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Robert Wilson (2002) A Small Death in Lisbon. In 1941, a tough but likeable German businessman, Klaus Felsen, is persuaded by the Gestapo to go to Portugal and seize a large amount of tungsten, vital to the Nazi war effort. In 1999 Catarina Oliviera, daughter of a prominent lawyer, has been found brutally murdered Lisbon and Ze Coehlo, a liberal police inspector is investigating the disgusting circumstances of her death. The two story lines merge in a surprising climax.
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Laura Wilson (2006) A Thousand Lies. A dark story of brutal sadism and sexual abuse.
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Michael Winerip (2005) Adam Canfield of the Slash. Adam is the new coeditor of "The Slash" - a school newspaper. He and two other student journalists find out that the school's ambitious principal may be involved in a case of fund misuse. Should they report the case in their newspaper, or settle for an easy way out? Written by a Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for the New York Times. Grades 5-8.
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Jacqueline Winspear (2004) Maisie Dobbs. Winspear's moving stroy of Maisie Dobbs may use an outdated female role-model, but her heroine's character and intellect has more substance and depths than can be found in most present-day literature for young adults. The story vividly recreates the period before and after WWI through the experience of a young, intelligent women, who in 1929 has become a private investigator.
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Cornell Woolrich (1995) Waltz into Darkness. (First published in 1947) Middle-aged Louis Durand, whose fiance died 15 years ago, decides to take one more chance on love and marry a woman he knows only through correspondence. When she arrives, she's younger and more beautiful that he had expected - and far more deadly. A classical novel noire (French movie by Trancois Truffault).
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L. R. Wright (1995) A Touch of Panic (Karl Alberg Mysteries, No. 6) A must-read for fans of pschological mysteries.
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L.R. Wright (2008) The Suspect (Karl Alberg Mysteries, No. 1) The first Canadian novelist to win an Edgar award has crafted a disturbing small-town crime mystery with psychological depth.
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Allen Wyler (2005) Deadly Errors In Seattle's prestigious Maynard Medical Center more and more patients suddenly die due to drug and treatment errors. Dr. Tyler Mathews suspects a faulty computer system but is soon facing a ruthless conspiracy from the hospital's managers. Written by brain surgeon Allen Wyler the thriller's medical details are frighteningly authentic.
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