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The Quiet American (1955) is set in Vietnam in the 1950s, during the French colonial struggle against the insurgents. Through the atmosphere of Saigon, Greene creates a tense story of love and political intrigue, with a strong critique of the Vietnam War
Mistakenly kidnapped and tied to a ceiling beam, Sam Jones tries to remember her special love adventure. The painful blows, along with her innate humor, will encourage the heroine to focus all her peace of mind on solving life's problems.
Seven short, independent stories in the "pocket crime novel" format by the master of Croatian crime fiction: fast, tense, concise, with unexpected twists and Pavličić's typical blend of everyday life and crime.
In the novel At the White Horse (1961), Christie combines the supernatural and the rational in a story of mysterious deaths and an organization that offers "services" of elimination, inspired by Dennis Wheatley, with a focus on inheritance and the ethics
Martin Cruz Smith, a master of crime novels, dissects the dark side of contemporary Russia – corruption, political intrigue, and Stalinist legacy – in the sixth part of the series about investigator Arkady Renko.