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The snow is thick, the phone line is down, and no one is getting in or out of Warbeck Hall. With friends and family gathered round the fire, all should be set for a perfect Christmas, but as the bells chime midnight, a mysterious murder takes place. Who can be responsible? The scorned young lover? The lord's passed-over cousin? The social climbing politician's wife? The Czech history professor? The obsequious butler? And perhaps the real question...
2) Early autumn
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"Sabine Callendar had fled from the stifling propriety of Durham, New England twenty years ago. With a failed marriage behind her and an eighteen year old daughter to present to society, everyone is surprised to find that Sabine has returned, not as the pitiable and broken creature they expected, but as a strong and assured individual with an uncanny abiltiy to see through the postures and pretenses of society that oppressed her as a girl. With her...
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Wally Carter's murder seems impossible--not one of the suspects was anywhere near the weapon at the time the shot was fired. Inspector Hemingway is confronted with a neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, a patently phony Russian prince, and a case of blackmail that may--or may not--be at the heart of this most unusual case.
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A lonely old man is murdered in a quiet country lane, apparently shot as he was driving home. The bullet from the murder weapon penetrated his left lung just below the heart. The only witness to the crime is a pretty young woman with a loaded automatic in her pocket--soon to become the main suspect.
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 9
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After being caught in a blizzard, Lori Shepherd takes refuge in Ladythorne Abbey, the former home of the late Lucasta DeClerke, where she uncovers a plot to steal a priceless DeClerke family heirloom.
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Wealthy industrialist Charles Collison is found bludgeoned to death shortly after his son, Geoffrey, and nephew, Arthur Cross, return from World War II. As the principal beneficiaries of Charles' will, both men are suspects. Inspector James, called in to investigate, thinks he knows which of them is guilty.
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Cape Light novels volume 9
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In a town like Cape Light, there's always room in the inn. But when hardships bring people together under one roof, things don't always go smoothly.
11) Hidden depths
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Vera Stanhope novels volume 3
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During a heatwave on the Northumberland coast, Inspector Vera Stanhope investigates two stylized murder scenes, in which the victims have been laid out in water strewn with flowers.
12) Thrush green
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Thrush Green series volume 1
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This volume introduces Thrush Green, the neighboring village to Fairacre: its blackthorn bushes, thatch-roofed cottages, enchanting landscape, and jumble sales. Readers will delight in a new cast of characters and also welcome familiar faces as they become immersed in the village's turn of events on one pivotal day -- May Day. Before the day is over, life and love and perhaps eternity will touch the immemorial peace of the village.
14) A share in death
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Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Duncan Kincaid vacations incognito at a time-share house in the north of England but must assume his true identity once again when a new acquaintance is found murdered in the hotel whirlpool.
15) Mujercitas
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Este gran clásico de la literatura narra los amores y desventuras de la señora March y sus cuatro hijas. Bajo la capa de aparente ligereza que le otorga su condición de retrato costumbrista y sus aires de manual de modales para jovencitas, Mujercitas es un entretenido canto a la libertad y la alegría de vivir, sobre todo gracias al personaje de Jo, que sirvió de icono para parte del movimiento feminista.
Descubre el espíritu revolucionario,...
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"Anna Bouverie is the Rector's wife. She irons his surplices (badly); delivers the parish newsletter; scrimps to get by on the pittance the church pays while keeping up appearances for the gossipy villagers. She rarely complains and rarely rebels. But now as she watches her children do without, as her husband withdraws further into his work, and her frustration mounts into fury, Anna comes to realize that she will do whatever it takes to save herself."--Page...
17) Payment in blood
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Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard is possessed by a fierce attraction to a murder suspect while investigating the savage slaying of a controversial playwright.
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"In the late 1800s, haunted by an old secret, Richard Brockwell prefers to stay away from Ivy Hill-until his mother threatens to stop funding his carefree life unless he returns for Christmas. Will Christmastime in Ivy Hill, with all of its divine hope, surprises, and romance, work its magic?"--
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Midsomer murders volume Set 15
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Already divided over the construction of a new overpass, the village of Dunstan is further shaken when psychic Lynne Fox discovers a reclusive couple brutally murdered in their home. Local boy D.S. Jones finds himself personally involved in the case when it turns out that his old schoolmates are keeping secrets about the death of one friend and the disappearance of another.
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