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Book Of The Dead»rank: 15038par: Patricia Cornwell
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Next»rank: 1048par: Michael Crichton
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7th Heaven»rank: 15096par: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
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Exit Music»rank: 4054par: Ian Rankin
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency»rank: 2529par: Alexander McCall Smith
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Penzler Pick, July 2001: Working in a mystery tradition that will cause genre aficionados to think of such classic sleuths as Melville Davisson Post's Uncle Abner or Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee, Alexander McCall Smith creates an African detective, Precious Ramotswe, who's their full-fledged heir. lt's the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding of human nature, invariably penetrates into the heart of a puzzle. lf Miss Marple were fat and jolly and lived in Botswana--and decided to go against ... |
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Triple»rank: 1079par: Ken Follett
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Penzler Pick, July 2001: Working in a mystery tradition that will cause genre aficionados to think of such classic sleuths as Melville Davisson Post's Uncle Abner or Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee, Alexander McCall Smith creates an African detective, Precious Ramotswe, who's their full-fledged heir. lt's the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding of human nature, invariably penetrates into the heart of a puzzle. lf Miss Marple were fat and jolly and lived in Botswana--and decided to go against ... |
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The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital»rank: 14555par: Samuel Md Shem
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Penzler Pick, July 2001: Working in a mystery tradition that will cause genre aficionados to think of such classic sleuths as Melville Davisson Post's Uncle Abner or Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee, Alexander McCall Smith creates an African detective, Precious Ramotswe, who's their full-fledged heir. lt's the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding of human nature, invariably penetrates into the heart of a puzzle. lf Miss Marple were fat and jolly and lived in Botswana--and decided to go against ... |
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Cryptonomicon»rank: 22494par: Neal Stephenson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Neal Stephenson enjoys cult status among science fiction fans and techie types thanks to Snow Crash, which so completely redefined conventional notions of the high-tech future that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. But if his cyberpunk classic was big, Cryptonomicon is huge... gargantuan... massive, not just in size (a hefty 918 pages including appendices) but in scope and appeal. lt's the hip, readable heir to Gravity's Rainbow and the llluminatus trilogy. And it's only the first of a proposed series--for more information, read our interview with Stephenson. Cryptonomicon zooms ... |
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In the Woods»rank: 8757par: Tana French
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Neal Stephenson enjoys cult status among science fiction fans and techie types thanks to Snow Crash, which so completely redefined conventional notions of the high-tech future that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. But if his cyberpunk classic was big, Cryptonomicon is huge... gargantuan... massive, not just in size (a hefty 918 pages including appendices) but in scope and appeal. lt's the hip, readable heir to Gravity's Rainbow and the llluminatus trilogy. And it's only the first of a proposed series--for more information, read our interview with Stephenson. Cryptonomicon zooms ... |
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The Quickie»rank: 15097par: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Neal Stephenson enjoys cult status among science fiction fans and techie types thanks to Snow Crash, which so completely redefined conventional notions of the high-tech future that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. But if his cyberpunk classic was big, Cryptonomicon is huge... gargantuan... massive, not just in size (a hefty 918 pages including appendices) but in scope and appeal. lt's the hip, readable heir to Gravity's Rainbow and the llluminatus trilogy. And it's only the first of a proposed series--for more information, read our interview with Stephenson. Cryptonomicon zooms ... |
