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A fine collection of classic Mystery and Detective stories. Contents: Rudyard Kipling: My Own True Ghost Story; The Sending of Dana Da; In the House of Suddhoo; His Wedded Wife. A. Conan Doyle: A Case of Identity; A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red Headed League. Egerton Castle: The Baron's Quarry Stanley J. Weyman: The Fowl in the Pot. Robert Louis Stevenson: The Pavilion on the Links. Wilkie Collins: The Dream Woman; The First Narrative; The Second Narrative;...
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An intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction
Terence Ball, The Banality of Evil
Sandra Levy Ceren, Silver Is Better Than Gold
Martin S. Cohen, Death Has Beckoned
Richard Fliegel, The Golem of Bronx Park East
Michael A. Kahn, Truth in a Plain Brown Wrapper
Stuart M. Kaminsky, The Tenth Man
Rochelle Krich,Bitter Waters
Ronald Levitsky,Thy Brother's Bloods
Lev Raphael, Your Papers, Please
Shelley Singer, Reconciling Howard
Janice Steinberg,...
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Confront murder, mayhem-and your own mysteries of being.
From a corporate giant's kidnapping of a rabbi, to the disappearance of the clarinetist in a klezmer band, to four rabbis' use of their text interpretation skills to help a detective solve a murder that one of them has committed, this unique collection of mysteries will enlighten you at the same time it intrigues and entertains.
While featuring enough death and deception to keep the detective...
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In the tradition of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins, The Substitute is a deliciously creepy psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.
Warren Botts is a disillusioned Ph.D. taking a break from his lab to teach middle-school science. Gentle, soft-spoken, and introverted, Warren befriends thirteen-year-old Amanda, a lonely student looking for guidance.
One morning, Warren returns
...6) Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories One Hundred and One Tales of Mystery, b
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One Hundred and One Tales of Mystery, by Famous Authors of East and West
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Mystery and Detective Fiction: Agatha Christie is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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Duke Classics
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When you're in the mood for suspense, nothing delivers like a collection of mystery and detective stories. These tales have been culled from the golden age of the genre, when masters like Charles Dickens, Thomas De Quincey, Laurence Sterne, and William Makepeace Thackeray were producing stories at a rapid clip to satisfy millions of devoted readers. Curl up with Classic English Mystery and Detective Stories tonight.
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Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida and her mystery book club find a certain accusation of murder quite the stretch . . .
When your mother is an astrologist and your dad is a minister, you learn to keep an open mind. Which is just what Mac loves to do—exercise her mind by puzzling out fictional clues in the mystery novels she reads and discusses with her Cozy Capers Book Group.
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When your mother is an astrologist and your dad is a minister, you learn to keep an open mind. Which is just what Mac loves to do—exercise her mind by puzzling out fictional clues in the mystery novels she reads and discusses with her Cozy Capers Book Group.
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Duke Classics
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Got a hankering for some classic detective fiction? Dip into the comprehensive collection brought together by the editors of the The World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories. From supernaturally inspired mysteries to eminently rational sleuths, this fine volume spans the entire gamut of the genre.
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A boy detective takes on the most brilliant thief in Europe In a country manor, a terrible noise awakes the household. Downstairs, the estate's secretary has been murdered. There are signs of a break-in, but everything appears to be in its proper place. What kind of thief would commit murder to steal nothing? The first detective on the case is Isidore Beautrelet, a precocious teenager who wears a fake beard to disguise the fact that he has not...
12) Tainted
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ECW Press
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2009
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In an affluent city perched on Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment, residents begin turning up on the pathologist’s autopsy table with what looks like epidemic mad cow disease. Zol Szabo, a public-health doctor and former chef, and Hamish Wakefield, a young infectious-diseases specialist, must trace the epidemic to its source while dodging the deadly prions that appear to have contaminated almost everything in the supermarket. Things spin out of control
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The world's premier thief looks back on a lifetime of adventure in these tales of his outrageous exploits It has been a fortnight since the baroness Repstein disappeared from Paris, taking with her a fortune in jewels stolen from her husband. French detectives have chased her all over Europe, following the trail of gemstones like so many precious breadcrumbs, but she has eluded their efforts. When Arsène Lupin finds her, she will not escape so easily....
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #20 features the best in contemporary and classic mystery fiction, with a great linup of crimes and columns. This is a special All Sherlock Holmes Fiction issue! Here are:
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From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D.
Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson
Non Fiction:
Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman
Sherlock Holmes for Crown and Country, by Dan Andriacco
Fiction:
The Case of the Burnt Song,...
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"The Hampstead Mystery: A Novel" is a gripping detective novel written by Florence Marryat. Set in the late 19th century, the story follows the enigmatic detective, Mr. Ravensworth, as he unravels a perplexing and intriguing mystery. The novel begins with the discovery of a gruesome murder in Hampstead, a suburb of London. The victim, a wealthy gentleman named Mr. Lockhart, is found dead under mysterious circumstances, sending shockwaves through the...
16) Hope to Die
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The city caught its collective breath when upscale couple Byrne and Susan Hollander were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Now, a few days later, the killers themselves have turned up dead behind the locked door of a Brooklyn hellhole -- one apparently slain by his partner in crime who then took his own life.
There's something drawing Matthew Scudder to this case that the cops have quickly and eagerly closed: a nagging suspicion that a third...
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A collection of short stories from such favorites as Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling are joined by others written anonymously in this anthology which will have you scratching your head and listening just a bit longer to discover the key to the mysteries.
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The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the...
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the...
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Dive into the enigmatic world of the occult with 'The Freshly Built Tomb,' a bone-chilling audiobook masterpiece that weaves together elements of horror, mystery, and detective genres. Immerse yourself in the dark secrets and sinister mysteries that lurk within its haunting narrative.
Unveil the mysteries of Thach Sen, a master of the mystical arts, as he delves into the arcane secrets of using a lightning-struck corpse's hand as a talisman for thievery...
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Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1909, the Modern English volume of The Lock and Key Library features sixteen classic mystery and detective stories by such luminaries as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Wilkie Collins.
Detective stories existed for centuries before the concept of the detective itself-amateur or professional- was fully formulated, and tales of mystery and intrigue...
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