Results for: books tagged ‘Suspense’
The Achilles Heel: Reg Gadney
The time is now. An enquiry agent, known as Angell, is hired by the glamorous wife of the century's greatest philanthropist and financier, to terminate the investigation of her husband's ... More
Across the Common: Elizabeth Berridge
When Louise returns to the house where she was brought up, old violence stirs beneath the calm surface. What, for instance, is the significance of the rare Chinese lily carefully ... More
And Then There Was No One: Gilbert Adair
The third outing for Evadne Mount - a novel like no other, a hall of mirrors, a hole-in-one, a tour de force of stylistic brio and narrative ingenuity. More
Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare: Cyril Hare
These thirty stories, selected and introduced by fellow crime writer and lawyer Michael Gilbert, are a terrific introduction to Cyril Hare’s inventive and clever Golden Age detective fiction, which often ... More
Black Cat, Black Dog: John Creed
When a set of dog tags, supposedly belonging to a seaman missing since the early 1950s, is washed up on a beach in modern day Co. Antrim, Jack Valentine, 'deadbeat ... More
Blood Simple & Raising Arizona: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The screenplays of the first two films by the Coen Brothers. Blood Simple is a contemporary noir thriller in which a woman commits adultery and her estranged husband hires a ... More
Castro's Dream: Lucy Wadham
Astrid and Lola, sisters in exile in Paris, are inextricably linked to the separatist struggle in their native Basque country. They await the release from prison of Lola's lover Mikel, ... More
The Chelsea Murders: Lionel Davidson
A terrifying and grotesque figure bursts into a young art student's room. Head covered with a clown's wig, face concealed by a smiling mask, it wears the rubber gloves of ... More
A Closed Book: Gilbert Adair
An isolated cottage deep in the heart of the Cotswolds. A writer's den, as dusty, gloomy and full of exotic objets d'art as the cell of a medieval monk. Two ... More
The Dark Clue: James Wilson
'This is a book begun, but not finished. I could not finish it. Many times I have come close to destroying it, thinking I should have no rest while it ... More
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