Mystery Books
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The Wire in the Blood (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries)
Across the country, dozens of teenage girls have vanished. Authorities are convinced they're runaways with just the bad luck
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Fatal Burn
He's been waiting for this moment. With every kill, he can feel her getting closer. Very soon - just a few more victims to go. All
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Clean Break: A Kate Brannigan Mystery
“A cleanly written, fast-paced escapade. Cut from the same cloth as Kinsey Millhone . . . this tale jumps out of
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Burn Marks (V.I. Warshawski Novels)
Someone knocking on the door at 3 A.M. is never good news. For V.I. Warshawski, the bad news arrives in the form of her wack
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The Shining
"YOU'RE THE CARETAKER, SIR. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE CARETAKER. I SHOULD KNOW, SIR. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE...." -- DELBERT GRAD
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The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending
To Dream...To Dare..To Win...The ancient motto, inscribed in Latin on a mysterious golden medallion, recovered f
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Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher #13)
Susan Mark, the fifth passenger, had a big secret, and her plain little life was being watched in Washington, and California, and
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Mystery Movies
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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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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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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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Sunshine
Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, and Michelle Yeoh star in this sci-fi film from Danny Boyle. Extras included deleted scenes, alternat
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Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
From Mel Gibson, director of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the Academy Award®-winning BRAVEHEART (Best Director, Best Picture, 19
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - The Skeleton in the Grass
The Skeleton in the GrassAuthor: Robert Barnard A small-town vicar's daughter, Sara Causseley could not be more delighted by her new job as governess to the aristocratic Hallam clan. The children are precociously adorable, the gardens at Hallam House are a dream, and the conversation -- at glittering dinners, at boisterous family picnics -- is as stimulating as she could possibly have wished. But ominous political clouds are gathering over Europe, and as England slips inexorably toward World War II, the Hallams' political views make the family increasingly unpopular. No one, though, suspects the extent of the malice that is percolating in the surrounding countryside until a human skeleton -- and then a human corpse -- are found on the Hallam grounds, sending some kind of ugly message. That message and the source of its hate will remain all but incomprehensible to Sara for some time, until war and its violations have left her with a very new view of those sunny picnics on the Hallam lawns.
Tags:
Governesses - England
Governesses
England
Fiction
Historical fiction
Murder - England
Murder
Mystery fiction
World War, 1939-1945 - England
World War, 1939-1945
Historical
Mystery & Detective
General
Traditional British
US publication:
1987
Detective:
n/a
Genre:
novel
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