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Click to order this book of Fyodor Dostoevsky from Amazon.com! 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...
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Click to order this book of John Le Carré from Amazon.com! 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...
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Click to order this book of Georges Simenon from Amazon.com! 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...
Click to order this book of Boris Akunin from Amazon.com! 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...
       
Click to order this book of Frank Tallis from Amazon.com! Frank Tallis (2007)
Death in Vienna: A Novel. Random House Trade Paperbacks
In 1902 Vienna was a cultural and scientific center of the World. Detective Oskar Rheinhardt and his friend Max Liebermann investigate a mysterious murder. Elegant fin-de-siècle portrait of the seat of the Austro-Hungarian empire and an intelligent story. Top-notch thriller with style! More...
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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...
       

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