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Author
Publisher
Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
All are linked to the new Dorset Gardens Theatre where feisty young Betsy Brand is playing First Witch in Macbeth. It seems that a shadowy figure call The Salamander, who haunted London during the Fire, has returned to wreak cruel revenge on his enemies. With the authorities utterly baffled, Betsy takes on a new role as an investigator. She reasons that, perhaps, a clever, courageous actres can unravel the deepening mystery. But soon she faces a more...
4) Borderlands
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The DCI Ryan Mysteries volume 14
Language
English
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When the gods made man, they made a weapon ... After uncovering a fresh wave of corruption within the ranks of Northumbria CID, Detective Chief Inspector Ryan was looking forward to an uneventful summer. But, when a young woman is shot dead on the remote army ranges of the Northumberland National Park, Ryan is called in to investigate. Meanwhile, violent crimes are being committed across sites of historic importance in the North East, the perpetrator...
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Murder Most Unladylike Mystery volume 1
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't.) Then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. She assumes it was a terrible accident - but when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared. Now Hazel...
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Marnie Midnight volume 1
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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A magical new young fiction series from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson!Meet Marnie Midnight - a little moth with BIG dreams!Marnie Midnight is SO excited to be starting at Minibeast Academy. She adores everything about the moon and she can?t wait to learn about its magic. But Marnie soon discovers that nobody believes in moon magic anymore!Marnie is determined to get to the bottom of this moon mystery. The little moth and...
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English
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He thought he was invincible, but he was wrong ... When an old man is found dead inside the ancient hermitage at Warkworth Castle, Northumbria CID are called in to investigate. With no apparent motive, it?s their job to unravel why he was murdered - and this time they?re forced to do it without their star detective ... DCI Ryan is thousands of miles away. He?s tracked a killer across Europe and has sworn not to return until he has his man in custody....
10) The leviathan
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English
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Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant is in prison, facing charges of witchcraft. Thomas prides himself on being a rational, modern man, but as he unravels the mystery of what has happened, he uncovers...
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Museum mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
London, 1897. The capital is shocked to learn that the body of a woman has been found at the National Gallery, eviscerated in a manner that recalls all too strongly the exploits of the infamous Jack the Ripper. Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are contacted by a curator of the National Gallery for their assistance. The dead woman, an artist's model and lady of the night, had links to artist Walter Sickert who was a suspect during the Ripper's spree...
13) Displaced
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Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Irving Levy is a man with few roots and, now that he is terminally ill, is anxious to find anyone to whom he can leave his considerable property. When he learns that there may be more to the disappearance of his younger sister, who disappeared when she was a baby, he engages the services of Hakim and Arnold to investigate. Unwittingly in mortal danger, the private detectives and Levy enter the world of Barking Park Fair and the secrets its brightly...
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Lamplight Large Print Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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London's social season is in full swing, and the aristocracy can't stop whispering about a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette. Drawing rooms, boudoirs and ballrooms are also abuzz with the latest news of an audacious cat burglar who has been making off with precious items that once belonged to the ill-fated queen. But light gossip turns serious when the owner of one of the pilfered treasures...
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Miss Dimont mystery volume 4
Publisher
Lamplight Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
South-West England, the 1950s. In the seaside town of Temple Regis, seagulls are wheeling overhead and the holidays are getting close. And then the body of political candidate Odile Clifford is discovered on the balcony of the lighthouse. Fearless Riviera Express reporter Judy Dimont goes in search of the killer - but who is it? And where will they strike next? What's more, Judy's position as chief reporter is under threat when her editor takes on...
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Murder Most Unladylike Mystery volume 3
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Penguin presents, the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of First Class Murder by Robin Stevens, read by Gemma Chan. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the world-famous Orient Express - and it's clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: there is rumour of a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, there is a scream from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken...
17) The jazz files
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Poppy Denby investigates volume 1
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English
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Introducing Poppy Denby, a young journalist in London during the Roaring Twenties, investigating crime in the highest social circles.
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The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The second book in the thrilling middle grade mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Steven?s Murder Most Unladylike. Set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton and inspired by real Black British historical figures. The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger has been shortlisted for the Waterstones 2023 Children?s Book Prize! Agents of history. Partners in Mystery. Sisters in solving crime. Twelve-year-olds Lizzie...
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Josephine Fox volume 1
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The perfect read for fans of Sunday night drama. Foyle's War meets Jessica Fellowes in this deliciously dark tale of wartime family secrets and lies in small town England. Everyone has secrets, some are just more deadly than others . . . April 1941, Romsey, England. Josephine 'Josy' Fox hasn't set foot in Romsey in over twenty years. As an illegitimate child, her family - headed by her controlling grandfather - found her an embarrassment. Now, she...
20) A time to die
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Hakim and Arnold mystery volume 7
Language
English
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Ever since it was built in 1912, Woolwich Foot Tunnel has been the subject of rumour and speculation. Running underneath the Thames it connects north and south, and in the hot summer of 1976, when young John Saunders apparently entered the Tunnel and completely disappeared on his way to his sister's house, it was a grim and frightening place. John was never seen again until he re-emerged forty-two years later, complete with an American accent. Happy...
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