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Whispering Shadows: A Novel

by Jan-Philipp Sendker

Published: 2015-04-14

Hardcover: 352 pages

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The first in a suspenseful new trilogy by the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, this gripping story follows a retired expat journalist in contemporary China who tries to crack a murder case as he battles his own personal demons.American expat Paul Leibovi...

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Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 8)

by P.D. James

Published: 2004-05-11

Paperback: 448 pages

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National Bestseller Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline. Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard h...

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The Question of the Missing Head (An Asperger's Mystery)

by E. J. Copperman, Jeff Cohen

Published: 2014-10-08

Paperback: 336 pages

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Samuel Hoenig answers questions for a living. And as a man with Asperger’s Syndrome, his unique personality helps him ferret out almost any answer there is. But his latest question is a rather odd one?who stole a preserved head from the Garden State Cryonics Institute? Arriving at the s...

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Death and The Jubilee (Lord Francis Powerscourt Series)

by David Dickinson

Published: 2011-07-22

Kindle Edition: 288 pages

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The discovery of a headless corpse jeopardises Queen Victoria’s glittering Diamond Jubilee!In this second Lord Francis Powerscourt mystery, London is preparing for the 1897 Diamond Jubilee. But one morning a man’s corpse with no head or hands is dragged out of the Thames. He is old, bu...

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This Body of Death: An Inspector Lynley Novel

by Elizabeth George

Published: 2011-01-25

Mass Market Paperback: 976 pages

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"George explores her characters' dreams and fears with a penetrating grace that makes reading her books a joy." —Washington Post Book World "Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery ...

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My Life as a Foreign Country: A Memoir

by Brian Turner

Published: 2014-09-15

Hardcover: 224 pages

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A war memoir of unusual literary beauty and power from the acclaimed poet who wrote the poem “The Hurt Locker.” In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner crossed the line of departure with a convoy of soldiers headed into the Iraqi desert. Now he lies awake each night beside his sleeping wife, im...

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Lacy Eye

by Jessica Treadway

Published: 2015-03-10

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A haunting, evocative novel about a woman who might have to face the disturbing truth about her own daughter.Hanna and Joe send their awkward daughter Dawn off to college hoping that she will finally "come into her own." When she brings her new boyfriend, Rud, to her sister's wedding, her ...

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The Best American Essays 2014

Published: 2014-10-07

Paperback: 272 pages

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“A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology . . . Exhilarating.” — Publishers Weekly The Best American Essays 2014 is selected and introduced by ...

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To Love and Be Wise

by Josephine Tey

Published: 1998-08-18

Paperback: 224 pages

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A witty and sophisticated mystery featuring bestselling author Josephine Tey’s popular Inspector Alan Grant, a beloved character created by a woman considered to be one of the greatest mystery writers of all time.Literary sherry parties were not Alan Grant's cup of tea. But when the Scot...

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A Man of Good Hope

by Jonny Steinberg

Published: 2015-01-06

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In January 1991, when civil war came to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, two-thirds of the city’s population fled. Among them was eight-year-old Asad Abdullahi. His mother murdered by a militia, his father somewhere in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that sc...