Author: Barbara Vine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780670889846
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Author: Tony Hillerman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195182146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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"Three-quarters of a century ago, Dorothy L. Sayers compiled the classic anthology The Omnibus of Crime, a definitive collection of short fiction that brought together crime and mystery works from the Apocryphal Scriptures to whodunits from the 1920s. Now, reflecting the explosive developments in the genre, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of that book's publication with A New Omnibus of Crime. Like Sayers's volume, this new book is envisioned as a vehicle carrying stories the editors think represent the best in crime and mystery writing in our time. Selections also reflect the tastes of Contributing Editors Sue Grafton and Jeffery Deaver, both of whom have stories in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Ruth Rendell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 670

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Author: Ruth Rendell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 684

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A omnibus edition of three Ruth Rendell crime mysteries featuring Inspector Wexford - The Best Man to Die, An Unkindness of Ravens and The Veiled One.

Author: Barbara Wood
Publisher: Orbit Books
ISBN: 9780751532364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Barbara Vine
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
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Author: Ruth Rendell
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0307829537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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The stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . . “The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world.”—The Boston Globe Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be a prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? But it was—and Charlie's death sentence was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. Suspense is spiced with ironic twists as Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer. . . . Praise for The Best Man to Die “You cannot afford to miss Ruth Rendell!”—The New York Times Book Review “For readers who have almost given up mysteries . . . Rendell may be just the woman to get them started again.”—Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine “First-rate entertainment.”—Saturday Review

Author: Ruth Rendell
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 140906896X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Like any small community, Linchester has its intrigues: love affairs, money problems, unhappy marriages. But the gossip is elevated to new heights when young Patrick Selby dies on the very night of his beautiful wife's birthday party. The whole neighbourhood was there, witness to the horrible attack of wasp stings Patrick suffered at the end of the evening. But did Patrick die of a wasp sting? Dr. Greenleaf thinks not. Heart failure, more likely. Still, Greenleaf isn't at peace about his death. After all, everyone in Linchester hated Patrick. With the help of a certain naturalist, Dr. Greenleaf begins to think about murder.

Author: Ruth Rendell
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409068900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this mesmerising and bone-chilling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. You'll be hooked from page one! 'As sharp, observant and intelligent as ever' -- Sunday Express 'A dark, gripping novel permeated with unease and psychological twists . . . Certain to send a shiver down your spine' -- Today 'I LOVED IT' -- ***** Reader review 'Keeps you guessing' -- ***** Reader review 'I couldn't put it down!!' -- ***** Reader review 'Rendell at her best' -- ***** Reader review 'Intricate jewel of a puzzle' -- ***** Reader review ***************************************************************************************************** Concealed by a shroud of dirty brown velvet, looking like a heap of rags, the woman's dead body lay between a silver Escort and a dark-blue Lancia. In the desolate shopping centre car park, Wexford has been too preoccupied to notice anything out of the ordinary - only the teenage girl in the red car, driving past him rather too fast. It was Burden who called him at home with the grim news later that evening: the woman had been attacked from behind, perhaps with a thin length of wire. But before Wexford can delve any deeper into this curious murder, he, too, faces death... Can Burden solve this mysterious crime without the help of his worldly Chief Inspector?

Author: Nick Rennison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952740568
Category : Crime in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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