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The Great Stink
The Great Stink
Clare Clark
0156030888 Trade Paperback
0151011613 Hardcover


Enter the dirty world beneath the glittering facades of Victorian London, where an engineer and war veteran becomes entangled in a murder.

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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
0156001314 Trade Paperback
0151446474 Hardcover


It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville's investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths.

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Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
Karin Fossum
Translated by Felicity David
0156031361 Trade Paperback
0151010323 Hardcover


Critically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are masterfully constructed, psychologically convincing, and compulsively readable. They evoke a world that is at once profoundly disturbing and terrifyingly familiar.
He Who Fears the Wolf
He Who Fears the Wolf
Karin Fossum
Translated by Felicity David
0156030497 Trade Paperback
0151010919 Hardcover


Shrewdly, patiently, as is his way, Inspector Sejer confronts a case where the strangeness of the crime is matched only by the strangeness of the criminals, and where small-town prejudices warp every piece of information he tries to collect.
The Indian Bride
The Indian Bride
Karin Fossum
0151011826 Hardcover


Another brilliantly conceived, dark novel from one of Europe’s most successful crime writers, featuring "the Morse of the fjords," Inspector Konrad Sejer.
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When the Devil Holds the Candle
When the Devil Holds the Candle
Karin Fossum
Translated by Felicity David
0156032120 Trade Paperback
0151011885 Hardcover


When a simple purse-snatching from the handle of a stroller results in an infant's death, two teenagers are in trouble. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing still another. Another brilliantly observed, precisely rendered psychological mystery from the highly acclaimed Karin Fossum.
Hard Man
Hard Man
Allan Guthrie
0151012989 Hardcover


Revenge is part of the grieving process. But has Pearce finally found his match? It's time to find out who the real hard man is.
Darkness & Light
Darkness & Light
A Frank Elder Mystery
John Harvey
0156031418 Trade Paperback
0151011338 Hardcover


Former cop Frank Elder is once more drawn out of retirement by a phone call from his ex-wife. In a case in which neither memories, confessions, nor instincts can be trusted, Elder struggles with the weight of the past and Harvey delivers another psychologically trenchant page-turner.


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Flesh & Blood
Flesh & Blood
A Frank Elder Mystery
John Harvey
0156031817 Trade Paperback


Retirement has not come easy for Detective Inspector Frank Elder. He's fled to a solitary existence on the Cornish coast, but he can't escape the past. In the first in the Frank Elder series, John Harvey sets in motion the events from which Elder's family will never recover.

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Ash & Bone
Ash & Bone
A Frank Elder Mystery
John Harvey
0156032848 Trade Paperback
0151011397 Hardcover


The second Frank Elder novel from the author of the acclaimed Charlie Resnick series. "One of the best crime books you're likely to read this year." -The Times (London)

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The Mosaic Crimes
The Mosaic Crimes
Giulio Leoni
0151012466 Hardcover


An enthralling historical thriller, from Italy's new maestro of crime.
The Blackpool Highflyer
The Blackpool Highflyer
A Jim Stringer Mystery
Andrew Martin
0156030691 Trade Paperback


The second book to feature steam detective Jim Stringer, this whodunnit takes place during the hot summer of 1905, when vactioners on the train to the seaside resort of Blackpool learn that murder takes no holiday.

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The Necropolis Railway
The Necropolis Railway
A Jim Stringer Mystery
Andrew Martin
0156030683 Trade Paperback


The first volume in a mystery series that introduces readers to Jim Stringer, this thriller is features a heady mix of Edwardian London, steam locomotion, and murder.

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54
54
Wu Ming
0156031884 Trade Paperback
0151013802 Hardcover


It's 1954. The height of the Cold War. The world is divided into East and West.

Featuring Italian partisans, KGB agents, Parisian lowlifes and cameos by David Niven, Marshal Tito, and Grace Kelly, 54 is a historical epic that is by turns edgy social satire, modern comic send up, and touching romance.
The Stones Cry Out
The Stones Cry Out
Hikaru Okuizumi
0156011832 Trade Paperback


A darkly compelling tale of one man's struggle against his own memories, The Stones Cry Out is a formidable debut novel from an international writer with an unusually penetrating voice.
The Club Dumas
The Club Dumas
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Translated by Sonia Soto
015603283X Trade Paperback


When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, Luca Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. Part mystery, part puzzle, part witty intertextual game, The Club Dumas is a wholly original intellectual thriller by the author of The Flanders Panel and The Seville Communion.
The Fencing Master
The Fencing Master
Arturo Perez-Reverte
0156029839 Trade Paperback


Don Jaime, fencing master and anachronistic man of honor, is working on his Treatise on the Art of Fencing. One day he is approached by a mysterious woman who seeks to learn the secret of "the unstoppable thrust." All too soon he finds himself in the vortex of a plot that includes seduction, secret political documents, and more than one murder.
The Flanders Panel
The Flanders Panel
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
0156029588 Trade Paperback


A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in the corner: Who killed the knight?
The Nautical Chart
The Nautical Chart
Arturo Perez-Reverte
0156029820 Trade Paperback


What secrets and riches lurk in the heart of the sea? Two treasure hunters are determined to find out, embarking on a perilous journey that takes them to the bottom of a centuries-old mystery.
The Seville Communion
The Seville Communion
Arturo Perez-Reverte
0156029812 Trade Paperback
0151002835 Hardcover


Someone has hacked into the Pope's personal computer-not to spy on the Vatican or to spread a virus, but to send an urgent plea for help: Save Our Lady of the Tears. The number-one international bestseller-a thrilling and intellectual page-turner about a church that holds dark secrets.
The Nine Tailors
The Nine Tailors
Dorothy L. Sayers
0156658992 Trade Paperback


Nine strokes from an old country church toll out the death of an unknown man and call Lord Peter Wimsey to one of his most baffling cases. Set in the strange, flat fen-country of East Anglia, this is a classic tale of suspense by a master of mystery.
Ice Moon
Ice Moon
Jan Costin Wagner
0151012695 Hardcover


Set in Finland during the unnervingly long days of late summer near the top of the world, this haunting book is an unsettling, poignant mystery.
The Blind Man of Seville
The Blind Man of Seville
Robert Wilson
0156028808 Trade Paperback


Bestselling and award-winning mystery writer Robert Wilson tells a gripping tale of a grisly murder that leads a police detective to the seamy side of his famous father's life.
The Company of Strangers
The Company of Strangers
Robert Wilson
0156027100 Trade Paperback


Robert Wilson transcends the genre of spy novels in The Company of Strangers, a thrilling page-turner yet also an imaginative and affecting tale of romance.
The Hidden Assassins
The Hidden Assassins
Robert Wilson
0156032562 Trade Paperback
0151012393 Hardcover


The third thriller set in exotic Seville featuring Inspector Javier Falcon.

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The Vanished Hands
The Vanished Hands
Robert Wilson
0156032821 Trade Paperback
0151008418 Hardcover


This novel takes up the story of Javier Falcón just over a year after the events of The Blind Man of Seville. He is called to the scene of a suspicious suicide in a wealthy neighbourhood on the outskirts of Seville. There is, however, no solid evidence and he is struggling to put together a case when in quick succession there are two other definite suicides.



 

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