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When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in. "Chandler <writes> like a slumming angel and invest<s> the sun-blinded streets of Los Angelos with a romantic presence." --Ross... (more)

The Long Goodbye (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

The Long Goodbye (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

by Raymond Chandler

Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and who ends up dead. and now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.

The Music of the Spheres

by Elizabeth Redfern

Summer 1795, and London is thronging with French emigres. Rumours of spies and intrigue are rife. One faction under suspicion is the Montpellier circle, a group of astronomers searching for a planet they call Selene. Jonathan Absey of the Home Office is charged with smashing the French spy ring.

Owen Archer: Book 3

The Nun's Tale (Nun's Tale)

by Candace Robb

Spring 1366, Beverley, England--a ghostly pale young woman claims to be the resurrected Joanna Calverley, a nun who died of a fever some months before. It would be a matter for the Church alone, were it not for the murders that seem to follow in her wake. Owen Archer finds the case a frusterating one. Dame Joanne is by turns cagey and hysterical, whiel always clutching her secrets tightly. And worse yet, the... (more)

Our Lady of the Forest

by David Guterson

From the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars —an emotionally charged, provocative new novel about a teenage girl who claims to see the Virgin Mary. Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A sixteen-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. ... (more)

The Venetian's Wife: A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis

The Venetian's Wife: A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis

by Nick Bantock

The newest novel by the acclaimed author/illustrator of the Griffin & Sabine trilogy is part love story, part mystery, and part ghostly tale--an altogether bewitching brew of sensualtiy and lost treasures. A young woman's obsession with a drawing of Shiva, the Hindu god, leads to a curious job offer: to find the few remaining pieces of a 15-th century adventurer's renowed collection of Indian sculptures. 90+... (more)

Kinsey Millhone: Book 10

"J" Is for Judgment

by Sue Grafton

"Ms. Grafton writes a smart story and wraps it up with a wry twist." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Wendell Jaffe has been dead for five years--until his former insurance agent spots him in a dusty resort bar. Now California Fidelity wants Kinsey Millhone to track down the dead man. Just two months before, his widow collected on Jaffe's $500,000 life insurance policy--her only legacy since Jaffe went overboard,... (more)

Kinsey Millhone: Book 2

"B" Is for Burglar

by Sue Grafton

Although business has been slow lately for P.I. Kinsey Millhone, she’s reluctant to take on the case of locating Beverly Danziger’s sister Elaine Boldt. It’s a small matter that Beverly should be able to handle herself. So why is she enlisting Kinsey’s services? Beverly claims she needs Elaine’s signature on some documents so that she can collect a small inheritance. But the whole affair doesn’t sit well with... (more)

Kinsey Millhone: Book 1

"A" Is for Alibi

by Sue Grafton

READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! Take it from the top in # 1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton’s knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone—and a hot new attitude—to crime fiction… A IS FOR AVENGER A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A... (more)

Kinsey Millhone: Book 4

D is for Deadbeat

by Sue Grafton

When Alvin Limardo walks into P.I. Kinsey Millhone’s office, she smells bad news. He wants Kinsey to deliver $25,000. The recipient: A fifteen-year-old boy. It’s a simple matter. So simple that Kinsey wonders why he doesn’t deliver the money himself. She’s almost certain something is off. But with rent due, Kinsey accepts Limardo’s retainer against her better judgment… When Limardo’s check bounces, Kinsey... (more)

Kinsey Millhone: Book 15

"O" Is for Outlaw

by Sue Grafton

Through fourteen books, fans have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past: a morsel here, a dollop there. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one remained a blip on the screen until now. The call comes on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last week... (more)

Kinsey Millhone: Book 3

"C" Is for Corpse

by Sue Grafton

Kinsey meets him in the local gym. Bobby Callahan is a scarred young man struggling back to life after a car forced his Porsche over the edge of a canyon, battering his body and muddling his memory. All he remembers is that someone, for some reason, tried to kill him. Desperate for clues about his own past life and certain he is being stalked, he asks Kinsey to protect him. Kinsey can't resist the brave kid - and... (more)

Presumed Innocent

by Scott Turow

Scott Turow's #1 runaway bestseller comes to theaters everywhere as a major motion picture from Warner Bros., starring Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, and Bonnie Bedelia, directed by Alan Pakula, best known for his award-winning work in "Klute." Reissue.

Pigs Have Wings

by P. G. Wodehouse

Lord Emsworth's quick-witted brother must stop the portly Sir Gregory Parsloe's plan to slim down Emsworth's prize porker with a new miracle weight-loss drug.

What Angels Fear: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery

Sebastian St. Cyr: Book 1

What Angels Fear: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery

by C. S. Harris

It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol found at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man-Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experience in the... (more)

Vanishing Point

by Morris West

A gripping psychological thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Ringmaster. Carl Strassberger has chosen the life of an artist in France rather than join the family banking empire. But he returns home when his brilliant brother-in-law, Larry Lucas, vanishes. Carl soon learns that Larry suffers from a severe mental disorder; and he must risk everything to track... (more)

MYSTERY ROAST

by Peter Gadol

A magical novel about love, a stolen goddess, and coffee. The Mystery Roast is a carnival of urban romance and imaginative intrigue, told with a charm that will delight readers, coffee addicts, and lovers alike.

The Invisible World: A Novel

by John Smolens

Critically acclaimed author John Smolens conjures a world of hidden truths and intrigue in which the familiar is the most mysterious force of all. For years Samuel Xavier Adams’s father has been a shadow figure in his family’s lives, vanishing and reappearing, keeping a slender connection from afar while his wife and children are haunted by loneliness, his daughter wasted by addictions, and his son, Sam, hounded... (more)

Rising Sun, First Edition

by Michael Crichton

Rising Sun, First Edition by Michael Crihton. Knoph Publishers, 1992

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