Mystery genre books (450)
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Oxen. Pilgrim (#6) by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
DenmarkDescription:
Oxen hat wochenlange Gefangenschaft und grausame Kämpfe in den Katakomben überlebt, aber er ist nicht mehr derselbe. Zum ersten Mal hat er getötet, um zu leben. Um Abstand zu gewinnen und seine Taten zu sühnen, begibt er sich auf Pilgerreise.
Auch Margarethe Frank muss sich neu orientieren, denn nach einem Zerwürfnis wird sie vom dänischen Geheimdienst PET suspendiert. Da kommt die Anfrage von Axel Mossmann gerade recht. Er braucht Hilfe bei einem unbedeutend wirkenden Fall. Doch was zunächst nach einem kleinen Finanzbetrug aussieht, erreicht ungeahnte Dimen... continue
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Patriot Games by Tom Clancy EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From England to Ireland to America, an explosive wave of violence sweeps CIA analyst Jack Ryan and his family into the deadliest game of our time: international terrorism. An ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA targets Ryan for his act of salvation in an assassination attempt. Jack Ryan returns to the big screen this summer in "The Sum of All Fears" starring Ben Affleck. (June) Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
223.
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST "Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing." --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUT "A singular voice in the world of literature." --Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of Presi... continue
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JapanDescription:
'Kanae Minato is a brilliant storyteller' Emily St John Mandel, author of Station Eleven When a group of young girls are approached by a stranger, they cannot know that the encounter will haunt them for the rest of their lives. Hours later, Emily is dead. The surviving girls alone can identify the killer. But not one of them remembers his face... Driven mad by grief, the victim's mother demands the girls find the murderer or else atone for their crimes. If they do neither, she will have her revenge. She will make them pay... From the critically acclaimed author of Confessions, Penance is a dar... continue
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Penance by Eliza Clark EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
On a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by three other schoolgirls.
Nearly a decade after the horrifying murder, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves. The result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.
But how much of the story is true?
Compulsively readable, provocative, and distur... continue
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Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay EN
AustraliaDescription:
St. Valentine's day 1900 and a party of schoolgirls go for a picnic at Hanging Rock, some never return.; This title is also available as a film.
227.
Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon EN
BelgiumDescription:
“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster’s true identity Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a br... continue
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction World Fantasy Awards Finalist From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands t... continue
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Poso Wells by Gabriela Alemán EN
Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
Celebrated Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemán's first work to appear in English: a noir, feminist eco-thriller in which venally corrupt politicians and greedy land speculators finally get their just comeuppance! "In the squalid settlement of Poso Wells, women have been regularly disappearing, but the authorities have shown little interest. When the leading presidential candidate comes to town, he and his entourage are electrocuted in a macabre accident witnessed by a throng of astonished spectators. The sole survivor—next in line for the presidency—inexplicably disappears from sight. Gustavo Va... continue
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Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Perfect for fans of the Lady Janies and Stalking Jack the Ripper, the first book in the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries series is a clever retelling of Pride and Prejudice that reimagines the iconic settings, characters, and romances in a thrilling and high-stakes whodunit. When a scandalous murder shocks London high society, seventeen-year-old aspiring lawyer Lizzie Bennet seizes the opportunity to prove herself, despite the interference of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the stern young heir to the prestigious firm Pemberley Associates. Convinced the authorities have imprisoned the wrong person, Lizzie ... continue