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Featured below are few Authors, whose books are available on the site. Visit this page again to find more Authors. We hope you enjoy these write ups…… 

Ruth Rendell

Since her first novel, From Doon With Death, published in 1964, Ruth Rendell has won many awards, including the Crime Writers's Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View, and the Arts Council national Book Award, genre fiction, for Lake of darkness in 1980.

In 1985 Ruth Rendell received the Silver Dagger for The Tree of Hands, and in 1987, writing as Barbara Vine, won her third Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America for A Dark-Adapted Eye. She has also won the Gold Dagger for Live Flesh, for King Solomon's Carpet and A Fatal Inversion.

Her protagonist, Chief Inspector Wexford has featured in 21 of her best selling novels. The Books featuring this detective are  

  1. From Doon With Death (1964)

  2. Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)

  3. A New Lease of Death (1969)

  4. The Best Man to Die (1969)

  5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)

  6. No More Dying Then (1971)

  7. Murder Being Once Done (1972)

  8. Some Lie And Some Die (1973)

  9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)

  10. A Sleeping Life (1979)

  11. Put on By Cunning (1981)

  12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)

  13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)

  14. The Veiled One (1988)

  15. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992)

  16. Simisola (1994)

  17. Road Rage (1997)

  18. Harm Done (1999)

  19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)

  20. End in Tears (2005)

  21. Not in the Flesh (2007)

Wexford has a country policeman appearance that often leads suspects to underestimate his intelligence and they pay the price. His investigations are more intellectual than forensic and he prefers to delve into the human motive and the peculiarities of human nature to solve crimes.

Writing as Barbara Vine, she delves into the murky mind of the murderer, often basing the crime on murky impulses of greed, obsession, fear, lust and hate. These are classics of crime fiction and generally show the authors great insight into the human mind and the psychology of the criminal.

Robin Cook

Dr. Robin Cook, a graduate of Columbia Medical School, finished his postgraduate medical training at Harvard. He the acknowledged master of medical thrillers.

His books blend medical fact with fantasy to create a very believable story. His books keep the public aware of the technological possibilities of modern medical science and the ethical issues involved. He has explored topics as diverse as organ donation, genetic engineering, in vitro fertilization, research funding, organ transplantation and stem cell research among others.

The thrills and horror develops when ethical lines are crossed and the protagonist gets caught in conspiracy or murder and has to prove himself/herself innocent. 

Helen Fielding

She is a journalist and a novelist and is the best selling author of Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Cause Celeb and Olivia Joules And the Overactive Imagination. Her books have together sold more than fifteen million copies in thirty five countries. The book, Bridget Jones's Diary became a hit movie, co written and executive produced by Fielding. She lives in London and Los Angeles.

Bridget Jones Diary garnered exuberant praise every where. This devastatingly self aware, laugh out loud account of a year in the life of a thirty something Singleton on a quest for self improvement has touched a nerve with millions of readers worldwide.

Her books are saucy, insightful, humorous, breezy, fast faced and contemporary. They are easy to read and at times touch a nerve which allow the reader to identify with the protagonist. And that is the secret of her very successful books.

 

 

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