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Plain Murder (Popular Penguins Crime) by C. S. Forester
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At the Universal Advertising Agency on the Strand, London, three men have been discovered taking bribes and face the grim prospect of the dole queue. What does Mr. Morris do when he thinks someone might rat him out? He gets rid of them. Actually, it's surprisingly easy, he discovers. A talent he never k ...Show more
Playback (Popular Penguins Crime) by Raymond Chandler
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PI Philip Marlowe is mixing a little business with pleasure - he's getting paid to follow a mysterious and lovely redhead called Eleanor King. And wherever Miss King goes, trouble seems to follow. But she's easy on the eye and Marlowe's happy to do as he's told, all in the name of chivalry, of course. B ...Show more
Presumed Innocent (Popular Penguins Crime) by Scott Turow
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When a woman is found brutally murdered in her apartment, sadly, it's another day on the job for prosecutor Rusty Sabich. When that woman turns out to be a colleague, things start looking grim, and when that woman, Carolyn Polhemus, is identified as Rusty's lover, things become downright complicated. Sc ...Show more
Raffles (Popular Penguins Crime) by E. W. Hornung
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Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (Popular Penguins Crime) by Sir John Mortimer
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A respected Pakistani doctor is imprisoned on suspicion of being a terrorist, and the British government refuses to release any information to Rumpole regarding the evidence against him. The case appears hopeless and it is almost certain that the accused will remain incarcerated indefinitely without tri ...Show more
Send for Paul Temple (Popular Penguins Crime) by Francis Durbridge
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After a series of robberies, Scotland Yard are mystified. In the latest, a night watchman is attacked and in his last breath he manages to gasp out, 'The Green Finger.' This is not the first time the phrase has come to the attention of the Yard; it was also said by a man who was wanted in connection wit ...Show more
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team - the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson - as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the le ...Show more
The Case of the Phantom Fortune (Popular Penguins Crime) by Erle Stanley Gardner
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Horace Warren pays five hundred dollars to have Perry Mason attend a buffet dinner to observe his guests. He also wants Mason to investigate a fingerprint and suspects his wife is being blackmailed. Mrs Warren's mystery past may hold the clues.
The Case of the Postponed Murder (Popular Penguins Crime) by Erle Stanley Gardner
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Perry Mason is hired to protect Mae Farr from a presumed stalker, wealthy playboy Penn Wentworth. When Mason learns that Wentworth wants Mae for forging his name on a cheque, things get complicated. But fatal gunplay leaves Wentworth dead, Mae a wanted woman and Perry Mason in trouble.
The Clue of the New Pin (Popular Penguins Crime) by Edgar Wallace
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Jesse Trasmere is a miser with a deep distrust of the bank. He has made a fortune in China, but keeps it hoarded in his prison-like house. Although his nephew, Rex Lander, receives a generous allowance from his uncle, it is not enough for his extravagant lifestyle. One day Trasmere breaks with routine a ...Show more
The Door with Seven Locks (Popular Penguins Crime) by Edgar Wallace
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Detective Dick Martin is leaving Scotland Yard. His final job is to bring in Lew Pheeney, wanted in connection with a bank robbery. When Lew confesses to trying to open a dead man's tomb, however, Martin has a mystery he must unravel. He races to find the connection between an attractive young librarian ...Show more
The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
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The Innocence of Father Brown is the first collection of stories starring Father Brown, a short, stumpy Catholic priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and uncanny insight into human evil. Father Brown may be a kindly cleric, but his bumbling nature disguises a sharp detective mind to rival ...Show more