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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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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 23 Jun 2009
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| A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue. |
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Finding Nouf
by Zoë Ferraris
Hardcover: Jun 2008
Paperback: 6 May 2009
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| A novel of taut psychological suspense, offering an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of the men and women who live there. |
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Havana Fever
by Leonardo Padura
Paperback: 1 May 2009
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| Mario Conde, retired from the police force, now makes a living trading antique books. In a book, Conde discovers a newspaper article about a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950’s, who disappeared mysteriously. Conde’s intuition sets him off on an investigation into the murder. |
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The Eye of Jade: A Mei Wang Mystery
by Diane Wei Liang
Hardcover: Feb 2008
Paperback: 7 Apr 2009
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| The first novel in an exhilarating new detective series, The Eye of Jade is both a thrilling mystery and fascinating journey through modern China. |
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City of the Sun
by David Levien
Hardcover: Feb 2008
Paperback: 24 Feb 2009
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| Riveting suspense in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly,
City of the Sun introduces retired detective Frank Behr—an imposing, charismatic former cop who agrees to take the case of a boy who’s been missing for over a year. |
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An Incomplete Revenge: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
Hardcover: Feb 2008
Paperback: 25 Nov 2008
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| In her fifth outing, Maisie Dobbs, the extraordinary Psychologist and Investigator, delves into a strange series of crimes in a small rural community. |
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Blonde Faith
by Walter Mosley
Hardcover: Oct 2007
Paperback: 6 Aug 2008
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| The tenth Easy Rawlins thriller puts him on the streets of LA to solve a case that threatens the lives of his closest friends. |
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What Was Lost: A Novel
by Catherine O'Flynn
Paperback: 24 Jun 2008
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| A tender and sharply observant debut novel about a missing young girl - winner of the Costa First Novel Award and long-listed for the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and The Guardian First Book Award |
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