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Everyone in Painters Mill knows the old Hochstetler farm is haunted. Ghost stories abound, but no one knows what really happened that terrible night thirty-five years ago when an Amish father and his four children perished—and his young wife disappeared without a trace.
When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide—a man found hanging from the rafters in his barn—evidence quickly points to murder, and she finds herself following an elusive trail that points back to the tragedy of that long-ago incident. Meanwhile, Kate has moved in with state agent John Tomasetti and for the first time in a long time, she’s happy. Their newfound bliss is shattered when one of the men responsible for the murders of Tomasetti’s family four years ago is found not guilty and walks away a free man.
When a second man turns up dead, Kate discovers a link that sends the investgation in a direction no one could imagine and uncovers a horrifying truth that reaches deep into the past and strikes at the very heart of Painters Mill. As Kate draws a bead on a stone cold killer, a murderer vows to right old wrongs and kill anyone who stands in the way.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Camilla Läckberg - The Ice Princess
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Charles Bukowski - Pulp
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Elizabeth George - Deception on His Mind
Balford-le-Nez is a dying seaside town on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach, the sleepy town ignites. Working without her long-time partner, Detective Inspector Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but also the terrible price people pay for deceiving others ...and themselves.
Lee Child - Worth Dying For
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Agatha Christie - A Murder is Announced
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Lee Goldberg - Mr. Monk is a Mess
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G. K. Chesterton - Selected Stories
В книгу классика английской литературы Гилберта Кийта Честертона (1874-1936) включены рассказы из лучших сборников писателя: "Летучие звезды", "Вещая собака", "Неприличный наряд полковника Крейна", "Сломанная шляпа" и др.
Вступительная статья Е.Гусева "Искусство рассказа Г.К.Честертона" на русском языке.
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The grim discoveries of the unfolding investigation lead Banks in a direction he does not wish to go: the past and private world of his most powerful enemy, Chief Constable Riddle.
Peter Robinson - The Summer That Never Was
A skeleton has been unearthed. Soon the body is identified, and the horrific discovery hits the headlines . . .
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John Burdett - Bangkok Tattoo
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Featuring the last 12 stories ever written about the infamous detective, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains some of Conan Doyle's most villainous and unusual characters. The 1920s was a disenchanting era, and the darker mood of many of these stories reflects the environment at the time. Some even felt that the stories showed Conan Doyle exploring Spiritualism as it was an area he was interested in at the time and the mental derangement and physical disfigurements that crop up in many of the stories allude to the horrors of the First World War. The collection includes 'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire', 'The Adventure of the Creeping Man' and 'The Adventure of the Lion's Mane'.
Lee Goldberg - Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop
Leland Stottlemeyer is used to obsessive- compulsive genius Adrian Monk getting all the praise and attention. But the police captain is feeling a little hostile after taking a lot of ribbing about his reliance on his star consultant. Is it possible he's used the latest round of budget cuts as an excuse to cut Monk loose?
But Monk is much too compulsive to stop investigating, even without pay. Soon he's calling in tips under assumed names to help solve cases. (Who would ever guess the real identity of "Adrian Smith" and "Adrian Jones?") Then Stottlemeyer is framed for the murder of another cop-and only one detective in San Francisco can save him...
Linda Castillo - Breaking Silence
The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovers that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death, indicating foul play. But who would want to make orphans of the Slabaugh’s children? And is this murder somehow related to a recent string of shocking hate crimes against the Amish?
Having grown up Amish, Kate is determined to bring the killer to justice. Because the other series of attacks are designated hate crimes, the state sends in agent John Tomasetti, with whom Kate has a long and complex relationship. Together, they search for the link between the crimes—and uncover a dark secret at work beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community.
Linda Castillo - After the Storm
When a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself tasked with the responsibility of identifying the bones--and notifying the family. Evidence quickly emerges that the death was no accident and Kate finds herself plunged into a thirty-year-old case that takes her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged.
Meanwhile, turmoil of an emotional and personal nature strikes at the very heart of Kate's budding relationship with state agent John Tomasetti. A reality that strains the fragile new love to the breaking point and threatens the refuge they've built for themselves--and their future.
Under seige from an unknown assailant--and her own personal demons--Kate digs deep into the case only to discover proof of an unimaginable atrocity, a plethora of family secrets and the lengths to which people will go to protect their own.
