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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La cruz azul y otros cuentos by Gilbert Keith Chesterton ES
Description:
Cuentos elegidos por Borges de Gilbert K. Chesterton.
Este volumen consta de una serie de cuentos que simulan ser policiales y que son mucho más. Cada uno de ellos nos propone un enigma que, a primera vista, es indescifrable. Se sugiere después una solución no menos mágica que atroz y se arriba
por fin a la verdad, que procura ser razonable. Cada uno de los cuentos es un apólogo y es asimismo una breve pieza teatral. Los personajes son como actores que entran en escena.
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La piedra lunar by Wilkie Collins ES
Description:
La novela narra la historia de un diamante tan brillante como la luna, una gema rara originaria de la India, que hereda una noble inglesa. Al final de una recepción en la casa de campo de la joven heredera, el diamante desaparece. El sargento Cuff, un perspicaz detective londinense, inicia la investigación, pero algo siniestro y elusivo parece acechar a todos aquellos que, de una forma u otra, se cruzan en su camino con la espléndida y siniestra piedra lunar.
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Manalive by G. K. Chesterton EN
Description:
Light-hearted work introduces Innocent Smith, a bubbly, eccentric gentleman of questionable character, into the lives of a group of young disillusioned people -- and the result is inspired, high-spirited nonsense.
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Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac EN
Description:
"Originally published in 1945 by Collins. "Permanent Policeman" was first published in MacKill's Mystery Magazine, March 1953"--Title page verso.
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Murder in Montego Bay by Paula Lennon EN
Description:
First book in the exceptional new detective series set in Montego Bay, Jamaica with two memorable lead protagonists: Jamaican detective Ray Preddy and Glaswegian detective Sean Harris. In Montego Bay, Jamaica, privileged Chinese-Jamaican brothers Lester and Carter Chin Ellis have enjoyed a sheltered life as the heirs to the iced desserts empire Chinchillerz. One fateful night, following a fiery encounter with local law enforcement the brothers are taken to Pelican Walk Police Station, where Lester is detained for drunk driving, while Carter is released without charge. Within minutes of leaving... continue
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Murder on the Dance Floor: A Completely Gripping Historical Cozy Mystery by Helena Dixon EN
Description:
Kitty Underhay's dance card is full... of death. November 1933. Amateur sleuth-cum-dutiful granddaughter Kitty Underhay stifles a sigh of boredom as she attends the annual Hoteliers' Association Dinner and Dance on behalf of her grandmother, the proprietress of the Dolphin Hotel. She hopes the company of ex-army captain Matthew Bryant will enliven the otherwise dull evening. That is, until bullish and overbearing local councillor Harold Everton drops dead into his bowl of consommé. While the local police are still scrambling for their whistles, Kitty and Matt waste no time leaping into action.... continue
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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie EN
Description:
On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot must weed through an array of international suspects to find the passenger who murdered a gangster on the Orient Express.
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Description:
When Jane Marple receives an unusual letter from Jason Rafiel, a week after his death, she is led into a web of suspense.
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Night Driver by Marcelle Perks EN
Description:
A most unlikely heroine, pregnant Frannie must stay one step ahead of her murderous pursuer on the darkest of roads in order to survive.