Browsing: Mysteries

Crime Fiction and Mysteries

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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“A brilliant thriller” (The New Yorker): Veteran Boston gunrunner Eddie Coyle faces years of jail time… unless he turns in one of his many dangerous clients. “The best crime novel ever written — makes The Maltese Falcon read like Nancy Drew” (Elmore Leonard).

Action and Adventure

The Lady’s Slipper

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In 17th-century England, Alice discovers the last surviving specimen of a rare orchid — but she isn’t the only person who wants to claim the flower… “Compelling and intriguing, this is a well-told story full of wonderful prose and surprising events” (RT Book Reviews).

Bestsellers

An Incomplete Revenge

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A New York Times bestseller from an Agatha Award–winning author: In 1930s England, an ordinary assignment leads psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs to a pastoral Kent village — but dark secrets lurk beneath its peaceful facade… “Maisie Dobbs is a revelation” (Alexander McCall Smith).

Crime Fiction and Mysteries

Have His Carcase

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When Harriet Vane stumbles across a dead body on the beach, she searches for help as the evidence washes out to sea. Can amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey piece together the truth in this perplexing case? A classic mystery with nearly 5,600 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

Crime Fiction and Mysteries

Strong Poison

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From a classic mystery author who “brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy, and wit” (P. D. James): Crime novelist Harriet Vane is on trial for murder, but Lord Peter Wimsey knows she’s innocent. Can he save her from the gallows? “A model detective story” (The New York Times).