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Amateur & Private Detectives
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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts, reviews & author biographies of exceptional amateur detective books
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True Justice
by Robert K. Tanenbaum
Hardcover: Aug 2000
Paperback: 1 Jul 2001
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| A compellingly authentic and penetrating story pulled right from today's most controversial headlines. |
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Hot Six
by Janet Evanovich
Hardcover: Jun 2000
Paperback: 1 Jun 2001
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| It's surreal, it's frenetic, it's incendiary. Hot Six. It's the best yet. |
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Hugger Mugger
by Robert B. Parker
Hardcover: Apr 2000
Paperback: 1 Jun 2001
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| When Spenser is approached by Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, to find out who is threatening his horse Hugger Mugger, he can hardly say no. |
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Tough Cookie
by Diane Mott Davidson
Hardcover: Feb 2000
Paperback: 1 Apr 2001
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| Another tantalizing tale of culinary mystery and suspense - as chef turned sleuth Goldy Schulz goes on live television to prepare a meal to die for...but discovers that murder is already on the menu. Includes recipes for all the dishes mentioned in the book. |
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The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld
by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: Mar 2000
Paperback: 1 Apr 2001
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| Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? What happened to the fifth elephant is only one of the many perplexing mysteries solved in this new novel by today's most celebrated fantasy humorist. |
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He Shall Thunder In The Sky
by Elizabeth Peters
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: 1 Apr 2001
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| Egypt and her hoary secrets are no match for indomitable archaeologist sleuth - Amelia Peabody. |
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The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
Paperback: 1 Feb 2001
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| Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors. |
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The Cat Who Robbed A Bank
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Hardcover: Jan 2000
Paperback: 1 Jan 2001
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| Everyone is thrown into a topspin when a jeweler who has come to town to buy heirloom winds up a victim of murder.... Sit back, relax, and unwind with another fabulous feline mystery by Lilian Jackson Braun! |
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