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"London, 1855: A young and eager Charles Lenox faces his toughest case yet: a murder without a single clue. Slumped in a first-class car at Paddington Station is the body of a young, handsome gentleman. He has no luggage, empty pockets, and no sign of violence upon his person - yet Lenox knows instantly that it's not a natural death. Pursuing the investigation against the wishes of Scotland Yard, the detective encounters every obstacle London in 1855...
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Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins volume 4
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, investigates the theft of a rare and valuable tribal mask from the Amazonian rainforest.
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Pegasus Books
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[2012]
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English
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During Queen Victoria's 64 year reign, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. Most threatening of all were the "dynamitards," who targeted Her Majest;y's Golden Jubilee, signaling the advent of modern terrorism with their publicly-focused attack. Ironically, it was these attacks that brought back attention and love to the monarchy which was waning and that popularity continues even today.
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St. Martin's Press
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2014, ©2013.
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English
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The critically acclaimed author of The Last Princess presents an accessible account of Queen Victoria's life that examines her contradictory views and lasting influence, covering such topics as her reinvention of the monarchy, relationship with her mother and self-reliance in widowhood.
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These vicious masks trilogy volume 1
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Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
©2016.
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English
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In 1882 England when her beloved sister Rose vanishes, Evelyn, bored with society and its expectations, embarks on a search for Rose, encountering the reclusive, young gentleman Sebastian Braddock, who is also looking for Rose and claiming that both sisters have special healing powers.
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Pitt investigates the murder of a maid at Buckingham Palace, narrowing his group of suspects down to several house guests who are meeting with the Prince of Wales to discuss the funding of a huge project: the Cape to Cairo railway. While the Prince might overlook the unfortunate loss of a maid, the Queen, who is due back soon, will likely veto any Royal support in the scheme if she finds out.
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Royal wedding (Julia London) volume 2
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English
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"Every dashing young man in London's ton is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke's hand--except one. Handsome, delectable roue Prince Leopold of Alucia can't quite remember who Caroline is and the insult is not to be tolerated. So Caroline does what any clever, resourceful lady of means would do to make sure a prince remembers her: sees that amusingly risque morsels about Leo's reputation are printed in a ladies' gossip gazette... all the while secretly...
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"When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can't turn away. She enlists the help of her charming and enigmatic confidant Daniel McAdam, who has ties to Scotland Yard, and Errol Fielding, a disreputable man from Daniel's troubled past, to bring the killer to justice. Their investigation takes them from the grandeur of Mayfair to the...
90) Old scores
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2017.
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In 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open an embassy. Cyrus Barker, private enquiry agent and occasional agent for the Foreign Service Office, is enlisted to display his personal Japanese garden to the visiting dignitaries. Later that night, Ambassador Toda is shot and killed in his office and Cyrus Barker is discovered across the street, watching the very same office, in possession of a revolver with one spent cartridge....
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"Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016." "I loved this book. At once numinous, intimate and wise, The Essex Serpent is a marvelous novel about the workings of life, love and belief, about science and religion, secrets, mysteries, and the complicated and unexpected shifts of the human heart--and it contains some of the most beautiful evocations of place and landscape I've ever read. It is so good its pages seem lit...
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Herbert Reardon novels volume 1
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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"The year is 1919 and Great Britain is still struggling to its feet after being hit by the atrocities of the First World War. Former police sergeant Herbert Reardon returns home, determined to finally find out what happened the night that his daughter, Marianne, was found drowned in the lake. When a maid is found murdered in exactly the same spot, Reardon is convinced that the two cases are linked"--
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Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins volume 3
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Alice's father invites twelve-year-old Maisie and her dog Eddie to join Alice on a trip to the country, but the manor her father has rented seems to be haunted, terrifying Alice and putting Maisie's detecting skills to the test. Includes quizzes, activities, and more.
94) In Myrtle peril
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Myrtle Hardcastle mystery volume 4
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Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Myrtle Hardcastle's search for a missing heiress, presumed lost at sea, runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim"--
95) Juba!
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Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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In Five Points, New York, in the 1840s, African American teenager William Henry "Juba" Lane works hard to achieve his dream of becoming a professional dancer but his real break comes when he is invited to perform in England. Based on the life of Master Juba; includes historical note.
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Odditorium volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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In Victorian England, Grubb, an orphan about twelve years old, escapes his life of drudgery as a chimney sweep's apprentice and finds himself in a very strange house filled with magical objects and creatures, but soon he learns that there are dark forces seeking his new master.
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At the request of Her Majesty's government, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker agrees to take on his least favorite kind of assignment-he's to provide security for a secret conference with the French government. The conference is to take place on the private estate of Lord Hargrave on a remote island off the coast of Cornwall. The goal of the conference is the negotiation of a new treaty with France. The cover story for the gathering is a house party-an...
100) Ángel mecánico
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Destino
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2011.
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Español
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Tessa Gray está dispuesta a encontrar a su hermano. Para ello, se dirige a Londres, donde será raptada por una organización secreta llamada el Club Pandemonium, y rescatada por los Cazadores de Sombras. Pronto, Tessa verá su corazón dividido entre Jem, cuya frágil belleza oculta un oscuro secreto, y Will, cuya hiriente ironía y cambios de humor constantes la mantienen a distancia, mientras los tres intentan salvar... el mundo. -- p. [4] of...
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