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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 1
Language
English
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For Dorothy Martin, a widowed American who's moved to the England she so loves, the Christmas service is painful enough. It is her first holiday without Frank. And stumbling over the body of Canon Billings does nothing to improve her mood. Of course, she does get to meet Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, and a good mystery on a chilly English night does have some appeal...
64) Sick of shadows
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Series
Language
English
Description
To keep from being sent back to India, Lady Rose Summer has agreed to an engagement of convenience with Captain Harry Cathcart. Bored with all her pretend suitor's parties, Rose befriends Dolly Tremaine and takes her under her wing. But before she knows it, Dolly's dead body is found floating in the river. Harry must solve the mystery of Dolly's murder before Rose becomes the next victim.
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Language
English
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Kathryn and Charles Ardleigh find their peaceful holiday at the seaside hamlet of Rottingdean turned upside down when the body of a coast guard is found on the beach, and with the help of a young writer named Rudyard Kipling, the sleuthing couple sets out to uncover the truth.
66) The glass room
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her hippy neighbors keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation, and somehow bonds have formed. When one of them goes missing, Vera tracks the young woman down to the Writers' House, a country retreat where aspiring authors work on their stories. Things get complicated when a body is discovered, and Vera's neighbor is found with a knife in her hand. Calling in the team, Vera knows that...
68) Telling tales
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence proving Jeanie's innocence. Abigail's killer is still at large. For one young woman, Emma Bennett, the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend--and of that fearful winter's day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch....
Author
Series
Miss Seeton mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1971]
Edition
[First U.S. edition].
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
70) Harbour street
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The shouts and laughter of Christmas revelers break the muffled silence as Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie are swept along onto the Metro. But when the train is stopped due to the bad weather, Jessie notices that one lady hasn't left the train: Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed. Why would anyone want to harm this reserved, elegant lady? Arriving at the scene, DI Vera Stanhope is relieved to have an excuse to escape the holiday...
72) The moth catcher
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter to look after the place while they're away. But he is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house, Vera finds the body of a second man. As...
Author
Language
English
Description
Cheap satin and peroxide blondes were a rare sight in St. Mary Mead, at least before film-man Basil Blake bought a cottage and invited down the London crowd. Then a girl in a garish get-up is found strangled in Colonel Bantry's library, and it appears Basil is involved.
75) Poison flowers
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Miss Seeton mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Harper and Row
Pub. Date
[1975]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
150 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Cassandra Swann mysteries volume 1
Publisher
O. Penzler Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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