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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts, reviews & biographies of exceptional mystery books
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The Lord of Death
by Eliot Pattison
Hardcover: Jun 2009
Paperback: 1 Jun 2010
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| A government bus filled with imprisoned illegal monks has overturned. Two women in an approaching sedan have been killed. Now Shan, an exiled Chinese national and a former Beijing investigator, must find the murderer. |
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Bruno, Chief of Police
by Martin Walker
Hardcover: Mar 2009
Paperback: 6 Apr 2010
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| The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. |
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Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
by Joe Gores
Hardcover: Feb 2009
Paperback: 9 Mar 2010
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| When Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to expect; what we don’t know is how Spade became who he is. Spade & Archer completes the picture. |
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The Killing Way
by Tony Hays
Hardcover: Mar 2009
Paperback: 2 Mar 2010
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| When a young woman is brutally murdered and the blame is placed at Merlin’s feet, Arthur’s reputation is at stake and his enemies are poised to strike. Arthur turns to Malgwyn ap Cuneglas, a man whose knowledge of battle and keen insight into how the human mind works has helped Arthur come to the brink of kingship. |
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Freeze Frame: The Fourth of the Enzo Files
by Peter May
Hardcover: Mar 2010
Paperback: 1 Mar 2010
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| A promise made to a dying man leads forensics ace Enzo Macleod to the study which the man's heir has preserved for nearly twenty years. Enzo rashly boasted he could solve the case - but that proves to be more difficult than he thought... |
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Bamboo and Blood: An Inspector O Novel
by James Church
Hardcover: Nov 2008
Paperback: 16 Feb 2010
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| When the wife of a North Korean diplomat in Pakistan dies under suspicious circumstances, O is told to investigate, with a curious proviso: Don’t look too closely at the details, and stay away from the question of missiles. Soon, however, the Inspector discovers he is up to his ears in missiles - and somebody wants him dead. |
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
Hardcover: Apr 2009
Paperback: 19 Jan 2010
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| An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions—and a rich literary delight. |
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When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel
by Kate Atkinson
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 11 Jan 2010
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| Three lives come together in unexpected and thrilling ways in Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Good News? |
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