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George White, an inoffensive little chemist in East Anglia, finds himself the possessor of a somewhat unusual accomplishment - he only has to wish someone dead and his wish is granted.The first inkling of his abilities comes when Major James, a petty tyrant who made...
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The Murder Room
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2015-11-14
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Murder Room
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As Miss Maggs made her way nervously home, a clock stuck one, the town's lights were switched off and footsteps sounded behind her. She broke into a desperate run. Later the doctor pronounced that she had literally died of fright.In a provincial town, who was there to...
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The Murder Room
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2015-11-14
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Murder Room
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Joyce Cave had her husband, Robert, exactly where she wanted him - in a private gaol with herself, her aunt and her uncle as warders. He had been charged with killing the local good-time girl, who had tried the oldest trick in the world on the panicky Robert and ended...
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The Murder Room
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2015-11-14
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Murder Room
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When the milkman alerts police to two bodies at the fashionable Hampstead home of Andrew and Kim Light, it seems obvious who the deceased are . . . until Mr Light walks through the door.Just who is the other man? Is Andrew Light as innocent as he'd like to appear, or...
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The Murder Room
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2015-11-14
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Brock and Poole
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Maxim Jakubowski, together with Nathan Braund, edited the bestselling Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper (1999), which has reprinted several times and was reissued in 2008 in a revised and expanded edition.The book focused on the countless theories that have been put...
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Robinson
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2015-11-12
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Mammoth Books
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The second novel in the Oslo Crime Files, a tense and dark quartet of thrillers for fans of Camilla Lackberg and Jo Nesbo.Psychologist Mailin Bjerke is due to appear on the notorious TV show Taboo, tackling its most sensational subject yet. But she never arrives at...
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Headline
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2015-11-05
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When the body of a transport minister is discovered in the grounds on the Honeychurch Hall estate, suspicion as to his unusual demise naturally falls on the residents. After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line and rolling stock depot built in their...
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Constable
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2015-11-05
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Honeychurch Hall
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He is only in his early thirties, but now Quinn Colson is jobless - voted out of office as sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, thanks to the machinations of county kingpin Johnny Stagg.He has offers, in bigger and better places, but before he goes, he's got one...
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Corsair
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2015-11-05
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Quinn Colson
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Murder is in the air when hedge-jumping champ Dave Randall accuses his arch enemy, Jack Webster, of sabotaging his dream to compete at the upcoming European Games. Vicky is used to Dave's histrionics and she turns a blind eye. After all, she has bigger fish to...
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Constable
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2015-11-05
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Vicky Hill
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'Recalls the very best of Agatha Christie' Sunday ExpressBrighton, 1951. Pantomime season takes a dark turn when two missing children are found dead under the snow, surrounded by sweets - a macabre, real-life Hansel and Gretel.DI Edgar Stephens has plenty of leads to...
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Quercus
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2015-11-05
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The Brighton Mysteries
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Someone knows where the bodies are buried...'Taut, dark and expertly crafted tale' [GUARDIAN] from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'No one in Britain writes better crime novels today' Evening StandardRetirement doesn't suit John Rebus. He wasn't...
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Orion
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2015-11-05
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A Rebus Novel
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Something sinister is stirring at Totleigh Hall, the imposing manor house dominating the village of Nether Monkslip. Usually, the lord and lady of the manor are absent for most of the year, but this year they have been in residence for some weeks now, and the villagers...
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Constable
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2015-10-29
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Max Tudor
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'The best one yet!' ***** Reader Review'This is the third time I've read the whole series and I enjoyed it as much as the first.' ***** Reader Review Stephen Pengelly, owner of Barton Manor, is detested by the local community. When he is found murdered, there are few...
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Headline Accent
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2015-10-29
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The Eden House Mysteries
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Inspector Lynley investigates the London end of an ever more darkly disturbing case, with Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit.The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2015-10-27
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Inspector Lynley
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Could the truth be hiding in plain sight?The first 'sharp and totally gripping' book in the much-loved Cora Baxter Mysteries series, from the acclaimed broadcaster, USA Today bestseller and bestselling author of The Perfect Couple and Am I Guilty?Having been...
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Headline Accent
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2015-10-22
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The Cora Baxter Mysteries
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THE LAW HAS FAILED THEM. SEBASTIAN RUDD WILL NOT.Sebastian Rudd take the cases no one else wants.As a result, his last office was firebombed - either by drug dealers or cops. And things are about to get even more complicated.Arch Swanger is a criminal lowlife and the...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2015-10-20
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We think of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but far more seductive is the pairing of Holmes and Professor James Moriarty, 'the Napoleon of crime' - a rivalry unparalleled in the world of crime fiction. Fiercely intelligent and a relentless schemer, Moriarty is the...
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Robinson
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2015-10-15
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Mammoth Books
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On the eve of the Great War in 1914, a body is found in the lake at St James' Park. What initially appears to be a robbery becomes more complex when it is discovered that the victim is a servant oat one of London's prestigious gentleman's clubs.Hardcastle's enquiries...
Editeur :
The Murder Room
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2015-10-14
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Hardcastle
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In February 1915 the Great War is still raging on the Western Front but back in Westminster a policeman is shot dead. At first, Hardcastle believes the murderer to have been a disturbed burglar. But then, there is another killing - the beautiful wife of a Royal Flying...
Editeur :
The Murder Room
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2015-10-14
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Hardcastle
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It is June 1917. DDI Ernest Hardcastle, head of the CID for the Whitehall division of the Metropolitan Police, is called to investigate the murder of a very senior civil servant, Sir Nigel Strang.Given that Sir Nigel was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of...
Editeur :
The Murder Room
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2015-10-14
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Hardcastle
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