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Bones in London Edgar Wallace · 1900 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The new Managing Director of Schemes Ltd has an elegant London office and a theatrically dressed assistant - however Bones, as he is better known, is bored. Luckily there is a slump in the shipping market and it is not long before Joe and Fred Pole pay Bones a visit. They are totally unprepared for Bones' unnerving style of doing business, unprepared for his unique style of innocent and endearing… Shares Thriller, Mystery

Fifty Candles Earl Derr Biggers · 1926 Shares Thriller, Mystery with this book.

A Bullet For Cinderella

A Bullet For Cinderella John D. MacDonald · 1955 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Her veneer was big city ... But one look and you knew that Toni Raselle's instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled hair like raw blue-black silk, her brown shoulders bare. Eyes deep-set, a girl with a gypsy look. So this was the girl I had risked my life to find. This was the girl who was going to lead me to a… Shares Thriller, Mystery

The Beast Faye Kellerman · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "Over the years, Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus have got through a lot together. They've faced more than their share of serial killers and psychopaths. But this time two very different cases may cause them to re-evaluate everything they hold dear. One case involves Gabe, the troubled boy they've taken into their home. The other is much stranger - a man is found dead in his apartment, apparently… Shares Mystery & Detective, General, Thriller, Mystery

Murder in Montague Place Martyn Beardsley · 2012 Great Scotland Yard 1844. When the beautiful Eleanora Scambles claims that her husband has been wrongly arrested for the murder of Edward Mizzentoft, Inspector Bucket of the recently formed Detective Department is intrigued, but there are two problems. The case is already being handled by Bucket's colleague, who is in no doubt about his man's guilt; and someone else observed the conversation… Shares Mystery & Detective, General, History

Sail Of Stone Åke Edwardson · 2012 Shares Mystery & Detective, General, Thriller, Mystery with this book.

Running blind Desmond Bagley · 1970 · ★ 3.7 · 231p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "It'll be simple", they said at the Department. "You'll just be a messenger boy". But to Alan Stewart, on a deserted road in Iceland with a murdered man at his feet, it looks anything but simple. Someone very ruthless is after the innocent-looking parcel he carries, and Kenniken, a Russian agent with the best of reasons for hating him, has followed him to Iceland. Shares Thriller, Mystery

The Square Emerald Edgar Wallace · 1926 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Leslie Maughan, recognized for her keen mind, has unofficially been promoted to Scotland Yard’s first female investigator. Chancing upon a book of poetry once owned by a Peter Dawlish, convicted forger, Leslie delves into the details of the convict’s case and becomes convinced of Peter’s innocence. Befriending Peter after his release from prison, Leslie discovers a link between him, a lady of… Shares Thriller, Mystery

The Man Who Knew Edgar Wallace · 1918 · ★ 3.4 · 145p · ≈ 4h · Moderate John Minute, formerly an unscrupulous African mining magnate, has flown to England, but can’t escape his past. Constantly threatened by blackmailers, he fears death and financial ruin. At the suggestion of the commissioner of police, “The Man Who Knows” is hired to assist in determining the source of these threats. But after John is murdered, suspicion is cast on his nephew, who calls on The Man… Shares Thriller, Mystery

The tightrope men Desmond Bagley · 1973 · ★ 3.8 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Giles Denison's life is turned upside down when he awakes to find himself in a luxurious hotel in Oslo and, peering into the bathroom mirror, discovers the face of another man! He has been kidnapped from his flat in London and transformed into famous Finnish scientist, Dr Harold Feltham Meyrick. Compelled to adjust to his new persona (including meeting his daughter) and to play out the role… Shares Thriller, Mystery

As Time Goes By Mary Higgins Clark · 2016 · ★ 3.8 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate " In this exciting thriller from Mary Higgins Clark, the #1 New York Times bestselling "Queen of Suspense," a news reporter tries to find her birth mother just as she is assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband. Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of stardom after she begins covering a sensational murder trial for the six p.m.… Shares Inheritance and succession, Mystery & Detective, General, Thriller

Orley Farm Anthony Trollope · 1861 · ★ 4.0 · 610p · ≈ 20h · Demanding When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm (near London) to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil. Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives… Shares Inheritance and succession, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.] O. Henry · 1899 · ★ 3.5 · 1396p · ≈ 46h · Demanding Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs with this book.

The troll garden Willa Cather · 1905 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society. The passions, ambitions, and pretensions, the cant and the pathos of… Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Into Oblivion Arnaldur Indriðason · 2016 · ★ 3.8 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Into Oblivion, the follow-up to the gritty prequel Reykjavik Nights, gives devoted fans another glimpse of Erlendur in his early days as a young, budding detective. A woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light. Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A… Shares Mystery & Detective, Thriller

The Weaver's Inheritance

The Weaver's Inheritance Kate Sedley · 2001 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Roger the Chapman series #8 Chapman 08 - The long-lost son of a wealthy weaver, thought murdered six years before, has reappeared, to the joy of the old man but to the indignation of Alison Burnett, who refuses to believe the stranger is her brother. When she is disinherited she appeals to Roger the Chapman to prove her suspicions right. Shares Inheritance and succession, Social life and customs, History

Goodnight Nobody Paul Von Helsing · 2000 Shares Mystery & Detective, Mystery with this book.

Cop Town Karin Slaughter · 2012 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "In 1974, the Atlanta Police Department is investigating a serial cop killer hardly welcomes women, so they partner Kate and Maggie to isolate them from the action. But the move will backfire, putting them right at the heart of it"-- Shares Mystery & Detective, General, Thriller, Mystery