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Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win2023
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Staff PickOrdinary grace : a novel2013
Summary: New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were at the ready at Halderson's Drug Store soda counter, and Hot Stuff comic books were a mainstay on... more »- place hold (1)
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The stolen marriage2017
Summary: "In 1944, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina, a small town struggling... more »- place hold (0)
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A dangerous collaboration : a Veronica Speedwell mystery2019
Summary: Lured by the promise of a rare and elusive butterfly, the intrepid Veronica Speedwell is persuaded by Lord Templeton-Vane, the brother of her colleague Stoker, to pose as his fiancee at a house party... more »- place hold (0)
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The consequences of fear : a Maisie Dobbs novel2021
Summary: October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie... more »- place hold (0)
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Murder in Chelsea2013
Summary: "Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at Hope's Daughters Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherine's... more »- place hold (0)
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Where the dead lie2017
Summary: London, 1813. The brutalized body of a boy is found dumped into a makeshift grave on the grounds of an abandoned factory-- and his younger sister is still missing. Few in authority care about a... more »- place hold (0)
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The play of death : a hangman daughter's tale2017
Summary: "The mysterious sixth entry in the Hangman's Daughter series. It is 1670 and Simon Fronwieser is in the town of Oberammergau to bring his seven-year-old son to boarding school. As he bids his boy a... more »- place hold (0)
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A game of fear2022
Summary: Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex. At Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past, the lady of the house claims... more »- place hold (0)
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Who speaks for the damned2020
Summary: It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon and the restoration of... more »- place hold (0)
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What the devil knows : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery2021
Summary: It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over, Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together, and London finds itself in the grip of a... more »- place hold (0)
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An extravagant death2021
Summary: London, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a damning corruption investigation, Charles Lenox's detective agency is rapidly expanding. The gentleman sleuth has all the work he can... more »- place hold (0)
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Execution2020
Summary: Giordano Bruno, a heretic turned spy, arrives in England with shocking information for spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring... more »- place hold (0)
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The Saracen's mark2021
Summary: London, 1593. Five years on from the Armada and Elizabeth's England seems secure. But there is always a plot afoot. Robert Cecil, the Queen's spymaster, needs Nicholas Shelby -- reluctant spy and... more »- place hold (0)
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Paradise sky2015
Summary: On the run after an infamous landowner murders his father, Willie becomes an expert marksman before turning Buffalo Soldier, befriending Wild Bill Hickok and earning the nickname "Deadwood Dick."- place hold (0)
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The serpent's mark2019
Summary: London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby, physician and reluctant spy, returns to his old haunts on London's lawless Bankside. But, when the queen's spymaster Robert Cecil asks him to investigate the dubious... more »- place hold (0)
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The American candidate2017
Summary: July 23, 1942. Wielodz, Poland. A sleepy village is invaded by a detachment of the Waffen SS. April 17, 2017. London, England. Jayne Sinclair, genealogical investigator, is tasked to research the... more »- place hold (0)
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Bobby March will live forever2021
Summary: July 1973. The Glasgow drug trade is booming and Bobby March, homegrown rock hero, has over-dosed in a downtown hotel. Alice Kelly is thirteen years old, alone, and missing. Harry McCoy is quietly... more »- place hold (0)
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Who cries for the lost2023
Summary: June 1815. The people of London wait, breathlessly, for news as Napoleon and the forces united against him hurtle toward their final reckoning at Waterloo. Among them is Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount... more »- place hold (0)
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All that is hidden2023
Summary: New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves in Greenwich... more »- place hold (0)
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City of ink2018
Summary: "Li Du was prepared to travel anywhere in the world except for one place: home. But to unravel the mystery that surrounds his mentor's execution, that's exactly where he must go. Plunged into the... more »- place hold (0)
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The fourth enemy2023
Summary: Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his -- and the firm's -- reputation. The... more »- place hold (0)
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Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel2020
Summary: A goods train speeds through the Sapperton Tunnel, but disaster strikes before it can reach the other end as it collides with an unusual blockage on the line: seven sheep penned onto the tracks.... more »- place hold (0)
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Heart of the Nile2023
Summary: Cyrus Barker, along with his former assistant and now partner Thomas Llewelyn, is the premier inquiry agent in all of 19th century London, and beyond. They've thwarted the designs of villains and... more »- place hold (0)
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Murder on Bedford Street2023
Summary: Hugh Breedlove is far from the most agreeable client private investigator Frank Malloy has ever had, but his case is impossible to refuse: his young niece, Julia, has been wrongfully committed to an... more »- place hold (0)
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Orders to kill2021
Summary: December, 1917. Ada Hobbs has cleaned for Dr. Tindall for many years and begins this frosty morning like any other day. But it turns out the house is not empty after all. The blood-covered George... more »- place hold (0)
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The Poisoner's Ring2023
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Mrs. Jeffries takes a second look2012
Summary: Everyone's awed by Inspector Witherspoon's Scotland Yard successes, but they don't know about his secret weapon. Her name is Mrs. Jeffries, and she keeps house for the Inspector and keeps him on his... more »- place hold (0)
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The big bundle2022
Summary: A millionaire's son is kidnapped and private eye Heller is called in to help. But when half of the record $600,000 ransom goes missing, Heller must wade through a morass of deception and depravity to... more »- place hold (0)
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Mrs. Jeffries serves at six2015
Summary: "If you like Downton Abbey, you'll love Mrs. Jeffries! Now in one volume -- three Victorian mysteries featuring Mrs. Jeffries, a detective in the house. Everyone's awed by Inspector Witherspoon's... more »- place hold (0)
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The Lady from Burma2023
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Death at the terminus2023
Summary: 1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at York station. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons and barking dogs are thrown into a state of turmoil when an... more »- place hold (0)
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The traitor among us
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The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle2018
Summary: Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle in order to escape the curse in a world filled with enemies where nothing and no one are quite what they seem.- place hold (0)
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Life after life : a novel2013
Summary: "What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first... more »- place hold (0)
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The man in the brown suit2020
Summary: Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her -- and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a... more »- place hold (0)
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A god in ruins : a novel2015
Summary: Ursula Todd's brother Teddy is an old man trying to come to grips with his post-War life and with a modern world and family. Switching back and forth in time between memories of his childhood and his... more »- place hold (0)
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The house of silk : a Sherlock Holmes novel2011
Summary: It is 1890. A year after Holmes's death, Watson--now in a retirement home--narrates a tale of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. The story opens with a train... more »- place hold (0)
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A red herring without mustard2011
Summary: Flavia's discovery of an old Gypsy woman who's been attacked in her wagon sends the girl off on an investigation that will reveal more of Buckshaw's secrets as well as new information about Harriet, the mother Flavia never knew.- place hold (0)
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A curious beginning : a Veronica Speedwell mystery2015
Summary: "London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free... more »- place hold (0)
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