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The Honorary Consul
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Graham Greene |
In a provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American … |
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The way we live now
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Anthony Trollope |
From a review of the Anthony Trollope canon in The Economist (2020/04/08 edition):
*“The Way We Live Now” (1875) is as much a portrait of the last few decades as it is of the high Victorian age, and… |
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Freaky Deaky
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Elmore Leonard |
A pair of former 1960s student activists who learned how to blow things up as part of their political education have teamed up after a prison stint and are on the loose in Detroit, out for a revenge … |
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Bandits
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Elmore Leonard |
Working at his brother-in-law’s New Orleans funeral home isn’t reformed jewel thief Jack Delaney’s idea of excitement—until he’s dispatched to a leper’s hospital to pick up a corpse that turns out to… |
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Confessions of a map dealer
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Paul Micou |
"'My first mistake was to be heterosexual.' Such is one of several complaints in the first of four conversations between Henry Hart, a married father of two young girls - and his childhood friend, Da… |
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Inspector Singh investigates
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Shamini Flint,Shamini Flint |
"Inspector Singh is in a bad mood. He's been sent from his home in Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to solve a murder that has him stumped. Chelsea Liew - the famous Singaporean model - is on death row for … |
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Dog on it
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Peter Abrahams |
Fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel PI and his offsider, Chet, a dog (and the captivating narrator of the story).I could smell him - or rather the booze on h… |
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End in Tears
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Ruth Rendell |
The twentieth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kill… |
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Loser's town
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Daniel Depp |
David Spandau, former stuntman and sometime cowboy, makes his living as a private investigator. His current assignment is Hollywood "it" boy, Bobby Dye, who's been receiving threatening letters. Span… |
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Numbers
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Rachel Ward,Rachel Ward |
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a … |
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Oliver Twist
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Guy Williams,Charles Dickens |
It is amazing. Young Oliver Twist battles an awful childhood and somehow made the most of it. |
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Heist Society (Heist Society #1)
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Ally Carter |
When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre...to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria...to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turne… |
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Little Bird of Heaven
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Joyce Carol Oates |
Joyce Carol Oates returns with a dark, romantic, and captivating tale, set in the Great Lakes region of upstate New York-the territory of her remarkably successful New York Times bestseller The Grave… |
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Biting the Bullet (Jaz Parks, Book 3)
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Jennifer Rardin,Jennifer Rardin |
I'm Lucille Robinson (aka Jaz Parks).This is a mission unlike anything my vampire boss, Vayl, and I have ever been on. It's not our usual take them out and run; it's an undercover mission that needs… |
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The queen's gambit
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Diane A. S. Stuckart |
Travel to the Milan of 1483 with this intriguing new series, starring the legendary Renaissance man himself-Leonardo da Vinci.On a royal whim, Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, orders a living ches… |
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Solemnly Swear
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Joe Porrazzo |
“Solemnly Swear is retired U.S. Air Force Officer Joe Porrazzo’s first, in hopefully a long line, of suspense novels.”
“Mr. Porrazzo’s portrayal of the lead character Alex Porter gives the reader… |
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Damaged goods
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June Hampson |
Things have been going too well for Daisy Lane. Her murdered lover, Eddie Lane, has left her comfortably off and his son little Eddie is adorable and a constant reminder of his father. The new man in… |
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Miami Rock
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Keith G. Laufenberg |
The author of Miami Rock sets a blistering fast pace and this mystery/thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat, from the first page until the last, as you wonder what next calamity may befall … |
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Abduction with Malice
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Keith Hoare |
This book was replaced with The People Traders |
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Criminal minds
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Max Allan Collins |
The second book in the Criminal Minds seriesAn elite team of FBI profilers is called in to help Chicago detectives investigate a series of bizarre murders. Though all are violent and disturbing, the … |
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