A novel of suspense and mystery with romantic overtones.
Crime
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Author:STEWART, MarySummary: -
Author:Mary Jane MaffiniSummary:It's 40 below, but victim's advocate Camilla MacPhee is feeling the heat. When a savage serial batterer goes on the rampage looking for revenge against his girlfriend, the terrified woman turns to Camilla for help. A sudden...
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Author:GRISHAM, JohnSummary:Law student Mitch finds his dreams coming true; a house, car and great job are all his. But then the nightmare begins - secret files, bugs and FBI investigators searching for millions of dollars in mob laundered money.
- Author:Lambert, AnnSummary:
The sequel to The Birds That Stay - hailed by the New York Journal of Books as "a fascinating and gripping tale of suspense" and the Globe and Mail as one of "Ten thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat". Says Ann Cleeves...
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Author:DALE, JohnSummary: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.
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Author:BRETT, Simon (Ed.)Summary:This anthology includes eleven new stories by the best of British: Robert Barnard, Lindsey Davis, Colin Dexter, Clare Francis, Robert Goddard, John Harvey, Reginald Hill, P.D. James, H.R.F. Keating, Michael Ridpath, Margaret Yorke and...
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Author:WALTERS, MinetteSummary:The newspapers reported the case with relish. Jane(Jinx) Kingsley, fashion and heiress, tried to kill herself after being jilted by her fianc
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Author:CORRIS, PeterSummary:Wealthy Frederick Farmer died when his weekender burned to the ground. Death by accident, the police found. But his daughter, Dr. Elizabeth Farmer, hires Cliff Hardy to investigate. Is her only motive jealousy of her father's...
- Author:CONNELLY, MichaelSummary:
After three years out of the LAPD, Harry Bosch returns, to find the department a different place from the one he left. Working with his former cop partner, Kiz Rider, they are given a sensitive case when a DNA match connects a white...
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
First published in a 1846 edition of Godey's Lady's Book, The Cask of Amontillado is widely considered to be one of the most perfect short stories ever written. Told by the unreliable narrator Montresor-a man who sought vengeance...
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Author:COLE, MartinaSummary:Imelda Dooley is scared. She's pregnant and now she's on her own. Her father, not a man to mess with, will see that somebody pays. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooley's husband is...
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Author:BARNARD, RobertSummary:Moving into a new home in Leeds, rising radio star Matt Harper is shocked to find the skeleton of a child in the attic.
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Author:PATTERSON, JamesSummary: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...
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Author:Korman, GordonSummary:After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use...
- Author:LOVELL, AvonSummary:
A fortune of gold bullion was mysteriously swindled from the Royal Mint in the Australian west coast city of Perth in 1982. No-one saw the swindler - No violence occurred, and no individual victim suffered loss. A true story of...
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Author:Pacholik, BarbSummary: - Author:COURTENAY, BryceSummary:
Thommo returns from Vietnam to an Australia that regards him as a mercenary guilty of war crimes. He begins to develop all kinds of physical and mental problems.
- Author:Dalby, J. ThomasSummary:
SHRUNK: Crime and Disorders of the Mind is a collection of powerful stories by international forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about the many complex mental health issues they face and the care involved in dealing with...
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Author:Miyabe, MiyukiSummary:Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Internet chat room, as the "father" in a fantasy "family."...
- Author:Meruane, LinaSummary:
This autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke, leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography...
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