Mystery Books
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The Partner
They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil;
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Out on the Cutting Edge: A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel
This is a city that seduces dreamers . . . then eats their dreams.Matthew Scudder understands the futility of h
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Dead and Alive: A Novel (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book 3)
From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think
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Malice
The scent is unmistakable – gardenias, sweet and delicate, the same perfume that his beautiful first wife, Jennifer, always wore
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The Best Revenge
In a riveting new novel of psychological suspense, Stephen White shines a brilliant light on the darkness that hides just beneath
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Twenty Blue Devils (Book Nine in the Gideon Oliver Series)
"The dead man is the manager of Tahiti's Paradise Coffee Plantation, producer of the most expensive coffee bean in the world, the
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"F" is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
When Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, it’s hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town
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Mystery Movies
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Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
The Superbit titles utilize a special high bit rate digital encoding process which optimizes video quality while offering a choice
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Contact (Snap Case)
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Event Horizon (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
The year is 2047. Years earlier, the pioneering research vessel Event Horizon vanished without a trace. Now a signal from it has
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Devil's Advocate
One part "The Firm" and one part "Rosemary's Baby," this supernatural suspenser features a rousing turn by Al Pacino as the charis
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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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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - Not Dead, Only Resting
Not Dead, Only RestingAuthor: Simon Brett During a period of 'resting', actor Charles Paris takes on a job as a house painter. Arriving for work at the flat above a fashionable Holland Park restaurant, he discovers the mutilated body of chef Yves Lafeu. It would appear to be an open-and-shut case. Yves' business partner Tristram Gowers caught the night boat to France within hours of a spectacular public quarrel with Yves, and has now disappeared. But is there more to it than that? Charles Paris determines to find out.
Tags:
Mystery fiction
England
Actors
Paris, Charles (Fictitious character)
Fiction
Mystery & Detective
General
Biography & Autobiography
Entertainment & Performing Arts
Police Procedural
Traditional British
Women Sleuths
US publication:
1984
Detective:
Charles Paris
Genre:
novel
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