Mystery Fiction 2006
Explore the best mystery fiction books of 2006! Discover thrilling whodunits, suspenseful plots, and gripping detective stories from top authors in this curated list.
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The First Casualty
by Ben Elton
Flanders, June 1917: A British Officer And Celebrated Poet, Is Shot Dead, Killed Not By German Fire, But While Recuperating From Shell Shock Well Behind The Lines. A Young English Soldier Is Arrested And, Although He Protests His Innocence, Charged With His Murder.Douglas Kingsley Is A Conscientious Objector, Previously A Detective With The London Police, Now Imprisoned For His Beliefs. He Is Released And Sent To France In Order To Secure A Conviction. Forced To Conduct His Investigations Amidst The Hell Of The Third Battle Of Ypres, Kingsley Soon Discovers That Both The Evidence And The Witnesses He Needs Are Quite Literally Disappearing Into The Mud That Surrounds Him.Ben Elton'S Tenth Novel Is A Gut-Wrenching Historical Drama Which Explores Some Fundamental Questions. What Is Murder? What Is Justice In The Face Of Unimaginable Daily Slaughter? And Where Is The Honour In Saving A Man From The Gallows If He Is Only To Be Returned To Die In A Suicidal Battle?As The Gap Between Legally-Sanctioned And Illegal Murder Becomes Evermore Blurred, Kingsley Quickly Learns That The First Casualty When War Comes Is Truth.
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Twenty-Seven Bones
by Jonathan Nasaw
Assisting a friend in the Virgin Islands with a disturbing serial murder case, retired FBI special agent E.L. Pender investigates his suspicions about the killer's connection to the latest victim.
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Innocent Murder
by Steve J. Spears
On the beat with showbiz detective Stella Pentangeli and enigmatic homicide cop Ng, this gripping and satirical thriller finds Investigator Ng and Stella working different sordid corners of the criminal underworld. Ng's case is one of triad gangs, sex slavery, and murder, while Stella's appears to be a showbiz trifle in which she must discover who is stealing plotlines from the hugely successful soap The Young and the Naked and selling the information to a rival network. The cases savagely collide when Stella is tortured by triad members seeking revenge on Ng. Now, in order to exact the justice he desires, Ng may have to commit a few crimes of his own to get the dirty job done.
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Cape Fear
by John Dann MacDonald
An insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them. For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free -- free to track down and destroy the man who had put him behind bars. Murder was merciful compared to what Cady had in mind -- and what Cady had in mind was Bowden's innocent and lovely teenaged daughter . . . . "A powerful and frightening story." -- The New York Times
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Map of Bones
by James Rollins
During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of blood and destruction. But the killers have not come for gold; they seek a more valuable prize: the bones of the Magi who once paid homage to a newborn savior . . . a treasure that could reshape the world. With the Vatican in turmoil, SIGMA Force leaps into action. An elite team of scientific and Special Forces operatives under the command of Grayson Pierce and accompanied by Lieutenant Rachel Verona of Rome's carabinieri, they are pursuing a deadly mystery that weaves through sites of the Seven Wonders of the World and ends at the doorstep of an ancient, mystical, and terrifying secret order. For there are those with dark plans for the stolen sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind . . . when science and religion unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time.
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The Book of Dead Days
by Marcus Sedgwick
With the help of his servant and an orphan girl, a magician named Valerian searches graveyards, churches, and underground waterways for a book he hopes will save him from a pact he has made with evil.
