Mystery Books
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A Stained White Radiance (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)“It’s impossible to think of the Louisiana bayou without conjuring up James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux books” (Chicago
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Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross)The classic thriller that launched the Alex Cross series, the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years! A missing
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Cause of Death.Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to r
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A Comedian DiesText for Author Bio: Simon Brett is a former radio and television comedy producer, who has been writing full-time for more than tw
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Blinded (Dr. Alan Gregory Novels)In his latest masterwork of psychological suspense, the New York Times bestselling author of The Program, Warning Signs,
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PrismPrism takes us to a slightly alternate universe in which medicine and health care do not exist, and in which sick people are al
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Four to Score (Stephanie Plum Novels)Janet Evanovich Scores with Four to Score“A plum choice.”---USA Today“A fast
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Mystery Movies
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MementoIn Christopher Nolan's tricky, time-jumping thriller, insurance investigator Guy Pearce tries to find his wife's killer, but is ha
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OrphanThe tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche
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Flightplan (Widescreen Edition)Academy Award(R) winner Jodie Foster (Best Actress, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, 1991) gives an outstanding performance in the heart-
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Seven (New Line Platinum Series)A retiring cop and his replacement track a psychotic killer who's using the seven deadly sins as a guide. Starring Brad Pitt, Morg
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Mystery Authors
Minette Walters biography
Minette Walters (born 26 September 1949) is an English crime writer.
Her first full-length novel, The Ice House, was published in 1992. It took two and a half years to write and was rejected by numerous publishing houses until Maria Rejt, Macmillan Publishers, bought it for 1250. Within four months, it had won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey award for best first novel[1] and had been snapped up by 11 foreign publishers. With her next two books, The Sculptress and The Scold's Bridle, Walters won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award and the CWA Gold Dagger respectively, giving her a unique treble. She was the first crime/thriller writer to win three major prizes with her first three books.
Walters themes include isolation, family dysfunction, rejection, marginalisation, justice and revenge. Her novels are often set against real backgrounds and real events to draw her readers into the reality of what she is writing about. With no series character tying her to particular people, places or times, she moves freely around settings a sink estate (Acid Row), a Dorset village (Fox Evil), a suburb of London (The Shape of Snakes) although every setting is claustrophobic to encourage the characters to turn on each other. Walters describes herself as an exploratory writer who never uses a plot scheme, begins with simple premises, has no idea whodunit until half-way through a story, but who remains excited about each novel because she, along with her reader, wants to know what happens next.
Information source: wikipedia