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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
To close murder cases under open skies, he's your man. Out of bestselling author Craig Johnson's mystery novels strides Walt Longmire, the charismatic and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County and the world-weary yet dedicated lead character of this spellbinding hit series.
4) The thin man
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthung. Nick and Nora Charles combine screwball romance with mystery.
5) Surrogates
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates - sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room, until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large, Professor James Moriarty, and not only is he Holmes's intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may give him an advantage over the renowned detective. Holmes's investigation into Moriarty's plot becomes more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London to France, Germany, and finally...
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Español
Description
Esta apasionante película de suspenso se basa en un crimen en una pequeña ciudad de provincias, donde una niña aparece muerta en mitad de un bosque.
This nerve-wracking thriller describes a crime in a small provincial city, where a young girl is found brutally murdered in the woods.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Alien nation: Science fiction drama set in Los Angeles in the 1990's about a whole culture of aliens called "Newcomers" who land in the Mojave Desert and are allowed refuge by the U.S. government.
Enemy mine: Two warriors engaged in a savage futuristic war between Earth and the planet Dracon crash-land on a desolate, fiery planet. After battling the elements and each other, the two stranded pilots gradually realize that the only way either of them...
13) The Calling
Author
Language
English
Description
A detective in a small Ontario town uncovers a series of killings, while battling personal problems like a predilection for the bottle and excruciating back pain. Micallef has got to catch a serial killer, who targets the old and terminally ill for his 'mercy killing.' But Hazel simply loves her home to much to let a murderous religious zealot run rampant.
14) Mystic river
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean and Dave drift apart after a terrible tragedy. Years later, brutal events reconnect them.
15) Twixt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Hall Baltimore, who is a writer, is on a book tour and uncovers a disturbing murder that could be the source material for his next novel. But as Hall investigates the killing, he finds himself confronted by chilling nightmares, including the ghost of a young girl. As he uncovers more horrifying revelations, Hall will discover that the story has more to do with his own life than he could ever have imagined.
17) Watchmen
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the United States, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. But, when one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up, but no less determined, masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover the plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging...
18) Murder she said
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Comfily ensconced in her railway carriage, Miss Marple sees a strangulation aboard a passing train, then follows a trail of baffling clues to a manor house inhabited by a quarrelsome family.
19) Murder ahoy
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
One of Britannia's ships is manned by a crew of delinquents trying to build new lives, but their old lives figure in this cunning mystery.
20) Murder most foul
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
No matter what's on the playbill, the shabby Cosgood Players seem to specialize in mysteries as members of the troupe shuffle off this mortal coil in alarmingly rapid succession.
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