Classic crime and mystery fiction
Penguin Books Ltd The Big Sleep
Book SynopsisHard-boiled detective fiction at its best: Raymond Chandler''s best loved novel, The Big Sleep, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.''I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn''t care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.''Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is indulging in some petty blackmail. A weary, old man, Sternwood just wants the problem to go away. But Marlowe finds he has his work cut out just keeping Sternwood''s wild, devil-may-care daughters out of trouble as they prowl LA''s dirtiest and darkest streets. And pretty soon, he''s up to his neck in hoodlums and corpses . . .Trade ReviewChandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious -- Robert B. Parker * The New York Times Book Review *Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since -- Paul AusterRaymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude -- Erle Stanley Gardner[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision -- Joyce Carol Oates * New York Review of Books *Raymond Chandler is a master * New York Times *Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye * Los Angeles Times *Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . A great artist * The Boston Book Review *Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence * Daily Telegraph *
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Penguin Books Ltd The Lady in the Lake
Book SynopsisThe Lady in the Lake is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time.Derace Kingsley''s wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he''s denying nothing - on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe''s on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake . . .''Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence'' Daily Telegraph ''One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain'' Sunday Times''Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes'' Anthony BurgessTrade ReviewChandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious -- Robert B. Parker * The New York Times Book Review *Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since -- Paul AusterRaymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude -- Erle Stanley Gardner[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision -- Joyce Carol Oates * New York Review of Books *Raymond Chandler is a master * New York Times *Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye * Los Angeles Times *Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence * Daily Telegraph *Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . A great artist * The Boston Book Review *
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Penguin Books Ltd The Hound of the Baskervilles
Book SynopsisOne of the BBC''s ''100 Novels that Shaped the World''''Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!''The death, quite suddenly, of Sir Charles Baskerville in mysterious circumstances is the trigger for one of the most extraordinary cases ever to challenge the brilliant analytical mind of Sherlock Holmes. As rumours of a legendary hound said to haunt the Baskerville family circulate, Holmes and Watson are asked to ensure the protection of Sir Charles'' only heir, Sir Henry - who has travelled all the way from America to reside at Baskerville Hall in Devon. And it is there, in an isolated mansion surrounded by mile after mile of wild moor, that Holmes and Watson come face to face with a terrifying evil that reaches out from centuries past . . .Trade ReviewSherlock Holmes's best ... remains a classic -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
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Penguin Books Ltd The CaseBook of Sherlock Holmes
Book Synopsis''Come at once if convenient - if inconvenient come all the same . . .''The note from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson cannot be ignored and soon the pair find themselves investigating the curious case of an aged professor whose sudden strange alteration in behaviour terrifies everyone from his daughter and her fiance to the family dog. This and eleven other cases which confound clients or perplex the police are tackled by Holmes and Watson in the final collection of the duo''s detecting adventures.''Time and time again generations have shown that they need Holmes'' Stephen Fry Trade ReviewThe world's greatest detective * Independent *
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Original Sin
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Mulholland Books The Goodbye Coast
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Mulholland Books Blood Grove
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Hodder & Stoughton The Mortal Sickness The Lydmouth Crime Series
Book SynopsisThe second in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War IITrade ReviewTaylor's Lydmouth series is turning the classical detective story into a complex picture of our own past * Independent *Andrew Taylor is one of the most interesting, if not the most interesting novelist writing on crime in England today * Spectator *The people depicted here are real and believable and the drabness and genteel facade of Fifties England is skilfully brought to life. Taylor is, as always, adept at showing the reality beneath the surface * Sunday Telegraph *How skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail . . .Taylor is the master of small lives writ large and he has carved a classic detective story * Frances Fyfield *The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today * Val McDermid *
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Hodder & Stoughton The Lover of the Grave The Lydmouth Crime Series
Book SynopsisThe third in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War IITrade ReviewTaylor's Lydmouth series is turning the classical detective story into a complex picture of our own past * Independent *'Part baffling mystery, part social commentary, The Lover of the Grave is so atmospheric you can practically feel the ice on the inside of the windows'Liverpool Daily Post'The tensions, both emotional and sexual, that run through this deftly plotted novel stretch the reader's nerves almost to breaking point'Val McDermid, Manchester Evening NewsAndrew Taylor is one of the most interesting, if not the most interesting novelist writing on crime in England today * Spectator *'This absorbing tale is only the third of Taylor's Lydmouth Mysteries, yet already they rank among the finest of English rural whodunit/whydunits..'Shropshire StarThe people depicted here are real and believable and the drabness and genteel facade of Fifties England is skilfully brought to life. Taylor is, as always, adept at showing the reality beneath the surface * Sunday Telegraph *'A nicely satisfying read'The Irish TimesHow skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail . . .Taylor is the master of small lives writ large and he has carved a classic detective story * Frances Fyfield *'Andrew Taylor was given the thumbs up long ago for beautifully crafted, well written narratives combining sublety, depth and that vital 'Oh my God what is the hell is going to happen next' factor, which is the driving force of the story-teller... The Lover of the Grave... makes you long to read the next tale'Frances Fyfield Express on SaturdayThe most under-rated crime writer in Britain today * Val McDermid *'A good, meaty story in the best classic tradition'Birmingham Post'This absorbing tale is only the third of Taylor's Lydmouth mysteries, yet already they rank among the finest of English rural whodunit/whydunits'Cumberland Evening News and Star'Taylor evokes and stays faithful to the narrow convention and dingy austerity of the 1950s, He is an excellent writer who has conjured up an understated and grimy drama. Very praiseworthy'?'Quite definitely a cut above the usual whodunnit'Yorkshire Post-
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Hodder & Stoughton The Suffocating Night
Book SynopsisThe fourth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War IITrade Review'The latest of Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series of books, in which he has so effectively created the atmosphere of the 1950s...as usual with Taylor's stories, there is more to the puzzle than is immediately apparent. It's another satisfying read, in which the characters are as importants as the events and tension develops naturally, without contrivance' - Susanna Yager, Sunday TelegraphTaylor is an excellent writer * The Times *How skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail rather than dogged description... Taylor is the master of small lives writ large and, in the phrase coined in this era of surly pubs and poor food, he has carved a classic detective story which is deceptively calm and cool, but really smashing * Frances Fyfield, Express *'Andrew Taylor does not fall into the trap of mistaking drama for melodrama. Nor does he suffer from the insecure urge to say too much. Understatement is the rule of his Lydmouth novels, set in the Fifties and evoking the post-war restraint of that era without allowing anyone to notice quite how skilfully he re-creates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail rather than dogged description... Taylor is the master of the small lives writ large and, in the phrase coined in this era of surly pubs and poor food, he has carved a detective story whch is deceptively calm and cool, but really smashing' Frances Fyfield, The Express'The latest of Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series of books, in which he has so effectively created the atmosphere of the 1950s, with its genteel drabness and carefully preserved hierarchy of relationships . . . Is another satisfying read, in which the characters are as important as the events and tension develops naturally without contrivance. * Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph *'Excellent classic mystery set in early 1950s Lydmouth' - The GuardianMarvellously creepy * Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday *'Marvellously creepy' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday'All the ingredients of a classic murder mystery...an excellent whodunnit that keeps you guessing right until the end' - Yorkshire Evening Post
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Hodder & Stoughton Where Roses Fade The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 5
Book SynopsisThe fifth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War IITrade ReviewThe people depicted here are real and believable and the drabness and genteel facade of Fifties England is skilfully brought to life. Taylor is, as always, adept at showing the reality beneath the surface, as the characters interact and the unsavoury truth behind the murder is gradually revealed * Sunday Telegraph *'Excellent Lydmouth mysteries' PlayHow skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail rather than dogged description . . .Taylor is the master of small lives writ large * Frances Fyfield, Express on The Suffocating Night *'He writes terribly well' Glasgow Evening TimesTaylor is an excellent writer * The Times *'Does full justice to Andrew Taylor's reputation as on of the greatest award winning crime writers of our time' Bangor ChronicleWhat makes these novels transcend the average mystery is the author's uncanny ability to create another era so comprehensively that the reader is walking along the same pavements and driving the same cars * Independent *
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Hodder & Stoughton Deaths Own Door
Book SynopsisThe sixth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War IITrade ReviewAn absorbing read * Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph *Taylor is building up a nice fan base for his series of mysteries set in the village of Lydmouth just after the Second World War . . . DEATH'S OWN DOOR will appeal to those who love a traditional English mystery novel * Irish Times *Taylor's Lydmouth series is turning the classical detective story into a complex picture of our own past * Independent *Page turningly complicated plots * The Oxford Times *The most underrated crime writer in Britain today * Val McDermid *
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Hodder & Stoughton Call The Dying
Book SynopsisThe seventh in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War IITrade Review'Andrew Taylor's latest addition to his "Lydmouth" murder series perfectly evokes that innocent world of the 1950s. The book is wonderfully redolent of that era, except that it has psychological depth instead of Christie-type cliches. Taylor builds a gripping story, as redolent of the period as brown linoleum. His subtle exploration of provincial society, with its gruesome underbelly, makes this a powerful extension to the series.' - IndependentHow skilfully he recreates the atmosphere of the time through innuendo, attitude and detail rather than dogged description . . . Taylor is the master of small lives writ large * Frances Fyfield, Express on The Suffocating Night *'This is top of the class. Taylor's re-creation of the 1950s is absolutely convincing.' - Sue Baker's Top 10 crime & thriller titles, Publishing NewsThe most underrated crime writer in Britain today * Val McDermid *Andrew Taylor is one of the most interesting, if not THE most interesting novelist writing on crime in England today * Harriet Waugh, Spectator *Taylor is an excellent writer * The Times *The people depicted here are real and believable and the drabness and genteel facade of Fifties England is skilfully brought to life. Taylor is, as always, adept at showing the reality beneath the surface * Sunday Telegraph *CALL THE DYING is expert, ingenious and absorbing, with its eye trained on horizons lying in wait * Spectator *Full of nostalgic detail, this is old-fashion crime at its best * The Times *
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Hodder & Stoughton Naked to the Hangman The Lydmouth Crime Series
Book SynopsisThe eighth in the acclaimed Lydmouth crime series, set on the Welsh/English border in the years after World War IITrade ReviewA brilliant take on the classic golden-age mystery updated with contemporary candour and enhanced by Taylor's ability to make characters rounded and real through his intuitive understanding of obsolete habits... a gripping and intelligent novel; highly recommended. * Literary Review *'A brilliant take on the classic golden-age mystery updated with contemporary candour and enhanced by Taylor's ability to make characters rounded and real through his intuitive understanding of obsolete habits... a gripping and intelligent novel; highly recommended.' * Literary Review *Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series becomes more impressive with each book... Taylor's special skill is getting under the skill of his characters and creating a vivid portrait of even the dullest setting. It's a very accomplished novel. * Sunday Telegraph *'Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series becomes more impressive with each book... Taylor's special skill is getting under the skill of his characters and creating a vivid portrait of even the dullest setting. It's a very accomplished novel.' * Sunday Telegraph *'This murder tale is anything but formulaic' * Mirror *Atmospheric * Daily Mail *'Atmospheric' * Daily Mail *Striking . . . A considerable achievement. * Tangled Web *'Complex and absorbing' * Woman & Home *Complex and absorbing * Woman & Home *'Andrew Taylor is remarkably prolific - it doesn't seem five minutes since his last stand-alone novel appeared - but what is even more remarkable is that his productivity does not have the least adverse effect on the quality of his writing. On the contrary, this latest entry in the excellent Lydmouth series is arguably even stronger than its predecessor, the admirable 'Call for the Dying'. In this book, Richard Thornhill comes under pressure as never before when a tragedy from his brief service as a police officer in Palestine comes back to haunt him. The mystery element of the story is handled with Taylor's usual skill, and there are a couple of neat twists, but what I found striking was the way this talented writer made me care a great deal about such questions as who would accompany whom at the local charity dance. He draws us completely into the remote world of 1950s rural England and makes what happens there matter very much. A considerable achievement.' * Tangled Web *'Taylor's novels are always intelligent, well-structured and engrossing reads.' * Yorkshire Post *'The strength of Andrew Taylor lies in his characters and their complex emotions... Taylor never disappoints and Naked to the Hangman is no exception.' * Harriet Waugh, Spectator *'Enthralling' * Observer *'Detective Inspector Thornhill returns in this splendid new novel in the Lydmouth series.... Andrew Taylor brilliantly captures the atmosphere of 1950s England with a superb plot and complex and believable characters. This is classic crime writing that will delight even the most jaded reader.' * Waterstone's *'Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth novels have shaped the classic detective story into something cleverer, a magnifying glass on periods of recent history. Naked to the Hangman is no exception.' * Belfast Telegraph *'This is the eight title in Andrew Taylor's excellent series of detective stories set in the fictional Anglo-Welsh border town of Lydmouth in the aftermath of the Second World War... A fine addition to the series.' * Mail on Sunday *'Detective Inspector Thornhill returns in this splendid new novel in the Lydmouth series... Andrew Taylor brilliantly captures the atmosphere of 1950s England with a superb plot and complex and believable characters. This is classic crime writing that will delight even the most jaded reader.' * Waterstone's Books Quarterly *So well-rounded . . . no plot from Taylor is ever without complications and twists * Sunday Express *I am a fan of Andrew Taylor, who continues to evoke provincial England brilliantly in his Lydmouth novels * The Sunday Times *This murder tale is anything but formulaic * Daily Mirror *
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Random House USA Inc Dorchester Terrace
Book Synopsis“[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line, on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel. But why destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal? Are the rumors designed to distract police from an even more devastating plot? Meanwhile, in a London sickroom, an old Italian woman is terrified that as she sinks into dementia, she may divulge secrets from her career as a revolutionary spy. And behind the doors of a stately manor, a beautiful young Croatian woman hoards mysteries of her own. Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, need these two fascinating women to tell them things they desperately need to know—before death an
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Little, Brown Book Group A Game for the Living
Book SynopsisIn A Game for the Living threads of sexual jealousy and guilt are shot through with all Patricia Highsmith's uncanny talent for the unexpected.Trade ReviewThe No.1 Greatest Crime Writer * The Times *No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying * Vogue *I love Highsmith so much . . . What a revelation her writing is -- Gillian FlynnHighsmith writes about men like a spider writing about flies * Observer *For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith * Time *There's no thriller writer's gamesmanship in her novels, none of the reassuring trickery of professional pulp; Highsmith's style is as blunt and straightforward as a strip-search * New Yorker *For some obscure reason, one of our greatest modernist writers, Patricia Highsmith, has been thought of in her own land as a writer of thrillers. She is both. She is certainly one of the most interesting writers of this dismal century -- Gore VidalClassic * USA Today *I love Highsmith so much . . . What a revelation her writing is -- Gillian Flynn
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Little, Brown Book Group The Amazing Test Match Crime
Book SynopsisThe best cricket novel ever written . . .Before ''Sandpapergate'' there was The Amazing Test Match Crime.''Cricket is the great narrative sport, and a close, hard-fought Test Match is the nearest any sport comes to the structure, rhythm and feel of a good novel. The opening is there, if someone is brave enough to take it . . .'' Marcus BerkmannEngland are due to play Australia Imperia (names have been changed for legal reasons) at the Oval, in the final Test of the summer.The series hangs in the balance when England''s Captain and star player disappears without trace . . .A wonderful novel which reads like a cross between an episode of Blackadder and England, Their England.Trade ReviewI can quite honestly say that I have never laughed as much at a book since I read about that classic cricket match in England Their England -- Brian JohnstonA glorious romp -- Emma John
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Little, Brown Book Group Into the Labyrinth
Book Synopsis''Intriguing and very scary'' Ken Follett Abducted at thirteen.Returned at twenty-eight.Is it time to go back into the labyrinth?A young woman named Samantha Andretti wakes up in a hospital bed.Samantha was abducted when she was thirteen.She was kept prisoner for fifteen years.The man by her side, Dr. Green, believes that Samantha''s memories contain the clues that will lead to the capture of her abductor. But why does she keep referring to a labyrinth?Outside the hospital, private investigator Bruno Genko does not have long to live. Bruno was assigned to Samantha''s case many years ago, and now it is his chance to make amends.Can Samantha be persuaded to go back into the labyrinth? And how did the man at its centre vanish so quickly?Praise for The Girl in the Fog by Donato Carrisi:''A coldly brilliant exposé of the depths of human nature'' Sunday Times''CompeTrade ReviewIntriguing and very scary -- Ken Follett
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Random House USA Inc TwentyOne Days A Daniel Pitt Novel 1
Book SynopsisIn the first book of an all-new series, a young lawyer races to save his client from execution, putting him at odds with his own father: Thomas Pitt, head of London’s Special Police Branch.“[Anne] Perry’s excellent new series launch expertly takes the Pitts into a new century.”—Library Journal (starred review)1910: Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Pitt is a junior barrister in London and eager to prove himself, independent of his renowned parents’ influence. And the new case before him will be the test. When his client, arrogant biographer Russell Graves, is found guilty of murdering his wife, Daniel is dispatched to find the real killer before Graves faces the hangman’s noose—in only twenty-one days. Could Mrs. Graves’s violent death have anything to do with her husband’s profession? Someone in power may be framing the biographer to keep damaging secrets from coming to light. It is a theory that leads Daniel’s investigation unexpectedly to London’s Special Branch—and, disturbingly, to one of his father’s closest colleagues. Caught between duty to the law and a fierce desire to protect his family, Daniel must call on his keen intellect—and trust his natural instincts—to find the truth in a tangle of dark deception, lest an innocent man hang for another’s heinous crime.Praise for Twenty-One Days “Readers will quickly fall in love with [Daniel] Pitt, following along as he investigates a gruesome murder and chuckling as he throws those involved off kilter. Perry is a master at bringing setting to life, and readers will be taken in by the time and place as they get to know Daniel Pitt and those close to him in this engaging novel.”—RT Book Reviews “The maven of well-crafted Victorian mysteries and author of both the William Monk series and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries introduces the Pitts’ son, Daniel, junior barrister, in this first of what proves to be an intriguing, entertaining, and character-centric new series. . . . Perry introduces Daniel and his cohort, the brilliant Miriam Fforde Croft, and raises the knotty question of whether some clients are truly undefendable.”—Booklist“[Anne Perry] seems just as comfortable in 1910 as she ever did back in Victoria’s day.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Random House USA Inc Dark Tide Rising A William Monk Novel 24
Book SynopsisWhen a ransom exchange turns deadly in this thrilling mystery from bestselling author Anne Perry, Commander William Monk faces an unthinkable possibility: betrayal by his own men. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “Riveting . . . one of the series’ more powerful recent entries.”—Publishers Weekly When kidnappers choose a broken-down waterside slum as the site of a ransom exchange for the wife of wealthy real estate developer Harry Exeter, the Thames River Police and Commander William Monk shadow Harry to the spot to ensure that no harm comes to him or his captive wife. But on arrival, Monk and five of his best men are attacked from all sides. Certain that one of his colleagues has betrayed him, Monk delves into each of their pasts, one of which hides a dreadful secret. Soon facing a series of deadly obstructions, Monk must choose between his own saf
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Grand Central Publishing Death of a Village
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Punishment She Deserves
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDetective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are forced to confront the past as they try to solve a crime that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of a quiet, historic medieval town in EnglandThe cozy, bucolic town of Ludlow is stunned when one of its most revered and respected citizens--Ian Druitt, the local deacon--is accused of a serious crime. Then, while in police custody, Ian is found dead. Did he kill himself? Or was he murdered?When Barbara Havers is sent to Ludlow to investigate the chain of events that led to Ian's death, all the evidence points to suicide. But Barbara can't shake the feeling that she's missing something. She decides to take a closer look at the seemingly ordinary inhabitants of Ludlow--mainly elderly retirees and college students--and discovers that almost everyone in town has something to hide.A masterful work of suspense, The Punishment She Deserves
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Dover Publications Inc. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Dover mystery classics
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Dover Publications Inc. Whose Body
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Dover Publications Inc. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Dover Publications Clouds of Witness
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Dover Publications The Mystery of the Blue Train
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Dover Publications Poirot Investigates
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Dover Publications Lord Peter Views the Body
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Alfred A. Knopf The Glass Hotel
Book SynopsisINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events—the exposure of a massive criminal enterprise and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea.“The perfect novel ... Freshly mysterious.” —The Washington PostVincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby's glass wall: Why don’t you swallow broken glass. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis's billion-dollar business is really nothing more than a game of smoke and mirrors. When his scheme collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing
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Penguin Publishing Group Robert B. Parkers Blood Feud
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Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B. Parkers Someone to Watch Over Me
Book SynopsisIn the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser and his young protégé Mattie Sullivan take on billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients.Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mother''s killer and take down an infamous Southie crime boss. Now Mattie--a college student with a side job working for the tough but tender private eye--dreams of being an investigator herself. Her first big case involves a fifteen-year-old girl assaulted by a much older man at one of Boston''s most prestigious private clubs. The girl, Chloe Turner, only wants the safe return of her laptop and backpack. But like her mentor and boss, Mattie has a knack for asking the right questions of the wrong people.Soon Spenser and Mattie find ties between the exploitation of dozens of other girls from working class families to an eccentric billionaire and his sadistic henchwoman w
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Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B. Parkers Grudge Match
Book SynopsisRobert B. Parker''s beloved PI Sunny Randall returns on a case that blurs the line between friend and foe...and if Sunny can''t tell the difference, the consequences may be deadly.When Sunny''s long-time gangster associate Tony Marcus comes to her for help, Sunny is surprised--after all, she double crossed him on a recent deal, and their relationship is on shakier ground than ever. But the way Tony figures it, Sunny owes him, and Sunny''s willing to consider his case if it will clear the slate. Tony''s trusted girlfriend and business partner has vanished, appears to have left in a hurry, and he has no idea why. He just wants to talk to her, he says, but first he needs Sunny to track her down. While Sunny isn''t willing to trust his good intentions, the missing woman intrigues her--against all odds, she''s risen to a position of power in Tony''s criminal enterprise. Sunny can''t help but admire her, and if this woman''s in a jam, Sunny would like to help.But when a witness is murdered hours after speaking to Sunny, it''s clear there''s more at stake than just Tony''s love life. Someone--maybe even Tony himself--doesn''t want this woman on the loose...and will go to any lengths to make sure she stays silent.
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Random House USA Inc The Secret Adversary
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Random House USA Inc The Mysterious Affair at Styles The First Hercule
Book SynopsisAgatha Christie’s debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious sleuthing skills to work. Suspects are plentiful, including the victim’s much younger husband, her resentful stepsons, her longtime hired companion, a young family friend working as a nurse, and a London specialist on poisons who just happens to be visiting the nearby village. All of them have secrets they are desperate to keep, but none can outwit Poirot as he navigates the ingenious red herrings and plot twists that earned Agatha Christie her well-deserved reputation as the queen of mystery.
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Random House USA Inc Riviera Gold
Book SynopsisMary Russell and Sherlock Holmes turn the Riviera upside down to crack their most captivating case yet in the New York Times bestselling series that Lee Child called “the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.” It’s summertime on the Riviera, and the Jazz Age has come to France’s once-sleepy beaches. From their music-filled terraces, American expatriates gaze along the coastline at the lights of Monte Carlo, where fortunes are won, lost, stolen, and sometimes hidden away. When Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes arrive, they find their partnership pulled between youthful pleasures and old sins, hot sun and cool jazz, new affections and enduring loyalties. Russell falls into easy friendship with an enthralling American couple, Sara and Gerald Murphy, whose golden life on the Riviera has begun to attract famous writers and artists—and some of the scoundrels linked with Monte Carlo’s underworld. The Murp
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Crime Trade
Book SynopsisSimon Kernick is one of Britain's most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was the biggest selling thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers include Siege, Ultimatum, Stay Alive and The Final Minute. He is also the author of the bestselling three-part serial thrillers Dead Man's Gift and One By One.Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Counter Terrorism Command and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.Trade ReviewSimon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight! -- Harlan CobenSimon Kernick writes great plots, great action, great action -- Lee ChildSimon Kernick uses every trick in the book to keep the action breakneck * Time Out *Kernick generates a potent cocktail of thrills that makes contemporary London feel like Dodge City * Guardian *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Like This For Ever
Book SynopsisSharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the author of six critically acclaimed novels. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Dagger in the Library. Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son. For more information about the author and her books, or to check out her addictive blog, visit www.sharonbolton.com. You can also join her on at www.facebook.com/SJBoltonCrime.Trade ReviewBolton rules the world of psychological thrillers -- Nina Sankovitch * Huffington Post *Ingenious * Washington Post *Nail-biting, spine-tingling, up-till-4a.m.-because-you-need-to-know-how-it-finishes tension! * fictionfan blog *Close-to-the-bone red herrings skillfully strewn across the detectives’ paths, convincing cop-shop procedure, and perceptively drawn secondary characters help push this contemporary crime novel ahead of the pack . . . Bolton looks deep into the lost-soul madness of a killer and makes her vision all too horribly real. * RT BookReviews *Bolton sets aside the gothic-tinged atmosphere of her early novels in favor of a more visceral sensibility, exerting immediate and continuing pull by stepping in and out of an unnamed killer’s mind . . . a nail-biting thriller * Publishers Weekly *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd This is the Night They Come For You
Book SynopsisFrom the author of the BBC 2 Between the Covers hit, The Fine Art of Invisible Detection ''Truly ingenious'' The TabletGoddard sprinkles head-turning double-crossing with delightful by-play between his two leads'' Times''Fast-paced, beautifully crafted with some excellently drawn characters... engages from start to finish'' Choice Magazine''Goddard writes amazing novels of mystery/suspense. His new one is magical and the title is simply the best'' Stephen King__________________On a stifling afternoon at Police HQ in Algiers, Superintendent Taleb, coasting towards retirement, with not even an air-conditioned office to show for his long years of service, is handed a ticking time bomb of a case which will take him deep into Algeria''s troubled past and its fraught relationship with France.To his dismay, he is assigned to work with Agent Hidouchi, an intimidating representative of the Trade ReviewHighly original and very good indeed...a delightful double act, crunchy dialogue, strong action scenes and provocative historical aperçus. * The Sunday Times *Complex and compelling * Choice Magazine *Goddard writes amazing novels of mystery/suspense. His new one is magical and the title is simply the best * Stephen King *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction
Book SynopsisRobert Goddard's first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. Since then, his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. He has won awards in the UK, the US and acrossEurope and his books have been translated into over thirty languages. In 2019, he won the Crime Writers' Association's highest accolade, the Diamond Dagger, for a lifetime achievement in Crime Writing.
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Random House Publishing Group The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Random House Publishing Group Kissed a Sad Goodbye
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc A Cold Treachery
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Faber & Faber Sorry for the Dead
Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1915, the violent death of a young girl brings grief and notoriety to Charleston Farmhouse on the Sussex Downs.Years later, Josephine Tey returns to the same house - now much changed - and remembers the two women with whom she once lodged as a young teacher during the Great War.
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Faber & Faber Death in Holy Orders
Book SynopsisTHE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME' (Guardian) A legend.' VAL MCDERMIDP. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.' MICK HERRONShe has never written better.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHPERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS__________________________________________________________________________________I don't think I'm being fanciful there is something strange about this death.When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of coast in East Anglia, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Adam Dalgliesh reluctantly agrees to visit the young man''s theological college, St Anselm''s a place he visited as a boy. He expects no more than a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination o
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Faber & Faber Fear in the Sunlight
Book SynopsisSummer, 1936. The writer, Josephine Tey, joins her friends in the holiday village of Portmeirion to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, are there to sign a deal to film Josephine''s novel, A Shilling for Candles, and Hitchcock has one or two tricks up his sleeve to keep the holiday party entertained - and expose their deepest fears.But things get out of hand when one of Hollywood''s leading actresses is brutally slashed to death in a cemetery near the village. The following day, as fear and suspicion take over in a setting where nothing - and no one - is quite what it seems, Chief Inspector Archie Penrose becomes increasingly unsatisfied with the way the investigation is ultimately resolved. Several years later, another horrific murder, again linked to a Hitchcock movie, drives Penrose back to the scene of the original crime to uncover the shocking truth.Trade Review'Any crime aficionado whose beach reading usually consists of a bagful of crinkly old paperbacks should make room for Nicola Upson's novels' - Daily Telegraph
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Faber & Faber Shot with Crimson
Book SynopsisAlways a delight.' Sunday TimesI will never understand why murder is considered such a lowbrow speciality in HollywoodSeptember, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca. Then a shocking act of violence reawakens the shadows of the past, with consequences on both sides of the Atlantic, and Josephine and DCI Archie Penrose find themselves on a trail leading back to the house that inspired a young Daphne du Maurier - a trail that echoes Rebecca''s timeless themes of obsession, jealousy and murder.''An astonishingly complex mystery.'' The Times''Classy, clever, endlessly entertaining . . . one of this talented author''s most impressive outings yet.'' Lancashire Evening PostReaders love Nicola UpsonOh my, what a delight to read this was. An author abso
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Faber & Faber Shot with Crimson
Book SynopsisBrilliant.' The TimesOne of Upson's most evocative novels.' GuardianSeptember 1939: The worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca.Little does Josephine realise that the man she has befriended in Hollywood is the perpetrator of a shocking act of violence and is being sought back in Britain by DCI Archie Penrose.Together, they find themselves on a trail that echoes Rebecca's timeless themes of obsession, resentment and murder.WHAT READERS THINK:''Brilliant as ever . . . Thrilling.'' 5* review''Fascinating and compelling . . . Loved it.'' 5* review''What a story!'' 5* review''Wonderful.'' 5* review''I absolutely loved this . . . a thrilling and glamorous read.'' 5* review
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