Davina Porter
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...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller—an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Dickens proud. The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini's act and invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Grisini accepts
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Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
viii, 355 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The much-anticipated new entree in the Sebastian St. Cyr "simply elegant" historical mystery series, from the national bestselling author of Who Buries the Dead and Why Kings Confess. Ayleswick-on-Teme, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and on a quest to learn more about his own ancestry. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme,...
Author
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery volume 1
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The prime suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a young woman whose body is left in an ancient church, young aristocrat Sebastian St. Cyr becomes a fugitive and flees a ruthless powerbroker with ties to the Prince Regent.
Author
Series
A Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 8
Publisher
Obsidian
Physical Desc
353 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr must find the true culprit and defend his former lover, Kat Boleyn, when she is accused of the murder of a notorious diamond merchant.
27) The China bride
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The orphaned daughter of a Scottish father and Chinese concubine mother, Troth Montgomery supports herself working as a translator for Europeans in China, where she encounters Kyle Renbourne, Viscount of Maxwell.
Author
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery volume 2
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In Brighton, England, in 1811, when the wife of an aging marquis is found dead in the arms of the Prince Regent, wearing an ancient necklace with mysterious ties to Sebastian St. Cyr, Sebastian turns sleuth to investigate the woman's death.
29) Payment in blood
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The producer of a troubled play invites the cast to spend the weekend in his remote Scottish Highlands estate to hash out the problems. When the housemaid finds the playwright murdered in bed, Thomas Lynley and his partner must unmask the villain.
30) Rutland Place
Author
Series
Publisher
Fawcett Crest Press
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
Things are not what they seem in fashionable Rutland Place, where secrets that are never discussed at tea include murder  When her mother asks her help in finding a lost locket with a compromising picture, neither Charlotte Pitt, nor her mother, has any idea that the locket may be at the center of a bizarre chain of events leading to murder. Arriving at her mother's home at Rutland Place, Charlotte discovers that other residents of the exclusive...
Author
Series
Publisher
Fawcett Columbine
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
328 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tragic accident leaves Inspector Monk with amnesia just moments after he solves the murder of a popular Crimean war hero. Forced to redo his entire investigation, a frustrated Monk faces a desperate murderer who will do anything to keep the inspector from discovering the truth twice.
33) Resurrection row
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1981
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
204 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourth in the series of Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries, Anne Perry's Resurrection Row explores the dark undercurrents that run through the lives of the idle rich in Victorian England. After a wonderful night at the theatre, Thomas and Charlotte find themselves confronted with a corpse in the driver's seat of a hansom cab. Even more shocking-it is the body of a peer of the realm who had been decently buried the week before. While the doctor insists...
34) Paragon walk
Author
Series
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2009, c1981
Physical Desc
257 p. : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the affluent London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable and baffling crime was committed: a young woman was raped and murdered. Once again the incomparable team of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, set themselves against a vicious murderer. As the elegant masks of the aristocratic suspects begin to slip, it became appallingly clear that something ugly lurked behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk - something that could lead...
Author
Series
Poor relations volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The loveable characters from the Poor Relation Hotel return in this sparkling and adventurous Regency romance from M. C. Beaton.
Eliza Budley is a beautiful widow whose husband gambled away his fortune. So when the poor relations need to acquire some valuables to keep the hotel afloat and Eliza draws the short straw, Lady Fortescue reminds the others that Mrs. Budley has no relatives on whom she can call. Gentle Mrs. Budley thinks she has escaped...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Morrow
Pub. Date
1967
Physical Desc
320 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Christabel runs across her cousin Charles while vacationing in Damascus, he mentions their ancient Great Aunt Harriet, who lives cloistered in Dar Ibrahim, a palace atop a hill in Lebanon's Adonis Valley. On a whim, she decides to meet this legendary relative of hers, a Grand Dame replete with young male retinue and secret seraglio. Though her family has told of her aunt's many eccentricities, Christabel is unprepared for what lurks behind Dar...
37) Life Skills
Author
Publisher
St Martins Pr (T)
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
London Times best-selling novelist Katie Fforde creates delicious romances that are both light-hearted and intelligent. Suddenly released from her engagement and out of work, Julia Fairfax is looking for a new direction in her life. When a classified ad catches her eye, she embarks on a hilarious trip through the English canals in a rickety hotel boat. Along the way, she encounters hard-to-please guests, an unsettling ex-boyfriend, and the challenges...
38) Road rage
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown Publishers Inc
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
344 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A proposed highway through a forest near Kingsmarkham has caused loud cries of protest. One group has taken more drastic measures. It will risk everything-including the lives of five hostages-to halt construction. When Inspector Wexford learns that one of the hostages is his wife Dora, he is caught in a spiral of frustration and fear. The gripping drama of his search takes on added intensity through Davina Porter's crisp narration.
39) The cemetery yew
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 243 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the coffin of a Norton girl goes missing, Victoria Trumbull becomes increasingly alarmed as everyone connected to the coffin is brutally murdered, a situation that appears to be related to a mysterious yew tree.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlotte Pitt's sister, Emily, has been accused of murdering her wayward but wealthy husband. Now Charlotte and police inspector Thomas Pitt must breach a formidable uppercrust barrier to prove Emily's innocence. Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries are rich and suspenseful journeys into a world filled with impeccable manners and intrigue.