Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except ... she wasn't. The beautiful...
England
- Author:Quinn, JuliaSummary:
- Author:Crombie, DeborahSummary:
Recently transferred to Camden from Scotland Yard headquarters, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his new team are called to a bombing at historic St. Pancras Station. As Kincaid gathers facts, every piece of the puzzle yields an...
- Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary:
The distinguished veterans of the Bastion Club represent England's finest eligible bachelors. Among them is Deverell, a strapping man about to meet his match in the alluring Phoebe Malleson.
- Author:Winspear, JacquelineSummary:
Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as "the Bore War," Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a government contract. At the same time,...
- Author:Waters, SarahSummary:
Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally...
- Author:Green, Simon R.Summary:
Ishmael Jones is plunged into a baffling investigation involving the wedding of an old friend's daughter, murder, an ancient curse, and Ishamel's memories of before he was human.
- Author:Jerome, Jerome K.Summary:
After his final trip up the river, Jerome sat down to write a serious book about the Thames, but in the process, his humor took over and gave birth to this masterpiece of unquenchable comedy.
- Author:Kurland, LynnSummary:
From Lynn Kurland, the New York Times bestselling author of the Nine Kingdom series. Set near the Scottish border at a rugged castle on the edge of the sea, this is the story of a courageous lord who lost everything he held dear. Of a...
- Author:Ellis, Joy.Summary:
DI Nikki Galena gets a series of anonymous calls. She is told the place, time, and who will die. But the messages are in a secret language used only by villains. Nikki and her team must decode the riddles and work out where the threats...
- Author:Lacey, RobertSummary:
A picture of life in the year 1000. Set in England, it follows the Julian Calendar month by month, revealing amazing details of a mainly agrarian life.
- Author:Horowitz, AnthonySummary:
As a murder case he's been drawn into unfolds, a novelist realizes he's at the center of a story he can't control--and that the brilliant detective who is his partner may be hiding dark secrets of his own.
- Author:Sarginson, SaskiaSummary:
A sweeping and turbulent drama about the anxieties of postwar Britain, where one strong and inspirational young woman looks to find her place, no matter the cost.
Sometimes, the truth lies in fiction
It’s hard to be an...
- Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the real-life characters behind her Wars of the Roses novels. Gregory and her team describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins' War series: Jacquetta, Duchess of...
- Author:Grahame, KennethSummary:
A charming mole and an impulsive toad get into trouble in the English countryside. Adventures include stealing a car, escaping from prison and running into a god.
- Author:Donnelly, JenniferSummary:
The Wild Rose is a part of the sweeping, multigenerational saga that began with The Tea Rose and continued with The Winter Rose.
It is London, 1914. World War I looms on the horizon, women are fighting for the right to vote, and... - Author:Butler, PaulSummary:
The Widow’s Fire explores the shadow side of Jane Austen’s final novel Persuasion, disrupting its happy ending and throwing moral certainties off balance. We join the action close to the moment when Austen draws away...
- Author:Harvey, SamanthaSummary:
15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder' The...
- Author:Dexter, ColinSummary:
A year after a young girl disappears near Oxford, the case remains unsolved. Chief Inspector Morse is sure she's been murdered, but only when an anonymously-written poem appears are there any clues to go on. The erudite Morse...
- Author:RICHARDSON, Henry HandelSummary:
Mahony, having bought a medical practice on the south coast of England, discovers that his years in the colonies have alienated him from provincial English life. Follows Australia Felix.
- Author:Trollope, AnthonySummary:
Presents the aged Reverend Harding as warden of the almshouse at Barchester providing charity for the town's neediest, and his life.