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Sparkling Cyanide (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
A treat for Col. Race fans: Charming socialite Rosemary Barton had committed suicide during her birthday party. Or had she been murdered? She had been a bit depressed after a prolonged bout of the flu but Rosemary had everything to live for, she was [... more]
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Killing the Shadows (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
A superb product from a top contemporary mystery writer.: This is as satisfying a modern mystery as I have read in years. The basic plot description reads as a serial killer of serial killer thriller writers. I will add to this that Ms. Mc Dermid gices [... more]
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The Man in the Brown Suit (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Intrigue and suspense: I liked this book very much. It's intriguing and full of suspense from cover to cover. I'm a Christie's fan and this is better that most. Another great Christie novel!: This is a novel with all new characters. You don't have to [... more]
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Lights Out (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Should have turned the lights out on this one: What a mediocre book! The writing is overblown with stretches of amateurish dialogue. Much of the description is packed into dense paragraphs, which become boring to wade through. The plot meanders and never [... more]
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Towards Zero (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Carefully plotted, suspenseful, and a personal favorite.: If Christie's Towards Zero (1944), published after The Moving Finger (1943) and before Death Comes As the End (1945), ranks as a personal favorite, it does so largely because it is one of Christie' [... more]
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Three Blind Mice (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Of More Interest to Established Fans than Newcomers: Unlike the superior short story collection TUESDAY CLUB MURDERS, which unifies its stories via various stylistic devices and a single detective (Miss Marple), THE MOUSETRAP AND OTHER STORIES presents a [... more]
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Murder is Easy (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Easy to Kill, Easy to Like: As much as I enjoy Agatha Christie mysteries and her quaint, endearing sleuths, I always seem to enjoy her novels that do not have Poirot or Miss Marple as the detective much more. This is the case with "Murder Is Easy& [... more]
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The Sittaford Mystery (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
"I think...that there's a lot more in this case than meets the eye.": Though this statement by Inspector Narracott resembles statements made by Agatha Christie's detectives in most of her other mysteries, there is MUCH more in this case than [... more]
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Cover-Up Story (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
A nice day-long read for "cozy" fans: I discovered this title by accident, but would recommend it to anyone who likes the "cozy" British-style of mystery story-telling. Doug Perkins, a frustrated PR man in 70s London, is trying to [... more]
$6.50
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Destination Unknown (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Rare Christie thriller: This 1955 novel is a departure from her more well known cosy series books. This one has none of her more familiar characters like Poirot or Marple, the setting is mostly the North African desert and centers on a James Bond type [... more]
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Her best couple after the Beresfords: While golfing during a foggy morning, Bobby's ball fell off the cliff. Instead of his ball, he found a dying handsome stranger whose last words, much to his wonderment and disappointment, were 'Why didn't they ask [... more]
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Lights Out (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Should have turned the lights out on this one: What a mediocre book! The writing is overblown with stretches of amateurish dialogue. Much of the description is packed into dense paragraphs, which become boring to wade through. The plot meanders and never [... more]
$22.95
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