Mystery Books
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Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
Preparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota's annual Winter Carnival - and Hannah Swensen is set to bake up a storm at her
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Pastime (Spenser 18)
The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, Pastime is Robert B. Parker's electrifying masterpeice
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Blood Test (Alex Delaware)
It is a case unlike any psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware has ever encountered. Five-year-old Woody Swope is ill, but the real proble
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Tunnel Vision (V.I. Warshawski Novels)
Stubbornness has landed private eye V.I. Warshawski in big trouble at her Chicago office. With her grand old Loop building set
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Murder on the Short List
Yes, the scarecrow, painted on the cover, is on the Short List. The line-up is Peter Lovesey's strongest ever, for not only does i
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The Black Cat: A Richard Jury Mystery
Richard Jury is still dealing with the guilt of the accident that sent Lu Aquilar into a coma. But then he gets assigned the
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Mystery Movies
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Cube
DVD. Feature film. Rated R.
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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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Vanilla Sky
Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz. Cameron Crowe's thrilling remake of Open Your Eyes , a sexy psychological tale of wealth,
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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 - The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans PfaallAuthor: Edgar Allan Poe This early work by Edgar Allan Poe was originally published in 1835. Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809, Poe became an orphan at a very early age. After being taken in by a couple in Richmond, he spent a brief spell in the United Kingdom before returning to enrol at the University of Virginia. Poe struggled for many years to make a living as a writer and frequently had to move city to stay in employment as a critic. Even for his greatest success, 'The Raven', he only received $9 and, although becoming a household name, his financial position remained far from stable. Poe died in 1849, aged just 40, yet his legacy is a formidable one: He is seen today as one of the greatest practitioners of Gothic and detective fiction that ever lived, and popular culture is replete with references to him. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.
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