Sentences with phrase «mystery of a detective story»

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P. D. James admits that one of the reasons she began to write mysteries was the importance of the plot, saying that she chose a detective theme for her first book because she enjoyed reading detective stories for relaxation.

Knowing of my interest in crime fiction and detective stories my late father - in - law, John Thynne — who had supported Arsenal from before the war — was always talking about a film made in 1939 called The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.

I can remember playing Barbies with my friend and we would use the dolls to act out detective stories and solve mysteries (there may have been a lot of Nancy Drew reading going on...).

In the classic Sherlock Holmes story «Silver Blaze,» the famed detective solves a murder mystery by noticing something that does not happen: a watchdog's failure to bark in the middle of the night.

The detective story began at Cambridge University seven years ago, when Tjeerd van Andel and a team of paleoclimatologists started combing through environmental and archaeological data to try to solve an old mystery: Why did Neanderthals vanish from Europe 28,000 years ago?

and then you look at them and it's like one big long mystery story of the beginning of life and it has many interesting threads that these scientist detectives are rolling along to try to uncover the clues.

There's a wide variety of criminal mysteries to decode as the story unfolds, most of which require you to do your own bit of detective work, much like the Phoenix Wright series asks of you.

Interesting considering Netflix's recent hit show, Ozark, True Detective season three will «tell the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods.»

It's only in its overwritten second act that Death Spa gets bogged down, spending time with a pair of cynical police detectives, a paranormal investigator, and Michael's lawyer, and developing half - assed plot threads in the corresponding genres of murder mystery, ghost story, and corporate thriller.

Writer - director Shane Black's horribly enjoyable action comedy The Nice Guys is an jauntily arch return to this tradition, the story of two dishevelled and incompetent private detectives in 1970s Los Angeles — played by Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling — who have been expensively tasked with solving the mystery surrounding the death of a missing porn actress, and what other kind of fascinatingly damaged female character can there be?

Detective Pikachu Pre-Load Now Available Detective Pikachu also received a segment focusing a little more on the story of the game that sees you team up with a deep - voiced Pikachu as you unravel the mystery behind the strange behaviours of the Pokemon of the city.

Follow the story of Detective David Young, who has the curious ability to dive back in time, and use the power of Kinect or your controller to help David solve the mystery of his murdered wife and prevent it from ever occurring.

Think of it as a slacker «The Big Sleep,» a shaggy dog parody of classic L.A. detective stories where the passive hero is threatened, confronted, assaulted, seduced, drugged and so completely bummed out that he's forced to solve a mystery so everyone will just leave him alone to enjoy his dope and his Dylan.

Amongst the plethora of television thrillers, mysteries and detective stories, the Nordic Noir genre is undoubtedly the one of the moment.

The story in Detective Pikachu revolves around the adolescent Tim Goodman teaming up with his father's Pikachu (identifiable by his unique Sherlock Holmes style detective cap) to help solve the mystery of why Pokémon are goingDetective Pikachu revolves around the adolescent Tim Goodman teaming up with his father's Pikachu (identifiable by his unique Sherlock Holmes style detective cap) to help solve the mystery of why Pokémon are goingdetective cap) to help solve the mystery of why Pokémon are going berserk.

Dashiell Hammett meets Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery in Lawrence Michael Levine's Wild Canaries, the story of a Brooklyn couple's already troubled relationship thrown for a loop after they engage in some slapstick - y DIY detective work.

That's not to say that U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens (a role Timothy Olyphant was born to play) still hasn't had his hands full with the usual rotating platter of backcountry criminals, but there's been more of a noir - like detective feel to Season Four's story as Givens worked to uncover the secret behind a decades - old mystery involving a man named Drew Thompson.

Much more than just a cop movie spoof, Hot Fuzz does excellent things in toying with audience expectations while scoring points as a murder mystery, a detective drama, a slasher film, a small - town sitcom, and a fish out of water story.

At least that's the official story passed down through the generations; it'll be challenged as the film unfolds, not through a traditional detective story (although there's a mystery element to «Coco») but through an «Alice in Wonderland» journey to the Land of the Dead, which the hero accesses through the tomb of his ancestors.

The teams could write and publish a detective newsletter, mystery story, or newspaper accounts of the gang's exploits or capture, keep travel logs or diaries, or ghostwrite an autobiography of Carmen or one of her gang members.

Lovers of thriller and mystery novels can now access all eight installments of the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace story in e-book format in the United States, making it easier than ever to dive in to this thrilling series.

She is the author of the popular middle - grade mystery series, The Samantha Wolf Mysteries which has hit the best - seller status on Amazon in the children's detective story genre several times and continues to grow in popularity.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh, P. D. James's formidable and fascinating detective, returns to find himself enmeshed in a terrifying story of passion and mystery — and in love.

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.

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Mystery - lovers and those interested in detectives should check out The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective, the fascinating story of the murder of three - year - old Saville Kent at home in rural England in 1860, and one of the first Scotland Yard detectives.

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The Case of the Missing Bubble Gum Card: A Jarvis Mann Private Detective HardBoiled Mystery Short Story (Jarvis Mann Detective Book 1)

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Crime and detective dramas, murder mysteries, some horror, romance (erotica included), urban fiction, stories of espionage and some Science fiction.

Zoe liked the fact that cozy mysteries are able to offer readers a form of escapism that typical detective stories can't.

The E3 2016 demo showed us something we'd seen before in some senses from Quantic Dream, which was a sort of detective story, a mystery.

As a subgenre of crime fiction, detective murder mystery stories have been serving as plotlines for many novels, movies, and television shows.

Murdered: Soul Suspect delivers a pleasing mystery and detective story with an enjoyable cast of characters.

Split across three episodes, the point and click adventure told the story of the possible return of a criminal mastermind and it required all your detective skills to uncover the mysteries within.

Absolutist is the source of best adventure games for PC whether you prefer classic detective games, haunted stories, dark mystery games, treasure hunt and much more.

Being at the death's door, a mystery novelist Adora Graves was obsessed of finishing her last detective story, The Rite of Resurrection.

True to its name, the story is a median for the events that transpires between the two games, continuing to follow the story of Detective Sebastian Castellanos as he dives deep into mysteries that may be driving him mad.

Follow the story of Detective David Young, who has the curious ability to dive back in time, and use the power of Kinect or your controller to help David solve the mystery of his murdered wife and prevent it from ever occurring.

Oulipopo's projects dissected the situational and character tropes of the mystery story and invented new constraints to serve as imagination aids for detective fiction writers.

The brief presents a complex detective mystery; of course, it is a factually meticulous and truthful story.