Crime books from England
Recommended crime books (49)
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If you are into crime here are some crime books from England for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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El enigma del pájaro azul by Nii Ayikwei Parkes ES
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Sonokrom, una aldea en el interior de Ghana, no ha cambiado en miles de años. Aquí, hombres y mujeres hablan la lengua del bosque, beben afrodisíacos con vino de palma y caminan junto a los espíritus de sus antepasados. El descubrimiento de restos siniestros, posiblemente humanos, definitivamente malignos, en la cabaña de un hombre desaparecido, trae el mundo moderno a la aldea en la forma de Kayo, un joven patólogo forense convencido de que la lógica científica puede desvelar incluso los misterios más inexplicables. Pero a medida que los acontecimientos en la aldea se vuelven cada vez más inc... continue
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El misterio de Sans-Souci by Agatha Christie ES
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La trama se desarrolla tras el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tommy y Tuppence Beresford se aburren en su vida cotidiana cuando un viejo conocido del servicio secreto les propone instalarse en un hotel de la costa de Inglaterra para investigar entre su clientela, formada por militares retirados, viejas chismosas y parejas de enamorados a un peligroso agente secreto nazi.
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El misterio de Sittaford by Agatha Christie ES
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Sittaford House es una mansión locallizada en una pequeña ciudadela de la campiña inglesa. Su dueño, Joseph Trevelyan, la alquila durante el invierno a las señoras Willet, madre e hija, y él se muda a la ciudad más próxima.Alrededor de la mansión existen seis casas menores, construídas y vendidas o alquiladas por Trevelyan. Las nuevas moradoras de la mansión quieren establecer buenas relaciones con los vecinos y los invitan frecuentemente para tomar té y jugar en las frías tardes del invieno inglé... continue
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Endless Night by Agatha Christie EN
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Gipsy S Acre Was A Truly Beautiful Upland Site With Views Out To Sea And In Michael Rogers It Stirred A Child-Like Fantasy. There, Among The Dark Fir Trees, He Planned To Build A House, Find A Wonderful Girl And Live Happily Ever After, Yet, As He Left The Village, A Shadow Of Menace Hung Over The Land. For This Was The Place Where Accidents Happened. Perhaps Michael Should Have Heeded The Locals Warnings: There S No Luck For Them As Meddles With Gipsy S Acre .
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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 20171950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage.With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts. Nothing, not even ... continue
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Hunted Down : The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens EN
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A selection of Dickens's detective stories and extracts from his novels.
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I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh EN
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At the scene of a tragic accident, life changes immediately for everyone involved. Finding it impossible to stay in Bristol, Jenna Gray moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast. She is desperate to escape the past, but is haunted by the accident, by the loss of her son, and by her own fears. DI Ray Stevens is determined to get to the bottom of this case. The investigation takes him away from his family and he finds himself growing closer to Kate Evans, a young and forthright detective on his team. But Jenna's past is about to catch up with her, with devastating consequences
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In bocca al lupo by Mick Herron IT
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Se un tempo sei stato una spia, sarai una spia per sempre. Vale per Jackson Lamb e i suoi uomini, i Brocchi o Slow Horses, agenti che si sono rovinati commettendo errori in servizio o cedendo a un vizio di troppo, e che l’Intelligence ha dovuto allontanare senza però riuscire mai a metterli a riposo. E vale per Dickie Bow. Un vecchio leone, per giunta cresciuto allo “Zoo” di Berlino durante la Guerra fredda. Un’ombra capace di infiltrarsi ovunque, di stare alle calcagna del suo obiettivo per mesi e carpirne i segreti. Almeno finché non viene trovato morto su un autobus vicino a Oxford. Jackson... continue
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In the Blink of an Eye : A Novel by Jo Callaghan EN
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SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • Two detectives: one human, one AI. And a case that will test them both. “Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling, this is the kind of fresh and fearless debut I just adore.”—Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick Winner of the Crime Writers’ Association’s John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her intuition, honed through years of on-the-beat police work. Picked to lead a p... continue
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Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook by Donald Rumbelow EN
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He was the most notorious killer of all time. Now, after being given unprecedented access to Scotland Yard's most confidential files, the world's foremost authority on Jack the Ripper, Donald Rumbelow, presents shocking new evidence--including postmortem photos of the Ripper's victims, illustrations, letters to the police, and newspaper dramatizations.