among them A Case of Need, which won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery in 1969.