Ruth Rendell
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English
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Ranging from the more everyday crimes of passion and violence in quiet Kingsmarkham to a bizarre murder in Yugoslavia, each story is a case which challenges Detective Chief Inspector Wexford's considerable imagination and resourcefulness, and the patient reasoning of the long-suffering Burden.
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Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect.
Vanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories....
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English
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Going wrong: As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way.
Harm done: Detective Chief Inspector Wexford faces growing public unrest over the release of a pedophile, an odd series of abductions, and the disappearance of a wealthy couple's daughter from her bedroom.
The fallen curtain: Abducted briefly as a boy,...
86) The beach butler
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When her friend becomes ill, Alison is forced to take her vacation to the United States alone. It's there, on a sunny beach, that she has a brief relationship with a handsome young beach butler--but soon she learns where his true interests lie.
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Español
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The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
91) Trece escalones
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Español
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Elderly Gwendolyn Chawcer and her colorful group of friends become increasingly suspicious of her tenant, Michael "Mix" Cellini, an eccentric with an obsession for a model he has only seen once, who idolizes serial killer Reggie Christie, as his odd behavior and obsessions take an ever darker turn.
92) Carne trémula
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Español
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The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
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English
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In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories. Wealthy, aging Alice Fielding finally finds happiness with a much-younger husband, while widowed Nesta Drage plunges near poverty when her business fails. After Nesta mysteriously disappears, Alice vows to find her--and discovers a tangled web of secrets among those she trusted most.
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English
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The secret house of death: Susan Townsend, a newly divorced single mother, wants to remain aloof from the gossip so relished by the other women in her suburban neighborhood. But when she happens upon the bodies of two adulterous lovers, her quiet life vanishes, along with her safety.
The double: Peter Milton becomes involved with Zoe, the apparant "double" of his girlfriend Lisa. Can Lisa survive the superstition predicting her death? And is Zoe...
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Français
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It's love at first sight when bridesmaid Senta falls into the life of a handsome young Phillipe at the wedding of his younger sister. As passion for one another intensifies, Phillipe slowly discovers that Senta is shrouded in mystery. When one day she asks Phillipe to perform a terrible deed as proof of his love for her, Phillipe must come to terms with who his lover might really be.
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English
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An analysis of murder based on the works of famous writers and organized by motive and situation: killing in the family, for revenge, for gain, out of guilt, for escape, as an altruistic deed, as a manifestation of pure evil, finally, as a casual, motiveless act. The writers range from Sophocles to Truman Capote.
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English
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May & June: May Thrace's resentment of her sister June runs very deep. Will the death of June's husband, and May's former beau, put it to rest? Or does May have a darker plot in mind?
The orchard walls: Sent by her mother to live in the country during the London blitz, sixteen-year-old Jenny senses unspoken secrets among her taciturn relatives, secrets that could turn deadly.
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English
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A massive gathering of angry protesters has taken up residence in Framhurst Great Wood just outside of Kingsmarkham. At stake is the life of the woodland itself. A highway planned to cut through its center will destroy its pristine beauty forever. It is clear that the countryside is doomed to disappear. But so, it seems, are some of the citizens of Kingsmarkham.