Bodies in a Bookshop
By: R.T. Campbell
3.32
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
When botanist Max Boyle ventures into a little shop around the corner from London's Tottenham Court…
Want to Read $ 9.99"The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another, and before you know where you are you are on a gigantic book-binge. My brief case was full to bursting and I had bundles of books under both arms. I was bowed down by the weight of them."-R.T. Campbell, Bodies in a Bookshop
"The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another, and before you know where you are you are on a gigantic book-binge. My brief case was full to bursting and I had bundles of books under both arms. I was bowed down by the weight of them."-R.T. Campbell, Bodies in a Bookshop
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1. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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- mystery
- classics
- crime
- fiction
"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
2. The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)
By: Edmund Crispin
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Richard Cadogan's Oxford holiday turns into a mystery solving adventure full of dangerous twists an… read more
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- mystery
- classics
- crime
- fiction
"What are you going to do with your self now?'... 'I? said Fen. 'I shall pursue my orderly and dignified progress towards the grave."-Edmund Crispin, The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)
3. Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)
By: John Le Carré
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
John le Carre classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of interna… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- fiction
4. Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
By: Donna Leon
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, h… read more
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5. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more
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6. Black Orchids (Nero Wolfe, #9)
By: Lawrence Block , Rex Stout
3.96
Format: None pages, Paperback
Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid … read more
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7. The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
By: Agatha Christie
3.82
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She… read more
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- mystery
- classics
- crime
- fiction
"Here was a man who would never rail against fate but accept it and pass on to victory"-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
"Because when you’re in love, you think you’re invincible. It blinds you. And you don’t seem to care."-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
"What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean."-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
"Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a…"-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
8. Lud-in-the-Mist
By: Neil Gaiman , Hope Mirrlees , Douglas A. Anderson
4.43
Format: 269 pages,
Lud-in-the-Mist, the capital city of the small country Dorimare, is a port at the confluence of two… read more
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9. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)
By: Anthony Horowitz
4.18
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- fiction
10. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
By: Alan Bradley
3.82
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more
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- mystery
- historical
- crime
- fiction
"Simple pleasures are best."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
"It was as black in the closet as old blood."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
"Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
11. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
By: Adam Hochschild
4.18
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more
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- historical
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
12. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)
By: Helene Tursten
3.76
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation prob… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- fiction
"Maud placed two small cartons of rollmops in the basket of her wheeled walker, followed by a larger pack of herring salad. They were soon joined by a Stilton cheese in a blue porcelain pot, a mature …"-Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)
13. The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)
By: Anthony Horowitz
4.09
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fourth literary whodunit followin… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- fiction
"It's an interesting paradox. The more humane the critics, the more hurtful their opinions."-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)
"Harriet distorted everything. It was a sort of ownership. She made the entire world her own..."-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)
14. Mrs. Caliban
By: Rachel Ingalls
3.76
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Now back in print, Mrs. Caliban is “totally unforgettable” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and “… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Drugs,"-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
"Why do you call him a monster?"-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
"I can’t imagine living in a different time,"-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
"Still, people would notice a man with a green head. I guess I should get you a wig."-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban
15. Argylle
By: Elly Conway
3.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny. A CIA plane downed in the jungle… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
16. A Single Thread of Moonlight
By: Laura Wood
4.28
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
Iris Grey's childhood was idyllic... until her father remarried. Iris's new stepmother and two step… read more
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- historical
- fiction
17. I am the Minotaur
By: Anthony McGowan
3.96
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Matthew is 14 and is struggling to fit in - something that's extra hard when you're taking care of … read more
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- family
- fiction
- illness
- psychology
18. The Eye of Ra (The Eye of Ra, #1)
By: Ben Gartner
4.10
Format: 278 pages, ebook
Exploring a mysterious cave in the mountains behind their house, John and his sister Sarah are shoc… read more
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- mystery
- historical
- fiction
19. Bodies in a Bookshop
By: R.T. Campbell
3.32
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
When botanist Max Boyle ventures into a little shop around the corner from London's Tottenham Court… read more
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- classics
- historical
- psychology
- scotland
- fiction
- family
- mystery
- crime
- illness
- books about books
"The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another, and before you know where you are you are on a gigantic book-binge. My brief case was full …"-R.T. Campbell, Bodies in a Bookshop
20. Lost for Words
By: Aoife Walsh
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Dallas's life was turned upside down the day her mum was killed in a traffic accident. Now she live… read more
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- family
- psychology
21. Everything You Know About England Is Wrong
By: Matt Brown
3.59
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A highly entertaining read for anyone interested in English history and culture, this great myth-bu… read more
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