Warren Fielding is sumptuously wealthy. He is courted and adored by the rich, famous and royal. But when politician James Mobery - into whose campaign Fielding is pouring millions - commits suicide on the eve of the election, his...
Detective or mystery stories
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Auteur:FRANCIS, Dick & FRANCIS, FelixSommaire:When defence barrister Geoffrey Mason hears the judge verdict, he quietly hopes that a long and arduous custodial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too...
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Auteur:PERRY, AnneSommaire:Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Secret Service in Queen Victoria's vast empire. He is to investigate the shooting at Eden Lodge of an ex-army officer and promising young diplomat.
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Auteur:DAVIS, LindseySommaire:In the wealthy town of Ostia, Marcus Didius Falco appears to be enjoying a relaxing holiday. But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of the Daily Gazette - with the intention of catching up on the latest...
- Auteur:CORRIS, PeterSommaire:
An old flame, Glen Withers, has come back into Cliff Hardy's life - but this time it's strictly business.
- Auteur:LA PLANTE, LyndaSommaire:
To mastermind stealing of Koh-i-noor, the most valuable diamond in the world is not an easy task.
- Auteur:FRANCOME, JohnSommaire:
A racing trainer whose career has been ruined by a dishonest owner is implicated in murder and drug running. Even his wife begins to doubt his innocence. Only desperation and quick wits are going to save him from a life sentence.
- Auteur:BEAUMAN, SallySommaire:
April 1951. It has been twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter, and twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire. But Rebecca's...
- Auteur:CORNWELL, Patricia DanielsSommaire:
A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Three women have died, brutalised and strangled in their own bedrooms. Unless Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner, can dig up new forensic evidence, the killings will continue...
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Auteur:CORNWELL, Patricia DanielsSommaire:Between August and November 1888, at least seven women were murdered in Whitechapel. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the East End and gave rise to the enduring mystery of Jack the Ripper.
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Auteur:EVANOVICH, JanetSommaire:Stephanie Plum is back in town, along with her sidekick Lula, her Grandma Mazur, and an ever-widening cast of freaks, criminals, deranged felons, and lunatics looking for love. And just when Stephanie thinks her life can't get any...
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Auteur:Forbes, ElenaSommaire:Hurting is her special skill. On a snowy February morning, London art dealer Rachel Tenison goes for a jog through Holland Park. Still giddy from the previous evening, her legs wobbly from too much drink and too little sleep, she falls...
- Auteur:CORRIS, PeterSommaire:
When Barnes Todd is killed in a car smash south of Sydney, people are lining up to say how sorry they are. But Cliff Hardy, private investigator, soon discovers the accident was really murder.
- Auteur:BENSON, RaymondSommaire:
Benson's latest James Bond novel is set in the south of France, where Bond defeats a vicious criminal - and harder still, an old friend turned enemy.
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Auteur:WARNER, MarinaSommaire:Short stories that conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear.
- Auteur:CHRISTIE, AgathaSommaire:
The corpse was lying face down in an open grave... a baffling mystery for all but Hercule Poirot.
- Auteur:UPFIELD, ArthurSommaire:
Murder and baby abduction. Five boy babies, all less than 3 months old, have been taken. The local C.I.B. have given up, but Inspector Boneparte is determined to solve the case.
- Auteur:BRETT, SimonSommaire:
Set on the Sussex Downs near the town of Fethering, the Elizabethan house of Bracketts is about to be turned into a museum. The transition is running far from smoothly when suddenly a skeleton is discovered buried in the kitchen garden...
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Auteur:ADAMS, Jane A.Sommaire:Twenty-three years ago Helen Jones disappeared on her way to school. She was twelve years old. No trace of her was ever found. But now a confession in a sealed envelope has turned up in a dead man's possessions.
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Auteur:GREGSON, J. MSommaire:Headteacher Peter Logan will leave no stone unturned in improving his Cheltenham school. His private life, on the other hand, is far less exemplary, and this heady cocktail of virtue and vice leaves a trail of dissatisfied people.
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