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  • Hard Timeby Sara Paretsky

    Random House Publishing Group 1999; US$ 7.99

    Among the first, and perhaps the most compelling, female private investigators of contemporary fiction, Sara Paretsky's incomparable character V. I. Warshawski at last returns to the page in her first full-length appearance since 1994's Tunnel Vision . Hard Time is the work of a master--a riveting novel of suspense that is indisputably Paretsky's... more...

  • Broken Preyby John Sandford

    Penguin Group US 2005; US$ 9.99

    The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scourged and put on display. Whoever did this, Lucas Davenport knows, is pushed by brain chemistry. There is something wrong with him. This isn?t a bad love affair. The second body is found three weeks later, in a farmhouse six miles south. Same condition,... more...

  • Phantom Preyby John Sandford

    Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 8.99

    Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before— but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. John Sandford’s most recent Davenport novel, Invisible Prey, was hailed as “one of his best books in recent memory” (The Washington Post); “as fresh and entertaining... more...

  • The Killing Manby Mickey Spillane

    Penguin Group US 1990; US$ 6.99

    Private eye, Mike Hammer, goes on the warpath when he finds his lovely secretary, Velda, lying battered on his office floor next to the mutilated body of a would-be client. The author has also written "The Girl Hunters", "The Body Lovers" and "Survival...Zero". more...

  • The Girl of His Dreamsby Donna Leon

    Random House 2008; US$ 10.67

    One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near some steps on the Grand Canal. Reaching down to pull it out, Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair, and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the water. But, inconceivably,... more...

  • Pastimeby Robert B. Parker

    Penguin Group US 1992; US$ 9.99

    The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, Pastime is Robert B. Parker 's electrifying masterpeice of crime fiction--a startling game of memory, desire, and danger that forces Spenser to face his own past. Ten years ago, he saved a teenage boy from a father's rage. Now, on the brink of manhood, the boy seeks answers to his mother's... more...

  • L.A. Requiemby Robert Crais

    Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 7.99

    The day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. His ex-lover, Karen Garcia, is dead, brutally murdered with a gun shot to the head. Now Karen's powerful father calls on Pike (a former... more...

  • Murder Below Montparnasseby Cara Black

    Soho Press 2013; US$ 25.95

    A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brother?s blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that?s been buried for 80 years?Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc?s current case is her most exciting one yet. When Aimée?s long-term partner and best friend Rene leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimée knows she can handle... more...

  • A Purple Place for Dyingby John D. Macdonald; Lee Child

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 7.99

    From a beloved master of crime fiction, A Purple Place for Dying is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.   Travis McGee?s taking his retirement in installments while he?s still young enough to enjoy it. But sooner or later, his money runs out and he has to work. This time McGee?s... more...

  • Bright Orange for the Shroudby John D. Macdonald; Lee Child

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 16.00

    "McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER Usually women came to take refuge aboard The Busted Flush. But this time a man stumbled on board, a walking zombie who fell into bed. Turned out poor Arthur Wilkinson was the latest victim of a fragile-looking blonde sexpot who used the blackest arts of love to lure unsuspecting... more...