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3) Warlight
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Decades after World War II, Nathaniel Williams reflects on his experiences in 1945, when his parents left him and his sister in the care of a mysterious neighbor.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile...
Author
Series
Series Charles Lenox Mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the 1866 holiday season at the side of his fiancee, amateur sleuth Charles Lenox is drawn into the double-homicide case of two reporters, an investigation that is complicated by a police ruling that the killings are unrelated.
Author
Series
Private volume 1
Language
English
Description
Dan Carter, head of the London division of Private, the world's most exclusive detective agency, must join forces with his ex-wife if he is going to save American student Hannah Shapiro from a threat that has stalked her for eight years.
Author
Series
Ravenels volume 7
Language
English
Description
A strong-willed young widow running her late husband's shipping company, Lady Merritt Sterling avoids scandal until she meets a rough-and-tumble Scottish whisky distiller on the run from a very determined killer.
14) Hollow City
Author
Series
Publisher
Quirk Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In 1940, Jacob and his new friends escape from Miss Peregrine's island and travel to London where they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, Laurie sees a man and knows he's the one. Their eyes meet, there's magic, and her bus leaves. For a year she scans London's bus stops and cafes. Then, at a Christmas party, her best friend introduces him as her new boyfriend."--Provided by publisher.
16) Lost
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
On leave from the London police force after a traumatic ordeal at Oxford College, Lacey Flint resolves to help when children from her community who are linked to her ten-year-old motherless next-door neighbor are targeted by a brutal serial killer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Anticipating a London season of dancing and campaigning for women's rights, Lady Emily Hargreaves investigates a blackmailing vandal who splashes red paint on the homes of elite citizens before revealing their scandalous secrets.