From Library Journal\nThis well-edited collection of short mystery stories serves as a useful introduction to the work of John George Ritchie, who died in 1983. Taken from various sources, the stories in this first hardcover collection include some of Ritchie's best, exhibiting the minimalist style, "tough guy" point of view, black humor, and ironic surprise endings that characterize his work. As Nevins notes in his introduction, the stories are finally "little boxes of bewilderment." The writing style, characters, and endings may become formulaic and predictable, but the collection as a whole will be popular with mystery readers and those looking for good vacation reading. Fans will find the detailed bibliography helpful. 
- Elizabeth Guiney Sandvick, North Hennepin Community Coll., Minneapolis 
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Little Boxes of Bewilderment: Suspense Comedies

Literature & Fiction

Nevins, Francis M.

Ritchie, Jack

United States

St Martins Pr

Murderers, victims, attorneys, and judges come together in a collection of fourteen short stories, including the works of John Mortimer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lawrence Block, Erle Stanley Gardner, and others. Original.

Murder on Trial

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY

MORTIMER, John

Signet

These stories are funny! The 29 Turnbuckle tales offered here mix black humor with formula” crime stories in a hilarious twist to the hard-boiled detective tale.Turnbuckle’s cockeyed reconstructions of a murder exasperate his logical and long-suffering sidekick, Ralph, but they lead to a solution anywaymost of the time. Turnbuckle may or may not know whodunit but he’s always confident that there will soon be another murder. 

The Adventures of Henry Turnbuckle: Detective Comedies by Jack Ritchie (Mystery Makers)

Southern Illinois University Press

Understanding Naturalism (Understanding Movements in Modern Thought)

Many contemporary Anglo-American philosophers describe themselves as naturalists. But what do they mean by that term? Popular naturalist slogans like, "there is no first philosophy" or "philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences" are far from illuminating. "Understanding Naturalism" provides a clear and readable survey of the main strands in recent naturalist thought. The origin and development of naturalist ideas in epistemology, metaphysics and semantics is explained through the works of Quine, Goldman, Kuhn, Chalmers, Papineau, Millikan and others. The most common objections to the naturalist project - that it involves a change of subject and fails to engage with "real" philosophical problems, that it is self-refuting, and that naturalism cannot deal with normative notions like truth, justification and meaning - are all discussed. "Understanding Naturalism" distinguishes two strands of naturalist thinking - the constructive and the deflationary - and explains how this distinction can invigorate naturalism and the future of philosophical research.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Routledge

Many contemporary Anglo-American philosophers describe themselves as naturalists. But what do they mean by that term? Popular naturalist slogans like, "there is no first philosophy" or "philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences" are far from illuminating. "Understanding Naturalism" provides a clear and readable survey of the main strands in recent naturalist thought. The origin and development of naturalist ideas in epistemology, metaphysics and semantics is explained through the works of Quine, Goldman, Kuhn, Chalmers, Papineau, Millikan and others. The most common objections to the naturalist project - that it involves a change of subject and fails to engage with "real" philosophical problems, that it is self-refuting, and that naturalism cannot deal with normative notions like truth, justification and meaning - are all discussed. "Understanding Naturalism" distinguishes two strands of naturalist thinking - the constructive and the deflationary - and explains how this distinction can invigorate naturalism and the future of philosophical research.

È ricca, la sposo e l'ammazzo

Contemporary

Mini Marcos

The Best of Manhunt 4: The Jack Ritchie Stories

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Stark House Press

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