Magnus Mills (9 kníh)
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Magnus Mills A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In
Far away, in the ancient empire of Greater Fallowfields, things are falling apart. The imperial orchestra is presided over by a conductor who has never played a note, the clocks are changed constantly to ensure that the sun always sets at five ...
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Magnus Mills All Quiet on the Orient Express
It is the end of the summer. The tourists have already gone, and now the sun is abandoning the Lake District's damp valleys. Only a lone camper remains, enjoying the quiet. He plans to stay just long enough to prepare for a trip to the East...
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Magnus Mills Ohrady pro zvířata CZ
Nerozlučná dvojka Tam a Richie, mladí Skotové, pracují pro firmu, jež staví ohrady pro dobytek. Podnik řídí podezřele ambiciozní a tvrdý Donald, jehož krédem je co největší efektivita práce. Krédem Tama a Richieho jsou děvky, pivko a ročes, a z toho především ta hospoda, kam musí oba po práci zajít, i kdyby venku trakaře padaly. Firma dostane zakázku z Anglie, kam si však Donald netroufá poslat Tama a Richieho…
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Magnus Mills Screwtop Thompson
In `Hark the Herald', a guest stays at an eerie guesthouse over Christmas without encountering any other residents, despite constant reassurance from the landlord that he would see them if only he arrived for breakfast slightly earlier...
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Magnus Mills The Field of the Cloth of Gold
The Great Field lies in the bend of a broad, meandering river. Bounded on three sides by water, on the fourth side it dwindles gradually into wilderness. A handful of tents are scattered far and wide across its immensity...
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Magnus Mills The Forensic Records Society
Two men with a passion for vinyl create a society for the appreciation of records. Their aim is simple: to elevate the art of listening by doing so in forensic detail...
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Magnus Mills The Restraint of Beasts
'Tam and I took hold of Mr McCrindle and lowered him into the hole, feet first. We decided to leave his cap on'. Fencers Tam, Richie and their ever-exasperated English foreman are forced to move from rural Scotland to England for work...
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Magnus Mills Three to See the King
The third book from perhaps the most original comic novelist in England 'I live in a house built entirely from tin. For a long while I was quite content here, and remained convinced I would find no better place to be. Then one day a woman...
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Magnus Mills Three to See the King
Living on a windy plain in a house made entirely from tin, a recluse's quiet life is transformed by the severely critical Mary Petrie who arrives unannounced with a trunk of her belongings in tow. As a procession of new houseguests begins, ...
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