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Conservatives projected to win British election, but governing may elude; Brown's Labor Party lags
Top of the TicketEditor's Note: Because of the broad global interest in Thursday's British parliamentary elections The Ticket asked our colleague Craig Howie to wrap up the results for our politics readers around the world. Here it is: In Britain, they like nothing...... -
'The Achievers: The Story of the Lebowski Fans' explores The Dude phenomenon
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEddie Chung, a former philosophy student who is accustomed to pondering life's deepest mysteries, is still stumped by something that shapes lives by the thousands: Why has "The Big Lebowski" become the most popular and all-consuming cult film since "The...Tags: Documentary (genre), Bowling, Steve Buscemi, Britney Spears, Entertainment
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'Duchess of Death' by Richard Hack
Agatha Christie, history's bestselling novelist, always had a special relationship with Christmas. When she was a child, it was the occasion of happy memories before and after the turn of the 20th century. Once she became a prolific and popular author,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, London (England), Hotels and Accommodations, Entertainment
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The French detection
Lately, English-language publishers have developed an unfortunate habit with crime fiction in translation: Instead of starting at the very beginning of a series -- as Pantheon did in bringing out the 10-book "Story of Crime" opus by Swedes Maj Sjowall and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crime (genre), Death, Murder, French Literature
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'Lost' 10s: The 10 mysteries we most want solved
Show Tracker"Lost" has always been best known for its sense of mystery. But as the series finale approaches rapidly, we fans are beginning to realize that there's no way the show can tie up all of its loose ends. Some of...... -
'Vanilla Ride' by Joe Lansdale
Like gold standard writers Elmore Leonard and the late Donald Westlake, Joe R. Lansdale is one of the more versatile writers in America. Over a span of 30 years, he's written well over a dozen mystery, suspense, western and sci-fi novels and short stories...Tags: Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Elmore Leonard, Sicilian Mafia
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'Lost': Happy we'll be, across the sea
Show TrackerWhen I was a kid, I lived in a very small town, population 800-some. The very edge of town was the local recreational complex, where I spent most summers at the local baseball field, being very bad at playing baseball....... -
Top 10 Kindle e-books: all free
Jacket CopyIf you want to pick up one of the bestselling books for the Kindle, you don't have to save your spare dollars or even your pennies -- the 10 top Kindle bestsellers are free. To find a bestselling Kindle e-book...... -
'Lost' Wednesdays: 'Every question I answer will simply lead to another question'
Show TrackerTo call "Across the Sea" divisive is sort of an insult to the word, which implies that something has sent people off to two sides of an issue, where they bicker about it. Following some of the discussion of the...... -
Off the Shelf: When April got her gun
I promised I would bring the gun. I would buy it in New York, where I was going to see my publisher. It should have been the easiest thing in the world.
I wasn't planning to draw down on a murder suspect. This was for an author photo to appear on the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Judaism, Toy Industry, Arts and Culture
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Where few men dare to tread
The phenomenal and deserved worldwide success of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy -- the second book, “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” was published in the U.S. earlier this week -- has people paying close attention not only to the book's...Tags: Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Tribune, Hospitals and Clinics, Family
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'The Monster in the Box' by Ruth Rendell
At a drinks party in London last summer, Ruth Rendell seemed to let slip to a reporter from the Telegraph that "The Monster in the Box" would be the last in her long series of detective novels featuring Chief Inspector Reg Wexford.
The report seemed...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Patricia Highsmith, Crime (genre), Death, London (England)
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