Tar Heel Dead: Tales of Mystery and Mayhem from North Carolina
✍ Scribed by R, Sarah; Shaber (editor)
- Book ID
- 109882979
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0807856045
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
From O. Henry to Lilian Jackson Braun, North Carolina has nurtured some of the world's best-known mystery writers. This unique collection of mystery short stories showcases some of North Carolina's best writing talent from the past and the present--some famous, some less well known. Some of the mysteries are by authors who have earned solid reputations in other genres, such as Orson Scott Card and William Brittain, but as their stories here demonstrate, their talent embraces the mysterious.
The stories in this collection are as diverse as the "detectives" they feature: the Native American policeman who solves his first case on the reservation; a Siamese cat with an intuitive affection for his paraplegic neighbor; an attentive convenience store owner; and a thirty-year-old computer whiz whose body stopped growing when he was nine. They solve crimes, locate treasures, and uncover deceit in a range of tales that reflects the breadth of the genre. With stories to delight...