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One Step Behind (Kurt Wallender Mystery)
1.  One Step Behind (Kurt Wallender Mystery) by Henning Mankell
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  "great series crime writer"
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The Drowning Pool (Canongate Crime Classics)
2.  The Drowning Pool (Canongate Crime Classics) by Ross Macdonald
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  "a crime masterpiece"
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Spies
3.  Spies by Michael Frayn
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  "winner of Whitbread--a prize that consistently chooses well"
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English Passengers
4.  English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
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  "another winner of the Whitbread, offering multiple narratives, a cracking seafaring yarn and a moving insight into a harrowing moment in Australia's history"
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The Fourth Hand
5.  The Fourth Hand by John Irving
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  "JOHN IRVING! what more do I need to say?"
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The Pursuit Of Happiness
6.  The Pursuit Of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy
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  "The mccarthy witchhunts, highballs in manhattan and a love story--this book has it all: intrigue, history and romance"
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The Lovely Bones
7.  The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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  "the ending lets it down but otherwise a well-wrought debut based around an original premise"
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What I Loved
8.  What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
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  "life, death, art, New York, family, friends. This book as it all."
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