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On Devonshire shores volume 1
Language
English
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"When their father's death leaves them impoverished, the Summers sisters open their home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. But instead of the elderly invalids they expect, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah must confront her growing attraction to a mysterious widower, and Viola learns to heal her deep-hidden scars"--
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"Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen." At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one ... as one by one ... they begin to die. Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?"--Page 4 of cover.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In a historical mystery, Agatha Christie's ever-capable housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, not only keeps the celebrated author's English country home in tip-top shape, she excels as an amateur sleuth; but when a murder-themed game goes awry, can she outfox the guilty party?
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Series
Two rivers volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father's funeral takes place. When Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After Martin's death his daughter, El, moves into her father's cottage, hoping it can guide her where he no longer can. Her stepbrother, Will is there to help her through her grief, but who can help when El learns the truth Martin was hiding? Julia loved Martin, but they kept their relationship secret. All she has to comfort her are memories of time spend at the community garden and tea shop, the Garden House. As El and Julia are brought closer by...
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Two rivers volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder--Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter's broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though,...
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English
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Recently widowed, Father Tom Christmas would do almost anything to avoid the Thornford Regis annual Robert Burns Supper. But as chaplain to a traditional Scottish pipe band, he must deliver the grace and contend with wailing bagpipes, whiskey-laced parishioners, and the culinary abomination that is haggis. As snow falls, the revelers carry on - briefly interrupted by a stranger seeking shelter - until piper and hotel proprietor Will Moir goes missing....
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English
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"Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders. You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better. You've left the city and the career that nearly...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Fierce winds, dark secrets, deadly intentions. When Jem Rosco--sailor, adventurer, and legend--blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. But just as abruptly as he arrived, Rosco disappears again, and soon his lifeless body is discovered in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own. This is an uncomfortable case for Detective Inspector...
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"Tucked away among Devon's rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright, as efficient as she is personable, manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall stands far apart from other picturesque country houses . . . The manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife, Agatha...
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Series
The secrets of Heathersleigh Hall volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
444 pages : illustrations, geneological table, plans ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Lily Pascale mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Kate's Mystery Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
John Rawlings mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
204 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
17) The bone garden
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Knights Templar mysteries volume 12
Sir Baldwin volume 12
Knights Templar mystery volume 12
Medieval West Country volume 12
Sir Baldwin volume 12
Knights Templar mystery volume 12
Medieval West Country volume 12
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Headline
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
xv, 366 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel set in the Devon countryside in England, in which a man, the son of a dairy farmer, has to cope with the recent death of his brother, a soldier in Iraq; repair his relationship with his wife; and cope with the complicated legacy of his family's past"--
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