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Mystery Movies

  • Lost - The Complete First Season

    From J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, comes the action-packed adventure that became a worldwide television event. Strand

  • American Psycho (Uncut Version) (Killer Collector's Edition)

    Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancé (Reese W

  • Memento

    In Christopher Nolan's tricky, time-jumping thriller, insurance investigator Guy Pearce tries to find his wife's killer, but is ha

  • Oldboy

    Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is abducted and

  • The Prestige

    Award-winning actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson star in THE PRESTIGE, the twisting, turnin

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Mystery Authors

Laurie King biography

 

 

Laurie King

(1952 - )

Laurie R. King (born 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction. Among her books are the Mary Russell series of historical mysteries, featuring Sherlock Holmes as her mentor and later partner, and a series featuring Kate Martinelli, a fictional lesbian San Francisco, California, police officer.

King's first book, A Grave Talent (1993), received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and a 1995 John Creasey Memorial Award. This was followed by the 1996 Nero Award, for A Monstrous Regiment of Women, and the 2002 Macavity Award for Best Novel, for Folly.She has also been nominated for an Agatha Award, an Orange Prize, and two more Edgars.[citation needed] Using the pseudonym "Leigh Richards", she has published a futuristic novel, Califia's Daughters (2004).

Information source: wikipedia