Scotland Yard is hunting the worst kind of serial killer—one with a sense of humor. When children's book author Oliver Swithin, reluctant creator of the notorious "Finsbury the Ferret," finds an old friend's body floating in a Trafalgar...
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Auteur:Perry, AnneSommaire:A string of gruesome, ritualistic murders of Hungarian immigrants has the Thames River Police Commander stuck on solving the pattern in the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling William Monk series. When a Hungarian...
- Auteur:McEwan, IanSommaire:
A sharp contemporary morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel, Amsterdam is "a dark tour de force, perfectly fashioned" ( The New York Times ) from the bestselling author of Atonement.
On a chilly February day, two old...
- Auteur:Aaronovitch, BenSommaire:
The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. There is a world hidden underneath...
- Auteur:Marsh, BeezySommaire:
Annie is the eldest daughter of a laundress in Acton, London, raised to keep the rich families of Kensington spick and span. As she grows up in poverty in the 1920s and 1930s, her life centres on the family business, working long hours...
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Auteur:Miller, RaineSommaire:The second part in The Blackstone Affair series! Looming danger. A love worth fighting for. A man who'll go all in. Ethan Blackstone has a problem on his hands. He's broken Brynne's trust and she's left him. He's unwilling to live...
- Auteur:Spark, MurielSommaire:
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 consulting rooms by not one, but two men,...
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Auteur:Hornby, NickSommaire:Will trades his lack of enthusiasm toward children for a date with a truly beautiful woman and single mother in a comic, incisive novel about modern romance by the author of the international best-seller High Fidelity.
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Auteur:Rubbino, SalvatoreSommaire:A mother-daughter day trip in London along the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, through the Whispering Gallery at St. Paul's Cathedral and to the Tower of London.
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Auteur:Dickens, CharlesSommaire:A richly-woven and moving tale set against the bloody and fearsome events of the French Revolution. Aristocrats run over children in carriages, old women knit hit lists and peasants drink wine straight off the cobblestones. Supposedly,...
- Auteur:Thomas, SherrySommaire:
With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper-class society. But even she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for...
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Auteur:Chisholm, P. F., Gabaldon, DianaSommaire:In 1592, dashing courtier Sir Robert Carey took up his northern post as Warden of the West March in order to escape the complications of creditors and court life. Trouble, however, dogs his heels wherever he goes. And where he goes in...
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Auteur:Davies, RobertsonSommaire:An absorbing account of Monica Gall's education in London as a singer and as a human being, this novel is comic in the true sense, vivid and frequently moving.
- Auteur:Laurens, StephanieSommaire:
As betrayal and intrigue swirl around her, Lady Penelope finds herself inexorably drawn into the strong arms of the man she cannot resist.
- Auteur:Putney, Mary JoSommaire:
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 inherit supernatural powers. Yet, her first...
- Auteur:White, JerrySommaire:
Jerry White's London in the Eighteenth Century is an unrivalled, panoramic account of the city's dramatic century of rebirth by its leading expert. London in the eighteenth century had risen from the ashes. The city and its people had...
- Auteur:Crane, TeresaSommaire:
It was a lovely summer's day - perfect for a garden party. Everything seemed at peace for the Jordan family. But by the time the party was over, the Jordan's tranquil existence was shattered. The year was 1936 and Richard, the only son...
- Auteur:Jacobs, AnnaSommaire:
When, after the death of her mother, Cassandra Trent is told that she must join her aunt and have a London Season, she is full of rage. She is convinced that she will never fit into polite society, but develops a close relationship...
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Auteur:Alexander, TashaSommaire:At her friend Ivy's behest, Lady Emily Ashton reluctantly agrees to attend a party at the sprawling English country estate of a man she finds odious. But the despised Lord Fortescue is not to be her greatest problem. Kristiana von Lange...
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Auteur:Schwab, VictoriaSommaire:Kell is one of the last Travelers-magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes-as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George....
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