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Detective and mystery stories Fathers Fiction London (England) History 19th century Fiction Minnesota History 19th century Fiction Missing persons Fiction Mystery and detective stories Mystery fiction Swedish Americans Fiction Treason Fiction Williamsburg (Va.) History 18th century FictionNickson, Chris.
Summary: Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, grieving for the death of his daughter, is called upon to find out who would murder a wealthy wool merchant and why they would strip the skin from his bones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creme de la Crime 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NICAdler, Irene
Summary: Whisked out of Paris ahead of the Prussian army in 1870, twelve-year-old Irene Adler is reunited in London with her friends, Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin--but Arsène's father has been arrested for murder and the kidnapping of a famous opera singer, and it is up to the three young detectives to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ADLAdler, Irene
Summary: In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ADLPenman, Sharon Kay.
Summary: The 12th Century sleuth, Justin de Quincy, investigates a murder which could shed light on a plot to usurp the crown of England. Prince John is scheming to unseat his brother, King Richard the Lionheart, who went missing as he was returning from a crusade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENTrent, Christine
Summary: "When a young nurse dies on her watch, Florence Nightingale must uncover the deep-hidden secrets someone will kill to keep buried. It is 1853. Lady of the Lamp Florence Nightingale has just accepted the position of Superintendent of the Establishment for Gentlewomen During Temporary Illness in London. She has hardly had time to learn the names of the nurses in her charge when she suddenly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRESands, Kevin
Summary: When Christopher Rowe's code-breaking uncovers the true target of an assassination attempt, he and his friends are ordered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SANHerring, Peg.
Summary: A killer is stalking London, beheading young women and dressing their bodies in nuns' clothes. When one of the princess's own ladies becomes a victim, the 12-year-old Elizabeth, daughter of the now failing Henry VIII, joins with her friends Simon Maldon, a physician's son, and Hugh Bellows, the captain of the king's Welsh Guard, in the hunt for the murderer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS HERJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: During the time of the Revolution, Felicity must figure out who is making false accusations, saying that her father is a traitor and helping the British.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JONJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: During the time of the Revolution, Felicity must figure out who is making false accusations, saying that her father is a traitor and helping the British.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGM JonGregory, Susanna
Summary: Five years after Charles II's triumphant return to London there is growing mistrust of his extravagant court and of corruption among his officials - and when a cart laden with gunpowder explodes outside the General Letter Office, it is immediately clear that such an act is more than an expression of outrage at the inefficiency of the postal service. As intelligencer to the Lord Chamberlain,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sphere 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRERowland, Laura Joh.
Summary: After the death of her siblings, Charlotte has few people she can trust, and feels more alone than ever. While visiting London, Charlotte goes on a tour of Bedlam, where she is sure she recognizes a struggling Mr. Slade, her long-missing ex-lover, strapped to one of the stretchers. Of course, she starts digging, and soon finds herself trying to reveal a secret that high-powered men would, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROWAlexander, Bruce
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALEMarston, Edward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARThomas, Donald
Summary: A collection of new Sherlock Holmes tales includes "The Case of a Boy's Honor," "The Case of the Matinee Idol," and the title story, in which Holmes navigates the occult underworld of Victorian London in order to find a child's true killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THORobb, Candace M.
Summary: Political unrest permeates York at the cusp of the fifteenth century, as warring factions take sides on who should be the rightful king--Richard II or his estranged, powerful cousin in exile, Henry Bolingbroke. Independent minded twenty-year-old Kate Clifford is struggling to dig out from beneath the debt left by her late husband. Determined to find a way to be secure in her own wealth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBGordon, Alan (Alan R.)
Summary: In 1203, Theophilos--fool by trade, family man by choice, and spy by design--is ensconced as the Chief Fool in Toulouse. He and his foolish family give the appearance of being the entertainers they claim to be, but they are also members of the Fools' Guild. The ruler of Toulouse, Count Raimon VI, is favored by the guild. Unexpectedly a man arrives claiming to be Baudoin, Raimon's previously...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORHarris, C. S.
Summary: "The dead man smelled like fish. Rotting fish. Pale, bloodless, and faceless, he lay on the stained granite slab in the center of Paul Gibson's ancient stone outbuilding, filling the small room with a foul stench. But then, bodies pulled from the Thames did have a nasty tendency to reek of fish. Fish, brine, tar, and--if it was warm and they'd been in the water long enough--decay. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARDoherty, P. C.
Summary: Hugh Corbett is asked to solve the murder of Lord Henry Fitzalan, who was not very well liked and which makes the suspects aplenty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOHHarding, Paul
Summary: It is 1376, and the famed Black Prince has died of a terrible rotting sickness, closely followed by his father, King Edward III. The crown of England is now left in the hands of a mere boy—the future Richard II—and the great nobles have gathered like hungry wolves around the empty throne. A terrible power struggle threatens the country, and one of London's powerful merchant princes is foully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow, c1991. 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARPerry, Anne.
Summary: Just before the Christmas holiday, distinguished London mathematician Henry Rathbone comes to the aid of an old friend whose son Lucien has gone missing. Enlisting the aid of Squeaky Robinson and Crow, Henry soon discovers that Lucien may be involved with a murdered prostitute and a major drugs dealer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Perry 2010Ernst, Kathleen
Summary: When Kirsten's new friend Erik disappears, she has to figure out whether he ran away to get out of some promises he made, or whether something else has happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGM ErnstAdler, Irene
Summary: While on summer vacation at the seaside, twelve-year-old Irene Adler meets the young Sherlock Holmes, and his friend Arsène Lupin--and when a dead body floats ashore the three young friends set out to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers 2014
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Summary: When Kirsten's new friend Erik disappears, she has to figure out whether he ran away to get out of some promises he made, or whether something else has happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2008
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Summary: Deciding to become a spy after her father is killed and his money goes missing, Annis Whitworth uses her talent for sewing magical garments to open a dressmaking shop as a cover while she quietly searches for her father's murderer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017