Arkady Renko returns for his most enigmatic and baffling case: the death of one of Russia's new billionaires, which leads him to the Zone of Exclusion - Chernobyl and the surrounding areas closed to the world since the nuclear...
Mystery fiction. gsafd
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Author:SMITH, Martin CruzSummary: -
Author:GREGSON, J. MSummary:In an area famous for the Lancashire Witches four centuries earlier, it seems that witchcraft still flourishes. When a body is discovered in a derelict farmhouse, it is partly mummified, a pathetic ruin. Although an identity is...
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Author:KOONTZ, DeanSummary:Velocity is an astonishing, fast-moving story of an innocent man forced by a serial killer to choose who will be murdered next. Billy is drawn into an accelerating nightmare, which steadily becomes more personal. Finally he must risk...
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Author:PATTERSON, JamesSummary:A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping for breath. The call button fails to bring help in time. The hospital's doctors are completely mystified by her sudden death. Could there be...
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Author:Dick FrancisSummary:When a champion jockey disappears--right before a big race and the birth of his child--British investigator David Cleveland bets on foulplay
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Author:FRANCIS, DickSummary:As Sid Halley, ex-champion jockey, would soon discover, life as a private eye could get a lot worse. Especially when a ruthless property dealer has plans for Seabury racetrack- Plans that have nothing to do with racing and everything to...
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Author:Bagley, DesmondSummary:Geologist, Bob Boyd, who works in British Columbia timber country, has no memory of his past following a terrible accident, which only he survived. Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new...
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Author:FRANCIS, Dick & FRANCIS, FelixSummary:With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning that affects most of the guests at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton finds himself in more trouble when he caters an exclusive luncheon at the...
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Author:REICHS, KathySummary:'Death by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head' is the on-scene assessment, but the victim's relatives are adamant in their rejection of suicide as an explanation. Extreme heat has accelerated decomposition, and Dr...
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Author:ABBOTT, JeffSummary:When Texas judge Whit Mosley opens an inquest into the murders of his friends, he's plunged into a shadowy world of ruthless treasure hunters, double-crossing tycoons and money-hungry sharks - all chasing a long-gone fortune.
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Author:LA PLANTE, LyndaSummary:Young detective Anna Travis has been assigned to her first murder case. They began eight years earlier; now the body count is up to six, all identical, the backgrounds of the girls very similar. But the profile of the murderer changes...
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Author:CONNELLY, MichaelSummary:Brings together Terry McCaleb, hero of Bloodwork, and Harry Bosch, with a part for Jack McEvoy from The poet. McCaleb is asked to profile the killer of an unsolved murder.
