Anthony Horowitz
63) Injustice
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English
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When successful London barrister William Travers suffers a nervous breakdown, he moves his family and practice to rural Suffolk. Called upon to defend an old friend, he is caught up in a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the courtroom. James Purefoy stars in a taut, engrossing thriller from the creator of Foyle's War.
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Gatekeepers volume 1
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English
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Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.
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English
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Michael Kitchen stars as Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle in this original PBS Masterpiece Theatre mystery series. Set in the beautiful southern English countryside amid the disorder and danger of World War II, Foyle's War takes place far from the glory of the front. His is an ordinary struggle, against everyday evil, in extraordinarily dangerous times.
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Magpie murders volume 1
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Español
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Susan Ryeland ha sido durante años la editora del excéntrico escritor superventas Alan Conway. Los lectores adoran al protagonista de su serie más famosa, el detective Atticus Pünd, que se dedica a resolver crímenes en la década de los cincuenta por pueblecitos ingleses aparentemente tranquilos. Sin embargo, la última novela que ha entregado Conway, y a la que le faltan los últimos capítulos, no es como las demás y está a punto de cambiar...
71) Collision
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English
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"At 5:57 on a Friday afternoon, a major incident took place on the A12: six cars were involved in a tragic collision that left two dead at the scene, two others critically wounded, and the surviving victims profoundly changed -- their lives forever entwined. When the father of one of the victims files a suit against the police department for alleged complicity in the accident, Detective Inspector John Tolin, just back from an extended leave, must...
75) Groosham Grange
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English
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After being expelled from school, thirteen-year-old David Eliot is sent to Groosham Grange, a spooky and sinister boarding school where nothing seems quite right.
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English
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Ever thought a bathtub could drive you to want to kill? How about a restaurant that's famous for serving up the rarest and most spoiled little girls, or a bully who is transformed into a real scarecrow? Who would guess that ordinary objects could turn out to be evil, such as a murdering camera, or a cell phone that communicates with the dead? Whether it's an elevator full of hungry cannibals or a haunted cottage with a terrifying curse, this collection...
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When it comes to mixing it up with the gods, woe be to the man (or woman) who makes them angry. From creative re-tellings of the Greek stories Pandora's Box, The Judgment of Paris, and Narcissus and Echo, to less familiar but equally cautionary Viking story of The Stolen Hammer of Thor, and the Inuit legend of The Ten Fingers of Sedna, one thing is clear--it never pays to mess with the Gods!
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English
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DCS Christopher Foyle investigates wartime crimes in the English coastal town of Hastings. With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways. Plan of attack: April 1944. DS Milner's investigation of a transportation fraud sets in motion a series of events that brings Foyle back to the force. As Hastings hosts an...
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English
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As the enormously popular mystery series returns, World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new--but no less deadly--threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.