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We
(Hardcover)
Yevgeny Zamyatin
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R849
Discovery Miles 8 490
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'"The purpose, the illusion, the spirit of a waxworks. It is an
atmosphere of death. It is soundless and motionless... Do you
see?"' Last night Mademoiselle Duchene was seen heading into the
Gallery of Horrors at the Musee Augustin waxworks, alive. Today she
was found in the Seine, murdered. The museum's proprietor, long
perturbed by the unnatural vitality of his figures, claims that he
saw one of them following the victim into the dark - a lead that
Henri Bencolin, head of the Paris police and expert of 'impossible'
crimes, cannot possibly resist. Surrounded by the eerie noises of
the night, Bencolin prepares to enter the ill-fated waxworks, his
associate Jeff Marle and the victim's fiance in tow. Waiting
within, beneath the glass-eyed gaze of a leering waxen satyr, is a
gruesome discovery and the first clues of a twisted and ingenious
mystery. First published in 1932 at the height of crime fiction's
Golden Age, this macabre and atmospheric dive into the murky
underground of Parisian society presents an intelligent puzzle
delivered at a stunning pace. This new edition also includes 'The
Murder in Number Four', a rare Inspector Bencolin short story.
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Lilith
(Hardcover)
George MacDonald
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R702
Discovery Miles 7 020
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