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A Lethal Investment in an extract
Posted On: September 26, 2011
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A Lethal Investment in an extract

Get a taster of the new Scandinavian mystery by K. O. Dahl, Lethal Investment, a murder mystery the scene set with a woman’s leg sticking out of an apartment doorway.

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Read an extract from Beautiful Malice
Posted On: July 30, 2010
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Read an extract from Beautiful Malice

So. Were you glad, deep down? Were you glad to be rid of her? Your perfect sister? Were you secretly glad when she was killed?

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An extract from Mary Higgins Clark’s new novel
Posted On: May 24, 2010
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An extract from Mary Higgins Clark’s new novel

Listen to the first chapter of The Shadow of Your Smile, by the bestselling author, May Higgins Clark.

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If you liked… The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey
Posted On: April 26, 2010
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If you liked… The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey

In the second of this series, we showcase an all-time classic crime novel, and suggest some titles from the Bookdagger publishers that hit the same spot. This month, it’s Josephine Tey’s historical crime classic The Daughter of Time, published in 1951.

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