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21) A lonely death
Author
Series
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels volume 13
Language
English
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Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge puts his job, reputation, and life on the line to find the killer of four veterans of the Great War who were murdered in a Sussex village.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Gracie Phipps and eight-year-old Minnie Maude, having enlisted the help of shop owner Mr. Balthasar, search for Minnie's uncle Alf's donkey and cart, which disappeared after the man was murdered and is believed to hold a dazzling golden box, which Mr. Balthasar warns may contain evil.
23) The sculptress
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Journalist Rosalind Leigh is commissioned to write a book about Olive Martin, who murdered her mother and sister five years ago.
26) Come to grief
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Sid Halley, jockey turned investigator, is despised after he uncovers evidence that puts a beloved sports hero on trial.
27) Here on earth
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
March Murray returns to her New England hometown with her teenage daughter, supposedly to attend the funeral of her old housekeeper, but in the back of her mind March knows she is headed for a reunion with Hollis, the boy she has loved since childhood.
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Language
English
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Jack Rosenblum escapes Berlin with his wife and daughter in the outset of World War II and relocates the family to London, but when Jack is refused membership at all the golf clubs he makes a drastic decision to bring his family to a thatch-roofed cottage in Dorset and begins to spend all of their savings to build his own golf course.
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English
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"Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance." -Agatha Christie
Timothy Kinnit is rich, handsome, and successful, but his past is a mystery to him. When he learns, on the eve of his elopement, that he is adopted, he must question everything he thought he knew.
In desperate search of answers, Kinnit calls on private detective Albert Campion to shed some light...
33) Ethan Frome
Author
Publisher
Signet Classic
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
After a home dye job ruins her hair, amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin turns to the town's new hairdresser for help, but when one of his customers is killed, Agatha realizes that although the hairdresser is a master stylist, he may be hiding a deadly secret.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Catherine Havisham was born into privilege. Handsome, imperious, she is the daughter of a wealthy brewer, and lives in luxury in Satis House. But she is never far from the smell of hops and the arresting letters on the brewhouse wall -- Havisham. A reminder of all she owes to the family name and the family business.
37) After effects
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Series
Language
English
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In this mystery by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan investigates a case of medical malpractice that looks a bit too much like foul play Muriel Ethel Galloway passed away at home, twitching and grasping at objects only she could see. Her family mourns, sad but unsurprised that an old woman suffering from heart disease should die suddenly. But when Mrs. Galloway's son receives an anonymous call alerting him that...
39) Shirley
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Series
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English
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An 1849 novel set in early nineteenth-century England, which contrasts the situations of two women, the shy, restricted Caroline Helstone, who stands as a symbol of the plight of single women, and Shirley Keeldar, an heiress whose financial independence frees her from convention.
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