Investigating the theft of a valuable painting that was supposed to be donated to the Scottish National Gallery, Isabel harbors a growing suspicion that the thieves may be close to the painting's...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary: -
Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
Late one night, a blazing inferno destroys the home of a well-to-do English doctor. Tragically, the man's wife perishes in the flames. Arson is obviously the crime, but after digging around,...
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Author: Spark, MurielSummary:
It is 25 years after Lord Lucan's mysterious disappearance in the wake of the vicious murder of his children's nanny. The celebrated psychiatrist Dr. Hildegard Wolf is approached in her Paris...
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Author: Phillips, Michael R., Pella, JudithSummary:
Seventeen year-old Maggie Duncan is torn between her obligations as a dutiful daughter and her hatred of her father's cruel pursuit of money and power.
Genre: Historical fiction, Domestic fiction -
Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Lawson, RobertSummary:
The life of the Revere family and the doings of the Sons of Liberty as told from the point of view of Paul Revere's horse.
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Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab was an odd sight indeed. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew. There was something terribly...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
In Rutland Place, a lost locket becomes the key to deadly secrets that lurk behind the opulent facade of one of London's most exclusive neighborhoods.
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Author: Putney, Mary JoSummary:
Guardians are humans with powers beyond those of ordinary people, such as controlling nature or knowing a person's deepest desires. In 18th century London, Gwynne Owens believes she did not...
Genre: Historical fiction, Paranormal fiction -
Author: Perry, AnneSummary:
The eminent Sir Lockwood Hamilton, a Member of Parlaiment, is murdered and his body is found on Westminster Bridge. Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte are just beginning to investigate...
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Author: StendhalSummary:The epic novel of the passsion between Madame de Renal and Julien Sorel. It is considered to be among the greatest literature of France.
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Author: Taylor, LainiSummary:
Magpie Windwitch, faerie, devil hunter, and granddaughter of the West Wind, must defeat an ancient evil creature, the Blackbringer, who has escaped from his bottle and threatens to unmake all of...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Ousted as editor of the "Review of Applied Ethics", Isabel thankfully has ner newborn son to keep her occupied. What's more, Charlie's adoring father Jamie has offered the most intriguing proposal...
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Author: McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Isabel Dalhousie's life is thrown for a few loops when her cousin Mimi arrives from Dallas with her husband Joe. Through Mimi and Joe, Isabel meets Texas hotshot Tom Bruce, who is about to marry...
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Author: Weir, AlisonSummary:
No English monarch had a greater influence on his or her people than Queen Elizabeth I. Yet despite her extremely public life, she closely guarded her secrets, which are finally revealed in this...