Minette Walters
Author
Series
Black death volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Language
English
Description
When the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in Dorseteshire in June 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is or how it spreads and kills so quickly. The Church cites God as the cause, and religious fear grips the people as they come to believe that the plague is a punishment for wickedness. But Lady Anne of Develish has her own ideas. Educated by nuns, Anne is a rarity among women, being both literate and knowledgeable....
Author
Series
Last Hours volume 2
Language
English
Description
"As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne, they wait, knowing that when their dwindling stores are finally gone they will have no choice but to leave. But where will they find safety in the desolate wasteland outside? One man has the courage to find...
5) The cellar
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally bestselling, award-winning crime writer Minette Walters, The Cellar is a harrowing, compulsively readable novel about a family of African immigrants, the Songolis, and the dark secret they keep hidden in the depths of their seemingly respectable British home. On the day Mr. and Mrs. Songoli's young son fails to come home from school, fourteen-year-old Muna's fortunes change for the better. Until then, her bedroom was a dank...
6) Acid Row
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
Visiting a crime-riddled housing project, unaware that a known pedophile lives there, Sophie Morrison learns that a child has gone missing and that the project's vigilantes are out in force, trapping Sophie with a man who is intent on hurting her.
7) Fox evil
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
369p. 25cm.
Language
English
11) The dark room
Author
Publisher
Vintage Crime
Pub. Date
2007, c1996
Physical Desc
381 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 413 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Dorset, 1642. When bloody civil war breaks out between the king and Parliament, families and communities across England are riven by different allegiances. A rare few choose neutrality. One such is Jayne Swift, a Dorset physician from a Royalist family, who offers her services to both sides in the conflict. Through her dedication to treating the sick and wounded, regardless of belief, Jayne becomes a witness to the brutality of war and the devastation...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
369 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Returning from the war in Iraq a changed man due to serious head injuries, British lieutenant Charles Acland rejects his former life and grows increasingly reclusive, suspicious, and aggressive, until he finds himself the prime suspect in a series of recent killings.