Ruth Rendell
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Love and death are the only two sensational things that had ever happened to Margaret Parsons. The police knew all about her life and, by the look of it, it was very dull. Margaret Parsons had been a "good" woman--religious, old-fashioned, and respectable. But it was not her life that interested Chief Inspector Wexford, it was her death--passionate, violent, and unfathomable.
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Alan Groombridge is married to a woman he doesn't like, is a bank manager of a tiny branch, and is doomed to a life of boredom and tedious routine. All that saves him is a fantasy of stealing enough of the bank's money for just one year of freedom. When two men kidnap a teller in a bank robbery, Alan sees his chance and takes off with enough money to begin a new life, but soon his conscience interferes and he finds himself on the trail of the kidnapped...
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Ranging from the more everyday crimes of passion and violence in quiet Kingsmarkham to a bizarre murder in Yugoslavia, each story is a case which challenges Detective Chief Inspector Wexford's considerable imagination and resourcefulness, and the patient reasoning of the long-suffering Burden.
75) The beach butler
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When her friend becomes ill, Alison is forced to take her vacation to the United States alone. It's there, on a sunny beach, that she has a brief relationship with a handsome young beach butler--but soon she learns where his true interests lie.
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The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
79) Trece escalones
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Elderly Gwendolyn Chawcer and her colorful group of friends become increasingly suspicious of her tenant, Michael "Mix" Cellini, an eccentric with an obsession for a model he has only seen once, who idolizes serial killer Reggie Christie, as his odd behavior and obsessions take an ever darker turn.