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Department of Mind-Blowing Theories - Tom Gauld - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Department of Mind-Blowing Theories - Tom Gauld - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A dog philosopher questions what it really means to be a ''good boy''. A virtual assistant and a robot-cleaner elope. The undiscovered species and the theoretical particle face existential despair.Just as he did with writers, poets and literary classics in Baking with Kafka , Gauld now does with hapless scientists, nanobots, and puzzling theorems - with comic strips funny enough to engage science boffins and novices alike.

DKK 155.00
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Death and the Dolce Vita - Stephen Gundle - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Death and the Dolce Vita - Stephen Gundle - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

On 9 April 1953 an attractive twenty-one-year-old woman went missing from her family home in Rome. Thirty-six hours later her body was found washed up on a neglected beach. Some said it was suicide; others, a tragic accident. But as the police tried to close the case, darker rumours bubbled to the surface. Could it be that the mysterious death of this quiet, conservative girl was linked to a drug-fuelled orgy, involving some of the richest and most powerful men in Italy?

DKK 136.00
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Mr Cadmus - Peter Ackroyd - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Mr Cadmus - Peter Ackroyd - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Two apparently harmless women reside in cottages one building apart in the idyllic English village of Little Camborne. Miss Finch and Miss Swallow, cousins, have put their pasts behind them and settled into conventional country life. But when a mysterious foreigner, Theodore Cadmus - from a Mediterranean island nobody has heard of - moves into the middle cottage, the safe monotony of their lives is shattered. Soon, long-hidden secrets and long-held grudges threaten to surface, drawing all into a vortex of subterfuge, theft, violence, mayhem . . . and murder.

DKK 113.00
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Stone Cold, Stone Dead - Margaret Duffy - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Stone Cold, Stone Dead - Margaret Duffy - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

An unwelcome blast from the past puts Patrick and Ingrid back in harm''s way . . . Nicholas Haldane was dead, but he wouldn''t lie down. And now Julian Hardy, the man who hired him in a bid to destroy Richard Daws, a top official in the National Crime Agency, is out of prison and has changed his surname to Mannering.Patrick Gillard, working for the agency but within the Avon and Somerset force with his wife Ingrid Langley, receives a request from MI5, for whom he used to work, to investigate Mannering. They are then called in when his cleaner makes a shocking discovery.Meanwhile, an enigmatic couple calling themselves Simon and Natasha Graves turn up in the village, intent on pestering Patrick''s recently widowed mother. Could there be a connection to Mannering?Patrick and Ingrid are soon embroiled in a deeply personal and disturbing case.

DKK 159.00
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Dead Man's Embers - Mari Strachan - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Dead Man's Embers - Mari Strachan - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In the aftermath of the Great War, Non Davies wakes one morning to find her husband crouching underneath the kitchen table in a cold sweat, shouldering an imaginary rifle. What has changed her Davey so completely? A clue arrives inside a mysterious letter, which takes her to London in search of the answer. When she returns home, Non finds that the dark secrets of Davey''s past are working their way ever closer to the surface. She has to summon all her courage and compassion to restore her beloved husband and guard the fragile happiness of her war-weary village.

DKK 110.00
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The Iron Water - Chris Nickson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Iron Water - Chris Nickson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Leeds, England. July, 1893. D.I. Tom Harper is witnessing the demonstration of a devastating new naval weapon, the torpedo, at Roundhay Park. The explosion brings up a body in the lake, a rope lashed tightly around its waist.At the same time, dredging operations in the River Aire are disrupted when a woman''s severed leg floats to the water''s surface, still clad in its stocking and boot. Could the two macabre discoveries be connected?Harper''s investigations will lead him right to the heart of the criminal underworld that underpins the city - and into the path of a merciless killer.

DKK 190.00
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Best Place to Die - Charles Atkins - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Best Place to Die - Charles Atkins - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Retiree sleuths Lilian and Ada find that though their town might look postcard pretty, there''s something rank festering below the surface . . . Lilian Campbell and her best friend and lover, Ada Strauss, are woken early by the sound of sirens: the local nursing home, Nillewaug Village, is ablaze. The police and fire chiefs find evidence to suggest the fire was accidental, but Detective Mattie Perez can''t help but wonder why the smoke alarms didn''t work. Soon, it''s looking less like accident and more like arson . . . and Lil and Ada are swept up into an investigation that grows increasingly more complex, and frightening, by the hour.

DKK 185.00
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Mr Cadmus - Peter Ackroyd - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Mr Cadmus - Peter Ackroyd - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Two apparently harmless women reside in cottages one building apart in the idyllic English village of Little Camborne. Miss Finch and Miss Swallow, cousins, have put their pasts behind them and settled into conventional country life. But when a mysterious foreigner, Theodore Cadmus - from Caldera, a Mediterranean island nobody has heard of - moves into the middle cottage, the safe monotony of their lives is shattered.The fates of the two cousins and Mr Cadmus, and those of Little Camborne and Caldera, become inextricably enmeshed. Long-hidden secrets and long-held grudges threaten to surface, drawing all into a vortex of subterfuge, theft, violence, mayhem . . . and murder.

DKK 134.00
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Feeding the Machine - Callum Cant - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Feeding the Machine - Callum Cant - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden beneath this smooth surface lies the grim reality of a precarious global workforce of millions that labour under often appalling conditions to make AI possible. Feeding the Machine presents an urgent, riveting investigation of the intricate network of organisations that maintain this exploitative system, revealing the untold truth of AI. Based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours of fieldwork over more than a decade, this book shows us the lives of the workers often deliberately concealed from view and the systems of power that determine their future.

DKK 126.00
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In Her Blood - Caro Ramsay - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In Her Blood - Caro Ramsay - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

When a body is discovered in the water at the Falls of Lora, it looks like a straightforward suicide to DCI Christine Caplan. But when her superior officer alerts her to similarities with a locked case - and a legal minefield - she discovers that darker truths lurk beneath the surface.''Girl A'' was convicted of murdering three people when she was a child. Now she''s missing and a man is dead. The top brass are screaming for a quick resolution, and ''Girl A'' is a media sensation and a risk to herself as well as others. The clock is ticking for Caplan to bring her to justice - but the truth may be darker than even she fears . . .

DKK 120.00
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A Summer Bird-Cage - Margaret Drabble - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Summer Bird-Cage - Margaret Drabble - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In her witty, masterful debut novel, Margaret Drabble conjures a gripping story of sibling rivalry. Louise, beautiful and sophisticated, marries wealthy novelist Stephen Fairfax. Sarah, recently graduated from Oxford, is thrown back into family matters. Louise''s life becomes one of parties, gossip columns and glamour. Sarah, now in London, begins to discover a newfound freedom, only glimpsing her sister''s fashionable life. But as rumours of infidelity in Louise''s marriage surface, Sarah finds that her sister, beneath her cool exterior, may not be the woman she thought she was.''Margaret Drabble''s early novels were intimate and sprightly chronicles of the small dissatisfactions and small triumphs of young women like herself'' - Hilary Mantel

DKK 120.00
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Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Nothing else comes so I set the notebook beside me. What else is here? I ask myself and listen. This section of stream purls and riffles amid small stones. What word might be made for what I hear . . . Les Clary''s final case has broken the still surface of his backwater town.Becky, a park ranger with her own mysterious past, shares Les''s consolation in the natural world that lies just beyond their hopelessly broken town. As Les and Becky explore of the county''s lyrically beautiful landscape, they finds themselves led deeper into the heart of the town''s corruption, and into the darkness of their own ruptured histories. This haunting novel is a poetic journey into the wilderness of the heart.

DKK 120.00
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Murder at Standing Stone Manor - Eric Brown - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Murder at Standing Stone Manor - Eric Brown - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Donald Langham and Maria Dupré must navigate a rocky road to find a killer when a body is found next to a standing stone. Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have moved to the country. They''re excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of Ingoldby-over-Water - and about meeting their new neighbours.But they''ve barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald over to discuss some ''fishy business''. Shortly after, a body is found by the professor''s precious standing stone in the manor grounds.Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?

DKK 185.00
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The Welcoming - Nora Roberts - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Welcoming - Nora Roberts - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Sent to a seaside inn on an undercover assignment, FBI agent Roman DeWinter didn''t expect to fall for Charity Ford, the innkeeper. Visitors come to Charity''s friendly little inn to escape their ordinary lives. But FBI Agent Roman DeWinter knows something ugly is going on beneath the cozy surface. His mission is to expose the dangerous criminal gang operating out of the inn. Going undercover, Roman begins his investigation - which puts Charity''s life on the line. A hit-and-run attack leaves her shaken and bruised, but only Roman knows how close she came to death. And with the gang under pressure and about to be exposed, they''re both in terrible danger. This is a first time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market paperback.

DKK 261.00
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Murder at Standing Stone Manor - Eric Brown - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Murder at Standing Stone Manor - Eric Brown - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Donald Langham and Maria Dupré must navigate a rocky road to find a killer when a body is found next to a standing stone. Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have moved to the country. They''re excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of Ingoldby-over-Water - and about meeting their new neighbours.But they''ve barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald over to discuss some ''fishy business''. Shortly after, a body is found by the professor''s precious standing stone in the manor grounds.Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?

DKK 225.00
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Murder at Standing Stone Manor - Eric Brown - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Murder at Standing Stone Manor - Eric Brown - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Donald Langham and Maria Dupré must navigate a rocky road to find a killer when a body is found next to a standing stone. Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have moved to the country. They''re excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of Ingoldby-over-Water - and about meeting their new neighbours.But they''ve barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald over to discuss some ''fishy business''. Shortly after, a body is found by the professor''s precious standing stone in the manor grounds.Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?

DKK 242.00
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Swimming with the Dead - Peter Guttridge - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Swimming with the Dead - Peter Guttridge - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A body found stabbed repeatedly outside the local lido leads DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap into an intriguing new case. With the local lido under threat of closure by ruthless businesswoman Alison Sutherland, the Save the Salthaven Lido campaigners are fighting a desperate battle to keep it open. When the lead campaigner is discovered dead, partially drowned and stabbed repeatedly, suspicion falls upon Alison. No sooner have DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap spoken to Alison, one of her colleagues suffers a heart attack - despite being in good health - during a long-distance, open-water swim. Hot on the heels of this, another swimmer turns up drowned.Are all the deaths connected to the Salthaven development? Is someone targeting open-water swimmers? Gilchrist and Heap race to uncover the truth before more victims come to the surface

DKK 159.00
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A Bad, Bad Thing - Elena Forbes - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Bad, Bad Thing - Elena Forbes - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A highly effective police officer, albeit one who keeps her past carefully hidden, Eve West is suspended from duty after a police operation goes catastrophically wrong. Receiving help from an unexpected quarter - a criminal she put away many years before - Eve feels she has no choice but to agree to his request to investigate a possible miscarriage of justice in return. But why is a hardened criminal like John Duran so keen to help a fellow-inmate convicted of the murder of a stable-girl? And why has he chosen Eve to look into the case?Teaming up with crusading journalist Dan Cooper, Eve begins to uncover disturbing flaws in the original investigation. But as her past is dragged to the surface, she comes to realize she has been plunged into a case more complex and sinister than she ever imagined.

DKK 167.00
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The Black Hills - M.j. Trow - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Black Hills - M.j. Trow - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Grand & Batchelor Victorian mystery March, 1875. Although he has never had much time for George Custer, hero of the American Civil War and Commander of the 7th Cavalry, Matthew Grand feels duty bound to respond to a call for help from his West Point contemporary. Arriving at Fort Abraham Lincoln, deep in Dakota territory, private enquiry agents Grand and Batchelor discover the fort to be a powder keg of rumour and suspicion, petty rivalries, resentments - and closely-guarded secrets.When a body is discovered during a routine scouting patrol, some of those secrets rise uncomfortably close to the surface. Are the Lakota Sioux responsible? Or does the killer lie closer to home? Could it have been a case of mistaken identity - and was Custer himself the real target? The General has made many enemies - but does someone have a good enough reason to kill him?

DKK 167.00
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The Black Hills - M.j. Trow - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Black Hills - M.j. Trow - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Grand & Batchelor Victorian mystery. March, 1875. Although he has never had much time for George Custer, hero of the American Civil War and Commander of the 7th Cavalry, Matthew Grand feels duty bound to respond to a call for help from his West Point contemporary. Arriving at Fort Abraham Lincoln, deep in Dakota territory, private enquiry agents Grand and Batchelor discover the fort to be a powder keg of rumour and suspicion, petty rivalries, resentments - and closely-guarded secrets.When a body is discovered during a routine scouting patrol, some of those secrets rise uncomfortably close to the surface. Are the Lakota Sioux responsible? Or does the killer lie closer to home? Could it have been a case of mistaken identity - and was Custer himself the real target? The General has made many enemies - but does someone have a good enough reason to kill him?

DKK 242.00
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The Black Hills - M.j. Trow - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Black Hills - M.j. Trow - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Grand & Batchelor Victorian mystery March, 1875. Although he has never had much time for George Custer, hero of the American Civil War and Commander of the 7th Cavalry, Matthew Grand feels duty bound to respond to a call for help from his West Point contemporary. Arriving at Fort Abraham Lincoln, deep in Dakota territory, private enquiry agents Grand and Batchelor discover the fort to be a powder keg of rumour and suspicion, petty rivalries, resentments - and closely-guarded secrets.When a body is discovered during a routine scouting patrol, some of those secrets rise uncomfortably close to the surface. Are the Lakota Sioux responsible? Or does the killer lie closer to home? Could it have been a case of mistaken identity - and was Custer himself the real target? The General has made many enemies - but does someone have a good enough reason to kill him?

DKK 225.00
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Swimming with the Dead - Peter Guttridge - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Swimming with the Dead - Peter Guttridge - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A body found stabbed repeatedly outside the local lido leads DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap into an intriguing new case. With an art deco lido under threat of closure by a ruthless property developer, the Save Salthaven Lido campaigners are fighting a desperate battle to keep it open. When the lead campaigner is discovered dead, suspicion falls on the developers. No sooner have DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap begun to investigate that there is a second death during a pre-qualifying event in Brighton Bay for potential Cross-Channel swimmers. This time it''s a local millionaire businesswoman with radical plans to reorganise the family business.When another endurance swimmer dies during an event with links to the property developer, Gilchrist and Heap flounder. Are all the deaths connected to the Salthaven development? Is someone targeting open-water swimmers? Gilchrist and Heap race to uncover the truth before more victims come to the surface.

DKK 225.00
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Adios Hemingway - Leonardo Padura Fuentes - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Adios Hemingway - Leonardo Padura Fuentes - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A classic detective story that explores the last years of Hemingway''s life, evoking both Cuba and this giant of American letters with enormous skill and wit. When the bones of a man murdered forty years earlier surface on the Havana estate of Ernest Hemingway, writer and ex-cop Mario Conde is called in to investigate. As he unearths the truth of the night of 3 October 1958, he is forced to come to terms with a very different side to his former literary hero.Padura Fuentes switches between Conde''s world and that of Hemingway''s Cuba four decades earlier; in the heat and rum haze, the two seem slowly to merge. In an extraordinary journey into the past and into the personality of one of the twentieth century´s most enigmatic and powerful writers, a masterful and totally convincing portrait emerges, as well as a riveting mystery that will keep you in suspense until the very final pages.

DKK 119.00
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Death Notes - Sarah Rayne - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Death Notes - Sarah Rayne - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

"Rayne, is launching a new series here, and if future installments are as gripping and intricately plotted as this one, it could have a long run" Introducing professional researcher Phineas Fox in the first of a brand-new series of chilling mysteries. Phineas Fox has mixed feelings when he''s asked to research the infamous 19th-century violinist Roman Volf for a TV documentary. Hanged for his part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, Volf was a notorious criminal and womaniser, whose glittering talent was undermined by his scandalous private life. However, on uncovering evidence which suggests that Volf could not have been involved in the Tsar''s murder, Phin''s investigations lead him to the west coast of Ireland - and a series of intriguing, interlocking mysteries reaching from 1881 to the present day.Was Roman Volf executed for something he didn''t do? And what is his connection with the reclusive Maxim Volf now living in County Galway? Phin''s enquiries will unearth a number of dark secrets which lurk below the surface of the quiet Irish village of Kilcarne.

DKK 257.00
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