A Right to Die

When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears. Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did. Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The police say her black fiance did it, but Wolfe has other ideas. Before he's done, he'll prove that good intentions and bad deeds often go hand in hand and that the highest ideals can sometimes have the deadliest consequences.

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A Right to Die

Fiction

Private investigators

Private investigators in fiction

Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character)

Mystery

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Private investigators, fiction

New york (n.y.), fiction

Large type books

civil rights movement

racism

interracial relationships

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private investigator

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Innan frosten

International bestseller: Kurt Wallander and his daughter join forces to hunt for a ritual killer in this “gripping, beautifully orchestrated” mystery (The New York Times Book Review). Linda Wallander is bored. Having just graduated from the police academy, she’s waiting to start work with the Ystad police and move into her own apartment. In the meantime, she’s staying with her father and, like fathers and daughters everywhere, they are driving each other crazy. Nor will they be able to escape each other when she moves out. Her father is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a veteran of the Ystad police force, and the two of them are about to find themselves working a case that couldn’t be closer to home. Linda’s childhood friend Anna has disappeared. As the investigation proceeds, she makes a few rookie mistakes that are both understandable and life-threatening. But as the case her father is working on dovetails with her own, something far more dangerous, and chillingly calculated, begins to emerge. A “powerful” and “thoroughly engaging” thriller from “a master storyteller,” Before the Frost introduces an unforgettable new heroine to the acclaimed series that is the basis for the BBC television show starring Kenneth Branagh (San Francisco Chronicle).

Mystery; Police in fiction; Murder in fiction; Police; Cults in fiction; Policewomen in fiction; Kurt Wallander (Fictitious character); Cults; Fiction; Missing persons in fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Missing persons; Policewomen; Murder; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Sweden, fiction; Wallander, kurt (fictitious character), fiction; Kurt Wallander (Fictional character); Enquêtes criminelles; Sacrifice; Roman policier suédois; Littérature suédoise; Sectes; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Linda Wallander (Fictitious character); Fathers and daughters; Swedish Authors; Translations into English

Innan frosten

Mystery

Police in fiction

Murder in fiction

Police

Cults in fiction

Policewomen in fiction

Kurt Wallander (Fictitious character)

Cults

Fiction

Missing persons in fiction

Detective and mystery stories

Missing persons

Policewomen

Murder

Sweden, fiction

Kurt Wallander (Fictional character)

Enquêtes criminelles

Sacrifice

Roman policier suédois

Littérature suédoise

Sectes

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Linda Wallander (Fictitious character)

Fathers and daughters

Swedish Authors

Translations into English

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The jackal's head

Fiction in English; Fiction; Mystery; Althea Tomlinson (Fictitious character); Historical fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Fiction, historical, general; Archaeologists, fiction; Egypt, fiction; Fiction, general; Fiction, romance, suspense

The jackal's head

Fiction in English

Fiction

Mystery

Althea Tomlinson (Fictitious character)

Historical fiction

Fiction, historical, general

Archaeologists, fiction

Egypt, fiction

Fiction, general

Fiction, romance, suspense

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The Silkworm

Segunda entrega de la aclamada serie protagonizada por Cormoran Strike y Robin Ellacott, una peculiar pareja que, por su inteligencia y determinación, deleitará a los aficionados a las historias de misterio y suspense. La esposa del novelista Owen Quine está convencida de que su marido se ha marchado a pasar unos días solo, tal como ha hecho en otras ocasiones. Por ello acude al despacho del detective privado Cormoran Strike para encargarle que encuentre a su esposo y lo lleve de vuelta a casa. Sin embargo, Cormoran descubre que tras la ausencia de Quine hay mucho más de lo que su mujer cree. Hace poco, Owen había acabado un manuscrito en el que revelaba los secretos más comprometedores de prácticamente todos sus conocidos. Es evidente que la publicación de la novela arruinaría sus vidas, así que, en teoría, cualquiera de ellos haría lo que fuese por impedir que el libro saliera a la luz. Y cuando la teoría se vuelve realidad con la aparición del cadáver de Quine, los acontecimientos se precipitan. Owen ha sido brutalmente asesinado, con una crueldad que Cormoran no recuerda haber visto nunca. Así pues, detener al culpable se convierte en una tarea urgente, por lo cual Cormoran Strike y Robin Ellacott, su eficaz ayudante, han de recurrir a todo su arrojo y astucia para identificar al asesino y atraparlo lo antes posible. Reseñas: «Cormoran Strike ha vuelto, y con él, su fiel y sagaz ayudante Robin Ellacott: una pareja destinada a convertirse en un referente del género. Un festín de entretenimiento.» -The New York Times «La historia es adictiva, especialmente por sus protagonistas, la pareja que forman Cormoran y Robin, con los que no te importaría cruzarte una y otra vez.» -Time «Astuta, bien construida, mordaz, ingeniosa, El gusano de seda es una novela negra que fascina.» -People «La escritura de Robert Galbraith es ingeniosa y está impregnada de cariño por la tradición de la novela de detectives. Además, lleva al lector por una trama repleta de giros, tan adictiva que pierde la noción del tiempo. Esperamos impacientes la próxima entrega.» -The Seattle Times «Un libro que se devora.» -The Telegraph «Robert Galbraith es un soplo de aire fresco para el género: hard-boiled y satírico, a la vez que conmovedor y romántico.» -The Wall Street Journal DESCRIPTION IN ENGLISH In this "wonderfully entertaining" mystery (Harlan Coben, The New York Times Book Review), private investigator Cormoran Strike must track down a missing writer -- and a sinister killer bent on destruction. When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days -- as he has done before -- and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, he discovers that Quine's disappearance is no coincidence. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published, it would ruin lives -- meaning that almost everyone in his life would have motives to silence him. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, Strike must race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before . . . A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, The Silkworm is the second in J. K. Rowling's highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott. "Cormoran Strike is back, and so is his resourceful sidekick, Robin Ellacott, a gumshoe team that's on its way to becoming as celebrated for its mystery-solving skills as Nick and Nora Charles of "Thin Man" fame, and Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander (a.k.a. the girl with the dragon tattoo)."―Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "'The last line of The Silkworm, which will lift the hearts of readers who have come to love its deeply sympathetic characters, offers the prospect of more of that joy both for her and for us."―Charles Finch, USA Today (3.5/4 stars) "Robert Galbraith... has written a second absorbing whodunit starring detective Corcmoran Strike to follow last year's stealth hit, The Cuckoo's Calling.... Astutely observed, well-paced... The Silkworm thoroughly engages as a crime novel."―Sue Corbett, People

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The Silkworm

missing persons
private investigator
fiction
Cormoran Strike
mystery
detective
crime
England
investigation
murder
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New York Times bestseller
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Fiction, crime
Missing persons, fiction
England, fiction
Private investigators, fiction
Private investigators


The Breakdown

If you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? It all started that night in the woods. Cass Anderson didn't stop to help the woman in the car, and now that woman is dead. Ever since, silent calls have been plaguing Cass and she's sure someone is watching her every move. It doesn't help that she's forgetting everything, too. Where she left the car, if she took her pills, the house alarm code - and whether the knife in the kitchen really had blood on it.

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The Breakdown

fiction
suspense
Fiction, psychological
Fiction, thrillers
Guilt
Paranoia
Fiction, thrillers, general
nyt:hardcover-fiction=2017-08-06
New York Times bestseller
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Psychological Thriller
Crime


A walk among the tombstones

A brilliant, fast-paced thriller from 'a flat out entertainer' Daily Telegraph Also a major film starring Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens and Ruth Wilson - now available on Netflix Kenan Khoury's wife never returned from her shopping trip - at least, not alive. A ransom is demanded and paid; and his wife is duly returned to him - in small pieces in the boot of an abandoned car. But as Khoury's wealth has not come entirely honestly, he can't go to the police. PI Matt Scudder is left to speculate on the motives of a very unusual kidnapper. And soon he is on the trail of a pair of ruthlessly sadistic psychopaths whose cruel games have only just begun...

Mystery; Drug traffic; Private investigators; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction; Matt Scudder (Fictitious character); Kidnapping; Large type books; New York Times reviewed; New york (n.y.), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled; Scudder, matt (fictitious character), fiction; Private investigators, fiction; Scudder, Matt (Fictitious character)

A walk among the tombstones

Mystery

Drug traffic

Private investigators

Detective and mystery stories

Fiction

Matt Scudder (Fictitious character)

Kidnapping

Large type books

New York Times reviewed

New york (n.y.), fiction

Private investigators, fiction

Scudder, Matt (Fictitious character)

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One False Move

It should be a straightforward missing persons case... until the Mob are involved. An outstanding Myron Bolitar novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of SHELTER, a Netflix hit Myron Bolitar might have a slightly dubious past, but he knows how to handle himself and is doing just fine as a sports agent. And then he meets Brenda Slaughter, one of the hottest female sports stars around. She's gorgeous, funny and single, and also seems to have mislaid her agent. But when her father disappears, and the Mob starts leaning on her, it soon becomes apparent that potent forces are at work. And the more Myron tries to help, the closer he gets to losing his heart - and his life...

Mystery; Fiction; Women basketball players; Sports agents; Myron Bolitar (Fictitious character); Large type books; Bolitar, myron (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Basketball stories; Revenge; Secrets; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction, suspense; Fiction, thrillers, general; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; New york (n.y.), fiction; crime fiction

One False Move

Mystery

Fiction

Women basketball players

Sports agents

Myron Bolitar (Fictitious character)

Large type books

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

Basketball stories

Revenge

Secrets

Detective and mystery stories

Fiction, suspense

Fiction, thrillers, general

New york (n.y.), fiction

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Ark Angel

Spies in fiction; Terrorism in fiction; Adventure and adventurers; Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers in fiction; Young Adult Fiction; Fiction; Orphans in fiction; Terrorism; Spies; Orphans; Thriller; Adventure stories; Spy stories; Children's fiction; Spies, fiction; Adventure and adventurers, fiction; Orphans, fiction; Terrorism, fiction; Rider, alex (fictitious character), fiction; Adventure fiction; Alex Rider (Fictitious character); Detective work; Disasters; English Detective and mystery stories; England, fiction; English Spy stories; Espionage; Espionnage; Espías

Ark Angel

Spies in fiction

Terrorism in fiction

Adventure and adventurers

Juvenile fiction

Adventure and adventurers in fiction

Young Adult Fiction

Fiction

Orphans in fiction

Terrorism

Spies

Orphans

Thriller

Adventure stories

Spy stories

Children's fiction

Spies, fiction

Adventure and adventurers, fiction

Orphans, fiction

Terrorism, fiction

Adventure fiction

Alex Rider (Fictitious character)

Detective work

Disasters

English Detective and mystery stories

England, fiction

English Spy stories

Espionage

Espionnage

Espías

Ficción juvenil

Intelligence service

Juvenile Fiction

Juvenile Juvenile fiction

Mystery

Mystery and detective stories

Novela adolescentes

Romans

Romans, nouvelles

School stories

Schools, fiction

Teenage boys

Teenagers

Serie:Alex-Rider

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The Night Gardener

A great novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers... They never found the killer. All they knew, back in the winter of 1985, was that someone was taking teenagers, killing them and leaving their abused bodies in public parks. Three victims in all, with no link between them except a oddity of their names. They read the same back-to-front - Otto, Ava and lastly Eve. A lot has happened in the twenty years since. Detectives Gus Ramone and Dan Holiday - two of the leads on the case - have pursued very different paths. Gus has climbed to the heights of Detective Sergeant and built himself a reputation as a very good cop, whilst Dan has been drummed out of the force - his sleaze finally getting too much for his superiors. However, their paths are about to cross again. A boy named Asa - a close friend of Gus's teenage son - has been found in the public park, his skull shattered by gunfire. Now it seems that both men are once again in the path of this disturbed serial killer. THE NIGHT GARDENER is George Pelecanos's stunning crime thriller - the story of two very different men united by the maliciousness of a deadly attacker.

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The Night Gardener

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Police

Teenagers

Fiction

Serial murderers

Detective and mystery fiction

Mystery fiction

Detective and mystery stories

Mystery

Investigacion asesinato en serie

Policía

Ficción

Adolescentes

Washington (d.c.), fiction

Serial murders, fiction

Criminals, fiction

Large type books

Serial murder investigation

Ex-police officers

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

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Cinnamon Kiss

In this thrilling mystery, Easy Rawlins takes a job to find a missing attorney and his beautiful assistant—and faces danger around every corner. It is the Summer of Love and Easy Rawlins is contemplating robbing an armored car. It's farther outside the law than Easy has ever traveled, but his daughter, Feather, needs a medical treatment that costs far more than Easy can earn or borrow in time. And his friend Mouse tells him it's a cinch. Then another friend, Saul Lynx, offers a job that might solve Easy's problem without jail time. He has to track the disappearance of an eccentric, prominent attorney. His assistant of sorts, the beautiful "Cinnamon" Cargill, is gone as well. Easy can tell there is much more than he is being told: Robert Lee, his new employer, is as suspect as the man who disappeared. But his need overcomes all concerns, and he plunges into unfamiliar territory, from the newfound hippie enclaves to a vicious plot that stretches back to the battlefields of Europe.

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Cinnamon Kiss

Novela de misterio

Fiction

Missing persons

Personas desaparecidas

Hombres afronorteamericanos

Mystery

Private investigators

Open Library Staff Picks

Novela histórica

Literatura estadounidense

African American men

Investigadores privados

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Easy Rawlins (Fictitious character)

Ficción estadounidense

Novela estadounidense

Ficción

African American men in fiction

Private investigators in fiction

Missing persons in fiction

Detective and mystery stories

African American men -- Fiction

Los angeles (calif.), fiction

African americans, fiction

Fiction, historical

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Private investigators, fiction

Missing persons, fiction

Fiction, thrillers, general

Lawyers, fiction

Germany, fiction

Large type books

Fiction, historical, general

Disappeared persons

Deception

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Courting Trouble CD

Fiction; Women lawyers; Rosato & Associates (Imaginary organization); Legal stories; Mystery; Suspense; Women lawyers, fiction; Fiction, legal; Philadelphia (pa.), fiction; Fiction, thrillers; Rosato & associates (imaginary organization), fiction; Fiction, thrillers, general; Dinunzio, mary (fictitious character), fiction; Rosato and Associates (Imaginary organization); Homicide; Large type books; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Fiction, thrillers, legal

Courting Trouble CD

Fiction

Women lawyers

Legal stories

Mystery

Suspense

Women lawyers, fiction

Fiction, legal

Philadelphia (pa.), fiction

Fiction, thrillers

Fiction, thrillers, general

Homicide

Large type books

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

Fiction, thrillers, legal

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Cat Chaser

A lean and mean thriller about one man and the Mob from 'the crime laureate' INDEPENDENT. The last time Florida motel owner George Moran was in the Dominican Republic he was in a uniform and people were shooting at him. Years later he's back looking for a girl he lost - and finding one he'd be better off without. Mary de Boya may be beautiful, but she's also the wife of a former death squad general in exile with mob connections. So much for the trip down memory lane - now Moran finds himself in a cat's cradle of drug deals, swindles, vengeance and murder. 'Dialogue like broken glass, sharp and glittering, and a raft of low-lifes individualised in primary colours like hard-edged pop art' Independent

Fiction; Mystery; Large type books; Retired military personnel; Drug traffic; Hotelkeepers; Florida, fiction; Miami (fla.), fiction; Moran, george (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled; Rich people; Millionaires; Mystery/Suspense; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Dominican republic, fiction; Manuscripts; Drug dealers; Fugitives from justice; Drama; Organized crime; detective fiction

Cat Chaser

Fiction

Mystery

Large type books

Retired military personnel

Drug traffic

Hotelkeepers

Florida, fiction

Miami (fla.), fiction

Rich people

Millionaires

Mystery/Suspense

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Dominican republic, fiction

Manuscripts

Drug dealers

Fugitives from justice

Drama

Organized crime

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Friends in High Places

'Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment' Sunday Times Winner of the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger Award for Fiction Commissario Guido Brunetti gets into trouble when Franco Rossi, a young bureaucrat, pays him a visit. Rossi is there to determine whether Brunetti's apartment was built with official approval, and when Brunetti is unable to provide any documentation, he faces the prospect of both fines and the dismantling of his home. But when Rossi rings Brunetti at work, clearly scared, and is then found dead, Brunetti is drawn into an investigation that unveils a world of corruption, drug dealing and moneylenders. 'All Donna Leon's novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who becomes more real in each book' Evening Standard

Fiction; Murder; Usury; Police; Investigation; Drug abuse; Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character); Mystery; Brunetti, guido (fictitious character), fiction; Crime, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Venice (italy), fiction

Friends in High Places

Fiction

Murder

Usury

Police

Investigation

Drug abuse

Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character)

Mystery

Crime, fiction

Venice (italy), fiction


Come to Grief

Private investigators; Detective and mystery stories; English Detective and mystery stories; Sid Halley (Fictitious character); Horse racing; Fiction; Open Library Staff Picks; Large type books; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; England, fiction; Halley, sid (fictitious character), fiction; Private investigators, fiction; Edgar Award; Mystery; Jockeys; Fiction, suspense; Fiction, thrillers; Fiction, thrillers, general

Come to Grief

Private investigators

Detective and mystery stories

English Detective and mystery stories

Sid Halley (Fictitious character)

Horse racing

Fiction

Open Library Staff Picks

Large type books

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

England, fiction

Private investigators, fiction

Edgar Award

Mystery

Jockeys

Fiction, suspense

Fiction, thrillers

Fiction, thrillers, general

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A Fatal Inversion

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 narrative drive' Sunday Times 'I defy anyone to guess the conclusion' Daily Telegraph ***** In the long hot summer of 1976, a group of young adults camp in Wyvis Hall, a beautiful Suffolk country house, after one of them unexpectedly inherits it. Revelling in their self-indulgent, irresponsible paradise, they scavenge, steal and sell heirlooms - to entertain and simply exist. Ten years later, when the current owner buries their beloved dog in the Hall's animal cemetery, the bodies of a woman and child are discovered. But which woman? And whose child? As the facts slowly emerge, their past begins to catch up with them . . . Written under Ruth Rendell's pen name, Barbara Vine, if you enjoy the novels of P.D. James, Ian Rankin and Scott Turow, you will love this book. ***** 'One of the best Barbara Vine novels' Goodreads Review 'Not an ordinary mystery . . . it is compelling and certainly thought-provoking' Goodreads Review 'Vine is expert at the slow disclosure of facts and feelings' Goodreads Review

English fiction; Fiction; Mystery; Detective and mystery stories; Large type books; Fiction, mystery & detective, general

A Fatal Inversion

English fiction
Fiction
Mystery
Detective and mystery stories
Large type books
Fiction, mystery & detective, general

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Death at the president's lodging

Inspector Appleby is called to St Anthony's College, where the President has been murdered in his Lodging. Scandal abounds when it becomes clear that the only people with any motive to murder him are the only people who had the opportunity.

Fiction; Mystery; Suspense; Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional; London (england), fiction; England, fiction; Appleby, john, sir (fictitious character), fiction; Sir Appleby, John (Fictitious character); Police; College presidents

Death at the president's lodging

Fiction

Mystery

Suspense

London (england), fiction

England, fiction

Police

College presidents


Lament for a maker

When mad recluse, Ranald Guthrie, the laird of Erchany, falls from the ramparts of his castle on a wild winter night, Appleby discovers the doom that shrouded his life, and the grim legends of the bleak and nameless hamlets, in a tale that emanates sheer terror and suspense.

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Lament for a maker

Fiction

Mystery

Suspense

London (england), fiction

England, fiction

Police

Sir John Appleby (Fictitious character)

Scottish vernacular

Scots

Scotland

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The Mother Hunt

Mystery; Private investigators; Private investigators in fiction; Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character); Abandoned children; Fiction; Abandoned children in fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Wolfe, nero (fictitious character), fiction; Private investigators, fiction; New york (n.y.), fiction; Large type books; History

The Mother Hunt

Mystery

Private investigators

Private investigators in fiction

Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character)

Abandoned children

Fiction

Abandoned children in fiction

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Private investigators, fiction

New york (n.y.), fiction

Large type books

History


Numero zero

Número Cero, la nueva novela de Umberto Eco, nos descubre la cara oscura del periodismo y la manera en que nuestra realidad está en manos de quienes construyen las noticias «Umberto Eco cambió nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, pequeños, frágiles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos enseñó a entrelazar la sabiduría y el juego con su estilo sagaz y lúdico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez.» Irene Vallejo «Los perdedores y los autodidactas siempre saben mucho más que los ganadores. Si quieres ganar, tienes que concentrarte en un solo objetivo, y más te vale no perder el tiempo en saber más: el placer de la erudición está reservado a los perdedores.» Con estas credenciales se nos presenta Colonna, el protagonista de Número Cero, que en abril de 1992, a sus cincuenta años, recibe una extraña propuesta de un tal Simei: va a convertirse en redactor jefe de Domani, un diario que se adelantará a los acontecimientos a base de suposiciones y mucha imaginación, sin reparar casi en el límite que separa la verdad de la mentira, y chantajeando de paso a las altas esferas del poder. El hombre, que hasta la fecha ha malvivido como documentalista y en palabras de su ex mujer es un perdedor compulsivo, acepta el reto a cambio de una cantidad considerable de dinero, y arranca la aventura. Reunidos en un despacho confortable, Colonna y otros seis colegas preparan el Número Cero, la edición anticipada del nuevo periódico, indagando en archivos que esconden los secretos ocultos de la CIA, del Vaticano y de la vida de Mussolini. Todo parece ir sobre ruedas hasta que un cadáver tendido en una callejuela de Milán y un amor discreto cambian el destino de nuestro héroe y el modo en que sus lectores vamos a mirar la realidad, o lo que queda de ella. La crítica ha dicho... «Umberto Eco ha escrito una novela que es el manual de comunicación de nuestro tiempo.» Roberto Saviano «En Número Cero, Umberto Eco escribe una parodia feroz sobre el periodismo y la política.» Jesús Ceberio, Babelia «Eco ha liberado su lado más irreverente y disparatado y ha escrito una novela chispeante que nos muestra las tripas de los tabloides, con sus chismes e infundios.» Rafael Narbona, El Cultural de El Mundo

Modern Civilization; Social satire; Political satire; FICTION / Satire; FICTION / Literary; Fiction; Alternative histories (Fiction); Italian Social satire; Italian Political satire; Newspapers; Fiction, satire; Italy, fiction; Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author); Fiction, political; Fiction, alternative history; Literary; Literature; Satire; Newspaper publishing; Journalism; Corrupt practices; Chantaje; Man-woman relationships; Conspiraciones; Diarios; Verdad y mentira; Autores; Truthfulness and falsehood; Editores financieros; Conspiracies

Numero zero

Modern Civilization

Social satire

Political satire

FICTION / Satire

FICTION / Literary

Fiction

Alternative histories (Fiction)

Italian Social satire

Italian Political satire

Newspapers

Fiction, satire

Italy, fiction

Fiction, political

Fiction, alternative history

Literary

Literature

Satire

Newspaper publishing

Journalism

Corrupt practices

Chantaje

Man-woman relationships

Conspiraciones

Diarios

Verdad y mentira

Autores

Truthfulness and falsehood

Editores financieros

Conspiracies

Relaciones hombre-mujer

Publishers and publishing

Ficción

Extortion

Ghostwriters

Mystery

Assassination

Journalistes

Romans, nouvelles

Presse satirique

Novela

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery

FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological


Legend in green velvet

Passionate about Scotland, Susan's dream comes true with the opportunity to join an archaeological dig in the Highlands. However, a sinister stranger slips Susan a cryptic message in ancient verse--and later is found viciously slain. Soon, a mysterious peril sends the young archaeology student running for her life in the company of a handsome, unconventional laird. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Fiction; Women archaeologists; Women archaeologists in fiction; Scotland in fiction; American Detective and mystery stories; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Scotland, fiction; Mystery; Fiction in English; Fictionin English

Legend in green velvet

Fiction
Women archaeologists
Women archaeologists in fiction
Scotland in fiction
American Detective and mystery stories
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Scotland, fiction
Mystery
Fiction in English
Fictionin English

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Dog Man

Howl with laughter with Dog Man, the internationally bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants! George and Harold have created a new breed of justice -- one that is part dog, part man, and ALL HERO! With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound digs into deception, claws after crooks, rolls over robbers, and scampers after squirrels. Will he be able to resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty? Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self.

Graphic novel; children's literature; humor; adventure; mystery; superhero; police; crime; friendship; family; forgiveness; redemption; nyt:graphic-books-and-manga=2021-03-07; New York Times bestseller

Dog Man

Graphic novel
children's literature
humor
adventure
mystery
superhero
police
crime
friendship
family
forgiveness
redemption
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New York Times bestseller


Prayers for the Dead

The brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon's death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker. Why, for example, would the family of a man so beloved respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked a celebrated doctor with strict fundamentalist beliefs to a gang of outlaw bikers? But the most unsettling connection of all is the one that ties the tormented Sparks family to Peter Decker's own -- and the secrets shared by a renegade Catholic priest...and Decker's wife, Rina Lazarus.

Fiction; Police; Police spouses; Detective and mystery stories; Mystery; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Fiction, thrillers, crime

Prayers for the Dead

Fiction

Police

Police spouses

Detective and mystery stories

Mystery

Fiction, thrillers, crime

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Street dreams

While on routine patrol, LAPD Officer Cindy Decker rescues a newborn abandoned in an alley dumpster.

Mystery; Detective and mystery stories; Police; Police spouses; Abandoned children; Fiction; Policewomen; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Open Library Staff Picks; Kriminalroman; Abandoned children, fiction

Street dreams

Mystery

Detective and mystery stories

Police

Police spouses

Abandoned children

Fiction

Policewomen

Open Library Staff Picks

Kriminalroman

Abandoned children, fiction

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Nature Girl

Passionate and willful Honey Santana is taking rude, gullible telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less than enthusiastic mistress, Eugenie Fonda, into the mangroves of Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in humility. What Honey doesn’t know is that she’s being followed by her obsessed former employer, Piejack, and her still-smitten ex-husband, Perry, with their protective and wise-beyond-his-years twelve-year-old son, Fry. And when they all arrive on Dismal Key, they don’t know the island is occupied by Sammy Tigertail, a failed alligator wrestler trying like hell to be left alone despite the Florida State coed clinging to his side. South Florida has never been quite so hilarious as it is in this outrageous tale of one woman’s single-handed quest to eradicate greed and enforce civility in her corner of the Sunshine State.

Mystery; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction; Manic-depressive illness; Ecotourism; Divorced mothers; Humorous fiction; Mystery fiction; Large type books; Florida, fiction; Fiction, humorous, general; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Real estate agents, fiction; Divorced mothers in fiction; Ecotourism in fiction; Florida in fiction; Fiction, humorous; nyt:mass-market-paperback=2008-08-31; New York Times bestseller; Fiction, suspense; Samske matere; V leposlovju; Bipolarna motnja razpoloženja; Ekoturizem

Nature Girl

Mystery
Detective and mystery stories
Fiction
Manic-depressive illness
Ecotourism
Divorced mothers
Humorous fiction
Mystery fiction
Large type books
Florida, fiction
Fiction, humorous, general
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Real estate agents, fiction
Divorced mothers in fiction
Ecotourism in fiction
Florida in fiction
Fiction, humorous
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New York Times bestseller
Fiction, suspense
Samske matere
V leposlovju
Bipolarna motnja razpoloženja
Ekoturizem

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People of darkness

Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+! “Hillerman . . . is in a class by himself.”— Los Angeles Times The fourth novel in New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman’s highly acclaimed Leaphorn and Chee series. A dying man is murdered. A rich man’s wife agrees to pay three thousand dollars for the return of a stolen box of rocks. A series of odd, inexplicable events is haunting Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police and drawing him alone into the Bad Country of the merciless Southwest, where everything good struggles to survive, including Chee. Because an assassin waits for him there, protecting a thirty-year-old vision that greed has sired and blood has nourished. And only one man will walk away.

Fiction; Navajo Indians; Police; Jim Chee (Fictitious character); Detective and mystery stories; Mystery; Indians of North America; Large type books; Chee, jim (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Arizona, fiction; Navajo indian reservation, fiction; Indians of north america, fiction; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Fiction, westerns; Southwestern states, fiction

People of darkness

Fiction

Navajo Indians

Police

Jim Chee (Fictitious character)

Detective and mystery stories

Mystery

Indians of North America

Large type books

Arizona, fiction

Navajo indian reservation, fiction

Indians of north america, fiction

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

Fiction, westerns

Southwestern states, fiction

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Burglars can't be choosers

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.) He's not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes. Like accepting a paid assignment from a total stranger to retrieve a particular item from a rich man's apartment. Like still being there when the cops arrive. Like having a freshly slain corpse lying in the next room, and no proof that Bernie isn't the killer. Now he's really got his hands full, having to locate the true perpetrator while somehow eluding the police -- a dirty job indeed, but if Bernie doesn't do it, who will?

Fiction; Bernie Rhodenbarr (Fictitious character); Thieves; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction in English; Mystery; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Rhodenbarr, bernie (fictitious character), fiction; New york (n.y.), fiction; Criminals, fiction; Large type books

Burglars can't be choosers

Fiction

Thieves

Detective and mystery stories

Fiction in English

Mystery

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

New york (n.y.), fiction

Criminals, fiction

Large type books


When the Sacred Ginmill Closes

Fiction; Private investigators; Mystery; Detective and mystery stories; Scudder, matt (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled; New york (n.y.), fiction; Private investigators, fiction; Matt Scudder (Fictitious character); Large type books; New york (state), fiction; crime literature; mystery fiction; Matthew Scudder

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes

Fiction

Private investigators

Mystery

Detective and mystery stories

New york (n.y.), fiction

Private investigators, fiction

Matt Scudder (Fictitious character)

Large type books

New york (state), fiction

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False Prophet

The fifth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman

Fiction; Mystery; Police spouses; Open Library Staff Picks; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Homicide investigation; Police; Psychic ability -- Fiction

False Prophet

Fiction

Mystery

Police spouses

Open Library Staff Picks

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Homicide investigation

Police

Psychic ability -- Fiction

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The burglar who painted like Mondrian

It's not that used bookstore owner and part-time burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr believes the less legal of his two professions is particularly ethical. (It is, however, a rush, and he is very good at it.) He just thinks it's unfair to face a prison term for his legitimate activities. After appraising the worth of a rich man's library -- conveniently leaving his fingerprints everywhere in the process -- Bernie finds he's the cops' prime suspect when his client is murdered. Someone has framed Bernie Rhodenbarr better than they do it at the Whitney. And if he wants to get out of this corner he's been masterfully painted into, he'll have to get to the bottom of a rather artful -- if multiply murderous -- scam.

Fiction; Bernie Rhodenbarr (Fictitious character); Thieves; Detective and mystery stories; Mystery; New york (n.y.), fiction; Rhodenbarr, bernie (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled; Booksellers and bookselling, fiction; Large type books; New england, fiction; Crime, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Criminals, fiction

The burglar who painted like Mondrian

Fiction

Thieves

Detective and mystery stories

Mystery

New york (n.y.), fiction

Booksellers and bookselling, fiction

Large type books

New england, fiction

Crime, fiction

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Criminals, fiction

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The Final Detail

Myron returns from a sabbatical (recovering from the events of ONE FALSE MOVE) to investigate the murder of a client - a troubled New York Yankees baseball player called Clu Haid. Clu was apparently shot by Esperanza Diaz, who just happens to be Myron's best friend and partner in the sport's agency. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn't sure if it has to do with her job, or with her private life. His search for the truth takes him back to a shabby incident from his own past, and to times he would rather forget. THE FINAL DETAIL is classic Harlan Coben - powerful, moving and ultimately shocking. It tells of what a friend can sacrifice and how hard it is to save those you love - particularly from themselves¿

Mystery; Sports agents; Fiction; Myron Bolitar (Fictitious character); Sporting agents; Baseball stories; Murder; Large type books; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Bolitar, myron (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; New york (n.y.), fiction; Fiction, suspense; Fiction, thrillers, general; crime literature; Myron Bolitar

The Final Detail

Mystery

Sports agents

Fiction

Myron Bolitar (Fictitious character)

Sporting agents

Baseball stories

Murder

Large type books

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

New york (n.y.), fiction

Fiction, suspense

Fiction, thrillers, general


Grave secret

Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver must face their family’s troubled past in this gripping mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. Taking a break from looking for the dead, Harper and Tolliver decide to visit the two little girls they both think of as sisters. But as they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface... To make matters worse, Tolliver learns his father is out of jail and trying to reestablish contact with other family members. Tolliver wants no part of the man—but he may not have a choice in the matter. Soon, family secrets ensnare them both, as Harper finally discovers what happened to her missing sister, Cameron, so many years before. And what she finds out will change her world forever.

Mystery; Family secrets; Tolliver Lang (Fictitious character); Harper Connelly (Fictitious character); Fiction; Large type books; nyt:hardcover-fiction=2009-11-15; New York Times bestseller; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Connelly, harper (fictitious character), fiction; Lang, tolliver (fictitious character), fiction; Texas, fiction; Brothers and sisters, fiction; Siblings, fiction; Tolliver Lang (Fictional character); Harper Connelly (Fictional character); Secrecy; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Clairvoyants

Grave secret

Mystery

Family secrets

Tolliver Lang (Fictitious character)

Harper Connelly (Fictitious character)

Fiction

Large type books

nyt:hardcover-fiction=2009-11-15

New York Times bestseller

Texas, fiction

Brothers and sisters, fiction

Siblings, fiction

Tolliver Lang (Fictional character)

Harper Connelly (Fictional character)

Secrecy

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Clairvoyants


Fireborn

The next action-packed FIREBORN adventure ‘The best kind of children’s fantasy story: thrilling and imaginative’ B. B. Alston, author of Amari and the Night Brothers ‘The perfect balance of high adventure, breathless action and eerie wonder’ Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus trilogy

Adventure; monsters; fantasy; fantasy hunting; clans; mystery

Fireborn

Adventure
monsters
fantasy
fantasy hunting
clans
mystery


The Lake of Darkness

Thriller; suspense; Fiction, suspense; Fiction in English; Fiction; Mystery; Detective and mystery stories; Lotteries; Large type books; Crime & mystery; Modern fiction; Psychological; Mystery & Thrillers; Unabridged Audio - Fiction/General; Audio Adult: Books On Tape; Fiction, general

The Lake of Darkness

Thriller
suspense
Fiction, suspense
Fiction in English
Fiction
Mystery
Detective and mystery stories
Lotteries
Large type books
Crime & mystery
Modern fiction
Psychological
Mystery & Thrillers
Unabridged Audio - Fiction/General
Audio Adult: Books On Tape
Fiction, general

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Color of Murder

John Wilkins was a gentle, mild-mannered man who lived a simple, predictable life. So when he met a beautiful, irresistible girl his world was turned upside down. Looking at his wife, and thinking of the girl, everything turned red before his eyes - the colour of murder. Later, his mind a blank, his only defence was that he loved his wife far too much to hurt her...

Detective and mystery stories; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Mystery; Fiction; Large type books; Crime, fiction

Color of Murder

Detective and mystery stories
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Mystery
Fiction
Large type books
Crime, fiction

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Stick

Ex-cons, armed robberies and scams in Miami - another classic crime thriller from the masterful Elmore Leonard. After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest 'Stick' Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town - and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. And when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. Besides, Stick knows a good thing when he sees it - and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet-revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up

Fiction; Mystery; Ex-convicts; Fiction, suspense; Manuscripts; Large type books; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Florida, fiction; Miami (fla.), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Fiction, thrillers, general; Swindlers and swindling

Stick

Fiction
Mystery
Ex-convicts
Fiction, suspense
Manuscripts
Large type books
Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Florida, fiction
Miami (fla.), fiction
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Fiction, thrillers, general
Swindlers and swindling

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The Fallen Curtain ... And Other Stories

A collection of Ruth Rendell psychologically chilling murder mysteries. A wife plots her husband's psychological destruction - then his murder; a son is ruined by his mother's obsession; a man marries the woman he rescues from suicide, only to become the victim of her obsessiveness; and a family feud brings unimaginable horror.

English Detective and mystery stories; Fiction, general; English Short stories; Fiction; Mystery; Large type books; Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies

English Detective and mystery stories

Fiction, general

English Short stories

Fiction

Mystery

Large type books


The Water's Lovely

Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream. This is a new psychological thriller from the bestselling, record breaking author Ruth Rendell.

Mystery; Drowning victims vFiction; Drowning victims; Fiction; Sisters; Sisters vFiction; Mystery fiction; Psychological fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional; Sisters, fiction; Large type books; Secrets; crime fiction; mystery fiction

The Water's Lovely

Mystery

Drowning victims vFiction

Drowning victims

Fiction

Sisters

Sisters vFiction

Mystery fiction

Psychological fiction

Sisters, fiction

Large type books

Secrets

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A demon in my view

Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon, this haunting insight into the mind of a pathological criminal is one of multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell's most terrifying novels... 'Rendell is unrivalled at depicting psychologically warped people and at creating unease through the simplest things. This is another triumph' -- Observer 'Wonderful at exploring the dark corners of the human mind, and the way private fantasies can clash and explode into terrifying violence' -- Daily Mail 'Brilliantly written' -- ***** Reader review 'Absolutely fantastic!' -- ***** Reader review 'Mesmerizing' -- ***** Reader review 'Intensely absorbing' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************** Arthur Johnson doesn't look like a murderous psychopath; he is a mild-mannered man who has never known how to talk to women. Years of loneliness has warped his mind, turning his desire for a woman's love and respect into a pathological need for carefully controlled violence. Locked in the cellar of his building is the perfect willing victim, a woman who can be murdered over and over again, a woman who waits for Arthur every night...a mannequin in the form of a female. But when a young scholar of psychopathic personalities moves in downstairs and Arthur's mannequin disappears, where will he turn to satisfy his urgent craving for violence?

Novela de misterio; Mystery; Fiction in English; Psychological thrillers; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Large type books; Detective and mystery stories; Mystery and detective stories

A demon in my view

Novela de misterio
Mystery
Fiction in English
Psychological thrillers
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Large type books
Detective and mystery stories
Mystery and detective stories

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Doctored Evidence

'[Leon] has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals ... Like all the best detective fiction, Doctored Evidence not only solves a mystery, but also anatomises the setting in which the crime occurred' Daily Mail When a wealthy Venetian woman is found brutally murdered, the prime suspect is her Romanian maid, who dies in a tragic accident while fleeing the city, carrying a considerable sum of money and forged papers. When the old woman's neighbour returns from abroad, confessing to have given the maid the money out of pity, questions begin to arise, and Commissario Brunetti decides to take the case on himself. But what could have been the true motive for the murder in such nebulous circumstances if not greed? Or is Brunetti thinking of the wrong sin altogether?

Romanians; Single women; Police; Crimes against; Fiction; Mystery; Open Library Staff Picks; Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character); Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Brunetti, guido (fictitious character), fiction; Single women, fiction; Venice (italy), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Fiction, crime; Detective and mystery stories

Doctored Evidence

Romanians

Single women

Police

Crimes against

Fiction

Mystery

Open Library Staff Picks

Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character)

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Single women, fiction

Venice (italy), fiction

Fiction, crime

Detective and mystery stories

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A Sea of Troubles

'Donna Leon goes from strength to strength ... This is her tenth novel but it's as fresh and entertaining as the first' Observer When two clam fishermen are murdered on the island of Pellestrina, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate. He has his work cut out for him - the people of Pellestrina are tight-knit, bound together by a code of loyalty and suspicious of outsiders. To break through, he enlists the help of his boss' secretary Signorina Elettra, who visits the island as an undercover agent. Soon, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders, concern for Elettra's safety, and his not entirely straightforward feelings for her . . . 'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop so vivid you can smell it' Sunday Telegraph

Fiction; Investigation; Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character); Murder; Police; Fishers; Mystery; Brunetti, guido (fictitious character), fiction; Venice (italy), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Pêcheurs; Romans, nouvelles; Meurtre; Enquêtes; Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character); Police -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation; Palestrina (Italy) -- Fiction; Italy -- Palestrina

A Sea of Troubles

Fiction

Investigation

Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character)

Murder

Police

Fishers

Mystery

Venice (italy), fiction

Pêcheurs

Romans, nouvelles

Meurtre

Enquêtes

Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character)

Police -- Fiction

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction

Murder -- Investigation

Palestrina (Italy) -- Fiction

Italy -- Palestrina

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My gun is quick

Before Jack Reacher . . . there was Mike Hammer PI Mike Hammer runs into a red-headed prostitute in a bar. He's not interested in her professional services, so he buys her a coffee and chats to her for a while. Tired, drained, he just wants someone to talk to, and she's a willing listener. He's just got paid, and in a fit of generosity he offers her enough money to buy some decent clothes and get a regular job. No big deal, except that the next day the streetwalker turns up dead. It's none of Hammer's business, but all the injustice of the world is suddenly crystallised in this one senseless death. And then Hammer begins to realise that the death, supposedly a hit-and-run accident, doesn't add up. It's starting to look like murder. But it doesn't stop there. The trail leads Hammer into a world of vice, corruption and violence . . .

Mystery; Private investigators; Fiction; Mike Hammer (Fictitious character); Large type books; Fiction, mystery & detective, general

My gun is quick

Mystery
Private investigators
Fiction
Mike Hammer (Fictitious character)
Large type books
Fiction, mystery & detective, general


Den vedervärdige mannen fraan Säffle

Mellan åren 1965 och 1975 skrev Maj Sjöwall och Per Wahlöö tio polisromaner i boksviten Roman om ett brott. Med böckerna om Martin Beck och hans kollegor lade de grunden för den moderna kriminalromanen böcker som sedan dess varit en central inspirationskälla för en lång rad av världens främsta kriminalförfattare.

Fiction; Police in fiction; Police; Martin Beck (Fictitious character); Murder in fiction; Murder; Investigation; Police corruption; Police corruption in fiction; Swedish fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Beck, martin (fictitious character), fiction; Stockholm (sweden), fiction; Sweden, fiction; Mystery; Fiction, crime

Den vedervärdige mannen fraan Säffle

Fiction

Police in fiction

Police

Martin Beck (Fictitious character)

Murder in fiction

Murder

Investigation

Police corruption

Police corruption in fiction

Swedish fiction

Stockholm (sweden), fiction

Sweden, fiction

Mystery

Fiction, crime

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Terroristerna

Crime Fiction in the City: Capital Crimes expands upon previous studies of the urban space and crime by reflecting on the treatment of the capital city, a repository of authority, national identity and culture, within crime fiction. This wide-ranging collection looks at capital cities across Europe, from the more traditional centres of power - Paris, Rome and London - to Europe's most northern capital, Stockholm, and also considers the newly devolved capitals, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cardiff. The texts under consideration span the nineteenth-century city mysteries to contemporary populist crime fiction. The collection opens with a reflective essay by Ian Rankin and aims to inaugurate a dialogue between Anglophone and European crime writing; to explore the marginalised works of Irish and Welsh writers alongside established European crime writers and to interrogate the relationship between fact and fiction, creativity and criticism, within the crime genre.

Fiction; Martin Beck (Fictitious character); Police; Swedish fiction; Beck, martin (fictitious character), fiction; Stockholm (sweden), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Terrorists, fiction; Sweden, fiction; Terrorists; Mystery; Romans policiers; Terrorisme; Romans

Terroristerna

Fiction

Martin Beck (Fictitious character)

Police

Swedish fiction

Stockholm (sweden), fiction

Terrorists, fiction

Sweden, fiction

Terrorists

Mystery

Romans policiers

Terrorisme

Romans

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The secret of the caves

A call for help. A vanishing professor. And a rugged coastline hiding a sinister secret... When Frank and Joe Hardy set out to help a friend in trouble, they never expect to be swept into a thrilling hunt for a missing man-and a string of mysterious events tied to the desolate Honeycomb Caves. Strange figures lurk near the cliffs, unmarked cars speed through the night, and a hidden wireless tower pulses with secrets no one wants uncovered. Guided by sharp instincts and relentless curiosity, the Hardy boys follow a trail from their quiet hometown of Bayport to the windswept shores of Rockaway, where danger hides behind every crashing wave. With quick wits, steady nerves, and a few daring moves, they must solve a puzzle that stretches far deeper than the caves themselves. Timeless and packed with classic suspense, this original Hardy Boys adventure delivers twists, thrills, and edge-of-your-seat excitement.

Detective and mystery stories; Juvenile literature; Mystery; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction; Children's fiction; Hardy boys (fictitious characters), fiction; Spies, fiction; Missing persons, fiction; Mystery and detective stories; Spies; series:HardyBoys; collectionID:HBMS1

The secret of the caves

Detective and mystery stories

Juvenile literature

Mystery

Juvenile Fiction

Fiction

Children's fiction

Spies, fiction

Missing persons, fiction

Mystery and detective stories

Spies

series:HardyBoys

collectionID:HBMS1

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End in Tears

In Rendell's latest novel, Inspector Wexford fears he's losing his touch until he senses that a series of seemingly unrelated murders are very much connected.

Mystery; Police; Teenage girls; Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character); Crimes against; Fiction; Thriller; Kings Markham (England : Imaginary place); England, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Inspector Wexford (fictional character); detective story; British detective; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Wexford, inspector (fictitious character), fiction; Crime, fiction; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Kingsmarkham (England : Imaginary place); crime fiction; mystery fiction; Inspector Wexford

End in Tears

Mystery

Police

Teenage girls

Crimes against

Fiction

Thriller

England, fiction

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Inspector Wexford (fictional character)

detective story

British detective

Crime, fiction

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

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Bones

It is a time when the major world powers are vying for colonial honors, a time of ju-ju, witch doctors, and an uneasy peace with Bosambo, impressive chief of the Ochori. When Commissioner Sanders goes on leave, the trusty Lieutenant Hamilton takes over administration of the African territories. However, yet again, the trouble-prone Francis Augustus Tibbetts , known as 'Bones', while meaning to assist, only manages to spread his own unique style of innocent and endearing mischief.

Fiction; Mystery; Thriller; London (england), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Fiction, humorous, general; Africa, fiction; Fiction, action & adventure; alternative rock; fantasy; pop music; science fiction; Ongoing

Bones

Fiction
Mystery
Thriller
London (england), fiction
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Fiction, humorous, general
Africa, fiction
Fiction, action & adventure

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The golden one

At the start of this fourteenth adventure for Amelia, which continues the wartime theme begun in Lord of the Silent, it is New Year's Eve, 1917. Risking winter storms and German torpedoes, the Emersons are heading for Egypt once again: Amelia, Emerson, their son Ramses and his wife Nefret. Emerson is counting on a long season of excavation without distractions but this proves to be a forlorn hope. Yet again they unearth a dead body in a looted tomb - not a mummified one though, this one is only too fresh, and it leads the clan on a search for the man who has threatened them with death if they pursue the excavations. If that wasn't distraction enough, Nefret reveals a secret she has kept hidden: there is reason to believe that Sethos, master criminal and spy may be helping the enemy. It's up to the Emersons to find out, and either prove his innocence or prevent him from betraying Britain's plans to take Jerusalem and win the war in the Middle East.

Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character); Egyptologists; Fiction; Women archaeologists; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Egypt, fiction; Peabody, amelia (fictitious character), fiction; Women archaeologists, fiction; Fiction, historical, general; Mystery; Fiction, mystery & detective, historical; Fiction, historical

The golden one

Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character)

Egyptologists

Fiction

Women archaeologists

Egypt, fiction

Women archaeologists, fiction

Fiction, historical, general

Mystery

Fiction, historical

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Sadie When She Died (87th Precinct Mystery)

An 87th Precinct Mystery.

Police; Fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Carella, steve (fictitious character), fiction; Eighty-seventh precinct (imaginary place), fiction; Isola (imaginary place), fiction; New york (state), fiction; Mystery; Fiction in English; 87th Precinct (Imaginary place); City and town life; Murder; Investigation

Police

Fiction

Isola (imaginary place), fiction

New york (state), fiction

Mystery

Fiction in English

87th Precinct (Imaginary place)

City and town life

Murder

Investigation

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The Eighth Day

Thornton Wilder; National Book Award for Fiction - 1968; Fiction; American; Adult; Classic; Literature; Stories; Book; Books; Novels; Hardcover; Paperback; e-book; Kindle; Very GOOD; Small southern; Mining Town; Crime; Murder; Mystery; Who-done-it; Thriller; Suspense; Miscarriage of Justice; Drama; Family; Families; Escaped convict; NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES; drama television series; suspense in literature

The Eighth Day

Thornton Wilder

National Book Award for Fiction - 1968

Fiction

American

Adult

Classic

Literature

Stories

Book

Books

Novels

Hardcover

Paperback

e-book

Kindle

Very GOOD

Small southern

Mining Town

Crime

Murder

Mystery

Who-done-it

Thriller

Suspense

Miscarriage of Justice

Drama

Family

Families

Escaped convict

NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES

American fiction (fictional works by one author)

City and town life

Large type books

National Book Awards

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Sanctuary

The sixth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman

Fiction; Police; Police spouses; Mystery; Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.; Police spouses -- Fiction.; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Policiers; Romans, nouvelles; Conjoints; Diamonds, fiction; J-pop; crime literature; horror fiction; science fiction; soul; Doctor Who; Star Trek

Sanctuary

Fiction

Police

Police spouses

Mystery

Police spouses -- Fiction.

Policiers

Romans, nouvelles

Conjoints

Diamonds, fiction

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Talking God CD Low Price

Mystery; Police; Navajo Indians; Jim Chee (Fictitious character); Indian reservation police; Lt. Leaphorn, Joe (Fictitious character); Fiction; Large type books; Chee, jim (fictitious character), fiction; Indians of north america, fiction; Leaphorn, joe, lt. (fictitious character), fiction; Arizona, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Fiction, suspense; Navajo indian reservation, fiction; New York Times reviewed; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Southwestern states, fiction

Talking God CD Low Price

Mystery

Police

Navajo Indians

Jim Chee (Fictitious character)

Indian reservation police

Fiction

Large type books

Indians of north america, fiction

Arizona, fiction

Fiction, suspense

Navajo indian reservation, fiction

New York Times reviewed

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

Southwestern states, fiction


King Solomon's carpet

Fiction; Mystery; Subways; Detective and mystery stories; Large type books; Dutch fiction; England, fiction; London (england), fiction; Fiction, psychological; London Underground Limited

King Solomon's carpet

Fiction
Mystery
Subways
Detective and mystery stories
Large type books
Dutch fiction
England, fiction
London (england), fiction
Fiction, psychological
London Underground Limited

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The burglar who studied Spinoza

Bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr doesn't generally get philosophical about his criminal career. He's good at it, it's addictively exciting—and it pays a whole lot better than pushing old tomes. He steals therefore he is, period. He might well ponder, however, the deeper meaning of events at the luxurious Chelsea brownstone of Herb and Wanda Colcannon, which is apparently burgled three times on the night Bernie breaks in: once before his visit and once after. Fortunately he still manages to lift some fair jewelry and an extremely valuable coin. Unfortunately burglar or burglars number three leave Herb unconscious and Wanda dead . . . and the cops think Rhodenbarr dunnit. There's no time to get all existential about it—especially after the coin vanishes and the fence fencing it meets with a most severe end. But Bernie is going to have to do some deep thinking to find a way out of this homicidal conundrum.

Fiction; Bernie Rhodenbarr (Fictitious character); Thieves; Thieves in fiction; Mystery; Rhodenbarr, bernie (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Criminals, fiction; New york (n.y.), fiction; Large type books

The burglar who studied Spinoza

Fiction

Thieves

Thieves in fiction

Mystery

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Criminals, fiction

New york (n.y.), fiction

Large type books

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Moon Music

“Fascinating....Fast-paced and dynamic.” —Dallas Morning News “Kellerman is taking a big risk here, and I think she pulls it off in fine style.” —Washington Post With Moon Music, New York Times bestseller Faye Kellerman leaves Los Angeles and heads to stranger territories: “Sin City” Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking a brief hiatus from her mystery series featuring LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker and his Orthodox Jewish wife, Rina Lazarus, Kellerman delivers a masterful stand-alone crime novel that crackles with suspense and tantalizes with a touch of the paranormal. The horribly savaged body of a once-beautiful Vegas showgirl is discovered in the desert not far from the world-famous Strip, plunging Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe into the heart of a bizarre, full moon-soaked mystery that could cost him everything he holds dear in life, including his sanity.

Detective and mystery stories; Police; Indians of North America; Open Library Staff Picks; Fiction; Suspense fiction; Mixed descent; Indians of north america, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Mystery; Murder; Investigation

Moon Music

Detective and mystery stories

Police

Indians of North America

Open Library Staff Picks

Fiction

Suspense fiction

Mixed descent

Indians of north america, fiction

Mystery

Murder

Investigation

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Back Spin

“Another winner . . . Pungent observations, indelibly drawn characters and a twisting, surprise-laden plot.”—Atlanta Journal and Constitution Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters’ motel—and back in time to a U.S. Open twenty-three years ago, when Jack Coldren should have won, but didn't. Suddenly Myron finds him self surrounded by blue bloods, criminals, and liars. And as one family's darkest secrets explode into murder, Myron finds out just how rough this game can get. In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction—Myron Bolitar—a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance. “Sharp plotting and emotional density, as well as nonstop wisecracks.”—Publishers Weekly

Mystery; Kidnapping; Sports agents; Missing children; Women golfers; Sports agents in fiction; Fiction; Kidnapping in fiction; Missing children in fiction; Myron Bolitar (Fictitious character); Women golfers in fiction; Large type books; Golfers; U.S. Open (Golf tournament); Fiction, suspense; Fiction, thrillers, general; Bolitar, myron (fictitious character), fiction; Missing persons, fiction; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled; Crime, fiction; Fiction, sports; Philadelphia (pa.), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; crime fiction

Back Spin

Mystery

Kidnapping

Sports agents

Missing children

Women golfers

Sports agents in fiction

Fiction

Kidnapping in fiction

Missing children in fiction

Myron Bolitar (Fictitious character)

Women golfers in fiction

Large type books

Golfers

U.S. Open (Golf tournament)

Fiction, suspense

Fiction, thrillers, general

Missing persons, fiction

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

Crime, fiction

Fiction, sports

Philadelphia (pa.), fiction

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

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Exile

A BODY IS FOUND ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES. MAUREEN O'DONNELL NOW HAS TWELVE HOURS TO CATCH A KILLER... The last time Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris, she was staying in the Glasgow Women's Shelter, drunk and with two broken ribs. A month later, Ann's mutilated body is washed up on the banks of the Thames. No one seems to care what happened to her, and Maureen is the only person who thinks Ann's husband is innocent. With her personal life in turmoil, she runs away to London and starts to piece together Ann's final days. But time is not on her side. Maureen needs twelve hours to put things right, and she doesn't care what it costs... 'Confirms Mina's place in the premier division...Atmospheric [and] intense' Guardian *Don't miss Denise Mina's most recent thriller, the Costa 2020 shortlisted, THE LESS DEAD*

Fiction; Maureen O'Donnell (Fictitious character); Mystery; Women social workers; Women's shelters; Women detectives; Murder; London (england), fiction; Scotland, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Paddy Meehan (Fictitious character); Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Social conditions; Fiction, crime; adventure fiction; fantasy; political thriller; science fiction; sword and sorcery; Legacy of the Force; The Dark Elf Trilogy; The Legend of Drizzt

Exile

Fiction

Mystery

Women social workers

Women's shelters

Women detectives

Murder

London (england), fiction

Scotland, fiction

Paddy Meehan (Fictitious character)

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Social conditions

Fiction, crime


All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7)

Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is stuck in the middle of a vampire gathering on the verge of disaster in the seventh novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series—the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood. Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full with shapeshifter Quinn—a possible new man in her life—and the upcoming central U.S. Vampire Summit on the shores of Lake Michigan. Sookie's job at the summit is to support Vampire Queen Sophie-Anne, whose power base was weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans. But Sookie is about to discover just how dangerous that job can be, as she is drawn further and further into the vampire world...

Mystery; Detective and mystery stories; Vampires; Fiction; Fantasy; nyt:mass-market-paperback=2008-10-05; New York Times bestseller; Fiction, fantasy, contemporary; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Fiction, occult & supernatural; Vampires, fiction; Stackhouse, sookie (fictitious character), fiction; True Blood; Sookie Stackhouse; Large type books; Fiction, romance, paranormal, general; Louisiana, fiction

Mystery

Detective and mystery stories

Vampires

Fiction

Fantasy

nyt:mass-market-paperback=2008-10-05

New York Times bestseller

Fiction, fantasy, contemporary

Fiction, occult & supernatural

Vampires, fiction

True Blood

Sookie Stackhouse

Large type books

Fiction, romance, paranormal, general

Louisiana, fiction


The Right Attitude to Rain

The key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain - just as in life the key to happiness lies in making the best of what you have. Bruised in love by her faithless Irish husband, Isabel Dalhousie is a connoisseur of intimate moral issues: she edits a philosophical journal and spends a great deal of her time considering how to improve the lives of those around her. There is her housekeeper Grace, whose future she must secure; her niece Cat, who is embarking on a new relationship with a dubious workaholic mummy's boy; and even an American couple newly arrived in Edinburgh on a tour. And then there is Jamie, Cat's ex-boyfriend, a handsome, gifted musician fourteen years Isabel's junior, with whom she is slowly and hopelessly falling in love. Intensely thoughtful and consistently entertaining, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN is shot through with compassion and unassuming intelligence.

Cousins; Fiction; Nieces; Housekeepers; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Edinburgh (scotland), fiction; Dalhousie, isabel (fictitious character), fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Women editors; Open Library Staff Picks; Americans; Isabel Dalhousie (Fictitious character); Mystery fiction; Editors; Mystery; Large type books; Américains; Romans, nouvelles; Femmes au foyer; Éditrices; The Sunday Philosophy Club

The Right Attitude to Rain

Cousins

Fiction

Nieces

Housekeepers

Edinburgh (scotland), fiction

Detective and mystery stories

Women editors

Open Library Staff Picks

Americans

Isabel Dalhousie (Fictitious character)

Mystery fiction

Editors

Mystery

Large type books

Américains

Romans, nouvelles

Femmes au foyer

Éditrices

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Fear Itself

The second in the Fearless Jones series from the author of the Easy Rawlins crime thrillers. 'Will not disappoint fans of the Easy Rawlins series. The prose is taut and sinewy and Mosley effortlessly creates a classic noir setting' Douglas Field, Big Issue Paris Minton is a man who would rather walk away from trouble, but in 1950s' Los Angeles, it just comes and finds you. Fearless Jones turns up on Paris's doorstep one night asking him to help an attractive woman find her husband. One night later a stranger shows up looking for the same man. It isn't long before Paris is running for his life, and it looks like even his friend Fearless might not be able to save him.

Mystery; Private investigators; Paris Minton (Fictitious character); Fiction; Fearless Jones (Fictitious character); African American men; Booksellers and bookselling; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Los angeles (calif.), fiction; African americans, fiction; Large type books; Fiction, science fiction, general; crossover fiction; science fiction; Discovery; Past Doctor Adventures

Fear Itself

Mystery
Private investigators
Paris Minton (Fictitious character)
Fiction
Fearless Jones (Fictitious character)
African American men
Booksellers and bookselling
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Los angeles (calif.), fiction
African americans, fiction
Large type books
Fiction, science fiction, general

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Blood from a Stone

'Leon writes with great literary panache and evocative power about the world's most beautiful and mysterious city' Spectator On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death, but they have seen nothing that might be of much help to the police. When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene, he finds it hard to understand why anyone would murder an illegal immigrant. They have few social connections and little money; in-fighting among them is the obvious answer. But once Brunetti begins investigating this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake. 'Donna Leon has a wonderful feel for the hidden evils that lie below the façade of the magical city' The Times

Mystery; Police in fiction; Murder; Police; Street vendors; Africans in fiction; Africans; Crimes against; Fiction; Murder in fiction; Mystery fiction; Investigation; Open Library Staff Picks; Street vendors in fiction; Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character); Detective and mystery stories; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Brunetti, guido (fictitious character), fiction; Venice (italy), fiction; Italy, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled; Crime, fiction; crime fiction; Commissario Brunetti novels

Blood from a Stone

Mystery

Police in fiction

Murder

Police

Street vendors

Africans in fiction

Africans

Crimes against

Fiction

Murder in fiction

Mystery fiction

Investigation

Open Library Staff Picks

Street vendors in fiction

Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character)

Detective and mystery stories

Venice (italy), fiction

Italy, fiction

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Crime, fiction

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The Last Camel Died at Noon

Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in a delicious caper that digs up mystery in the shadow of the pyramids.

Fiction; Mystery; Egypt; Amelia Peabody; Fictitious Character; Egyptology; Women archaeologists; Women Egyptologists; Peabody, amelia (fictitious character), fiction; Egypt, fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths; Fiction, historical; Women archaeologists, fiction; Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character); Fiction, historical, general; Fiction, mystery & detective, historical; historical mystery; historical prose literature; Amelia Peabody series

The Last Camel Died at Noon

Fiction

Mystery

Egypt

Amelia Peabody

Fictitious Character

Egyptology

Women archaeologists

Women Egyptologists

Egypt, fiction

Fiction, historical

Women archaeologists, fiction

Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character)

Fiction, historical, general


The Freedom Trap

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Malta.

Fiction in English; Organized crime; Moles (Spies); English Spy stories; Fiction; Large type books; Mystery; Thriller; Adventure; Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Fiction, general; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; Fiction, thrillers, general; thriller

The Freedom Trap

Fiction in English
Organized crime
Moles (Spies)
English Spy stories
Fiction
Large type books
Mystery
Thriller
Adventure
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Fiction, general
Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Fiction, thrillers, general


Shock for the Secret Seven

Dogs are going missing all over town, and when poor Scamper also disappears and they also suddenly become the Secret Six, can they find it within themselves to solve the mystery?

Mystery; Juvenile fiction; Dogs; Mystery and detective stories; Secret Seven (Fictitious characters); Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Children's stories; Large type books; Clique; Geheimbund; Cockerspaniel; Abenteuer; Children's fiction; Friendship, fiction; Fiction, general; Adventure and adventurers, fiction; Dogs, fiction

Shock for the Secret Seven

Mystery
Juvenile fiction
Dogs
Mystery and detective stories
Secret Seven (Fictitious characters)
Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Children's stories
Large type books
Clique
Geheimbund
Cockerspaniel
Abenteuer
Children's fiction
Friendship, fiction
Fiction, general
Adventure and adventurers, fiction
Dogs, fiction

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Into the Blue

'A cracker, twisting, turning and exploding with real skill.' - Daily Mirror Harry Barnett is a middle-aged failure. Leading a shabby existence in the shadow of a past disgrace, he is reduced to caretaking a friend's villa on the island of Rhodes and working in a bar to earn his keep. Then a guest at the villa - a young woman he had instantly and innocently warmed to - disappears on a mountain peak. Under suspicion of her murder, Harry stumbles on a set of photographs taken in the weeks before her disappearance. Obsessed by the mystery that has changed his life and determined to clear his name, he begins to trace back the movements and encounters that led to the moment when she vanished into the blue. The trail leads him back to England, to a world he thought he had left for ever - and a past he has tried desperately to forget.

Mystery; English; Fiction; Large type books; England, fiction; Greece, fiction; Fiction, suspense; Barnett, harry (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, thrillers, suspense; English fiction; non-fiction; synth-pop

Into the Blue

Mystery

English

Fiction

Large type books

England, fiction

Greece, fiction

Fiction, suspense

Fiction, thrillers, suspense

English fiction


Maze

A CIA officer discovers a psychic who can pinpoint where a Soviet submarine is hiding deep in the Alantic. A secret struggle is set off to alter the balance of power.

Language readers; Mystery; Fiction; Spy stories; Fiction, thrillers, espionage

Maze

Language readers
Mystery
Fiction
Spy stories
Fiction, thrillers, espionage

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Glitz

'The night Vincent was shot he saw it coming...' After being shot by a mugger, Lt. Vincent Mora is convalescing in Puerto Rico. There he meets Iris, a beautiful young woman who is bored and frustrated, looking for excitement and a new life. Then she is offered a job as a 'hostess' at a casino in Atlantic city by Tommy Donovan. But Vincent figures out there is more to this job than Iris realises and he decides to pay Donovan a visit. To complicate matters, Iris isn't the only one interested in Vincent - he is being stalked by a man he sent down seven and a half years before, a man out to get his revenge.

Fiction; Mystery; Police; Large type books; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled; Atlantic city (n.j.), fiction; New jersey, fiction; Mora, vincent (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural; Crime, fiction; crime fiction

Glitz

Fiction

Mystery

Police

Large type books

Detective and mystery stories

Atlantic city (n.j.), fiction

New jersey, fiction

Crime, fiction

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Cam Jansen and the mystery of the dinosaur bones

When she notices some bones missing from a dinosaur skeleton exhibited in the museum, a young girl with a photographic memory tries to discover who has been taking them and why.

Mystery and detective stories; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction; Juvenile Fiction; Mystery; Children's fiction; Dinosaurs, fiction; Adventure and adventurers, fiction; Jansen, cam (fictitious character), fiction

Mystery and detective stories

Detective and mystery stories

Fiction

Juvenile Fiction

Mystery

Children's fiction

Dinosaurs, fiction

Adventure and adventurers, fiction

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If Death Ever Slept

Murder lurks in the wings of the sprawling Fifth Avenue penthouse of multimillionaire Otis Jarrell, who has just retained the incomparable Nero Wolfe on a case of the utmost confidentiality. But even the master detective cannot prevent tragedy when it inevitably arrives wielding Jarrell’s missing revolver. Soon a second victim meets his maker, and Wolfe must piece together the truth behind Jarrell’s scandalously ill-behaved family. And for one member of that charmed circle—a two-time killer sleeping the fitful sleep of the guilty—it could prove a deadly awakening. Introduction by Robert B. Parker “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

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If Death Ever Slept

Fiction

mystery

Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character)

Private investigators

Fiction in English

Large type books

New york (n.y.), fiction

Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Private investigators, fiction

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The American Agatha Christie, Mary Roberts Rinehart was a seminal writer in the development of mystery and detective fiction, who introduced the ‘had I but known’ narrative style and ‘the butler did it’ plot device. ‘The Circular Staircase’, her first book and first mystery, was an immediate success and was followed by a series of popular ‘edge-of-your-seat’ murder mysteries. For the first time in publishing history, our edition features Rinehart’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Rinehart’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 38 novels, with individual contents tables * Many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The Complete Tish Carberry books and the Complete Hilda Adams Series * Rare story collections available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes rare uncollected stories – available in no other collection * A selection of Rinehart’s non-fiction * Features an autobiography – discover Rinehart’s incredible life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Letitia Carberry Series The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry (1911) Tish (1916) More Tish (1921) Tish Plays the Game (1926) Tish Marches on (1937) The Hilda Adams Series The Buckled Bag (1914) Locked Doors (1914) Miss Pinkerton (1932) The Haunted Lady (1942) Episode of the Wandering Knife (1950) The Secret (1950) The Novels The Circular Staircase (1908) The Man in Lower Ten (1909) The Window at the White Cat (1910) When a Man Marries (1910) Where There’s a Will (1912) The Case of Jennie Brice (1913) The Street of Seven Stars (1914) The After House (1914) K. (1915) Bab (1916) Long Live the King! (1917) The Amazing Interlude (1918) Twenty-Three and a Half Hours’ Leave (1918) Dangerous Days (1919) A Poor Wise Man (1920) The Truce of God (1920) The Confession (1921) The Breaking Point (1922) The Red Lamp (1925) The Bat (1926) Lost Ecstasy (1927) This Strange Adventure (1928) Two Flights Up (1928) The Door (1930) The Album (1933) The State vs. Elinor Norton (1933) The Doctor (1936) The Wall (1938) The Great Mistake (1940) The Yellow Room (1945) A Light in the Window (1948) The Swimming Pool (1952) The Short Story Collections Love Stories (1919) Affinities and Other Stories (1920) Sight Unseen (1921) Temperamental People (1924) The Romantics (1929) Married People (1937) Familiar Faces (1943) Alibi for Isabel and Other Stories (1944) The Frightened Wife and Other Murder Stories (1953) Miscellaneous Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction Through Glacier Park (1916) The Altar of Freedom (1917) Tenting Tonight (1917) Why I Believe in Scouting for Girls (1919) Isn’t That Just Like a Man! (1920) Nomad’s Land (1926) The Autobiography Kings, Queens, and Pawns (1915) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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