Little mysteries : nine miniature puzzles to confuse, enthrall, and delight
Gran, Sara2025
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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 lifesometimes feel like we're stuck in a mystery, with few clues and nosolutions? In her first collection of short stories, Sara Gran explores what detective stories mean and why we need them."--
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Author:
Gran, Sara, author
Imprint:
Los Angeles : Dreamland Books, 2025.
Collation:
270 pages ; 21 cm.
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 deathThe case of the blood on the snowChoose 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.
ISBN:
9798990695504 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
8832357
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