Mystery Books
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Lifeguard. James Patterson & Andrew GrossThe perfect job. Working for an easy-going boss at his luxurious mansion by the sun-kissed beach, watching beautiful women walk by
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The Anderson TapesHere is the shocking nationwide bestseller that launched the career of Lawrence Sanders -- and introduced his most famous characte
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The Reptile Room: Or, Murder! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2)NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESViolet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are cha
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Shadow Prey (A Prey Novel)A series of ritualistic murders committed across the United States draws Lucas Davenport into an unimaginable conspiracy of rev
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Daniel X: Watch the SkiesIt's a dangerous time for Daniel X-and when he's cast in an evil director's TV show, he must fight to stay alive.
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Relic (Pendergast, Book 1)Relic: The #1 New York Times bestselling thriller by Douglas Preston's and Lincoln Child, with more than one m
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The Apprentice- Tess GerritsenThe bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behi
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Mystery Movies
- The Prestige
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Lost HighwayHaunting sexuality, ricochet action and fleeting, murderous shadows await you on a journey that begins and ends on the Lost Highwa
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Devil's AdvocateHotshot attorney accepts tempting offer from an elite New York law firm only to find himself fighting for his soul.Genre:
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Vanilla SkyA renowned womanizer meets his match in his best friend's girlfriend. Just as begins to develop feelings for her, his last girlfri
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Interstellar (Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack)With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling bey
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Mystery Authors
Robert Barnard biography
Robert Barnard
(1936 - )
Robert Barnard, who currently makes his home with his wife Louise in Yorkshire, was born in Essex on 23 November, 1936. Educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester and at Balliol College, Oxford, taking his Ph.D. from the University of Bergen, Norway, in 1972, he spent many years as a distinguished academic while establishing himself as one of today’s most distinguished crime novelists. His fascination with the pure detective story is evident in his many novels and short stories, as is his remarkable catholicity of tastes. Always one to follow his muse, he’s explored a wide range of characters and locations, viewing them
meticulously with a keen and often satirical eye. His lead detectives include the Yard’s Perry Trethowan and Yorkshire policeman Charlie Peace.
The Guest of Honor at 1998’s Malice Domestic mystery conference, recipient of the CWA’s Golden Handcuffs Award, several times nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Barnard maintains he writes only to entertain. Although one can scarcely imagine one of his books without humor, he increasingly departs from the comic detective novel to explore family relationships and social themes. These often look towards the past. Carrying that further, under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, he writes historical crime novels, three featuring as sleuth Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart. As a literary critic, Barnard is perhaps best known for his critical study of Agatha Christie in A Talent to Deceive.
It is hardly fair that a man so gifted as a writer
should be equally skilled as a speaker, but so it is. Barnard
has graced many literary events, delivered many fine lectures,
and generously boosted the works of writers he admires.