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41) The black tower
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Just recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called to the bedside of an elderly priest. When Dalgliesh arrives, Father Baddeley is dead. Is it merely his own brush with mortality that causes Dalgliesh to sense the shadow of death about to fall once more?
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Early one morning, Thomas Pitt, dauntless mainstay of the Special Branch, is summoned to Long Spoon Lane, where anarchists are plotting an attack. Bombs explode, destroying the homes of many poor people. After a chase, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot ... but by whom? As Pitt delves into the case, he finds that there is more to the terrorism than the destructive gestures of misguided idealists. The police are running a lucrative...
43) Envious Casca
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A man who hates the Christmas holidays invites eight guests whom he also hates. Things begin to get interesting when a corpse joins the party.
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In a London hospital, Prudence Barrymore, a talented nurse who had once been the one of Florence Nightingale's angels of mercy in the Crimean War, meets sudden death by strangulation. Private inquiry agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime--which intuition tells him was no random stroke of violence by a madman. Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester Latterly, another of Miss Nightingale's nurses, and barrister...
45) The moonstone
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Everyman's library volume 122
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The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collinss spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genrethe detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the innovative...
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Peter Diamond mystery volume 15
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In a Sussex town on the southeast coast of England, a widely disliked art teacher at a posh private girls' school disappears without explanation. Meanwhile, detective Peter Diamond finds himself in Sussex, much against his wishes. His irritating and often obtuse supervisor, Assistant Chief Constable Georgina Dallymore, has made Diamond accompany her on a Home Office internal investigation. A Sussex detective has been suspended for failing to follow...
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When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him? Superintendent Hannasyde, with consummate skill, uncovers one dirty little secret after another, and with them, a host of people who all have reasons for wanting Fletcher dead. Then, a second murder is committed, giving a grotesque twist to a very unusual case, and Hannasyde...
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"Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner, Sergeant Gemma James, take their sons to picturesque Cheshire for their first family Christmas with Duncan's parents--a holiday both dreaded and anticipated. But not even the charming town of Nantwich and the dreaming canals can mask the tensions in Duncan's family, which are tragically heightened by the discovery of an infant's body hidden in the wall of an old dairy. As Duncan and Gemma help...
49) Southampton Row
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A general election is approaching and Thomas is called to monitor the bitter struggle for one crucial London seat.
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Peter Diamond mystery volume 20
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"If there's one thing Bath detective Peter Diamond has no patience for, it's a dumb git trying to get involved in one of his investigations--for example, a Philip Marlowe-wannabe private investigator like the self-styled Johnny Getz (his card claims he Getz results). But fate has saddled Diamond with this trial. A Bath antiques dealer, Septimus "Seppy" Hubbard, has disappeared without a trace, and his daughter, Ruby, has hired Johnny Getz to find...
51) The house sitter
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Peter Diamond mystery volume 8
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A British Mystery Master To Rival P.D. James and Colin Dexter. When a woman is found strangled to death on a popular beach in Sussex, the police have a hard time identifying her. It takes twelve days to discover she was a top psychological profiler for the National Crime Faculty. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is called in because the victim lived in Bath. He must coordinate his efforts with those of Henrietta Mallin, the original senior investigating...
54) Unnatural causes
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Terror strikes the hearts and minds of the bizarre friends of Maurice Seton, the famous mystery writer, when they learn that his mutilated corpse was found in a drifting dinghy.
55) A pale horse
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Investigating the suspicious death of an unidentified man who may have been hunted by the British War Office, 1920s Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge experiences powerful roadblocks throughout the case and finds his own life in danger.
56) A false mirror
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Summoned to a small harbor town by a former trenchmate falsely accused of assaulting an ex-lover's husband, Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge is reminded of an affair from his own past and investigates a bizarre coincidence.
57) The red door
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Investigating the death of a Lancaster woman in the summer of 1920, Scotland Yard Detective Ian Rutledge links her demise to the disappearance of a man who was wrongly believed to have gone to serve in World War I.
58) Hurting distance
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Zailer and Waterhouse mystery volume 2
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When Naomi Jenkins's secret lover vanishes, she knows that he must have come to harm. But the police are not convinced, particularly when Robert's wife insists that he is not missing. In desperation, Naomi realises that if she can't persuade the police that he's in danger, perhaps she can convince them that he is a danger to others. That way they'll find him - and fast. After all, she knows how to describe the acts of a psychopath in detail. All she...
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Investigating the murder of an English businessman who was universally despised in Cambury but respected in London, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge sifts through a list of potential killers and begins to believe he may not be able to prove his suspicions.
60) Harm done
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Inspector Wexford mystery volume 17
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Chief Inspector Wexford investigates a pair of child abductions that appear to have more to do with domestic violence than a recently released pedophile.
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