Mystery Books
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The Cat Who Tailed a ThiefJim Qwilleran—along with his lovable Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum—follows a trail of clues as elusive as a cat burglar in
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The Last Precinct: Scarpetta (Book 11)The new era of Scarpetta begins…In this #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Patricia Corn
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Rough Justice (Rosato & Associates Series)The third electrifying book in #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates series has criminal lawyer Marta R
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Conspiracy (Stephen Coonts' Deep Black, Book 6)A Secret Service agent is dead, an apparent suicide. A presidential candidate narrowly escapes an assassin's bullet. And Desk T
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Make No Bones (Book Seven in the Gideon Oliver Series)"There isn't much left of the irascible Albert Evan Jasper, ""dean of American forensic anthropologists,"" after his demise in a f
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The Boy Who Followed Ripley"Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."
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Mystery Movies
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The Yellow SeaDesperate to pay off mounting debts, a young man living in China agrees to carry out an assassination in South Korea. But soon the
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Seven (New Line Platinum Series)Seven: Platinum Series (Dbl DVD)
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Phone BoothA single phone call can change a man's life…or possibly end it. Colin Farrell delivers a captivating, off-the-hook performance a
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The Next Three DaysLife seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into
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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 - Dance Of The Dwarfs
Dance Of The Dwarfs
Author: Geoffrey Household
A dedicated agricultural scientist, Dr. Owen Dawnay has set up a lonely post on the outskirts of Colombia’s Amazon River to study the flora that thrives in one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on the face of the Earth. But deep in the heart of darkness, he stumbles across a terrifying nightmare of brutality and death.
The behavior of the local population is odd, full of superstitions and terrors. The native villagers fear music and the night, huddling silently in their homes after sunset. They claim that evil spirits emerge from the trees at night to dance—and feed.
As a man of science, Dr. Dawnay refuses to believe in the supernatural, yet the mystery behind the fearful beliefs draws him in. But the closer he gets to unraveling the truth, the more he begins to doubt both his science and his sanity. And soon, even in the farthest corners of the rain forest, there will be nowhere left for him to hide . . .
A stunning example of thoughtful and thought-provoking suspense fiction, Dance of the Dwarfs is a must-read blend of science and superstition, sanity and madness—a deserving heir to The Island of Dr. Moreau and a spiritual predecessor to the works of Michael Crichton.