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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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Killer Smile
by Lisa Scottoline
Hardcover: May 2004
Paperback: 1 Jul 2005
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| A stunning new tale filled with witty dialogue, vibrant characters, and breakneck pacing, in which true-life history reinforces Scottoline's hallmark themes of justice and family. |
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Strange But True
by John Searles
Hardcover: Jul 2004
Paperback: 13 Jun 2005
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| Beautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget. |
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Dead Water
by Barbara Hambly
Hardcover: Aug 2004
Paperback: 26 Apr 2005
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| 'Hambly's brilliantly crafted eighth historical brings the antebellum South so alive you could swear the author traveled back in time to observe her settings firsthand. This riveting novel of suspense is sure to win Hambly many new fans.' |
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Past Due
by William Lashner
Hardcover: Apr 2004
Paperback: 26 Apr 2005
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| A superb tale of crime and justice that takes the intrepid Victor Carl into new territory and confirms William Lashner's place among the top suspense writers of our time. |
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Little Scarlet: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
by Walter Mosley
Hardcover: Jul 2004
Paperback: 1 Apr 2005
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| Easy Rawlins returns to solve a mystery set amid the devastating Los Angeles riots of 1965. |
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Guardian of The Horizon
by Elizabeth Peters
Hardcover: Mar 2004
Paperback: 1 Apr 2005
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| A hitherto lost journal of the indomitable Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the "missing years", 1907–1908, shedding new light on a remarkable family and an unexpected terror. |
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Dating Dead Men
by Harley Jane Kozak
Hardcover: Jan 2004
Paperback: 15 Mar 2005
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| Lots of action, quirky characters, an engaging new sleuth who designs greeting cards, and a ferret named Margaret -- what more could any reader want? Dating Dead Men is a superb debut. |
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Murder on the Leviathan: An Erast Fandorin novel
by Boris Akunin
Hardcover: Apr 2004
Paperback: 8 Feb 2005
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| Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin’s latest page-turner transports the reader back to the glamorous, dangerous past in a richly atmospheric tale of suspense on the high seas. |
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