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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts, reviews & biographies of exceptional mystery books
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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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Heresy
by S.J. Parris
Hardcover: Feb 2010
Paperback: 1 Feb 2011
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| Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus. |
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Village of the Ghost Bears: A Nathan Active Mystery
by Stan Jones
Hardcover: Dec 2009
Paperback: 18 Jan 2011
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| Alaska State Trooper Nathan Active must figure out what connects a dead hunter on a remote Arctic lake with a deadly series of events. |
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The Swan Thieves
by Elizabeth Kostova
Hardcover: Jan 2010
Paperback: 3 Nov 2010
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| Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Thieves is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope. |
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The Crossing Places: A Ruth Galloway Mystery
by Elly Griffiths
Hardcover: Jan 2010
Paperback: 28 Sep 2010
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| When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives happily alone in Norfolk. But when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, and Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help, Ruth finds herself in completely new territory - and in serious danger. |
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Arctic Chill: A Thriller
by Arnaldur Indridason
Hardcover: Sep 2009
Paperback: 1 Sep 2010
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| The Reykjavik police are called on an icy January day to a garden where a body has been found: a young, dark-skinned boy is frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. Erlendur and his team embark on their investigation and soon unearth tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland’s outwardly liberal, multicultural society. |
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Wife of the Gods: A Novel
by Kwei Quartey
Hardcover: Jul 2009
Paperback: 3 Aug 2010
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| Lyrical and captivating, Kwei Quartey’s debut novel brings to life the majesty and charm of Ghana–from the capital city of Accra to a small community where long-buried secrets are about to rise to the surface. |
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The Debba
by Avner Mandelman
Paperback: 13 Jul 2010
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| Disguised as a breathtaking thriller, Avner Mandelman’s novel reveals Israel’s double soul, its inherent paradoxes, and its taste for both art and violence. (Paperback Original) |
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