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Mrs. McGinty's Dead - Agatha Christie
EDITORIAL REVIEW: An old widow is brutally killed in the parlour of her cottage...Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Su... -
Midnight Caller - Diane Burke
SUMMARY: Three deaths, one connection-the anonymous calls all three women reported in the weeks before they died. Detective Tony Marino wants to close this case before another woma... -
Mental Floss Presents Instant K - Will Pearson
SUMMARY: Mental_floss is proud to present a full-bodied jolt of inspiration for thirsty minds on the go. Blended with titillating facts, startling revelations, and head-scratching ... -
Let's Take the Long Way Home_ A - Gail Caldwell
SUMMARY: “It’s an old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too.” So begins this gorgeous memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Ga... -
Kolyma Tales - Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov
Product DescriptionIt is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seve... -
Kafka Was the Rage_ A Greenwich - Anatole Broyard
From Kirkus ReviewsBrilliant, funny, penetrating observations on life and culture in N.Y.C. after WW II from critic Broyard, who died of cancer in 1990 (Intoxicated by My Illness, ... -
Infernal Devices - KW Jeter
WHEN GEORGE'S FATHER DIED, HE LEFT GEORGE HIS WATCHMAKER SHOP -- AND MORE.But George has little talent for watches and other infernal devices. When someone tries to steal an old de... -
Highgate Rise - Anne Perry
Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire in the peaceful suburb of Highgate. But the blaze was set by an arsonist, and it is unclear whether she or ... -
Hank Williams - Colin Escott; George Merritt; W
From Publishers WeeklyWhen Hank Williams died in the backseat of a car at age 29, he left behind grieving fans, friends and family, as well as eight guns, eight pairs of boots, 11 ... -
Fallen Grace - Mary Hooper
Poor, orphaned Grace Parkes is in a horrible situation. Her illegitimate child has just died in childbirth, so she's traveled to the Brookwood Cemetery to place the small infant's ...