"Tuesday morning started out damn near perfect. Right up until Demarco Jones told James Beck, 'Manny wants to kill somebody.'" ~ from John Clarkson's Among Thieves
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BIG BARGAIN BOOK SALE March is the month of our "world famous in Christchurch" book sale. - Friday 11 March, 9:00am - 7:00pm
- Saturday 12 March, 9:00am - 4:00pm
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Victim Without A Face by Stefan AhnhemTwo gruesome murders have shocked the Swedish town of Helsingborg. The first victim, a thug who liked using his fists, died with his hands sawn off. His sidekick, a fan of steel-capped boots, was crushed feet-first by a JCB. Both men were bullies in the same class at school. Is someone serving justice after thirty years? The killer leaves no trace behind. But for lead investigator Fabian Risk, the lack of forensic evidence is not the only problem. He too was a student in that class which makes him both a potential victim and a potential suspect.
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A Summer With Kim Novak by HÃ¥kan NesserFourteen-year old Erik and his friend Edmund spend their summer vacation in 1962 by a Swedish lake, daydreaming about Ewa, a young teacher who looks just like actress Kim Novak. When Ewa's fiance is found dead, Erik's brother is the prime suspect at first, but the actual killer is never found. Twenty-five years later, when Erik happens to come across an article about unsolved crimes, he is overwhelmed by memories about that summer. What really happened back then? And why was Ewa's fiance murdered?
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A Shameful Murder by Cora HarrisonCork, Ireland, 1923. When, one wet March morning, Reverend Mother Aquinas discovers a body at the gate of the convent chapel, she immediately sends for one of her former pupils, Police Sergeant Patrick Cashman, to investigate. Dead bodies ar not unusual in the poverty-stricken slums of Cork, but this one is dressed in evening finery; in her handbag is a dance program for the exclusive Merchants' Ball held the previous evening and a midnight ticket for the Liverpool ferry. Against the backdrop of a country in the midst of Ireland's Civil War, the Reverend Mother, Sergeant Cashman and Dr. Scher, an enlightened physician and friend, seek out the truth as to the identity of the victim and her killer.
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Scandalous behavior
by Stuart Woods
New York City cop-turned-Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington confronts a particularly challenging adversary whose nefarious schemes test the limits of Barrington's skills. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Carnal Curiosity.
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| The Good Goodbye by Carla BuckleyThe Good Goodbye starts with a fire in a dorm room; the roommates (best friends and look-alike cousins) sustain major burns; a boyfriend is killed. The girls are unconscious, so when the cops start talking about arson, it's their parents who must try to piece together what exactly happened -- and as in Herman Koch's bestselling The Dinner, old secrets and disturbing truths are revealed. This is the sort of book that is often referred to as "domestic suspense," in part because the events within could all too easily happen to any of us... |
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The Mayfair Mystery : 2835 Mayfair
by Frank Richardson
The body of a wealthy man is discovered by his valet. The valet hurried to a friend of the dead man to tell him of the tragedy. They return to find the body gone! The motive of the murder becomes a deeper mystery still, and no clue seems to lead anywhere. Little by little, however, evidence is built up round a theory, and clever detective work triumphs in the end.Book Annotation
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| Beside Myself by Ann Morgan In a bid to get attention, identical twin sisters Helen and Ellie decide to swap identities. Helen's always been the golden child, while Ellie's the difficult one, so when Ellie pretends to be Helen, she finally gets the positive attention she craves. She refuses to switch back, and eventually grows into a successful young woman. The original Helen, however, fulfills her mother's expectations of Ellie, and exists on the margins of society. Told in two timelines from Helen's point of view, this is a fascinating exploration of nature, nurture, identity, and mental illness. |
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Books You Might Have Missed
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| The House of Wolfe: A Border Noir by James Carlos BlakeThis final act in the trilogy starring the Wolfe family of outlaws, which operates on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border, features a Mexico City wedding ruined by the kidnapping of the wedding party (and you thought bad music and worse food was the worst that could happen). They're being held for ransom, five million dollars that must be paid with 24 hours. One of those kidnapped is Jessie Wolfe, niece of the head of the Wolfe's gun-running operation. He launches a rescue, she attempts an escape, and the stage is set for violence, bloodshed, and tragedy. |
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| Badlands by C.J. BoxThanks to a massive oil discovery, once-dying Grimstad, North Dakota, has been transformed into a sprawling boom town full of newcomers and new construction -- as well as drugs, gangs, and violence. Early one morning, 12-year-old paperboy Kyle Westergaard witnesses a vehicle force another car off the road -- with fatal consequences. But the police say it's a single-car accident, and Kyle has complicated things with the theft of a bag from the crashed car -- a bag that lots of people want. Narrated by both Kyle and deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell (readers of The Highway will remember her), this atmospheric novel brims with suspense and action. |
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If she only knew
by Lisa Jackson
Left with fractured memories following the car accident that nearly took her life, Marla Cahill finds herself surrounded by a family of strangers and in deadly danger from a twisted killer who fears what she may remember
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| Palace of Treason by Jason MatthewsIn this "extraordinarily commanding, acidly relevant, and unrelentingly suspenseful" (Booklist) follow-up to the Edgar Award-winning Red Sparrow, Russian intelligence double agent Dominika Egorova edges ever closer to danger. She's got President Putin in her cross-hairs, but a rival operative has her in his. Add to that a treasonous American who knows enough to expose her, and a tricky Russian uranium deal with Iran, and Dominika and her CIA lover/case officer are in trouble. Complexly plotted and extremely detailed in characterization and tradecraft alike, Palace of Treason is a must-read for spy fiction fans. |
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| What Doesn't Kill Her by Carla NortonIn The Edge of Normal, former kidnapping victim Reeve LeClaire helped another girl escape a predator. Now, in What Doesn't Kill Her, her own kidnapper has escaped from the psychiatric hospital he's serving his sentence in -- and Reeve can guess at his plans. To help prevent what happened to her from happening to others, she puts herself at risk, traveling back to Seattle to do what she can. "The pages fly by," says Library Journal. |
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