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Summary: The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy?s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith?s passing. But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy?s flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M GRISummary: Blade on the feather: Jason is a reclusive author who is visited by Daniel. Daniel is a young admirer of Jason's. After Daniel seduces Jason's daughter, dark secrets to emerge. Both men are more than they claim to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Vision 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DENCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: In the middle years of the ninth century, the fierce Danes sotrmed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained. And suddenly the fate of all England--and the course of history--depended upon one man, one king.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIMaguire, Nancy Klein.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.71 MAGHardy, Thomas
Summary: Against the larger-than-life backdrop of England's conflict with Napoleon, young Anne Garland is courted by three suitors: the trumpet-major John Loveday, his sailor-brother Bob, and Festus Derriman of the yeomanry cavalry. For Hardy, the loves and sorrows of ordinary characters are as much the material of history as any record of emperors and generals. The present tale is founded largely on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARBrett, Simon
Summary: Landing a minor role in a theater production, Charles Paris is assigned to help the show's famous American star navigate cultural differences in England, an effort that tangles him up in the actor's complicated relationships and a wrongful murder charge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BREFforde, Jasper.
Summary: It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only the diplomatic skills of ace literary detective Thursday Next can avert a devastating genre war. But a week before the peace talks, Thursday vanishes. Has she simply returned home to the RealWorld or is this something more sinister?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFOHardy, Thomas
Summary: Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2008
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Summary: Over the years there have been several unsolved, apparently motiveless murders in the town of Kingsmarkham, and Wexford (as a young policeman) quietly suspected that the increasingly prosperous Targo--van driver, property developer, kennel owner, and animal lover--was behind them. Now, half a lifetime later, Inspector Wexford spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rendell 2009Rendell, Ruth
Summary: In Britain, a pedophile's house is burned by an angry mob when a girl disappears, the man having been recently released from jail. But Inspector Wexford is not swayed by the obvious and traces the disappearance to the girl's home and her abusive father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: "A female Vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham Vicarage. The gossipy cleaning woman who discovers her body, Maxine, happens to also be in the employ of retired Chief Inspector Wexford and his wife. When detective inspector Mike Burden calls him, Wexford, intrigued by the unusual circumstances of the murder, leaps at the chance to tag along with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rendell 2013Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY RENRendell, Ruth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1981
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RENBinder, Hannes
Summary: "Hunting hat, smoking pipe, coat collar turned up-- that's how we know Sherlock Holmes, the most famous detective of all time. He usually investigates from London's Baker Street. But Holmes' most spectacular case leads him in a fast-paced chase from the metropolis of London across the continent to the Swiss Alps. At the roaring Reichenbach Falls there is a showdown between Holmes and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth Books, Inc. 2022
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Summary: Inspector Wexford, who years ago suspected that Eric Targo was the killer in Wexford's first murder case, spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury-a human hand. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death. The only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Although the police database covers a relatively short...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: Rendell's novel finds Inspector Wexford getting pulled out of retirement to assist with a chilling case involving four bodies--three old and one new--found down an unused coal hole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RENGriffiths, Elly
Summary: Hired by the daughters of local writer Melody Chambers to investigate her death, believing she was murdered, Natalka and Edwin go undercover at a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House where another murder occurs and by the time Edwin infiltrates a sinister book group, he finds himself in danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: M GRIBowen, Rhys
Summary: "Georgie's new chef, Pierre, has arrived from Paris, it's time for Georgie to throw her first house party to show him off. The dinner party is a smashing success. Sir Mortimer Mordred--famous author of Gothic horror novels--is one of the guests. After the dinner, Sir Mortimer approaches Georgie and asks to borrow her new chef for his upcoming party, .and Georgie and Darcy, her husband, are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: Innocent Tess Durbeyfield's maidenhood is stolen by the dishonorable Alex d'Urberville and yet she is able to find true love with Angel Clare; their happiness is later shattered, for when her past is revealed, Clare rejects her love until it is too late ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1994
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARHoward, Elizabeth Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWRendell, Ruth
Summary: A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary--the plain Polly Flinders--provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: Rendell's novel finds Inspector Wexford getting pulled out of retirement to assist with a chilling case involving four bodies--three old and one new--found down an unused coal hole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011