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The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" ( Los Angeles Times ), Philip Marlowe. * Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe , starring Liam Neeson. One of The Atlantic 's...
A junkie, dead in an Edinburgh squat, the body laid out with ritual precision. A girl with a past, running wild and running scared. But who cares? These are the dregs, a squalid society of addicts and derelicts, people long since disconnected from...
Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her inept matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.
Having shot the notorious serial killer, the "Dollmaker," four years earlier, maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch finds himself in court, defending himself against a lawsuit that claims he killed the wrong man.
"Great little book that reveals what police actually go thru to solve serious crime. Written very well--very amusingly--but--it demonstrates the "plod" of policework. So expect ploddish textbook-like parts. Great characters, feel of pl..."
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