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Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
A completed work based on an unfinished Dorothy L. Sayers manuscript from 1936 finds Lord Peter Wimsey revisiting his first case from thirty years earlier when the descendant of Lord Attenbury begs his help in proving the ownership of a priceless cache of emeralds.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger. In fact, James is facing a trial for an almost certain open-and-shut case. But Superintendent Spence is suspicious enough to ask for Hercule Poirot's assistance. Soon, the seemingly simple situation turns into a complex web of lies and hidden identities. Novelist Ariadne Oliver joins the hunt to find the real murderer.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern adventures, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Dandy is caught between two feuding families who run rival department stores. Dandy's services are needed when the heiress to one of the stores goes missing. As Dandy starts to unravel the long-hidden family secrets, she begins to discover disturbing connections and it's not long before danger abounds."--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford visit the Sunny Ridge Rest Home, where an old rambling woman insists that something is buried in the fireplace in the sitting room, and that a painting of a secluded house is strangely familiar. When the woman disappears without a trace, the sleuths discover something wicked at Sunny Ridge.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When a talk by successful author Burton St Clair at Fethering Library ends in sudden, violent death, Jude finds herself the prime suspect in the ensuing murder investigation. She must enlist the help of her neighbour Carole not just to solve the crime, but to prove she didn't commit it"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When the daughter of a well-respected family is being poisoned, Rosalind Thorn and Bow Street officer Adam Harkness work together to solve this dangerous case that is rife with politics, jealousy, jewel thieves -- and a romance between them that would be frowned upon by society"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books/A Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Dead one minute... Young Harriet and her brother Austin have always been scared of the quarry where their stone mason father works. So when they find him dead on the cold ground, they rush off quickly to look for some help. Alive the next? When help arrives, however, the quarry is deserted and there is no sign of the body. Were the children mistaken? Is their father not dead? Did he simply get up and run away?
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are invited to join their close friends Nigel and Inga Evans at a Welsh music festival. When a tragic accident takes the life of one of the choir, and the same fate befalls the star soloist, Dorothy and Alan find themselves in the midst of an investigation as tumultuous, passionate and complicated as any opera.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Creme de la Crime/Severn House
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Judes life has been turned upside-down thanks her new man, Piers Targett, who's keen to get her involved in his hobby or obsession of Real Tennis. But when one of Piers friends dies on the court in suspicious circumstances, Jude finds herself caught up in the police investigation. Meanwhile, Judes neighbour Carole is trying to identify the human remains known locally as the Lady in the Lake. As the two investigations become intertwined, Carole and...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, have just visited Buckingham Palace, where Alan was awarded the George Cross, when they and a friend, retired Chief Inspector Jonathan Quinn, stumble across the body of a young girl hidden in St. James Park. Wondering what led to the unfortunate girl's demise, Dorothy can't help but get involved in the case when Jonathan calls the next day and admits he knew who the victim was.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rosalind is pleased when she's invited to Cassel House to help her friend, Louisa, prepare for her upcoming wedding. But that's not the only event on her agenda. The trip will also afford Rosalind the chance to see Devon Winterbourne, the newly minted Duke of Casselmaine. Devon and Rosalind were on the verge of betrothal before the infamous Thorne family scandal derailed their courtship. Now Rosalind wonders if there's a chance their love might reignite....
78) A useful woman
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in 19th-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society--including who among the ton is capable of murder... The daughter of a baronet and a minor heiress, Rosalind Thorne was nearly ruined after her father abandoned the family. To survive in the only world she knew, she began to manage the affairs of some of London...
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Lord Peter and Harriet return to the scene of their literate courtship to resolve an Oxford University dispute that is complicated by the disappearance of several prominent Fellows.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Danish Ambassador has requested Albert Campion's help on "a delicate family matter." His 18-year-old daughter has formed an attachment to a most unsuitable young man. Before Mr Campion can act on the matter however, both the Ambassador's daughter and her beau disappear without trace. Then a body is discovered in a lagoon.
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