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Agatha Christie (2001) And Then There Were None: A Novel. (First published in 1939) Agatha Christie's version of the nursery rhyme is often considered the best mystery novel ever written. 10 strangers are trapped in an Indian island, where the sinister Mr. Owen is accusing them of murder. One by one is found dead, until ... (the resolution of the novel is very different from that of the movie versions).
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Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels. Includes: A Study in Scarlet (1887), The Sign of Four (1889), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901), The Valley of Fear (1914). Many illustrations, some from the novels' original appearances. A must-have for any serious mystery fan.
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Ruth Rendell (2001) The Lake of Darkness. (First published in 1976) Martin Urban, a quiet bachelor, wins a large fortune at the football pools. Financially comfortable, he decides to share his newfound wealth with those in need. And the disaster begins to unfold. The seemingly normal benefactors of Martin's altruistic impulses are vicious nut cases. His good intentions become fatally distorted. One of Rendell's best novels.
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Barbara Vine (1993) A Dark-adapted Eye. (First published 1987) Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine.
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John Le Carré (2005) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. 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).
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Ruth Rendell (2000) A Judgement in Stone. (First published 1977)
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Dorothy L. Sayers (1995) Gaudy Nights. (First published in 1935) This Lord Peter Wimsey mystery unfolds at the all-female Shrewsbury College at Oxford. Harriet Vane, mystery writer and alumna of the College, comes back for the annual Gaudy night, where she receives a note full of hatred. Some time later she is called back by the Dean because the unpleasant events have intensified. Academic life, mixed with vitriolic hate.
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Edgar Wallace (2001) Dark Eyes Of London. (First published in 1924) Inspector Holt and his valet Sunny are relaxing in Monte Carlo when they are called back to Scotland Yard. Mr. Gordon Stuart has been found drowned in suspicious circumstances. The investigation leads Holt into a string of exciting adventures and romance. From the creator of King Kong.
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Ann Cleeves (2007) Raven Black. Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez investigates the murder of teenage Catherine Ross, found strangled on a snowy hillside at the remote Scottish Shetland Islands. Scottish Novel Noir.
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John Le Carré (2004) Absolute Friends. LeCarré is mad about what he sees as a fraudulent and unnecessary war in Iraq. The hero in his up-to-date novel, Ted Mundy, is an idealistic out-of-business spy from the Cold War era. He is hired by a mysterious benefactor to counter the widespread propaganda on behalf of an Iraqi war. Even if you don't like LeCarré's political slant, his writing is first class.
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