Silent mystery and detective movies

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Olivier Philippe

A travers une analyse méthodique et rigoureuse du contenu des films policiers français, cet ouvrage s'attache à dégager la signification socio-politique de la mise en représentation de la police et de l'action policière qu'ils comportent. Le film policier se révèle en effet comme un " film du politique ", qui contribue à justifier , à légitimer et à fonder " l'ordre " des sociétés, tout en reflétant aussi les interrogations que suscite la crise du lien social qui affecte les sociétés contemporaines. Le film policier a peut-être un rôle social plus important qu'on ne le pense habituellement.

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Aimée and David Thurlo

Sister Agatha is an extern nun in the cloistered order at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery near a small New Mexican desert town. As such, Sister Agatha is the link between her cloistered sisters and the outside world. Usually this means running errands in the monastery's slowly dying car (dubbed the Anti-Chrystler) or their motorcycle, with Pax, the order's German Shepard, in the side car. But sometimes it means something a bit

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Karin Salvalaggio

"When Detective Macy Greeley is called to Wilmington Creek, a sleepy ranching community in northern Montana, she expects an open-and-shut, if high-profile, murder case. What greets her is anything but. John Dalton, a soldier returned home from serving in Afghanistan, has been shot dead in an alleyway outside a local bar. Macy can't see any obvious motive for the attack, but John's closest friends and his twin sister Jessie have been keeping secrets. With a series of wildfires pushing the area's resources to the limit and Darby Lake's water level dropping to a record low, Jessie is becoming increasingly anxious about what may be uncovered if the rains don't return to the valley soon"--

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Susan Wittig Albert

The second China Bayles mystery. Herb shop owner China is shocked when Halloween hijinks take a gruesome turn in Pecan Springs, ending in a brutal murder. And China is even more shocked when her friend Ruby, a New Age expert in tarot and astrology, becomes the prime suspect after a minister accuses her of witchcraft.