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Murder/Mystery Book Reviews

The books have been listed in alphabetical order to help you find what you're after quickly...

A Rare and Deadly Issue
Author: Marlena Thompson   
Publisher: Pearl Street Publishing (2004)   
Classification: Adult/Mystery
A Whodunit in the Best of Traditions.
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American Psycho
Author: Bret Easton Ellis   biography
Publisher: Picador   about
Classification: Thriller/Satire (?)
Set in the 1980's this book follows the journey of one sick and twisted man on a rampage. Now an excellent film directed by Mary Harron.
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Dead Famous
Author: Ben Elton   biography
Publisher: Black Swan (2002) An imprint of Transworld Publishers   about
Classification: Whodunit
A clever and sometimes macabre modern day whodunit and a parody of a well know European wide (and else where) television show.
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Fireworks
Author: Jill Wellington and Edna Mae Holm   
Publisher: Stargate Press   
Classification: Murder/Mystery, Paranormal
Fireworks sees Webb Hannis, a Detroit Cop, trying to solve a murder case with the help of his spirit guide and something called synchronicity.
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Gallows Thief
Author: Bernard Cornwell   biography
Publisher: Harper Collins   about
Classification: Period Murder/Mystery
The war with France is over, Napoleon has been outmaneuvered at Waterloo and now the soldiers have returned… But what can an impoverished gentleman, crickater and veteran of the Peninsula War do next?
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Messiah
Author: Boris Starling   biography
Publisher: Harper Collins   about
Classification: Psychological Thriller
Red has got the hardest case of his life on his hands, and the most disturbed. A serial killer is stalking the streets and it appears he has no motive.
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Scoundrel
Author: Bernard Cornwell   biography
Publisher: Penguin Books   about
Classification: Mystery – crime
Boston-Irish Paul Shanaha is a full time scoundrel, but then so is everyone else in the dark underground world of terrorism.
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Storm
Author: Boris Starling   biography
Publisher: Harper Collins   about
Classification: Psychological Thriller
The sequel to the excellent Messiah. Borris Starlings' "Storm" sees Kate tackling a seriously disturbed serial killer.
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The Cry of the Halidon
Author: Robert Ludlum   biography
Publisher: Harper Collins   about
Classification: Thriller
The Cry of the Halidon is an adventure that’ll see McAuliff plunged into the depths of the Jamaican jungle. Into a world where no one’s as they appear and everything is on the line.
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The Spider's Web: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland (A Sister Fidelma Mystery)
Author: Peter Tremayne   biography
Publisher: Signet Books   
Classification: Murder/Mystery, Celtic History
The year is 666 and there's been a murder in Celtic run Ireland. Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf have been asked by to go and investigate the murder of Eber, the chieftain of the clan.
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