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1) The lodger
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It explores the psychology of survival in the face of agonizing moral conflict.
2) The Lodger
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If you like your detective fiction with a strong psychological component and a continental flair, try The Lodger by Maire Belloc Lowndes. Used as the basis for one of Alfred Hitchcock's early silent films, the novel is based loosely on the Jack the Ripper case, and it's sure to please discerning mystery fans who appreciate sophisticated characterization.
3) The Lodger
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Pre-order the brilliant new psychological thriller from bestseller Valerie Keogh.
She's in your home…
Leigh Simons can't say for sure what made her do it. A moment of madness, perhaps, but when the young, loud and gorgeous waitress at her favorite coffee shop reveals she is homeless, Leigh offers her the empty room in her house.
In your head…
Gina is the perfect lodger; Leigh, lonely and frustrated with her life, becomes infatuated with the...
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Acclaimed author Charles Nicholl presents a brilliantly drawn detective story with entirely new insights into Shakespeare's life.In 1612, William Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster; it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. The case seems routine-a dispute over an unpaid marriage dowry-but it opens an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life. Using the court testimony as a springboard,...
8) The Lodgers
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Lynsey Logan, a London-based novelist, usually keeps the plots of her novels a secret. One evening, her best friend, Emma Carmichael, comes to discuss her list of characters, who Lynsey finds most unpleasant. The worst character is a Broadway 'hoofer', a song and dance queen called Lynda Lombardi who is appearing in a Broadway show called 'Bitches on Broadway'. She has a daughter called Isabel, and a highly objectionable grandson called Peter, whose...
10) The dress lodger
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A novel on the hardship of the Industrial Revolution through the eyes of an Englishwoman forced to be a prostitute to make ends meet. A potter's assistant during the day, she changes at night into a gown, rented by her pimp to walk the narrow streets. It is cold and business is slow. By the author of A Stolen Tongue.
11) The lodger
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In this psychological thriller, a Los Angeles detective hunts down a violent serial killer in this modern day Jack the Ripper tale.
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David Nobbs classic is now available in ebook format. One wintry afternoon a lodger named Wilson arrives at 38, Trebisall Avenue, filled with hope. As he crosses the threshold of Mrs Pollard's house, with its "aura of impending stew" he becomes a new man. This is a tactic he has tried before, just as he has tried many jobs before, from cook to seismographer's assistant. But alas, each time he was sacked because it was not his vocation. And so he has...
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Take my word for it, there is no such thing as an ancient village, especially if it has seen better days, unillustrated by its legends of terror. You might as well expect to find a decayed cheese without mites, or an old house without rats, as an antique and dilapidated town without an authentic population of goblins.
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Seven years ago a disturbing incident took place in the village of Abbas Parva. Mr Ronder, owner of Ronder's Wild Animals Show, met his end after an escaped lion attacked him.
Holmes is confronted with an old mystery when he is summoned to visit a lady who refuses to show her face. A grisly crime committed seven...
16) Lodger
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Ricky Toledo was fifteen when she fell hard for a handsome drifter who rented a room in her family home in Elroy, Arizona. Then he killed her mother and got her father sent to prison for it. It's three years later, and Ricky will stop at nothing to get revenge. A broken young woman and her trusty companion--a Smith and Wesson .45 named Golddigger--track a serial killer hiding in plain sight as a travel blogger, leaving a trail of body bags in their...
17) The Lodger
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A London family begins to suspect that their eccentric lodger is in fact Jack the Ripper.
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This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse, just as a killer who preys on blonde women, known as the Avenger, descends upon the city. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director's formal and thematic obsessions.
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