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Intellectual Mysteries/Thrillers
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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional psychological & intellectual thrillers
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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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The Meaning of Night: A Confession
by Michael Cox
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 1 Oct 2007
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| Convinced he is destined for greatness, Glyver will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he knows is rightfully his. A story of
betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession
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The Observations
by Jane Harris
Hardcover: Jun 2006
Paperback: 31 Jul 2007
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| A powerful story of secrets and suspicions, hidden histories and mysterious disappearances set in Victorian Scotland. |
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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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Arthur & George
by Julian Barnes
Hardcover: Jan 2006
Paperback: 5 Dec 2006
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| An utter astonishment that captures an era through one life celebrated internationally - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and another entirely forgotten - George Edalji. |
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The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 3 Oct 2006
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| What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed—and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an
adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful—and utterly unforgettable. |
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The Conjurer's Bird
by Martin Davies
Hardcover: Dec 2005
Paperback: 1 Aug 2006
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| Seamlessly spanning two time periods, The Conjurer's Bird is at once the
story of the romance between the 18th century naturalist Joseph Banks and the enigmatic 'Miss B', and of a present-day conservationist named Fitz, who is drawn into a thrilling and near-impossible race to find the elusive bird's only
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Half Broken Things
by Morag Joss
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 25 Jul 2006
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| A stunning, thought-provoking crime novel of chilling moral complexity. A gripping, haunting exploration of love and our need for it, of the damage done when we go long without it, and the deeds we might be driven to in its name. |
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