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8101) A royal affair
Author
Series
Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 2
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 2
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 2
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 2
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are unexpectedly engaged to dig into the past of a suitor of a royal princess in Allison Montclair's delightful second novel, A Royal Affair. In London 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau is just beginning to take off and the proprietors, Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, are in need of a bigger office and a secretary...
Author
Series
Grantchester mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It is May 1971 and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Attending to his paternal duties, Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in the woods with his daughter Anna and their aging Labrador Byron when they stumble upon a body. Beside the dead man lies a basket of wild flowers, all poisonous. And so it is that Sidney is thrust into another murder investigation, entering a world of hippies, folk singers, and psychedelic plants, where...
Author
Series
Grantchester mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In a latest Grantchester mystery set in 1960s Cambridge, a man seeks sanctuary after killing his wife, a friend is pursued by a mysterious stranger, a man is accidentally crushed by a piano and Sydney is wrongly accused of theft.
8104) The Atlas Maneuver
Author
Series
Cotton Malone novels volume 18
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust. Present day....
8105) Death on Delos
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Greece, 545 BC: It is illegal to die on the sacred isle of Delos. It's also illegal to give birth there. Yet when murder is committed, the only available detective to solve the crime is the priestess Diotima, and she is heavily pregnant. Delos is the holy birthplace of the divine twins Apollo and Artemis, and it is an island in crisis. Not only has murder tainted the holy sanctuary, but there are about a thousand Athenian troops on the island. The...
8106) The essence of malice
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Traveling to Paris with Milo to investigate the death of a famous parfumier, Amory discovers that the victim was about to release a highly anticipated new fragrance and had been targeted by industry rivals and heirs vying for control of his empire.
8107) The sharpest needle
Author
Series
Lillian Frost & Edith Head mysteries volume 4
Lillian Frost and Edith Head mysteries volume 4
Lillian Frost and Edith Head novel volume 4
Lillian Frost and Edith Head mysteries volume 4
Lillian Frost and Edith Head novel volume 4
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"1939, Los Angeles. Marion Davies has a problem. The actress has received poison pen letters highlighting an embarrassing event in her past from the mysterious 'Argus'. Can Lillian Frost and her friend and partner-in-crime, celebrated costume designer Edith Head, expose the writer before they expose Marion? Lillian's boss, millionaire inventor Addison Rice, seems to think so, but when Lillian speaks to her idol, Marion is reluctant to reveal her secrets,...
8108) The woman in the veil
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Investigating a brutal murder attempt on a woman in 1890 London, crime-scene photographer Sarah Bain and her friends are baffled when three different families claim the victim, who awakens without a memory of her identity." --Publisher
8109) Murder at Whitby Abbey
Author
Series
Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Late December, 1389. Ordered to undertake a gruelling three-day journey to bleak Whitby Abbey in the far north of England in a bid to purchase the Abbey's priceless Holy Relic a lock of St Hild's hair, said to be 700 years old, Hildegard of Meaux and her three companion monks arrive to find the Abbey a decidedly unwelcoming place, a place of strange customs and practices very different to their modest lifestyle at Meaux. Nor, as Hildegard discovers,...
8110) An impossible impostor
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life in this new adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn. London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau, Stoker, are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years...
8111) Dark queen wary
Author
Series
Margaret Beaufort mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""Uneasy lies the head which wears the crown." 1472. Edward IV reigns triumphant over England and his rivals, the Lancastrians. But he is uneasy, for one true claimant remains: the young Henry Tudor, son of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond. Henry's continued existence worries Edward, so he hatches a plan to bring a cuckoo into the nest - an imposter prince is presented to Margaret Beaufort as her son. Margaret is no fool and knows she must...
8112) The traitor among us
Author
Series
Elena Standish volume 5
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of England's most influential families. Not far from the...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Honor for Latino Literature
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
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Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
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Description
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
8114) Succession: a novel
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"1445. King Henry VI is married by proxy to Margaret of Anjou. French, beautiful and unpopular, her marriage causes a national uproar. At the same time, the infant Margaret Beaufort is made a great heiress and suddenly becomes the most important commodity in the nation. Her childhood is lived in remote, echoing castles, while everyone at King Henry's court competes to be her guardian and engineer an advantageous alliance with her uncle, the Duke of...
8115) The cathedral of fear
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In March 1871 Irene's family moves from London to Evreux in Normandy, but after a strange woman warns her that her mother is in danger, Irene calls upon her friends Arsène Lupin and Sherlock Holmes for help and soon the three young detectives are caught up in the search for an ancient relic said to be in a secret crypt beneath the streets of Paris--a Paris which is torn apart by war and currently ruled by the Commune.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tian xia yuan jia chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
8117) The chains of Albion
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Reluctant hero Martin Jerrold returns in his second swashbuckling adventure in the vein of Flashman and Sharpe.
8118) Treason's river
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007, ©2006
Language
English
Description
Jerrold, who narrates with speed and humor, is pressed into service by British spies. From a courier, the spies have stolen a letter they suspect concerns conspiracy-one that could draw Britain and the newly birthed U.S. into war. Jerrold agrees to deliver the letter, infiltrate the conspiracy and find a way to frustrate the scheme. Joined by an enigmatic and beautiful young woman he meets on the transatlantic crossing, Jerrold plunges "headlong into...
8119) The last of the Mohicans
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Two sisters make a perilous journey through the wilderness to Fort William Henry at the height of the French and Indian War, accompanied by Hawkeye, the frontier scout, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
8120) Peony in love: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from a famed opera rumored to cause love sickness and even death. Peony attends the production, watching from behind a screen, but catches sight of a handsome man and begins a journey of love and sorrow.
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