Eager to minister to the poor, well-bred Abigail ignores her parents' warnings and ventures into the slums of London. But instead of gaining converts, she causes a scandal when she ventures into a seedy theater. To save the family...
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- Author:Bunn, T. DavisSummary:
- Author:Chesterton, G. K.Summary:
Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil? In The Innocence of Father Brown , G.K. Chesterton explores the darker side of human nature—the...
- Author:Chesteron, G.K.Summary:
First published in 1911, The Innocence of Father Brown contains stories involving one of the greatest characters in the history of detective fiction, Father Brown. He is a Roman Catholic priest, has an uncanny insight to human evil....
- Author:Archer, JulietSummary:
Mark Knightley is used to women falling at his feet, all except Emma Woodhouse--she's like part of the family. But Emma's grown into an attractive young woman, full of ideas for modernizing her family business, and when Mark...
- Author:Wilde, OscarSummary:
In Wilde’s masterful farce, two aristocratic young Londoners create a great deal of confusion when they independently fabricate intricate double lives in order to escape oppressive social obligations.
- Author:Oscar WildeSummary:
- Author:JORDAN, SherrylSummary:
In England in 1356, a peasant lad and a young Chinese woman travel to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of the last fire-breathing dragon. An ancient herb woman has armed them with practical lore and a large supply of gunpowder to...
- Author:Doyle, Arthur ConanSummary:
When a second member of the Baskerville family dies, Sherlock Holmes investigates and finds murderous greed behind the supposed curse.
- Author:Doyle, Sir Arthur ConanSummary:
At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror...
- Author:Grand, SarahSummary:
- Author:King, Laurie R.Summary:
Maintaining tenuous contact only by means of coded messages and cryptic notes with her husband, Sherlock Holmes, and with Holmes' young granddaughter in her safekeeping, Russell will have to call on instincts she didn't know...
- Author:Lethbridge, AnnSummary:
As an illegitimate child, the quiet-mannered Frederica Bracewell grew up as a stain upon her family's good name. But when she meets her uncle's new gamekeeper Robert--who also wishes to break free from a scandalous past--she...
- Author:Bray, AlanSummary:
- Author:Galsworthy, JohnSummary:
The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don't let that be the reason you put off listening to this...
- Author:Perry, AnneSummary:
Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.
- Author:Humphreys, HelenSummary:
Resigned to living out the Second World War in a German POW camp, James Hunter, an English officer, begins studying a pair of redstarts near the camp. His interest in the birds captures the attention of the Kommandant and gives James...
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of...
- Author:Quinn, JuliaSummary:
Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton. After all, it isn't as if the...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
An enthralling novel set in early 19th-century England, Paris, and New York, featuring an indomitable young heroine who rises from ruin to become the toast of Paris, by way of the chic bordello she establishes for the most powerful men...
- Author:Whellams, DavidSummary:
In this second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, the veteran detective is called out of retirement once again. His assignment appears simple: travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered Scotland Yard colleague. But...