David Morrell
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"Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir, 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater', is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier ... Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives" --inside front cover.
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2015.
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English
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"Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his Confessions of an Opium-Eater, confronts London's harrowing streets to thwart the assassination of Queen Victoria. The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The Empire teeters. Amid this crisis comes opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, one of the most notorious and brilliant personalities of Victorian England. Along with his irrepressible...
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Thomas De Quincey mysteries volume 3
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2016.
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English
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Opium addict Thomas De Quincey and his irrepressible daughter Emily investigate the strangling of a lawyer in what is the first murder on an English train, and they uncover a dangerous secret that reaches the highest levels of British society.
1855. The railway has irrevocably altered English society: a whole day's journey can now be covered in a matter of hours. This brings freedom-- and danger. When a gentleman is stabbed to death in a locked first-class...
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2015
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English
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From bestselling thriller author David Morrell comes a brooding Thomas De Quincey short story about the coldest of deaths and their heartbreaking aftermath.
Thomas De Quincey — the central character of Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mysteries, Murder as a Fine Art and Inspector of the Dead — was one of the most notorious and brilliant literary personalities of the 1800s. His infamous Confessions of an English Opium-Eater...
Thomas De Quincey — the central character of Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mysteries, Murder as a Fine Art and Inspector of the Dead — was one of the most notorious and brilliant literary personalities of the 1800s. His infamous Confessions of an English Opium-Eater...
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ADVENTURE / THRILLER. In 1916, Mexican bandit Pancho Villa raided the southwestern border town of Columbus, New Mexico. Three hundred American soldiers fought four hundred attackers in a battle that ended with one of the last cavalry charges in U.S. history. Outraged, Congress ordered the U.S. Army to invade Mexico in pursuit of Villa. For the first time, trucks and airplanes accompanied U. S. cavalry into combat, practicing for America's entry into...
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After a bungled covert operation, anti-terrorist operative Steve Decker retires to New Mexico where he meets Beth, who changes his life. When a terrifying assault then rips his world apart and Beth disappears, Steve must find and destroy the forces that are stalking him, and discover the truth about the woman he loves. Adult
16) The shimmer
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2009
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English
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Bizarre lights draw hundreds of people to a remote Texas town, including a couple who find themselves plunged into violence and bloodshed. But has the military known about these inexplicable phenomena for decades, thus unleashing forces they may not be able to control?