The Confidential Agent
By: Ian Rankin , Graham Greene
3.54
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN. In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a l…
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1. Scoop
By: Evelyn Waugh
3.80
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the "Daily Beast", has always prided himself on hi… read more
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"Ah well, to the journalist every country is rich."-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop
"News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read."-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop
"Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'--William Boot"-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop
"As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit or belief, they were called a Republic."-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop
2. The Black Prince
By: Iris Murdoch , Martha C. Nussbaum
3.96
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job… read more
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"Coming events do cast shadows."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
"I've thought about nothing else but you."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
"Sometimes one feels suddenly doomed by fate."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
"I know people can be awful dooms for each other."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
3. 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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"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)
4. Officers and Gentlemen (Sword of Honour, #2)
By: Evelyn Waugh
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes attached t… read more
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5. A Handful of Dust
By: Evelyn Waugh
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life wher… read more
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6. Absolute Friends
By: John Le Carré
3.87
Format: 411 pages, Paperback
An absolutely triumphant bestseller-everywhere hailed as the masterpiece toward which John le Carre… read more
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7. Cause for Alarm
By: Eric Ambler
3.54
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
Nicky Marlow needs a job. He's engaged to be married and the employment market is pretty slim in Br… read more
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8. The Drowning Pool
By: Ross Macdonald
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are… read more
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9. Liberty Bar (Maigret, #17)
By: Georges Simenon , David Watson
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Half an hour later, he was in Cannes . . . White everywhere! Huge white hotels, white shops, white … read more
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10. The Confidential Agent
By: Ian Rankin , Graham Greene
3.54
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN. In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a l… read more
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11. A Murder of Quality
By: John Le Carré
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more
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12. A Coffin for Dimitrios
By: Eric Ambler
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery wr… read more
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13. Rogue Male
By: Geoffrey Household
4.09
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Rogue Male is one of the classic thrillers of the 20th century. An Englishman plans to assassinate … read more
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14. Quentin Durward
By: Walter Scott
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond… read more
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15. The Sword of Honour Trilogy
By: Evelyn Waugh , Frank Kermode
3.43
Format: 64 pages,
This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer,… read more
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16. The Two-Penny Bar (Maigret, #11)
By: Georges Simenon , David Watson
3.73
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Penguin relaunch of Georges Simenon's incomparable books continues with four new Inspector Maig… read more
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17. Epitaph for a Spy
By: Eric Ambler
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
When Josef Vadassy arrives at the Hotel de la Reserve at the end of his Riviera holiday, he is simp… read more
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18. Journey Into Fear
By: Eric Ambler
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Returning to his hotel room after a late-night flirtation with a cabaret dancer at an Istanbul boit… read more
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19. Background to Danger
By: Eric Ambler
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European … read more
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20. The Light of Day
By: Eric Ambler
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin's classic film, Topkapi. When Arthur Abdel Simpson … read more
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22. The Looking Glass War
By: John Le Carré
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more
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23. Men at Arms
By: Evelyn Waugh
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdier… read more
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24. The Misty Harbour (Maigret, #15)
By: Georges Simenon , Linda Coverdale
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A new translation of Georges Simenon's gripping tale of lost identity. Book sixteen in the new Peng… read more
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25. Billy Budd, Sailor
By: Herman Melville
3.76
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
A handsome young sailor is unjustly accused of plotting mutiny in this timeless tale of the sea. read more
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26. Goldstein: Gereon Raths dritter Fall (Gereon Rath, #3)
By: Volker Kutscher
3.24
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
Berlin 1931: die Wirtschaftskrise verscharft sich, die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen SA und Rotfron… read more
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27. The Saint-Fiacre Affair: Inspector Maigret #13
By: Georges Simenon
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
When an ominous note predicting the time and place of a death finds its way to Maigret's desk in Pa… read more
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28. Passage of Arms
By: Eric Ambler
3.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when th… read more
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29. Vile Bodies
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
Evelyn Waugh's second novel, "Vile Bodies" is his tribute to London's smart set. It introduces us t… read more
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30. The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
By: Georges Simenon
3.81
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Kees Popinga is an average man, a solid citizen who might enjoy a game of chess in the evening. But… read more
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31. Johnson at 10: The Inside Story
By: Anthony Seldon
4.22
Format: 662 pages, Hardcover
***Chosen as a non-fiction highlight of 2023 in The Times and the Observer *** After his dramatic … read more
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