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Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley
by P. D. James
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A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.   It is 1803, six... (read more)

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by Mary Doria Russell
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER   Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job prospects, Doc Holliday is gambling... (read more)

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Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
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London, 1920. In the aftermath of the Great War and a devastating family tragedy, Laurence Bartram has turned his back on the world. But with a well-timed letter, an old flame manages to draw him back in. Mary Emmetts brother Johnlike Laurence, an... (read more)

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
by Alan Bradley
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If Nancy Mitford wrote I Capture the Castle or Cold Comfort Farm and starred in them Harriet the Spy you'd have something close to the quirky charm of Bradley's Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Even if you figure out the probable culprit before it's... (read more)

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Abyssinian Proof (08 Edition)
Abyssinian Proof (08 Edition)
by Jenny B. White
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Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine Empire, Isaak Metochites and his family are entrusted with a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and the inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the... (read more)

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Pirate King: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Pirate King: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
by Laurie R King
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   In England’s young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. But rumors of criminal activities swirl around his popular movie studio. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell travels... (read more)

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The Yard
The Yard
by Alex Grecian
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Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives—known as “The Murder Squad”—to investigate countless murders every month. Created after the Metropolitan Police’s spectacular ... (read more)

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The Name of the Rose (Harvest in Translation Series)
The Name of the Rose (Harvest in Translation Series)
by Umberto Eco
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It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book... (read more)

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Murder on Fifth Avenue (Gaslight Mysteries)
Murder on Fifth Avenue (Gaslight Mysteries)
by Victoria Thompson
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From the tenements to the town houses of nineteenth-century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy never waiver in their mission to aid the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar®-nominated... (read more)

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Murder on Sisters' Row (Gaslight Mysteries)
Murder on Sisters' Row (Gaslight Mysteries)
by Victoria Thompson
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Midwife Sarah Brandt braves the dangers of the tenements in nineteenth-century New York to help the impoverished and, with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, bring the guilty that prey on them to justice. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar®-nominated... (read more)

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A Dark Anatomy: A Mystery
A Dark Anatomy: A Mystery
by Robin Blake
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In 1740s England, the roots of evil run deep... The year is 1740. George II is on the throne, but Englands remoter provinces remain largely a law unto themselves. In Lancashire a grim discovery has been made: a squires wife, Dolores Brockletower... (read more)

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A Beautiful Blue Death
A Beautiful Blue Death
by Charles Finch
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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... (read more)

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Death of Riley: A Molly Murphy Mystery
Death of Riley: A Molly Murphy Mystery
by Rhys Bowen
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Rhys Bowen, author of the Agatha Award winning mystery Murphy's Law, returns to old New York with a new novel featuring spirited Irishwoman Molly Murphy... Death of Riley Molly Murphy can't seem to fit in anywhere. Not with the new immigrants pouring in... (read more)

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Bye Bye, Baby
Bye Bye, Baby
by Max Allan Collins
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From the bestselling author of Road to Perdition, an explosive novel unraveling the conspiracy to murder immortal screen icon Marilyn Monroe Its 1962, and Twentieth Century Fox is threatening to fire Marilyn Monroe. The blond goddess hires Nate Heller... (read more)

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A Spectacle of Corruption
A Spectacle of Corruption
by David Liss
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Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, returns in David Liss's sequel to the Edgar Award-winning novel, A Conspiracy of Paper. Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a... (read more)

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The Bellini Card (Inspector Yashim Mysteries)
The Bellini Card (Inspector Yashim Mysteries)
by Jason Goodwin
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Detective.  Polyglot.  Chef.  Eunuch. Investigator Yashim Returns in this Edgar® Award-Winning Series   Istanbul, 1840: the young sultan Abdülmecid believes that Gentile Bellini's vanished masterpiece, a portrait of... (read more)

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The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or on the Segregation of the Queen/A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell Novels)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or on the Segregation of the Queen/A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell Novels)
by Laurie R King
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An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association From New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King comes the book that introduced us to the ingenious Mary Russell... (read more)

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A Dark Anatomy: A Mystery
A Dark Anatomy: A Mystery
by Robin Blake
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In 1740s England, the roots of evil run deep... The year is 1740. George II is on the throne, but England's remoter provinces remain largely a law unto themselves. In Lancashire a grim discovery has been made: a squire's wife, Dolores Brockletower, lies... (read more)

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The Blood-Dimmed Tide (Penguin Mysteries)
The Blood-Dimmed Tide (Penguin Mysteries)
by Rennie Airth
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With the publication of the New York Times Notable Book River of Darkness, Rennie Airth established himself as a master of suspense. The Blood-Dimmed Tide, set in 1932, marks the return of the beloved Inspector John Madden, whose discovery of a young... (read more)

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The Snake Stone
The Snake Stone
by Jason Goodwin
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Detective, polyglot, chef, eunuch--Investigator Yashim returns in this evocative Edgar® Award-winning series set in Istanbul at the end of the Ottoman Empire Istanbul, 1838. In his palace on the Bosphorus, Sultan Mahmud II is dying and the city... (read more)

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