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![]() | Deadly Endplay A Pemberton Bridge Club Mystery by Ken Allan List Price: If Miss Marple's village had boasted a bridge club, it might have been very like the one in Pemberton, the North Ontario setting for this Canadian mystery novel. The story evokes the slow pace of life in a small rural town, and whether there even was a murder is part of the mystery. The game of bridge is closely interwoven with the lives of the people in Pemberton -- we meet the characters partly . . . read more. |
![]() | Deadly Hold-up by Jim Priebe List Price: Art Fraser, the bridge-playing detective who made his debut in Takeout Double, has left Buffalo and moved his new family to Florida, where he is setting up as a private investigator. However, he's soon called back North to Boston, where a robbery at the ACBL Fall Nationals has left one man dead and a whole lot of money missing. The local homicide cops aren't overjoyed to have Fraser involved, but . . . read more. |
![]() | Death In Duplicate by Carole Coplea List Price: A mysterious illness...two dead bridge...players--what's going on at Kensington College? Detective Christina DiLongo's investigation leads her to a close scrutiny of the bridge club and its members. But would anyone really commit murder over a bridge game? . . . read more. |
![]() | Double Elimination: A Bridge Mystery by Jim Priebe List Price: Art Fraser, the bridge-playing detective who made his debut in Takeout Double, is faced with a new mystery. Bodies are coming to light in cottage country in upper New York state, and once again bridge seems to be an intrinsic part of the case. Fraser has to wrestle with problems in his personal life too, as he faces career and family decisions at the same time as he is tracking down a ruthless ki . . . read more. |
![]() | I Shot My Bridge Partner by Matthew Granovetter List Price: This is the second title in the Bridge Mystery trilogy. Like its predecessor, Murder at the Bridge Table, it's a mystery and a bridge textbook all in one, and does both exceptionally well. The first book in the series concentrated on duplicate bridge strategy, while this one centers on rubber bridge - the form of the game played socially. . . . read more. |
![]() | Murder at the Bridge Table by Matthew Granovetter List Price: This book is a mystery and a bridge textbook all in one, and it accomplishes both exceptionally well. Based on the author's own experiences, and set in and around a Manhattan bridge club, the story includes many real-life characters whose names will be familiar to readers. First in a set that includes I Shot my Bridge Partner. . . . read more. |
![]() | Shades Of Grey A Pemberton Bridge Club Mystery by Ken Allan List Price: The members of the Pemberton Bridge Club, along with the wickedly funny Jay's Nest bridge columns, were first introduced in Ken Allen's debut novel, Deadly Endplay. This sequel addresses something worse, for the bridge players, than a mysterious death - the growing suspicion that someone in their midst is systematically cheating. When retired policeman Dan Cogan begins to investigate, he finds . . . read more. |
![]() | Takeout Double: A Bridge Mystery by Jim Priebe List Price: Bob Smithers is dead, although few in the tournament bridge scene will shed any tears. Art Fraser, the ambitious police lieutenant assigned to the case, knows the bridge world well. He reckons that should give him the inside track on cracking his first homicide investigation, the one that will bring him the promotion he wants so much. But Smithers made enemies easily, both at the bridge table and . . . read more. |
![]() | The Great Bridge Conspiracy by Terry Quinn List Price: The Great Bridge Conspiracy chronicles the espionage and card playing exploits of Captain Diggery Piper -- a flamboyant expert first created by Terry Quinn for a serial in Games Magazine. Just as Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and Nabokov's The Defense are structured in accordance with the rules and logic of chess, so Quinn has patterned the action of this swift-paced, suspenseful tale on th . . . read more. |
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