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From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator
by Tarquin Hall
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by Colin Cotterill
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsSet in present day rural Thailand, Cotterill launch of a brand new series which is as sharp and witty, yet more engaging and charming, than ever before.
by Martin Walker
Published Apr 2010
Read ReviewsThe first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsAn enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptionsand a rich literary delight.
by Colin Cotterill
Published Aug 2009
Read ReviewsIn the engaging fifth entry in Cotterill's unusual crime series set in 1970s Laos, A Pogo Stick Brings a Curse Down upon a Hmong Village.
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
Published Feb 2001
Read ReviewsPrecious 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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