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Maggie Hope mysteries volume 3
Language
English
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For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, whip-smart heroine Maggie Hope returns to embark on a clandestine mission behind World War II enemy lines where no one can be trusted, and even the smallest indiscretion can be deadly.
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 1
Language
English
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London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and remarkable gifts for codebreaking, though, rival...
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Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Maggie returns to protect Britain's beloved royals against an international plot--one that could change the course of history. As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully...
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Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Description
"This New York Times bestselling mystery series continues as American-born codebreaker extraordinaire, Maggie Hope, returns to England to continue her intelligence work during World War II. England, 1942. Great Britain and the U.S. have joined forces to fight the Nazis. In London, Maggie Hope takes on the biggest challenge of her career: finding a killer who models himself on Jack the Ripper--and who targets female intelligence agents...like Maggie"--...
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Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The third entry in this acclaimed series centers on political intrigue, terrorism 1900s-style, and the beginnings of the British Secret Intelligence Organisation, as London becomes a hotbed of anarchist plotting 1903. Denton is summoned back to London by telegram from a country-house shoot to find a woman named Lydia Alken has been brutally murdered-in his own back garden. But forces other than the police are at work to solve the crime, or rather,...
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Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Carrie Ann Cole bakes a lemon meringue pie to die for that actually kills someone, she must find out who the real killer is before her time at the Kensington Palace expires. The elegant Orangery at Kensington Palace is the perfect setting for the bridal shower of Carrie Ann Cole's best friend's sister. Personal chef to the royal family, Carrie Ann's pie theme is naturally winning. But a waiter later keels over dead into the lemon meringue pie...
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