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Author
Series
A Mrs. Jeffries mystery volume 29
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
With assistance from housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries, Inspector Witherspoon investigates the bloody murder of an art collector and tries to find the sword-wielding culprit before Christmas.
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Exploited by the white family that took him in as a servant fifteen years earlier, groundskeeper August Sitwell becomes tragically enraged by how his employers mindlessly profit from the talents of a hired Black cook.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early 1900s, Sylvie Pelletier leaves her family's Colorado mountain cabin to start work at a wealthy mine-owner's manor house and is fascinated by he luxury around her until she discovers the family's philosophy is at odds with the unfair labor practices that built their fortune.
Author
Series
House of secrets volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Working as a servant at a gothic mansion, Fern develops a close bond with the son of her wealthy employer before becoming subject to the new lady of the estate, a cruel mistress who interferes with the young couple's plans for the prom by exploiting family secrets.
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sisters Phoenix and Ridley Rose, both trying to move on from bad experiences, unexpectedly find an opportunity to start over and a brighter future when they take temporary summer jobs at the lakeside resort of Cooper's Charm.
Author
Series
A Florence Norris mystery volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
251 pages; 23 cm.
Language
English
10) The vaster wilds
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Escaping from a colonial settlement in the wilderness, a servant girl, with nothing but her wits, a few possessions and some faith, is tested beyond the limits of her imagination, forcing her to question her belief of everything her own civilization taught her.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Amelia Bedelia volunteers to fill in as director of a third-grade Thanksgiving play, she misunderstands everything from one girl's desire to play a big role to an opening night wish that she "break a leg," but all is well in the end.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
307 p.
Language
English
Description
When her sister Julia's new--and much older--husband is found dead the morning after their hasty marriage, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva, must discover the killer before the Renshaws' social standing is irreparably damaged by a murder charge.
14) Whiskey beach
Author
Language
English
Description
After suffering through an intense year of public and police scrutiny after being wrongly implicated in his fiancé's murder, Boston lawyer Eli Landon takes sanctuary in a centuries-old family home and falls in love with resident housekeeper Abra Walsh, with whom he is entangled in an old, life-threatening mystery.
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
63 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
LEVEL 3-4 BEGINNING READER. Amelia Bedelia has her hands full when she takes care of Mrs.Lane's baby. The literal-minded housekeeper mixes things up, but she also wins the heart of her newest fan.
16) Rose
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
While others at St. Bridget's Home for Abandoned Girls dream of adoption, Rose wants only a job and independence until she is hired as maid to Mr. Fountain, an alchemist, and realizes that she, like his grand residence, is filled with magic.
Author
Series
A Phyllida Bright mystery volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The housekeeper for archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife, Agatha Christie, former Army nurse Phyllida Bright is faced with murder and mayhem during a weekend party and assembles the household staff to find the killer among the Mallowan's guests.
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Landing her personal hero and mega-best-selling author Essie Starling as a client, housecleaner Liv Green forms an unlikely friendship with this infamous recluse, but when Essie suddenly dies, leaving her an astonishing last wish, Liv discovers a connection between them that changes Liv's own life story forever.