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London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his quiet life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he'd known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will...
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Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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When her plan to blackmail Jasper Vincent, Duke of Montford, into forgiving her father's debts backfires, Prudence Thorne is forced into marriage neither wanted -- and fighting a desire neither expected -- only to discover they are each other's perfect match.
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia.
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Belmore Square volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Under pressure to unmask a mysterious highway man wreaking havoc in Belmore Square, Frank Melrose does not need the distraction of Taya Winters.
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Magnolia Parks universe volume 1
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what's been dubbed "the wedding of the century". As family tensions mount and their respective pasts begin catching up to them, they finally have to look the truth in the eye: Can they learn to trust and be with one another again, or will they die trying?"--
6) Girl abroad
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Bloom Books, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself--but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive...
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Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Dominoes opens in London, twenty-nine days before the wedding of a young couple. Layla is a mixed-race woman -- with a Black, Jamaican mother, and a white father she's never met -- and Andy is a white man of Scottish descent. When they first meet at a party, they can't believe how instant their chemistry is, and how quickly their relationship unfolds. But the commonalities between the two outweigh their differences; funnily enough, they even share...
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Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A lushly illustrated debut graphic novel that explores the hardfought journey of self-acceptance in a complex world of swirling emotions and powerful potions. Joana has dragons inside her. Can she tame them before they burn her life down? Joana is a young witch who secured her dream job with a coven in London, her favorite city, where she can dedicate herself to creating potions, her favorite activity! However, she will soon discover the reality...
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