Mystery Books
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Bloody River Blues (Location Scout Mysteries)
From The Bone Collector to the brand-new James Bond masterwork, “there is no thriller writer today like Jeffery Deaver
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The Charm School
#1 New York Times bestselling author, Nelson DeMille, delivers an explosive thriller of international intrigue and high-voltage p
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California Girl: A Novel
The Orange County, California, that the Becker brothers knew as boys is no more—unrecognizably altered since the afternoon i
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Cross Fire (Alex Cross)
Wedding bells ringDetective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to th
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The Christmas Thief: A Novel
Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling mystery writer Carol Higg
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Golf's Red Zone Challenge: A Breakthrough System to Track and Improve Your Short Game and Significantly Lower Your Scores
You're probably asking yourself what the "red zone" has to do with golf. We've simply borrowed a term from football and applied i
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Jack Reacher: One Shot: A Novel
Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk c
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Mystery Movies
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Twin Peaks: The Complete Series (The Definitive Gold Box Edition)
The highly anticipated complete series of one of the most acclaimed events in television history finally comes to DVD. This defin
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The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
Winner of two 1995 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Original Screenplay, this masterful, atmospheric film noir enraptured audie
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Phone Booth
A 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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A Beautiful Mind
Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard and produced b
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A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
It is the near future. The polar ice caps have melted as a result of global warming leaving many coastal cities underwater. Man ha
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - Death and the Chaste Apprentice
Death and the Chaste ApprenticeAuthor: Robert Barnard At the Ketterick Arts Festival, the apprentice is just about the only fella that is chaste, know what I mean (wink wink nudge nudge)? Ah, the pleasures of smutty innuendo, and no one relishes them more than Des Capper, a font of dubious gossip and unwanted advice. To the horror of the actors and singers performing at the Festival, Des has been promoted to landlord of the Saracen's Head, the Elizabethan inn that is at the Festival's heart. And when Des toddles off to meet his maker - courtesy of someone s helpful shove - only his wretched wife can summon up a tear. Readers, meanwhile, will have trouble containing their snickers: While the mystery is a stunner (with a pair of twists that no one will see coming), it is the wickedly witty characterizations that make Chaste Apprentice the literary definition of a guilty pleasure.
Tags:
Actors
Fiction
Art festivals
England
Peace, Charlie (Fictitious character)
Police, Black
Police
Theater
Humorous
Mystery & Detective
General
Traditional British
US publication:
1989
Detective:
Charlie Peace, young black Scotland Yard detective in London
Genre:
novel
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