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Long White Con - Iceberg Slim - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Long White Con - Iceberg Slim - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In Iceberg Slim''s first novel, Trick Baby , he told the unforgettable tale of White Folks, a white Negro who uses his colour as his trump card in the tough game of the Con. Blue-eyed, light-haired and fair-skinned, White Folks was to become the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned. Long White Con takes up where Trick Baby left off. After the death of his partner and mentor, Blue Howard, White Folks hooks up with the Vicksburg Kid, who completes his con education. Together they form a formidable duo, playing for the highest stakes, pulling off the most ambitious con of the lot - The Unhappy Virgin Game. Fleecing wealthy fools is the name of the game but when the sums involved get to the levels seen in Long White Con , the consequences of any slip can be fatal.Like all of Iceberg Slim''s work, Long White Con takes the reader into a world rarely seen in print, combining wicked humour with streetwise knowledge and philosophy. The result is another page-turning classic of hard-boiled fiction.

DKK 134.00
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Trick Baby - Iceberg Slim - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Trick Baby - Iceberg Slim - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Trick Baby charts the rise of White Folks, a white Negro who uses his colour as a trump card in the tough game of the Con. Blue-eyed, light-haired and white-skinned, White Folks is the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned, a hustler in the jungle of Southside Chicago where only the sharpest survive.With his partner Blue, an old hand who teaches him the tricks of the trade, White Folks rises to the top of his profession. The cons he pulls off get more and more lucrative and dangerous until one day they go too far...

DKK 120.00
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The White Feather Killer - R.n. Morris - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The White Feather Killer - R.n. Morris - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

War has been declared, and Detective Inspector Silas Quinn finds himself drawn into a disturbing murder case where the only clue is a mysterious white feather. London, 1914. The declaration of war with Germany has made the capital a dark, uncertain place, rife with fear and suspicion. As the pressure on young men to enlist grows stronger, Pastor Cardew holds a rally at his church. Unfortunately, it ends in humiliation for Felix Simpkins when he receives a dreaded white feather - the ultimate sign of cowardice.Meanwhile, DI Silas Quinn returns to New Scotland Yard after his recent sick leave to find the Special Crimes Department has been closed and his team absorbed into CID. But when a body is discovered in Wormwood Scrubs the day after Cardew''s rally, a white feather placed in its mouth, Quinn finds himself unable to take a back seat in the investigation. Was the murderer really a foreign spy . . . or someone closer to home?

DKK 225.00
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White Sands - Geoff Dyer - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

White Sands - Geoff Dyer - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR From a trip to The Lightning Field in New Mexico, to chasing Gauguin''s ghost in French Polynesia, White Sands is a creative exploration of why we travel. Episodic, wide-ranging and funny, Geoff Dyer blends travel writing, essay, criticism and fiction with a smart and cantankerous wit that is unmatched. From one of the most original writers in Britain, this is a book for armchair travellers and procrastinating philosophers everywhere.

DKK 127.00
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The Complete Peanuts 1993-1994 - Charles M. Schulz - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Complete Peanuts 1993-1994 - Charles M. Schulz - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In the 22nd volume of The Complete Peanuts , you''ll see the whole gang waiting . . . and waiting . . . and waiting for a bus that never comes. Charlie Brown finally hits a game-winning home run - off Roy Hobbes'' great-granddaughter no less! Linus lobbies the White House to nominate Snoopy for an open Supreme Court seat (alas, it goes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead). Woodstock discovers his long-lost grandfather''s diary, detailing a hard life in captivity (i.e. a birdcage).

DKK 192.00
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Coming Undone - Terri White - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Coming Undone - Terri White - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''BREATHTAKING'' Dolly Alderton, ''REMARKABLE'' Marian Keyes, ''LIFE-CHANGING'' Emma Jane Unsworth, ''COMPELLING'' Amy Liptrot, ''EXTRAORDINARY'' Sali Hughes To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream - living in New York City, with a top job editing a major magazine. In reality, she was struggling with the trauma of an abusive childhood and rapidly skidding towards a mental health crisis that would land her in a psychiatric ward. Coming Undone is Terri''s story of her unravelling, and her precarious journey back from a life in pieces.

DKK 120.00
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Coming Undone - Terri White - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Coming Undone - Terri White - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''BREATHTAKING'' Dolly Alderton, ''REMARKABLE'' Marian Keyes, ''LIFE-CHANGING'' Emma Jane Unsworth, ''COMPELLING'' Amy Liptrot, ''STUNNING'' Cathy Rentzenbrink, ''EXTRAORDINARY'' Sali Hughes To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream, named one of Folio''s Top Women in US Media and accruing further awards for the magazines she was editing. In reality, she was rapidly skidding towards a mental health crisis that would land her in a locked psychiatric ward as her past caught up with her. Coming Undone is Terri''s documentation of her unravelling, and her precarious navigation back from a life in pieces.

DKK 155.00
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Murder by Mistake - Veronica Heley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Murder by Mistake - Veronica Heley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Ellie has always disliked the local big estate agent - aka Great White Shark - and is distressed when her daughter Diana announces that she is carrying his child and about to become his fourth wife. But Ellie is soon drawn into the family circle when one of the Hooper children dies in their private gym and another succumbs to a peanut allergy. The police want to write off the deaths as accident and misadventure, but Ellie believes someone is targeting members of the Hooper family. Surely Diana wouldn''t . . . or would she?

DKK 182.00
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Think Like a White Man - Dr Boule Whytelaw - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Think Like a White Man - Dr Boule Whytelaw - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''This book rewarded me with dark, dry chuckles on every page'' Reni Eddo-Lodge ''Hilarious . . . This original approach to discussing race is funny, intellectual and timely'' Independent ''The work of a true mastermind'' Benjamin Zephaniah I learned early on that, for me as a black professional, to rise through the ranks and really attain power, I needed to adopt the most ruthless of mindsets possible: the mindset of the White Man who would tear your cheek from your face before he even considered turning his one first.

DKK 127.00
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Blood Red, White and Blue - Kathleen Delaney - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Blood Red, White and Blue - Kathleen Delaney - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Santa Louisa''s Independence Day celebrations lead to a case of cold-blooded murder in the latest highly entertaining Mary McGill dog mystery. It''s the 4th July and the town celebrations have gone off without a hitch. Except for the body in the oak grove, shot in the back. The unfortunate victim was a visitor to the town. Mary McGill and her cocker spaniel Millie had seen him only that morning, staring in the window of Lowell''s Jewellery store, his German Shepherd, Ranger, at his side. Could the diamond and sapphire necklace which caught his attention have some connection with his untimely death? What brought him to Santa Louisa in the first place?Having agreed to look after Ranger temporarily, Mary is unwillingly drawn into the murder investigation. She never dreamed that her enquiries would lead her into serious danger . and more murder.

DKK 185.00
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Blood Red, White and Blue - Kathleen Delaney - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Blood Red, White and Blue - Kathleen Delaney - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Santa Louisa''s Independence Day celebrations lead to a case of cold-blooded murder in the latest highly entertaining Mary McGill dog mystery. It''s the 4th July and the town celebrations have gone off without a hitch. Except for the body in the oak grove, shot in the back. The unfortunate victim was a visitor to the town. Mary McGill and her cocker spaniel Millie had seen him only that morning, staring in the window of Lowell''s Jewellery store, his German Shepherd, Ranger, at his side. Could the diamond and sapphire necklace which caught his attention have some connection with his untimely death? What brought him to Santa Louisa in the first place?Having agreed to look after Ranger temporarily, Mary is unwillingly drawn into the murder investigation. She never dreamed that her enquiries would lead her into serious danger . and more murder.

DKK 111.00
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Off Script - Graham Hurley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Off Script - Graham Hurley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Actress Enora Andressen must find a killer, and there''s no script to guide her . . . Carrie Tollman awakes in the middle of the night with an intruder gazing down at her. He''s young. He seems crazy. He tells her he''s killed before and he''ll kill again. One word about what''s happened, and he''ll be back. Carrie is one of two carers looking after Enora Andressen''s favorite scriptwriter. But Pavel is now paralysed, as well as blind, and it falls to Enora to track down this terrifying presence at Carrie''s bedside.Enora''s journey takes her deep into the netherworld of homelessness, neglect, and the unaddressed torments of people - young and old - failing to cope with their demons. Nothing has ever prepared her for this . . .

DKK 292.00
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Off Script - Graham Hurley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Off Script - Graham Hurley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Actress Enora Andressen must find a killer, and there''s no script to guide her . . . Carrie Tollman awakes in the middle of the night with an intruder gazing down at her. He''s young. He seems crazy. He tells her he''s killed before and he''ll kill again. One word about what''s happened, and he''ll be back. Carrie is one of two carers looking after Enora Andressen''s favorite scriptwriter. But Pavel is now paralysed, as well as blind, and it falls to Enora to track down this terrifying presence at Carrie''s bedside.Enora''s journey takes her deep into the netherworld of homelessness, neglect, and the unaddressed torments of people - young and old - failing to cope with their demons. Nothing has ever prepared her for this . . .

DKK 225.00
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Off Script - Graham Hurley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Off Script - Graham Hurley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Actress Enora Andressen must find a killer, and there''s no script to guide her . . . Carrie Tollman awakes in the middle of the night with an intruder gazing down at her. He''s young. He seems crazy. He tells her he''s killed before and he''ll kill again. One word about what''s happened, and he''ll be back. Carrie is one of two carers looking after Enora Andressen''s favorite scriptwriter. But Pavel is now paralysed, as well as blind, and it falls to Enora to track down this terrifying presence at Carrie''s bedside.Enora''s journey takes her deep into the netherworld of homelessness, neglect, and the unaddressed torments of people - young and old - failing to cope with their demons. Nothing has ever prepared her for this . . .

DKK 192.00
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The White Shepherd - Annie Dalton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The White Shepherd - Annie Dalton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

First in the brand-new Anna Hopkins dogwalking mystery series: an intriguing new departure for award-winning YA writer Annie Dalton. Anna Hopkins'' daily walk through Oxford''s picturesque Port Meadow is rudely interrupted one autumn morning when her white German Shepherd, Bonnie, unearths a bloodsoaked body in the undergrowth. For Anna it''s a double shock: she''d met the victim previously. Naomi Evans was a professional researcher who had told Anna she was working on a book about a famous Welsh poet, and who offered to help Anna trace Bonnie''s original owner.From her conversations with Naomi, Anna is convinced that she was not the random victim of a psychopathic serial killer, as the police believe. She was targeted because of what she knew. With the official investigation heading in the wrong direction entirely, Anna teams up with fellow dogwalkers Isadora Salzman and Tansy Lavelle to discover the truth.

DKK 280.00
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The White Shepherd - Annie Dalton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The White Shepherd - Annie Dalton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

First in the brand-new Anna Hopkins dogwalking mystery series: an intriguing new departure for award-winning YA writer Annie Dalton. Anna Hopkins'' daily walk through Oxford''s picturesque Port Meadow is rudely interrupted one autumn morning when her white German Shepherd, Bonnie, unearths a bloodsoaked body in the undergrowth. For Anna it''s a double shock: she''d met the victim previously. Naomi Evans was a professional researcher who had told Anna she was working on a book about a famous Welsh poet, and who offered to help Anna trace Bonnie''s original owner.From her conversations with Naomi, Anna is convinced that she was not the random victim of a psychopathic serial killer, as the police believe. She was targeted because of what she knew. With the official investigation heading in the wrong direction entirely, Anna teams up with fellow dogwalkers Isadora Salzman and Tansy Lavelle to discover the truth.

DKK 185.00
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Murder Off Stage - Mary Miley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Murder Off Stage - Mary Miley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Welcome to Broadway - and to an unthinkable crime! Former theatre starlet turned amateur sleuth Jessie Beckett gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real. New York, 1926 . It''s not like Jessie Beckett goes around looking for murders to solve, but the vaudeville star turned movie script girl has a natural talent for it. After a lifetime on stage, she''s sensitive to details that other people miss.So when leading theater star Allen Crenshaw is shot live on stage during a performance of hit Broadway show Rules of Engagement - a horrified Jessie watching from the second row - she knows she has to act fast before Allen''s co-star, the beautiful Norah Rose, goes down for murder. After all, it was Norah who fired the fateful bullet . . . even if the shooting was all part of the show.Jessie investigates those closest to Allen - the presence of her theater companion, the superstar Adele Astaire, opening doors wherever they go - and finds only enemies. With the suspects for the disliked actor so numerous, can she uncover the truth in time to save Norah - or will the killer silence her too? Packed with real-life stars of the stage and screen, this page-turning romp through the boards and backstreets of Broadway is a perfect pick for readers who enjoy Jazz Age mysteries with intrepid female sleuths.

DKK 233.00
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The Curse of the Cherry Pie - Amy Patricia Meade - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Curse of the Cherry Pie - Amy Patricia Meade - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off? When literary caterer Letitia ''Tish'' Tarragon''s friend and star baker at Cookin'' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake , a frangipane cherry pie , be up to the grade? As the bake-off gets underway, Tish''s worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before making their bakes. Amid bitter rivalries , simmering jealousy and the bakers'' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of the cherry pie about to strike again ?

DKK 225.00
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The Curse of the Cherry Pie - Amy Patricia Meade - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Curse of the Cherry Pie - Amy Patricia Meade - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off? When literary caterer Letitia ''Tish'' Tarragon''s friend and star baker at Cookin'' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake , a frangipane cherry pie , be up to the grade? As the bake-off gets underway, Tish''s worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before making their bakes. Amid bitter rivalries , simmering jealousy and the bakers'' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of the cherry pie about to strike again ?

DKK 192.00
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Quick Off the Mark - Susan Moody - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Quick Off the Mark - Susan Moody - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Alex Quick investigates the murder of a close family friend in this intriguing, intricately-plotted mystery In her former career as a police detective, Alex Quick was exposed to some brutally violent crimes - but none as horrific as this. A badly mutilated corpse is discovered in a field, the victim castrated, the word ''cheat'' carved across his chest. The dead man was a close family friend of Alex, and his sister has asked her to find out who killed him - and why. Although they''d been friends as long as she can remember, how well did Alex really know the late Tristan Huber? Why would someone murder him in such a violent and cruel way? Whoever she questions, Alex finds that people are reluctant to talk, keeping things back from her - including Tristan''s sister, Dimsie. The more Alex uncovers, the clearer it becomes that Tristan Huber was not who, or what, he appeared to be. But is she prepared for the shocking truth?

DKK 185.00
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Quick Off the Mark - Susan Moody - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Quick Off the Mark - Susan Moody - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Alex Quick investigates the murder of a close family friend in this intriguing, intricately-plotted mystery In her former career as a police detective, Alex Quick was exposed to some brutally violent crimes - but none as horrific as this. A badly mutilated corpse is discovered in a field, the victim castrated, the word ''cheat'' carved across his chest. The dead man was a close family friend of Alex, and his sister has asked her to find out who killed him - and why. Although they''d been friends as long as she can remember, how well did Alex really know the late Tristan Huber? Why would someone murder him in such a violent and cruel way? Whoever she questions, Alex finds that people are reluctant to talk, keeping things back from her - including Tristan''s sister, Dimsie. The more Alex uncovers, the clearer it becomes that Tristan Huber was not who, or what, he appeared to be. But is she prepared for the shocking truth?

DKK 292.00
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Hit and Run - Sandra Balzo - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Hit and Run - Sandra Balzo - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

AnnaLise''s philandering father''s attempt to ''do right'' by his many heirs goes deadly wrong Journalist AnnaLise Griggs'' return to her hometown in North Carolina''s western mountains has led to some unexpected surprises - most notably the discovery that legendary womanizer Dickens Hart is her birth father, and she an heir to Hart''s huge fortune.Founder of the White Tail Lodge - a High Country knock-off of the Playboy concept - Hart now claims he wants to ''do right'' by any other children he may have fathered. To that end, he''s invited all his former lovers and potential heirs, including AnnaLise and her own mother, Daisy, to what Hart envisions as a festive Thanksgiving weekend at the sprawling lakeside mansion.But not everybody is in a celebratory mood, and when a body is discovered dead in the bed, AnnaLise is left with the impossible task of identifying the killer.

DKK 182.00
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