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Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series) 146 reviews
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
Universal Studios, 2006
"You're not smarter, Walter. You're just a little taller."
+ Good Movie
+ Riveting film noir.
+ Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
+ What a Great Film!
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (The Best American Series)9 reviews
Houghton Mifflin, 2001
As good a collection of mystery stories as you'll get.
+ Great review of the century in mystery
+ A must buy for fans of the authors
+ First Rate Anthology - Good Selections from Ten Decades
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season One 109 reviews
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Universal Studios, 2005
Satisfied
+ "Slightly" disappointed !!
+ Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season Three
Excellent purchase, I would highly recommend this to anyone who is a Alfred Hitchcock fan.
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Maisie Dobbs 89 reviews
Jacqueline Winspear
Penguin Books, 2004
Loved this book
+ Superb literature
+ Atmospheric setting and excellent characters
What an interesting, intricate character is Maisie Dobbs! I read the second book of this series first, then went back to read this one. The flashback, revealing Maisie as a poor but brilliant girl, being granted (in a somewhat fairy-godmother style) education and opportunity, and then seeing what ...
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Diabolique (Criterion Collection Spine #35)57 reviews
Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot
Criterion, 1999
"Les Diaboliques" 1955 French Suspense Masterpiece!
+ Excellent Cinema
+ Le Diabolique
+ A Film So Good It Made Hitchcock Jealous
+ Outstandingly Terrifying
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Harriet the Spy143 reviews
Louise Fitzhugh
Yearling, 2001
Harriet the spy--
+ Still Reaping Rewards!
+ One of My Favorites
+ Unusual and entertaining
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The Maltese Falcon130 reviews
Dashiell Hammett
Vintage, 1989
Do You Really Need a Review of This Book?
+ "Falcon" lays an egg...
+ Best Mystery Novel ever
+ Interesting and hard to put down!
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The Mousetrap and Other Plays (Miss Marple Mysteries)19 reviews
Agatha Christie
Signet, 2000
Three Legendary Plays and Four Minor But Memorable Works
+ Spine Chilling Suspense
+ Classic Christie!
+ Classics Can't Be Beat
+ It's Agatha Christie, It's a Must Read
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Second Glance: A Novel87 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2004
Another page-turner from Picoult!
+ One of Picoult's Best
+ ghostly encounter
+ Second Glance: A Story about Ghosts, A Story About Life
+ Jodi Picoult
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And Then There Were None592 reviews
Agatha Christie
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004
And Then There Were None
+ great read
+ Island of Death
Agatha Christie is one of, if not the worlds most popular mystery writer, many of today's mystery writers have credited her as their inspiration. And 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' (aka TEN LITTLE INDIANS) is hailed as one of her greatest works, so I decided if I wanted to read something by one of the ...
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Rebecca481 reviews
Daphne Du Maurier
Avon, 1994
"Have you ever thought about the future?"
+ Loved it, Loved it, Loved it
+ Deeply Intriguing
+ Audiobook 'Rebecca' Daphne du Maurier
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Monk - Season One118 reviews
Universal Studios, 2004
Well done, exceptional acting, great storylines.
+ Great TV Detective Series
+ Why did I wait so long?
+ Detective with a flair
+ refreshingly original
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Psycho (Collector's Edition)421 reviews
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh
Universal Studios, 1998
The truest definition of horror...
+ A career best. But why no Oscar for Perkins?
+ We All Go A Little Crazy Sometimes
+ The mother (father???) of modern horror.
+ A boy's best friend is his mother
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The Mercy of Thin Air: A Novel70 reviews
Ronlyn Domingue
Washington Square Press, 2006
The Lovely Bones meets The Time Travelors Wife
+ A Story of Love
+ Bright and Engaging Characters
+ Very Interesting Story
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The Historian1374 reviews
Elizabeth Kostova
Back Bay Books, 2006
I am reviewing unabridged audio CD
This summer, as I drag my children here and there on vacation, I have started "reading" as we march. I load my iPod with audio books.
One of my recent, and longest, entries was The Historian.
I had doubts that I would be able to listen to such a long book on cd, but it was actually so full of ...
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Gaslight39 reviews
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman
Warner Home Video, 2004
Darkly Entertaining
+ Excelente película
+ Perfect Suspense Story
+ Gaslight
+ Been wanting to watch this for a long time...
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Rope128 reviews
James Stewart
Warner Bros. Pictures, 2006
An Expiremental Achievement in Directing and Acting
+ A different kind of Hitchcock
+ The More You Watch, the Tighter the Suspense Grows
+ An overlooked masterpiece
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Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express105 reviews
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall
Paramount, 2004
All star cast and a brilliant whodunnit
+ Almost great
+ thanks!
+ Timeless Classic
+ Very enjoyable
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The Thin Man51 reviews
Dashiell Hammett
Vintage, 1989
One of my very favorite books!
+ Good Read
+ Asta be the best
Boy, these reviews are all over the place, aren't they! Well, they at least give you the plot so I don't have to. Here are some quick comments:
There is so much going on in this book that most people miss much of it the first time (as these reviews show), especially if they don't know Hammett's ...
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A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women 5 reviews
Elizabeth George
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
This Excellent Collection is an Absolute Delight
+ Great
+ Fantastic book
+ An Awesome Collection
+ terrific deference to the ladies of crime
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