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Amateur & Private Detectives
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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts, reviews & author biographies of exceptional amateur detective books
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Killed at the Whim of a Hat: A Jimm Juree Mystery, #1
by Colin Cotterill
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 22 May 2012
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| Set in present day rural Thailand, Cotterill launch of a brand new series which is as sharp and witty, yet more engaging and charming, than ever before. |
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The Lola Quartet
by Emily St. John Mandel
Hardcover: 8 May 2012
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| The Lola Quartet is a work that pays homage to literary noir, is concerned with jazz, Django Reinhardt, economic collapse, love, Florida's exotic wildlife problem, crushing tropical heat, the leavening of the contemporary world, compulsive gambling, and the unreliability of memory. |
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The Truth of All Things: A Novel
by Kieran Shields
Hardcover: 27 Mar 2012
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| When newly appointed Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute's murder in Portland, Maine, he's surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to the earth with a pitchfork. He's even more surprised to learn that this death by "sticking" is a traditional method of killing a witch... |
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The Trinity Six
by Charles Cumming
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 13 Mar 2012
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| The most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed – the identity of a SIXTH member of the infamous Cambridge spy ring. And people are killing for it… |
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The Informationist: A Thriller
by Taylor Stevens
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 18 Oct 2011
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| Gripping, ingenious, and impeccably paced, The Informationist marks the arrival or a thrilling new talent. |
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City of Dragons
by Kelli Stanley
Hardcover: Feb 2010
Paperback: 30 Aug 2011
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| San Francisco's Chinatown, 1940: Miranda Corbie, a private investigator, stumbles upon the fatally shot body of Eddie Takahashi. The Chamber of Commerce wants it covered up. The cops acquiesce. But Miranda wants justice - whatever it costs. |
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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator
by Tarquin Hall
Hardcover: Jun 2010
Paperback: 21 Jun 2011
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| A prominent Indian scientist dies in a fit of giggles when a Hindu goddess appears from a mist and plunges a sword into his chest, and Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator, master of disguise and lover of all things fried and spicy, must discover the truth: Was it a supernatural death, or murder? |
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The Dangerous Edge of Things: A Tai Randolph Mystery
by Tina Whittle
Hardcover: Feb 2011
Paperback: 1 Feb 2011
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| Tai Randolph thinks inheriting a Confederate-themed gun shop is her biggest headache - until she finds a murdered corpse in her brother's driveway. |
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