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21) Flawed
Author
Series
Brodie Farrell novels volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
23) The fifth heart
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
" In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams--member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover's suicide appears to be more than it at first seemed; the suspected foul play may involve matters of national importance. Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus--his three-year absence after Reichenbach...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: "Mary Jordan did not die naturally."...
Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maisie Dobbs takes on her most personal case yet, a twisting investigation into the brutal killing of a street peddler that will take her from the working-class neighborhoods of her childhood into London's highest circles of power. Set in London between the two world wars.
27) Breaking faith
Author
Series
Brodie Farrell novels volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
One of Agatha Christie's most famous novels, featuring her beloved detective Hercule Poirot. The villagers of King's Abbot are shocked when a wealthy local widow commits suicide and the very next day her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, is stabbed to death. Dr. James Sheppard, the local physician, discovers the body of his friend and narrates the ensuing hunt for the killer. All the guests and staff at Ackroyd's country house seem to have solid alibis--except...
Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of wartime love and death--an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious nurse"--Provided by publisher.
33) Murder on Monday
Author
Series
Lois Meade mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 8
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs's career takes an exciting new turn when she accepts an undercover assignment directed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and the Secret Service. Posing as a junior lecturer, she is sent to a private college in Cambridge to monitor any activities "not in the interests of His Majesty's government." When the college's controversial pacifist founder and principal, Greville Liddicote, is murdered, Maisie is directed...
Author
Series
Lady Trent mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Mitford murders (Jessica Fellowes) volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already rages in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile, their former maid Louisa Cannon is now a private detective, working with her policeman husband, Guy Sullivan. Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford, requesting that they look into the disappearance of her Communist sister, Jessica, in Spain....
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