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Kinky Friedman (2000) Greenwich Killing Time. (Originally published in 1986) Vandam Press The author is as colorful as his thrillers: Commonly known as "The Kinkster", Kinky Friedman is the lead singer of the country-and-western band "The Texas Jewboys". Kinky's first mystery is set in Greenwich Village, where the victim is found holding eleven pink roses. This delirious ride leads you into the darkest heart of Manhattan. Enjoy the wise-cracking, cigar-smoking, cat-loving sleuth. 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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Don Lee (2004) Country of Origin. W. W. Norton & Company Lisa Countryman, a half-Japanese, half-black Berkeley graduate student goes to Japan for her dissertation research, but ends with a job as a hostess girl at a Tokyo men's club. When she disappears, Tom Hurley, lazy junior diplomat at the U.S. Embassy and police detective Kenzo Ota investigate the case, which leads them into the heart of Tokyo's nightlife. More...
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Claire McNab (2005) The Kookaburra Gambit: A Kylie Kendall Mystery. Alyson Books Australian McNab, now living in California, is a prolific crime fiction writer. Her Kylie Kendall mystery series features brash private investigator Kylie, who newly moved from Down Under to L.A. In the Kookaburra Gambit exquisite Australian black opals are smuggled to America. To see Kylie adjust to her new world and solve the case is deadly funny. More...
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