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Richard North Patterson (2007)
Exile.
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Rare combination of a thrilling story with an intelligent political analysis of the ongoing tragedy between Israelis and Palestinians. A courtroom drama, a love story, and a political thriller on a most complex and controversial subject. There is not one page that is boring! More...
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Jean-Jacques Fiechter (1998)
A Masterpiece of Revenge.
Arcade Publishing
If you like the high art scene this thriller is for you. In Fiechter's masterpiece of revenge, Charles Vermeille, a world-renowned art appraiser is receiving photographs of his beloved only son. The subtle threats of the anonymous sender quickly turn the elegant world of this civilized man into a diabolic nightmare. The fast-paced, wicked plot has more twists and turns than a Swiss mountain road. More...
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Val McDermid (2001)
A Place of Excecution.
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Defines the category of village mysteries. Superb thriller with complex characters with a plot in the 1960s. A truly haunting tale from rural England. More...
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Peter Temple (2007)
The Broken Shore: A Novel.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Joe Cashin, a city homicide cop, investigates the killing of an elderly millionaire in a quiet coastal region of South Australia. The search takes him to the underworld of child pornography and sexual abuse. Temple's vivid characters amidst a magical landscape are stunning. A sophisticated thriller! More...
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Guillermo Martinez (2005)
The Oxford Murders.
MacAdam / Cage
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. More...
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Jane Langton (1997)
Dead as a Dodo: A Homer Kelly Mystery.
Penguin Books
In their 12th appearance, eccentric Harvard philosophy professor Homer Kelly and his quick-witted wife Mary, contemplate Darwinism and the disappearance of Mauritius' Dodo bird, while investigating the attempted murder of Helen Farfrae and the actual killing of a young Anglican priest. A cerebral mystery, with a brilliant debate on creationism versus evolutionism. More...
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