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- The call of the Wrens / by Walsh, Jenni L.,author.;
"Based on real history, The Call of the Wrens explores the bonds of sisterhood and love even when all hope seems lost"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1917-1919); Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993); World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945;
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- Death with a double edge / by Perry, Anne,author.;
"Daniel Pitt's investigation into his colleague's murder leads him through London's teeming underbelly to one of the Royal Navy's most powerful shipbuilders in a thrilling novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Pitt, Daniel (Fictitious character); Murder; Lawyers;
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- Judas horse / by La Plante, Lynda,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: BURIED, ISBN 9781499862430. In this second entry of the 'DC Jack Warr' series, Detective Jack Warr and his team must use their informant to draw in the unsuspecting robbers, so that they go ahead with the planned robbery. However, one false move, and blood will be spilled.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office. Criminal Investigation Department; Police; Murder; Robbery investigation; Secrecy;
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- Chain of iron / by Clare, Cassandra.; Jennings, Kathleen(Illustrator);
Cordelia Carstairs' romantic dreams must be put on hold when a serial killer begins targeting the Shadowhunters of London, sending the Merry Thieves on the trail of a knife-wielding killer.Ages 14 up.LSC- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Occult fiction.; Demonology; Magic; Brothers and sisters; Friendship; Serial murderers;
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- 1356 / by Cornwell, Bernard.;
Includes bibliographical references.Thomas of Hookton, a veteran of Crecy and many other battles, is the leader of a mercenary company of bowmen and men-at-arms who ravage the countryside east of Gascony. The Black Prince, is assembling an army to fight the French once more but before Thomas can join, he must fulfil an urgent task.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356;
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- One fatal flaw : a Daniel Pitt novel / by Perry, Anne,author.;
"Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in an explosive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Triple Jeopardy. When a desperate woman comes to Daniel seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Daniel is convinced of the young man's innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and setting a fire to conceal the body, but Daniel is sure that science can absolve him--and the brilliant Miriam fford Croft is the best scientist Daniel knows. Working together with Miriam, Daniel reveals Adwell's innocence by showing that an accidental fire caused the victim's death. But it's not long before Adwell is killed in the same fiery fashion. If these deaths are, in fact, murders, what could Miriam have missed? As the evidence begins to contradict itself, Adwell's girlfriend comes into question--and so do the methods Miriam has been using. Soon Miriam's career hangs in the balance, and what started as an accidental fire seems to be part of a larger plot of revenge, with victims accumulating in its wake. Now Miriam and Daniel must uncover who or what is stoking these recurring flames--before they, too, find themselves burned"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Pitt, Daniel (Fictitious character); Murder; Lawyers;
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- The orphan's secret library / by Peters, Glynis,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: THE ORPHAN'S HOMECOMING, ISBN 9780008665319. In this fourth entry of the 'Red Cross Orphans' series, Alice Carmichael finds herself at the mercy and kindness of strangers, miles from everything shes ever known, and soon finds that books become her purpose. Now, Alice must channel the courage of her favourite heroines to risk everything for her country. Because its only in writing her own story that Alice can seize the destiny her beloved books have taught her she deserves.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Books and reading; Libraries; Man-woman relationships; Orphans; World War, 1939-1945;
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- Uneasy lies the crown / by Alexander, Tasha,1969-author.;
"In Uneasy Lies the Crown, the thrilling new mystery in Tasha Alexander's bestselling series, Lady Emily and her husband Colin must stop a serial killer whose sights may be set on the new king, Edward VII. On her deathbed, Queen Victoria asks to speak privately with trusted agent of the Crown Colin Hargreaves, slipping him a letter with her last, parting command: Une sanz pluis. Sapere aude. "One and no more. Dare to know." The year is 1901 and the death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch has sent all of the Empire into mourning. But for Lady Emily and her dashing husband Colin, the grieving is cut short as another royal death takes center stage. A body has been found in the Tower of London, posed to look like the murdered medieval king Henry VI. Soonafter a second dead man turns up in London's exclusive Berkeley Square, his mutilated remains staged to evoke the violent demise of Edward II, it becomes evident that the individual behind the crimes plans to kill again and again. The race to find him takes Emily deep into the capital's underbelly, with its secret gangs, street children, and sleazy brothels. But the clues aren't adding up, and even more puzzling are the anonymous letters Colin has been receiving since Victoria's death. Is someone threatening her successor, Edward VII?"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; Upper class; Women detectives; Murder;
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- Treachery at Lancaster Gate : a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel / by Perry, Anne,author.;
"In this, the thirty-first installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series, Commander Thomas Pitt, head of Special Branch, is called to the scene of a brutal explosion in the heart of London. The bomb was set off during an important--and secret--police raid, killing several officers, and the government suspects anarachists are at work. But what Pitt discovers is far more disturbing: the explosion was not a terrorist attack meant to sow chaos, but a calculated means to commit a targeted murder. And the evidence trail leads him straight to a deadly crime that is set not in the back alleys of London, but in the drawing rooms of London's elite"--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Pitt, Charlotte (Fictitious character); Pitt, Thomas (Fictitious character); Police;
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- The angel court affair : a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel / by Perry, Anne.;
"When Thomas Pitt is tasked with playing bodyguard to Sofia Delacruz, a young and controversial British preacher who has been living in Spain and has returned to England on a mysterious errand, he thinks it's a waste of Special Branch's time and resources. But when kidnappers manage to reach Sofia murdering two of her companions in the process. Pitt learns that the message the lovely evangelist was meant to deliver was far more urgent than he knew. With his career on the line, he races to unravel the truth behind Sofia's disappearance, enlisting the help of his beloved wife Charlotte and his old friend Victor Narraway. And he soon realizes that if he cannot find Sofia before it's too late, the consequences could destroy not only his reputation, but the British empire itself"--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Pitt, Charlotte (Fictitious character); Pitt, Thomas (Fictitious character); Police;
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