Showing 22 items matching " thriller"
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Kelland, Clarence Budington, Archibald the Great : a master thriller, 1950
... Archibald the Great : a master thriller......Thriller...Fiction Western Thriller Clarence Budington Kelland When Archibald Cloyd visited Hollywood as a consultant and expert on a Napoleon film and later went on location with the company in Arizona, the little man met his Waterloo. ...When Archibald Cloyd visited Hollywood as a consultant and expert on a Napoleon film and later went on location with the company in Arizona, the little man met his Waterloo. The black market activities of a gang of tyre thieves, an abandoned gold mine, a kidnapping, a determined widow named Hammer, an attractive young ranch owner, Archibald's own mysterious and resourceful male secretary, and a bizarre assortment of Western and Hollywood characters are all ingredients of a plot that involves Archibald in difficulties as tense as ever encountered by his famous prototype.189p. ; red cover; colour illustration of man on horse being filmed from original dust jacket cut and pated onto front cover; blurb from original dust jacket cut and pasted onto front endpaperfictionWhen Archibald Cloyd visited Hollywood as a consultant and expert on a Napoleon film and later went on location with the company in Arizona, the little man met his Waterloo. The black market activities of a gang of tyre thieves, an abandoned gold mine, a kidnapping, a determined widow named Hammer, an attractive young ranch owner, Archibald's own mysterious and resourceful male secretary, and a bizarre assortment of Western and Hollywood characters are all ingredients of a plot that involves Archibald in difficulties as tense as ever encountered by his famous prototype.fiction, western, thriller, clarence budington kelland -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Kinglake down in thriller and Panton Hill Details, Diamond Valley News, c.1970, 1970c
... Kinglake down in thriller and Panton Hill Details, Diamond Valley News, c.1970...Hughers Digital file only - scanned by EDHS from item on loan Kinglake down in thriller and Panton Hill Details, Diamond Valley News, c.1970 Newspaper clipping ...Panton Hill Football League match results On reverse of clipping "Eltham has new Health Officer" about the appointment of Mr C.J. (Barry) Gaudion in succession to Mr W.U. Hughers who retired the previous month.Digital file only - scanned by EDHS from item on loanc.j. (barry) gaudion, health officer, lew howard collection, match details, panton hill football league, research football club, shire of eltham, w.u. hughers -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionBook, George Alfred Henty, Dorothy's Double, 1894
... ... thriller...He wrote adventure and historical fiction and the works that are the most well-known are The Dragon and the Raven (1886) and Under Drake's Flag (1883) fiction historical fiction thriller Dorothy Hawtrey's life is turned topsy turvy by a rogue enemy who cultivates a poor girl who resembles Dorothy and uses her to impersonate Dorothy. ...Dorothy Hawtrey's life is turned topsy turvy by a rogue enemy who cultivates a poor girl who resembles Dorothy and uses her to impersonate Dorothy. The tale expands to the California gold fields where the double and her captor are eventually discovered. The double turns out to be a long lost sister, the rogue is killed, and all ends well.Dark brown leather bound spine and cover corners. Green cloth-covered board covers. Gold text on spine.fictionDorothy Hawtrey's life is turned topsy turvy by a rogue enemy who cultivates a poor girl who resembles Dorothy and uses her to impersonate Dorothy. The tale expands to the California gold fields where the double and her captor are eventually discovered. The double turns out to be a long lost sister, the rogue is killed, and all ends well.fiction, historical fiction, thriller -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Dean, Robert George, Death at Lover's Leap, 1954
... ...Thriller...Fiction Thriller Robert George Dean American Bloodhound Series No 88 Tony Hunter picked out his man with no difficulty. ...Tony Hunter picked out his man with no difficulty. Jackie Doelen's flashy clothes and over-confident air clashed with the fresh serenity of Maine. Everett Perkins had hired Tony Hunter to find out why this small-time character had been so quickly accepted by his household. Doelen had a hold over somebody and Hunter had to discover what and whom.204p. ; orange cover with original dust jacket cut and pasted on to front cover, featuring man with gun looking into a window.fictionTony Hunter picked out his man with no difficulty. Jackie Doelen's flashy clothes and over-confident air clashed with the fresh serenity of Maine. Everett Perkins had hired Tony Hunter to find out why this small-time character had been so quickly accepted by his household. Doelen had a hold over somebody and Hunter had to discover what and whom.fiction, thriller, robert george dean, american bloodhound series no 88 -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Horler, Sydney, Heart cut diamomd, n.d. [1929]
... ...Thriller...Fiction Thriller Mystery Sydney Horler Crime thriller Stamp 'J.A. & S.C. ...Crime thriller316p. ; red cover with author and title written on spinefictionCrime thrillerfiction, thriller, mystery, sydney horler -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Courage, John (psudonym of Richard Goyne), They all came back, n.d. [1945]
... ...Thriller...Fiction Thriller John Courage Richard Goyne David Cane [series] A mystery/thriller novel written by British author Richard Goyne, published under his pseudonym John Courage in 1945. ...A mystery/thriller novel written by British author Richard Goyne, published under his pseudonym John Courage in 1945. It belongs to his well-known "David Cane" detective series.187p. ; crimson cover with title and author hand written on spinefictionA mystery/thriller novel written by British author Richard Goyne, published under his pseudonym John Courage in 1945. It belongs to his well-known "David Cane" detective series.fiction, thriller, john courage, richard goyne, david cane [series] -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Hare, Cyril, When the wind blows, 1949
... ...Thriller...Fiction Crime Mystery Thriller Cyril Hare The story takes place in the English county of Markshire. ...The story takes place in the English county of Markshire. When celebrated visiting violinist Lucy Carless is strangled to death with a silk stocking backstage during a concert, everyone in the local orchestra suddenly becomes a suspect254p. ; crimson cover with original dust jacket cut and pasted on to front cover featuring woman sitting in arm chair with violin in foreground; title and author written on spinefictionThe story takes place in the English county of Markshire. When celebrated visiting violinist Lucy Carless is strangled to death with a silk stocking backstage during a concert, everyone in the local orchestra suddenly becomes a suspectfiction, crime, mystery, thriller, cyril hare -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, Allan Scarfe, The Dissident Guru, 2004
... Allan Scarfe warrnambool author An anti-globalisation thriller drawing on the author's experiences in India. ...An anti-globalisation thriller drawing on the author's experiences in India.This is a soft cover book of 328 pages. It was written by Allan Scarfe. The cover is black, grey and white and the lettering is white on the front cover and black on the spine. The front cover has an illustration of masked figures and a body and the back cover has excerpts from critics’ remarks about other Scarfe books. fictionAn anti-globalisation thriller drawing on the author's experiences in India.allan scarfe, warrnambool author -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Frank Barnard, Blue man falling
... Then the offensive begins in earnest, the losses mount and the horror of the retreat to Dunkirk gives a whole new meaning to the concept of total war.Told through the experiences of an English pilot, Kit Curtis, who dreams of gallant deeds and personal glory, and a more battle hardened American, Ossie Wolf, this is 'Band of Brothers' for the RAF, a no-holds-barred, action packed war thriller. p.394. Blue man falling Book Frank Barnard Headline Book Publishing ...When war was declared on 3 September 1939, No. 1 Squadron was posted to France to help the BEF halt the German advance. The Squadron is hardy, intensely loyal, and at the beginning of the campaign, hugely successful in shooting down German planes when they are often outnumbered. Then the offensive begins in earnest, the losses mount and the horror of the retreat to Dunkirk gives a whole new meaning to the concept of total war.Told through the experiences of an English pilot, Kit Curtis, who dreams of gallant deeds and personal glory, and a more battle hardened American, Ossie Wolf, this is 'Band of Brothers' for the RAF, a no-holds-barred, action packed war thriller.p.394.fictionWhen war was declared on 3 September 1939, No. 1 Squadron was posted to France to help the BEF halt the German advance. The Squadron is hardy, intensely loyal, and at the beginning of the campaign, hugely successful in shooting down German planes when they are often outnumbered. Then the offensive begins in earnest, the losses mount and the horror of the retreat to Dunkirk gives a whole new meaning to the concept of total war.Told through the experiences of an English pilot, Kit Curtis, who dreams of gallant deeds and personal glory, and a more battle hardened American, Ossie Wolf, this is 'Band of Brothers' for the RAF, a no-holds-barred, action packed war thriller.world war 1939-1945 - britain - aerial operations - fiction, fighter pilots - fiction -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Alistair MacLean, The guns of Navarone, 1958
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges world war 1939-1945 - fiction special operations - fiction The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. ...The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy, lives that could be saved if only the guns could be silenced. The guns of Navarone, vigilant, savage and catastrophically accurate. Navarone itself, grim bastion of narrow straits manned by a mixed garrison of Germans and Italians, an apparently impregnable iron fortress. To Captain Keith Mallory, skllled saboteur, trained mountaineer, fell the task of leading the small party detailed to scale the vast, impossible precipice of Navarone and to blow up the guns. The Guns of Navarone is the story of that mission, the tale of a calculated risk taken in the time of war...maps, p.270.fictionThe classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy, lives that could be saved if only the guns could be silenced. The guns of Navarone, vigilant, savage and catastrophically accurate. Navarone itself, grim bastion of narrow straits manned by a mixed garrison of Germans and Italians, an apparently impregnable iron fortress. To Captain Keith Mallory, skllled saboteur, trained mountaineer, fell the task of leading the small party detailed to scale the vast, impossible precipice of Navarone and to blow up the guns. The Guns of Navarone is the story of that mission, the tale of a calculated risk taken in the time of war... world war 1939-1945 - fiction, special operations - fiction -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Futura Publications, U-700, 1980
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1939 - 1945 - Fiction Submarine warfare - World war II Second World War thriller. British Intelligence wants to capture a U-boat to learn the secrets, but one man, branded a coward, tries to stop them. p.205. ...Second World War thriller. British Intelligence wants to capture a U-boat to learn the secrets, but one man, branded a coward, tries to stop them.p.205.fictionSecond World War thriller. British Intelligence wants to capture a U-boat to learn the secrets, but one man, branded a coward, tries to stop them.world war 1939 - 1945 - fiction, submarine warfare - world war ii -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Clouston, J. Storer, The spy in black, 1917
... Storer Clouston Spy thriller novel, set in the Orkney Islands during World War I. ...Spy thriller novel, set in the Orkney Islands during World War I.341 p. : textured brown cardboard cover. Title, author's name and 'Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute' embossed in gold on spine.fictionSpy thriller novel, set in the Orkney Islands during World War I.fiction, j. storer clouston -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Rhode, John (pen-name of Cecil Street), Mademoiselle from Armentieres, 1927
... Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection 69 Sussex St Linton 3360 Fiction Adventure Romance John Rhode (Cecil Street) Thriller/espionage/romance novel, set during World War I. 256 p. ...Thriller/espionage/romance novel, set during World War I.256 p.fictionThriller/espionage/romance novel, set during World War I.fiction, adventure, romance, john rhode (cecil street) -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Yates, Dornford, Perishable goods, 1928
... Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection 69 Sussex St Linton 3360 Dornford Yates is the pen name of Cecil William Mercer Fiction Adventure Dornford Yates Cecil William Mercer Perishable Goods is a 1928 novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), the second in his Chandos thriller series and a sequel to Blind Corner. ...Perishable Goods is a 1928 novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), the second in his Chandos thriller series and a sequel to Blind Corner. While on holiday at Poganec in Carinthia with Berry, Daphne and Boy (from the Berry books), Adèle is kidnapped by the villain 'Rose' Noble (in revenge for his defeat in Blind Corner) and is held captive at the Castle of Gath near Lass. A ransom is demanded. She is rescued by Chandos, Mansel, Hanbury and their servants.310p. : Frontispiece illustration ; olive green cover with original dust jacket cut and pasted onto cover with title on the back and indecipherable word on the front coverfictionPerishable Goods is a 1928 novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), the second in his Chandos thriller series and a sequel to Blind Corner. While on holiday at Poganec in Carinthia with Berry, Daphne and Boy (from the Berry books), Adèle is kidnapped by the villain 'Rose' Noble (in revenge for his defeat in Blind Corner) and is held captive at the Castle of Gath near Lass. A ransom is demanded. She is rescued by Chandos, Mansel, Hanbury and their servants.fiction, adventure, dornford yates, cecil william mercer -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Dilnot, George, The black ace, n.d. [1929]
... Fiction Mystery Crime George Dilnot This book features a plot involving an American millionaire, a confidence man, a pickpocket, and characters from the London underworld, marking a notable entry in his thriller repertoire. Stamp 'Mooroopna Mechanics Hall & Free Library' ; stamp 'J.R. ...This book features a plot involving an American millionaire, a confidence man, a pickpocket, and characters from the London underworld, marking a notable entry in his thriller repertoire.307p. : addendum "From Geoffrey Bles's List" giving book recommendations ; crimson cover woth original dust jacket pasted onto front cover featuring sketch of woman beside man olying on the ground with a card of the black ace beside himfictionThis book features a plot involving an American millionaire, a confidence man, a pickpocket, and characters from the London underworld, marking a notable entry in his thriller repertoire.fiction, mystery, crime, george dilnot -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, O'Brien, Tim, In the Lake of the Woods. (Copy 2), 1994
... Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 -- Fiction Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit. ...Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit.Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit. vietnam war (1961-1975), missing persons -- fiction., vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, O'Brien, Tim, In the Lake of the Woods. (Copy 3), 1994
... Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 -- Fiction Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit. ...Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit.Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit. vietnam war (1961-1975), missing persons -- fiction., vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, O'Brien, Tim, In the Lake of the Woods. (Copy 1), 1994
... Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 -- Fiction Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit. ...Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit.Gracefully written and as gripping as a thriller... O'Brien makes the hunt a thrilling pursuit. vietnam war (1961-1975), missing persons -- fiction., vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Ryan, Chris, Stand By, Stand By
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast SAS Fiction Never has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action, never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists and turns of undercover warfare. ...Never has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action, never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists and turns of undercover warfare.fictionNever has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action, never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists and turns of undercover warfare.sas, fiction -
Mont De LanceyBook, W.f. Morris, Bretherton: Khaki or Field-Grey?, 1929 - (reprint 1935)
... It is an espionage thriller with a twisting and unusual plot with the English soldier G Bretherton as the main character. ...A tale of mystery and identity, first published in 1929 is an account of the brutal conditions at the battlefront in WW1 between English and German soldiers. It is an espionage thriller with a twisting and unusual plot with the English soldier G Bretherton as the main character.Green hardcover book for boys, with the title Bretherton Khaki or Field-Grey? by W.F. Morris as well as the publisher Geoffrey Bles printed in black lettering with the symbol of a bird. 319p. 319p.fictionA tale of mystery and identity, first published in 1929 is an account of the brutal conditions at the battlefront in WW1 between English and German soldiers. It is an espionage thriller with a twisting and unusual plot with the English soldier G Bretherton as the main character.war fiction, romance fiction, spies fiction -
The Celtic ClubBook, Peter Everett, A Death in Ireland, 1981
... The Celtic Club Limerick Arms Hotel, 364 Clarendon St, South Melbourne VIC 3205 Ireland - 20th century politics Ireland - Geography An intense, atmospheric novel that powerfully evokes the restless, romantic days of fighting Ireland, A Death in Ireland is a literate thriller of uncommon sophistication, rich in theme, style and complexity of characters. p.222. ...An intense, atmospheric novel that powerfully evokes the restless, romantic days of fighting Ireland, A Death in Ireland is a literate thriller of uncommon sophistication, rich in theme, style and complexity of characters.p.222.fictionAn intense, atmospheric novel that powerfully evokes the restless, romantic days of fighting Ireland, A Death in Ireland is a literate thriller of uncommon sophistication, rich in theme, style and complexity of characters.ireland - 20th century politics, ireland - geography -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Hansen, Robert P, Trouble comes double, 1955
... Fiction Mystery Crime A Museum Street Thriller Robert P. Hansen The story follows a private investigator who gets pulled into a web of violence and murder while attempting to uncover the killer of his colleague. ...The story follows a private investigator who gets pulled into a web of violence and murder while attempting to uncover the killer of his colleague.191p.; dark blue cover with author and title embossed in gold on spine; green sticker on front cover 'The Melbourne Athenaeum Library and Reading Room'fictionThe story follows a private investigator who gets pulled into a web of violence and murder while attempting to uncover the killer of his colleague.fiction, mystery, crime, a museum street thriller, robert p. hansen
