The Art of Detection is another spellbinding tale starring San Francisco homicide inspector Kate Martinelli. The victim is Sherlock Holmes aficionado Philip Gilbert, whose collection of priceless...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary: -
Author: Doig, IvanSummary:
Doig captures the passion and tenacity of turn-of-the-century immigrants struggling to build new lives amidst Montana's windswept Rockies. The tale unfolds into a contest of the heart between Anna...
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Author: Krauss, NicoleSummary:
A young novelist inherited the desk from a poet taken by Pinochet's police. Then the desk is stolen from her by the poet's supposed daughter. In its drawers, another man discovers a long-kept...
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Author: Harford, TimSummary:
Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everything from supermarkets to insurance companies to airlines in this entertaining and informative book. To protect both our wallets and our bank...
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Author: Helprin, MarkSummary:
Freddy is the bright but aloof Prince of Wales. Fredericka is his blonde, beautiful and beloved wife. When they stumble into a public relations nightmare with no easy solution, they must make...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Precocious six-year-old Bertie joins the scouts to escape his mother, Matthew learns to handle the challenges of marriage, and Domenica deals with loneliness. Even four-legged Cyril gets in on the...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
King explores'Sherlock Holmes's initial meeting with Mary Russell. Holmes is in a decidedly dark temper as he searches the countryside for wild bees, until he meets the headstrong young woman who...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
The residents of 44 Scotland Street grapple with problems both trivial and severe, but none so great as when six-year-old Bertie Pollock--who longs to be seven--mislays his mum and learns a...
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Author: King, Laurie R.Summary:
Waking up in Morocco with no memory of her identity, Mary Russell is enmeshed in the political and military uprisings of Europe, while Sherlock Holmes taps the assistance of T. E. Lawrence to...
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Author: Pagnamenta, Peter, Williams, MomokoSummary:
Arthur Hart-Synnot, a third-generation British officer, was sent to Japan in 1904 to learn the language of Britain's newest ally. Masa Suzuki, a beautiful Japanese woman scorned because of an...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Stil enduring psychotherapy, the precocious Bertie gets a chance to escape when he joins a junior orchestra trip to Paris--wher he is accidentally left behind. Never fear for Bertie, though. He...
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Author: Stross, CharlesSummary:
As head of the Rule 34 Squad, Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh keeps a close eye on Internet activity, monitoring whether people are participating in harmless fantasies or engaging in illegal...
Genre: Science fiction -
Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Inspired by a love of trains and the nature of love, a series of intertwined romantic tales follows the experiences of four strangers traveling from Edinburgh to London who entertain each other...
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Author: McCormack, EricSummary:
A masterpiece of the sexual gothic, this is the story of Andrew Halfnight, whose life, part dream, part nightmare, begins with a mother's tragic choice and ends with a lover's embrace. In between...
Genre: Romance fiction, Erotic fiction, Gothic fiction -
Author: Marsden, George M.Summary:
Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story...