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The Cooperman variations: a Benny Cooperman mystery (Benny Cooperman Mystery Ser.)
By Howard Engel. 2001
Benny is unexpectedly visited by Vanessa Moss, a former high school beauty, now Head of Entertainment at a TV network.…
A friend was murdered while at her house, and Vanessa fears she was the target. She asks Benny to protect her, so he travels to Toronto, where he poses as her assistant. As he tries to help his client, assist the local cops, and avoid making enemies, he discovers that taking care of Vanessa is a seductive but risky business. 2001.Murder on location (A Benny Cooperman mystery. #Bk. 3)
By Howard Engel. 1982
A missing person search takes Cooperman to Niagara Falls where he soon finds himself involved with well-known people from the…
film world. Nominated for the 1984 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. c1982.Murder sees the light (A Benny Cooperman mystery #Bk. 4)
By Howard Engel. 1984
Memory book (A Benny Cooperman mystery)
By Howard Engel. 2005
Detective Benny Cooperman is in a Toronto hospital after a serious blow to the head, which has affected his memory…
and given him a condition called alexia - he can still write but can't read. When Benny learns that he was found unconscious beside a dead woman, he figures he must have been close to solving a case. With his girlfriend Anna working as a field agent and two Toronto cops reluctantly helping out, Benny tries to piece together the events that led to a murder - and his own injuries. 2005.Getting away with murder (A Benny Cooperman mystery.)
By Howard Engel. 1995
Benny Cooperman is always glad to have paying work, but he does not want to touch the case presented to…
him by local crime boss Abram Wise. Until, that is, Wise expresses his concern about the safety of Benny's parents and girlfriend. So Benny investigates the two attempts on Wise's life, and the connections there might be among a retired deputy chief of police, an executed criminal, and Wise's two ex-wives and children. 1995.East of Suez: a Benny Cooperman mystery
By Howard Engel. 2008
Benny Cooperman is about to hang up his gumshoes after an earlier brutal attack left him with serious memory problems.…
Then an old school friend shows up and begs Benny to find her missing husband, Jack Grange. His search takes him to Murinam in the Malay Peninsula, where he meets a bon-vivant priest, an attractive marine biologist, and an eccentric Englishman looking for kosher food, while the bodies pile up and Benny doggedly uncovers layer upon layer of deceit and intrigue. 2008.Dead and buried (Benny Cooperman Mystery Ser. #Bk. 7)
By Howard Engel. 1990
Benny Cooperman's investigation into the year-old death of a truck driver quickly turns into an investigation of Kinross Disposals and…
its illegal dumping of toxic wastes. Some strong language. Bestseller 1990.A victim must be found (A Benny Cooperman mystery. #Bk. 6)
By Howard Engel. 1988
Private eye Benny Cooperman investigates a scam involving the art collection of a deceased gallery owner. Some valuable paintings are…
missing from the estate and the list which shows to whom they were loaned has mysteriously disappeared. 1988.A city called July (Benny Cooperman Mystery Ser. #Bk. 5)
By Howard Engel. 1986
Private investigator Benny Cooperman is asked by the Rabbi and the President of Grantham's synagogue to find a missing lawyer…
who has absconded the savings of half the Jewish community. Some strong language. 1986.There was an old woman (Benny Cooperman Mystery Ser.)
By Howard Engel. 1993
Despite her wealth, Lizzy Oldridge appears to have starved to death. When Benny Cooperman looks into the case, he discovers…
a link to another case that has him trailing a beautiful news anchorwoman. Some strong language. 1993.The suicide murders: a Benny Cooperman mystery
By Howard Engel. 1980
Engaging Jewish Private Eye Benny Cooperman takes on a routine investigation that ends in suicide -- or was it murder?…
The ensuing complex web of intrigue involves a number of shady episodes at city hall as well as a few more suicides -- or murders. 1980.The ransom game: a Benny Cooperman mystery
By Howard Engel. 1981
Benny Cooperman's second murder case revolves around the search for a missing half-million dollar ransom. He has to deal with…
the convicted kidnappers, recently released from prison, and the wealthy Warren family, who want their money back. 1981.The suicide murders
By Howard Engel. 1980
Benny Cooperman, a Jewish private eye based in a small, Ontario town, suspects that the suicide of a prominent contractor,…
Chester Yates, was a murder. Benny courts trouble by digging into the dead man's affairs. When the psychiatrist who treated Yates is murdered, the detective comes close to making himself another victim of the killer. Strong languageMurder in Montparnasse: A Mystery of Literary Paris
By Howard Engel. 1992
It's autumn 1925, and a killer uncannily like England's Jack the Ripper is stalking the city streets of Paris and…
preying on young women. Michael Ward is a journalist newly arrived to the Left Bank. When he falls in with Jason Waddington, an expatriate American writer who introduces him to the cafe scene and his crowd of writers and artists, Ward soon discovers that Jack de Paris is not the only trouble afoot in the City of Light. Rumor has it that Waddington has written a damaging roman a clef about his friends, and tempers are rising even as fear of the killer grips the city. When the body of Laure Duclos is found, it seems their circle has finally been touched by Jack. But Ward has his doubts and begins to wonder whether Laure was truly Jack de Paris's latest victim, or if someone else was using the serial killer as a convenient cover to protect themselves.Murder in Montparnasse: A Mystery of Literary Paris
By Howard Engel. 1992
It's autumn 1925, and a killer uncannily like England's Jack the Ripper is stalking the city streets of Paris and…
preying on young women. Michael Ward is a journalist newly arrived to the Left Bank. When he falls in with Jason Waddington, an expatriate American writer who introduces him to the cafe scene and his crowd of writers and artists, Ward soon discovers that Jack de Paris is not the only trouble afoot in the City of Light. Rumor has it that Waddington has written a damaging roman a clef about his friends, and tempers are rising even as fear of the killer grips the city. When the body of Laure Duclos is found, it seems their circle has finally been touched by Jack. But Ward has his doubts and begins to wonder whether Laure was truly Jack de Paris's latest victim, or if someone else was using the serial killer as a convenient cover to protect themselves.Murder in Montparnasse: A Mystery of Literary Paris
By Howard Engel. 1992
It’s autumn 1925, and a killer uncannily like England’s Jack the Ripper is stalking the city streets of Paris and…
preying on young women. Michael Ward is a journalist newly arrived to the Left Bank. When he falls in with Jason Waddington, an expatriate American writer who introduces him to the cafe scene and his crowd of writers and artists, Ward soon discovers that Jack de Paris is not the only trouble afoot in the City of Light. Rumor has it that Waddington has written a damaging roman a clef about his friends, and tempers are rising even as fear of the killer grips the city. When the body of Laure Duclos is found, it seems their circle has finally been touched by Jack. But Ward has his doubts and begins to wonder whether Laure was truly Jack de Paris’s latest victim, or if someone else was using the serial killer as a convenient cover to protect themselves. In a feat of literature reminiscent of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist, Howard Engel blends intriguing historical fact with nail-biting fiction to produce a thriller of the highest order. Murder in Montparnasse will delight both new readers of Engel and his long-time fans.Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell
By Howard Engel. 1997
A dead opera star, a brilliant anatomy professor with Sherlockian powers of deduction and a moody Victorian backdrop—it all adds…
up to a thrillingly entertaining historical mystery. Howard Engel is the award winning writer whose Benny Cooperman mysteries garner rave international reviews-fans stretch from Canada to Japan, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, and the United States. His latest, Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell, is a brilliant departure from the Cooperman series. The year is 1879 and in Edinburgh, Alan Lambert has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang for the murder of a dazzling opera star and her lover. But Lambert’s brother believes he’s innocent and pleads with Dr. Bell, a celebrated professor of anatomy, to uncover the truth. Bell agrees and sets out to crack the case with his keen powers of deduction and the help of his student, Arthur Conan Doyle.Mr. Doyle & Dr. Bell: A Victorian Mystery
By Howard Engel. 2003
“Engel captures the spirit of Doyle’s tone in the Holmes sagas without it being a stilted or pale imitation .…
. . A lively, engaging page-turner.” —Curled Up With a Good Book Howard Engel is the award-winning writer whose Benny Cooperman mysteries garner rave international reviews—fans stretch from Canada to Japan, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, and the United States. His latest, Mr. Doyle & Dr. Bell, is a brilliant departure from the Cooperman series. The year is 1879, and in Edinburgh, Alan Lambert has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang for the murder of a dazzling opera star and her lover. But Lambert’s brother believes he’s innocent and pleads with Dr. Bell, a celebrated professor of anatomy, to uncover the truth. Bell agrees and sets out to crack the case with his keen powers of deduction and the help of his student, Arthur Conan Doyle. “Charming . . . [This book] will satisfy the craving of Sherlockians for another dose of gaslight and fog.” —The Globe and Mail (Toronto) “Provides mystery buffs with more to ponder than your average whodunit . . . More intriguing than the actual plot, though, is the combination of fact with fiction that gives readers a glimpse of the real life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—his character, his influences, and the era in which he lived.” —Quill & QuireThe Suicide Murders (Benny Cooperman Mystery Ser. #1)
By Howard Engel. 1980
Myrna Yates was cool, attractive - a real society lady - and in trouble. Benny Cooperman, a private eye in…
Grantham, Ontario, Canada with a hard head and a tender heart, was ready to help her in any way he could. Her concern? Whether her husband Chester was having an affair. But when Ches commits suicide the day Benny begins his investigation, our detective realizes he may be dealing with something beyond a simple "family affair." Probing into the curious circumstances surrounding the death, Benny finds himself in the midst of a strange group of people - one that involves a mysterious psychiatrist, eminent but shady citizens, and soon, a few more suicides. Or are they murders?Mystery midrash: an anthology of Jewish mystery and detective fiction
By Joel Siegel, Lawrence W. Raphael, Toni Brill, Howard Engel, Richard Fliegel, Michael Kahn, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Faye Kellerman, Ronald Levitsky, Ellen Rawlings, Shelley Singer, Bob Sloan, Janice Steinberg, James Yaffe, Batya Swift Yasgur. 1999