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Carol Higgins Clark
Carol Higgins Clark (1956-2023)

actor

  • Mount Holyoke College

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The Christmas thief
Decked
Fleeced
Santa Cruise
Twanged
Iced
Snagged
Hitched (A Regan Reilly Mystery)
Jinxed
Cursed
Popped
Deck the halls
Zapped
Laced
Twanged
Decked
Wrecked
Gypped
Iced
Decked
Fleeced
SANTA CRUISE
TWANGED (A REGAN REILLY COMEDY ADVENTURE)
Cursed
Iced
Zapped A Regan Reilly Mystery
Suerte Esquiva
Twanged (Regan Reilly Mystery Series #4)
Burned
Trois Jours avant Noël
He Sees You When You're Sleeping [Nov 04, 2002] Clark, Carol Higgins
Iced (Carolk Higgins Clark)
Iced (A Regan Reilly Mystery)
Wrecked
Snagged (Regan Reilly Mystery Series #2)
Iced
DECKED (Carol Higgins Clark)
Iced
Deck the Halls
Dashing Through the Snow
Suerte esquiva
Santa Cruise
Jinxed
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Laced
Deck The Halls The Christmas Thief He Sees You When Youre Sleeping
Jinxed
Zapped
Scammed
Gypped
Laced
Twanged
Mobbed
Wrecked
Cursed
Popped
Laced
Zapped
Mobbed
Iced
Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle
He Sees You While You're Sleeping
Twanged
Snagged
La Mujer Del Collar (Misterio De Regan Reilly Serie #8)
Jinxed (Regan Reilly Mysteries (Audio))
Great Mysteries Great Writers
Laced (Regan Reilly Mystery Series #10)
Amor En Directo/ Popped (Titania Contemporanea)
Los ojos de diamante
Última oportunitat
Ce soir, je veillerai sur toi
Amor en Directo Popped Books4pocket Romantica
The Mary Higgins Clark Collection
La Croisière de Noël - Le Mystère de Noël
Mary and Carol Higgins Clark Christmas Collection
Todo está tranquilo
Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark Ebook Christmas Set
Última oportunidad
L'accroc
Mobbed
Jinxed (A Regan Reilly Mystery)
Christmas Thief
Misterio en alta mar
Plumbing for Willy
Última oportunitat
Sur la corde
Los Ojos de Diamante Fleeced
Snagged (Regan Reilly Mysteries (Audio))
El ladrón de la Navidad
Tödliche Diamanten
L'accroc
Klassenfoto mit Mörder
Tod on the Rocks
Klassenfoto mit Mörder. Roman
Mord und Seide. Roman
Gypped
Decked Hb Bca
Zapping
Pas de veine
Mobbed (LARGE PRINT)
Le collier volé
Festa di nozze con brivido
Par-dessus bord
Er sieht dich, wenn du schläfst
Tempete sur cape cod
Tod on the Rocks
Carol Higgins Clark Boxed Set - Volume 1
Burned
Tempete sur cape cod
Popped
Pas de veine
Zamorochennye
Les yeux de diamant
Twanged (Regan Reilly Mysteries (Audio))
Tempète Sur Cape Cod
Wrecked
Paluba
Gypped
Fleeced
Chute libre
Iced
Bien frappé
Decked
Wrecked
Mobbed
Twanged
Le Collier Vole (French Edition)
Will Take Your Breath Away
Zapped
Affaires de star!
Sur la corde
Irish Coffee
Au voleur!
Uzel
Tempête sur Cape Cod
Wrecked
Cursed
Les yeux de diamant
Au voleur!
Opgekrast
Mobbed
Arnaque à Hollywood
Par-dessus bord
Sur la corde
Zapping
Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson (1906-1977)

trade unionist, film actor

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The Killer Inside Me
The Golden Gizmo
Savage Night
The Grifters
Heed the Thunder
Now and on earth
More Hardcore
South of Heaven
Roughneck
Texas by the Tail
Hardcore
The Getaway
Crime novels
The Rip-Off
Recoil
A Hell of a Woman
The Kill-Off
King Blood
Pop. 1280
Cropper's Cabin
The Kill-Off
The Nothing Man
The Criminal
The nothing man
The Alcoholics
The Getaway
A swell-looking babe
The grifters
Cropper's Cabin
The Second Jim Thompson Omnibus
The Grifters
The getaway
The transgressors
A swell looking babe
Crime novels
Wild town
After Dark, My Sweet
Bad Boy
The criminal
Nothing More than Murder
South of heaven
Fireworks
Ironside
Nothing But A Man
JIM THOMPSON OMNIBUS:
4 Novels
6 Soi Kasemsan II
The Cellini Chalice
Fireworks
Liberté sous condition
Rage noire
Ein Satansweib
Wild Town
Now and on Earth
La Huida
Colpo di spugna
Fireworks
Libertad condicional
Els tramposos
1280 almas
Paths of glory
Al sur del paraíso
L'assassinat
Nulla più di un omicidio
1280 ànimes
Al sur del paraíso
Hallali
Nuit de fureur
This world, then the fireworks
La fugida
L'assassin qui est en moi
Els tramposos
L'indice publicitaire
Pobeg
1280 ànimes
A hell of a woman
La casa del parcer
Deuil dans le coton
Nothing more than murder
Un dimoni de dona
Le démon dans ma peau
L'assassinat
La fugida
La casa del parcer
The getaway
Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982)

theatrical director, autobiographer, stage actor, film actor, playwright

  • University of Canterbury

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The Nursing Home Murder
Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2)
Death and the Dancing Footman
Death Of A Fool
When in Rome
Hand in Glove
Clutch of constables
Death of a Peer
Colour scheme
Death in a White Tie
Died in the Wool
Scales of justice
Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn #9)
Vintage Murder
Killer Dolphin
Black As He's Painted
Final Curtain
Opening night
Spinsters in Jeopardy (Roderick Alleyn #17)
Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn #4)
Grave mistake
Last Ditch
Light thickens
Photo-finish
A Man Lay Dead
Singing in the Shrouds
False Scent
Tied Up in Tinsel
Black Beech and Honeydew
A Wreath For Rivera
Artists in Crime
Overture to Death
Murder under the Christmas Tree
Dead Water (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery)
Three-act special; 3 complete mystery novels
The collected short fiction of Ngaio Marsh
Country House Murders
Five complete novels
Death on the Air (Travelman Crime)
Ngaio Marsh
Photo finish and two other great mysteries
The Roderick Alleyn mysteries
The Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 1
Stranger in my bed
Curtain calls
Vintage Murder / Death in Ecstasy / Artists in Crime (the Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 2)
Photo-Finish / Light Thickens / Black Beech and Honeydew
Alleyn and Others
Death in a White Tie; Overture to Death and Death at the Bar
Collected short mysteries
Money in the Morgue
Roderick Alleyn Mysteries
Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 4
Sbornik romanov
Off with His Head / Singing in the Shrouds / False Scent (the Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 7)
Black As He's Painted / Last Ditch / Grave Mistake (the Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 10)
Surfeit of Lampreys / Death and the Dancing Footman / Colour Scheme (the Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 4)
Ngaio Marsh Collection
Gideon's Press - Black as He's Painted
Bodies from the Library 4
MARSH (C)
A play toward
The Two Ngaio Marsh Mysteries
Death at the Dolphin / The Fairacre Festival
Still Unsolved
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 7
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 9
Ngaio Marsh Collection
Vintage Murder
Death in a White Tie/Death in Ecstasy/Artists in Crime/A Man Lay Dead
Death At The Dolphin
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 11
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 2
NGAIO MARSH 32BK 1995 MIXED BIN
Another three-act special
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 5
Grave mistake and two other great mysteries
La Clinique du crime (Collection Nuit)
Swing brother swing
The Nursing Home Murder / Final Curtain
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 8
New Zealand
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 6
Surfeit of Lampreys (Fontana books-no.538)
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 3
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 10
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 1
Dead Water Black As Hes Painted Artists
ha-Magen ha-aḥaron
The Christmas tree
Perspectives, the New Zealander and the visual arts
Verdict of 13
Igra v Ubii stvo
Singing Land
Grave mistake and two other great mysteries
Roderick Thorp
Roderick Thorp (1936-1999)

actor

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River
Rainbow Drive
The detective
Devlin
Nothing lasts forever
Die hard
Dionysus
Wives
Jenny and Barnum
Westfield
The circle of love
Westfield
Slaves
The music of their laughter
Dionysus
Into the forest
The Detective by Roderick Thorp (1987-07-01)
Wives
The Music of their laughter
Hot Pursuit
Joy Fielding
Joy Fielding (born 1945)

actor, film actor

  • University of Toronto

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Missing pieces
Huye, Jane, huye!
Heartstopper
Tell me no secrets
Charley's Web
Shadow Creek
Charley's web
Tell me no secrets
She's Not There
Someone is watching
See Jane Run
Still Life
See Jane run
All the Wrong Places
See Jane Run (Headline Feature)
Lost
She's not there
Someone Is Watching
Charley's web
The bad daughter
Charley's Web
Someone Is Watching
All the Wrong Places
Charley's Web
Whispers and lies
Lost
The first time
The Deep End
Grand avenue
Kiss Mommy Goodbye
Don't cry now
Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 3 1986
Good Intentions
Life Penalty
The Other Woman
Puppet
Life penalty
Mad River Road
Still Life
Sag Mammi Goodbye
The wild zone
Now You See Her
Now you see her
Good Intentions
The deep end
Puppet
Mad River Road
Whispers and lies
The wild zone
Puppet
See Jane run
Missing Pieces
KISS MOMMY GOODBYE
The Wild Zone
Shadow Creek
Decidle adiós a Mamá
Mad River Road (Fielding, Joy (Spoken Word))
Lost (Needlecraft Mystery)
FIRST TIME
Whispers and Lies (Needlecraft Mystery)
Home invasion
The deep end
SOMEONE IS WATCHING
The Brightest Star in the Sky (Marian Keyes) / The Good Luck Girl (Kerry Reichs) / Still Life (Joy Fielding)
Don't cry now
Someone is watching
The best of friends
The Transformation
Tell Me No Secrets
She's Not There
Am seidenen Faden. Sonderausgabe
SECRETOS PELIGROSOS (Titania Contemporanea)
Trance
Cul-de-sac
Kiss Mummy goodbye
Lebenslang ist nicht genug ein mörderischer Sommer
Decidle Adios a Mama/Kiss Mommy Goodbye
Don't Cry Now
Kijk niet om
Vies éclatées
Ich will Ihren Mann. Roman
WHISPERS AND LIES
Poprvé
Perseguida
La Ultima Pieza (Los Jet De Plaza & Janes)
See Jane Run
Ein mörderischer Sommer
Puppet/Mad River Road: Two novels in one volume!
Flieh, wenn du kannst. Sonderausgabe
La Ultima Pieza
Ik hou je in de gaten
Vermoorde onschuld
Zaehl nicht die Stunden
Eindstation
Ne me racontez pas d'histoires
Zähl nicht die Stunden
Lauf, Jane, lauf! Sonderausgabe zum Welttag des Buches
Blind Date
Le Dernier Eté de Joanne Hunter
Still life
The deep end
Lost
GRAND AVENUE
Im Koma
Still Life
Die Katze
Lauf, Jane, lauf!
Shadow Creek
Zawsze ktoÅ› patrzy
Dis au revoir à maman
La última pieza (Missing Pieces)
Good Reads Collection 1
Zabójcze piÄ™kno
Sag Mami goodbye / Schau dich nicht um. Zwei Romane in einem Band
Ich will Ihren Mann. Sonderausgabe. Roman
Missing Pieces 36 Copy Bin
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir Jane?
Whispers and Lies
Housekeeper
First Time
MISSING PIECES
Alguien te vigila
Mad River Road
La femme piegee
Home Invasion
The Wild Zone
Sag, dass du mich liebst
Seytanin Izi
Rue des mensonges
Joy Fielding CD Collection 2
XO
Missing Pieces
Am seidenen Faden
Condenada a Vivir/Life Penalty
Heartstopper
Missing Pieces Book Club Edition
Si tu reviens
Now You See Her
Secretos peligrosos
Bad Daughter
La última pieza
Die Schwester
Nur wenn du mich liebst.
Puppet Lib/E
Ingen återvändo
Träume süss, mein Mädchen
Lost
Rue des mensonges
Missing Pieces
Zabójcze piÄ™kno
Golgeler Kasabasi
Tell me no secrets
The other woman
Herzstoß
Orada Olmayan Kiz
Home Invasion
The wild zone
Charley's web
Whispers and Lies
Still Life
See Jane Run
Dis-moi que tu m'aimes
Dis au revoir à maman
Ella No Esta
Morderstwa nad Shadow Creek
Condanne
Still life
Ne me racontez pas d'histoires
Martwa natura
O Kiz Ben Degilim
Ich will Ihren Mann
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir Jane?
Joy Fielding Collection #1
Joy Fielding CD Collection
Ne me racontez pas d'histoires
Huye, Jane, Huye!
Grand Avenue
Lebenslang ist nicht genug
La Vie déchirée
El Abismo Del Miedo
Sag mami goodbye schau dich nicht um
First Time
The bad daughter
Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell (1876-1948)

journalist, playwright, biographer, women's rights activist, actor

  • Drake University, University of Chicago

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Great American Short Stories [34 stories]
Crime Classics
LibriVox Short Mystery Story Collection Vol. 001
Master's Choice - Volume II
A jury of her peers
Twelve American Crime Stories
The Best Short Stories of 1917
Alison's house
Great Classic Stories II
Lifted masks, and other works
The Visioning
The road to the temple
The glory of the conquered
Fidelity
Brook Evans
The Glory of the Conquered
Trifles
The verge
Suppressed desires
Librivox Short Story Collection 037
Suppressed desires
Fidelity
Lifted Masks; stories
Four Plays. TRIFLES; THE OUTSIDE; THE VERGE; INHERITORS
Trifles
Her America
Trifles
Inheritors
The morning is near us
Trifles and a Jury of Her Peers
Plays
The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love
Plays
Suppressed Desires
The Glory Of The Conquered
A Jury of Her Peers
The Verge
The glory of the conquered
Judd Rankin's daughter
The People And Close The Book
The morning is near us
Plays by Susan Glaspell (British and American Playwrights)
Lifted Masks
Plays
Lifted Masks : Stories
The visioning
Cherished and shared of old
Inheritors
Bernice
Plays
Trifles
Susan Glaspell
Fugitive's return
Trifles and a Jury of Her Peers
Plays
Klasik Polisiye Öyküler
The glory of the conquered
The People ; And, Close the Book: Two One-act Plays
The people
Norma Ashe
The verge
The verge
Chains of dew
Brook Evans
Inheritors
Bernice
Trifles and six other short plays
Fidelity
Woman's honor
The outside
Fugitive's return
Trifles
Susan Glaspell
Bernice
Free Laughter
Plays
A jury of her peers
Susan Glaspell
The morning is near us
Tickless time
The comic artist
The comic artist
Springs Eternal
Close the book
Ambrose Holt and family
Giorgio Faletti
Giorgio Faletti (1950-2014)

composer, comedian, poet lawyer, singer, stage actor, film actor, television actor, recording artist

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Yo Mato
I kill
El tercer lado de los ojos
The Killer In My Eyes
Yo soy Dios
I am god
Killer in My Eyes
Io uccido
Io uccido
A pimp's notes
Io sono Dio
Pimp
A Pimp's Notes
Io sono Dio
Tre atti e due tempi
Pochi inutili nascondigli
Fuori da un evidente destino
Niente
El Tercer Lado De Los Ojos/ the Third Side of the Eyes
Appunti di un venditore di donne
Io uccido.
Niente Di Vero Tranne Gli Occhi
I Kill
JE TUE (French text version)
Ik ben God
La piuma
La-ḥapim mi-peshaʻ en alibi
Appunti di un venditore di donne
Fuori da un evidente destino
Ani Elohim
Je Tue (French Edition)
L'ultimo giorno di sole
Eu Mato - Io Uccido
Tres actos y dos partes
Droit dans les yeux
Ia ubivaiu
Niente di vero tranne gli occhi
Fuera de un evidente destino
Ani horeg
Tres actos y dos partes
Droit Dans Les Yeux (French Edition)
Yo Mato (Nov.Intrig)
Je tue
I Am God
Im Namen des Mörders
Da quando a ora
Åžike
Bir Pezevengin Notlari
Droit Dans les Yeux
TRE ATTI E DUE TEMPI - FALETTI
Alan Melville
Alan Melville (1910-1983)

playwright, television actor

  • Edinburgh Academy

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Quick Curtain
Weekend at Thrackley
Death of Anton
Death Of Anton
Quick Curtain
Merely Melville
Gnomes and gardens
Dear Charles
Simon and Laura
Devil May Care
Going to town
Castle in the Air
Mrs Willie
Weekend At Thrackley
Myself when young
A la carte
Simon and Laura
Devil May Care
Sweetest and Lowest, Selection
First Tide
Mobilization of Domestic Capital in Certain Countries of Asia and the Far East
The Encyclopedia of World Art Volume XIV
Girl's Handbook 2004
Band 3
Nobel Prize Library
Christen und Muslime
Death of Anton
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
Wbg Deutsch-Französische Geschichte / Kaisertum und Allerchristlichster König 1214-1500
Rcra Regulations and Keyword Sb
Devil may care
Dear Charles
The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, Fourth Edition (International Edition)