Mystery Books
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A Stained White Radiance (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
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Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross)
The classic thriller that launched the Alex Cross series, the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years! A missing
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Cause of Death.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to r
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A Comedian Dies
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Blinded (Dr. Alan Gregory Novels)
In his latest masterwork of psychological suspense, the New York Times bestselling author of The Program, Warning Signs,
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Prism
Prism takes us to a slightly alternate universe in which medicine and health care do not exist, and in which sick people are al
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Four to Score (Stephanie Plum Novels)
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Mystery Movies
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Memento
In Christopher Nolan's tricky, time-jumping thriller, insurance investigator Guy Pearce tries to find his wife's killer, but is ha
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Orphan
The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche
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Flightplan (Widescreen Edition)
Academy Award(R) winner Jodie Foster (Best Actress, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, 1991) gives an outstanding performance in the heart-
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Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
A retiring cop and his replacement track a psychotic killer who's using the seven deadly sins as a guide. Starring Brad Pitt, Morg
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAuthor: John Dickson Carr This vivid biography, written by John Dickson Carr, a giant in the field of mystery fiction, benefits from his full access to the archives of the eminent Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—to his notebooks, diaries, press clippings, and voluminous correspondence. Like his creation Sherlock Holmes, Doyle had "a horror of destroying documents," and until his death in 1930, they accumulated to vast amount throughout his house at Windlesham. They provide many of the words incorporated by Carr in this lively portrayal of Doyle's forays into politics, his infatuation with spiritualism, his literary ambitions, and dinner-table conversations with friends like H. G. Wells and King Edward VII. Carr, then, in a sense collaborates with his subject to unfold a colorful narrative that takes Doyle from his school days at Stonyhurst to Edinburgh University and a medical practice at Southsea, where he conceived the idea of wedding scientific study to criminal investigation in the fictive person of Sherlock Holmes. It also explores the private tragedy of Doyle's first marriage and long-delayed second as it follows him into the arena of public activity, propaganda, and literary output that would win him not only celebrity but also knighthood. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs are featured. Tags:
Authors, English
Authors, Scottish
Physicians
Spiritualists
Biography & Autobiography
General
Literary
Literary Criticism
European
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Mystery & Detective
US publication:
1949
Detective:
n/a
Genre:
novel
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