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Series
Cormoran Strike novel volume 7
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling, Thurber-prize winning author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement completes her hilarious trilogy of academic mishap by chronicling the beleaguered Professor Fitger as he leads the annual "Experience Abroad" to London and beyond with eleven clueless undergrads in tow. Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he's the only Professor available to chaperone Payne University's annual...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The Girl-Bachelors are back in With Seduction in Mind, a Victorian England version of 10 Things I Hate About You by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke. Guhrke, the author of Secret Desires of a Gentleman and The Wicked Ways of a Duke, offers a fun, sexy, and emotional tale of a young woman who finds her fairy-tale love.
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Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of the smash-hit Netflix series Bridgerton!
"A clever mystery adds intrigue to this lively and gently humorous tale, which simmers with well-handled sexual tension." -Library Journal
As an American, Eleanor has always been looked down on by London society, considered too strident and opinionated to fit in with the ton. Now, at the death of her husband, she has been appointed trustee to his estate, and his family is furious....
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Murder darkens the bright days of summer in an idyllic Suffolk village, in an Albert Campion mystery that is simply "unforgettable" (A.S. Byatt).
Private detective Albert Campion's glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker Cassand's fabulous summer party, a murder is discovered-and it falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motives, suspicion and deception.
Danger is hardly unknown...
7) Hide My Eyes
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Private detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London's theatre district, in this crime novel from "the best of mystery writers" (The New Yorker).
A spate of murders leaves Campion with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal leads, and a series of peculiar events, set the gentleman sleuth on a race against time that takes him from an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet corner of...
8) Embertide
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Fallow sisters encounter a mystery in the distant past in "another time-slipping and spirit-battling adventure. . . . Entertaining" (SciFi Mind).
As the air begins to hint of spring and the Fallow sisters recover from the events of Christmas, things start to feel normal again-but that's not going to last long. They've made dangerous enemies-not all of them human-and soon darkness intrudes once again on their everyday lives in London and...
Author
Series
Andrew basnett volume 7
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The irresistible Andrew Basnett series may have been written in the 1980s and '90s, but its soul lies with the classic crime fiction of the 1930s. Here, for example, is A Hobby of Murder, with its setting at-wait for it-a classic country-house party, that staple of the Golden Age. Rounding out the guest list are, among others, a mystery writer, a lawyer with a reason to dislike him, a doctor, a retired teacher with a passion for photography, and the...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sterling Beckenbauer is plunged into a terrifying and nonsensical world one morning when they are attacked, then unfairly arrested, in their neighborhood in London. With the help of their friends, Sterling hosts a trial of their own in order to exonerate themselves and to hold the powers that be to account"--
Author
Series
Operation kinderspion volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To find his way back home to his family in Germany during WWII, Max Bretzfeld, with a kobold named Berg on one shoulder and a dybbuk named Stein on the other, sets out to do the impossible--become a British spy"--
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in the Berkshires with her two beloved dogs. But behind this peaceful exterior is a dark, painful past. As a child raised by an emotionally distant father, Sabrina rarely felt love. And as an adult, her marriage twisted into an abusive relationship from which she had to escape. Sabrina channeled that fear into...
13) The visitor
Author
Series
Seaside saga volume 18
Publisher
Joanne DeMaio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the dark of a summer night, everything can change. A moment can tip on edge. The salt air might stir. Or still. The waves might roll in. Or recede. A heart might fill. Or break. In two different cottages, the night is coming undone. As the sun sinks into the sea, as evening presses in, the summer calm is broken. Until an unexpected visitor arrives. -- back of cover.
14) Boy parts
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for her, scouted from the streets of Newcastle. Placed on sabbatical from her dead-end bar job, she is offered an exhibition at a fashionable London gallery, promising to revive her career in the art world and offering an escape from her rut of drugs, alcohol, and extreme cinema. The news triggers a self-destructive tailspin, centered around Irina's relationship...
15) Look to the Lady
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Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Wonderfully plotted . . . A marvelous mixture of witchcraft, sacred relics and ancient oaths. [Allingham was a] rare and precious talent." -The Washington Post
Estranged from his father, young Percival St. John Wykes Gyrth wanders the streets of London, penniless and homeless, until he's lured to the house of gentleman sleuth Albert Campion. An underground ring of the most powerful and wealthy art collectors in the world have turned their attention...
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Series
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A heart-warming and atmospheric Christmas family saga set at the heart of wartime London, about finding hope in the darkest of times. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie GoodwinA sheen of ice had sparkled on the pavement puddles as she made her way home from the shelter. She'd even caught the faint whiff of snow in the air, although this could have been just wishful thinking. After three months of nightly visits from the Luftwaffe, even a blanket...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A murder in plain sight brings Scotland Yard to investigate family secrets in a sleepy English town in this mystery from the beloved series.
In the close-knit community of Enderby, Ned Bunn wasn't what you'd call popular. In fact, there were some fellow residents who wished him dead. But when Bunn is found dead on the doorstep of his own shop, the town is in shock.
As Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard investigates, he finds more than typical...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song--written by world-famous superstar Jonesy--but Jane hasn't had a breakout since. Now she's living out of four garbage bags at her parents' house, reduced to performing to Karaoke tracks in Las Vegas. But when her longtime manager Pippa sends Jane to London to regroup, she's seated next to an intriguing stranger on the flight--the other Tom Hardy, an elegantly...
Author
Series
Threads of power volume 1
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's been seven years since Kell, Lila, and Holland defeated the evil force known as Osaron. But now a shadowy organization called the Hand is plotting against Kell's brother, King Rhy, and they've set their sights on a powerful magical object. Lila, Kell, Rhy, and Rhy's husband, Alucard, will all be drawn into new danger in their efforts to uncover the plot and protect their family. Meanwhile, a young girl named Tes with the rare ability to see...
20) The Dutiful Rake
Author
Publisher
Harlequin / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The Earl of Rutherford was used to flirting with scandal. But when an act of charity placed his charge's spotless reputation in jeopardy, Marcus knew he must do the honorable thing. There was no point in pretending he was in love. So in return for Miss Marguerite Fellowes's discretion and children, the earl offered his name and protection.
Then Marcus watched as proud Meg blossomed in London society. Meg's smile was perhaps the loveliest he'd ever...
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