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Kara kitap Kara kitap Orhan Pamuk The Black Book is a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirms Orhan Pamuk's reputation as a writer of international stature, comparable to Borges and Calvino. Galip is… OL1019601W
Cat in a golden garland Cat in a golden garland Carole Nelson Douglas That rough-and-tumble black tomcat Midnight Louie and his flame haired human companion Temple Barr are looking forward to a Christmas vacation spent in the Big Apple. But there's more than merriment … OL103227W
Reel murder Reel murder Marian Babson When Trixie Dolan accompanies her friend and rival Evangeline Sinclair to London, she's hoping they'll have a good time. Then a dead body turns up, followed by another one, and the police are suspect… OL103869W
Neck and neck Neck and neck Leo Bruce Lionel Townsend, Beef's toffee-nosed biographer, finds himself a prime suspect when his aunt in Hastings is poisoned. At the same time, an unpopular publisher is found hanged in the Cotswolds, appare… OL10508008W
The monstrous regiment The monstrous regiment John Newton Chance 183p. ; 20cm OL10632073W
Out of the ashes Out of the ashes William W. Johnstone Ben Raines is searching for his family in the chaos that remains after devastation hits America. Thieves and gangsters take the streets, during the aftermath of nuclear apocalypse. American citizen… OL111232W
The "Canary" Murder Case The "Canary" Murder Case S. S. Van Dine *The Canary Murder Case* is a classic whodunit mystery novel which deals with the murder of a sexy nightclub singer, with Philo Vance as an investigator. The beautiful Margaret Odell, famous Broadway… OL11158827W
Be Cool Be Cool Elmore Leonard After one triumph and one flop, Mafia loan-shark-turned-Hollywood producer Chili Palmer is desperate for another hit... of the celluloid sort. When a similarly relocated former mob associate takes a … OL111640W
Freaky Deaky Freaky Deaky 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 … OL111647W
The Switch The Switch Elmore Leonard Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara hit it off in prison, where they were both doing time for grand theft auto. Now that they're out, they're joining forces for one big score. The plan is to kidnap the wife… OL111652W
City Primeval City Primeval Elmore Leonard Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The seriously crazed killer is already back on the Detroit streets -- thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his crafty looker of a lawy… OL111707W
The Overlook The Overlook Michael Connelly Near Mulholland Drive, Dr. Stanley Kent is found shot twice in the back of the head. It's the case LAPD detective Harry Bosch has been waiting for, his first since being recruited to the Homicide Spe… OL111724W
The Narrows The Narrows Michael Connelly,Michael Connelly FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous… OL111753W
Blood Work Blood Work Michael Connelly When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. Bu… OL111754W
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
Fear Itself Fear Itself Walter Mosley Paris Minton is a man who would just as soon walk away from trouble as stand up to it. But in 1950s Los Angeles, sometimes trouble just comes and gets you. "Fearless Jones shows up at Paris Minton's … OL115532W
Cannibal adventure Cannibal adventure Willard Price Dangerous adventure awaits two boys searching in New Guinea for rare animals for their family's animal farm. OL1157376W
Our jubilee is death Our jubilee is death Leo Bruce At the end of the Summer term, Carolus Deene, amateur detective *cum* history master of Queen's School, Newminster, is summoned to Suffolk to investigate the circumstances attending the discovery of … OL1162007W
Means Of Evil & Other St (Wexford Collection) Means Of Evil & Other St (Wexford Collection) Ruth Rendell Vijf verhalen met inspecteur Wexford in de hoofdrol. OL12091W
One across, two down One across, two down Ruth Rendell Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. Fo… OL12093W
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