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Elizabeth Darrell (2005) Russian Roulette. British army officer Judith King has spent the night in the arms of half-Russian intelligence officer Leo Bekov. Unfortunately, he is found killed the next morning. MPs Max Rydal and Tom Black are assigned to the case and soon find out that the good-looking and charismatic Bekov was the darling of his fellow soldiers' wives.
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Marquise de Sade (1996) Crimes of Love. Defiant, provocative and unconventional. De Sade's best collection of erotic crime.
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Nelson DeMille (2002) The General's Daughter. Vietnam veteran DeMille wrote this story of military justice with an eye for the life on a military base. Paul Brenner of the Army's Criminal Investigation Division is assigned to handle the bizarre murder case of Ann Campbell, daughter of Fort Hadley's post commander. The case is politically explosive, as high-ranking soldiers are linked to Ann's shocking secret sex life.
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Nelson DeMille (1987) Word of Honor. DeMille tells the story of ordinary soldier, Ben Tyson, whose Army commission is reactivated so that he can be prosecuted on charges of murder. 15 years ago, his platoon fought in the Tet offensive in Vietnam. He is accused of ordering killings of civilians in a hospital. But was it really true - or is someone grinding an axe? A gripping courtroom drama.
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Nelson DeMille (2008) The Gate House. DeMille's plot includes the Mafia, Muslim terrorists, Long Island's rich and beautiful and, of course, his main protagonist, the lawyer and freelance detective John Sutter. Light entertainment for long flights!
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Tina Dirmann (2005) Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder. When Jane Bautista was in a bad mood, she would lock up her 20-year old son Jason and beat him up with extreme cruelty. After years of physical and psychological abuse, Jason cracked. He strangled his mother and chopped off her head and hands to destroy evidence, while his younger brother watched TV.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky (1984) Crime and Punishment. Dostoevsky's rendering of the student Raskolnikov in 18th-century Russia is a true classic. In a process of moral decline, the impoverished intellectual robs and kills his pawnbroker. As he is hunted down for his crime Dostoevsky tells a surprisingly fast-paced story, full of moral dilemmas and psychological thrill. A masterpiece.
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Ken Douglas (2005) Desperation Moon. Race car driver Sara Hackett's niece has been kidnapped, together with the daughter of software tycoon Radoslaw. Sara suspects that her husband, Radoslaw's security chief, is behind both kidnappings. As Radoslaw is found killed in Sara's bed, the police is after her. Meanwhile the two children can escape. Hunted by the kidnappers, they stumble into most desperate situations.
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John Douglas / Mark Olshaker (2000) The Anatomy of Motive. Former FBI profiler John Douglas and coauthor Mark Olshaker have explored the criminal minds of serial killers, their twisted kind of thinking, their urge to hurt, dominate and control. While these journeys into paranoid minds may help to solve some of the horrible crimes, they certainly cannot explain them. Not all frustrated losers, control freaks or psychopaths are killing people.
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Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels. Includes: A Study in Scarlet (1887), The Sign of Four (1889), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901), The Valley of Fear (1914). Many illustrations, some from the novels' original appearances. A must-have for any serious mystery fan.
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