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What happens when obsession takes over? Owner of the Dryden Merchandising Empire, Jack Dryden, is invited to a weekend at a tennis ranch, owned by one of his clients, Dick Armitage. Figuring the chance of meeting... See More
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Quick ViewWhat happens when obsession takes over? Owner of the Dryden Merchandising Empire, Jack Dryden, is invited to a weekend at a tennis ranch, owned by one of his clients, Dick Armitage. Figuring the chance of meeting... See More
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Quick ViewRudolf Hess was the most closely guarded prisoner in the world. Forty-five years after his capture in Scotland on a supposed peace mission he was still in Spandau Prison. Why was it necessary to keep him there so long? He... See More
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Quick ViewA puzzler of a tale about a dead bookshop owner, a priceless cache of first editions, and a deadly secret taken to the grave. It's no mystery who killed Robert Ripple, owner of Precious Finds Bookstore in Pokesville... See More
by John Harvey
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Quick ViewFive thrilling tales of mystery, mayhem, and murder from an exceptional quintet of Edgar, CWA Dagger, and National Book Award winners. Crime and literature make strange and sinister bedfellows in this winning anthology... See More
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Quick ViewFinally: the perfect stocking stuffer for the crime fiction lover in your life! With a foreword by CWA Diamond Award-winner Peter Lovesey, these eighteen delightful holiday stories by your favorite Soho Crime authors contain... See More
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Quick ViewA Mystery Writers of America "100 Best Mysteries of All Time" Crime fiction master Peter Lovesey's debut mystery introduces Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb as he investigates a speed-walking race turned deadly. "An... See More
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Quick ViewThe cast and crew of a hit British TV show are rumored to be cursed -- but are these spooky deaths coincidences or murder? It's up to Bath detective Peter Diamond to find out. In the six years since the start of the hit... See More
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Quick View"I am so excited for you to be at the very beginning of this trend-setting, beautifully written, vivid series." -- from the introduction by LOUISE PENNY In the first entry to the series and winner of the 1992 Anthony... See More
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Quick ViewFive great runners. Five champions. Deerfoot the Red Indian brave who successfully challenged the leading runners of Victorian England. In 1863, he set a record for distance covered in one hour that was only exceeded by a... See More
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Quick ViewMystery Writers of America Grand Master Peter Lovesey presents a collection of short fiction spanning fifty years, including the first story he ever published and three brand-new stories. More than fifty years ago, Peter... See More
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Quick ViewIt's the early 1980s and 23-year-old Sarah Jordan, a PhD student at an American university, is studying spiders... Sarah finds her studies so absorbing, that much of campus life seems to pass her by. She barely registers... See More
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Quick ViewA Bath antiques dealer has disappeared, and detective Peter Diamond has been saddled with the "help" of a hardboiled Philip Marlowe wannabe private investigator in cracking the case. MWA Grand Master Peter Lovesey's 20th... See More
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Quick ViewOn the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, Peter Lovesey, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and titan of the British detective novel, returns to the subject of his very first mystery -- running.... See More
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Quick ViewPeter Lovesey, MWA Grand Master and titan of the English detective novel, returns readers to Bath with the eighteenth mystery in his critically acclaimed Peter Diamond series. As a New Year begins in Bath, Ben Brace... See More
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Quick ViewFired from the police for insubordination, Peter Diamond is reduced to working as a security guard at Harrod's. There he finds an abandoned Japanese girl after the store closes. He must identify her in order to save her life. See More
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Quick View"The Summons is a classic." -- The Economist John Mountjoy has escaped from prison and kidnapped the chief constable's daughter. The only person he'll parley with is Detective Peter Diamond, who arrested him four years... See More
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Quick View"Absolutely riveting... A masterpiece. I defy anyone to foresee the outcome." -- Ruth Rendell The year is 1921. A passionate affair between voracious romance reader Alma Webster and her dentist, Walter Baranov, has led to... See More
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Quick ViewIntroducing Victorian England's most illustrious amateur sleuth (if not necessarily its most adept): Bertie, Prince of Wales, who can't help but poke his royal nose into a suspicious-sounding circumstance. Bertie, Prince of... See More
by Dana Cameron
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Quick ViewIn this anticipated follow up to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's first digital-only anthology, you'll once again take the "low road" of grifters, hit men, and other career crooks, and come out with new insights into crime... See More
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Quick ViewPeter Diamond, British detective extraordinaire, must dig deep into Bath history to ferret out the secrets of one of its most famous (and scandalous) icons: Richard "Beau" Nash, who might be the victim of a centuries old... See More
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Quick View"Another One Goes Tonight [is an] impeccably constructed mystery featuring the unpredictable but ever-entertaining Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond... there are plenty of red herrings to sniff out and misdirections to... See More
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Quick View"One of the best of this series... Lively and well-plotted." -- The New York Times Book Review The spiritualist movement has captivated a segment of Victorian London: manifestations, the occult, and "sensitives" are in... See More
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Quick View"A rich and unusual mystery, with suspense enough for the most confirmed addict." -- Los Angeles Times Pugilism, a brutal form of bare-knuckle boxing, is forbidden by law in late Victorian England, but Sergeant Cribb... See More
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Quick View"Fine picture of period vice, good mystery plotting, and fun." -- San Francisco Chronicle A sadistic practical joker is haunting the popular music halls of London, interfering with the actors and interrupting their acts by... See More
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Quick View"Here's charm and delight. A puzzle postlude to Three Men in a Boat." -- The Times London, 1889: After Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat became a Victorian bestseller, rowing on the Thames was the great craze of 1889... See More
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Quick View"At once charming, chilling and convincing as if it had unfolded in the Police Intelligence column of April, 1888." -- TIME London, 1888. Though the beautiful Miriam Cromer has confessed to the murder of her husband's... See More
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Quick View"Lovesey's best yet." -- H.R.F. Keating, The Times Brighton, 1882: Albert Moscrop spends his holiday peering at beachgoers through a telescope, piecing together disarmingly trivial observations into a compelling drama for... See More
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Quick View"Lovesey goes from strength to strength. A really entertaining extravaganza, judged to a nicety." -- The Times London, 1884: A series of bomb blasts in public places is causing mayhem throughout the city. Even Scotland... See More
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Quick ViewAt a Bath auction house, a large slab of carved stone is up for sale. At the height of very competitive bidding, there is a holdup attempt by three masked robbers. They shoot and kill the highest bidder, a professor who has... See More
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Quick View"Exquisitely intricate." -- The New York Times Book Review A skeletal hand is unearthed in the vault under the Pump Room in Bath, England, near the site where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Then a skull is excavated. The... See More