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Florida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished in Klan-infested Grovetown while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a legendary bluesman's blackguard son. Has she been murdered too? Fearing the worst, Hap...
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Mysterious Press
Parution :
2001-05-15
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When a young woman's body is discovered in the summer of 1910 Vienna, the Inspector's wife is certain the figs found in her stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murderer -- for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of year.
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Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2001-03-06
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The Catherine-Wheel had once been a home for pirates and smugglers, but now is looked like it was harbouring a murderer.There was a certain heavy air of intrigue and mystery emanating from the old inn high on the cliff top.The Catherine-Wheel had once been a home for...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2000-09-21
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Miss Silver Series
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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since' Paul Auster, author of The New York TrilogyRaymond Chandler was America's preeminent writer of detective...
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Penguin
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2000-02-03
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'Marvellously paced and ingeniously plotted. A real page-turner' Observer_________________________One winter morning, Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - goes to keep a perfectly routine business appointment and finds a hanged...
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Penguin
Parution :
1999-02-25
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Despite the grave misgivings of both their families, Valeria Brinton and Eustace Woodville are married. But before long the new bride begins to suspect a dark secret in her husband's past and when she discovers that he has been living under a false name, she determines...
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Penguin
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1998-09-24
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
1998-06-04
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What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? "Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing and sex," said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blond, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender P.I. the likes of Sam Spade or Philop Marlowe. Perhaps...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1997-05-29
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Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'Well-crafted and unputdownable. An excellent read' 5***** Reader Review'Superbly paced and plotted. One of Francis's best' 5***** Reader Review'A well written and totally...
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Penguin
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1996-03-28
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When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. Her...
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Penguin
Parution :
1995-01-26
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
1993-09-30
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In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
1993-09-30
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In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
1993-09-30
ePub
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
1993-09-30
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Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'Grabs you from the first page and never lets go' 5***** Reader Review'Excellent. A well plotted story with plenty of twists and turns' 5***** Reader Review'Flawlessly...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1993-09-02
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A classic of the crime genre,A Fatal Inversion plunges you into the darker side of humanity with a plot that will keep you guessing throughout!'An absolute winner . . . a gripping read from start to end' Daily Mail 'Brilliant. Vine has the kind of near-Victorian...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1987-10-29
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A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF JOHN MORTIMER'S ICONIC CHARACTER, DISCOVER THE FIRST RUMPOLE OMNIBUS! 'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard 'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D. James, Mail on Sunday Who rose to enduring...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1983-09-29
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''Situation Vacant'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a 1946 detective novel about a series of mysterious deaths in an English village, revolving around two secretaries to the same woman at a manor house, with Inspector Arnold and sleuth Desmond Merrion uncovering a...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2026-02-03
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Award-winning young adult novelist Vicki Grant's adult debut, perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Bad Sisters, and The Perfect Couple, follows a family's unravelling after the death of its patriarch.
Petra felt oddly calm. The last forty years of her life had turned out...
Editeur :
Nimbus
Parution :
2026-02-03
epub sans DRM
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''The Devereux Court Mystery'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a Golden Age detective novel where amateur sleuth Desmond Merrion helps Scotland Yard's Inspector Arnold solve a complex case involving a gang, a river setting, and seemingly unrelated crimes that turn out...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2026-01-28
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