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Patricia Highsmith (1992) The Talented Mr. Ripley. (First published 1955) Patricia Highsmith wrote stories in which you almost physically feel the coming of a catastrophe. It is so unnerving that you might just want to throw away the book, because you can no longer stand the tension. But then you read on through the night. Don't get confused by the silly title or lousy cover. This is one of the best psycho-thrillers - ever!
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Patricia Highsmith (1993) Ripley's Game. (First published 1974) Dashing murderer Tom Ripley is playing a nasty game of manipulation on an inconspicuous man, leading to murder and revenge. The resulting chain of events drags the reader into a most unsettling mental state - frozen in fascination, but also terrified by the looming disaster. A dark tale.
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Patricia Highsmith (1988) Those Who Walk Away. (First published 1967) Gloomy wintertime Venice: Ray, an American traveling in Europe, has lost his wife to suicide. Ed, his father-in-law, blames Ray for his daughter's death and tries to kill him. But Ray survives and follows Ed to places all over Venice trying to explain his wife's suicide to the outraged father - seemingly unaware of Ed's unforgiving hate.
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Tony Hillerman (2005) Listening Woman. (Joe Leaphorn Novels) Friends of native American life find plenty of desert scenery, as Joe Leaphorn investigates a Navajo reservation. Hostein Tso has called Listening Women and her assistant to his Hogan and while Listening Women is in trance, Tso and the assistant are killed. Remarkably fast-paced ethnic thriller.
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Tami Hoag (2006) Prior Bad Acts. The story starts in a courtroom but quickly explodes into a fast-paced investigation for rescuing judge Carey Moore, who is attacked for her unpopular decision to throw out evidence from a case. This is a first-rate legal thriller with complex characters and erotic twists.
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Peter Hoeg (2000) Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop. The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, a half-Inuit, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, wandering on the ice floes of Greenland in pursuit of the killers. (French movie on DVD)
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Anne Holt (2007) The Final Murder. A page-turner written by former Norwegian minister of justice, lawyer, journalist, and TV news anchor Anne Holt. Her hero, Superintendent Adam Stubo has to deal with a series of grotesquely mutilated and murdered celebrities. Stubo's partner is former FBI profiler Johanne Vik, who suspects that Stubo will be the next victim. Nail-biting tension.
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Anne Holt (2006) What is Mine. [Large Print] Former FBI profiler and now Oslo University psychology professor Johanne Vik joins detective Inspector Adam Stubo in the investigation of two killings of children. With 567 pages the book is not a quick read, but it rewards with an intelligent plot and an ingenious ending.
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Joan Hall Hovey (2000) Nowhere To Hide. Ellen Morgan, still recovering from the premature death of her husband, is devastated when her younger sister is brutally murdered. She challenges the killer on a TV show and sets in motion a hunt that will send chills up your spine. A frightning look into the mind of a serial killer.
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