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Murder on the Eiffel Tower Murder on the Eiffel Tower : A Mystery
by Claude Izner
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 15 Sep 2009
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Murder on the Eiffel Tower is a painstakingly researched but seemingly effortless evocation of 19th century Paris, and an exciting opening to a new series featuring second-hand bookseller and amateur detective Victor Legris.
Tethered Tethered : A Novel
by Amy Mackinnon
Hardcover: Aug 2008
Paperback: 11 Aug 2009
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Clara Marsh is an undertaker who doesn’t believe in God. Suddenly, her carefully structured life shifts when she discovers a neglected girl desperate for a friend. And when Detective Sullivan starts questioning her again about a body she prepared three years ago, Clara must choose between the existence of loneliness and the perils of binding one’s life to another.
Curse of the Pogo Stick Curse of the Pogo Stick
by Colin Cotterill
Hardcover: Jul 2008
Paperback: 1 Aug 2009
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In the engaging fifth entry in Cotterill's unusual crime series set in 1970s Laos, A Pogo Stick Brings a Curse Down upon a Hmong Village.
The Big Steal The Big Steal
by Emyl Jenkins
Paperback: 14 Jul 2009
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Hired to assess the value of broken and missing antiques following a suspicious burglary at a Virginia manor house, intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass finds that her job is more complicated than she’d anticipated. The antiques, she realizes, are not always what they seem: some are worth tens of thousands, others are well-done replicas.
The Fifth Floor The Fifth Floor
by Michael Harvey
Hardcover: Aug 2008
Paperback: 14 Jul 2009
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Michael Harvey’s sizzling follow-up to The Chicago Way opens with a murder in contemporary Chicago and winds its way back to Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 23 Jun 2009
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A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue.
Finding Nouf Finding Nouf
by Zoë Ferraris
Hardcover: Jun 2008
Paperback: 6 May 2009
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A novel of taut psychological suspense, offering an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of the men and women who live there.
Havana Fever Havana Fever
by Leonardo Padura
Paperback: 1 May 2009
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Mario Conde, retired from the police force, now makes a living trading antique books. In a book, Conde discovers a newspaper article about a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950’s, who disappeared mysteriously. Conde’s intuition sets him off on an investigation into the murder.
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