If you like Sherlock Holmes(or really any good fictional crime books) this anthology of lost murder mysteries is for you! In The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, you will find authors and characters that were lost to the pages of history like Andrew Forrester Jr.’s Mrs. G or Charles W. Chestnut’s Sheriff Campbell. These storiesContinue reading “The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries”
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Murder on the Orient Express
Plot: This book was written by Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot is on a train in Europe, when a snowdrift blocks the railroad tracks and derails the train. A passenger known only as Mr. Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, with his window open and his door locked from the inside. Poirot,Continue reading “Murder on the Orient Express”
Heroes
Plot: Its 1941, and everything is just right in the United States. While Europe is in a World War, Uncle Sam is enjoying a moment of peace. This book is about two fictional characters, Frank and Stanley. Frank and Stanley are best friends. They both live on Ford Island, next to Pearl Harbor on theContinue reading “Heroes”
They Called Themselves The K.K.K: The Birth of An American Terrorist Group
Plot:The period after the American Civil War was almost as volatile as the war itself. Newly freed slaves would try to use their civil rights, only to be harassed and persecuted by scared and angry whites, including police, democrats, former confederate soldiers, and former slave owners. Six of these angry young men would form aContinue reading “They Called Themselves The K.K.K: The Birth of An American Terrorist Group”
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