Detective

“Once more, Winspear demonstrates her exceptional ability to craft a suspenseful mystery and graphic picture of a critical time and place.”

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Evil Things introduces the readers to a small country where the winter snow hides a cataclysmic crime. It’s a chilling entry in this three-part series.”

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The Hiding Place has enough shocks and twists to keep the reader off balance until the last page.”

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Death in Paris is a mashup of some of the most favorite literary tropes.

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“a terrific addition to your crime fiction library. . . . provides interesting insight into Chandler’s creative processes. . . . you’re going to have fun with this one.”

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Great Britain, 1923: Detective Inspector John Redfrye is a blessing to the Cambridge CID.

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“The Mitford Murders is the first in what promises to be an absorbing mystery series.”

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“calling it literary is a stretch. Even the most ardent art critics will surely tire of it after 318 pages.”

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The year is 1921, and the place is Bombay, India.

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Indie Publisher Catalyst Press launches this fall with a South African crime novel by Martin Steyn that is certain to please fans of hard-boiled detective fiction with unfamiliar settings and likea

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“Despite the awards, despite the glowing testimonials from the usual lineup of similar authors, and despite the status as a USA Today bestselling author . . .”

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“a novel with a plot as twisted as a slalom course and a rush as exciting.” 

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It seems ironic to wait in high excitement for a calm and quiet novel to come out.

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“Private investigator Makana is a breath of fresh air, filled with humanity and empathy . .

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The Whitechapel district of London’s East End in the latter decades of the 19th century was a popular place for immigrants and the poor working class.

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“The fictionalized Alice is an entertaining creation and one of whom the actual Alice probably would’ve approved . . .”

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In This Grave Hour is lucky number 13, and there’s no sign the series will stop showing how individual acts of heart can do much to counter collective tragedy.”

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"Faye’s prose seduces readers . . ."

Writer Michael Sims, on a recent New York Times Book Review podcast, called Sherlock Holmes the “first modern super hero.”

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“The Thames holds the collective memory of the city and its dwellers . . . it’s a sacred river granting death and rebirth.”

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“‘Let’s raise a glass of sparkling champagne to the great blondes of Hollywood: the sacred and the profane, the damned and the deified, the fragile and the unassailable, with Harlow’s line from

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“the Narrow Gate may lead to heaven, but it may also lead to death . . .”

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This anthology of short stories, The Mistletoe Murder, is a collection of four short stories by P. D. James.

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“Hell Bay is an excellent historical mystery with a strong sense of place and time, . . .

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The fairest and deadliest of the Texas Rangers returns alongside her usual rough-riding entourage in a new thriller that upholds the Jon Land’s high bar for action and storytelling.

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The 22nd title in Anne Perry’s fascinating and addictive William Monk series is an example of how a talented author can maintain a character’s freshness in a long running series.

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