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Guillermo Martinez (2005) The Oxford Murders. An old lady, who worked on the Enigma Code during WWII, is found murdered in Oxford, UK. Arthur Seldom, logician and author of a book on the mathematics of serial killings solves the case - and others that soon pile up - with mathematical precision. Gödel's theorem, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and Wittgenstein's paradox are discussed, but do not break the thrill or fast pace of the book. A cerebral mystery novel.
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Steve Martini (2009) Shadow of Power: A Paul Madriani Novel. The US Constitution still has language defining African-Americans as three-fifths human. An author has used this clause as the main topic of a new provocative book, triggering racial riots. When he is bludgeoned to death, a neo-Nazi is suspected of his murder. Madriani defends the accused killer. A fabulous, detail-rich legal thriller!
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Archer Mayor (2005) The Surrogate Thief. Joe Gunther, head of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, uses modern forensic techniques to solve a labyrinthine, character-driven case. Civilized and intelligent! Don't read the book if you are fond of blood-dripping serial killer strories or action thrillers.
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Ed McBain (1981) King's Ransom. (87th Precinct Mystery) Stupid, but ruthless thugs try to kidnap the son of a rich tycoon, but mistakenly take the son of his chauffeur. This wise-cracking police procedural from Ed McBain, the inventor of the genre (and script writer for Hitchcock's The Birds), is as fresh as if it was written yesterday.
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Alexander McCall Smith (2003) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Mma. is the "Miss Marple of Botswana". Close to the edge of the Kalahari, the big woman runs the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. With sharp intelligence, dignity, and humor she deals with cheating husbands, missing daughters, and suspicious witchdoctors. Superb, different, a rare pleasure.
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Alexander McCall Smith (2006) Blue Shoes and Happiness The seventh entry in the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Botswana detective Precious Ramotswe faces one of her toughest challenges: losing weight.
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Alexander Mccall Smith (2004) The Kalahari Typing School for Men. Everyday challenges of a female private detective in Gaborone, Botswana. Easy humor laces the pages, as McCall Smith throws in wry observations on Botswana's bureaucracy.
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Charles McCarry (2005) The Miernik Dossier. (First published in 1973) McCarry, who worked for the CIA before his literary career is probably the best American spy novelist - in the same league as John LeCarre.
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Keith McCarthy (2003) A Feast of Carrion. Nikki Exner is found murdered in St. Benjamin's Museum of Anatomy and Pathology. The police arrests a young museum employee, who kills himself while in custody. John Eisenmenger performs a second autopsy on the victim, which yields surprising results. McCarthy, a pathologist himself, is telling a story of lust, perversion, incompetence and corruption in an UK department of pathology.
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Cormac McCarthy (2005) No Country for Old Men. Mixture of action thriller, Western and psychological drama. Starting with an antelope hunt near the Rio Grande the story proceeds into a man-on-the-run thriller, populated by a psychopatic killer and an elderly Sheriff, who is smarter than most, because he knows his limitations. Made into movie by the Coen brothers!
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