| 1. |  | The Tenderness of Wolves
from Viking Canada
Customer Review:
Do you remember the Seinfeld episode where Elaine kept yelling "Just die!!" during the English Patient? If you do, then you'll have a good idea what my reaction was to The Tenderness of Wolves.
With a murder and a disappearance in the first 50 pages, the book starts out promising. However,... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Big Sleep
from Vintage
Price: $11.16
Customer Review:
It's hard to believe this was Chandler's first novel. It already displays all the best of the hard-boiled genre, and Chandler's work in particular. The central character has enduring appeal: a reasonably honest private investigator among the rich and famous with cesspit morals. The little guy... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Maisie Dobbs
from Penguin Books
Price: $11.20
Customer Review:
Maisie Dobbs reminded me of a grown-up, British, Upstairs-Downstairs World War I Nancy Drew. Overall, it was a delightfully and politely paced mystery. It was very enlightening about the psychological toll of World War I Britain on its soldiers and on its different castes of people. It was... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
from Vintage
Price: $11.16
Customer Review:
I loved the movie and decided that I wanted to try out the book. When my reading group selected this one, I was excited to open it up. Suffice to say, I was satisfied with the book. The main character, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, was definitely... a bad person. I spent so much of the book wondering... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | My Name Is Red
from Knopf
Price: $17.79
Customer Review:
Although this tale is set in Ottoman Istanbul, in the mid 15th Century, it is a very contemporary novel that deals with perceptions of art, (in this case the art of miniaturists) in an Islamic context. It is also a love story and a murder mystery, written from the point of view of all the major... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Lord John and the Private Matter
from Doubleday Canada, Limited
Customer Review:
I loved Outlander, though the rest of the series fell flat for me. As for this novel, it meanders through a bunch of intrigue among people that have not even been introduced (at least not in this book). There's no suspense, no character development, no action, little humor, just a lot of people... more info | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | What Angels Fear: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery
from Signet
Price: $6.99
Customer Review:
I love historical fiction stories, but what attracted me to this book initially is the fact its mystery. I mostly see historical romance novels, but not many historical mysteries. I really enjoyed reading this book. I could not put the book down once I started reading. It really kept me guessing as... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
from Everyman's Library
Price: $16.50
Customer Review:
I am not much of a suspense/thriller fan, but this book captivated me completely, probably because it is not our contemporary "suspense" fiction. Obviously, it is extremely well written with vivid and lively scenes and characters, but also it is written on solid and skillfully layered foundations of... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody, Book 4)
from Avon
Price: $7.99
Customer Review:
This is the fourth book in the series. I've only read the first and fourth books. Here, I loved the Ramses character. He is an 8 year old boy with a genius mind and great luck. I did not like the way his mother cut him off so much and refused to listen to him. She was also jealous of his ability to... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Alienist
from Topeka Bindery
Price: $16.85
Customer Review:
DR kreizler, and john moore are classic characters! This book was very well written and spoken.Anyone who is into any kind of suspense novels should definatly read this.This book the alienist is a reading of a lifetime.There are many well historic facts about Manhatten New york in this thrilling... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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