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Pub. Date
[2024]
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Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long.
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"Victorian socialite Clara Stanton strives to protect her eccentric family's reputation, but that proves to be difficult when her grandfather takes off on a flight of fancy. Thrown together with vagabond tinker Theodore Kingsley, Clara sets off to followher grandfather's whimsical adventure and finds love along the way"--
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Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm.
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Magically transported to Never Land, twins Marlene and James get a chance to stay forever with the charismatic Peter and his Lost Boys, but when they find themselves at odds for the first time and their memories start fading, they must make an impossible choice.
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Series
Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 21 cm
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Two bounty hunters vie to capture a revenge-seeking waitress wanted for car theft. One hunter is Stephanie Plum of New Jersey, the other is her arch-enemy Joyce Barnhardt.
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Once upon the East End volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 18 cm.
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"London, 1832: Isabelle Lira may be in distress, but she's no damsel. Since her father’s death, his former partners have sought to oust her from their joint equity business. Her only choice is to marry—and fast—to a powerful ally outside the respected Berab family’s sphere of influence. Only finding the right spouse will require casting a wide net. So she’ll host a series of festivals, to which every eligible Jewish...
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A funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal. and stalled-the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across...
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Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
10 CDs (12 hrs., 30 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song, written by world-famous superstar Jonesy, but Jane hasn't had a breakout since. But when her longtime manager Pippa sends Jane to London to regroup, she's seated next to an intriguing stranger on the flight.
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New Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 5
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
ix, 362 pages ; 24 cm.
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In 1931, the world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot, finds his plans for a much-needed, restful Christmas holiday thwarted by a murder investigation and has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders while someone plans to wreak holiday havoc on his life.
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Publisher
Duomo Ediciones
Pub. Date
2019.
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266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is old Mr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.
12) Deadly game
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm
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DCI Harry Taylor has no respect for red tape or political reputations--but he's great at catching criminals. And all his unorthodox skills will be needed as an extraordinary situation unfolds on his doorstep: a metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, but before the police can arrive it is stolen in a violent raid. With security agencies across the world on red alert, it's Harry and his unconventional team from...
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Publisher
Books4pocket
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
412 pages ; 19 cm
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Los cotilleos de lady Whistledown no fallan nunca: una vez más, Anthony Bridgerton es el soltero más codiciado de la temporada en la alta sociedad victoriana. Pero este año, el atractivo vizconde, amante de la diversión y enemigo del compromiso, sorprende a todos y decide buscar esposa y sentar cabeza. La joya más preciada, la joven y hermosa Edwina Sheffield, es su elección natural. Pero para conseguirla ha de obtener antes la aprobación de...
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Series
Publisher
Artemis Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 23 cm.
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The holidays had come and gone, and Doyle was chafing to get back home to London, so as to start being productive, again. Acton's hereditary estate was grand indeed, but there was something a bit off-putting about the grandeur, and all that tiresome peacefulness. After all, Trestles hadn't always been a peaceful sort of place; for hundreds of years, it had housed generation after generation who were consumed with ruthless ambition, and who were willing...
15) Nineteen steps
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 24 cm
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It’s 1942, and London remains under threat of enemy attack as WWII rages on. In the Bethnal Green neighborhood, Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground shelters unharmed. Three years into the war, she’s grateful to hold onto remnants of normalcy. But after a chance encounter with Ray, an American airman stationed nearby, Nellie becomes enchanted with the idea of a broader world. Just when Nellie begins...
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Series
Doyle and Acton mystery volume 11
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
A shocking death at St. Michael's Church pitches Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle into a confusing case, one where the motive for the crime is not at all clear and only becomes less and less so as the investigation unearths a massive criminal enterprise. Why was the murder of such a famous man necessary? And why does Doyle have the sense that the killer had to steel himself to commit the crime? Once again, Doyle has to keep a wary eye on her husband,...
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Series
Doyle and Acton mystery volume 12
Publisher
Artemis Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle was investigating a tip she'd received about doctors who were being assaulted at a London free clinic, but, strangely enough, none of the volunteers were willing to give her a statement. Instead, her only witness offered a fanciful tale about supernatural evildoers. Which was nonsense, of course; it was clearly an attempt to shift the blame to the appropriate cultural bogeyman. Although it did seem as though there...
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm
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1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as "The Parisian Orphan" as a child, is working on the line at a munitions factory in wartime London. When Mr. Fletcher, one of her father's old friends, spots Evelyne on a night out, Evelyne finds herself plunged into the world of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's cabinet war rooms. However, shortly after she settles into her new role as a secretary, one of the girls at work is murdered, and Evelyne must use...
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Blackbird trilogy (Heather Graham) volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
400 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Over a century after Jack, a new Ripper is on the loose. Following in the footsteps of notorious serial murderer Jack the Ripper, a killer is stalking the streets of London. The self-dubbed Ripper King strikes at night, leaving a trail of eviscerated bodies in his wake. Fresh off a case with potential ties to the recent rash of killings, FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter are all too familiar with a slayer set to rule with a lethal fist. And...
20) Our house
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When Fi Lawson arrives home to find strangers moving into her house, she is plunged into terror and confusion. Fi insists her home isn't for sale how can this other family think the house is theirs? Discovering that her husband, Bram, has disappeared, Fi's panic rises as she realizes the secrets and lies have only just begun.
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