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41) The murder room
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Commander Dalgliesh undertakes a highly sensitive murder investigation at the Dupayne Museum. The circumstances of the case bear an unsettling similarity to the historical cases commemorated in the museum's notorious Murder Room.
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Pemberley, año 1803. Han pasado seis años desde que Elizabeth y Darcy se casaran, creando un mundo perfecto que parece invulnerable. Pero de pronto, en la víspera de un baile, todo se tuerce. Un carruaje sale a toda prisa de la residencia, llevándose a Lydia, la hermana de Elizabeth, con su marido, el desafortunado Wickham, que ha sido expulsado de los dominios de Darcy. Sin embargo, Lydia no tarda en regresar, conmocionada, gritando que su marido...
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The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient, she is brutally murdered. Another student dies equally mysteriously. It is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder.
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"La enorme y respetable casa de los Maxie, en aquel rincon campestre de Martingale, era el lugar ideal para que la joven Sally Jupp encontrara un trbajo adecuado y pudiera criar a su hijo sin grandes sobresaltos. La senora Maxie necesitaba ayuda para cuidar de su marido invalido, pero por lo demas, regentar aquella casa tenia que ser una tarea agradable y muy tranquila. Sin embargo, un horrible crimen acabaria pronto con la paz hogarena y las ilusiones...
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Venetia Aldridge no sólo ha conseguido convertirse en una autoridad en la defensa de casos criminales particularmente complicados, sino que ha llegado a ser una mujer nuy temida. Dado que con el aumento de su fama ha crecido también el número de sus enemigos, cuando aparece asesinada, el inspector Dalgliesh se verá obligado a estudiar una larga lista de sospechosos que incluye a colegas, clientes y personas de su círculo más íntimo. -- Cover,...
53) Children of men
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London, 2027. Humanity has become infertile and no child has been born for 18 years. Science is at loss to explain the reason. Immigration is a crime and refugees are caged like animals. African and East European societies have collapsed and their dwindling populations are migrating toward England and other wealthy nations. Torn apart by nuclear fallout, rampant terrorism and political rebellion. In this climate of nationalistic violence, a London...
55) Unnatural causes
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Dalgliesh is drawn into an increasingly troubling murder case and a multi-million dollar currency scam.
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Nelson Olmsted "Sleep No More! Famous Ghost and Horror Stories"
Included in audiobook:
The Signal Man By Charles Dickens
The Mummy's Foot By Theophile Gautier
Markheim By Robert Louis Stevenson
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge By Ambrose Bierce
What Was It? By Fitz-James O'Brien
The Body Snatcher By Robert Louis Stevenson
57) Cover her face
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Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh investigates the murder of a drug dealer found dead in the basement of a book club. His key witness is a single mother named Sally Jupp who had brought her eight-week-old son with her to the club to visit her former co-workers. The investigation leads Dalgliesh to the country home of the Maxie family, where the young woman is now employed. Mysterious deaths occur, and the detective must deal with a multitude of suspects,...
60) The black tower
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A string of mysterious deaths catapults Dalgliesh into a maze of mystery, blackmail and murder.