Emilia Fox
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In this official edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, a young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station.
Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for herand finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails.
The Scotland Yard...
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Clifton Chronicles volume 2
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A second installment in a planned five-part series finds Harry despairing of a marriage to Emma and joining the Merchant Navy before assuming the identity of a fallen American soldier whose past proves even more turbulent than Harry's own.
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The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters--brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to William Morrow Paperbacks. In Death Comes As the End, Dame Agatha transports us back to ancient Egypt 2000 B.C. where...
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Clifton Chronicles volume 3
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Best Kept Secret opens a moment after the end of The Sins of the Father, with the resolution of the trial and the triumphant marriage of Harry Clifton and Elizabeth Barrington, finally uniting their family. Harry, now a bestselling novelist, Emma, their son Sebastian, and orphaned Jessica make a new life for themselves, but all is not as happy and secure as it could be. Emma's brother, Giles, is engaged to a woman who may be more interested in Barrington's...
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Everyone thinks it's a charming joke when the ad in the St. Mary Mead Gazette announces an upcoming murder at Little Paddocks. But it's no joke when someone turns up dead. To listeners' delight, Miss Marple becomes involved,and the spinster with the china-blue eyes proves herself once again to be a gifted detective.
6) Domina
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Maestra novels volume 2
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[2017]
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"In this riveting sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, Maestra, femme fatale Judith Rashleigh once again leads readers into the mesmerizing and dangerous underworld of Europe's glamorous elite. Since opening her own art gallery in Venice, Judith Rashleigh--now Elisabeth Teerlinc--can finally stop running. She's got the paycheck, lifestyle, and wardrobe she always dreamed of, not to mention the interest of a Russian billionaire. But when...
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Clifton Chronicles volume 1
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"From the popular author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words, "I was told that my father was killed in the war." A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school....
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Film Movement volume 2, film 6
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RB Media
Pub. Date
2004
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1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A romantic comedy about the barriers facing lovers in the 21st century.
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Harper Audio
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2016
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6 CDs (6 hr., 44 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hilary Craven is about to end her life when Jessop, a British agent, asks her help in finding several of the world's leading scientists who have recently vanished. Assuming the identity of a physicist's wife, she infiltrates a secret Moroccan laboratory and discovers a global conspiracy. The information she has could cost her her life, just when she has realized how much she wants to live.
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BBC
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[2017]
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2 DVDs (348 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sam is now Professor Ryan, teaching pathology at London University. But still available for consultation on unusual cases which demand her highly developed professional skills and tenacity. A helicopter crash, a gangland killing and a cinema fire also occupy Sam's attention.
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Acorn
Pub. Date
2017
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1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Professional chef Leo has everything he ever wanted: a prosperous hotel business, a beautiful family, and an amiable relationship with his ex-wife, Gina, to whom he owes much of his success. But when Leo's glamorous wife, Sam, starts to suspect that he is having an affair, she asks Gina for advice, since Gina was cheated on by Leo with Sam and would recognize the signs. But none of them could anticipate the disastrous chain of events that follows....
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"In 1905, Virginia and Vanessa Stephens and their brothers Thoby and Adrian moved to unfashionable, bohemian Bloomsbury. All in their twenties, orphaned and unmarried, they began holding Thursday night gatherings in their unchaperoned, unconventional drawing room. Most of the young guests in that room would become famous, breaking the old rules and blazing their own new paths. It is from Vanessa's point of view at the center of this eccentric, charmed...
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Acorn Media
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[2019]
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1 DVD (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It's been almost a year since the sudden death of philandering chef Leo Vincent, but his presence at the Penrose Hotel is more palpable than ever. His ex-wife, Gina, and widow, Sam, have the business, but they continue to have professional and personal disagreements.
17) Keeping mum
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Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
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1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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An absent-minded vicar of a rural parish is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's dalliance with her brash golf instructor, his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their new housekeeper, Grace, the answer to the family's prayers. Grace is a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house, with an unusual way of solving...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (352 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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The true story of 19-year-old Christine Keeler who found herself at the center of a scandal that brought down the British government and created a political, sexual and cultural revolution.
19) Cashback
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Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
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[2007], c2005
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1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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When London art student Ben Willis goes through a painful breakup, he develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late-night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own means of dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben imagines freezing time, which allows him to see the beauty of the everyday world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl,...