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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bandits Bandits 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… OL111705W
A Pin to See the Peep Show A Pin to See the Peep Show F. Tennyson Jesse,Elaine Morgan This famous novel, first published in 1934, is based on the sensational Thompson-Bywaters murder case of 1923, which ended with the conviction and execution of Mrs Thompson and her lover for the murd… OL1178347W
Il cimitero di Praga Il cimitero di Praga Umberto Eco "19th-century Europe--from Turin to Prague to Paris--abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. In Italy, republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. In… OL15653145W
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré Spy Novel OL15723140W
Brooke Brooke V. C. Andrews All she wanted was a mother's warm embrace... Brooke was an orphan, abandoned long ago by a mother she barely knew. And though her new family seemed to offer the promise of a new beginning, a dark vo… OL16032121W
Deadlines (Larkin Family Chronicles) Deadlines (Larkin Family Chronicles) Greg Bear With his acclaimed novels Darwin's Children and Vitals, award-winning author Greg Bear turned intriguing speculation about human evolution and immortality into tales of unrelenting suspense. Now he v… OL16485W
The case of the vanishing fishhook The case of the vanishing fishhook John R. Erickson Hank the Cowdog is supervising Little Alfred's fishing trip, but what started as a routine expedition turns into a crisis when a fishhook finds its way into Hank's stomach. OL175742W
The Modigliani Scandal The Modigliani Scandal Ken Follett Todas las intrigas y corrupciones del mundo del arte, con sus notables implicaciones económicas, desfilan por estas páginas escritas con la habitual maestría de Ken Follett. OL1914081W
Night without end Night without end Alistair MacLean Word count 26,670 Bestseller. OL19890862W
Uncle Silas Uncle Silas Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller. In UNCLE SILAS (1864) Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliff… OL2895543W
Ride a Pale Horse Ride a Pale Horse Helen MacInnes When Karen Cornell, a beautiful journalist on assignment in Czechoslovakia, agrees to help a would-be defector by carrying top-secret documents to Washington, she is pulled into an astonishing web of… OL3923117W
The summer of the Danes The summer of the Danes Edith Pargeter In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England--almost a peace. For several months there has been little actual fighting between the forces of King Stephen and those of Empress Maud, … OL40289W
The heretic’s apprentice The heretic’s apprentice Edith Pargeter This book examines what true piety is. The main character is the apprentice of a man, now dead, who is suddenly accused of having been a heretic. In this book, Edith Pargeter (aka Ellis Peters), th… OL40313W
The Reaper The Reaper Peter Lovesey "Otis Joy is the popular and handsome young rector of St. Bartholomew's Church in Foxford, Wiltshire, England. Soon after a pastoral visit to him by the bishop, the bishop's body is found lying at th… OL40363W
The Secret Adversary The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great War, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short of money. Restless for excit… OL471789W
The Wailing Wind  CD The Wailing Wind CD Tony Hillerman Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nat… OL55946W
The Blood Doctor The Blood Doctor Ruth Rendell The current Lord Nanther (Martin) is going to write a biography of his ancestor, the first Lord Nanther (Henry). This first Lord Nanther was a physician of Queen Victoria, and was specialized in bloo… OL57537W
When We Were Orphans When We Were Orphans Kazuo Ishiguro 'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' Sunday TimesEngland, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cas… OL59042W
Black Amber Black Amber Phyllis A. Whitney **From the jacket** In an ancient land of Mosques and Minarets, the secret behind her sister's death is hidden. When Anabel Radburn placed a desperate overseas phonecall to her sister Tracy saying… OL60513W