The
Edge by: DICK FRANCIS
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The Transcontinental
Race Train takes owners and their horses across Canada from all over the
world, to take part in horse races. Tor Kelsey, an investigator for the
Jockey Club, is on the train. and he is watching Julius Filmer very closely...
Another action-packed
thriller by ex-jockey Dick Rrancis. His novels have won prizes in America
and Britain.
The
Long Goodbye by: RAYMOND
CHANDLER
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Philip Marlowe likes
Terry Lennox. So, when lennox’s wife is murdered, Marlowe helps him to
leave the country. The police arrest Marlowe, but then release him and
tell him to forget everything. Of course, Marlowe does not forget...
A classic piece of
crime fiction from American’s master of the genre.
Misery
by: STEPHEN KING
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Paul Sheldon is Annie
Wilkes’s favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain.
When she finds Paul after a car accident and takes him home, she discovers
that he wants to kill Misery. She is determined to stop him, and he becomes
her prisoner...
By the master of horror
- the world’s highest-earning author, Stephen King.
The
Moonstone by: WILKIE
COLLINS
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The Moonstone is an
ancient Indian diamond, which brings disaster to everyone who owns
it. Rachel Verinder’s Uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present,
but the same night it is stolen .....
Published in 1868,
The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, detective
novels.
Mrs.
Pacletide’s Tiger and other stories by: SAKI
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Twelve short stories
by one of the most skilful short story writers in the English language.
Sometimes humourous, sometimes cutting, sometimes frightening, Saki’s writing
is always clever and always entertaining. His view of human nature
can be seen
in these excellent
short stories.
Persumed
Innocent by: SCOTT
TUROW
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A beautiful, ambitious
lawyer is murdered. Her friend, Rusty Sabich, investigates the murder.
But Rusty was also one of her lovers and soon he finds himself fighting
- not only for the truth, but for his own reputation, his marriage, and
his life.
Scott Turow is one
one of the most remarkable success stories of recent years. Presumed Innocent,
a thriller published in 1987, spent 44 weeks on the New York Times best-seller
list. Recently, it was made into a major film, with Harrison Ford
as Rusty Sabich and Greta Scacchi as Carolyn Polhemus.
The screen version
of Presumed Innocent became the tenth highest-earning film of the year
in the United States, with $86.3 million of tickets sold.
A
Tale Of Two Cities by: CHARLES
DICKENS
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This novel takes place
in the drama of the French Revolution. The two cities are Paris and London,
and the tale is a tragic one.
In the violence and
terror of the Revolution, Sydney Carton, a young Englishman, sacrifices
himself for the woman he loves.
A classic by legendary
British 19th century novelist.
The
Thorn Birds by: COLLEEN
MCCULLOUGH
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A panoramic family
saga set in the Australian outback. The Thorn Birds tells the story of
Meggie Cleary; Meggie is loved by Father Ralph Bricassart, and his struggle
with ambition and love is the heart of the story.
A blockbuster ! A
compulsive read from start to finish.
Wuthering
Heights by: EMILY BRONTE
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Wuthering Heights
is a house in which a tragic love story takes place. Heathcliff and Catherine
Earnshaw fall in love but Catherine marries another man, Edgar Linton.
Heathcliff takes his revenge on the Linton family but cannot find happiness
without
Catherine... Will
the ghost of Wuthering Heights ever be still?
Emily Bronte’s (1818-1848)
passionate and emotionally charged classic.
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