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Along Came a Spiderby James PattersonISBN 0446364193 (0-446-36419-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Along Came a Spider'Book summary:The classic thriller that launched the Alex Cross series, the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years!
A missing little girl named Maggie Rose . . . a family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. . . . the thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher . . . a psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who is so terrifying that the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police cannot outsmart him - even after he's been captured.
Gary Soneji wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the first female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read.
Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair--at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji is playing at the top of his game. The latest of the unspeakable crimes happens in Alex Cross's precinct. It happens under the noses of Jezzie Flanagan's men. Now Alex Cross must face the ultimate test: How do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath? [via]More editions of Along Came a Spider:
- Along Came a Spider: ISBN 0446692638 (0-446-69263-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub - Along Came a Spider: ISBN 0316693642 (0-316-69364-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co - Along Came a Spider: ISBN 0816157537 (0-8161-5753-7)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co - Along Came a Spider: ISBN 0785734783 (0-7857-3478-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Along Came a Spider: ISBN 0816157529 (0-8161-5752-9)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co - Along Came a Spider: ISBN 0446364193 (0-446-36419-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
- Along Came a Spider: ISBN 0446692638 (0-446-69263-8)
Banditsby Elmore LeonardISBN 0688166393 (0-688-16639-3)
Softcover, Quill
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The Bone Collectorby Jeff DeaverISBN 1568955243 (1-56895-524-3)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bone Collector'Book summary:The hero of Jeffery Deaver's thriller The Bone Collector is Lincoln Rhyme, a forensic scientist known to his peers as "the world's foremost criminalist." Rhyme will need all his reason--and his considerable stock of high-tech tools--about him to solve this latest brain-twister: a serial killer with method to his madness. In tried and true thriller fashion, the killer's crimes are described in lurid detail, as is the astounding technological equipment with which Rhyme examines the evidence--everything from an energy-dispersive x-ray unit to a mass spectrometer.
Every fictional detective has his or her gimmick, from Sherlock Holmes's violin to Nero Wolf's orchids, and Rhyme is no exception. He is a quadriplegic who can move nothing but a single finger. Gadget-philes will be in seventh heaven reading about Lincoln Rhyme's tools; other readers might feel the book could do with a few more plausible characters and a little less technology. [via]
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The Bone Collector : A Lincoln Rhyme Novelby Jeffery DeaverISBN 067086871X (0-670-86871-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bone Collector : A Lincoln Rhyme Novel'Book summary:The hero of Jeffery Deaver's thriller The Bone Collector is Lincoln Rhyme, a forensic scientist known to his peers as "the world's foremost criminalist." Rhyme will need all his reason--and his considerable stock of high-tech tools--about him to solve this latest brain-twister: a serial killer with method to his madness. In tried and true thriller fashion, the killer's crimes are described in lurid detail, as is the astounding technological equipment with which Rhyme examines the evidence--everything from an energy-dispersive x-ray unit to a mass spectrometer.
Every fictional detective has his or her gimmick, from Sherlock Holmes's violin to Nero Wolf's orchids, and Rhyme is no exception. He is a quadriplegic who can move nothing but a single finger. Gadget-philes will be in seventh heaven reading about Lincoln Rhyme's tools; other readers might feel the book could do with a few more plausible characters and a little less technology. [via]
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Bone Collector Trade Paperby Not AvailableISBN 0451210255 (0-451-21025-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Brighton Rockby Graham GreeneISBN 0679420347 (0-679-42034-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brighton Rock'Book summary:Introduction by John Carey [via]
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Clandestineby James EllroyISBN 0380805294 (0-380-80529-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Clandestine'Book summary:This Book is in very nice condition, no markings and crisp binding [via]
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The Cutting Roomby Louise WelshISBN 1841954748 (1-84195-474-8)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cutting Room'Book summary:The Cutting Room heralds the arrival of an outstanding, contemporary Glasgow novel. Its charismatic protagonist, Rilke, is eccentric, witty and frequently outrageous. An auctioneer by profession, he is an acknowledged expert in antiques but also considers himself something of an expert in many other fields. When Rilke comes upon a hidden collection of disturbing erotic photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them. What follows is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence and deviousness, steered in part by Rilke's gay promiscuity and inquisitive nature. Louise Welsh's writing is stylish and captivating; she combines aspects of a detective story with shades of the gothic in a colourful Glasgow ranging from the genteel suburbs to a transvestite club, an auction house to the bookies and pubs to porn shops. The result is a page-turning and deliciously original debut. [via]
A Darkness More Than Nightby Michael ConnellyISBN 0316154075 (0-316-15407-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Dashiell Hammettby Josephine Hammett, Steven MarcusISBN 1883011671 (1-883011-67-1)
Hardcover, Library of America
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dashiell Hammett'Book summary:Complete in one volume, the five books that created the modern American crime novel
In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel. In the words of Raymond Chandler, "Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.... He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes."
The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules and characteristic tone for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing. Drawing on his own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Hammett gave a harshly realistic edge to novels that were at the same time infused with a spirit of romantic adventure. His lean and deliberately simplified prose won admiration from such contemporaries as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.
Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929) epitomizes the violence and momentum of his Black Mask stories about the anonymous detective the Continental Op, in a raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in a western mining town. In The Dain Curse (1929) the Op returns in a more melodramatic tale involving jewel theft, drugs, and a religious cult. With The Maltese Falcon (1930) and its protagonist Sam Spade, Hammett achieved his most enduring popular success, a tightly constructed quest story shot through with a sense of disillusionment and the arbitrariness of personal destiny. The Glass Key (1931) is a further exploration of city politics at their most scurrilous. His last novel was The Thin Man (1934), a ruefully comic tale paying homage to the traditional mystery form and featuring Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated inebriates who would enjoy a long afterlife in the movies. [via]-
Dashiell Hammettby Dashiell HammettISBN 0517618354 (0-517-61835-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dashiell Hammett'Book summary:Complete in one volume, the five books that created the modern American crime novel
In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel. In the words of Raymond Chandler, "Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.... He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes."
The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules and characteristic tone for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing. Drawing on his own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Hammett gave a harshly realistic edge to novels that were at the same time infused with a spirit of romantic adventure. His lean and deliberately simplified prose won admiration from such contemporaries as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.
Each novel is distinct in mood and structure. Red Harvest (1929) epitomizes the violence and momentum of his Black Mask stories about the anonymous detective the Continental Op, in a raucous and nightmarish evocation of political corruption and gang warfare in a western mining town. In The Dain Curse (1929) the Op returns in a more melodramatic tale involving jewel theft, drugs, and a religious cult. With The Maltese Falcon (1930) and its protagonist Sam Spade, Hammett achieved his most enduring popular success, a tightly constructed quest story shot through with a sense of disillusionment and the arbitrariness of personal destiny. The Glass Key (1931) is a further exploration of city politics at their most scurrilous. His last novel was The Thin Man (1934), a ruefully comic tale paying homage to the traditional mystery form and featuring Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated inebriates who would enjoy a long afterlife in the movies. [via]More editions of Dashiell Hammett:
Dashiell Hammett: Five Complete Novelsby Dashiell HammettISBN 0517060116 (0-517-06011-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedarsby Harold BloomISBN 0791078779 (0-7910-7877-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from Snow Falling on Cedars to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story," which details the conditions under which Snow Falling on Cedars was written. This title also includes a short biography on Guterson and a descriptive list of characters. [via]
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The Echoby Minette WaltersISBN 1568954719 (1-56895-471-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Echo'Book summary:Minette Walters's expert plotting and her ability to quickly bring a large cast of characters to life put her in the same arena as Ruth Rendell. A homeless man who called himself Billy Blake is found dead of starvation in the garage of an expensive home near London's Thames, and it looks as though he might be a merchant banker who disappeared in 1988 with 10 million pounds. A magazine journalist named Michael Deacon is intrigued by the case and by the missing banker's wife and soon finds that there are much darker overtones to both. Other Walters books in paperback include The Ice House, The Scold's Bridle. [via]
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- The Echo: ISBN 0307277100 (0-307-27710-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Echo: ISBN 0771087543 (0-7710-8754-3)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd - The Echo: ISBN 0399142517 (0-399-14251-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - The Echo: ISBN 0515122564 (0-515-12256-4)
Softcover, Jove Pubns - The Echo: ISBN 1568954719 (1-56895-471-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
- The Echo: ISBN 0307277100 (0-307-27710-0)
Elmore Leonard's Banditsby Elmore LeonardISBN 081614298X (0-8161-4298-X)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Hollowby Agatha ChristieISBN 042506784X (0-425-06784-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hollow'Book summary:It's Agatha Christie at her best as a weekend house party becomes a crime scene for special guest Hercule Poirot. [via]
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An Instance of the Fingerpostby Iain PearsISBN 1573227951 (1-57322-795-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'Book summary:An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn the inevitable comparisons to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and, for once, the comparison is apt.
The year is 1663, and the setting is Oxford, England, during the height of Restoration political intrigue. When Dr. Robert Grove is found dead in his Oxford room, hands clenched and face frozen in a rictus of pain, all the signs point to poison. Rashomon-like, the narrative circles around Grove's murder as four different characters give their version of events: Marco da Cola, a visiting Italian physician--or so he would like the reader to believe; Jack Prestcott, the son of a traitor who fled the country to avoid execution; Dr. John Wallis, a mathematician and cryptographer with a predilection for conspiracy theories; and Anthony Wood, a mild-mannered Oxford antiquarian whose tale proves to be the book's "instance of the fingerpost." (The quote comes from the philosopher Bacon, who, while asserting that all evidence is ultimately fallible, allows for "one instance of a fingerpost that points in one direction only, and allows of no other possibility.")
Like The Name of the Rose, this is one whodunit in which the principal mystery is the nature of truth itself. Along the way, Pears displays a keen eye for period details as diverse as the early days of medicine, the convoluted politics of the English Civil War, and the newfangled fashion for wigs. Yet Pears never loses sight of his characters, who manage to be both utterly authentic denizens of the 17th century and utterly authentic human beings. As a mystery, An Instance of the Fingerpost is entertainment of the most intelligent sort; as a novel of ideas, it proves equally satisfying. [via]
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- An Instance of the Fingerpost: ISBN 1573220825 (1-57322-082-5)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books - An Instance of the Fingerpost: ISBN 0425167720 (0-425-16772-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group - An Instance of the Fingerpost: ISBN 061365630X (0-613-65630-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Instance of the Fingerpost: ISBN 0606169407 (0-606-16940-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media - An Instance of the Fingerpost: ISBN 0783802803 (0-7838-0280-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - An Instance of the Fingerpost: ISBN 1573227951 (1-57322-795-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
- An Instance of the Fingerpost: ISBN 1573220825 (1-57322-082-5)
The Laughing Policemanby Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo, Alan BlairISBN 0679742239 (0-679-74223-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Lost in a Good Bookby Jasper FfordeISBN 0142004030 (0-14-200403-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost in a Good Book'Book summary:[via]The second installment in Jasper Ffordes New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England
The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with New York Times bestselling author Jasper Ffordes magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth Thursday Next. When Landen, the love of her life, is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative of Jurisfictionthe police force inside the BookWorld. She is apprenticed to the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickenss Great Expectations, who grudgingly shows Thursday the ropes. And she gains just enough skill to get herself in a real mess entering the pages of Poes The Raven. What she really wants is to get Landen back. But this latest mission is not without further complications. Along with jumping into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potters The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth. Its another genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment for fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse. Thursdays zany investigations continue with The Well of Lost Plots. Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including One of Our Thursdays is Missing and Jasper Ffordes latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot. Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world!More editions of Lost in a Good Book:
M Is for Maliceby Sue GraftonISBN 0449223604 (0-449-22360-4)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'M Is for Malice'Book summary:"Every investigation has a nature of its own, but there are certain shared characteristics," explains private eye Kinsey Millhone in her 13th alphabetic outing. "Here's what you hope for: a chance remark from the former neighbor on a skip-trace, a penciled notation on the corner of a document, an ex-spouse with a grudge, the number on an account, an item overlooked at the scene of a crime. Here's what you expect: the dead ends, bureaucratic bullheadedness, the cul-de-sacs, trails that go nowhere or simply fade into thin air, denials, prevarications, the blank-eyed stares from all the hostile witnesses. Here's what you know: that you've done it before and you have the toughness and determination to pull it off again. Here's what you want: justice. Here's what you'll settle for: something equivalent, the quid pro quo." All of the above are on display in Grafton's latest entry in her increasingly popular series set in a thinly-disguised Santa Barbara, as the virtually ageless Kinsey finds and loses a missing heir and gets back an old lover. [via]
The Man in the Brown Suitby Agatha ChristieISBN 0312979487 (0-312-97948-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Man Who Smiledby Henning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonISBN 1565849930 (1-56584-993-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Mermaids Singingby Val McDermidISBN 0312983603 (0-312-98360-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Morality For Beautiful Girlsby R. A. McCall SmithISBN 1400031362 (1-4000-3136-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Morality For Beautiful Girls'Book summary:THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE took us further into this world, and now, continuing the adventures of Mma Ramotswe, MORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, finds her expanding her business to take in the world of car repair and a beauty pageant. Alexander McCall Smith's sense of humour and gentle charm have created a substantial cult following. MORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS will win him yet more fans. [via]
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- Morality for Beautiful Girls: ISBN 1585473308 (1-58547-330-8)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub - Morality For Beautiful Girls: ISBN 0375423893 (0-375-42389-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Morality For Beautiful Girls: ISBN 0748662979 (0-7486-6297-9)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc - Morality for Beautiful Girls: ISBN 0613647866 (0-613-64786-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Morality For Beautiful Girls: ISBN 1400031362 (1-4000-3136-2)
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- Morality for Beautiful Girls: ISBN 1585473308 (1-58547-330-8)
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Murder After Hoursby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440159229 (0-440-15922-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder After Hours'Book summary:Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a weekend house party. The Belgian detective's arrival at the Hollow is met with an elaborate tableau staged for his amusement: a doctor lies in a puddle of red paint, his timid wife stands over his body with a gun while the other guests look suitably shocked. But this is no charade. The paint is blood and the corpse real! Christie described this novel as the one "I had ruined by the introduction of Poirot." It was first published in 1946 in London. In the USA it was published under the title Murder after Hours. Christie adapted the novel for the stage though with the omission of Hercule Poirot. It was broadcast in 2004 with David Suchet as Poirot. [via]
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The Novels of Dashiell Hammettby Dashiell HammettISBN 0394438604 (0-394-43860-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoeby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425105709 (0-425-10570-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of Dr. Morley, an amiable old dentist. [via]
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An Overdose of Deathby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440167809 (0-440-16780-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Patriotic Murdersby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425089002 (0-425-08900-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Patriotic Murders'Book summary:There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway guide beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Asher, bludgeoned to death in Andover; and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill; then who will Victim C be? [via]
A Pocket Full of Ryeby Agatha ChristieISBN 0451199863 (0-451-19986-3)
Softcover, Signet
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- A Pocket Full of Rye: ISBN 0425130282 (0-425-13028-2)
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Hardcover, Dodd, Mead - A Pocket Full of Rye: ISBN 0396088694 (0-396-08869-4)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead - A Pocket Full of Rye: ISBN 0451199863 (0-451-19986-3)
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- A Pocket Full of Rye: ISBN 0425130282 (0-425-13028-2)
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The Return Of The Dancing Masterby Henning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonISBN 1400076951 (1-4000-7695-1)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return Of The Dancing Master'Book summary:When retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in the northern forests of Sweden, police find strange tracks in the snow as if someone had been practicing the tango. Stefan Lindman, a young police officer recently diagnosed with mouth cancer, decides to investigate the murder of his former colleague, but is soon enmeshed in a mystifying case with no witnesses and no apparent motives. Terrified of the disease that could take his life, Lindman becomes more and more reckless as he unearths the chilling links between Molins death and an underground neo-Nazi network that runs further and deeper than he could ever have imagined. [via]
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The Return Of The Dancing Masterby Laurie Thompson, Henning MankellISBN 1565848608 (1-56584-860-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return Of The Dancing Master'Book summary:The new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mystery series.
It would be nearly two hours before he died. As if in a borderland of horror between the nagging pain and the hopeless will to live, he was taken back in time, to the occasion when he engaged the fate that had now caught up with him.from The Return of the Dancing Master
December 12, 1945. Nazi Germany lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Buckeburg. A man carrying a small black bag quickly disembarks and travels to Hameln, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, nine male and three female war criminals are hanged.
Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. At the murder scene, the police discover strange tracks in the blood on the floor...as if someone had been practicing the tango.
Stefan Lindman, a young police officer on extended sick leave, hears about the murder of his former colleague and decides to investigate it himself. Lindman's inquiry becomes increasingly complex and dangerous as he uncovers the links between Herbert Molin's death and a global web of neo-Nazi activity. [via]
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Shroud for a Nightingaleby P. D. JamesISBN 0743219600 (0-7432-1960-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shroud for a Nightingale'Book summary:The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills.
The New York Times called Shroud for a Nightingale "mystery at its best." [via]
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- Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 0762188790 (0-7621-8879-0)
Hardcover, Scriptorium Pr - Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 0446313033 (0-446-31303-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub - Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 081615032X (0-8161-5032-X)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr - Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 0571097197 (0-571-09719-7)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber - Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 068412372X (0-684-12372-X)
Hardcover, Scribner - Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 0816167915 (0-8161-6791-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 0743219600 (0-7432-1960-0)
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- Shroud for a Nightingale: ISBN 0762188790 (0-7621-8879-0)
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Shutter Islandby Dennis LehaneISBN 038073186X (0-380-73186-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shutter Island'Book summary:The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this remote and barren island, despite having been kept in a locked cell under constant surveillance. As a killer hurricane bears relentlessly down on them, a strange case takes on even darker, more sinister shades -- with hints of radical experimentation, horrifying surgeries, and lethal countermoves made in the cause of a covert shadow war. No one is going to escape Shutter Island unscathed, because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. But then neither is Teddy Daniels.
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby David GutersonISBN 067976402X (0-679-76402-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby PenguinISBN 058241928X (0-582-41928-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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Void Moonby Michael ConnellyISBN 0316154067 (0-316-15406-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Wench Is Deadby Colin DexterISBN 0553291203 (0-553-29120-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wench Is Dead'Book summary:It is only to entertain himself in the hospital that the impatient Inspector Morse opens the little book called Murder on the Oxford Canal. But so fascinating is the story it tells--of the notorious 1859 murder of Joanna Franks aboard the canal boat Barbara Bray--that not even Morse's attractive nurses can distract him from it. Was Joanna really raped and murdered by fellow passengers? Morse believes the men hanged for the crime were innocent. Now, in one of the most dazzling investigations of his career, Morse sets out to piece together the shattered past, hoping to expose the shocking truth about the Barbara Bray--and a beautiful wench who is journeying towards her death. [via]
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El Coleccionista De Huesos/the Bone Collectorby Jeffrey DeaverISBN 8466305130 (84-663-0513-0)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Freakonomics: Un Economista Polfticamente Incorrecto Explora El Lado Oculta De Lo Que Nos Afectaby Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. LevittISBN 8466625127 (84-666-2512-7)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freakonomics: Un Economista Polfticamente Incorrecto Explora El Lado Oculta De Lo Que Nos Afecta'Book summary:[via]Presenting economics as the underlying connection between seemingly unrelated events or phenomena, this international bestseller establishes a new way of looking at the world. The authors explain the hidden side of everything, from violent crime, parenting, and baby names to the Ku Klux Klan and real estate, demonstrating how economics isn't just about numbers, but a study of incentiveshow people get what they need and want when others need and want the same thing.Comprobando que el estudio de la economía puede explicar como se relacionan fenómenos distintos, este bestseller internacional establece una nueva manera de ver al mundo. Los autores explican el lado escondido de todo, desde crímenes violentos y nombres de bebes hasta el Ku Klux Klan y bienes raíces, demostrando que el estudio de la economía es un estudio de los incentivos: el modo en que las personas obtienen lo que desean o necesitan, especialmente cuando otras personas desean o necesitan lo mismo.More editions of Freakonomics: Un Economista Polfticamente Incorrecto Explora El Lado Oculta De Lo Que Nos Afecta:
El Hombre Sonriente/ the Man Who Smiledby Henning Mankell, Carmen Montes CanoISBN 8483102536 (84-8310-253-6)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Sangre En La Piscina/blood in the Poolby Agatha ChristieISBN 8478714006 (84-7871-400-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sangre En La Piscina/blood in the Pool'Book summary:A weekend party at the Angkatell's estate, The Hollow, is the perfect prescription for physician John Christow. The celebrated doctor longs for a little R & R and a rendezvous with his mistress, Henrietta. But romantic rivalry complicates the country escapes as the doctor dodges both his wife and actress Veronica Cray. Famous crime man Hercule Poirot, presently staying at the estate next door, is invited to attend a dinner party at Angkatells. Only, he arrives to find Dr. Christow permanently extricated from his affairs by a revolver at close range with Gerda, his wife, standing next to him holding the small firearm. Description in Spanish: El doctor John Christow se debate entre tres mujeres: Gerda, con la que está casado; Henrieta, su amante y conocida escultora; y Verónica Cray, una actriz con la que estuvo prometido hace años. Hercule Poirot, que ha alquilado una casa vecina, ha sido invitado a cenar por la misma anfitriona que ha reunido a estas tres mujeres. Cuando llega Poirot, lo primero que ve es al doctor Christow, desplomado al borde de la piscina, y a su esposa Gerda con un pequeño revólver. [via]
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Danslararens aterkomstby Henning MankellISBN 917324757X (91-7324-757-X)
Hardcover, Ordfront
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Berenice Procuraby L. A. Garcia-RozaISBN 8535907203 (85-359-0720-3)
Hardcover, Companhia das Letras
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Schnee, Der Auf Zedern Falltby David GutersonISBN 3442725348 (3-442-72534-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schnee, Der Auf Zedern Fallt'Book summary:David Guterson ist ein junger amerikanischer Autor, der gleich mit seinem ersten Roman einen Volltreffer gelandet hat. Schauplatz der Handlung ist eine kleine Insel im Puget Sound, an der Nordwestküste der USA. Ganz nebenbei bemerkt, auch David Guterson lebt dort mit seiner Familie.
Den Rahmen des Romans bildet eine Gerichtsverhandlung. Es ist das Jahr 1954 und der Lachsfischer Kabuo, japanischer Abstammung, ist des Mordes angeklagt. Er soll seinen früheren Freund Carl Heine umgebracht haben. Der Journalist Ishmael Chambers ist Beobachter und Berichterstatter des Prozeßverlaufs. Er kennt die beiden Hauptpersonen schon sein ganzes Leben.
Mit der heutigen Frau des Angeklagten verbindet ihn eine Jugendliebe, doch der Zweite Weltkrieg hat die ehemaligen Freunde auseinandergerissen. Die Japaner auf der Insel, die sich als Amerikaner fühlten und auf der Seite der Amerikaner in den Krieg ziehen wollten, wurden von diesen zurückgewiesen und in Internierungslager gebracht. Auch neun Jahre nach Kriegsende sind die damals geschlagenen Wunden noch nicht vernarbt.
David Guterson beschreibt das schwierige Verhältnis zwischen Amerikanern und Japanern mit sehr leisen Tönen, bedächtig, behutsam und informativ. Der Roman ist kein Reißer und verlangt das Zuhören, das genaue Hinhören. Das Erzähltempo gleicht den Schneeflocken, die langsam auf die Zedern außerhalb des Gerichtssaals herabgleiten. --Manuela Haselberger [via]
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