Promised Land

Promised Land

Robert B. Parker

Mystery / Crime / Western

Spenser is good at finding things. But this time he has a client out on Cape Cod who is in over his head. Harvey Shepard has lost his pretty wife -- and a very pretty quarter million bucks in real estate. Now a loan shark is putting on the bite.Spenser finds himself doing a slow burn in the Cape Cod sun. The wife has turned up as a hot suspect in a case of murder one...the in-hock hubby has 24 hours before the mob makes him dead...and suddenly Spenser is in so deep that the only way out is so risky it makes dying look like a sure thing."Spenser is the sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read private eye around today." (The Cincinnati Post)
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The Wychford Poisoning Case

The Wychford Poisoning Case

Anthony Berkeley

Mystery / Crime

One of the earliest psychological crime novels, back in print after more than 80 years. Mrs Bentley has been arrested for murder. The evidence is overwhelming: arsenic she extracted from fly papers was in her husband's medicine, his food and his lemonade, and her crimes are being plastered across the newspapers. Even her lawyers believe she is guilty. But Roger Sheringham, the brilliant but outspoken young novelist, is convinced that there is 'too much evidence' against Mrs Bentley and sets out to prove her innocence. Credited as the book that first introduced psychology to the detective novel, The Wychford Poisoning Case was based on a notorious real-life murder inquiry. Written by Anthony Berkeley, a founder of the celebrated Detection Club who also found fame under the pen-name 'Francis Iles', the story saw the return of Roger Sheringham, the Golden Age's breeziest – and booziest – detective.
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Body on the Stage

Body on the Stage

Bev Robitai

Crime / Mystery / Science Fiction

Join your favourite characters from Murder in the Second Row back in the Regent Theatre with this second story in the Theatre Mystery series. Jessica and Gazza are on hand to guide newcomer Dennis Dempster around the theatre, but he's in even more foreign territory when he gets to the gym. Lucky he has Cathy, the gym owner, on hand to look after him.If you're inspired by Dennis' transformation, there are weight loss tips by a professional nutritionist to help you complete your own twelve week challenge to become fit and fabulous.Actor John Nettles of Midsomer Murders writes "Wonderfully invigorating read. Raunchy, funny and lovable characters in a great story. If its ever made into a film I want to be in it!"
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Rehab Run

Rehab Run

Barbra Leslie

Crime / Mystery / Contemporary

Danny Cleary is getting clean. When her twin sister was murdered and her nephews kidnapped, drug-addicted Danny crossed North America with her brother Darren pursuing those responsible—and being pursued. Now she's in rehab in the peace and tranquility of rural Nova Scotia; the hardest thing she's smoking is nicotine, and she's taken up running. This was exactly what she needed. Then she finds a human hand in a mailbox and her rural idyll is shattered.Once again Danny is drawn into a complex underworld of insanity, revenge and murder. She will have to fight to protect her family and uncover the truth.
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