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Series
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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In 1931 London, when artist Nick Bassington-Hope falls to his death before the opening of an exhibition of his work and police refuse to investigate, his journalist sister Georgina enlists the aid of psychologist Maisie Dobbs to uncover the truth.
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Series
Language
English
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Lord Peter Wimsey is shocked by the news that his own brother has been arrested for murder: “First-rate” (Chicago Sun-Times).
After three months in Corsica, Lord Peter Wimsey has begun to forget that the gray, dangerous moors of England ever existed. But traveling through Paris, he receives a shock that jolts him back to reality. He sees it in the headlines splashed across every English paper—his brother Gerald...
After three months in Corsica, Lord Peter Wimsey has begun to forget that the gray, dangerous moors of England ever existed. But traveling through Paris, he receives a shock that jolts him back to reality. He sees it in the headlines splashed across every English paper—his brother Gerald...
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English
Description
Returning from a continental honeymoon with his wife, Lady Jane Grey, newly elected MP Charles Lenox is asked by his colleague, Ludovic Starling, to investigate the murder of his footman who was bludgeoned to death with a brick. Lenox gradually realizes that what seem to be the facts of the case may have been manipulated, and that an old friend may be implicated in the footman's death. Though a suspect is soon arrested, Lenox isn't convinced. Desperately...
64) Blood is blood
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 19th century London, Barker and his associate Llewelyn are renowned private enquiry agents employed by the highest levels of Her Majesty's government as well as private citizens. Their success, however, has led to their acquiring a powerful group of enemies. At least one of these is responsible for a bombing of their offices, putting Barker in the hospital. To add to the confusion, Barker's long-lost brother Caleb turns up on the rubble of their...
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English
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London, 1853: Having earned some renown by solving a case that baffled Scotland Yard, young Charles Lenox is called upon by the Duke of Dorset, one of England's most revered noblemen, for help. A painting of the Duke's great-grandfather has been stolen from his private study. But the Duke's concern is not for his ancestor's portrait; hiding in plain sight nearby is another painting of infinitely more value, one that holds the key to one of the country's...
67) The lost
Author
Publisher
SohoConstable
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
414 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
68) The mysteries
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
69) Anatomy of evil
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Language
English
Description
"One evening in 1888, Robert Anderson, the head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), appears at Barker's office with an offer. A series of murders in the Whitechapel area of London are turning the city upside down, with tremendous pressure being brought to bear on Scotland Yard and the government itself. Barker is to be named temporary envoy to the Royal Family with regard to the case while surreptitiously bringing his investigative...
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 9
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
71) False report
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
While Bea Abbot worries that she's lost control of her domestic agency, she's asked to find some domestic help for an eccentric musician falsely accused of murder. She doesn't realize how dangerous this might be until Jeremy--fleeing from attempts on his life--lands on her doorstep.
Author
Series
Nightside series volume 8
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
76) Old scores
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open an embassy. Cyrus Barker, private enquiry agent and occasional agent for the Foreign Service Office, is enlisted to display his personal Japanese garden to the visiting dignitaries. Later that night, Ambassador Toda is shot and killed in his office and Cyrus Barker is discovered across the street, watching the very same office, in possession of a revolver with one spent cartridge....
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bea Abbot's asked to find the man or woman who laid a booby trap for Sir Lucas Ossett, the powerful head of an international company, in his own block of flats. She finds Sir Lucas's wife in a state of fear, while gossiping elderly ladies cast doubt on the probity of their eclectic neighbors. Soon it's clear that Sir Lucas's influence reaches out to touch and perhaps corrupt even those nearest to Bea, while trivial incidents escalate into violence--and...
Author
Series
A Toff novel volume 1
Publisher
Chivers Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
80) Hell Bay
Author
Language
English
Description
"At the request of Her Majesty's government, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker agrees to take on his least favorite kind of assignment--he's to provide security for a secret conference with the French government. The conference is to take place on the private estate of Lord Hargrave on a remote island off the coast of Cornwall. The goal of the conference is the negotiation of a new treaty with France. The cover story for the gathering is a house...
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