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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2011], c2010
Language
English
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While a new New Age couple moves in to Terence Moongrove's estate, Barbara Ragg, a literary agent, decides to move forward with publishing an autobiography of a Yeti--which claims to have been dictated to the author by the Yeti, himself--and Freddie de la Hay, the Pimlico terrier who belongs to failed wine merchant William French, is recruited by the MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring.
22) Secret sins
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English
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2023 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE, SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD * APPLE BOOK OF THE MONTH SELECTION
"A high energy foray into cryptocurrency and government corruption."-First Clue
"This light and lively series launch introduces 75-year-old Ethel Fiona Crestwater...an elderly Nancy Drew: sure of herself and her convictions, and ready to bend a few rules to achieve her goal of seeing justice done." -Publishers Weekly
For fans of unexpected-yet-badass female...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999, c1997
Language
English
Description
Chief Commander John Coffin is drawn into a dangerous game when the unrecognizable body of a murder victim is tentatively identified as his beloved acress wife Stella Pinero, and while John refuses to believe the remains are Stella's, the discovery of a second body forces him to confront death and treachery in his own backyard.
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English
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Scotland Yard partners David Brock and Kathy Kolla set out to investigate a series of kidnappings of young girls in a London neighborhood known for its artists and bohemian nature, but their job is complicated when the father of one of the victims--a controversial artist who was implicated years earlier in his wife's death--announces plans to use the child's disappearance as the basis of his next work.
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Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 158
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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The Hardy Boys investigate a mysterious series of accidents on a stage set in London.
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English
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Melissa Romney-Jones leaves her business providing girlfriend services to men in London to travel with her boyfriend to New York for a month, but once there, she becomes bored and decides to take on a couple of clients, which starts problems between her and her sweetheart.
29) A long way down
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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A former talk-show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother, each intending to commit suicide, find themselves together on the roof of a London building and begin to contemplate their individual choices and circumstances.
30) Fingersmith
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English
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“Oliver Twist with a twist…Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.”—The New York Times Book Review
The Handmaiden, a film adaptation of Fingersmith, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Tae-Ri, is now available.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised...
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English
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London police detective Alisha Barba, recovering from an injury she received on the job, is drawn into a dangerous international baby-selling ring when she sets out to discover why her estranged friend Cate, who summoned Ali to their high school reunion with an urgent message shortly before being struck and killed by a car, was only pretending to be pregnant.
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English
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Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist the chance to unravel a mystery.Prudence Smith, one of Jane's former servants, is dead of an apparent suicide. But Lenox suspects something far more sinister: murder, by a rare and deadly poison. The grand house...
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As Lord Peter Wimsey enjoys his time in Corsica, he's brought back to reality when all of the headlines claim that his brother, Gerald, has been arrested for murder. Gerald, who had been on a hunting trip at the family's estate in Yorkshire with his brother-in-law, had gotten into a fight with the man about his sordid past. Hours later, the man is dead, and Gerald is the main suspect. As Gerald maintains his innocence, it's up to Wimsey to figure...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
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