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Dead Lagoon

Michael Dibdin Β· 404 pages

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Gorky Park

Martin Cruz Smith Β· 384 pages

A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI and New York police as he pursues a rich, ruthless, and well-connected American fu

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Batman: The Long Halloween

Jeph Loeb Β· 369 pages

Unaware of being watched, Batman pursues villains including Killer Croc and Poison Ivy, and discovers that Poison Ivy's latest plan will require that he ally himself with Catwoman in order to defeat his old friend Superman.

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The Lizard's Bite

David Hewson Β· 432 pages

On an August night on a small island near Venice, a fire explodes in a glassmaking shop. When help arrives, two people are dead, a rich Englishman is implicated, and investigators from Rome are assigned a case no one wants them to solve....In this spellbinding new novel featuring Detective Nic Costa, author David Hewson weaves together the rich fabric of Europe's most beguiling city with a riveti

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The Redbreast

Jo Nesbo Β· 519 pages

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The Return

Hakan Nesser Β· 256 pages

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The Dead of Jericho

Colin Dexter Β· 228 pages

Morse switched on the gramophone to 'play', and sought to switch his mind away from all the terrestrial troubles. Sometimes, this way, he almost managed to forget. But not tonight ...Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit.

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All the Colours of Darkness

Peter Robinson Β· 407 pages

"A beautiful June day in the Yorkshire Dales and a group of children are spending the last of their half-term freedom swimming in the river near Hipswell Woods. But the idyll is shattered by their discovery of a man's body, hanging from a tree."--Back cover.

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Voice of the Violin

Andrea Camilleri Β· 249 pages

Inspector Montalbano, praised as "a delightful creation" (USA Today), has been compared to the legendary detectives of Georges Simenon, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler. As the fourth mystery in the internationally bestselling series opens, Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects

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Entanglement

Zygmunt Miloszewski Β· 295 pages

The morning after a grueling psychotherapy session in a Warsaw monastery, Henryk Telak is found dead. World-weary State Prosecutor Teodor Szacki feels that life has passed him by, but this case changes everything. His search for the killer unearths another murder that took place twenty years earlier-- and to facts that, for his own safety, he'd be better off not knowing.

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The Skull Mantra

Eliot Pattison Β· 406 pages

When a headless corpse is found on a remote Tibetan mountainside, veteran inspector Shan Tao Yun is the perfect candidate to solve the crime--except he's been stripped of rank and imprisoned in the gulag for offending the Party in Beijing. Desperate to close the case before the arrival of high-profile American tourists, the district commander grants Shan a temporary release.

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Red Mandarin Dress

Qiu Xiaolong Β· 320 pages

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The Black Wolf

Louise Penny Β· 375 pages

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The House of Silk

Anthony Horowitz Β· 312 pages

For the first time in its one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year history, the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Once again, THE GAME’S AFOOT… London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap – a wanted criminal who seems to have fo

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A Taste for Death

P.D. James Β· 480 pages

When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Dalgliesh explore

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Heavenfield

L.J. Ross Β· 264 pages

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The Twelfth Department

William Ryan Β· 355 pages

Captain Alexei Korolev endures threats against his family when a high-level murder is tied to corruption in State Security and the NKVD.

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Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand

Fred Vargas Β· 400 pages

"Between 1943 and 2003 nine people have been stabbed to death with a most unusual weapon: a trident. In each case, arrests were made, suspects confessed their crimes and were sentenced to life in prison. One slightly worrying detail: the presumed murderers lost conciousness during the nights of the crimes and have no recollection of them." -- Cover.

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A Rising Man

Abir Mukherjee Β· 386 pages

Calcutta, 1919. Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. He is immediately overwhelmed by the heady vibrancy of the tropical city, but with barely a moment to acclimatize or to deal with the ghosts that still h

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The General's Daughter

Nelson DeMille Β· 464 pages

Here is an intriguing and sophisticated murder mystery of an upstanding military officer - the base commander's daughter - who's been leading an unsavory double life.When a professional military woman with a pristine reputation is found raped and murdered, a preliminary search turns up certain paraphernalia, and sex toys that point to a scandal of major proportions, The chief investigator is relu

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Dance Hall of the Dead

Tony Hillerman Β· 224 pages

Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police has no choice but to suspect the very worst, since the blood that stains the parched New Mexican ground once flowed through the veins of one of the missing, a young ZuΓ±i. But his investigation into a terrible crime is being complicated by an important archa

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Pegasus Descending

James Lee Burke Β· 512 pages

Detective Dave Robicheaux is facing the most painful and dangerous case of his career. A troubled young woman breezes into his hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana. She happens to be the daughter of Robicheaux's onetime best friend--a friend he witnessed gunned down in a bank robbery, a tragedy that forever changed Robicheaux's life. The twists begin when Trish Klein--the only offspring of Robicheaux

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And Justice There Is None

Deborah Crombie Β· 436 pages

Award-winning author Deborah Crombie has elevated the modern mystery novel to new heights of human drama and multilayered suspense with her critically acclaimed tales of intrigue featuring Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James. In their latest outing, Kincaid and his former partner--and soon-to-be roommate--follow a twisting trail of rage and retribution wh

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A Voice in the Night

Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli Β· 274 pages

"Two deaths lead Inspector Montalbano into investigations of corruption and power in the twentieth installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Montalbano investigates a robbery at a supermarket, a standard case that takes a spin when manager Guido Borsellino is later found hanging in his office. Was it a suicide? The inspector and the coroner have their doubts, and further investigation

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