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Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn't mind ruffling a few feathers. Indeed his success has elevated him into a poster boy for the police. The problem is Jejeune doesn't really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds. Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh, located in the heart of Britain's premier birding country, Jejeune's two worlds collide with the grisly murder of a prominent ecological...
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Perry Mason mysteries volume 51
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Stewart Bedford is willing to cooperate with a blackmailer to protect his beloved wife. But when he wakes up in a daze to find the man shot dead with Bedford's gun and his blond escort missing, he'll need some help from defense lawyer Perry Mason...
This mystery is part of Edgar Award—winning author Erle Stanley Gardner's classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the...
3683) A midnight puzzle
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"Secret Staircase Construction is under attack, and Tempest Raj feels helpless. After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business - known for bringing magic into homes through hidden doors, floating staircases, and architectural puzzle walls - is at a breaking point. No amount of Scottish and Indian meals from her grandfather can distract Tempest...
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In the late Victorian days, a large amount of gold is arriving unannounced on the cargo ship The Empress of India. Yet the impossible happens, the shipment of gold disappears en route. Sherlock Holmes, brought in by Her Majesty's Government, knows that only one man is both diabolical and clever enough to pull off such an outlandish, daring, and, yes, theoretically impossible crime: Professor James Moriarty. Moriarty, however, had nothing to do with...
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"A boy rapping on his car window summons Portland police detective Joe Burgess to a fire at a nearby mosque, where he finds a screaming woman and her baby locked in a closet. The baby dies. The very young mother survives, but suffers from traumatic muteness. She has no ID and no one has reported her missing. Autopsy shows the gravely ill baby would have needed surgery to survive. Burgess suspects someone was trying to keep mother and baby away from...
3686) Hide my eyes
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It begins with a murder on a rainy night in London's theater district, leads to a Museum of Oddities and finally to a blood-chilling dump in the East End.
3687) The deerslayer
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Follows the adventures of the brave and bold frontiersman Natty Bumppo. James Fenimore Cooper's spirited romance has been praised for its authenticity as a portrait of life during America's western movement. At Lake Otsego, during the French and Indian Wars, great frontiersman Natty Bumppo forsakes his love to come to the aid of Thomas Hutter, a trapper under the attack of Iroquois Indians. Published in 1841, The Deerslayer is the first of the Leatherstocking...
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"Benjamin Gold is damaged goods. After he cracked up in the war and was discharged into a psych ward, his rich wife dumped him. Right after that, the white-shoe law firm that never hired Jews dumped him too; without powerful in-laws, it didn't matter how many cases he won or how much he shortened his name. Unemployable as a lawyer, he wound up working as a private eye - and not exactly at the top of the profession. Drunk and anorectic, his only remaining...
3689) Devil in the detail
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"The emergency call comes in the early hours of the morning. A man and a woman found in a car in a rundown part of the city, both of them critically injured. A random, opportune attack by a stranger? Or were the pair deliberately targeted? Is there a connection to series of car-jackings which has been plaguing the area? Nothing about this case seems to add up. As each theory as to what might have happened leads to yet more questions, Detective Inspector...
3690) Photo finish
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The murder of a famous opera soprano finds Inspector Alleyn crawling around backstage in her life, interviewing agents, past lovers, servants, and others hoping to learn who dispatched La Sommita with her own stiletto.
3691) The murder next door
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Mrs. Lillywhite Investigates volume 2
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How well do you ever really know your neighbors? During the five years Rosemary has lived next door to Dr. Redberry and his wife, they've barely exchanged more than occasional pleasantries. So when she starts hearing raised voices through the adjoining townhouse walls, she can only guess that their marriage is in trouble. It's none of Rosemary's business, so she pretends not to notice, but when she sees Mrs. Redberry sobbing uncontrollably, she can't...
3692) Trick of the mind
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Trick of the Mind, Cassandra Chan's clever outing for these best friends, written in the classic tradition with a delightfully modern voice all its own, is a charming story that mystery lovers are sure to enjoy.
Scotland Yard Detective Sergeant Jack Gibbons has been shot twice, and even after the surgery, he isn't out of the woods and may still be in danger because he can't remember how it all happened. While his colleagues dig into his personal...
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On pointe mystery volume 1
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"Ballerina Leah Siderova knows the career of a professional dancer is short. But rarely is it as brief as that of her rival, Arianna Bonneville, whose rise to stardom ends when she is stabbed in the back. New York City police detective Jonah Sobol fixes upon Leah as the prime suspect. After all, she was the one who found the body, she had the most to gain from Arianna's death, and it was her name Arianna whispered, just before she died. Leah is desperate...
3694) Surfeit of suspects
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"The offices of the Excelsior Joinery Company have been blown to smithereens; three of the company directors are found dead amongst the rubble, and the peace of a quiet town in Surrey lies in ruins. When the supposed cause of an ignited gas leak is dismissed and the presence of dynamite revealed, Superintendent Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is summoned to the scene.But beneath the sleepy veneer of Evingden lies a hotbed of deep-rooted grievances. The...
3695) An ominous death
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Maggie Browne and the members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee are back, attempting to solve a mystery as they work on their quilts. Sometime Bee member Candy Breckner is at the Palo Verde Care Center to recover from an auto accident; with two broken legs, she cannot manage on her own. Maggie and the Bee decide to visit, taking her a lap quilt they've made especially for her. (Pattern included) Candy breaks down when she sees them, saying that she's afraid...
3696) Reflections of deviance
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"Marion Cane swapped a successful city career in New York and London for a quiet retirement in a wealthy village on the outskirts of Birmingham. So why was she found dead in her new home just a few months later? Marion's death was thought to be due to natural causes, until an anonymous note leads Superintendent John Heritage of West Midlands Police to ask DCI Bernard Watts and PC Chloe Judd to make enquiries. But when they arrive in Newton Heights,...
3697) Lucie
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Lucie Birling est une jeune détective à Haut Potentiel Intellectuel, consultante pour la police. En compagnie de l'inspecteur Isaac Léo, elle mène des enquêtes les unes après les autres. Cependant, lorsqu'elle tombe amoureuse de son binme, la résolution de l'énigme en cours s'avère plus compliquée que prévu…
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Professeure de français, Laura Paulus aime lire et randonner. Forte de ses inclinaisons pour les mots...
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This vintage book contains the sheet music and lyrics for a variety of traditional British dances, including country dances, Morris dances, jigs, reels, and more. Originally intended for instructional use, this volume is ideal for beginners and would make for a lovely addition to allied collections. Contents include: "Country Dances", "Cherry Garden", "King of Poland, The", "Prince of Orange's Delight, The", "Hobby Horse Dance, The", "Wright's Wisdom",...
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Quand Musidora et Sherlock se rencontrent
Dans le duel séculaire Angleterre-France, il fallait bien un jour confronter Sherlock Holmes et la fantasmatique souris d'htel qui choisit, pour la circonstance, le visage de Musidora, l'inoubliable interprète du feuilleton cinématographique "Les Vampires". Nous avons d'un cté le grand détective victorien à la mine sévère, de l'autre une séduisante cambrioleuse, véritable type de Parisienne friponne,...
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Timmy has been a very naughty boy and its all gruel and hard labor. Or, is it? Our young criminal is particularly lucky, he's in a liberal-minded open prison. The Warder's wives are particularly interested in hands-on rehabilitation, and who is Timmy to refuse?
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