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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts, reviews & biographies of exceptional mystery books
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A False Mirror: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
by Charles Todd
Hardcover: Jan 2007
Paperback: 1 Jan 2008
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| The nineth Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, set in Post-World War I England. Rutledge is called on to prove the innocence of a man he dislikes and distrusts. But the deadly triangle also stirs up memories of the woman he himself loved and lost when he went to France to fight. |
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The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 9 Oct 2007
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| A love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter and, in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life. |
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A Case of Two Cities: An Inspector Chen novel
by Qiu Xiaolong
Hardcover: Nov 2006
Paperback: 1 Oct 2007
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| The fourth book in the Inspector Chen series, this unusual and compelling crime novel blends character, poetry, insights into Chinese society and culture, and food with a compelling plot. |
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The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel
by Jed Rubenfeld
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 1 Jun 2007
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| In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattan’s wealthiest heiresses |
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The Art of Detection: A Novel of Suspense
by Laurie R. King
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 29 May 2007
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| Kate Martinelli is investigating the death of Philip Gilbert, an avid Holmes collector who even transformed his home into a copy of 221B Baker Street, when she discovers what could be the motive: a previously unpublished story from Arthur Conan Doyle that could be worth millions |
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The Rabbit Factory
by Marshall Karp
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 20 Mar 2007
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| Bringing a fresh duo of cops to the thriller set, The Rabbit
Factory is both suspenseful and satiric; a taut mystery wrapped
in sharp, comedic prose. |
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Blue Shoes and Happiness
by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 13 Mar 2007
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| There is considerable excitement at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals that faulty blood–pressure readings are being recorded there. And Botswana has a new advice columnist, Aunty Emang, whose advice is rather curt for Mma Ramotswe’s taste. |
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Ten Second Staircase: Bryant & May Mysteries
by Christopher Fowler
Hardcover: Jun 2006
Paperback: 30 Jan 2007
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| It’s a crime tailor-made for the Peculiar Crimes Unit: a controversial artist is murdered and displayed as part of her own outrageous installation. No suspects, no motive, no evidence – it’s business as usual for the Unit’s cantankerous founding partners, |
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