Jim Carr
1) Femme Fatale
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Tania was known as one of the most beautiful women in the world and was used by the Soviets for her ability to hunt down Western spies.When she was brought to East Berlin to track down Karl Aberbach, who was sent there to create problems for the East German Government, he reacts by bringing in a handsome CBC radio personality to distract her attention .They fall for each other and escape to West Berlin only to find themselves hunted down by her husband...
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A Dark Place Where Everything Goes
"You will never see us, or anyone else ever again. You will die alone."
In Two days, Winton Hazlett, a former Lancaster bomber pilot and now an Inspector in a small English town, finds himself trying to solve a daring daylight bank robbery and the murder of a young woman he can't identify.
The town, which had never seen anything like this before and already upset by the emerging drug culture of the 1960s, is demanding...
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It was a tumultuous time. Especially in 14th Century, where Italy was ruled by a number of city states that seemed always to be at war with each other.When alchemist Niccol Billini decided to give up his test tubes, he accidently discovered a very powerful formula capable of firing a cannonball three times farther that existing cannons.He suddenly became the most wanted man in Italy. Every city state wanted his formula and did everything in their...
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It was the worst dilemma any mother had to face.
When Crete and her husband emigrated to Canada from Germany in 1919, she gave birth to twins Rhinehart and Karl.
With one son in the German army and the other in the Canadian military, it was an ongoing nightmare every time she listened to the war broadcasts, with no news from either of them.
Her only consolation was that they would look after each other, and every Spring when she would look out her...
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When Haus Kolzer, a sergeant with the German Army, was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo, his commanding officer came to his rescue.His commanding officer had bigger plans for him – to escape to England and find a way to be selected for training at Camp X in Canada, where he meets other men and women were being trained to be spies. His training also gave him access to Allied codes and other spies being trained along with him – both useful for...
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If you're planning to travel to Thailand any time soon, there's a good chance you'll visit one of the spas there. Spa Managers tell me that many women spend an hour or more reviewing the spa's treatment menu before making a decision..
Spa Magic Collection is one of two books that feature outstanding resorts and hotels that feature a review of the spa treatments at Thai spas at hotels and resorts.in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Pattaya, Hua Hin...
7) Th3 Door
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Murder Behind a Locked DoorIt was a puzzle right from the start for Winton Hazlett, Inspectorat Gladstonbury.A newly-minted cabinet minister is found dead in his house, whichhe had bought only days earlier.The manor house dated back to Elizabethan times and had aghost that haunted its bedrooms. Hazlett didn't believe inghosts but he was at a loss to explain how the victim was murderedbehind a locked door.The only person who had a key was the Prime...
8) Betrayal
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What would you do if you suddenly found yourself back in 1929, a month before the big stock market crash and knew how to turn it into a huger fortune? Or entrusted with 40 million dollars worth of diamonds at a swanky Thai resort and discovered someone had stolen just before the owners comes looking for them?
Or facing a murder charge when you and an old friend went rowing to a nearby island and only one of you came back. Then there's the young Allied...
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Many of the millions of visitors to Thailand each year come for their spas, whether for the beauty care or for their sophisticated health and wellness treatments, including one spa in the north which uses elephants in one of their treatments. If you're planning a trip to Thailand in the next few months -- and would like to visit one of their spas, -- This book will help you choose the one that's right for you..
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The book of the dead was a term used by archaeologists to describe the writings on the linen in which mummies were wrapped. They usually contained prayers for the dead.But they take on a deadly significance when Mussolini hears rumours of an ancient Etruscan book of the dead that is said to contain a prophecy of the rise of a great leader in Italy.Kate Winters, an amateur archaeologist and an expert on ancient Etruscan writings, is pressed into service...
11) Gravediggers
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When Denys (Dipper) DeGrace, a Toronto private investigator and sometime actor, with a fondness for Cognac and coffee, meets with Chinese community leaders to stop the mysterious grave openings of their loved ones, he didn't bargain for the murder of a Chinese fruit vendor, death threats against a touring celebrated Chinese violinist, and an ill-fated helicopter chase over Niagara Falls.
12) Abbot's Moon
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It was the curse.The curse of a defrocked friar that set a group of murder mystery readers re-enacting a new mystery at an abbey, now owned by a wealthy industrialist, on an adventure they would remember the rest of their lives.The curse on the abbot doomed him to walk the halls of the abbey every solstice and murder someone in the abbey.When one of the group dies from a heart attack and the son of wealthy industrialist is found murdered, they suddenly...
13) Death Star
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Murder. No one saw it coming. Not the victim and not the 100-plus astrologers attending the annual gathering of the World Society of Astrologers, or even a hint of anything that might darken the society's prospects.
The first murder left everyone puzzled and then a second that put the society's inner circle on edge.
Winton Hazlett, inspector at a small town in England, thought he had the answer but found he had to rewrite his playbook as he uncovered...
14) Yesterdays
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The Black Plague. It sent shivers up her back just thinking about it. When Beth Westwood was stricken, she knew it was almost certain death. Everything hinged on the caring of a highwayman, London, 1665. The year of the Black Plague. The doors of infected persons were painted with a cross to ward people off. Bodies were left at doors for pick up. Doctors wore special protective gear in the hopes of avoiding the plague themselves. Most doctors did...
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