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  • A Surprise for Christmas
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    A Surprise for Christmas

    '"After all," said our host, "it's Christmas. Why not let the cat out of the bag?"'A Postman murdered while delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas pine growing over a forgotten homicide. A Yuletide heist gone horribly wrong. When there's as...
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    The Spoilt Kill

    Staffordshire in the 1950s. Within the clay tanks at the pottery company Shentall's, a body has been found. Amid cries of industrial espionage and sabotage of this leader of the pottery industry, there is a case of bitter murder to solve for Inspector...
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    Crossed Skis

    In London's Bloomsbury, Inspector Julian Rivers of Scotland Yard looks down at a dismal scene. Here is the victim, burnt to a crisp. Here are the clues - clues which point to a good climber and expert skier, and which lead Rivers to the piercing sunshine...
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    The Chianti Flask

    "[Belloc Lowndes] brings to the making of a mystery a literary sense and an imagination that puts life into the tale and into the readers." The Observer An enigmatic young woman named Laura Dousland stands on trial for murder, accused of poisoning her...
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    Death of a Bookseller

    An honest policeman, Sergeant Wigan, escorts a drunk man home one night to keep him out of trouble and, seeing his fine book collection, slowly falls in to the gentle art of book collecting. Just as the friendship is blossoming, the policeman's...
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    Castle Skull

    'That is the case. Alison has been murdered. His blazing body was seen running about the battlements of Castle Skull.'And so a dark shadow looms over the Rhineland where Inspector Henri Bencolin and his accomplice Jeff Marle have arrived from Paris...
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    Settling Scores

    "The detective story is a game between two players, the author... and the reader." Ronald Knox From the squash court to the golf links, the football pitch to the swimming pool and the race course to the cricket square, no court, grounds, stadium or stand...
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    Death in White Pyjamas

    Death in White Pyjamas: A theatre-owner, a 'slightly sinister' producer, a burgeoning playwright and a cast of ego-driven actors have gathered at a country home to read through the promising script for Pigs in Porcelain. Before the production ever...
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    Due to a Death

    "Her writing is moment by moment intense, and successful as such... What propels the reader through the pages is not the tug of 'who done it' nor the excitement of men with guns coming through doors, but the sheer excellence of the writing." H.R.F...
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    The Murder of My Aunt

    'I should be very much happier if she were dead.' Edward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Lywll. His aunt thinks Lywll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the countryside - and thinks the company even worse. In face,...
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    Fire in the Thatch

    The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon - renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. Vaughan sets to work farming the land, rearing...
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    The Division Bell Mystery

    `Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot.' A financier is found shot in the House of Commons. Suspecting foul play, Robert West, a parliamentary private secretary, takes on the role of amateur sleuth...
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    Somebody at the Door

    'The death was an odd one, it was true; but there was after all no very clear reason to assume it was anything but natural.' In the winter of 1942, England lies cold and dark in the wartime blackout. One bleak evening, Councillor Grayling steps off the 6...
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    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear unstoppable, but the Trojans - a side of amateurs who are on a winning streak of their own - may be about to silence the Gunners. Moments into the second...
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    Weekend at Thrackley

    'I'm taking a revolver to Thrackley. You never know with blokes like Carson. I hate these harmless, potty people - they're always up to something.' Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious...
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    Excellent Intentions

    'From the point of view of the nation, it's a good thing that he died.' Great Barwick's least popular man is murdered on a train. Twelve jurors sit in court. Four suspects are identified - but which of them is on trial? This novel has all the makings of...
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  • No Funeral for Nazia
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    No Funeral for Nazia

    A witty and theatrical South Asian mystery novel set over the course of one single electrifying night, exploring the unfinished business death leaves in its wake.Nazia Sami is a celebrated author, but perhaps her greatest plot twist is yet to be produced...
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    Ashram Assassin
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    Ashram Assassin

    Humorous cosy-crime caper in which a feisty, amoral book dealer uses her unique skills to catch a murderer, desperate to hide the secrets kept by the yoga-obsessed staff and students of a West London ashram.When a set of rare, impossible-to-find yoga...
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    Map Of My Escape

    The shooting of a homicide detective is captured on film by a mysterious figure from a second-floor window, implicating Riley Keane, an anti-gun activist and a school shooting survivor. Riley flees Chicago for a frozen island in Lake Superior. A race to...
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    The Serialist

    "A literary pulp fiction that flays and skewers post-Millennial New York and along the way reinvents the American detective novel." -Evan Wright,New York Timesbestselling authorHarry Bloch is a ghost-ghostwriter, that is. He's the man behind your...
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    Death Drops the Pilot

    Things get murky when a ferry captain is found dead in the water in this mystery starring Inspector Littlejohn, "the model of a calm, rational policeman" (Publishers Weekly).After a ferry to Falbright carrying forty people runs aground, the skipper is...
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    Intruder in the Dark

    A corpse in a country house brings Scotland Yard to an eerily quiet English village, in this tale by a master of British mystery.Cyril Savage has inherited the home of his wealthy and estranged aunt. But before Savage has the chance to discover her...
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    Bones in the Wilderness

    The case of a missing antiques dealer brings Scotland Yard to France ...When Samuel Cheever, a shady dealer, goes to France to buy antiques and never returns, people begin to ask questions, and Superintendent Littlejohn is sent to uncover the mystery...
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    Toll the Bell for Murder

    Inspector Littlejohn is once again summoned to the Isle of Man when a local vicar is accused of murder in this long-running British mystery series.As a rule, the towns of the Isle of Man are eerily silent after dark. But that silence is shattered one...
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    Death Treads Softly

    Two separate murders put CI Littlejohn on a devious killer's twisting path in this long-running British mystery series.Finlo Crennell, the former harbourmaster of Castletown, was reported missing one week ago. Now he's turned up in London, wandering the...
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    Death in the Fearful Night

    When a serial killer stalks a sleepy English village, a Scotland Yard detective must search for clues among terrified townsfolk in this classic mystery.Samuel Bracknell is found dead in his home with a knife in his back. It's the third murder of its kind...
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    Black Plumes

    A classic from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. "One of the best books by a mystery novelist whose work is always of first rank." -The New York TimesSomething is afoot at the Ivory Gallery in London. A string of suspicious incidents-a Kang-Tse vase...
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    The Allingham Casebook

    A classic collection of mystery stories: "With skillful plotting laced with tongue-in-cheek humor, Allingham never ceases to intrigue and surprise" (Daily Mail).This volume offer eighteen delightful mysteries from the Queen of Crime that will baffle the...
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  • Conversations with an Octopus
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    Conversations with an Octopus

    An addictive and cozy crime novel about female rage.Diana Parks is a beautician with a temper, and she's not the only member of Ottersea WI who's had enough of bullies and slimeballs. When the body of lecherous landlord Raj Sumal washes up on the beach,...
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    Devils Island

    Six guests embark on a wilderness tour, but only two emergeDevils Island is home to abundant wildlife, making it the ideal place to reintroduce endangered Tasmanian devils. Working to rescue, rehabilitate, and release devils has been Kerry's job and...
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    Death in Room Five

    Inspector Littlejohn confronts a challenging case across the Channel in this classic mystery from the "venerable" British author (Kirkus Reviews).When Alderman Dawson is stabbed to death while visiting the Riviera with a group of English tourists,...
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    Hookman Hookman
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    Hookman

    Freshman year at college is hard when your roommate is weird you're feeling homesick and a hook-handed serial killer is slashing girls' throats. But if Lexi can discover what really happened to her high school best friend on that car ride to the movies...
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    Sandra

    In this one-woman thriller, Sandra seeks to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of her closest friend, a young pianist and composer who went on a trip to Mexico and never returned. Her search for clues leads her into both a highly charged...
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    Ken Ludwig's Moriarty

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are back on the case! An investigation into the Bohemian king's stolen letters cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Watson join forces with...
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    How a Boy Falls How a Boy Falls
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    How a Boy Falls

    The disappearance of a young boy casts suspicion on his newly-hired au pair as well as on the wealthy parents who have hired her. As the parents seek revenge upon one another the young au pair is hatching a plot of her own.How a Boy Fallsis a...
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    On Clover Road

    At an abandoned motel on a desolate American road a mother meets with a cult deprogrammer believing she will be reunited with her runaway daughter. What happens instead - in this smart harrowing edge-of-your-seat thriller - is something that will shock...
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    Four Old Broads on the High Seas

    Get ready to set sail with your favoriteOld Broads. Yes... they're back again and ready for a Sassy Senior's cruise to the Bahamas. Beatrice is determined to have her pick of ALL the eligible men on the ship... but Maude fresh from her win at The Miss...
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    The 39 Steps, Abridged

    Patrick Barlow's Olivier Award winning stage adaptation based on John Buchan's gripping whodunit - memorably fi lmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 - played for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in the West End. The 39 Steps Abridged and The 39 Steps Even...
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    The 39 Steps, Even More Abridged The 39 Steps, Even More Abridged
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    The 39 Steps, Even More Abridged

    Patrick Barlow's Olivier Award winning stage adaptation based on John Buchan's gripping whodunit - memorably fi lmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 - played for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in the West End. The 39 Steps Abridged and The 39 Steps Even...
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    Feeding Beatrice Feeding Beatrice
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    Feeding Beatrice

    It starts with the sound of a spoon scraping against glass and the wet noise of lips smacking together. June and Lurie have a haunting new houseguest - and she's ravenously hungry. They do their best to keep her fed and happy but Beatrice always demands...
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    The Headlands

    InThe Headlands Henry is an amateur sleuth and true crime aficionado who sets out to solve the ultimate case: the unsolved murder of his father. Using his memories and the family stories he was told as a child growing up in San Francisco Henry begins an...
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    Murder for Two

    Officer Marcus Moscowicz is a small town policeman with dreams of making it to detective. One fateful night shots ring out at the surprise birthday party of Great American Novelist Arthur Whitney and the writer is killed...fatally. With the nearest...
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    Downstairs Downstairs
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    Downstairs

    What happens when a brilliant lost soul comes to stay in his sister's basement and refuses to leave? And if the menacing brother-in-law doesn't approve? In a dog-eat-dog world these siblings find a haven of sorts in an unfinished basement as they attempt...
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    American Psycho

    Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis the musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman a young and handsome Wall Street banker with impeccable taste and unquenchable desires. Patrick and his elite group of friends spend their days in chic...
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    Thespian Playworks 2017 Thespian Playworks 2017
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    Thespian Playworks 2017

    From the nationally recognized Educational Theatre Association's Thespian Playworks competition come four short scripts all created by high school-aged playwrights! Included in this volume are:Flopsieby Nick KrentelPigeon!by Garrett M. RyanTalking to...
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    Through the Yellow Hour Through the Yellow Hour
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    Through the Yellow Hour

    The United States has been attacked. Men are being castrated women enumerated. Ellen has been in hiding for fifty-two days subsisting on very little hoping against hope for her husband to return. As the world around her falls further into senseless chaos...
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    Bellwether Bellwether
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    Bellwether

    Bellwether was a nice safe place to live. Bad things didn't happen there. That was until six-year-old Amy Draft went missing. As the investigation progresses speculation in the media and the neighborhood turns on Amy's parents Alan and Jackie Draft. But...
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Crime & Mystery Books – Best Crime Fiction, Thrillers, Detective Novels & Mystery Books in Australia

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