Little mysteries : nine miniature puzzles to confuse, enthrall, and delight

Gran, Sara, author.

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"Who destroyed Professor Wolf's prize-winning tomatoes? What's behind the mysterious goings-on at Killington Manor? And why does life sometimes feel like we're stuck in a mystery, with few clues and no solutions? In her first collection of short stories, Sara Gran explores what detective stories mean and why we need them. With Claire DeWitt and more."-- Back cover.

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DeWitt, Claire (Fictitious character) Fiction

Detectives Fiction

Women private investigators Fiction

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Detective and mystery fiction Short stories

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ISBN:

9798990695504 (trade paperback)
9798990695504

Edition:

First edition paperback

Description:

270 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

9 miniature puzzles to confuse, enthrall, and delight

Contents:

Five-minute mystery : the case of the mysterious Dr. Crowley, or, fuck this world indeed!
The mystery of the mycelial net that will sometimes, somehow, if we're lucky, catch us when we fall
The good smell of New York City/the ocean-salted air
The case of the jewel in the lotus, or, the mystery you will never quite solve, but if you're lucky, will come a little closer to every day until death
One-minute mystery : the case of the razor's edge between life and death
The case of the blood on the snow
Choose your own heartbreak
Cynthia Silverton & the Charnel House grounds
The mystery at Killington Manor, or, the feeling of seeing clear blue sky after being lost in the woods
Ten-second mystery : how you never seem to get exactly what you want, but somehow time moves monstrously forward anyway

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3370924

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