Davina Porter
Author
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 15
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman accused of murder in this enthralling new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Why Kill the Innocent.... It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoléon and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive...
Author
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 14
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
London, 1814. When the sadistic Lord Ashworth is found brutally murdered, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is called in by Bow Street magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy to help catch the killer. Just seven months before, Sebastian had suspected Ashworth of aiding in the kidnapping and murder of a string of vulnerable street children. Meanwhile his headstrong young niece Stephanie, who entered into a disastrous marriage with Ashworth, has survived the...
Author
Series
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 28
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When the bodies of two high-profile women are discovered, bearing signs of rape, and an innocent man is accused of the crime, Thomas Pitt's quest for the truth forces him to play a dangerous game of international politics and murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
Investigating evidence of a violent struggle at the home of Ministry of Defense member Dudley Kynaston, Pitt and the Special Branch discover the brutally murdered body of a young woman before realizing that Kynaston is not who he appears to be.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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....
Author
Series
A Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 16
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Magistrates are being murdered and a case once thought to be closed might be wide-open in this gripping new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Speaks for the Damned. It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over, Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together, and London finds itself in the grip of a series of terrifying murders eerily similar to the shocking...
Author
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 13
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the newest mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder draws Sebastian St. Cyr into the web of the royal court, where intrigue abounds and betrayal awaits. London, 1814. As a cruel winter holds the city in its icy grip, the bloody body of a beautiful young musician is found half-buried in a snowdrift. Jane Ambrose's ties to Princess Charlotte, the only child of the Prince Regent and heir presumptive to...
9) Hasty death
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013, c2004
Edition
1st Minotaur Books pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
225 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lady Rose Summer refuses to abide by her parents' insistence that she marry. Even more distressing, she wants to work. On advice from Captain Harry Cathcart-a noble-born private investigator who knows Rose all too well-her parents agree to let Rose work as a typist and live in a women's hostel. But life as a working woman isn't quite what Rose imagined: When a playboy is murdered, Rose will return to high society to follow a trail of deception, rumors,...
Author
Series
The Isabel Dalhousie volume 9
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Physical Desc
259 p.
Language
English
Description
Alexander McCall Smith charms fans across the globe with his best-selling works, including the mega-hit No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. This ninth entry in his beloved Scotland-set Isabel Dalhousie series finds its philosopher heroine helping the wealthy Duncan Munrowe track down a painting that was stolen from his collection. But as new information arises, Isabel finds it difficult to tell who is the painting's rightful owner, and who is the...
Author
Series
The Isabel Dalhousie volume 1
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
247 p.
Language
English
Description
The Isabel Dalhousie series, book 1.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
294 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of everyone's favorite sleuth, M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever and armed with her famous wit and biting sense of humor. This time, though, there's some biting of a whole other sort going on. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love. Again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. Shamelessly determined, Agatha will...