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The Case of the General’s Thumb

The Case of the General’s Thumb

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By the author of Death and the Penguin, this 1999 novel opens in Kiev with the puzzling death of a...

The Snack Thief

The Snack Thief

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When an elderly man is stabbed to death in the lift of his apartment block and a crewman on an...

The Voice of the Violin

The Voice of the Violin

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Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him...

The Hotel Majestic

The Hotel Majestic

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When the strangled body of Mrs Clark, the wife of a wealthy American industrialist, is found in...

The Blue Room

The Blue Room

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An adulterous affair leads to a double murder and an inescapable nightmare for Tony in this...

The Oxford Brotherhood

The Oxford Brotherhood

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Mathematics student G is trying to resurrect his studies, which is proving difficult as he finds...

The Oxford Murders

The Oxford Murders

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A lovely review from Marcus du Sautoy in The Guardian to whet your appetite for this mathematical...

Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

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Cracow, 1893. Desperate to relieve her boredom and improve her social standing, Zofia Turbotynska...

The Crocodile

The Crocodile

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Transferred to Naples after a tangle with the Sicilian Mafia, Detective Inspector Giuseppe...

The Defenceless

The Defenceless

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When an old man is run over and killed by a Hungarian au pair, Finnish police investigator Anna...

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Night Train to Lisbon

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Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

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