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“leonardo sciascia”

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  • The Council of Egypt

    by Leonardo Sciascia ...
    The Benedictine whisked a brush of multicoloured feathers over the top of the book, puffed out his plump cheeks like the god of winds in an old nautical map, blew black dust from the leather cover, and, with a shiver of what in the circumstances seemed delicate trepidation, laid the volume open on the table.Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Final Curtain

    A Mystery

    by Keigo Higashino ...
    Translated by Giles Murray ...
    Series Book 4 - The Kyoichiro Kaga Series
    From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother.A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Inner Circle

    A Mystery

    by Mari Jungstedt ...
    Series Book 3 - Anders Knutas
    The Inner Circle opens with an international group of young archeology students sweating on a dig on the island of Gotland, uncovering a Viking fortification dating back over a millennium. They are a fun-loving lot, partying together every night, but the good vibe turns to horror when one of them, twenty-one-year-old Martina Flochten, disappears. Her body is found a short while later, naked, bled ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The North Light

    by Hideo Yokoyama ...
    Translated by Louise Heal Kawai ...
    A Financial Times Translated Fiction Book of the YearWinner of the Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation PrizeTranslated from the Japanese by Louise Heal KawaiMinoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his ... Read more

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  • The Devil’s Flute Murders

    by Seishi Yokomizo ...
    Translated by Jim Rion ...
    Series series Detective Kindaichi Mysteries
    **“Yokomizo at his absolute best... From the ominous opening through the brilliant final reveal, [he] ably blends suspense and fair-play detection... A classic of the genre.” —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewAn ingenious classic locked-room murder mystery about the feuding family of a composer that’s perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and Anthony HorowitzThis standalone novel features the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • A Bird in Winter

    'Nail-bitingly tense and compelling' Paula Hawkins

    by Louise Doughty ...
    OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD'Psychologically acute. Terrific.' Daily Mail'A page-turning read. Kept me reading well past bedtime!' VAL McDERMID'Pacey and propulsive.' Guardian'A rare combination of elegance and unbelievable tension . . . Utterly brilliant.' Joanna Cannon'Gripping.' Marie ClaireThe latest from the Number One Sunday Times Be... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Murder at Holly House

    by Denzil Meyrick ...
    **THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A festive mystery perfect for fans of Murder on the Christmas Express and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot's ChristmasA village of secrets.Yorkshire, 1952. Christmas is fast approaching when a dead stranger is found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the snow-covered village of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer?<str... ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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  • The Inugami Curse

    by Seishi Yokomizo ...
    Translated by Yumiko Yamakazi ...
    Series series Detective Kindaichi Mysteries
    A wealthy family is cursed with a string of bizarre murders in this classic murder mystery from “Japan’s Agatha Christie,” starring the country’s best-loved detective (Sunday Times).“The diabolically twisted plotting is top-notch.” —New York Times Book ReviewIn 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Honjin Murders

    by Seishi Yokomizo ...
    Translated by Louise Heal Kawai ...
    Series series Detective Kindaichi Mysteries
    A Town & Country “Best Classic Murder Mystery Books of All Time”Japan’s Agatha Christie introduces the beloved Detective Kindaichi in this 1930s classic locked room mystery—now translated into English for the first time!In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the ... Read more

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  • The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping

    by Keigo Higashino ...
    Battle-tested project leader at a PR firm and slippery bachelor, Sakuma sees himself as a player. His smug self-regard doesn't seem entirely unfounded, both in love and at work. When is idea for a mini-theme park is dismissed as too costly and vacuous at the last minute by a major client he seems to have met his match.Katsuragi, an heir and executive at the global car maker, Nissei Auto, is back ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Mill House Murders

    The Classic Japanese Locked Room Mystery

    by Yukito Ayatsuji ...
    Translated by Ho-Ling Wong ...
    Series Book 2 - The Bizarre House Mysteries
    ***Perfect for fans of Uketsu's Strange Pictures and Strange Houses*“A psychological-mystical thriller built on Agatha Christie-type stopwatch sequences and John Dickson Carr-style locked-room conundrums… No one can accuse Mr. Ayatsuji of not sustaining the eerie mood of his strange story until its very last sentence.” — The Wall Street JournalA hugely enjoyable, page-turning classic Japanese ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Village of Eight Graves

    by Seishi Yokomizo ...
    Translated by Bryan Karetnyk ...
    Series series Detective Kindaichi Mysteries
    The third stand-alone in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series is another fiendish classic featuring investigator Kosuke Kindaichi—now translated into English for the first time.In a small mountain village, Kosuke Kindaichi investigates a centuries-old curse and a series of mysterious poisonings . . .Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from ... Read more

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