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El cuarto libro de la electrizante serie de los misterios de Slim Hardy. En la tarde del sábado 15 de enero de 1977, un tren de cercanías se retrasa en una pequeña estación de pueblo por una fuerte ventisca. La joven enfermera Jennifer Evans, con prisa por volver con su familia, se propone caminar los últimos kilómetros hasta su casa en un pueblo cercano. Telefonea a su hija para confirmarle que está en camino, pero nunca llegará a casa. La...
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Tom and Eddie are two young brothers, sons of Dan and Ellen Biggs – a high-powered attorney and his socialite wife – who head a dysfunctional family cobbled together by deceit and a thirst for success. Dulcie is their nanny, a young woman hired to take charge of the two boys, especially Eddie whose behavior is unpredictable at best.After Eddie is sent away following an exceptionally violent outburst, Ellen falls desperately ill, prompting Dulcie...
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Un misterio en la costa de Lancashire en el noroeste de Inglaterra. John «Slim» Hardy, bebedor y soldado caído en desgracia y convertido en torpe detective privado, es contratado para investigar a Ted Douglas, banquero de inversión que se escapa todos los viernes a visitar una cala desolada en la costa de Lancashire. Allí camina hasta la orilla, abre un libro Viejo y empieza a leer en voz alta. Su mujer piensa que está teniendo una aventura....
4) Ocho Días
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El sexto volumen de la serie de Los misterios de Slim Hardy. Después de casi un año fuera de juego, el antiguo soldado convertido en detective privado John «Slim» Hardy asume tras su liberación lo que cree que será un caso sencillo en el tranquilo pueblo de Launceston, en Devonshire. La desaparición en misteriosas circunstancias de la colegiala Emily Martín desorientó a la policía. Ocho días después, su repentina reaparición le dejó...
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Literary critic and amateur detective Adam Ludlow reluctantly agrees to give a talk on Sheridan's play The School for Scandal to an amateur dramatics society. But what he thought would be an easy, if rather tedious favour for a colleague, turns into a puzzling murder mystery that reunites him with his police detective friend Montero.This is the second in a five-book series of Adam Ludlow murder mysteries, and was named among the ninety crime and detective...
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Marital and extra marital relationship is nothing, just a search of love and shelter . But today people feels to give the priority of money and lust, where love is misguided. Third person comes in everyone's life like a cold wind which helps us to take a comfortable breathe but it as per the situation it doesn't take a long time to become a storm. Expectation of love and possessiveness leads to make a person monster. Swagatam Sengupta is a fiction...
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Bognor braves the frost to discover who has murdered Canada's richest man In his lavish private train car, Sir Roderick Farquhar draws a bath. When it has been filled to his satisfaction, the portly captain of industry tips in three drops of bath oil and lowers himself into the steam. Within seconds, the poison in the oil has stopped his heart and ruined Simon Bognor's winter. A special investigator for Britain's Board of Trade, Bognor makes the...
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El segundo misterio electrizante de la serie de los misterios de Slim Hardy. Un reloj enterrado tiene la clave para descifrar un misterio de hace décadas. De vacaciones para escapar de las pesadillas de su último caso, el soldado caído en desgracia y convertido en detective privado, John «Slim» Hardy, encuentra algo enterrado en la turba de Bodmin Moor. Inacabado y dañado por el agua, el viejo reloj ofrece pistas vitales para un caso sin resolver...
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When a student is found murdered at Mudge Hall, lecturer and literary critic Adam Ludlow pursues her killer around the seedy pubs, nightclubs, and boarding houses of early 1960s London. He meets small-time criminals, a communist cell, and a police inspector keen to show off his knowledge of English Literature. But to solve the mystery, Ludlow must discover the secret of an incriminating bracelet.
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El tercer libro de la electrizante serie de los misterios de Slim Hardy. Tras pasar por muy malos momentos, el soldado expulsado y convertido en investigador privado, John «Slim» Hardy es contratado por un terrateniente rico y enigmático, Oliver Ozgood, para descubrir la identidad de un misterioso chantajista. El hombre reclama una fortuna a cambio de su silencio. Afirma ser Dennis Sharp, un antiguo empleado de Ozgood y amenaza con revelar secretos...
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Here is a "taste" of Inspector Pirat, a quartet of detective short stories translated from the Spanish books of Professor Guiteras featuring Inspector Pirat.These have now been rewritten and their settings "Anglicised" for publication in English.Three have been published previously, in the first three Inspector Pirat books, whilst the fourth is as yet unpublished.
12) The Green Inker
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English eccentric Barrington Shakeshaft has retired from a colourful life of swashbuckling adventure to live in a caravan in the paddock of his daughter's home in Sussex. He amuses himself by perpetrating benign hoaxes on gullible journalists and duping greedy art dealers with forged paintings done in the style of famous painters.When police announce a fresh appeal for witnesses on the first anniversary of the unsolved murder of a schoolboy, Shakeshaft...
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Synopsis: In the unforgiving streets of New York, seasoned detective John Anderson is thrust into a brutal murder that rocks the city. Uncovering the victim's secret life of dark entanglements, he embarks on an investigation that plunges him into the shadows of crime and corruption. With the assistance of his steadfast partner, Detective Mark Thompson, an intrigue unfolds, leading them to confront a powerful criminal organization determined to safeguard...
14) Among us
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Mysterious and deadly incidents befall Bristol's renowned Campbell family, known for their philanthropy and the grand orphanage bearing their name.Aging detective Ronald Moore and his dynamic partner, Peter Carter, investigate, with suspicions falling on the newest cook, Chloe Vincent.As Ronald unravels the enigma, Chloe's charm complicates matters, forming unexpected connections."Among Us" unfolds in the captivating backdrop of Bristol, challenging...
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He's a thief who only takes half.Paul Morrison is nearly killed when a high-society heiress shoots at him. When the smoke clears, he finds himself promising to help Laurie Jameson recover her trust fund from the crooked S&L VP who bilked her of three million dollars. Laurie transforms Paul with new clothes and a new position, making him the legitimate troubleshooter for Jameson Enterprises.Paul's hired detectives discover the S&L launders money for...
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Bethancourt & Gibbons mysteries are a series of traditional British cozies in a modern setting. Phillip Bethancourt is a wealthy man-about town and amateur sleuth. His best friend is Detective Sergeant Jack Gibbons, a rising star at Scotland Yard. Together they can suss out even the most complex cases.The Dressing Table Murder is the first short story in the series, originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. There are also four novels...
17) Bad Girls
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Only eighteen years old, Marnie Becker has an unknown and absent father, an alcoholic mother, and drinking problems of her own. Her uncle, Cal Becker, a former Chicago police officer, has been the only responsible adult in her life, but now that she's legally an adult, he worries that he won't be able to keep her on the straight and narrow. So he's pleasantly surprised when she accepts his offer to pay her way through Raven University and move to...
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A black comedy set in the Swinging Sixties (1963-4) and revealed through the diaries of a doctor – 35 years old and still a virgin – whose curious obsessions drive him to start murdering his patients.Doctor Kristal is picky, pedantic and super-sure he's right – though he doesn't see himself that way. In his consulting room he regards most patients with contempt, and on his lonely walks through the graveyard he muses on life and death. In the...
20) Limehouse Nights
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Thomas Burke paints an enduring portrait of London's East End At the beginning of the twentieth century, the East End of London was a filthy and violent neighborhood, a place where a man was more likely to get a knife in his stomach than a good dinner. It was worlds away from the fashionable district it has become more than a century later. In this gripping collection of stories, author Thomas Burke traverses the area and offers glimpses of life in...
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