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Dracula

Author: Bram Stoker
Published: 2007-10
book: 396 pages
ISBN:1426472803
ISBN:9781426472800
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Subject: Fiction

Since its publication in 1897, "Dracula" has continued to terrify readers with its depiction of a vampire possessing an insatiable thirst for blood, and the ...

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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Author: Mark Haddon
Published: 2004
book: 226 pages
ISBN:1400032717
ISBN:9781400032716
Publisher: Vintage
Subject: Fiction

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's ...

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Hound of the Baskervilles

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Published: 2008
book: 202 pages
ISBN:0755115759
ISBN:9780755115754
Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd
Subject: Fiction

Mr Sherlock Holmes Mr Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings , save upon those not infrequent occasions when he stayed up all night, ...

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Brothers Karamazov

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Published: 2003
book: 1045 pages
ISBN:0553898094
ISBN:9780553898095
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Subject: Fiction

A remarkable work showing the author's power to depict Russian character and his understanding of human nature.

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The Da Vinci Code

Author: Dan Brown
Published: 2009-03-31
book: 608 pages
ISBN:0307474275
ISBN:9780307474278
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Subject: Fiction

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to ...

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Published: 2005-11-01
book: 235 pages
ISBN:0375423877
ISBN:9780375423871
Publisher: Random House Inc
Subject: Fiction

Working in Gaborone, Botswana, sleuth Precious Ramotswe investigates several local mysteries, including a search for a missing boy and the case of the clinic ...

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The Maltese falcon

Author: Dashiell Hammett
Published: 1992
book: 217 pages
ISBN:0679722645
ISBN:9780679722649
Publisher: Vintage
Subject: Fiction

A murder investigation requires private detective Sam Spade--a man of few words who displays little emotion--to become involved in a dangerous search for a ...

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One for the Money

Author: Janet Evanovich
Published: 1994
book: 288 pages
ISBN:0684867311
ISBN:9780684867311
Publisher: Scribner
Subject: Fiction

Out of work and out of money, Stephanie Plum lands a job as bounty hunter and her first prey is, guess who?

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Wicked Prey

Author: John Sandford
Published: 2009-05-12
book: 416 pages
ISBN:0399155678
ISBN:9780399155673
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Subject: Fiction

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by the #1 New York Timesbestselling author.

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Author: Agatha Christie
Published: 2006-07-21
book: 288 pages
ISBN:1579126278
ISBN:9781579126278
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Subject: Fiction

Eight classic Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries are now available in striking hardcover editions at a paperback price: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles, ...

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Murder on the Orient Express

Author: Agatha Christie
Published: 2006-07-21
book: 272 pages
ISBN:1579126235
ISBN:9781579126230
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Subject: Fiction

Kriminalroman. En amerikansk forretningsmand bliver myrdet i Orientekspressen fra Istanbul til Calais.

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Four Blind Mice

Author: James Patterson
Published: 2003-10-01
book: 416 pages
ISBN:0446613266
ISBN:9780446613262
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Subject: Fiction

With his resignation from the Washington Police interrupted by a case involving a friend who has been framed for murder, Alex Cross and partner John Sampson ...

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Author: Stieg Larsson
Published: 2008-09-16
book: 465 pages
ISBN:0307269752
ISBN:9780307269751
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Subject: Fiction

In this European publishing sensation, a crusading journalist joins forces with a 24-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker to investigate the whereabouts ...

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Dead and Gone

Author: Charlaine Harris
Published: 2009-05-05
book: 312 pages
ISBN:0441017150
ISBN:9780441017157
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Subject: Fiction

The ninth installment in the series that inspired the HBO original True Blood offers another exciting undead adventure, which opens with a vampire fashion show, ...

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The A.b.c. Murders

Author: Agatha Christie
Published: 2006-07-18
book: 256 pages
ISBN:1579126243
ISBN:9781579126247
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Subject: Fiction

When Alice Ascher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already onto the clues.

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Plum Island

Author: Nelson DeMille
Published: 2002-01-01
book: 592 pages
ISBN:0446679089
ISBN:9780446679084
Publisher: Warner Books
Subject: Fiction

When Tom and Judy Gordon are found murdered in their Long Island home, NYPD detective John Corey uncovers a chilling link between the couple's deaths and the ...

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Shutter Island

Author: Dennis Lehane
Published: 2004
book: 385 pages
ISBN:038073186X
ISBN:9780380731862
Publisher: Harper Torch
Subject: Fiction

In 1954, a storm threatens to strand U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels on Shutter Island, home to a federal institution for the criminally insane.

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Loitering with Intent

Author: Stuart Woods
Published: 2009-04-21
book: 293 pages
ISBN:0399155783
ISBN:9780399155789
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Subject: Fiction

New York cop turned lawyer Stone Barrington travels to Key West, Florida, to track down Evan Keating, a young man whose signature is needed on documents ...

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Scarpetta

Author: Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Published: 2008-12-02
book: 500 pages
ISBN:0399155163
ISBN:9780399155161
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Subject: Fiction

Leaving behind her Charleston forensic pathology practice to accept an assignment in New York City, Kay Scarpetta learns the story of an injured psychiatric ...

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Mr. Murder

Author: Dean R. Koontz
Published: 2006-07-05
book: 493 pages
ISBN:0425210758
ISBN:9780425210758
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Subject: Fiction

Even the police are hard-pressed to believe the Stillwaters' harrowing account of what's happening to them, and the family is ultimately left on its own to deal ...

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