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poets who wrote mystery
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Jilliane Hoffman
Jilliane Hoffman (born 1967)

poet lawyer

  • St. John's University

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Last witness
Retribution
Last Witness
The Cutting Room
The cutting room
Last Witness
Plea of insanity
Retribution
Plea of Insanity
Hoffman Thriller 3
Pretty Little Things
Retribution
Nemesis
All the Little Pieces
Cupido
Retribution Abridged Cass
De snijkamer / druk 2
Kucuk Tatli Seyler
Morpheus
Cutting Room, The
Doodsangst
Ultimo Testigo/ Last Witness
Vater unser
Castigo/ Punishment
Hoffman Thriller 3
Vergelding
Argus
Mädchenfänger
Castigo/ Retribution
Pretty Little Things, the Cutting Room
Castigo
Justice imminente (French Edition)
Insomnia
Nemesis
Samariter
Justice imminente
Cupido
George V. Higgins
George V. Higgins (1939-1999)

lawyer, poet lawyer, journalist

  • Stanford University, Boston College Law School

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Sandra Nichols found dead
The judgment of Deke Hunter
Impostors
At end of day
Penance for Jerry Kennedy
The Agent
Defending Billy Ryan
Boston Noir 2
The friends of Eddie Coyle
Kennedy for the defense
Bomber's Law
The rat on fire
The easiest thing in the world
A city on a hill
The Rat On Fire A Novel
The Digger's game
Cogans Trade A Novel
Penance for Jerry Kennedy
Imposters
At end of day
Cogan's trade
The judgement of Deke Hunter
The Best American Short Stories 1973
Swan boats at four
The Progress of the Seasons
Outlaws
Victories
Wonderful years, wonderful years
A Change of Gravity
Cogan's trade
The patriot game
Dreamland
On writing
The Digger's game
Trust
A year or so with Edgar
The Mandeville talent
Kennedy for Defense
A change in gravity
The friends of Eddie Coyle
A choice of enemies
Killing Them Softly A Novel
Style versus substance
The friends of Richard Nixon
Paris risqués
Cogan's Trade/a Choice of Enemies
The friends of Eddie Coyle
Victories
Rat on Fire
The sins of the fathers
Los Amigos De Eddie Coyle
The friends of Eddie Coyle
Outlaws
Wonderful Years Wonderful Year
Patriot Games
Old Earl died pulling traps
Le rat en flammes
A city on a hill
Trust
Ruthven Todd
Ruthven Todd (1914-1978)

poet

  • Edinburgh College of Art, Fettes College

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Bodies in a Bookshop
Unholy Dying
Bodies in a book shop
Swing Low, Swing Death
Death for madame
Unholy Dying
William Blake the artist
Unholy Dying
Tracks in the snow
Space cat visits Venus
The planet in my hand
Bodies in a bookshop
Garland for the winter solstice
Until now
Space cat
Space Cat
Space Cat Meets Mars
The Laughing Mulatto
Over the mountain
An exhibition of artists who have lived & worked in Fitzrovia & the road to the York Minster, at the Parkin Gallery, September 26 to October 27
The lost traveller
An exhibition of artists who have lived & worked in Fitzrovia & the road to the York Minster
Space Cat and the Kittens
William Blake the artist.
A mantelpiece of shells
Blake's Dante plates
Trucks, tractors and trailers.
Fungi
Space cat meets Mars
The tropical fish book
Christmas 1947
Space cat visits Venus
Until now
The tropical fish book
Tan's Fish
The acreage of the heart
The planet in my hand
Trucks, tractors, and trailers
Lament of the cats of Rapallo
The laughing mulatto
Tracks in the snow
A godson born in the 70s
The acreage of the heart
Christmas 1947
The laughing mulatto
Tan's fish
In other worlds
The lost traveller
Space cat and the kittens
Tracks in the snow
Loser's choice
Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss (1942-2021)

lawyer, poet lawyer

  • Case Western Reserve University, Boston University

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Detective stories
Strega
Pain Management
Choice of Evil
Born Bad
Hard Candy
Safe House
Sacrifice
Blue Belle
Down here
Down in the zero
Haiku
Dead and Gone
Flood
Terminal
Everybody Pays
The getaway man
False Allegations
Shella
Blossom
The Getaway Man
Born Bad
Footsteps of the Hawk
Safe House (Canongate Crime)
Footsteps of thehawk
SignWave
Another Life (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Shella
Sacrifice
Footsteps of the Hawk
Safe House
Blossom
Strega
Hard Candy
False Allegations
Footsteps of the Hawk
Haiku (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original)
Two Trains Running
Another Life
Mask Market
Terminal
Only Child
Mask Market
Batman
Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre
False allegations
Another Chance to get it Right
Another Chance to Get It Right (2nd Edition) (Another Chance to Get It Right)
Another Chance to Get It Right
Urban Renewal
Batman
That's How I Roll
Mask Market (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
The life-style violent juvenile
Erbarmungslose Stiere
Predator Omnibus Volume 2 (Predator)
The weight
Predator
Erbarmungslose Stiere. Astrokrimi
Down In The Zero
Pain Management
Proving It
Safe House Open Market Edition
Shella
Complete Pond Builder
False Allegations Open Market
Water Features for Small Garde
Tief im Abgrund
Eyewitness Gar Hdbk Annuals/Bi
Taylors Weekend Gardng GD Prun
Pond Book and Tadpole Tank
Verrat
Good Bugs for Your Garden
New Captured Harvest
Country Wisdom Library Spring
Captured Harvest
La sorcière de Brooklyn
Tussie-Mussies
Blue Belle
Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special
Blue Belle
Good Herb
Choice of Evil Consumer Sampler
Flood
Gardener's Latin
Bug Book & Bug Bottle
Choice of Evil Shelf-Talker
Flood
Down in the Zero-Nat'l Rack Si
Race war
Down to Zero
Droga
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
Şike
Bir Pezevengin Notlari
Droit Dans les Yeux
TRE ATTI E DUE TEMPI - FALETTI
John Mortimer
John Mortimer (1923-2009)

barrister, poet lawyer

  • University of Oxford, Harrow School

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Rumpole and the angel of death
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
Rumpole rests his case
Rumpole and the primrose path
Dunster
Rumpole on Trial
Felix in the underworld
Regina v. Rumpole
Rumpole à la carte
Rumpole and the age of miracles
The third Rumpole omnibus
Rumpole of the Bailey
Trials of Rumpole
Character parts
Rumpole's Return
Summer's lease
The first Rumpole omnibus
Rumpole's Return
The best of Rumpole
The best of Rumpole
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (Rumpole Novels)
Rumpole's Last Case
A Rumpole Christmas
Rumpole on Trial (Rumpole)
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror
Rumpole à la carte
Rumpole and the Younger Generation
Rumpole misbehaves
RUMPOLE A LA CARTE
Rumpole and the golden thread
Rumpole and the golden thread
Rumpole for the Defense
Rumpole's Last Case
The Rumpole Collection
A Rumpole Christmas
Rumpole rests his case
Rumpole and the reign of terror
Rumpole Omnibus
Rumpole's Last Case (Rumpole)
The second Rumpole omnibus
The second Rumpole omnibus
Rumpole and the reign of terror
Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
Felix in the underworld
Rumpole of the Bailey
Great Law and Order Stories
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Rumpole for the defence
Rumpole on trial
Rumpole a la Carte
Rumpole and the age of miracles
Rumpole misbehaves
Rumpole and the angel of death
Rumpole's last case
Rumpole and the angel of death
Rumpole and the primrose path
The sound of trumpets
Like men betrayed
Paradise postponed
The narrowing stream
The summer of a dormouse
Murderers and other friends
Quite honestly
A voyage round my father
Titmuss regained
where there's a will
Will Shakespeare
Murderers and Other Friends
Charade
Three plays
Charade
Paradise postponed
Clinging to the wreckage
Where there's a will
Rumpole
QUITE HONESTLY
THE SCALES OF JUSTICE
A voyage round my father.
Quite Honestly
Collected Plays
Quite Honestly
Collaborators
Summer's lease
Famous trials
The Rapstone chronicles
A voyage round my father ; The dock brief ; What shall we tell Caroline?
Dunster
Statistical Process Control
Rumpole Misbehaves
Clinging to the wreckage
Voyage Round My Father
In Character
Where there's a will
Felix in the underworld
Forever Rumpole
Charles Dickens' A Christmas carol
Will Shakespeare
Rumpole Rests His Case
Under the hammer
Advanced manufacturing in the automotive industry
Idaho Table
The wrong side of the park
Rumpole of the Bailey
The bells of hell
Lunch Hour
Come as You Are
Knightsbridge
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole Rests His Case
Five Plays
Rumpole and the Judges Elbow
The Captain of Köpenick
Plays
Naked Justice
Rumpole at the Bar
Selected Works of John Mortimer
Charade
The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole
With love & lizards
Narrowing Stream, the
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror
ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF HORACE RUMPOLE
In character
Clinging to the wreakage
RUMPOLE AND THE PENGE BUNGALOW MURDERS
Lunch hour
The Best of Rumpole
A Voyage round my father
Day dreams of a pioneer
Under the Hammer
Titmuss regained
Rumpole at Christmas
Just-in-time
Rumpole a la Carte
The fear of heaven
Voyage Round my Father and Other Plays
The Second Rumpole Omnibus
Clinging to the wreckage
Titmuss Regained
Life with Will
The Oxford Book of villains
Rumpole
Character parts
The Oxford book of villains
English fashions
Dn Titmus Regained
Dunster
Hock and soda water
Rumpole's return
Rumpole and the reign of terror
Murderers and other friends
Logistics in Manufacturing
Quite honestly
Clinging to the Wreckage
Rumpole on Trial
Voyage Round my Father and Other Plays
Edwin and other plays
Where there's a will
Rumpole at Christmas
The Penguin book of great law & order stories
Felix in the Underworld
Zerah Colburn The Spirit of Darkness
Two stars for comfort
Like men betrayed
Rumpole of the Bailey
The Summer of a Dormouse
Collect your hand baggage
Trials of Rumpole, The counter display
The dock brief
Charade. Spoken Word. CAB 268. 4 audio cassettes
Titmuss regained
Dock Brief
Rumpole: The Confessions of Guilt : The Dear Departed : The Man of God
What shall we tell Caroline?
COLLECTED PLAYS; V. 2; THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK/ MILL HILL/BERMONDSEY/KNIGHTSBRIDGE/MARBLE ARCH/ EDWIN
Rumpole Rests His Case:a Book of Rumpole Stories
Rumpole Omnibus (786x)
Rumpole
Sketches from one to another
Rumpole & the Man of God
Edwin
The judge
A voyage round my father
Cotton spinning
RUMPOLE AND THE REIGN OF TERROR
Answer yes or no
Rumming park
Rumpole 2
An essay, to the pious memory of that late reverend divine, Mr. George Trosse, of the City of Exon, who died suddenly upon the eleventh day of January, 1712-13. ... By J. M
Famous Trials
A voyage round my father
The Trials of Rumpole
Rushforth and Bindtheboy
Knightsbridge
The sound of trumpets
The Rapstone chronicles
Rumpole Unabridged
Where theregass a will
Voyage Round my Father
Break Point
All his world's a stage
I, Claudius
Rumpole and the Age for Retirement
I Spy
Edwin
The dock brief
I spy
The judge
Just-In-Time
The wrong side of the park
Rumpole for the Defence (Rumpole of the Bailey, 4th)
The silver hook
Rumpole's Return (Rumpole)
Regina V. Rumpole
BBC Radio Presents
What Shall We Tell Caroline?
Two stars for comfort
Come as you are! Four plays
A voyage round my father ; The dock brief ; What shall we tell Caroline?
Lunch hour
Voyage Around My Father Dock Brief What
Collect your hand baggage
Advanced Manufacturing in the Automotive Industry
The narrowing stream
Rumpole: affaires classées
The summer of a dormouse
David and Broccoli
Lunch hour, and other plays. --
With love & lizards
John Mortimer plays
Three winters
Rumpole
The anti-social behaviour of Horace Rumpole
Rumpole a la carte
Rumpole and the Primrose Path
Collaborators
Evolution of the early proterozoic Toumodi volcanic group and associated rocks, Ivory Coast
Felix aux enfers
El regreso de Titmuss
Un paraíso inalcanzable
Rumpole and the reign of terror
Lunch hour
Julian Symons
Julian Symons (1912-1994)

poet, literary critic, historian

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The Blackheath poisonings
Color of Murder
Playing happy families
The man who hated television and other stories
Mortal consequences
Something like a love affair
The Players and the Game
The Belting Inheritance
The Kentish manor murders
A criminal comedy
A sort of virtue
The Great Detectives
The Sport of crime
Sweet Adelaide
The man who killed himself
The killing of Francie Lake
Tigers of Subtopia
The man who lost his wife
The paper chase
The narrowing circle
Show Business is Murder
Agatha Christie, the art of her crimes
Death's Darkest Face
The plot against Roger Rider
Bland beginning
The Gigantic Shadow
The 31st of February
Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel
Ellery Queen's Eyes of Mystery
The broken penny
The Detling murders
The detective story in Britain
The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus
A Three-pipe Problem (Classic Crime)
The Julian Symons omnibus
A man called Jones
The Name of Annabel Lee (Crime Monthly)
Dashiell Hammett
Critical occasions
Criminal practices
Verdict of thirteen
The modern crime story
Ellery Queen presents Julian Symons' How to trap a crook, and 12 other mysteries
Crime and detection quiz
The Progress of a Crime
Great cases of Scotland Yard
Conan Doyle
The thirties
The General Strike
A pictorial history of crime
Buller's campaign
The man whose dreams came true
Thomas Carlyle
The Big Call / The Baby Merchants / A Three-Pipe Problem
The tell-tale heart
Makers of the new
The immaterial murder case
Horatio Bottomley
England's Pride
Did Sherlock Holmes meet Hercule Poirot?
A la carte
Selected Tales
A.J.A. Symons, his life and speculations
Critical observations
The end of Solomon Grundy
The Detections of Francis Quarles (Lost Classics)
Charles Dickens
A reasonable doubt
The Advertising Murders
Two brothers
A. J. A. Symons
Crime and detection
Portraits of the Missing
Between the Wars: Britain in photographs
The second man
Bogue's fortune
The thirties and the nineties
Julian Symons papers
The plain man
Standard occupational classification manual
the players and the game,first blood,the skytrap.
Carlyle
CRIMINAL ACTS
Oscar Wilde
Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie
Tom Adams' Agatha Christie Cover Story
Twentieth century verse
The Angry 30's
Confusions about X
The general strike
Notes from another country
The object of an affair, and other poems
Charles Dickens
A.J.A. Symons, Brother Speculator
1948 and 1984
Something like a Love Affair
A.J.A. Symons 1900-1941
1948 and 1984
New Poetry
Somebody else and other stories
Murder under the Mistletoe and Other Stories
John Collier
John Collier (1901-1980)

poet, playwright

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Murder Most Foul
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
His monkey wife, or, Married to a chimp
Just the other day
Fancies and goodnights
His monkey wife
Milton's Paradise lost
The John Collier reader
Green thoughts
Indians of the Americas
Verhalen tegen het slapen
The Best of John Collier
Na polputi v ad
Witch's money
Deception (1946)
Tom's a-cold
Tom's a-cold, a tale
Green thoughts, by John Collier
Pictures in the fire
The Devil and all
Variation on a theme
Selected modern short stories
Le mari de la guenon
No traveller returns
Presenting moonshine ..
Defy the foul fiend; or, The misadventures of a heart
Presenting moonshine
Fancies and goodnights
Gemini
The touch of nutmeg