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Complicity Complicity Iain M. Banks COMPLICITY n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act. A few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your myste… OL100777W
The "Z" murders The "Z" murders J. Jefferson Farjeon Richard Temperley arrives at Euston station early on a fogbound London morning. He takes refuge in a nearby hotel, along with a disagreeable fellow passenger, who has snored his way through the train… OL10647341W
Sicilian defense Sicilian defense John Nicholas Iannuzzi 216 p. ; 23 cm OL11372584W
Un échec de Maigret Un échec de Maigret Georges Simenon Ferdinand Fumal ist Metzger und hat mit mehreren Fleischerei-Ketten ein Vermögen gemacht. Seinen Aufstieg verdankt er seinem rücksichtslosen Machtstreben, seinen Intrigen und seinem Sadismus, mit den… OL1242672W
Still Dead Still Dead Ronald Arbuthnott Knox Miles Bredon #4 After Colin Reiver is acquitted of responsibility for killing a child in a car accident he sets out on a sea cruise in the hope that it might ease local feeling and the voice of his … OL1283175W
After Dark, My Sweet After Dark, My Sweet Jim Thompson William Collins is very handsome, very polite, and very friendly. His is also dangerous when aroused. Now Collins, a one-time boxer with a lethal "accident" in his past, has broken out of his fourth … OL13420882W
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
Ask A Policeman Ask A Policeman Gladys Mitchell,Milward Kennedy,Anthony Berkeley,Dorothy L. Sayers,Helen Simpson,The Detection Club,Helen Simpson,Agatha Christie,Martin Edwards,Cecil John Charles Street **Lord Comstock is a barbarous newspaper tycoon with enemies in high places. His murder in the study of his country house poses a dilemma for the Home Secretary. In the hours before his death, Lord C… OL14873777W
A Secret Rage A Secret Rage Charlaine Harris Former New York City model Nickie Callahan is looking forward to the easy life when she moves to the sleepy college town of Knolls, Tennessee. But the women of Knolls are not safe. And as Nickie gets… OL14924991W
The Snowman The Snowman Jo Nesbø Beware the falling snows... The first snowfall in Oslo brings a series of gruesome murders, and Harry Hole is pitted against a brutal killer who will drive him to the edge.The night the first snow fa… OL15172146W
Nashville Noir Nashville Noir Jessica Fletcher In the brand-new novel in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher learns that some songs end on a fatal note. Jessica Fletcher knows that creativity must be nurtured. So when a young lady … OL15180431W
The charming quirks of others The charming quirks of others Alexander McCall Smith A couple who are old friends of Isabel Dalhousie's ask for her help in a rather tricky situation: A successor is being sought for the headmaster position at their alma mater. The board has four final… OL15369606W
Bloodshot Bloodshot Cherie Priest Raylene Pendle (AKA Cheshire Red), a vampire and world-renowned thief, doesn’t usually hang with her own kind. She’s too busy stealing priceless art and rare jewels. But when the infuriatingly charmi… OL15521270W
Steget efter Steget efter Henning Mankell It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unknown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet.It is Midsummer's Eve. Three … OL158685W
City of Bohane City of Bohane Kevin Barry Set 40 years in the future, the once great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is in terminal decline, with vice and tribal splits rife. Logan Hartnett, godfather of the Hartnett Fancy gang h… OL16019716W
Death comes to Pemberley Death comes to Pemberley P. D. James Death Comes to Pemberly is a murder mystery based on the characters from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The novel joins Mr and Mrs Darcy after they have been married for six year and just as they… OL16345423W
The black rose Of Florence The black rose Of Florence Michele Giuttari,Michele Giuttari A beautiful young woman, a member of the Florentine jet set, is found dead - choked to death - in her apartment. She has been left naked on her bed, a black rose on her body. Chief Superindendent Mic… OL16620200W
Delaney's shadow Delaney's shadow Ingrid Weaver Years ago, young John Maxwell Harrison saved little Delaney Wainwright from drowning, forging a psychic bond that would endure for years. And when the pair are reunited in the wake of Delaney's husba… OL16667097W
Stonemouth Stonemouth Iain M. Banks Stewart Gilmour must confront his past when he returns to Stonemouth, Scotland, for the funeral of a local patriarch during a supposed temporary truce between crime families. OL16683959W
Anatomy of a lawman Anatomy of a lawman J. R. Roberts Western stories. The GUNSMITH takes on a gang of back-shooters face-to-face... When the Graves gang back-shoots the town sheriff of Guardian, Missouri, the lawman's old friend, Clint Adams, pins on t… OL17188273W
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