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Grasshopper Grasshopper Ruth Rendell Clodagh Brown loved climbing. First it was trees. Later, as a teenager, she would scale the electrical pylons that tower over the English countryside like giant grasshoppers -- and share the experien… OL12123W
La guinguette à deux sous La guinguette à deux sous Georges Simenon During a final visit to the cell of condemned prisoner Jean Lenoir, Maigret picks up a negligently dropped remark about an unsolved-in fact, unreported-murder committed in Paris six years before. It … OL1242731W
Maigret et l'indicateur Maigret et l'indicateur Georges Simenon Monsieur Maurice, onetime gangster and now well-respected owner of the celebrated Sardine Restaurant, is found shot dead on a quiet Montmartre street. Maigret, perplexed by an apparently motiveless c… OL1242941W
The Sleeping Doll The Sleeping Doll Jeffery Deaver When Special Agent Kathryn Dance -- a brilliant interrogator and kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation -- is sent to question the convicted killer Daniel "Son of Manson" Pell as… OL14927374W
Vergebung Vergebung Stieg Larsson Die Ermittlerin Lisbeth Salander steht unter Mordverdacht. Ihr Partner Mikael Blomkvist schwört, ihre Unschuld zu beweisen. Er weiß, dass es um Salanders Leben geht. Als seine Ermittlungen die schwed… OL15653111W
Danslärarens återkomst Danslärarens återkomst Henning Mankell Décembre 1945. Dans l'Allemagne vaincue, un passager solitaire descend d'un avion militaire britannique et se rend à la prison de Hameln. Là, il procède à la pendaison de criminels de guerre nazis. M… OL158655W
Kennedys hjärna Kennedys hjärna Henning Mankell A fast paced international thriller - sure to delight fans starved of WallanderWhen archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues th… OL158659W
Pyramiden Pyramiden Henning Mankell The essential read for all fans of Kurt Wallander.When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers back in 1990, he was a senior police officer, just turned forty, with his life in a mess. His … OL158687W
A death in summer A death in summer John Banville When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspect… OL16121184W
The golden scales The golden scales Parker Bilal "The ancient city of Cairo is a feverish tangle of the old and the new, of the superrich and the desperately poor, with inequality and corruption everywhere. It's a place where grudges and long-burie… OL16142378W
We all fall down We all fall down Michael T. Harvey Chicago cop turned private investigators, Michael Kelly is on a hunt for the people who poisoned his city by unleashing a pathogen in a subway tunnel. OL16151643W
NEVER GO BACK NEVER GO BACK Lee Child "Never go back--but Jack Reacher does, and the past finally catches up with him. Never Go Back is #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child's new novel of action-charged suspense starring "one o… OL16806568W
Deep Shelter Deep Shelter Oliver Harris In this gritty, white-knuckle crime thriller, Detective Nick Belsey—introduced in the acclaimed The Hollow Man as a shrewd, street-smart cynic who is one of London’s sharpest, but most unprincipled, … OL17082314W
The Escape The Escape David Baldacci It’s a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it’s impossible . . . until now. John Puller’s old… OL17124774W
Private L.A. Private L.A. James Patterson,Mark Sullivan "Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, with three perfect children. They maybe two of the biggest mega movie stars in the world, but they're also great parents, philanthropists and just al… OL17283721W
Bone Deep Bone Deep Randy Wayne White "The stunning new thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author. When a Crow Indian acquaintance of Tomlinson's asks him to help recover a relic stolen from his tribe, Doc Ford is happy to tag … OL17306488W
Private Down Under Private Down Under James Patterson,Michael White,Dr Michael White The employees of the Sydney, Australia office of the investigation company Private are celebrating their office's incorporation when a bloody young man staggers into the building and the agency's cas… OL17412426W
Extra Credit Extra Credit Maggie Barbieri Hosting birthday festivities for her husband Bobby's teenage twin daughters gives English professor Alison Bergeron a reprieve from her role as Evil Stepmother. Relatives are coming out of the woodwo… OL17452606W
Red 1-2-3 Red 1-2-3 John Katzenbach Sharing nothing in common except their red hair, three women from drastically different backgrounds receive chilling letters in the mail from a killer who makes them fear for their lives until they f… OL17698595W
Descent Descent Tim Johnston "Descent, the story of a family undone by the disappearance of a daughter who went out for a morning run and didn't come back, marks the adult fiction debut of a remarkable young writer. Stunning in … OL17823427W
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