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." â
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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 - The Chinese Bell Murders
The Chinese Bell Murders
Author: Robert Van Gulik
Meet Judge Dee, the detective lauded as the "Sherlock Holmes of ancient China"
Fans of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series will thrill to this reissue of the first volume in Robert van Gulik's classic Chinese Murders series. The Chinese Bell Murders introduces the great Judge Dee, a magistrate of the city of Poo-yang in ancient China.
In the spirit of ancient Chinese detective novels, Judge Dee is challenged by three cases. First, he must solve the mysterious murder of Pure Jade, a young girl living on Half Moon Street. All the evidence points to the guilt of her lover, but Judge Dee has his doubts. Dee also solves the mystery of a deserted temple and that of a group of monks' terrific success with a cure for barren women.
