Pentecost, Hugh 1903-1989

Nightmare time : a Pierre Chambrun mystery novel by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
8 editions published between 1986 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 764 libraries worldwide
When the eleven-year-old son of an Air Force major reports his parents missing from their Beaumont Hotel room, hotel manager Pierre Chambrun investigates. Though Air Force Intelligence seems to think the disappearance a carefully planned step in an act of treason, Chambrun wonders if his hotel is harboring a killer with diplomatic immunity

Pattern for terror by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
8 editions published between 1990 and 1993 in English and held by 727 libraries worldwide
Uncle George is roused early one morning by his nephew Joey who has just witnessed the death of a local schoolteacher

Remember to kill me : a Pierre Chambrun mystery novel by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
7 editions published between 1984 and 1988 in English and held by 636 libraries worldwide
A group of thugs storms the Beaumont Hotel, and only Pierre Chambrun can stop the chaosThere has been trouble in Central Park. Free concerts given on the great lawn have been ending in upheaval as gangs of toughs maraud through the crowd with bats, chains, and knives'taking what they want and crushing those who stand in their way. During a performance by red-hot diva Donna Ward, the park is peaceful. But afterward, the horde descends on the Beaumont Hotel, smashing the bar and storming the elevators in search of beautiful things to steal or destroy. In the chaos, someone takes three shots at Victoria Haven, the onetime beauty queen who has, for decades, occupied the penthouse. After the throng is expelled from the premises, manager Pierre Chambrun tries to discover who would want to kill this harmless old glamour girl. But his investigation is about to be upended'for the riot is only the beginning of his trouble

The party killer : a Julian Quist mystery novel by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
9 editions published between 1985 and 1997 in English and held by 631 libraries worldwide

The copycat killers : an Uncle George mystery novel by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
5 editions published between 1983 and 1984 in English and held by 624 libraries worldwide

The deadly joke by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
10 editions published between 1971 and 2012 in English and held by 552 libraries worldwide
A prank outside the Beaumont Hotel goes haywire, and an assassin kills the wrong man Political fundraisers can be cynical and coarse when they’re among their own kind, and Pierre Chambrun, manager of the elegant Beaumont Hotel, prefers not to let them through his doors. But when his friend Douglas Maxwell, a hard-nosed senatorial candidate, asks to host a thousand-dollar-a-plate dinner in the Beaumont’s famous ballroom, Chambrun cannot refuse. The fundraiser has just begun when bad taste rears its ugly head, and Maxwell steps out of his limousine smiling, waving, and wearing no pants. The crowd roars with laughter until the pantsless man falls to his knees, shot dead. Less than half an hour later, Maxwell appears in Chambrun’s office, very much alive. The dead man was his cousin, a lookalike who came to New York to play a prank, and caught a bullet in return. Chambrun must find the gunman to save his friend and spare the Beaumont a second killing—because murder is the ultimate faux pas

Beware young lovers by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
5 editions published between 1980 and 1990 in English and held by 546 libraries worldwide
New York's luxurious Hotel Beaumont goes "live" one week a year when the popular Dick Thomas talk show is telecast from its ballroom. But this year, even the show's controversial guests are upstaged--by murder. The young lover of Hollywood sex goddess Sharon Brand is found bludgeoned t o death just as the star is about to be interviewed. Pierre Chambrun, the Beaumont's legendary manager, begins investigating and discovers a frightening pattern. Three years earlier, another of Brand 's young lovers disappeared, coinciding with her appearance on the show. Then a pretty young gossip columnist is murdered and Chambrun finds himself racing to unravel a tangled skein of scandalous secrets ... before the killer strikes again

Kill and kill again : a Julian Quist mystery novel by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
5 editions published between 1987 and 1990 in English and held by 540 libraries worldwide

Death by fire : an Uncle George mystery novel by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 538 libraries worldwide
Uncle George Crowder, once the county attorney, comes out of retirement to investigate two arsons, and defend a young man accused of murder in one of the fires

Murder out of wedlock : a Julian Quist mystery novel by Hugh Pentecost( Book )
3 editions published between 1983 and 1984 in English and held by 532 libraries worldwide