Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for best first crime novel. A thrilling journey through the murky Sydney underworld as one cop tries to redeem himself.
Detective or mystery stories
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Auteur:SIMMS, MariaSommaire:Set in Sydney in the nineteenth century, when Henry Parkes asked Florence Nightingale for trained nurses to reform the previously turgid and oppressive hospital system in the fledgling colony. Electra Flynn faces murder, exploitation...
- Auteur:WINSTON, DaomaSommaire:
Elainne Merrill returns home to Hannah's Gate when her mother dies, leaving her in charge of the family fortune. The active dislike of her brothers turns to antipathy and when cousin Keith dies by "accident" Elainne doesn...
- Auteur:LUDLUM, RobertSommaire:
Alex McAuliff must journey to the heart of a conspiracy so powerful that only murder can protect it.
- Auteur:SHUTE, NevilSommaire:
John Turner, injured in an accident, sets out to find the three people who were involved with him. Was one of them a murderer?
- Auteur:FALCONER, ColinSommaire:
When a woman is found strangled on a torture rack in the basement of her fashionable Highgate home, DI Madeleine Fox's squad are called in to investigate the murder.
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Auteur:Braun, Lilian JacksonSommaire:Qwill's on his way to Scotland--and on his way to solving another purr-plexing mystery. But this time Kokds nowhere near the scene of the crime. He and Yum Yum are back in Pickax being coddled by a catsitter...but Koko wont sit...
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Auteur:Braun, Lilian JacksonSommaire:Qwill's on top of the world when he rents a house on Big Potato Mountain. The owner, J.J. Hawkinfield, brought real estate development to the once-peaceful Potatoes. But Hawkinfield paid a steep price for his enterprise: He was...
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Auteur:Braun, Lilian JacksonSommaire:All the world's a stage--and now Jim Qwilleran's apple orchard has become the stage for a real-life murder scene. The much-disliked director of the Pickax Theatre Club's Shakespeare production, Hilary VanBrook, is found...
- Auteur:DEAVER, JefferySommaire:
Lincoln Rhyme, a forensic consultant for the NYPD, and his detective partner, Amelia Sachs, take on a psychotic mastermind who uses data mining, the business of the twenty-first century, not only to select and hunt down his victims but...
- Auteur:BELL, QuentinSommaire:
Lady Brandon dies peacefully in her bed, much loved and respected by all but, as Maurice Evans discovers, Mary's corpse is shrouded in mystery.
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Auteur:BARNARD, RobertSommaire:Moving into a new home in Leeds, rising radio star Matt Harper is shocked to find the skeleton of a child in the attic.
- Auteur:PAGE, Katherine HallSommaire:
Satisfying her hunger for epicurean adventure in the French provinces, small town caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild decides to throw the perfect dinner party. But during the clean-up after the last guest has departed her...
- Auteur:UPFIELD, ArthurSommaire:
Absorbing mystery of the Australian outback. Another "Boney" sleuth story.
- Auteur:RENDELL, RuthSommaire:
There hadn't been anything like this kind of rain in living memory. The River Brede had burst its banks, and not a single house in the valley had escaped flooding. The Subaqua Task Force could find no trace of Giles and Sophie Dade...
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Auteur:PATTERSON, JamesSommaire:A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping for breath. The call button fails to bring help in time. The hospital's doctors are completely mystified by her sudden death. Could there be...
- Auteur:LEATHER, StephenSommaire:
In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at the Metropolitan Police's training centre at Hendon. Assist.Comm. Peter Latham announces plans that he wants them to join a team of undercover detectives...
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Auteur:ROBERTS, NoraSommaire:A beautiful socialite - turned - jewel thief finds herself falling for the tough cop who is after her.
- Auteur:FRANCIS, DickSommaire:
Another thriller set in the world of horse racing by this best-selling author.
- Auteur:CORNWELL, Patricia DanielsSommaire:
Judy Hammer has accepted the challenge of Richmond, Virginia's police department to try and reverse the escalating crime statistics in the city. She brings with her Deputy Chief Virginia West & Andy Brazil, now a full-time...
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