English spy Kimball O'Hara - who inspired Rudyard Kipling's famous title character in Kim - has gone missing and is feared either kidnapped or killed. Russell and Holmes, a secret friend of Kim,...
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Auteur: King, Laurie R.Sommaire:Genre: Historical fiction -
Auteur: King, Laurie R.Sommaire:
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...
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Auteur: King, Laurie R.Sommaire:
Returning to London after extensive travels abroad, Mary and husband Sherlock Holmes receive an unexpected visit from Sherlock's estranged son Damian. Years ago, Damian was arrested following the...
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Auteur: King, Laurie R.Sommaire:
Under cover of night, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes have been smuggled into British-occupied Palestine to do a job for MycroftMycroft Holmes, that is, the great detective's older (and some say...
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Auteur: Feather, JaneSommaire:
Lady Olivia Granville is a lovely, headstrong scholar. Anthony Caxton is a pirate. However, he, too is keenly intelligent and independent. When they meet on the high seas, their sparks of passion...
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Auteur: Jones, Diana WynneSommaire:When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house is much more than it seems.
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Auteur: Jones, Diana WynneSommaire:Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Auteur: Cushman, KarenSommaire:The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and...
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Auteur: Ibbotson, Eva.Sommaire:
While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live...
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Auteur: Henley, VirginiaSommaire:
Lord Abercorn of Ireland fell madly for Louisa when they were children. But she refused him then, as she still refuses every man, adamant she will never marry. Yet when scandal rocks her family,...
Genre: Romance fiction, Historical fiction -
Auteur: King, Laurie R.Sommaire:
In England's budding silent-film industry, megalomaniac Randolph Fflytte is king. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell is dispatched to investigate rumors of criminal activities. At...
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Auteur: Henley, VirginiaSommaire:
When the betrothal of Elizabeth Velvet Cavendish and Robert Greysteel Montgomery is arranged by their parents, the union seems doomed from the start. Nor only is the impetuous Velvet averse to...
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Auteur: Kendrick, SharonSommaire:
Cathy is used to making the beds-not slipping between their sheets! Arrogant Prince Xaviero has one rule: once he's taught Cathy everything he knows, their affair will be over.But when the King of...
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Auteur: Rendell, RuthSommaire:
Internationally celebrated novelist Ruth Rendell offers a collection of unforgettable stories evocative of Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and other masters of the chilling touch.
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Auteur: Spark, MurielSommaire:
Follows the career of self-centered, middle-aged film director Tom Richards. As he turns colorful incidents from his life into glittery, cinematic fiction, his foreboding dreams become all too...