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Boston’s Own Sherlock and his Castle Street Irregulars! |
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Bombs! Spies! Another Body Found! Secret Squads! |
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Frank Cullen & Donald McNeilly, recipients of The Theatre Museum of NYC’s 2011 Award for Excellence in the Preservation of Theatre History, have unearthed another adventure. for another Porridge Sisters’ mystery. Murders at the Orpheum Theatre, the third of the projected seven Porridge Sisters Mysteries, occurs in 1916. Americans are divided whether the USA should join the Great War in Europe; suspicions abound about sabotage, spies and foreign nationals; the ‘Spanish Flu’ is about to become an epidemic; suffragettes are campaigning for the right to vote; discontent is growing within the Boston Police Force; moralists are beating the drum to ban demon rum, and gangsters are waiting in the wings to bootleg booze in defiance of Prohibition; educated bohemians, searching for enlightenment, are turning to alternative philosophies; and the popularity of silent motion pictures is challenging vaudeville supremacy. Portridge Arms has become a success.—Lavinia is relieved; Florrie is disconsolate—until they, the Porridge Sisters, along with Inspector Brody and the charming and idiosyncratic Castle Street Irregulars, become embroiled in the Murders at the Orpheum Theatre. |
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In its day, the Old Howard theatre of Boston was as well known as Faneuil Hall and probably better attended than Boston’s legitimate theatres. Frank Cullen and Donald McNeilly have fashioned a novel of murder and mayhem and created characters that include two eccentric sisters who run a vegetarian theatrical boarding house, an astute Irish police inspector and low lives that inhabit the city’s rat infested alleys and salons. They add spice with vegetarian dishes created by the sisters and give credence to the vaudeville and burlesque characters that go from Boston to Middle America and the West Coast for legitimate and illegitimate reasons. Written for lovers of mystery, theatre and Boston, Murder at the Old Howard provides enjoyable reading and a delightful departure from traditional crime novels.—poet24 |
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Chorines Missing!
White-Slavery Ring at Old Howard!
Portridge Sister Nab Villain on Cambridge Street!
Body Found Under Pier! |
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Many of the recipes asked for from Murder at the Old Howard and Murder at the Tremont Theatre
202 Hearty Vegan recipes, helpful hints for stocking your pantry and refrigerator. Handy dandy Table of Contents and index. Tips for everything from seasoning cast iron pans to learning the difference between a dollop and a pinch. Charts to help you know how many cups of carrots are in a pound. Who doesn’t need to know that!
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Mysteries $12.50 each Cookbook $9.95 |