Rebecca

Rebecca
By:"Daphne Du Maurier"
Published on 2012-02-09 by Hachette UK

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . Working as a lady's companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers . . . Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.

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Amazing Almost True Crime Stories #216

Amazing Almost True Crime Stories #216
By:"Mystery Classics"
Published on 101-01-01 by Butter Book Publishing

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The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel

The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel
By:"Mary E. Hanshew","Thomas W. Hanshew"
Published on 1922 by

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Katherine

Katherine
By:"Anya Seton"
Published on 2000-01-01 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“An inspiration and the benchmark by which I judge historical novels.” — Alison Weir \

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Adapting Detective Fiction

Adapting Detective Fiction
By:"Neil McCaw"
Published on 2011-01-20 by A&C Black

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Encrypted

Encrypted
By:"Carolyn Mccray"
Published on 2013-02-20 by

From Carolyn McCray, the #1 Bestselling author in Men's Adventure, Techno-thriller, Action Adventure & War, comes the #1 action packed, Techno-Thriller, Encrypted. Praise for Encrypted... \

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Cleek, the Master Detective

Cleek, the Master Detective
By:"Thomas W. Hanshew"
Published on 2013-01 by BoD – Books on Demand

Collection of short stories, starring consulting detective Hamilton Cleek and his incredible skills at disguise. Originally published in 1910.

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The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October
By:"Tom Clancy"
Published on 1992-04-01 by Penguin

The runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by the Washington Post as “breathlessly exciting,” The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world’s most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall. From the Paperback edition.

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On Writing

On Writing
By:"Stephen King"
Published on 2000-10-03 by Simon and Schuster

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. “Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999—and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it—fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.

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A Companion to Crime Fiction

A Companion to Crime Fiction
By:"Charles J. Rzepka","Lee Horsley"
Published on 2010-01-21 by John Wiley & Sons

A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

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The Best Crime Stories

The Best Crime Stories
By:
Published on 1977 by

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For the Love of Physics

For the Love of Physics
By:"Walter Lewin"
Published on 2012-02-07 by Simon and Schuster

Largely autobiographical account of the author's life as one who fell in love first with physics and then with teaching physics to students.

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Murder in the Solid State

Murder in the Solid State
By:"Wil McCarthy"
Published on 2015-01-14 by

David Sanger, an ambitious young physicist, attends a party at which a pompous older scientist, who just happens to have thrwarted the younger man's innovative ideas, is murdered. Suddenly it is not just David's career, but his life that is at stake. Are his ideas that important? Who's out to stop David from changing the world?Reviews\

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Murdered by Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life and Death on the American Left

Murdered by Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life and Death on the American Left
By:"John Ross"
Published on 2009-04-28 by Nation Books

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2004 After spilling bourbon on Schnaubelt's grave, its pugnacious and very dead occupant becomes Ross's mentor, sidekick, and boozing companion through this epic telling of the hallucinatory, carnal, and ornery histories of the American Left and John Ross's own remarkable life. Schnaubelt navigates us through his seemingly boundless revolutionary battleground, uttering cries of subversion from within the grave while trying to remain out of earshot from the FBI snoop and local supermarket tycoon buried nearby. Ross's own story--hobo revolutionist, junkie, poet, and journalist is a contrapuntal to Schnaubelt's. Ross never takes himself too seriously, yet his most remarkable trait is the honesty with which he approaches life, even while trying to deconstruct his own faults, personal tragedies (including the death of his one-month-old son), and imperfections. His pursuit of revolutionary politics and poetics is the constant, often spent with his muse, Revolutionary Mexico. Ross concludes with a trip to Baghdad as a \

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Private Detective: Crime Stories

Private Detective: Crime Stories
By:"True Crime, Mystery Classics"
Published on 101-01-01 by Butter Book Publishing

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Containment Failure

Containment Failure
By:"J. Robert Kennedy"
Published on 2013-11-23 by J. Robert Kennedy

FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY THE BLACK DEATH KILLED ALMOST HALF OF EUROPE’S POPULATION. THIS TIME IT WILL BE BILLIONS. New Orleans has been quarantined, an unknown virus sweeping the city, killing one hundred percent of those infected. The Centers for Disease Control, desperate to find a cure, is approached by BioDyne Pharma who reveal a former employee has turned a cutting edge medical treatment capable of targeting specific genetic sequences into a weapon, and released it. CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane has been given one guideline from his boss: consider yourself unleashed, leaving Kane and New Orleans Police Detective Isabelle Laprise battling to stay alive as an insidious disease and terrified mobs spread through the city while they desperately seek those behind the greatest crime ever perpetrated. The stakes have never been higher as Kane battles to save not only his friends and the country he loves, but all of mankind. In Containment Failure USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy delivers a terrifying tale of what could happen when science goes mad, with enough sorrow, heartbreak, laughs and passion to keep readers on the edge of their seats until the chilling conclusion. Available Dylan Kane Thrillers: Rogue Operator, Containment Failure, Cold Warriors, Death to America

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Psycho-Cybernetics

Psycho-Cybernetics
By:"Maxwell Maltz"
Published on 1989-08-15 by Simon and Schuster

Previously published Wiltshire, 1967. Guide to personal health and success

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Gossip Girl: #1

Gossip Girl: #1
By:"Cecily von Ziegesar"
Published on 2003-10-01 by Poppy

Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep--sometimes with each other. S is back from boarding school, and if we aren't careful, she's going to win over our teachers, wear that dress we couldn't fit into, steal our boyfriends' hearts, and basically ruin our lives in a major way. I'll be watching closely... You know you love me, gossip girl

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Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces

Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces
By:"Thomas W. Hanshew"
Published on 1912-10-06 by Best Classic Books

An ex-cracksman turned Scotland Yard detective, Cleek's slim and faultlessly dressed form is topped by an india-rubber-like face, of which he has remarkable control. With the power to distort and transform his visage and mimic any mannerism he desires, Cleek (with the assistance of his cockney assistant \

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Black Widow

Black Widow
By:"J. Robert Kennedy"
Published on 2015-11-04 by J. Robert Kennedy

*** FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY *** A MASS MIGRATION AN OUTPOURING OF COMPASSION THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy serves up another heart-pounding thriller in Black Widow. After corrupt Russian agents sell deadly radioactive Cesium to Chechen terrorists, CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane is sent to infiltrate the ISIL terror cell suspected of purchasing it. Then all contact is lost. From the war-torn deserts of Syria to the humanitarian corridors of Europe, J. Robert Kennedy delivers another action-packed thriller torn from today’s headlines, taking readers on a heart-wrenching journey from the perspectives of the innocent victims, the terrorists among them, and the heroes trying to stop them. In true Kennedy style, this deftly-crafted, taut thriller, provides all the action, humor, romance and heartbreak only he can deliver. Available Dylan Kane Thrillers: Rogue Operator, Containment Failure, Cold Warriors, Death to America, Black Widow

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A Shopping List of Mystery Classics

A Shopping List of Mystery Classics
By:"Pamela Granovetter","Karen Thomas McCallum"
Published on 1986-05 by Copperfield Pr

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Twentieth-century Crime and Mystery Writers

Twentieth-century Crime and Mystery Writers
By:"Lesley Henderson"
Published on 1991 by Chicago : St. James Press

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Missing or Murdered: The Disappearance of Agnes Tufverson (A True Crime Short)

Missing or Murdered: The Disappearance of Agnes Tufverson (A True Crime Short)
By:"R. Barri Flowers"
Published on by R. Barri Flowers

From award winning criminologist R. Barri Flowers and the bestselling author of Murder of the Banker's Daughter, Murder at the Pencil Factory, and The Sex Slave Murders, comes an gripping new historical true crime short, Missing or Murdered: The Disappearance of Agnes Tufverson. On Monday, December 4, 1933, attractive New York attorney Agnes Colonia Tufverson, 43, and Ivan Poderjay, 33, a captain in the Yugoslav army, got married at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City. What promised to be a storybook romance for Agnes with a bright future of travel and adventure turned out to be anything but for the newlywed. Two weeks after the couple tied the knot and had booked passage on the S.S. Hamburg ocean liner for what was supposed to be a European honeymoon, Agnes Tufverson mysteriously vanished under suspicious circumstances. She was never seen or heard from again. The chief suspect in her disappearance was her new husband, Ivan Poderjay, who not only turned out to be already married, but had other dark secrets and ulterior motives while courting the single and lonely attorney. Did he kill her? Dump her at sea? Or had Tufverson simply decided to drop out of the life she knew and never look back? The authorities in several countries wondered the very same thing. Read the spellbinding historical and international true story and decide for yourself. Included are bonus excerpts from other bestselling true crime tales by the author: Murder at the Pencil Factory, The Sex Slave Murders, and The Amityville Massacre. Follow the author in Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Goodreads, LibraryThing, YouTube, Flickr, Wikipedia, and www.rbarriflowers.com.

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Iron House

Iron House
By:"John Hart"
Published on 2011-06-23 by Hachette UK

Iron House is the remarkable story of two orphaned brothers separated by violence at a tender age. When a boy is savagely killed in their brutal orphanage, one brother runs and takes the blame with him, eventually finding his way to New York and into the heart of organized crime. Two decades later - a seasoned killer - he returns to North Carolina with a sentence on his head, the mob in hot pursuit and his long-lost brother in trouble of a different kind. With vast sums in play, political fortunes at risk and bodies piling up, the brothers reunite to solve the mystery of their shared past in a tour de force narrative of loss, courage and the aftermath of violence. A dark, atmospheric thriller with a plot that will keep you guessing until the last moment.

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Cleek, the Master Detective

Cleek, the Master Detective
By:"Thomas W. Hanshew"
Published on 1918 by

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Cemetery of the Murdered Daughters

Cemetery of the Murdered Daughters
By:"Sara Lennox"
Published on 2006 by Univ of Massachusetts Press

Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann is widely regarded as one of the most important 20th century authors writing in German. This book examines her poetry and prose in historical context, arguing that the feminist interpretations of her writings are the result of shifts in theoretical emphases over a period of three decades.

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The Clive Cussler Adventures

The Clive Cussler Adventures
By:"Steven Philip Jones"
Published on 2014-05-06 by McFarland

The author of more than 50 books--125 million copies in print--Clive Cussler is the current grandmaster of adventure literature. Dirk Pitt, the sea-loving protagonist of 22 of Cussler's novels, remains among the most popular and influential adventure series heroes of the past half-century. This first critical review of Cussler's work features an overview of Pitt and the supporting characters and other heroes, an examination of Cussler's themes and influences, a review of his most important adventures, such as Raise the Titanic! and Iceberg, and a look at adaptations of his work in other media. Cussler joins the pantheon of such as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming, and this overdue volume demonstrates that beneath Cussler's immense popularity lies a literary depth that well merits scholarly attention.

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Therapy in the Real World

Therapy in the Real World
By:"Nancy Boyd-Franklin","Elizabeth N. Cleek","Matt Wofsy","Brian Mundy"
Published on 2013-06-03 by Guilford Press

Helping beginning and experienced therapists cope with the myriad challenges of working in agencies, clinics, hospitals, and private practice, this book distills the leading theories and best practices in the field. The authors provide a clear approach to engaging diverse clients and building rapport; interweaving evidence-based techniques to meet therapeutic goals; and intervening effectively with individuals, families, groups, and larger systems. Practitioners will find tools for addressing the needs of their clients while caring for themselves and avoiding burnout; students will find a clear-headed framework for making use of the variety of approaches available in mental health practice.

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Detective Pancake

Detective Pancake
By:"Tracy Searight Dibert"
Published on 2010-01 by AuthorHouse

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The Good Liar

The Good Liar
By:"Nicholas Searle"
Published on 2016-02-02 by HarperCollins

Spinning a page-turning story of literary suspense that begins in the present and unwinds back more than half a century, this unforgettable debut channels the haunting allure of Atonement as its masterfully woven web of lies, secrets, and betrayals unravels to a shocking conclusion. Veteran con artist Roy spots an obvious easy mark when he meets Betty, a wealthy widow, online. In no time at all, he’s moved into Betty’s lovely cottage and is preparing to accompany her on a romantic trip to Europe. Betty’s grandson disapproves of their blossoming relationship, but Roy is sure this scheme will be a success. He knows what he’s doing. As this remarkable feat of storytelling weaves together Roy’s and Betty’s futures, it also unwinds their pasts. Dancing across almost a century, decades that encompass unthinkable cruelty, extraordinary resilience, and remarkable kindness, The Good Liar is an epic narrative of sin, salvation, and survival—and for Roy and Betty, there is a reckoning to be made when the endgame of Roy’s crooked plot plays out.

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Psycho Paths

Psycho Paths
By:"Philip L. Simpson"
Published on 2000 by SIU Press

Philip L. Simpson provides an original and broad overview of the evolving serial killer genre in the two media most responsible for its popularity: literature and cinema of the 1980s and 1990s. The fictional serial killer, with a motiveless, highly individualized modus operandi, is the latest manifestation of the multiple murderers and homicidal maniacs that haunt American literature and, particularly, visual media such as cinema and television. Simpson theorizes that the serial killer genre results from a combination of earlier genre depictions of multiple murderers, inherited Gothic storytelling conventions, and threatening folkloric figures reworked over the years into a contemporary mythology of violence. Updated and repackaged for mass consumption, the Gothic villains, the monsters, the vampires, and the werewolves of the past have evolved into the fictional serial killer, who clearly reflects American cultural anxieties at the start of the twenty-first century. Citing numerous sources, Simpson argues that serial killers’ recent popularity as genre monsters owes much to their pliability to any number of authorial ideological agendas from both the left and the right ends of the political spectrum. Serial killers in fiction are a kind of debased and traumatized visionary, whose murders privately and publicly re-empower them with a pseudo-divine aura in the contemporary political moment. The current fascination with serial killer narratives can thus be explained as the latest manifestation of the ongoing human fascination with tales of gruesome murders and mythic villains finding a receptive audience in a nation galvanized by the increasingly apocalyptic tension between the extremist philosophies of both the New Right and the anti-New Right. Faced with a blizzard of works of varying quality dealing with the serial killer, Simpson has ruled out the catalog approach in this study in favor of in-depth an analysis of the best American work in the genre. He has chosen novels and films that have at least some degree of public name-recognition or notoriety, including Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, Manhunter directed by Michael Mann, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer directed by John McNaughton, Seven directed by David Fincher, Natural Born Killers directed by Oliver Stone, Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates, and American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.

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Suspense: Crime Stories

Suspense: Crime Stories
By:"True Crime, Mystery Classics"
Published on 101-01-01 by Butter Book Publishing

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On Glorious Wings

On Glorious Wings
By:"Stephen Coonts"
Published on 2003-10-01 by Macmillan

A definitive anthology of short fiction about the world of twentieth-century aviation includes stories and novel excerpts by Dale Brown, Louis L'Amour, James Michener, Frederick Forsyth, Len Deighton, William Faulkner, Ralphy Peters, and Stephen Coonts, among others. 100,000 first printing.

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The collector's book of detective fiction

The collector's book of detective fiction
By:"Eric Quayle"
Published on 1972-08-21 by

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CLEEK’S GOVERNMENT CASES – The Detective Hamilton Cleek Mysteries

CLEEK’S GOVERNMENT CASES – The Detective Hamilton Cleek Mysteries
By:"Thomas W. Hanshew"
Published on 2016-06-28 by e-artnow

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Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct
By:"Brad Thor"
Published on 2015-07-07 by Simon and Schuster

“Thor tops himself again and again.” —BookReporter.com “Feels like the TV show 24 on the page.” —The Associated Press #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor presents his greatest thriller ever—an action-packed literary tour de force! Hidden deep within one of the world’s most powerful organizations is a secret committee with a devastating agenda. Its members are afforded incredible protections—considered elites, untouchables. But when four seconds of video is captured halfway around the world and anonymously transmitted to D.C., covert wheels are set in motion, and counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is tapped to undertake the deadliest assignment of his career. What begins as a favor will evolve into a globe-spanning drama of highly personal stakes played out against a backdrop of stunning international intrigue, duplicitous political gamesmanship, and the darkest, most clandestine fears of the espionage world. With razor-sharp plotting, richly rendered characters, and heart-stopping surprises on every page, Thor isn’t just at the top of his game—he owns the entire genre.

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The Riddle of the Frozen Flame

The Riddle of the Frozen Flame
By:"Thomas W. Hanshew"
Published on 2015-06-29 by Booklassic

Vast gold robberies--a murder of which a nobleman stands accused, with jealousy for the motive--these apparently unrelated mysteries give scope for Cleek's most ingenious solutions.

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The Lost Detective

The Lost Detective
By:"Nathan Ward"
Published on 2015-09-15 by Bloomsbury Publishing USA

A 2016 Edgar Award Nominee Before he became a household name in America as perhaps our greatest hard-boiled crime writer, before his attachment to Lillian Hellman and blacklisting during the McCarthy era, and his subsequent downward spiral, Dashiell Hammett led a life of action. Born in 1894 into a poor Maryland family, Hammett left school at fourteen and held several jobs before joining the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as an operative in 1915 and, with time off in 1918 to serve at the end of World War I, he remained with the agency until 1922, participating alike in the banal and dramatic action of an operative. The tuberculosis he contracted during the war forced him to leave the Pinkertons--but it may well have prompted one of America's most acclaimed writing careers. While Hammett's life on center stage has been well-documented, the question of how he got there has not. That largely overlooked phase is the subject of Nathan Ward's enthralling The Lost Detective. Hammett's childhood, his life in San Francisco, and especially his experience as a detective deeply informed his writing and his characters, from the nameless Continental Op, hero of his stories and early novels, to Sam Spade and Nick Charles. The success of his many stories in the pulp magazine Black Mask following his departure from the Pinkertons led him to novels; he would write five between 1929 and 1934, two of them (The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man) now American classics. Though he inspired generations of writers, from Chandler to Connelly and all in between, after The Thin Man he never finished another book, a painful silence for his devoted readers; and his popular image has long been shaped by the remembrance of Hellman, who knew him after his literary reputation had been made. Based on original research across the country, The Lost Detective is the first book to illuminate Hammett's transformation from real detective to great American detective writer, throwing brilliant new light on one of America's most celebrated and remembered novelists and his world.

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Crime Stories

Crime Stories
By:"True Crime, Mystery Classics"
Published on 101-01-01 by Butter Book Publishing

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The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine

The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine
By:"Gary L Albrecht","Ray Fitzpatrick","Susan C Scrimshaw"
Published on 2003 by SAGE

This is the first international and inter-disciplinary social science Handbook on health and medicine. Five years in the making, and building on the insights and advice of an international editorial board, the book brings together world-class figures to provide an indispensable, comprehensive resource book on social science, health and medicine. Pinpointing the focal issues of research and debate in one volume, the material is organized into three sections: social and cultural frameworks of analysis; the experience of health and illness; and health care systems and practices. Each section consists of specially commissioned chapters designed to examine the vital conceptual and methodological practice and policy issues. Readers recei

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Book News

Book News
By:
Published on 1916 by

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Cleek, Volume 1

Cleek, Volume 1
By:"Thomas W. Hanshew"
Published on 2009-11 by

Hamilton Cleek, master of disguise, assists Superintendent Narkom of Scotland Yard in solving crimes while fending off dangers from his criminal past. The Cleek stories were written by Thomas W. Hanshew, until his death in 1914. His wife, Mary E. Hanshew, then took over this popular pulp mystery series.

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Pines

Pines
By:"Blake Crouch"
Published on 2015-05-05 by

The international runaway bestseller is now a Major Television Event from executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, starring Matt Dillon and premiering May 14th on FOX. Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels...off. As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers. Why can't he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn't anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact--he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. 2013 International Thriller Award Nominee

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Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons
By:"Dan Brown"
Published on 2006 by Simon and Schuster

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable; a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a cen

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Adventure: Crime Stories

Adventure: Crime Stories
By:"True Crime, Mystery Classics"
Published on 101-01-01 by Butter Book Publishing

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DEATH COMETH SOON OR LATE: 35+ Tales of Mystery & Revenge in One Volume (Thriller Classics Series)

DEATH COMETH SOON OR LATE: 35+ Tales of Mystery & Revenge in One Volume (Thriller Classics Series)
By:"Robert Barr"
Published on 2016-06-12 by e-artnow

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Infidels

Infidels
By:"J. Robert Kennedy"
Published on 2015-04-29 by J. Robert Kennedy

FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ISLAM’S HOLIEST RELIC IS STOLEN.AMERICA IS BLAMED.CHAOS ERUPTS. When the elite Delta Force’s Bravo Team is inserted into Yemen to rescue a kidnapped Saudi prince, they find more than they bargained for—a crate containing the Black Stone, stolen from Mecca the day before. Requesting instructions on how to proceed, they find themselves cut off and disavowed, left to survive with nothing but each other to rely upon. With the worldwide Muslim population erupting in violence at the news of the theft by infidels, Bravo Team desperately tries to return the relic they are accused of stealing, relying on the help of friends who defy the orders of their government. Colonel Clancy, the CIA’s Dylan Kane and Chris Leroux, as well as Professors James Acton and Laura Palmer, all join forces to save America’s heroes after their country abandons them. For should they fail, all-out war could be inevitable. From USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy comes Infidels, a heart-pounding thrill ride sure to keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Filled with action, humor, romance and heartbreak, prepare to be emotionally exhausted after finishing this provocative, controversial thriller.

This Book was ranked 31 by Google Books for keyword bestselling thriller.

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KNOCK! KNOCK! WHO’S THERE? – 5 Detective Hamilton Cleek Riddles in One Premium Edition (Mystery & Crime Series)

KNOCK! KNOCK! WHO’S THERE? – 5 Detective Hamilton Cleek Riddles in One Premium Edition (Mystery & Crime Series)
By:"Thomas W. Hanshew","Mary E. Hanshew"
Published on 2016-06-28 by e-artnow

This Book was ranked 32 by Google Books for keyword Cleek of Scotland Yard.

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Greenmantle

Greenmantle
By:"John Buchan"
Published on 2009 by Collector's Library

Richard Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war, climaxing at the battle of Erzurum.

This Book was ranked 20 by Google Books for keyword Cleek of Scotland Yard.

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The Yard

The Yard
By:"Alex Grecian"
Published on 2012-05-29 by Penguin

1889, LONDON. JACK THE RIPPER’S REIGN OF TERROR IN FINALLY OVER, BUT A NEW ONE IS JUST BEGINNING. Victorian London—a violent cesspool of squalid depravity. Only twelve detectives—The Murder Squad—are expected to solve the thousands of crimes committed here each month. Formed after the Metropolitan Police’s spectacular failure in capturing Jack the Ripper, the Murder Squad suffers the brunt of public contempt. But no one can anticipate the brutal murder of one of their own… A Scotland Yard Inspector has been found stuffed in a black steamer trunk at Euston Square Station, his eyes and mouth sewn shut. When Walter Day, the squad’s new hire, is assigned to the case, he finds a strange ally in Dr. Bernard Kingsley, the Yard’s first forensic pathologist. Their grim conclusion: this was not just a random, bizarre murder but in all probability, the first of twelve. Because the squad itself it being targeted and the devious killer shows no signs of stopping before completing his grim duty. But Inspector Day has one more surprise, something even more shocking than the crimes: the killer’s motive.

This Book was ranked 18 by Google Books for keyword Cleek of Scotland Yard.

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