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Memories of midnight Memories of midnight Sidney Sheldon In the seclusion of a convent hidden on a Greek island, Katherine Alexander begins to remember her past, a past so terrible that her mind has all but blotted it out. Then Constantin Demiris enters he… OL10640706W
Comfort to the Enemy and other Carl Webster Stories Comfort to the Enemy and other Carl Webster Stories Elmore Leonard "This is a dazzling collection of three Elmore Leonard stories of which the third and title story, 'Comfort to the Enemy' is a novella. The stories chart the beginning, middle and mature years of leg… OL10827288W
When the Women Come Out to Dance When the Women Come Out to Dance Elmore Leonard Driven by terrific characters and superb writing, these short pieces (including two novella-length works) are Elmore Leonard at his economical best. In this collection of short fiction, Elmore Leonar… OL111660W
Tonight, Somewhere in New York Tonight, Somewhere in New York Cornell Woolrich TABLE OF CONTENTS *********************** TONIGHT, SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK (aka THE LOSER) Chapters 1-5 Morning after murder -- The night of February 17,1924 -- Murder, obliquely -- The penny-a-… OL11276652W
The House of Dies Drear The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton A black family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. OL11278406W
The Mike Hammer collection The Mike Hammer collection Mickey Spillane "There's a kind of power about Mickey Spillane that no other writer can imitate." -The New York Times Apparently. With his trend-setting Mike Hammer detective novels, Mickey Spillane shot to super… OL11374216W
Six easy pieces Six easy pieces Walter Mosley,M. E. Willis "Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, a nice house with a garden, a loving woman, and children. He counts the blessings of leading a law-abidi… OL115550W
A New Lease of Death A New Lease of Death Ruth Rendell,Nigel Anthony The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Some cases are impossible to bury. It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elde… OL12094W
Saint with a gun Saint with a gun William Ruehlmann This is not Saint With a Gun it is a book of Spanish poetry. OL13002436W
The Lottery Winner The Lottery Winner Mary Higgins Clark Alvirah Meehan, one of Mary Higgins Clark's most beloved characters, returns in these dazzling, intertwined tales of sleuthing and suspense. Alvirah, the former cleaning lady who struck it rich in th… OL13049W
The album The album Mary Roberts Rinehart The Halls, Lancasters, Talbots, Wellingtons, and Daltons--five close-knit and well-to-do families living on exclusive Crescent Place--retreat into terrified paranoia when first old Mrs. Lancaster is … OL137363W
The Red Lamp The Red Lamp Mary Roberts Rinehart Inheriting an isolated lakeside estate that is shrouded in ghost stories, skeptical William Porter and his wife are astonished when they are beckoned by a shadowy apparition and wonder if a ghost or … OL137367W
The swimming pool The swimming pool Mary Roberts Rinehart In a crumbling mansion, two sisters hide from the world, afraid for their lives The Birches was one of the grand mansions of the 1920s, with a ballroom, tennis courts, and, of course, a swimming p… OL137375W
The Bat The Bat Mary Roberts Rinehart Intrigued by her isolated country mansion's many mysteries, old Miss Cornelia longs to play detective, and neither death threats nor unearthly sights and sounds are going to dissuade her OL137388W
The Man in Lower Ten The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart What starts out at as a simple train ride for Lawrence Blakely soon turns disastrous. The attorney-at-law is hand delivering decisive documents in a criminal case, and finds himself on the other side… OL137395W
And Four to Go And Four to Go Rex Stout From Wikipedia: And Four to Go (British title Crime and Again) is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1958. The book comprises four stories —… OL137459W
Five of a Kind Five of a Kind Rex Stout Includes the novels "The Rubber Band," "In The Best Families," and Three Doors to Death (short story collection: "Man Alive," "Omit Flowers," and "Door to Death"). OL137462W
Triple Jeopardy Triple Jeopardy Rex Stout Home To Roost – a young man with public and pronounced left-wing leanings is murdered. Was he a Communist, a double agent, or neither? The FBI and the NYPD are not happy when his family hires Nero … OL137470W
Homicide trinity Homicide trinity Rex Stout Homicide Trinity is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1962. The book comprises three stories: "Eeny Meeny Murder Mo", first published in El… OL137473W
Three Witnesses Three Witnesses Rex Stout From Wikipedia: Three Witnesses is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1956 and itself collected in the omnibus volume Royal Flush (Viking 1965)… OL137488W
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