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The English Monster: or, The Melancholy Transactions of William Ablass
by Lloyd Shepherd
Paperback: 29 May 2012
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| Based on the true story of the gruesome Ratcliffe Highway murders, The English Monster is a breathtaking voyage across centuries, from the Age of Discovery to the Age of Empire, illuminating what happens to Britain as she gains global power but risks losing her soul. |
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Or the Bull Kills You: A Mystery
by Jason Webster
Hardcover: Sep 2011
Paperback: 16 Apr 2012
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| An accomplished debut mystery set in the high-stakes and decidedly murky world of bullfighting in Valencia, Spain |
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Started Early, Took My Dog: A Novel
by Kate Atkinson
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 6 Oct 2011
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| Tracy, a retired police detective, rescues a small child; Jackson Brodie, a detective, rescues an abused dog. Dog in tow, Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes unpunished. |
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Thirteen Hours: A Novel
by Deon Meyer
Hardcover: Sep 2010
Paperback: 6 Sep 2011
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| An unputdownable thriller from South Africa's #1-bestselling crime writer. |
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Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, #6
by Louise Penny
Hardcover: Sep 2010
Paperback: 2 Aug 2011
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| It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. But violent death is inescapable, even in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society. |
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A Visible Darkness: A Mystery
by Michael Gregorio
Hardcover: Apr 2009
Paperback: 26 Apr 2011
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| Dark, intelligent, and vividly written, A Visible Darkness continues a masterful series of historical mysteries that portray a past torn between nationalism and humanism, superstition and science. |
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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 Bricklayer: A Novel
by Noah Boyd
Hardcover: Feb 2010
Paperback: 1 Jan 2011
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| Someone gives you a dangerous puzzle to solve, one that may kill you or someone else, and you're about to fail... And there is no other option. No one who can help. No one but the Bricklayer. |
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