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In This Grave Hour
by Jacqueline Winspear
Detective Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible German spy in the midst of World War II.
Sunday September 3rd 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain’s declaration of war with Germany, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs' ... (Goodreads)
A Dangerous Place
by Jacqueline Winspear
A woman's investigation into a murder reveals the dark secrets of a small English town.
Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place . . . In Jacqueline Winspear‘s powerful ... (Barnes & Noble)
Leaving Everything Most Loved
by Jacqueline Winspear
Detective Maisie Dobbs unravels a murder case in 1920s London, uncovering secrets along the way.
London, 1933. Two months after Usha Pramal's body is discovered in the waters of a city canal, her brother, newly arrived in England, turns to Maisie Dobbs for help. Not only has Scotland Yard made ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Nature of the Beast
by Louise Penny
A murder investigation uncovers an intricate web of deception and evil.
Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his ... (Goodreads)
Glass Houses
by Louise Penny
A suspenseful murder mystery set in a remote Quebec village.
An instant, New York Times Bestseller, and August 2017 LibraryReads pick!, “Penny’s absorbing, intricately plotted 13th Gamache novel proves she only gets better at pursuing dark truths with ... (Barnes & Noble)
A Great Reckoning
by Louise Penny
A murder mystery set in a sleepy Quebec village, uncovering dark secrets and hidden dangers.
Instant, New York Times, bestseller:,#1 in Hardcover Fiction,#1 in E-book Fiction,#1 in Combined Print and E-book Fiction,"Deep and grand and altogether extraordinary....Miraculous.",—,The Washington ... (Barnes & Noble)
Justice Hall
by Laurie R. King
A thrilling adventure to solve a murder mystery, uncovering secrets of the past.
Mary Russell and husband Sherlock Holmes receive a surprise visitor late at night: a much-changed Ali Hazr, one of their Palestinian companions during the events of O Jerusalem (novel) five years ... (Wikipedia)
A is for Alibi
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator unravels the case of a murdered woman, uncovering a web of lies and deceit.
Kinsey Millhone , 32, private detective investigates the death of prominent divorce lawyer Laurence Fife. His murder eight years earlier was blamed on his wife, Nikki Fife. Upon being released from ... (Wikipedia)
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
by Alan Bradley
Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce uses her ingenuity and chemistry skills to solve a murder mystery.
In spite of being ejected from Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy in Canada, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is excited to be sailing home to England. But instead of a joyous homecoming, she is greeted on ... (Goodreads)
The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson
A small English town on the brink of World War I, as lives and loves intertwine.
The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love and war that reaches far beyond the small English town in which it is set. East Sussex, 1914. It is ... (Goodreads)
The Obsession
by Nora Roberts
A woman's journey to uncover the truth of her past, while her present is threatened by a dangerous stalker.
“She stood in the deep, dark woods, breath shallow and cold prickling over her skin despite the hot, heavy air. She took a step back, then two, as the urge to run fell over her.” Naomi Bowes lost her ... (Goodreads)
The Five Chinese Brothers
by Claire Huchet Bishop
Five brothers use their special powers to outsmart an emperor and save their family from execution.
In the Imperial China of the Qing dynasty , there are five brothers who "all looked exactly alike." They each possess a special talent: one can swallow the sea, one has an unbreakable iron neck, one ... (Wikipedia)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
by Kate Atkinson
A young girl's exploration of her family's history, unravelling their secrets and lies.
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of an English girl determined to learn ... (Goodreads)
The Tea Planter's Wife
by Dinah Jefferies
A young bride moves to Ceylon in the 1920s to join her tea planter husband, but secrets and lies threaten to destroy their marriage and family.
#1 International bestselling novel set in 1920s Ceylon, about a young Englishwoman who marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover he's keeping terrible secrets about his ... (Goodreads)
News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
Captain Kidd travels through Texas in 1870, reading the news to townspeople. He is tasked with returning a young girl to her family.
The book opens in 1870 on the wild border between Texas and Indian Territory , where a 10-year-old girl has been released after four years of captivity. Kiowa raiders had killed her family and taken ... (Wikipedia)
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
by Nancy E. Turner
A young woman's struggle for independence, chronicles her journey through the American Southwest.
“Belongs on your must-read list. This novel is a gem.” — Omaha World-Herald Nancy E. Turner's unforgettable, These Is My Words, melds the sweeping adventures and dramatic landscapes of, Lonesome ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Janus Stone
by Elly Griffiths
When a child's bones are found on a construction site, forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway is called to investigate. Emotions: Suspense, Intrigue, Curiosity, Unease
It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old ... (Goodreads)
The Last Camel Died at Noon
by Elizabeth Peters
A young woman sets out on a daring mission to rescue her kidnapped father in the Nile Valley.
Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in a delicious caper that digs up mystery in the shadow of the pyramids. ... (Goodreads)
The Language of Bees
by Laurie R. King
Detective story of a British nobleman's investigation into the murder of Sherlock Holmes.
Russell and Holmes return to their home in Sussex, England , in 1924 after seven months abroad in India, Japan and California. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes's farm has ... (Wikipedia)
Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
A Nigerian refugee's quest for survival and a British woman's search for redemption.
Using alternating first-person perspectives , the novel tells the stories of Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee, and Sarah O'Rourke (née Summers), a magazine editor from Surrey . After spending two years ... (Wikipedia)
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
Two women in WWI join forces to unravel secrets of a spy network in search of a missing girl.
The plot follows pregnant American college student Charlie St. Clair in the aftermath of World War II , as she travels around France looking for her missing cousin, Rose. Her story intersects with ... (Wikipedia)
Lord Peter Views the Body
by Dorothy L. Sayers
A collection of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey solving various murder mysteries with his wit and intelligence.
In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque but absolutely bewitching side rarely shown in Lord Peter's full-length adventures. Lord Peter views ... (Goodreads)
Letters from Skye
by Jessica Brockmole
A woman discovers her connections to a family living on a remote Scottish island.
A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole’s atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the ... (Goodreads)
The Hippopotamus Pool
by Elizabeth Peters
An archaeological mystery, as an Egyptologist and her team race to unlock the secrets of a lost tomb.
Amelia and Emerson are in Cairo to greet the 20th century, when a mysterious Mr. Shelmadine presents them with a gold ring from an unknown tomb bearing the cartouche of Queen Tetisheri . The Emersons ... (Wikipedia)
Off the Grid
by C.J. Box
A thrilling adventure story of a family trying to survive in the wilderness.
New York Times,–bestselling author C. J. Box returns with a suspenseful new Joe Pickett novel. Nate Romanowski is off the grid, recuperating from wounds and trying to deal with past crimes, when he ... (Goodreads)
Y is for Yesterday
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator searches for a missing teenage girl while uncovering the secrets of her past.
On August 30, 2017, "Y" Is for Yesterday topped, USA Today, 's best-seller list. , On September 1, 2017, it topped, The New York Times, Best Seller list and was later placed on its Fiction Best ... (Wikipedia)
A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
A tale of friendship, love, and unexpected connections in a small Irish village.
Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the ... (Goodreads)
Silent in the Grave
by Deanna Raybourn
A Victorian-era mystery novel involving a determined female sleuth to unmask a murderer.
"LET THE WICKED BE ASHAMED, AND LET THEM BE SILENT IN THE GRAVE." These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward ... (Goodreads)
Orphan Train
by Christina Baker Kline
A story of two women's intertwined lives, spanning generations and crossing continents.
The #1 New York Times Bestseller “A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of America’s history. Beautiful.”—Ann Packer Moving ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Game
by Laurie R. King
A murder mystery set in the world of Victorian England, involving a young detective and her companion.
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are visited by Sherlock's gravely ill brother, Mycroft, who has an intriguing case for them. Mycroft, who has connections in the highest levels of the government, has ... (Wikipedia)
