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Jonathan Gash (2006) The Year of the Woman. Allison & Busby LTD Young woman in Hong Kong is threatened by Triad leader, but manages to get away unharmed. Hillariously funny but also touching. More... 
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Josef Skvorecky (2002) The Miracle Game. Key Porter Books Two miracles, a religious and a political, deeply affect the life of Danny Smirick in Skvorecky's deliciously black comedy. More...
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Fred Vargas (2006) The Three Evangelists. Harvill Secker In Fred Vargas' novel you won't find tough detectives or blood-dripping crime scenes. The Three Evangelists, and amateur sleuths, are: Marc, known as Saint-Mark (cleaning lady by day, medievalist by night); Lucien, known as Saint-Luke (historian specializing in the Great War), and Matthias, known as Saint-Matthew (historian specializing in prehistory). Hilariously thrilling. More...
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Graham Greene (1991) Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment. (First published in 1958) Penguin Classics Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power brokers becomes a spy to earn extra income. This crisply written novel will drag you down with unbearable tension, while at the same time make you giggle with its satirical parodies and absurd plot. A masterpiece! More... 
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Maj Sjowall / Per Wahloo (1992) The Locked Room. Vintage Smart, well trained and tough policemen, who competently investigate crime scenes may be the personnel of CSI TV series. In this crime novel the police force is understaffed, incompetent and poorly motivated. Their investigation of a series of bank burglaries ends in a pathetic disaster, typical for the social condition in Sweden during the late 1960s. More... 
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Bill James (2007) Wolves of Memory. Foul Play Press Asst. Chief Constable Desmond Iles and Detective Chief Superintendet Colin Harpur are a strange couple investigating one of London's organized crime families. With his acid humor, Iles will make you lough your head off, if you are not horrified by the savage tale. More... 
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