Mystery Books
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A Man Called BlessedOne man holds the key to finding the ark of the covenant.In this explosive sequel to Blessed Child, Rebecca Sol
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The Bourne Ultimatum (Bourne Trilogy, Book 3)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER At a small-town carnival, two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram
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Season of the MacheteCool and glamorous, they appear to be a successful couple on a holiday. Yet Damian and Carrie Rose are psychopathic murderers for
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Dark Zone (Stephen Coonts' Deep Black, Book 3)In a secluded headquarters on the other side of the globe a terrorist mission is underway-a plan to set-off an underwater exp
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Night and Day (Jesse Stone Novels)Parker and Stone-back with another New York Times bestseller When the sun sets in Paradise, the women get
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Echo Park (A Harry Bosch Novel)In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the twe
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Flesh and Blood (Alex Delaware, No. 15)Perennial bestseller and acknowledged master of the psychological thriller, Jonathan Kellerman has created a riveting and memorabl
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Mystery Movies
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OrphanOrphan (DVD)Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga star as a couple who adopt a 9-year-old girl after losing their ow
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Fallen (Snap Case Packaging)A homicide cop, Denzel Washington, hunts a satanic force that shifts from one human host to another in this taut, terrific superna
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Mel Gibson's ApocalyptoFrom Mel Gibson, director of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the Academy Award(R)-winning BRAVEHEART (Best Director, Best Picture, 1
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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 b
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - Very Old Money
Very Old Money
Author: Stanley Ellin
In dire financial straits, young couple Mike and Amy Lloyd—a former cab driver and a New York prep-school teacher, respectively—have signed away their independence to become live-in servants for one of the city’s wealthiest and most private families.
At first, the Durie home, a cavernous Gilded Age palazzo off Fifth Avenue, is a maze of intimidation: sixteen other employees, eight Duries in residence, forbidden rooms, and an exact and unbreakable set of rules. For Amy, personal secretary to the aged and blind Miss Margaret, that includes never broaching the subject of her employer’s “condition” or the tragic accident that caused it. On the other hand, Mike, an aspiring writer, is already taking notes for a Durie-inspired novel. A modern gothic, he’s guessing—part Rebecca, part Psycho. Most of the plot, he’ll soon discover, won’t require much imagining.
But Amy, bound to the servitude of the matriarch—a woman cut off from the world for fifty years—is growing more curious and unnerved by Miss Margaret’s demands: the sudden trips to the Plaza hotel, the mysterious bank transactions, and an extended invitation to a stranger for a private dinner. By the time Amy realizes the truth—that she and her husband have been enlisted as unwitting accomplices in a subtly played series of moves that could lead to something rather unspeakable—it could be too late.