Mystery Books
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Double HomicideThe "New York Times" bestseller by two masters of the crime novel--and husband and wife--writing together for the first time kick
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Found in the Street (Highsmith, Patricia)When Ralph Linderman returns a stranger’s wallet he found during a morning stroll through Greenwich Village, he is entirely
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Port Mortuary (Kay Scarpetta, No. 18)Watch a video The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1
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The Aquitaine ProgressionIt begins in Geneva. There American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasn't seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies
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TakingOn the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known...Molly and Neil Sloan wake to find an eerily luminous downpour
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Flashpoint (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries)When six-foot redhead ex-cop and Boston-based private investigator Carlotta Carlyle agrees to help an elderly recluse
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Coming Back (Sharon McCone Mysteries)In Locked In, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone was shot in the head and suffered from locked-in syndrome: almost tot
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Mystery Movies
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The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)Winner of two 1995 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Original Screenplay, this masterful, atmospheric film noir enraptured audie
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The Bone CollectorDenzel Washington, Angelina Jolie. A paralyzed forensics expert and a rookie policewoman team up to nab a serial killer. 1999/colo
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Inception (Two-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray]Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into
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Lost - The Complete First SeasonFrom J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, comes the action-packed adventure that became a worldwide television event. Strand
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The PrestigeAward-winning actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson star in THE PRESTIGE, the twisting, turnin
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Mystery Authors
Isaac Asimov biography
Isaak Asimov was born 1920 in Petrovk (Russia). 1923 emigrated its family into the USA. In the 50's Asimov laid down its Professur for biochemistry at the University of Boston, and lived from then on of its Schriftstellerei. It is considered today as one of the most productive writers of the world. Except its numerous Science Fiction novels he wrote popular-scientific special books for adults and children. Up to its death on 6 April 1992 in New York it published over 500 kurzgeschichten, novels and scientific essays. It seems to give however still very much unpublished material, so that also after its death still some works appeared. Isaac Asimov is the author of the robot laws.
Even before his official entry into the mystery scene in The Caves Of Steel (1953), Isaac Asimov's science fiction books often exhibited mystery technique. In particular, his great Foundation Trilogy (1941 - 1950) consists of a series of long short stories, each of which has affinities to the formal detective story. Each has a complex plot, and there is usually a surprise ending which reveals hidden aspects to the situation, just as the solution does to a mystery story. Similarly, the stories contained in I, Robot are often science fictional mysteries. A robot is misbehaving: what could possibly cause this? Investigation ultimately reveals the solution to the puzzle. Asimov also wrote non series sf works in the same mystery format, most importantly, "Hostess" (1951). There are no murders or official detectives in these tales, but their status as stories in which mysterious situations are ultimately elucidated, certainly makes them close relatives of the mystery genre. The brilliant plot complexity of the Foundation Trilogy , in particular, marks it out as one of the best works of science fiction.
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