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1) The ghostway
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Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!
The sixth installment in New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee series—an electrifying thriller of revenge, secrets, and murder.
"One of the best of the series."—New York Times Book Review
Old Joseph Joe sees it all. Two strangers
...2) Deep water
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English
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The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.
In Deep Water, set in the small town of Little Wesley, Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not...
In Deep Water, set in the small town of Little Wesley, Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not...
4) Fadeout
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English
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"Set in the mid-1960s, Fadeout centers on the disappearance of a Southern California radio personality named Fox Olson. A life insurance claim is filed by Olson's widow and the company holding the policy sends their best man to investigate. The problem is that Olson's body was never found. As Dave Brandstetter begins his investigation, he quickly finds that none of it adds up."--
5) Nerve
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English
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From a New York Times–bestselling "master of crime fiction and equine thrills," a jockey investigates the source of the rumors threatening his career (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Rob Finn is a talented young jockey on the rise, though nothing can help him rise above the feeling that he is a misfit in his family of accomplished musicians....
6) Rat race
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Harper & Row, Publishers
Pub. Date
[1971]
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English
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Assigned to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore is forced to make an emergency landing, and he soon finds out that the mob has been tampering with the horseracing industry.
8) Troublemaker
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English
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"When the much loved owner of a surfing-themed gay bar on the boardwalk is found dead, with a local hustler standing over him, the police believe it to be an open-and-shut case, but death claims investigator Dave Brandstetter knows better, in this hardboiled and entertaining portrait of 1970s gay culture."--
9) Slayride
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Harper & Row, Publishers
Pub. Date
[1973]
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English
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David found out that Norwegians are fond of English jockeys but not when they turn out to be thieves.
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Harper & Row, Publishers
Pub. Date
[1965]
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English
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A titled English newspaperman is fairly exceptional, but Lord Quainton of the Sunday Recorder made things more exceptional by being a titled English newspaperman whose beat was Moscow. (Though actually the Russians had always seemed fairly pleased at having the English aristocracy in their midst.) Then Lord Quainton, or Tim, met the girl of his dreams at a London cocktail party. She was Marya Raczinski, tall, dark, beautiful--and though she looked...
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Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1966]
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English
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A mysterious letter alluding to the murder of Cabestan by a named killer, Dr Hubert van der Post, arouses the interests of the irascible and ever-suspicious van der Valk who decides to find out who the mysterious letter writer is. What transpires is a tale of deception and adultery as the rich, very careful character of Carl Merckel, the managing director of the Lutz Brothers merchant bank, lays an accusation of cold blooded homicide of which, he...
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