Mystery Books
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The Open House (Inspector Appleby)When Inspector Appleby's car breaks down on a deserted road one dark night, he happens upon an imposing mansion, whose windows are
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A Reconstructed CorpseWhile playing the part of missing property developer Martin Earnshaw on "Public Enemies," a true-crime television series, actor-sl
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Highland Laddie Gone (Elizabeth MacPherson)“Sharyn McCrumb transforms mystery into astonishing literature.”—The Cleveland Plain DealerForensic an
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Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, No 9)The company chairman lay on the cold ground of the woods, his eyes unseeing, his orange hunting jacket punctured by a rifle b
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See How She DiesDesperately trying to remember her past, Adria Nash believes that she is London Danvers, who was kidnapped from her wealthy family
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The Max (Max and Angela)MAX AND ANGELA ARE GOING DOWN! When last we saw Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos, Max was being arrested by the NYPD for dru
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Mystery Movies
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Mystic RiverThree friends who grew up in working-class Boston drift apart after a terrible tragedy. Years later, brutal events reconnect them.
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The Bone CollectorHe takes his victims' lives and leaves behind mysterious pieces of a bizarre puzzle. And the only person who may be able to make s
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BasicAcademy Award(r) nominees John Travolta (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Pulp Fiction, 1994) and SamuelL. Jackson (Best Actor in a S
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The Butterfly Effect (Infinifilm Edition)Butterfly Effect, The (DVD)Ashton Kutcher stars as a man who has lost track of time. From an early age, crucial
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Shutter IslandAcademy Award® winning director Martin Scorses once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio in this spine-chilling thriller that cr
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - A Darkadapted Eye
A Darkadapted Eye
Author: Barbara Vine
"When the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world launched a second byline, she actually stepped up her writing a level." —TIME
Faith Severn has grown up with the dark cloud of murder looming over her family. Her aunt Vera Hillyard, a rigidly respectable woman, was convicted and hanged for the crime, but the reason for her desperate deed died with her. Thirty years later, a probing journalist pushes Faith to look back to the day when her aunt took knife in hand and walked into a child's nursery. Through the eyes of a woman trying to understand an unspeakable, inexplicable family tragedy, Barbara Vine leads us through a shadow land of illicit lust, intimate sins, and unspoken passions—to a shattering and illuminating climax, as inevitable as it is unexpected. In this enthralling masterpiece, a great crime writer has achieved both a flawlessly crafted novel of psychological suspense and a deeply probing work of literary art.
