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Author
Series
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
1991,c1948
Language
English
Description
A young woman's violent murder shocks a quiet village, and Miss Silver comes to investigate In Deeping, a village so tiny that its residents share a common phone line, gossip is the chief amusement. Scotland Yard inspector Frank Abbott has family there, and thinks it a charming spot for a vacation until the country quiet is broken by a cry of "Murder!" A young German woman, recently come to town, has been making vague threats about recovering something...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
1991,c1949
Language
English
Description
When a complicated inheritance case turns deadly, Miss Silver suspects an entire family An advertisement appears in the newspaper, asking for genealogical information from descendants of a certain Jeremiah Taverner, who died in long-ago 1888. It looks like an ordinary notice by a curious scholar, but the question is not nearly as simple as that. The man behind the ad is a Taverner himself: estranged, wealthy, and looking for a suitable relation to...
Author
Series
DI Rowan Jackman and DS Maria Evans volume 4
Publisher
Joffe Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Jackman's sister-in-law Sarah disappears to London and throws herself into the river. What drove her to this? She was a woman with a seemingly happy home life and two beloved sons. DI Jackman and DI Evans dig into Sarah's life. And Jackman realises he knew almost nothing about his sister-in-law's past. Then, they discover a woman in a neighbouring village died in similar circumstances. What is the connection to a convicted murderer whose family are...
Author
Series
Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Considered a troublesome burden, Evelyn Talbot is banished by her family to their remote country house. Tall Chimneys is hidden in a damp and gloomy hollow. It is outmoded and inconvenient but Evelyn is determined to save it from the fate of so many stately homes at the time -- abandonment or demolition. Occasional echoes of tumult in the wider world reach their sequestered backwater - the strident cries of political extremists, a furore of royal...
Author
Publisher
MULHOLLAND BOOKS
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Three women have been found dead in East Anglia. The police deny a connection. TV news reporter Frankie smells a story... Ava knows that the threat is real. She's been kidnapped by someone claiming to be the killer: a stranger who seems to know everything about her. As Frankie follows the case, she enters a terrifying online world where men's rage against women may be turning murderous - and where her persistence might just make her a target. And...
Author
Publisher
Warner Books Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Baking sourdough bread from the time she was nineteen, Esme remembers the heartbreak of her first love, which she experienced during a summer in France, but an obstacle from the recent past prompts her to restore happiness in her family.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
1991, c1979
Language
English
Description
A family's survival depends on their unbreakable bond…
The Sandberg family arrive in England having fled Russia to avoid persecution. It is 1905, and in their new home of Manchester they soon discover that hardships can come in many forms. It's a friendship with their neighbours, the Moritz family, that finally makes them feel at ease.
As the two families' become increasingly intertwined, it is eldest son David who finds the culture of his...
12) The lost letters
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Norfolk, 1940: Sylvia's husband Howard has gone off to war, and she is struggling to raise her two children alone. Her only solace is her beach hut in Wells-Next-The-Sea, and her friendship with Connie, a woman she meets on the beach. The two women form a bond that will last a lifetime, and Sylvia tells Connie something that no-one else knows: about a secret lover... and a child. Canada, present day: When Martha's beloved father dies, he leaves...
13) Exposure
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
An investigative reporter hired to expose corruption at the highest levels of the government uncovers a chilling link to World War II in this expertly crafted thriller. As investigative reporter for the Sunday Herald's high-profile "Exposure" column, Julia Hamilton exposes everything from corruption in high places to the mutilation and murder of five-year-old twin sisters in a small Welsh village. Now that Julia's proven herself, her boss, Lord William...
Author
Series
Miss Silver mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
When a new clue arises in a long-closed murder inquiry, Miss Silver fights to free an innocent man Marion Grey is growing used to the idea that her husband will never leave prison. After the horrors of a very public trial she is almost able to find relief in her resignation. But when new evidence suggests her husband may be innocent after all, she hires a professional-Miss Silver-to clear his name. It begins with a chance encounter on a busy train,...
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. A chance discovery convinces him that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. Overwhelmed by his discovery, he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he knows is rightfully his. Glyver's path to reclaim his prize leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels, and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's...
Author
Series
Maggie Kelly mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Joffe Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
DI Nikki Galena is a police detective with nothing left to lose. She's seen a girl die in her arms, and her daughter will never leave the hospital again. She's got tough on the criminals she believes did this to her. Too tough and now she's been given one final warning: make it work with her new sergeant, DS Joseph Easter, or she's out. Her partner, DS Joseph Easter, is the handsome squeaky-clean new member of the team. But his nickname "Holy Joe"...
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 13
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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