New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Coronet
08 Oct-Dec
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Coronet
OCT-DEC 08
Eric Adams
Plot Twist
Pbk published October 2008 by Coronet at £0.00
ISBN: 0340640162
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Phyllis Davies
A revenge thriller.
Eric J. Adams is a producer, director, screenwriter, and novelist. He co-wrote and produced the feature film _My Suicide (2006)_, and wrote and directed the documentary To Save A Child, a searing look into the world of suicidal pre-teens, hosted by Mariel Hemingway. He has produced a number of short films and is in development on Supremacy, a full-length feature film based on the true story of a black family held hostage by an Aryan Brotherhood fugitive.
Eric is the author of the suspense/thrillers Plot Twist (St. Martin's Press) and Birdland (Hodder & Stoughton). An award-winning investigative journalist, Eric's work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Salon, Wired and many other publications.
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Martin Booth
The Doctor, The Detective and Arthur Conan Doyle
Pbk published November 2008 by Coronet at £0.00
ISBN: 0340648988
It has been said that if Arthur Conan Doyle had never written or done anything else of note but create Sherlock Holmes he would still be famous today, but that without his celebrated detective he might well have been forgotten. Such a circumstance would have been an unjust fate, for Conan Doyle's own life was as exciting and fascinating as that of any ripping yarn hero.
Born into an illustrious Roman Catholic family, he suffered a difficult, poverty-stricken childhood with an alcoholic father. After training as a doctor, he abandoned medicine to pursue a literary career which brought him great wealth: he was the first block-buster popular novelist.
No adventure or opportunity passed Arthur Conan Doyle by: he took a voyage on an Arctic whaler, was an all-round sportsman and inveterate traveller, popularised skiing in Switzerland, served as a doctor in the Boer War, twice stood as a prospective member of parliament, advocated divorce law reform, invented safety aids in the Great War and famously championed against injustice.
A man of enormous self-confidence, he had the courage of his convictions, knew where his duty lay and was never afraid to become embroiled in controversy: in later life, he conducted an exhaustive crusade to spread the doctrines of spiritualism, for which he was widely ridiculed and in the pursuit of which he spent a large portion of his fortune. He was also dictatorial, doggedly stubborn, rejected all criticism and would never admit he was wrong about anything.
Arthur Conan Doyle was, in short, an enigma.
The Doctor, The Detective and Arthur Conan Doyle is a detailed and extensively researched biography which offers for the first time the true source of Sherlock Holmes' cocaine habit and presents to a new generation of readers a modem day interpretation of the life of this paradoxical and highly versatile author, the father of detective fiction.
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Simon Brett
A Nice Class of Corpse
Pbk published October 2008 by Coronet at £0.00
ISBN: 034042849X
The Devereux is a nice residential hotel which caters for a nice class of guest. But the arrival of Mrs Pargeter seems to act as a catalyst of disaster for everyone connected to it. On the morning after her arrival the corpse of one of the frailer residents is found at the foot of the main stairs.
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Kay Mitchell
A Rage of Innocents
Pbk published October 2008 by Coronet at £0.00
ISBN: 0340613637
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Val McDermid
- Gold Dagger winner & creator of Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan & Tony Hill
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Lynda Ross
An English crime story, which introduces Chief Inspector Morrissey.
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Donald E. Westlake
New York Dance
Pbk published November 2008 by Coronet at £0.00
ISBN: 0340330260
Donald E. Westlake is a three-time Edgar winner and the recipient of the Grandmaster award. He is the author of more than 40 novels, including The Hook. He lives in New York City.
New edition edition (1 Jan 1984)
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