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The A.B.C. Murdersby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145008 (0-8161-4500-8)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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An Advancement of Learningby Reginald HillISBN 0881500534 (0-88150-053-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Amateur Cracksmanby Ernest William HornungISBN 0836931505 (0-8369-3150-5)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amateur Cracksman'Book summary:"Do you prefer the alternative?" asked my companion, with a sneer. "No, hang it, that's unfair!" he cried apologetically in the same breath. "I quite understand. It's a beastly ordeal. But it would never do for you to stay outside. I tell you what, you shall have a peg before we start--just one. [via]
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Asking for the Moonby Reginald HillISBN 0881503827 (0-88150-382-7)
Hardcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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B Is for Burglarby Sue GraftonISBN 0805016325 (0-8050-1632-5)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'B Is for Burglar'Book summary:Beverly Danziger looked like an expensive, carefully wrapped package from a good but conservative shop. Only her compulsive chatter hinted at the nervousness beneath her cool surface. It was a nervousness out of all proportion to the problem she placed before Kinsey Millhone. There was an absent sister. A will to be settled--a matter of only a few thousand dollars. Mrs. Danziger did not look as if she needed a few thousand dollars. And she didn't seem like someone longing for a family reunion.[via]
Still, business was slow, and even a private investigator has bills to pay. Millhone took the job. It looked routine.
Elaine Boldt's wrappings were a good deal flashier than her sister's, but they signaled the same thing: The lady had money. A rich widow in her early forties, she owned a condo in Boca Raton and another in Santa Teresa. According to the manager of the California building, she was last seen draped in her $12,000 lynx coat heading for Boca Raton. According to the manager of the Florida building, she never got there. But someone else had and she was camping out illegally in Mrs. Boldt's apartment. The job was beginning to seem a bit less routine.
It turned tricky when Beverly Danziger ordered Millhone to drop the case and it took on an ominous quality when Aubrey Danziger surfaced, making all kinds of wild accusations about his wife. But it only became sinister when Millhone learned that just days before Elaine Boldt went missing, her next-door neighbor and bridge partner had been murdered and the killer was still at large.
A house destroyed by arson. A brutally murdered a woman. A missing lynx coat. An apartment burgled of valueless papers, another ransacked in a melée of mindless destruction. And more murder. As Millhone digs deeper into the case, she finds herself in a nightmarish hall of mirrors in which reality is distorted by illusion and nothing--except danger--is quite what it seems.More editions of B Is for Burglar:
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Beast in Viewby Margaret MillarISBN 0786706678 (0-7867-0667-8)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beast in View'Book summary:A psychological thriller by a mistress of suspense at the top of her form and 1956 winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award.[via]
What starts with a crank call from an old school chum sets the lonely, aloof, financially comfortable Miss Helen Clarvoe on a path as predictable only as madness. Lured from her rooms in a second-rate residential Hollywood hotel, she finds herself stranded in the more perilous terrain of extortion, pornography, vengeance, and ultimately murder.More editions of Beast in View:
The Black Towerby P. D. JamesISBN 0816149836 (0-8161-4983-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Blossomby Andrew VachssISBN 0804107513 (0-8041-0751-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blossom'Book summary:Two things bring Burke from New York to Indiana: a frantic call from an old cell mate named Virgil and a serial sniper whose twisted passion is to pick off couples on lovers' lane. Virgil's nephew is the innocent prime suspect, and Burke vows to find the real killer by any means necessary. And then comes Blossom. Slim, gorgeous, brilliant. She's got a heated interest in the murders . . . and in Burke. [via]
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Break Inby Dick FrancisISBN 0816141622 (0-8161-4162-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Burden of Proofby Scott TurowISBN 0816151326 (0-8161-5132-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Case of the Gilded Flyby Edmund CrispinISBN 0802754104 (0-8027-5410-4)
Hardcover, Walker
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The Cat Who Came to Breakfastby Lilian Jackson BraunISBN 0816159343 (0-8161-5934-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Cat Who Lived Highby Lilian Jackson BraunISBN 0816151261 (0-8161-5126-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Church of Dead Girlsby Stephen DobynsISBN 080505104X (0-8050-5104-X)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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A Clubbable Womanby Reginald HillISBN 0881500321 (0-88150-032-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of the Blindby Christopher BrookmyreISBN 0802139191 (0-8021-3919-1)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Country of the Blind'Book summary:British critics have compared Christopher Brookmyre's writing to the "sassy, nasty, fast style of the Americans Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen" (The Guardian) and called his work "perpetually in-your-face ... irreverent and stylish" (The Times). Now he returns with another cracked gem of a comic thriller: Country of the Blind. This time, hard-bitten investigative journalist Jack Parlabane -- hero of Brookmyre's award-winning novel Quite Ugly One Morning-finds himself up to his eyeballs in murder, mayhem, and political intrigue when conservative tabloid media mogul Roland Voss is discovered at his country estate with his throat slit and his wife and bodyguards killed. The police have arrested four men fleeing the scene, but for Parlabane it all doesn't add up and he suspects the fix is in ... unless he can get to the bottom of things before everybody else. Packed with Brookmyre's distinctive collection of wacked-out characters and fueled by his trademark hell-for-leather pacing, Country of the Blind is a tart "tartan noir" that will leave you breathless with suspense -- if you're not asphyxiated by convulsions of laughter first. "A high-octane political thriller doused in stinging satire." -- The Sunday Times (London)[via]More editions of Country of the Blind:
Crocodile on the Sandbankby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0816163014 (0-8161-6301-4)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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Crooked Houseby Agatha ChristieISBN 081614463X (0-8161-4463-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Curse of the Pharaohsby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0816132747 (0-8161-3274-7)
Hardcover, G.K. Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Curse of the Pharaohs'Book summary:Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody Emerson and her archaeologist husband are busy raising their young son; yet Amelia dreams only of the dust and detritus of ancient civilizations. Happily, circumstances are about to demand their immediate presence in Egypt. Sir Henry Baskerville had just discovered a tomb in Luxor when he promptly died under bizarre circumstances. The tabloids scream of The Curse of the Pharaohs! Amelia and her husband arrive to find the camp in disarray and the workers terrified. A ghost even appears. It is not at all what Amelia considers an atmosphere conducive to scientific discovery. Thus the indomitable Victorian sets about bringing order to chaos and herself close to danger. How Amelia triumphs over evil and those who would stand between her and her beloved antiquities makes for a delightfully spirited adventure. [via]
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D Is for Deadbeatby Sue GraftonISBN 0805002480 (0-8050-0248-0)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Dance Hall of the Deadby Tony HillermanISBN 0816154333 (0-8161-5433-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dance Hall of the Dead'Book summary:Two young boys suddenly disappear. One of them, a Zuñi, leaves a pool of blood behind. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, of the Navajo Tribal Police, tracks the brutal killer. Three things complicate the search: an archaeological dig, a steel hypodermic needle, and the strange laws of the Zuñi. Compelling, terrifying, and highly suspenseful, Dance Hall of the Dead never relents -- from first page till last.
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Dancers in Mourningby Margery AllinghamISBN 0786703849 (0-7867-0384-9)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Dream of Darknessby Patrick RuellISBN 0881501786 (0-88150-178-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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E Is for Evidenceby Sue GraftonISBN 0805004599 (0-8050-0459-9)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Eight Million Ways to Dieby Lawrence BlockISBN 0877954054 (0-87795-405-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Endless Nightby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145482 (0-8161-4548-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Father Brown Storiesby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0849508673 (0-8495-0867-3)
Hardcover, Arden Library
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Fer-De-Lanceby Rex Stout, Nero WolfeISBN 0816132224 (0-8161-3222-4)
Hardcover, G.K. Hall
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The Friends of Eddie Coyleby George V. HigginsISBN 0805065989 (0-8050-6598-9)
Softcover, Owl Books
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Gorky Park: A Novelby Martin Cruz SmithISBN 0812977246 (0-8129-7724-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gorky Park: A Novel'Book summary:Brilliant . . . enough enigmas within enigmas within enigmas to reel the mind.
The New Yorker
A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI, and the New York City police as he pursues a rich, ruthless, and well-connected American fur dealer. Meanwhile, Renko is falling in love with a beautiful, headstrong dissident for whom he may risk everything.
Once one gets going, one doesnt want to stop. . . . The action is gritty, the plot complicated, [and] the overriding quality is intelligence.
The Washington Post
Reminds you just how satisfying a smoothly turned thriller can be. The New York Times Book Review
An unbelievable achievement . . . vivid, witty . . . completely fascinating.
Boston Herald American
Gripping, romantic, and dazzlingly original.
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The Great Train Robberyby Michael CrichtonISBN 081616228X (0-8161-6228-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Train Robbery'Book summary:Lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side in Victorian Londonand Edward Pierce easily navigates both worlds. Rich, handsome, and ingenious, he charms the city's most prominent citizens even as he plots the crime of his century, the daring theft of a fortune in gold. But even Pierce could not predict the consequences of an extraordinary robbery that targets the pride of England's industrial era: the mighty steam locomotive.
Based on remarkable fact, and alive with the gripping suspense, surprise, and authenticity that are his trademarks, Michael Crichton's classic adventure is a breathtaking thrill-ride that races along tracks of steel at breakneck speed.
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Have His Carcaseby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0792715888 (0-7927-1588-8)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Ice: A Major New Novel about the World of the 87th Precinctby Ed McBainISBN 0877954682 (0-87795-468-2)
Hardcover, Arbor House
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Incredulity of Father Brownby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0816136807 (0-8161-3680-7)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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Indemnity Onlyby Sara ParetskyISBN 0816134391 (0-8161-3439-1)
Softcover, G.K. Hall
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Last Bus to Woodstockby Colin DexterISBN 0804114900 (0-8041-1490-0)
Softcover, Ivy Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Bus to Woodstock'Book summary:"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."
--The New York Times Book Review
"YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU'VE READ
HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels."
--Chicago Sun-Times
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is found outside a pub in Woodstock, near Oxford. Morse is sure the other hitchhiker can tell him much of what he needs to know. But his confidence is shaken by the cool inscrutability of the girl he's certain was Sylvia's companion on that ill-fated September evening. Shrewd as Morse is, he's also distracted by the complex scenarios that the murder set in motion among Sylvia's girlfriends and their Oxford playmates. To grasp the painful truth, and act upon it, requires from Morse the last atom of his professional discipline.
"Few novelists write books as intelligent and deliciously frightening as those by Colin Dexter. . . . What Mr. Dexter does so well, so brilliantly, is weave a thick, cerebral story chock-full of literary references and clever red herrings."
--The Washington Times
"A MASTERFUL CRIME WRITER WHOM FEW OTHERS MATCH."
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Last Seen Wearingby Colin DexterISBN 0804114919 (0-8041-1491-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Light Thickensby Ngaio MarshISBN 0848805798 (0-8488-0579-8)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Lion in the Valleyby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0812512421 (0-8125-1242-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lion in the Valley'Book summary:The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, and their precocious (some might say rambunctious) eight-year-old son, Ramses. The long-denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor has finally been granted, and the much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid is now theirs for the exploring.
Before the young family exchanges the relative comfort of Cairo for the more rudimentary quarters near the excavation site, they engage a young Englishman, Donald Fraser, as a tutor and companion for Ramses, and Amelia takes a wayward young woman, Enid Debenham, under her protective wing.
But there is danger and deception in the wind that blows across the hot Egyptian sands. A brazen kidnapping attempt, a gruesome murder, and an expedition subsequently cursed by misfortune and deathall serve to alert Amelia to the likely presence of her arch nemesis, the "Master Criminal," notorious looter of the living and the dead. But it is far more than ill-gotten riches that motivate the man known as Sethos. The evil genius has a score to settle with the meddling lady archaeologist who has sworn to deliver him to justice . . . and he's got her dead-on in his sights.
Replete with edge-of-the-seat suspense and scrupulous archaeological and historical detail, all delivered in Amelia Peabody's unique, wry voice, Lion in the Valley is a classic installment in Elizabeth Peters's beloved mystery-adventure series.
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The Long Divorceby Edmund CrispinISBN 0837138205 (0-8371-3820-5)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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The Midnight Clubby James PattersonISBN 0804105979 (0-8041-0597-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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John Stefanovich, a tough New York cop, has one mission in life--to nab Alexandre St. Germain, the most treacherous and powerful member of the Midnight Club--a secret international society whose membership is limited to an elite group of ruthless crime czars, all of whom are "respectable" businessmen. Blasted by St. Germain's shotgun, Stef is left in a wheelchair, but no less determined. With the help of a beautiful journalist and a Harlem cop, Stef is determined to crack the Midnight Club And he's up against odds that are as unknown as they are deadly.... [via]More editions of The Midnight Club:
A Mind to Murderby P. D. JamesISBN 081615645X (0-8161-5645-X)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Mirror Crack'Dby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145598 (0-8161-4559-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Mother Huntby Rex StoutISBN 0816140731 (0-8161-4073-1)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mother Hunt'Book summary:The Mother Hunt is the 18th novel by the Grandmaster of Mystery to be reissued in the Rex Stout Library. It's a matter of maternity that brings Lucy Valdon to the brownstone on West 35th, after a baby is left on her doorstep. [via]
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The Murder on the Linksby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145741 (0-8161-4574-1)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Mystery of the Blue Trainby Agatha ChristieISBN 0848821386 (0-8488-2138-6)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Nerveby Dick FrancisISBN 0792717546 (0-7927-1754-6)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nerve'Book summary:Mysterious accidents start happening to jockeys, one man is found shot dead, while another is found with a broken leg. When Robb Finn begins investigating, he finds himself caught up in a world of violence and twisted envy. [via]
The Patriotic Murdersby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145857 (0-8161-4585-7)
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Peril at End Houseby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145881 (0-8161-4588-1)
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Raffles the Amateur Cracksmanby HornungISBN 0792701577 (0-7927-0157-7)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Remembered Deathby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145989 (0-8161-4598-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Resolution: A Novelby Denise MinaISBN 0786711809 (0-7867-1180-9)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Resolution: A Novel'Book summary:Blending suspense, compassion, raw instinct, and grim wit, Denise Minas Resolution completes her compelling Garnethill trilogy (which includes two New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year) that Val McDermid, author of A Place of Execution, calls head and shoulders above much of contemporary crime fiction. In her gripping new crime novel, Mina returns once more to the seamier precincts of Glasgow and the untidy world of the hapless but resolute Maureen ODonnell. Maureens abusive father has shown up again in Glasgow; and Angus Farrell, the psychologist who so gruesomely murdered her therapist-boyfriend, is going on trialwith Maureen as the star witness. Meanwhile, shes embroiled in another hard-bitten familys feud when Ella McGee, an elderly stallholder at the flea market where Maureen sells illegally imported cigarettes, decides to take her son to small-claims court over unpaid wages and then turns up beaten brutally in Albert Hospital. Violence hovers in the most familiar precincts of Maureens Garnethill, and Denise Mina once again proves herself to be an award-winning writer.[via] -
The Riddle of the Third Mileby Colin DexterISBN 0804114889 (0-8041-1488-9)
Softcover, Ivy Books
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--The New York Times Book Review
Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding the London train several days before. Whatever the truth, the inspector knows it won't be simple--it never is. As he retraces Professor Browne-Smith's route through a London netherworld of topless bars and fancy bordellos, his forebodings are fulfilled. The evidence mounts; so do the bodies. So Morse downs another pint, unleashes his pit bull instincts, and solves a mystery that defies all logic.
"[Dexter] is a magician with character, story construction, and the English language. . . . Colin Dexter and Morse are treasures of the genre."
--Mystery News
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man deduce."
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The Secret of Annexe 3by Colin DexterISBN 0804114897 (0-8041-1489-7)
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Service of All the Deadby Colin DexterISBN 0804114854 (0-8041-1485-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Service of All the Dead'Book summary:"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT."
--The New York Times Book Review
This time Inspector Morse brings the imposition on himself. He could have been vacationing in Greece instead of investigating a murder that the police have long since written off. But he finds the crime--the brutal killing of a suburban churchwarden--fascinating. In fact, he uncovers not one murder but two, for the fatal fall of St. Frideswides vicar from the church tower Morse reckons to be murder as well. And as he digs into the lives and unsanctified lusts of the late vicar's erring flock, the list of the dead grows longer. Not even the oddly appealing woman he finds scrubbing the church floor can compensate Morse for the trouble he's let himself in for. So he has another pint, follows his hunches, and sets out to untangle the deadly business of homicide. . . .
"A BRILLIANTLY PLOTTED DETECTIVE STORY."
--Evening Standard (London)
"WILY. . . ELEGANT."
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Shroud for a Nightingaleby P. D. JamesISBN 081615032X (0-8161-5032-X)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Sign of Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0816708517 (0-8167-0851-7)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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The Silent World of Nicholas Quinnby Colin DexterISBN 0804114870 (0-8041-1487-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Skinwalkersby Tony HillermanISBN 0833533428 (0-8335-3342-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skinwalkers'Book summary:Three shotgun blasts explode into the trailer of Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. But Chee survives to join partner Lt. Joe Leaphorn in a frightening investigation that takes them into a dark world of ritual, witchcraft, and bloodall tied to the elusive and evil "skinwalker." Brimming with Navajo lore and sizzling suspense, Skinwalkers brings Chee and Leaphorn, Hillerman's bestselling detective team, together for the first time.
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Smilla's Sense of Snowby Peter HoegISBN 0792720245 (0-7927-2024-5)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Smilla's Sense of Snow'Book summary:In this international bestseller, Peter Høeg successfully combines the pleasures of literary fiction with those of the thriller. Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Her childhood in Greenland gives her an appreciation for the complex structures of snow, and when she notices that the boy's footprints show he ran to his death, she decides to find out who was chasing him. As she attempts to solve the mystery, she uncovers a series of conspiracies and cover-ups and quickly realizes that she can trust nobody. Her investigation takes her from the streets of Copenhagen to an icebound island off the coast of Greenland. What she finds there has implications far beyond the death of a single child. The unusual setting, gripping plot, and compelling central character add up to one of the most fascinating and literate thrillers of recent years. [via]
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The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dogby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0816156824 (0-8161-5682-4)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog'Book summary:The seventh novel featuring Amelia Peabody, 19th-century Egyptologist and intrepid adventurer. She and her dashing husband, Emerson, return to Amama for a second honeymoon, where Emerson is kidnapped. After a daring rescue, Amelia discovers that he remembers nothing of her, or their marriage. [via]
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Straightby Dick FrancisISBN 0816149917 (0-8161-4991-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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A Study in Scarletby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0809594285 (0-8095-9428-5)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Study in Scarlet'Book summary:Arthur Conan Doyle's Study in Scarlet is the first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world's best-known detective, and the first narrative by Holmes's Boswell, the unassuming Dr. Watson, a military surgeon lately returned from the Afghan War. Watson needs a flat-mate and a diversion. Holmes needs a foil. And thus a great literary collaboration begins.
Watson and Holmes move to a now-famous address, 221B Baker Street, where Watson is introduced to Holmes's eccentricities as well as his uncanny ability to deduce information about his fellow beings. Somewhat shaken by Holmes's egotism, Watson is nonetheless dazzled by his seemingly magical ability to provide detailed information about a man glimpsed once under the streetlamp across the road.
Then murder. Facing a deserted house, a twisted corpse with no wounds, a mysterious phrase drawn in blood on the wall, and the buffoons of Scotland Yard--Lestrade and Gregson--Holmes measures, observes, picks up a pinch of this and a pinch of that, and generally baffles his faithful Watson. Later, Holmes explains: "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.... There are few people who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result." Holmes is in that elite group.
Conan Doyle quickly learned that it was Holmes's deductions that were of most interest to his readers. The lengthy flashback, while a convention of popular fiction, simply distracted from readers' real focus. It is when Holmes and Watson gather before the coal fire and Holmes sums up the deductions that led him to the successful apprehension of the criminal that we are most captivated. Subsequent Holmes stories--The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes--rightly plunge the twosome directly into the middle of a baffling crime, piling mystery upon mystery until Holmes's denouement once more leaves the dazzled Watson murmuring, "You are wonderful, Holmes!" Generations of readers agree. --Barbara Schlieper [via]
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Hardcover, Wildside Pr - Study in Scarlet: ISBN 0816708509 (0-8167-0850-9)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - A Study in Scarlet: ISBN 0805502645 (0-8055-0264-5)
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Swing, Brother, Swingby Ngaio MarshISBN 085119317X (0-85119-317-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Tether's Endby Margery AllinghamISBN 0786703830 (0-7867-0383-0)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tether's End'Book summary:When a murdered London pawnbroker's corpse is missing, clues are scant and witnesses few. Scotland Yard Superintendent Charles Luke has come up with a farfetched theory, and even the imperturbable Albert Campion has doubts when evidence points them to a most unlikely conclusion. Previous published. [via]
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The Tiger in the Smokeby Margery AllinghamISBN 0786702257 (0-7867-0225-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tiger in the Smoke'Book summary:Meg Elginbrodde's wedding plans to millionaire Geoffrey Levett stop dead when she begins receiving snapshots of a man who could be her husband-if he hadn't been killed at war five years before. When Meg's old friend, the charming and erudite Albert Campion, takes on this case of perplexing identity, it takes him on a spine-chilling manhunt in London's sinister underworld.[via]
Touchby Elmore LeonardISBN 0877959056 (0-87795-905-6)
Hardcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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Touchby Leonard ElmoreISBN 081614513X (0-8161-4513-X)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Traitor's Purseby Margery AllinghamISBN 0786704470 (0-7867-0447-0)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Trent's Last Caseby E.C. BentleyISBN 0824023536 (0-8240-2353-6)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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An Unsuitable Job for a Womanby P. D. JamesISBN 081613149X (0-8161-3149-X)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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A Wreath for Riveraby Ngaio MarshISBN 0824023854 (0-8240-2385-4)
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