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21) Poodle Springs
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Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 8
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Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settle down. But old habits die hard, and Marlowe soon is back in business, enmeshed in a case involving pornography, bigamy, and murder.
24) The lost world
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London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosaic, decides to go in search of adventure and fame to prove himself worthy of her. Soon after, he meets Professor George Challenger, a controversial scientist who claims to have discovered a "lost world" populated by pterodactyls and other prehistoric monsters.
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"When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again--for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Hercule Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie reenactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board"--P....
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The late Richard Abernethie's solicitor, Mr. Entwhistle, turns to Hercule Poirot after Richard's sister Cora is killed with a hatchet the day after suggesting to other family members that her wealthy brother's death may not have been natural. The bodies seem to be piling up at Enderby Hall as her companion is sent a sliver of wedding cake steeped in arsenic. A mystery complete with genealogical tree, a dubious will, and a family full of potential...
27) Little Dorrit
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The daughter of an imprisoned debtor suffers injustices of nineteenth-century English society.
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When copywriter Victor Dean falls to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, no one seems to mind. That is, until Lord Peter joins the firm incognito as Dean's replacement and starts asking questions which lead him into a network of blackmailers, drug pushers and one of the most deadly plots of crime fiction. However, before the crimes can be solved and the truth revealed, five more people must die.
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"Detective Chief Inspector Maigret is known for his infallible instinct, for getting at the truth no matter how complex the case, but when someone starts killing women on the streets of Montmartre, he finds himself confounded. Under increasing pressure, Maigret brings together officers from across the city in a trap that finally catches the murderer out...'High up in Montmartre, there was a festive atmosphere, people were crowding round the little...
30) Pygmalion
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When phonetics tutor and linguist Henry Higgins meets Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, he makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can teach her to speak so well that she will be able to pass herself off as a Duchess at a society ball.
32) Smiley's people
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George Smiley novels volume 7
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English
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When a Russian emigr e is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, Smiley is called out of retirement to exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past.
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George Smiley novels volume 6
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English
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George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. He chooses his weapon: Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," a passionate lover, and a seasoned, reckless secret agent. Westerby is pointed east, to Hong Kong. And so begins the terrifying game.
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George Smiley novels volume 8
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English
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Ned considered delivering his own speech to the new "Joes" at Saratt, but in the end, he called on George Smiley, the legendary officer who had retired to Cornwall. Smiley's "fireside chat" gives the dangerous edge back to Ned's memory, transporting him to his own beginnings as an agent in the 60s when the Red Peril was everywhere.
35) Six suspects
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When Vivek "Vicky" Rai, the son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is killed at a party celebrating his acquittal on a murder charge, the police investigate six suspects attending the party who had guns in their possession.
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[2012], p2012
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Lilies for the Ladies: In the first episode of the series, detective Sexton Blake investigates the unexplained murders of four wealthy society women. The Sin-Eater: An old friend of Blake's receives a series of cryptic messages written on playing cards. Bluebeard's Keys: Blake is sent a mysterious key in the post, the attached note reads: "This is Bluebeard's first key." Murder on the Portsmouth Road: In one of Britain's earliest surviving drama recordings...
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2005
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A pocket full of rye. Wealthy businessman Rex Fortescue is found dead with rye grain in his pocket. Miss Marple soon discovers a murderer is dispatching his victims on the basis of the children's nursery rhyme. Murder at the vicarage. The most detested man in a small English village is shot in the head at the vicarage. Only Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues. A Caribbean mystery. On the island of St. Honoré, old Major Palgrave tells...
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2005
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4.50 from Paddington. As Elspeth McGillicuddy travels by train to visit Miss Marple, she witnesses a man strangling a woman on another train. Only Miss Marple believes her and sets about uncovering what happened. At Bertram's Hotel. Something sinister lurks beneath the Bertram Hotel's polished veneer. Nemesis. Mr. Rafiel, the financier who had been Miss Marple's ally in solving a murder on the Caribbean island of St. Honoré, has died. Miss Marple...