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The Perfect Poison The Perfect Poison Jayne Ann Krentz Plagued by rumours that she poisoned her fiance, Lucinda Bromley manages to live on the fringes of polite society, tending her beloved plants - and occasionally consulting on a murder investigation. … OL112317W
Second Sight Second Sight Jayne Ann Krentz Financially straitened and on the path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton thought her stay at the remote, ramshackle Arcane House would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment… OL112351W
A beautiful place to die A beautiful place to die Malla Nunn Cooper is dispatched to Jacob's Rest, a remote town deep in the bush, to look into a murder report. Arriving at Old Voster's farm, he finds the white police captain dead face down in a creek. Three o… OL11971050W
Dead of winter Dead of winter Rennie Airth,Rennie Airth The murder of a young Polish girl in wartime London puts John Madden on the trail of a ruthless hired killerOn a freezing London night in 1944, Rosa Novak is brutally murdered during a blackout. The … OL14864777W
Alexandria Alexandria Lindsey Davis In A.D. 77, Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, investigates the mysterious death of the head librarian of the world-famous library of Alexandria, bringing him into immediate conflic… OL14920937W
Long Time Coming Long Time Coming Robert Goddard The new bestseller from one of the UK's biggest thriller writersEldritch Swan is a dead man. Or at least that is what his nephew Stephen has always been told. Until one day Eldritch walks back into h… OL14924920W
The Domino Lady The Domino Lady Various Nine all-new tales of one of the world's first female masked crime fighters, by Nancy Holder, Chuck Dixon, C. J. Henderson, Martin Powell, Ron Fortier, James Chambers, Bobby Nash, Gail McCabe, Lisa B… OL14963989W
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6) Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6) Jacqueline Winspear It’s Christmas Eve 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the prime minister’s office receives a letter threatening … OL14991349W
A flaw in the blood A flaw in the blood Barron, Stephanie Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald has been summoned by the Queen, a woman in the grip of fear. Her beloved husband, Prince Albert, lies dying. When the royal coach is violently overturned, nearly ki… OL15139803W
Relics of the Dead Relics of the Dead Ariana Franklin The new thriller featuring twelfth-century anatomist Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of DeathThe monks of Glastonbury have discovered two strange skeletons buried in their graveyard - one is tall… OL15173295W
Heresy Heresy S. J. Parris "Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that the universe is infinite. Th… OL15498811W
Grave goods Grave goods Ariana Franklin Combining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, New York Timesbestselling author Ariana Franklin returns with the third title in the Mistress of the Art of Death s… OL15836705W
The glass books of the dream eaters The glass books of the dream eaters Gordon Dahlquist A professional killer, a disillusioned Germanic officer and a jilted young lady dash around Victorian England risking their lives, their honour and their virtue. OL15861420W
Motor City shakedown Motor City shakedown D. E. Johnson "Detroit, 1911. Seven months have passed since Will Anderson's friend Wesley McRae was brutally murdered and Will and the woman he loves, Elizabeth Hume, barely escaped with their lives. Will's hand,… OL15947495W
The Race The Race Clive Cussler,Justin Scott,Ignacio Gómez Calvo 20th century detective Isaac Bell protects a promising aviator from her jealous husband in this remarkable adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Clive Cussler. It is 1910, the age of… OL15951816W
Secret of the white rose Secret of the white rose Stefanie Pintoff "The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. It's high profile enough to command the attention of the notorious new police commissioner, sin… OL16013916W
Sweet Tooth Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan An Anglican bishop's daughter gets in over her head with British Intelligence in this John le Carre-esque caper from the author of *Atonement*. Brash, bookish Serena just might make a perfect spy-if… OL16599900W
A dark anatomy A dark anatomy Robin Blake Lancashire, England, 1740. A grim discovery has been made: a squire's wife, Dolores Brockletower, lies in the woods above her home at Garlick Hall, her throat brutally slashed. Called to the scene, C… OL16703405W
Deadly illusions Deadly illusions Brenda Joyce In 1902, indomitable heiress Francesca Cahill sets out to catch a serial killer known as "The Slasher" who is preying on penniless Irishwomen, with the help of her former lover, police commissioner R… OL16956213W
Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly Donald Thomas "Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?" asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers in 1898, must face a new challenge, one that plunges the great detective into the real… OL17437309W
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