The Children's Book
Автор:
Byatt A.S.Жанр:
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The Chill
Автор:
Macdonald RossЖанр:
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2013-11-17Язык книги:
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In The Chill a distraught young man hires Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly Kincaid than Archer finds himself entangled in two murders, one twenty years old, the other so recent that the blood is still wet. What ensues is a detective novel of nerve-racking suspense, desperately believable characters, and one of the most intricate plots ever spun by an American crime...
The Chimes
Автор:
Dickens CharlesЖанр:
Классическая проза;Серия:
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2013-11-16Язык книги:
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The China Bride
Автор:
Putney MaryЖанр:
Исторические любовные романы;Серия:
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2013-10-01Язык книги:
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From Publishers Weekly
Nineteenth-century China, England and Scotland are the settings for Putney's continuing saga of the Renbourne twins, Dominic and Kyle, begun in The Wild Child. There, Kyle handed over his unwanted betrothed, Meriel (a match arranged at birth), to his twin brother, Dominic, and escaped to Spain with his terminally ill mistress, Constancia. Ever since his true love's death, Kyle has been exploring the world. In 1832, he is in Macao. His father's health is failing, however, and Kyle plans to fulfill his lifelong dream of seeing the Temple of Hoshan, 'an image of peace and unearthly beauty,' then return to England to resume his duties as Lord Maxwell. Unfortunately, China is closed to all Fan-qui (foreigners) and Kyle must stay within the confines of the Canton...
The Chinese Bell Murders
Автор:
Gulik RobertЖанр:
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2013-10-01Язык книги:
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It's never easy reviewing a classic; obviously it is good or it wouldn't be regarded as such, and if it has just been reprinted then its charm and relevance still exist for readers today. Since its publication in 1958, Robert Van Gulik's enchanting stories about the crime-solving exploits of historical character Judge Dee have delighted readers all over the world. If you haven't met Judge Dee yet, now is a good time to start! In this early novel he has just taken up a post as magistrate in the town of Poo-Yang and soon finds his work cut out for him. He has to solve a rape murder, root out what is going on in a remarkably wealthy Buddhist temple and sort out a complex family feud that dates back years.
Put like that, it sounds rather bald and Van Gulik is certainly not verbose; there...
The Chinese Gold Murders
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Gulik RobertЖанр:
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2013-10-01Язык книги:
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In this, the second book in Robert van Gulik's classic mystery series of ancient China, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His job is complicated by the simultaneous disappearance of his chief clerk and the new bride of a wealthy local shipowner.
Meanwhile, a tiger is terrorizing the district, the ghost of the murdered magistrate stalks the tribunal, a prostitute has a secret message for Dee, and the body of a murdered monk is discovered to be in the wrong grave. In the end, the judge, with his deft powers of deduction, uncovers the one cause for all of these seemingly unrelated...
The Chinese LakeMurders
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Gulik RobertЖанр:
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2013-10-01Язык книги:
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The Chinese Lake Murders describes how Judge Dee solves three difficult cases in A.D. 666, shortly after he has been appointed magistrate of Han-yuan.
'[Robert van Gulik] deftly interweaves three criminal cases involving exotic yet universally recognizable characters, then has his Judge Dee provide a surprising yet most plausible solution.'-New York Times Book Review
Robert Van Gulik (1910-67) was a Dutch diplomat and an authority on Chinese history and culture. He drew his plots from the whole body of Chinese literature, especially from the popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth...
The Chinese Maze Murders
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Gulik RobertЖанр:
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2013-10-01Язык книги:
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Judge Dee must solve three complex mysteries in this case. Poisoned plums, secret messages in a scroll picture, passionate love letters and a murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead him into the heart of the Governor's garden maze and the answers to these mysteries.
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Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. The Chinese Maze Murders represents Robert van Gulik’s first venture into writing suspense novels after the success of Dee Gong An, his translation of an anonymous Chinese detective novel from the sixteenth...
The Chinese Orange Mystery
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Queen ElleryЖанр:
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2013-11-17Язык книги:
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An unknown dead man is found in the office of a prosperous publisher. His clothes are on backward, and all of the furniture in the room has been reversed. Ellery Queen continues to uncover 'backward' clues--leading him to the identity of this puzzling...
The Chinese Parrot
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Earl Derr BiggersЖанр:
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2024-10-24Язык книги:
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Description
Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police Department makes his second appearance when a Honolulu widow is forced to sell her pearl necklace. She persuades Charlie to convey the necklace to its new owner, a famous businessman.
Chan teams up with the son of a prominent jeweler handling the sale. But before they can safely deliver the necklace into the proper hands, the pair need throw criminals off their trail and solve a murder mystery.
The novel, published in 1926, was adapted for film in 1927 and...
The Chink in the Armour
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Marie Belloc LowndesЖанр:
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2026-08-19Язык книги:
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Description
Sylvia Bailey, a beautiful young widow, and her friend Anna visit a fortune teller in Paris and receive ominous warnings: for Anna, that she’ll have an incredible streak of fortune at gambling but shortly lose her life, and for Sylvia that she’ll meet a great lover but somehow be strangled by her beloved pearl necklace, a piece of exceedingly great value purchased against her lawyer’s advice with much of the wealth her late husband bequeathed her. The fortune teller implores them not to leave Paris soon, and certainly not together, but, ignoring the advice, they make their way to the picturesque town of Lacville. There, they set about...
The Chocolate War
Автор:
Cormier RobertЖанр:
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2013-12-01Язык книги:
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Stunned by his mother's recent death and appalled by the way his father sleepwalks through life, Jerry Renault, a New England high school student, ponders the poster in his locker — Do I dare disturb the universe? Part of his universe is Archie Costello, leader of a secret school societ — the Virgils — and master of intimidation. Archie himself is intimidated by a cool, ambitious teacher into having the Virgils spearhead the annual fund-raising event — a chocolate sale. When Jerry refuses to be bullied into selling chocolates, he becomes a hero, but his defiance is a threat to Archie, the Virgils, and the school. In the inevitable showdown, Archie's skill at intimidation turns Jerry from hero to outcast, to victim, leaving him alone and terribly...
The Choice
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Wharton EdithЖанр:
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2013-11-18Язык книги:
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The Choice
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Shayla BlackЖанр:
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The Choosing
Автор:
Laszlo JeremyЖанр:
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2013-11-25Язык книги:
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The Chosen
Автор:
Pinto RicardoЖанр:
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2013-09-28Язык книги:
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The Chosen
Автор:
Drake DavidЖанр:
Боевая фантастика;Серия:
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2013-11-16Язык книги:
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The Chosen
Автор:
Lee EdwardЖанр:
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The Chosen Amish
Автор:
Deidra ScottЖанр:
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The Chosen People
Автор:
Йондж ШарлоттаЖанр:
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2013-11-28Язык книги:
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