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Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

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An enigmatic mystery set in a fictional Genova. When an unidentified corpse is brought into the...

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 Flanders Panel

The Flanders Panel

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The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of...

Liquidation

Liquidation

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"Not since Kafka or Beckett has a writer packed so much metaphysics into so tight a space." -- New...

The Man Who Watched The Trains Go By

The Man Who Watched The Trains Go By

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Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Until the day he discovers that his...

Excursion to Tindari

Excursion to Tindari

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In the fifth Inspector Montalbano mystery a young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his...

The True Deceiver

The True Deceiver

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From the New York Review of Books Edition: Deception—the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we...

The Pharmacist

The Pharmacist

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Hella has always suffered from a need to nurture lost souls, fostering a series of hopeless men...

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Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

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

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I'm Not Scared

Author: Niccolò Ammaniti

One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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