|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| Click on the book cover image to order! | |||
 |
John Le Carré (2005) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Walker & Company In Le Carré's first masterpiece Alec Leamas, a British agent in early Cold War Berlin, is responsible for keeping the double agents under his care undercover and alive. When the East Germans start killing them, Leamas is sent deep into Communist territory to find out why. But nothing is quite what it seems. "The finest spy story ever written" (Graham Green). More... 
|
 |
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1984) Crime and Punishment. Bantam Classics 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. More...
|
 |
Georges Simenon (2003) Dirty Snow. (First published in 1950) NYRB Classics; Rep Sub edition Set in occupied France during WWII, Simenon's bleak masterpiece is a dispassionate description of human cruelty. No other writer has achieved the psychological intensity of Simenon. “What many regard as the finest of all noir novels…"--Tim Rutten, The Los Angeles Times More... 
|
 |
Boris Akunin (2006) The Death of Achilles. Random House Special agent "Petrovich Fandorin", a Russian version of Sherlock Holmes, not only speaks Japanese and English, but is also a martial arts fighter and lady-killer in a historical plot set in 1882. Time Magazine compares best-selling author Boris Akunin with Gogol and Chekhov. More... 
|
 |
Colin Watson (1991) The Naked Nuns. Mandarin Inspector Purbright receives a strange cable - stating that "TWO NAKED NUNS AVAILABLE PHILADELPHIA". Featuring white slave traffic and international crime, this novel is one of Watson's best. His Inspector Purbright is the most intellectually dazzling detective in fiction and Watson's dry wit is unique among English crime fiction writers. More... 
|
 |
Robert van Gulik (2007) The Chinese Maze Murders: A Judge Dee Mystery. (First published in 1957) University Of Chicago Press Legal thriller from 7th century China. The plot is based on real crime-detecting judge Ti Jen-chieh (630-700 AD). Fairly accurate rendering of traditional Chinese court proceedings with a colorful portrait of social and cultural conditions ancient China. One of the best books in the Judge Dee Mystery series. More...
|
|
In cooperation with Amazon.com |
< Page 1 of 5 > |
||
|
Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 by Claudia Heilig-Staindl. All Rights Reserved. |
|||
