C. S Forester
2) Greyhound
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Penguin
Pub. Date
2020
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It's 1942. America has just joined the war. Greyhound, an international convoy of thirty-seven allied ships, is in operation. Captain Krause must lead his first command of a US destroyer as the convoy ploughs through the icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas. For forty-eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the wolf packs of German U-boats. His mission looks doomed to fail. But armed with extraordinary courage and...
5) Plain murder
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Two city clerks succumb to a powerful temptation to murder. To conceal it, they are forced into one crime after another. The grimness of thier situation reacts violently upon them, breeding and intense suspicion.
6) The pursued
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Appears on list
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Marjorie had never seen a dead body until she got home one tranquil summer evening and found her sister Dot lying on the kitchen floor in a pretty dress, with her head in the oven. She looked peaceful, as if she was asleep. Their mother suspects, however, that Dot's death was far from natural.
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Penguin
Pub. Date
2011
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Hornblower returns as a junior lieutenant aboard His Majesty's ship Renown. Hornblower now faces his greatest dilemma so far - whether to join forces with his fellow officers and overthrow the captain's lawful command or do nothing and await disaster.