Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.
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Author:Perry, AnneSummary: - Author:Klassen, JulieSummary:
Believing herself guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene flees her home, eventually stumbling upon a grand estate where an elaborate celebration is in progress. But all is not as joyous as it seems. Lord Bradley has just learned a terrible...
- Author:Holton, IndiaSummary:
An International Bestseller! One of... Library Journal's Best Romances of the Year Amazon's Best Romances of April Buzzfeed's Romance Books To Look Out For In 2023 Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake...
- Author:Cowan, JustineSummary:
Justine had always been told that her mother came from royal blood. The proof could be found in her mother's elegance, and in a cryptic letter hinting at her claim to a country estate. After her mother's death, overcome with...
- Author:Barrett, KerrySummary:
What makes Esther, born and bred in London, a proud Suffragette, suddenly leave the city and escape to Elm Heath? And when Lizzie uncovers Esther's heartbreaking secret, could it give her the strength she needs to save not just the...
- Author:Quinn, JuliaSummary:
After falling in love with Nigel Bevelstoke, Viscount Turner, as a child because of his kindness to her, Miranda Cheever is reunited with him years later, finding a lonely and harsh man, devastated by loss, but she sees beyond the...
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Author:Falk, DanSummary:William Shakespeare lived at a time when the medieval world — a world of magic, astrology, witchcraft, and superstition of all kinds — was just beginning to give way to more modern ways of thinking. Shakespeare and Galileo were born in...
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Author:Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:Life in a dismal bureaucratic cul-de-sac is not what Robert Amiss expects when the British civil service lends him for a year to the British Conservation Corporation. In fact, he finds himself condemned to a non-job in a backwater,...
- Author:BROOKNER, AnitaSummary:
Elizabeth and Betsy knew each other as school-children. When they meet again in later life, one is safely married, the other most unsafely partnered.
- Author:Bush, CatherineSummary:
Despite her hatred of physical violence, Arcadia Hearne is a researcher who studies contemporary war. Specializing in issues of risk and military intervention, she methodically surveys the rich arsenal of current global conflicts...
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Author:Pullman, PhilipSummary:In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
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"The reigning queen of historical fiction" - Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenu e The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another...
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Author:Hill, Beth, Converse, CathySummary:Frances Barkley was just eighteen when she became the first European woman to set foot on the west coast of North America. After a sheltered upbringing in England, Frances found herself boarding the Imperial Eagle in 1786 to set sail on...
- Author:DRABBLE, MargaretSummary:
Three women, all brought up in the North of England, at Cambridge together and now all living in London. The social and political changes of 1980's Britain make unforeseen alterations to their expectations.
- Author:Balogh, MarySummary:
After her husband dies in a freak accident, Lady Gwendoline Muir never dreams she'll love again. So when soldier-turned-nobleman Lord Hugo Trentham stirs feelings in her that have lain dormant for years, she can't help but imagine his...
- Author:Brogden, JamesSummary:
Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan sell up to escape to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. Scattered throughout the settlement are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers...
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Author:Penelope LivelySummary:A compelling story of suspense, deceit and discovery from the Booker Prize Winning author Searching through a little-used cupboard at home, TV history man Glyn Peters chances upon a photograph he has never seen. Taken in high summer,...
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Author:GARDAM, JaneSummary:A new collection of stories from Jane Gardam, a writer at the height of her powers well-known for her caustic wit, free-wheeling imagination, love of humanity and wicked powers of observation, with a hint of the bizarre.
- Author:Moyes, JojoSummary:
The only place Suzanna Peacock finds comfort is her shop, which provides a haven for the misfits in town. But she is forced to confront events of the past and her family that have been haunting her for so long. And she discovers that...
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