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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. Leonora, known to some as Lee and others as Nora, is a reclusive crime writer, unwilling to leave her "nest" of an apartment unless it is absolutely necessary. When a friend she hasn't seen or spoken to in years unexpectedly invites Nora (Lee?) to a weekend away in an...
Author
Series
Good thief's guide volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Author
Series
Good thief's guide volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Good thief's guide volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Retiring from his life of crime to write novels in Venice, gentleman thief Charlie is blackmailed into committing a dastardly deed in order to reclaim a prized rare book that has been stolen by a femme-fatale burglar.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Jack Haldean's weekend entertainment at the country estate of Birchen Bower is cut short by the discovery of a body, mauled to death as if by a wild animal. Birchen Bower has a long and colourful history, and is rumoured to be haunted. Refusing to believe the wild tales of man-eating beasts prowling the grounds, Jack sets out to uncover the truth.
Author
Language
English
Description
"December 1926: England unleashes the largest manhunt in its history. The object of the search is not an escaped convict or a war criminal, but the missing wife of a WWI hero, up-and-coming mystery author Agatha Christie. When her car is found wrecked, empty, and abandoned near a natural spring, the country is in a frenzy. Eleven days later, Agatha reappears, claiming amnesia. She provides no answers for her disappearance. That is...until she writes...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Lovett first delighted readers with his New York Times bestselling debut, The Bookman{u2019}s Tale. Now, Lovett weaves another brilliantly imagined mystery, this time featuring one of English literature{u2019}s most popular and beloved authors: Jane Austen. Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qué el escritor de misterio más famoso del mundo desaparecería durante once días? ¿Qué hace que una mujer esté lo suficientemente desesperada como para destruir el matrimonio de otra mujer? ¿Qué tan profundamente puede una persona anhelar la venganza? En 1925, la señorita Nan O'Dea se infiltró en el rico y enrarecido mundo de la autora Agatha Christie y su marido, Archie. En todos los sentidos, ella se convirtió en parte de su vida,...
Author
Series
Jack Haldean murder mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
14) The haj
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
The Middle East is the setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries to save his people from destruction but cannot save them from themselves.
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