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Written by many of the masters of the crime thriller genre, each book comes with beautiful illustrations or carefully researched photographs as well as striking. Enter robert dietz, a burntout detective, late forties, five ten, maybe 170, who arrives in jeans, cowboy boots, a tweed sport coat with a blue toothbrush protruding from the breast pocket like a ballpoint pen. Our search engine is the most comprehensive youll find anywhere and allows you to search on a wide variety of criteria. Book 1 of 25 in the kinsey millhone mystery series. A is for alibi the kinsey millhone alphabet mysteries. She is best known as the author of the alphabet series a is for. Whether youre a fan of police procedurals or international thrillers, standalone mysteries or longrunning series, theres something for everyone. Find out the title of your next bestselling thriller. Dirk gentlys holistic detective agency by douglas adams. Fern michaels goodreads author shelved 2 times as humorous crimefiction avg rating 4. Like the drama titles, these also depend a lot on context. Newest to oldest by title az by title za by author az by author za.
The girl with the dragon tattoo by stieg larsson, the girl who played with fire by stieg larsson, the girl who kicked the. Since there is an az author challenge, i thought i would start an az title challenge as well. Bridget collins, author of the binding, waterstones book of the month. Coming soon all formats hardback paperback audio kindle science fiction, fantasy and horror mystery and thriller romance general fiction young adult and childrens fiction all genres books released in the next 7 days in the next 30 days in the next 60 days in the next 90 days. Reading azs english leveled books have been carefully written in accordance with standardized learning az text leveling system and quality checked with custom software. With a beautiful baby daughter and a devoted husband, detective lindsay boxer can safely say that her. Unicorns by holly black, you are so undead to me by stacey jay, watchers in the night by jenna black, vam. Sansom, these are the books that have made our hearts race and our pulses jump. Author, titleseries name, and summary for about 20 titles or mystery series about felines. French fiction titles buy books online or at 1 york. Dare me, by megan abbott 20 trying to decide on the megan abbott book ofthedecade is like trying to figure out the best crime books of the decade i. Novels and short story collections in the crime fiction genre by writers born in the british isles and the republic of ireland. A comprehensive bibliography of critical writing through 1979 lockwood reference z5917.
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