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Hudson’s Kill: Paddy Hirsch
$15.00Justice Flanagan 2. New York in 1803 is rife with tension as the city expands, and whoever knows where the city will build can control it. And violence builds as a mysterious provocateur pits the city’s black and Irish gangs against each other. When a young black girl is found stabbed to death, both Justy Flanagan, now a City Marshal, and Kerry O’Toole, now a school teacher, decide separately to go after the killer. They each find their way to a shadowy community on the fringes of the growing city, where they uncover a craven political conspiracy bound up with a criminal enterprise that is stunning in its depravity. Justy and Kerry have to fight to save themselves and the city, and only then can they bring the girl’s killer to justice. -
When War Gods Call, Achmed Abdullah; 'Cuthbert', A. J Alan; At All Costs, Richard Aldington; The Unfathomable Mrs Royelm, Bertram Atkey; The Little More, J.J. Bell; The Man On Ben Na Garve, H.H. Bashford; The Lift, J.D. Beresford; The Second Gong, Agatha Christie; Sargasso, Captain Dingle; The Brown Sandwich, St. John Ervine; This Way Out, John Ferguson; Look For The Woman, J.S. Fletcher; Mystery Of A Spade Beard, Gilbert Frankau; The Call Of The Hand, Louis Golding; After The Inquest, George Goodchild; The Case Of Jacob Heylyn, Leonard R. Gribble; The White Witch Of Curzon Street, Sydney Horler; Last Times, F. Tennyson Jesse; The Thing That Was There, Mrs Belloc Lowndes; S.O.S., G.R. Malloch; ‘...Perchance To Dream…’, Antony Marsden; The Squirrel Man, Sax Rohmer; The Man Who Knew How, Dorothy L. Sayers; The Camellia Petal, H. De Vere Stacpoole; The Affair Of The Plaque, Alan Sullivan; The Girl In The Car, Frank Swinnerton; The Unseen Witness, Valentine Williams; A Millionaire Is Kidnapped, Mrs. C.N. Williamson. -
Harley Quin is an enigma. Even his friend Mr. Satterthwaite is unable to understand how the man seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light - and when he does appear it's usually in the sparkle of sunshine, or surrounded by a spectrum of coloured light pouring through a stained glass window. Indeed, he is Harlequin. The only consistent thing about the mysterious Mr. Quin is that his presence is always a harbinger of love... or death. Quin and satterthwaite appear in this series of short stories: The Coming Of Mr. Quin; The Shadow On The Glass; At The "Bells And Motley"; The Sign In The Sky; The Soul Of The Croupier; The Man From The Sea; The Voice In The Dark; The Face Of Helen; The Dead Harlequin; The Bird With The Broken Wing; The World's End; Harlequin's Lane. -
The world of Ben Bartholomew...a world of standover gangs and armed terrorists, a world in which a P.I. For hire must carry a gun if he wants to live beyond lunchtime. It is a world of religious fanatics, petty tyrants, spies and nightmares, which explodes with intrigue and danger when a corpse disappears from a sealed tomb. The ultimate locked-room mystery. -
An ancient Egyptian tomb - sealed from the outside world for centuries, deep inside solid rock...the sarcophagus is opened...and inside is a freshly murdered corpse! Legendary detective G.K. Chesterton investigates the mystery and reveals the amazing solution - but not before there are more deaths and deadly dangers. Take this trip down the Nile, past the ancient temple of Karnak, the Valley Of The Kings and the city of Luxor, to an archeological dig in the valley of Deir el-Bahri in the year 1919...and into a surprise world of suspence and romance. -
Claudia Valentine 2. 1988 started with a bang in Sydney's Chinatown - and it wasn't just the fireworks. While the rest of the country was celebrating, the biggest bank job in Australia's history was taking place. "The Great Chinese Take-Away", the press tagged it, and in those missing safety deposit boxes were items infinitely more valuable than money. A gold key with a dragon on it: why did the Chen family want it back so badly? It started as a routine case for Claudia Valentine, but that's not the way it ended up. Claudia's hunt for the key spins her into a world of ancient treasures and modern Triad killings, through sleazy back streets and exotic oriental temples. And, everywhere, nothing is as it seems. Cover art by Caz Bodwell. -
The Mysterious Affair At Styles: A refugee of the Great War, Poirot has settled in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactor, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious sleuthing skills to work. Suspects are plentiful, including the victim’s much younger husband, her resentful stepsons, her longtime hired companion, a young family friend working as a nurse, and a London specialist on poisons who just happens to be visiting the nearby village. All of them have secrets they are desperate to keep, but none can outwit Poirot for long. Peril At End House: Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckley. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. Poirot quickly takes a particular interest in the young woman. Recently, she has narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences or a spate of bad luck. Something like a bullet! It seems all too clear to him that someone is trying to do away with poor Nick, but who? And, what is the motive? In his quest for answers, Poirot must delve into the dark history of End House. The deeper he gets into his investigation, the more certain he is that the killer will soon strike again. And, this time, Nick may not escape with her life. The ABC Murders: When Alice Asher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already looking into the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one letter down, twenty-five to go. There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Asher, bludgeoned to death in Andover, and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill, who will then be Victim C? More importantly, why is this happening? One, Two Buckle My Shoe: In the dentist’s chair with his mouth stuffed full of cotton wool, Hercule Poirot is for once unable to speak! At half past eleven, Poirot stepped out, a free man. But by lunchtime, death had claimed a victim...Soon Poirot is probing into the integrity of his fellow patients of that morning and investigating one of his best cases. -
Nemesis: In utter disbelief, Jane Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel - an acquaintance she had met briefly while on vacation in St. Honore. Rafiel had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime - the ultimate crime - murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remain buried. Sleeping Murder: Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs. In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Have they dredged up a “perfect” crime committed many years before? At Bertram's Hotel: This old-fashioned London hotel may not be quite as reputable as it makes out...When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's: traditional décor and impeccable service. But she senses an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric hotel guest makes his way to the airport one day late. The Murder At The Vicarage: Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone - even in the vicar - wishes he were dead. And very soon he is...shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer. -
Jonathan Argylle 6. General Bottando can't believe his rotten luck. He has just been promoted - to a position that's heavy on bureaucratic duties - but disturbingly light on investigative responsibilities. As if that wasn't annoying enough, he's received a tip about a planned raid at a nearby monastery. He's relying on his colleague Flavia di Stefano and her art-expert fiancé, Jonathan Argyll, to thwart the plot - but both are beyond baffled. The only valuable item in the monastery's art collection is a supposed Caravaggio that's currently being restored. There are no solid suspects - unless you count the endearing art thief, the flagrantly flamboyant "Rottweiler of Restoration," and the strangely shady icon expert. And there's really no reason to cause an unholy uproar-until someone commits an unconscionable crime... -
Tragedy At Two: Ann Purser
$35.00Lois Meade 9. Lois Meade's daughter was admittedly considering leaving her partner, Rob-but she never expected him to be found badly beaten and left for dead in a ditch by the side of the road. When Rob tragically dies from his injuries without regaining consciousness, Inspector Cowgill has a murder investigation on his hands, and once again he engages the assistance of the woman he respects above all others-Lois. Suspicion quickly falls on the traveling gypsies who are camped out on Alf Smith's property. There is strong prejudice among many in the village who consider the gypsies no better than tramps and thieves. Lois must follow a twisted path that leads to arson, local delinquents, secret assignations, and blackmail-before she can discover who's been tinkering with the truth... -
Jemima Shore 1. Nun Found Dead - a small item in a newspaper. Sister Miriam of Blessed Eleanor’s Convent has apparently starved herself to death in a ruined tower adjoining the convent grounds. Jemima Shore, highly successful television reporter, remembers her girlhood friendship at convent school with Sister Miriam, then Rosabelle Powerstock, heiress to one of the largest fortunes in Britain. And out of the past also comes an appeal from Reverend Mother Ancilla...’Jemima, something is going on here…’ -
It was every mother’s worst nightmare... Life was finally falling into place for artist and single Mom Shannon Buchanan. After months of providing for her toddler daughter Mandy by drawing tourist portraits at the side of the road, she was on her way to a new job in California. But a frantic power couple on the Central Coast of California were searching for their kidnapped daughter - the spitting image of Mandy - and an anonymous tip identifies Shannon as the kidnapper. Is Shannon a grief-crazed mother who stole a child to replace the one she lost? Or is she the victim of a larger plot? It’s up to maverick Sheriff’s Investigator Phil Tewkes to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, greed, and even murder, to determine who holds claim to the little girl. -
Nemesis: Agatha Christie
$8.00In utter disbelief, Jane Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel - an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intruguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime - the ultimate crime - murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remain buried... -
Alex Delaware 24. In a half-built mansion in Los Angeles, a watchman stumbles onto the bodies of a young couple - murdered and left in a gruesome postmortem embrace. Veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis is shocked at the sight: a twisted crime that only Milo and psychologist Alex Delaware can hope to solve. While the female victim’s identity remains in question, her companion is ID’d as eco-friendly architect Desmond Backer, notorious for his power to seduce women. The deeper Milo and Alex dig for clues, the longer the list of suspects grows. But when the investigation veers suddenly in a startling direction, it’s the investigators who may wind up on the wrong end of a cornered predator’s final fury. -
Based on the characters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Peter Wimsey is pleased to discover that along with a Dukedom he has inherited the duties of 'visitor' at an Oxford college.When the fellows appeal to him to resolve a dispute, he and Harriet set off happily to spend some time in Oxford. But the dispute turns out to be embittered. The voting is evenly balanced between two passionate parties - evenly balanced, that is, until several of the fellows unexpectedly die.The Warden has a casting vote, but the Warden has disappeared. And the causes of death of the deceased fellows bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder methods in Peter's past cases - methods that Harriet has used in her published novels. -
A volume chock-full of murder and mayhem...Under Crime: Serial Killer, Robert Bloch; Accident, Agatha Christie; Evidence In Camera, Margery Allingham; Round Trip, W.R. Burnett; Morning Visit, James Hadley Chase; Murder Comes Easy, Evan Hunter; The Flaw In The System, Jim Thompson; Blurred View, John D. MacDonald; The Sweetest Man In The World, Donald E. Westlake; Prediction, Chester Himes; Going Through The Motions, Lawrence Block; The Corder Figure, Peter Lovesey; Gravy Train, James Ellroy; A Flash of White, Andrew Vachss; Remain Nameless, Lynda La Plante. Under Detection: A Case Of Christmas Spirit, Nicholas Rhea (Constable Nick Rowan); The Second Skin, Michael Gilbert; Blood Brothers, Christianna Brand; Duello, Henry Wade; The Suitcase, Freeman Wills Crofts; Confirmation, John Harvey; Auld Lang Syne, John Harvey (Rebus); Sweating It Out With Dover, Joyce Porter; Clutching At Straws, Ruth Rendell (Wexford); The Burglar, Colin Dexter (Morse); Where The Snow Lay Dinted, Reginald Hill; The Little Copplestone Mystery, Ngaio Marsh ( Roderick Alleyn); Gideon And The Young Toughs, John Creasey ( George Gideon); Before Insulin, J.J. Connington; The Memorial Service, Michael Innes. Under Punishment: Somewhere In The City, Marcia Muller; A Classic Forgery, Roy Vickers; The Adventure Of The Abergavenny Murder, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Raffles And The Dangerous Game, Barry Perowne; The Smashing Of Another Racket, Leslie Charteris (The Saint); They Can Only Hang You Once, Dashiell Hammett (Sam Spade); Black Out, Peter Cheney; The Sleeping Dog, Ross MacDonald; Caribbean Clues, Patricia McGerr; Virgil Tibbs And The Fallen Body, John Ball; Full Moon, George Baxt; Willing To Kill, Don Pendleton; The Bottle Dungeon, Antonia Fraser; The Takamoku 'Joseki', Sara Paretsky; She Didn't Come Home, Sue Grafton. -
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him - he sees each museum, each cathedral and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer. Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim., Wish you were here. Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm -and they think they know where the next victims will be. -
Payatas, a 50 acre dump in northeast Manila, is home to thousands of people who live off what they can scavenge: recyclables, broken electronics and even half-eaten food. It is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in a city whose law enforcement is stretched thin and rife with corruption. So when the eviscerated bodies of preteen boys begin to appear in the trash heaps in the rainy summer of 1997, there is no-one to seek justice on their behalf, no-one to care - until two Jesuit priests, forensic anthropologist Father Gus Saenz and his protégé Father Jerome Lucero take 5the matter of protecting their flock into their own hands.
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