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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts, reviews & biographies of exceptional mystery books
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Tyrant of the Mind
by Priscilla Royal
Hardcover: Dec 2004
Paperback: 31 Jan 2006
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| A nun and a monk defy death and dishonor at her family's Welsh fortress in Priscilla Royal's second 'country house mystery' set in 13th century England. |
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Wine of Violence
by Priscilla Royal
Hardcover: Dec 2003
Paperback: 30 Jan 2006
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| 'With its intriguing plot, chilling conclusion and characters who exhibit universal and timeless feelings, this fresh first has all the potential to evolve into a series as enduring as Ellis Peters's Brother Cadfael books.' |
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A Window in Copacabana: Inspector Espinosa Series
by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: 24 Jan 2006
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| A ruthless group of corrupt cops is playing a lethal game of cat and mouse in the latest installment in Garcia-Roza's Brazilian crime series. |
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The Society of Others
by William Nicholson
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: 3 Jan 2006
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| Written with the pace and thrust of a thriller, this is a stunning intellectual adventure, a moral fable bursting with art, poetry, music,
and profound philosophical insight. |
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California Girl: A Novel
by T Jefferson Parker
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 1 Jan 2006
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| The emotionally wrenching tale of three brothers and the brutal act that irrevocably changes their lives. |
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Garner
by Kirstin Allio
Paperback: 1 Sep 2005
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| It is 1925 and the New Hampshire town of Garner's economic prospects are in decline.
A group of
young, wealthy New Yorkers arrive for summer leisure, but when the body of a
spirited, illusive girl is found in the stream this deeply
private community begins to unravel. |
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The Godfather Returns
by Mark Winegardner
Hardcover: Nov 2004
Paperback: 30 Aug 2005
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| The missing years from the greatest crime saga of all time...it's 1955 and Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York's crime families but now he must consolidate his power, save his marriage and take his family into legitimate business. |
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Outside Valentine
by Liza Ward
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 1 Aug 2005
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| Every so often a novel comes along that is capable of redeeming the losses it so devastatingly conveys. Disturbing, bittersweet, and lyrical, this is a story of people torn apart by tragedy and yet, finally, transformed by love. |
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