Books with author James Harding

Since time began, authors have been told to write what they know. James Holding (1907-1997) took that advice to heart. After his retirement from advertising, Holding began writing full-time. One of his early ghostwriting gigs was continuing the Ellery Queen Jr novels, which had first appeared in the 1940s. The two cousins who wrote as Ellery Queen, Fred Dannay and Manfred Lee, hired Holding to jumpstart the series after a lengthy hiatus. At the same time, Holding decided to write a series of short stories about fictional sleuths King Danforth and Martin Leroy, two collaborative mystery writers (whose character was named Leroy King) on their own around-the-world cruise with their wives. The cases on the high seas are masterpieces of deductions and logic, following the smallest clues to their logical deductions. The stories even included the title structure The Location Object Mystery as used in the early Ellery Queen mysteries, such as The Roman Hat Mystery and The Greek Coffin Mystery. Presumably the stories met with the approval of Dannay as the works appeared first in Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine. Holding would continue to write short stories, ultimately publishing over 100 stories in the mystery field. In addition to Leroy King, he wrote about series characters Manuel Andrada, also known as The Photographer, a hired killer and Hal Johnson, the Library Detective. This collection includes all ten stories in the series along with a brief biography of Holding and the most comprehensive bibliography of Holding s short story works.

Two high school boys are exposed to danger when they set out to solve the theft from a local museum of five ceremonial Egyptian fingertips.This book is one of two original Young Adult novels written by James Holding (the other being The Mystery of Dolphin Inlet). In addition, Holding wrote the Ellery Queen, Jr. mysteries, as well as nearly a dozen children's picture books, many with mystery themes.

Since time began, authors have been told to write what they know. James Holding (1907-1997) took that advice to heart. After his retirement from advertising, Holding began writing full-time. One of his early ghostwriting gigs was continuing the Ellery Queen Jr novels, which had first appeared in the 1940s. The two cousins who wrote as Ellery Queen, Fred Dannay and Manfred Lee, hired Holding to jumpstart the series after a lengthy hiatus. At the same time, Holding decided to write a series of short stories about fictional sleuths King Danforth and Martin Leroy, two collaborative mystery writers (whose character was named Leroy King) on their own around-the-world cruise with their wives. The cases on the high seas are masterpieces of deductions and logic, following the smallest clues to their logical deductions. The stories even included the title structure The Location Object Mystery as used in the early Ellery Queen mysteries, such as The Roman Hat Mystery and The Greek Coffin Mystery. Presumably the stories met with the approval of Dannay as the works appeared first in Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine. Holding would continue to write short stories, ultimately publishing over 100 stories in the mystery field. In addition to Leroy King, he wrote about series characters Manuel Andrada, also known as The Photographer, a hired killer and Hal Johnson, the Library Detective. This collection includes all ten stories in the series along with a brief biography of Holding and the most comprehensive bibliography of Holding s short story works.

Liska is a girl with many faces and more names. Currently, she goes by Anna Andrews, a British born college student in West Palm Beach, FL. She prefers to think of herself as Luna Liska, active ninja of the Kikitsutai Werefox clan in Japan. It is even more comfortable than her own name.College was supposed to be a time to relax and get a chance to play at being normal. Which would be easier if she knew what 'normal' was. Between friends who are too perceptive, enemies that don't care that she is on sabbatical, and family keeping secrets, where is she to turn? Keeping everyone in the dark grows harder by the day, especially as it looks like the secrets she keeps are dwarfed by the secrets kept by her.

Violet Peters was ecstatic to get a full scholarship to her dream school, Hyde University, and accepted before she even saw the campus. It wasn’t until she got there that she learned the school was stranger than she thought and that she is currently the only human student. Her roommate is a vampire, the librarian is a dragon, and some inhabitants aren’t anything she’s ever heard of. Trying to learn the truth of a reality she had no idea existed, it takes a little time to realize how unpopular humans are here. A couple near-death experiences later, and Violet is forced to conclude someone wants her gone, no matter what it takes. Caught in a web beyond her understanding, Violet finds herself a pawn to forces out of her control. But even a pawn can checkmate a king.

Violet Peters doesn’t regret her choice to stay at Hyde. Usually. But it has complications. Especially when it comes to relating to her family. Her worlds are separating and Violet finds it harder and harder to straddle the balance. When her own cousin applies to Hyde, even Violet isn’t sure if that will help or harm. She does know that the danger isn’t over yet, and someone is using Hyde as their personal chessboard. Violet is determined to do her part to save the school, but even that determination has unexpected consequences. The game is turning deadly, but she can’t back down now.

Freshman year is wrapping up at Hyde. Pity exams are the easy part. Summer means going back home and trying to avoid the problems of Christmas. Between her cousin’s interference and an unexpected visitor from Hyde, summer could prove even worse. But the game at school continues, with the stakes climbing ever higher. Can Violet win a war on two fronts? Can she even survive?

Liska is a girl of many faces and more names. Currently she goes by Anna Andrews, a British born college student in West Palm Beach, FL. She prefers to think of herself as Luna Liska, active ninja from the Kikisutai Werefox clan of Japan. It is more comfortable than even her own name.Liska hoped her second semester of college would be quieter than her first. She was wrong. Within her first week it’s clear that last semester’s problems aren’t over and she isn’t fully recovered. Then she has to uncover who betrayed a sworn ally to prove her own innocence. Add in an unexpected encounter from the past that complicates her fledgling relationship with Todd, and classes become the least of her concerns.And then, there’s Nightmare…