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Inspector Monk returns to the scene of another Victorian-era murder mystery when the daughter of an upper-crust family is stabbed in her own home. Inspector William Monk has his hands full when an aristocrat's daughter is stabbed to death in her own bed. He is instructed to proceed without delay, but finds his efforts hamstrung by the lingering traces of amnesia and the craven ineptitude of his supervisor, who would love to see him fail. With the...
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William Monk and Hester Latterly mysteries volume 3
William Monk novel volume 03
William Monk Mystery
William Monk novel volume 3
William Monk novel volume 03
William Monk Mystery
William Monk novel volume 3
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After a brilliant military career, esteemed General Thaddeus Carlyon finally meets his death not in the frenzy of battle but at an elegant London dinner party. His demise appears to be the result of a freak accident, but the general's wife, Alexandra, readily confesses that she killed him-- a story she clings to even under the threat of the noose. Investigator William Monk, nurse Hester Latterly, and Oliver Rathbone, counsel for the defense, work...
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When a distinguished judge dies of opium poisoning, the crucifixion five years before of Kingsley Blaine is brought back into the public eye, and it is screaming for revenge. The police had arrested a Jewish actor, who was soon condemend to hang. Police Inspector Thomas Pitt, investigating the judge's death, is drawn into the sensational murder, because it appears the judge was about to reopen the earlier case. He receives curiously little help from...
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Robin Paige Victorian-Edwardian mysteries volume 1
Victorian mystery volume 01
Victorian mysteries volume 01
Victorian mystery volume 01
Victorian mysteries volume 01
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"Kathryn Ardleigh, an outspoken, free-thinking American, accepts employment with a kindly maiden aunt living in England and finds herself investigating a mysterious death at an archaeological site and two other murders much closer to home."--from NoveList.
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"Kathryn and Charles Ardleigh find their peaceful holiday at the seaside hamlet of Rottingdean turned upside down when the body of a coast guard is found on the beach, and with the help of a young writer named Rudyard Kipling, the sleuthing couple sets out to uncover the truth."--from NoveList.
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"The Sheridans are on the scene at Derby Day in Epsom Downs--Charles is taking photographs and Kate is gathering information for her latest novel--but the race becomes life-or-death when one of the jockeys does not make it to the finish line."--from NoveList.
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Coronation Day, 1902. Charles and Kate Sheridan are pleased to be at the crowning of their king. But when an anarchist accidentally blows himself up with a bomb meant for their monarch, Charles and Kate turn up a number of intriguing--and disturbing--questions. For example, what is mysterious, beautiful Charlotte Conway--editor of the anarchist newspaper where the dead man was employed--doing in the arms of expatriate author Jack London?
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Sir Edmund Leggett is flattered to be stalked by a young lady-who makes herself scarce after he's murdered in cold blood. The police hold the young woman to blame. But Inspector Witherspoon has other ideas and consults his housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries-who always gets to the heart of the matter.
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Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries mysteries volume 18
A victorian mystery volume 18
Mrs. Jeffries mystery volume 18
A victorian mystery volume 18
Mrs. Jeffries mystery volume 18
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Housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries helps Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard solve the mysterious death of an unknown man found near St. Paul's church and the human skeleton stuffed in a chimney at an abandoned cottage.
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Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries mysteries volume 20
Wheeler large print cozy mystery
Mrs. Jefferies mystery volume 20
A victorian mystery volume 20
Wheeler large print cozy mystery
Mrs. Jefferies mystery volume 20
A victorian mystery volume 20
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Aided by his sleuthing housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, Inspector Witherspoon is called in by the Home Secretary to uncover the truth about the bludgeoning murder of a man, an investigation complicated by the victim's three argumentative middle-aged daughters and their uncooperative holiday houseguests.
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