Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+6601+4294967124 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694274 Rory Devereaux has been living in Bristol under the close watch of her parents. So when her therapist suddenly suggests she return to Wexford, Rory jumps at the chance. But Rorys brush with the Ripper touched her more than she thought possible: shes become a human terminus, with the power to eliminate ghosts on contact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685511 Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether theyre found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her sisters diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the 500th anniversary of St. Tancreds death, the English hamlet of Bishops Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saints tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, but what she finds will halt the proceedings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740139 This is the third book in the Clifton Chronicles series. Opens a moment after the end of The Sins of the Father, with the resolution of the trial and the triumphant marriage of Harry Clifton and Elizabeth Barrington, finally uniting their family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705350 Eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily are recruited by a talking cat to assist her and M16 in foiling the dastardly plans of their great-great-uncle, a chocolatier who used magic to make a candy that bestows immortality. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742904 Kate Shackleton investigates a pawn-shop robbery that brings her into the wealthy neighborhoods of 1920s Harrogate, where a night at the theater is shattered by a brutal murder and the kidnapping of a leading lady. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684153 When she returns home after two years, Fever finds that her Scriven mothers creation, New London, the city on wheels, is nearly complete and ready to fight the nomad tribes of Britain--and Fever must journey to the north to find the ancient birthplace of the Scriven mutants and solve the mystery of her own past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580384 Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedrals boarding school. Includes historical notes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453380 The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the Prime Ministers private army are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, an intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644639 Societys eligible women are in mourning. Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last, having finally succeeded in his ardent pursuit of the lovely mystery novelist Harriet Vane. The two depart for a tranquil honeymoon in a country farmhouse, but find, instead of a well-prepared love nest, the place left in a shambles by the previous owner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713451 Exiled from the court of Queen Elizabeth for accusing a powerful nobleman of treason, swordsman turned spy Mal Catlyn has been living in France with his young valet Coby Hendricks for the past year. But Mal harbors a darker secret. He and his twin brother share a soul that once belonged to a skrayling, one of the mystical creatures from the New World. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670416 The year is 1857, soon after the tragic Siege of Cawnpore. In the British garrison, a guard is killed and an Indian prisoner escapes, which leads to yet more British deaths. Cries for revenge are overwhelming. Despite no witnesses and no evidence against him, a luckless British medical orderly named John Tallis is arrested as an accomplice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1648405 When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils-Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the towns council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685501 From the award-winning novelist and writer of Upstairs Downstairs, the launch of a brilliant new trilogy about what life was really like for masters and servants before the world of Downton Abbey As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Roberts wife Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the ladys maid who orders the life of her mistress.Lord Robert can see no financial relief to an already mortgaged estate, and, though the Season is over, his thoughts turn to securing a suitable wife (and dowry) for his son. The arrival on the London scene of Minnie, a beautiful Chicago heiress with a reputation to mend, seems the answer to all their prayers. As the writer of the pilot episode of the original Upstairs, Downstairs--Fay Weldon brings a deserved reputation for magnificent storytelling. With wit and sympathy--and no small measure of mischief--Habits of the House plots the interplay of restraint and desire, manners and morals, reason and instinct. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1648571 In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668258 Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award winning singer Rod Stewart gives listeners a glimpse into his unforgettable life and legendary career with his autobiography. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557784 The second novel in Jeffrey Archers five-part Clifton Chronicles series. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682431 Draws on twenty years of personal interviews to cover Pages early work with such artists as Tom Jones and Eric Clapton, the creative years of Led Zeppelin, and his post-Zeppelin relationships with Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532067 When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hals grandparents live. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644653 With his family still grieving over his sisters death in a terrorist bombing seven years earlier, twelve-year-old Jamie is far more interested in his cat, Roger, his birthday Spiderman T-shirt, and keeping his new Muslim friend Sunya a secret from his father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1474113 In this novel, Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when hes sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the mans uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trios digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712093 Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald delivers a stunning account of Elizabeth I that focuses on her role in the Wars of Religion--the battle between Protestantism and Catholicism that tore Europe apart in the sixteenth century. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583320 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580187 Ethan Gage must race from the slopes of the Alps to the tropics of the Caribbean to pursue a mysterious Spanish treasure as the fate of England, and of the worlds first successful slave revolt, hangs desperately in the balance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670827 Like her mother before her, Leonie of Bosewood carries Faerie blood in her veins, a secret she harbors to protect her own life, for, although the people of eleventh-century England believe in magic, their ignorance and fear have made being different a very dangerous prospect. Caught between the human and Faerie worlds, yet belonging in neither, Leonie must guard her heart, no matter how strong the temptations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670469 Agatha has fallen head over heels in love--again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. Shamelessly determined, Agatha will do anything to get her man--including footing the bill for a charity ball just for the chance to dance with him. And then George doesnt even show up. Only partly deterred, Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. Murder is definitely afoot, but this killer chose no ordinary weapon: A poisonous snake delivered the fatal strike. Rising to the occasion, Agatha rallies her little detective agency to find the killer, only to learn that George had quite a complicated love life. But murderously complicated? Well, if she cant have George, at least Agatha can have the satisfaction of confronting the other women and solving the crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481051 Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philipines to live with his mothers family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694439 Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald delivers a stunning account of Elizabeth I that focuses on her role in the Wars of Religion--the battle between Protestantism and Catholicism that tore Europe apart in the sixteenth century. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481050 Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her happily ever after begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect! Well, perfect except that the phones owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesnt agree. He wants his phone back and doesnt appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life. What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each others lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents, she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1531481 Nursing an elderly cancer patient in an isolated English countryside manse in 1950, Coral interacts with a disgruntled housekeeper and her charges sexually torn and war-ravaged son until a series of random events culminates in a complicated marriage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1250248 Black Coffee is an Agatha Christie play recrafted by Christie biographer Charles Osborne as a book meant to be read rather than seen on the stage. The story was first produced in 1930. Christie loyalists will welcome and applaud his dedication to the original. Its a classic someone in this room is the murderer tale. Scientist Sir Claud Amory invites Hercule Poirot to his estate to collect a formula for a new atomic explosive. Prior to Poirots arrival, Sir Claud discovers the formula is missing from his safe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1379732 Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1235644 Intrepid Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge investigates the Sussex village murders of three former soldiers, a case that puts Rutledges career and life on the line. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475595 While visiting Eleanor and her brother Henry at their family estate, Catherine learns hard lessons about values when Henrys father encourages their romance only because he believes Catherine is wealthy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1335611 When the Earl of Merton suddenly finds himself playing the knight in shining armor to a damsel in distress, he knows his days as a notorious rake are numbered. But though the lady seems grateful for his assistance, she flees the scene without revealing her name. And though past scandals and present dangers threaten his pursuit of the mysterious lady, he knows she is to be his destiny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475641 Josie is determined to overcome any difficulty in becoming a second wife and mother to the three children of the man whom she loves dearly. But, she soon discovers that shes no match for an angry, displaced mother who desperately wants to hang onto her children. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256514 Owen Sweetwater inherited his familys talent for hunting the psychical monsters who prey on Londons women and children, and his investigation into the deaths of two glass-readers has led him here. The high-society types of the exclusive Arcane Society would consider Virginia an illusionist, a charlatan, even a criminal, but Owen knows better. Virginias powers are real, and they just might be the key to solving this challenging case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1362546 The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings, so he was shocked to learn from Hercule Poirots declaration that one of them was a five-times murderer. True, the aging detective was crippled with arthritis, but had his deductive instincts finally deserted him? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1367647 A dock worker in Bristol, Harry Clifton never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once hes left school. But then his unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys school, and his life will never be the same again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363481 Many lives had already been sacrificed for the Irish cause, but legendary freedom fighter Colum OMore, aging and critically ill, was ready to gamble once more against Britains most wanted political offender, who is a seductively beautiful woman, and the dream of a perfect escape. Which is why Sean Rogan, soldier of the Irish Republican Army, gets all the help he needs to break out of a mainland security prison. An escape into a nightmare beyond anyones control. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1335626 Fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop and her fellow talented teenagers work together to find and steal the Cleopatra Emerald from an unscrupulous dealer and return it to its rightful owner, while a former love of her Uncle Eddie tries to get the gem for herself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1424032 Colonel de Luce, in desperate need of funds, rents his beloved estate of Buckshaw over to a film company. They will be shooting a movie over the Christmas holidays, filming scenes in the stately manse with a famous and reclusive star. She is widely despised, so it is to no ones surprise when she turns up murdered, strangled by a length of film from her own movies! With the snow raging outside and Buckshaw locked in, the house is full of suspects. But Flavia de Luce is more than ready to solve the wintry country-house murder. Shell have to be quick-witted, though, to negotiate the volatile chemicals of a cast and crew starting to crack--and locked in a house with a murderer! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523833 As Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes embark on their 11th adventure together, they find themselves immersed in the world of silent filmmaking. Here, the pirates are real-- and unlike the shooting done with a camera, this sort can be deadly -- from publishers web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523806 In 1914, with World War I approaching, polar explorer Seamus Finnegan tries to forget Willa, a passionate mountain climber, as he marries a beautiful young woman back home in England. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1259647 When two beloved primary school teachers, Miss Dorothy and Miss Agnes, decide to retire, the townspeople are aflutter, musing about the teachers replacements and seeking an appropriate farewell gift. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1280277 Maisie Dobbs first assignment for the British Secret Service takes her undercover to Cambridge as a professor, and leads to the investigation of a murderous web of activities being conducted by the up-and-coming Nazi party. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1306714 In this early Campion mystery, the mild-mannered detective sets out to investigate why someone would attempt to kill an American judge. Whether by bad luck or bad marksmanship, four others have already died in place of Judge Lobbett. The tale involves a complex plot, a host of unforgettable characters, and a good dose of British humor, making it a classic in the genre. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1335629 Lady Angeline Dudley is expected to catch a wealthy, titled gentleman of the ton, but she harbors a secret wish: to marry a simple, ordinary man. When Edward Ailsbury, the new Earl of Heyward, rescues her from public embarrassment, Angeline falls instantly in love. But the stuffy Earl has little concern for Angeline. Edward wishes only to wed an old friend for an amicable companionship, a good match for his staid persona. But Angelina may show Edward that comfort is no match for passion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350183 After the death of her father, Georgiana Hartley returns home to England, only to be confronted with the boorish advances of her cousin. Knowing no one, she flees to Dominic Ridgelys estate, hoping the nobleman will bestow a neighborly kindness upon her. The viscount hears Georgianas plea to find her a position as a ladys companion with barely concealed ill humor. A lovely innocent such as Miss Hartley subjected to that wretched existence? The very idea is preposterous. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229117 When a Gypsy caravan is passing through town, a local child is abducted and murdered. A young Gypsy woman is falsely accused by the townspeople, forcing Flavia to investigate the crime and find the real culprit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1535011 At the behest of a former servant to Catherine Parr, Matthew Shardlake travels to Portsmouth to investigate claims of unspeakable crimes committed upon a young ward of the court. There, Shardlake uncovers disturbing evidence even as Englands continuing war with France rages around him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1424007 It is 1890. A year after Holmess death, Watson--now in a retirement home--narrates a tale of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. The story opens with a train robbery in Boston, and moves to the innocuous setting of Wimbledon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1271107 What fun! The village party features a Murder Hunt, hosted by mystery writer Ariadne Oliver. One need only follow the games make-believe clues to be the first to find the body. Only this time, it isnt a game, and the clues lead to a genuine corpse. Ariadne needs the help of her old friend, Hercule Poirot. The brilliant Belgian cracks the case and finds the murderer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475639 Crossing historical fact with detective fiction, the cache of the celebrated detectives private papers is once again opened, bringing Holmes and Watson out of retirement to investigate the most notorious mysteries in the annals of true crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1248885 Wounded WWI American soldier Alex White has a frightening encounter in the forest near the pastoral English village of Gatford. His encounter leads him into the arms of Magda Variel, an alluring red-haired widow rumored to be a witch. She warns him to steer clear of the wood and the perilous faerie kingdom it borders, but Alex cannot help himself. Drawn to its verdant mysteries, he finds love, danger ... and wonders that will forever change his view of the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1424029 Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1401451 When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London flat. Concern and a firm sense of duty compel the independent and compassionate nurse to be certain the woman is safe. But once she arrives at the womans house, Bess is unsettled by the tense atmosphere. Before she can understand what is going on, matters take a deadly turn when another of the houseguests is murdered -- from publishers web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1375608 Bingo has a big problem when it comes to love: He loves too much and too many. Leave it to lovable butler Jeeves to take matters into his own hands and cover all the bases, so to speak. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559649 Penelope Creed will do anything to avoid marrying her repulsive cousin. Dressed in boys clothing, shes fleeing from London when discovered by Sir Richard Wyndham, himself on the verge of the most momentous decision of his life. When Sir Richard encounters the lovely young fugitive, he knows he cant allow her to travel to the countryside all alone, so he offers himself as her protector. As it happens, at that moment Sir Richard could use an escape of his own.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1534899 Gibreel Farishta, Indias legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices, fall earthward from a bombed jet toward the sea, singing rival verses in an eternal wrestling match between good and evil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363484 Hugh Marlow fought for his country before ending up on the wrong side of the law. After five hard years inside, he was ready to fight anyone who stood in the way of what was his. Rough justice was still the only thing he understood. Until a beautiful, vulnerable woman started asking for his help. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350078 Distressed when her wealthy and aristocratic new husband turns out to be a dissolute wastrel, Claire Banning vows to make the best of her life, until a near-fatal accident and the dashing Hugh Battancourt change everything. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1142531 With the Codex and the creatures on Alcatraz, Dr. Dee can control the world. All he needs is the help of the Archons. But for his plan to work, he must raise the Mother of the Gods from the dead. For that, hell have to train a necromancer. And the twins of legend will make the perfect pupils . . . . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350098 For many earthly centuries, a legendary curse has plagued the Winters family, stemming from the tumultuous founding of the Arcane Society. But now, on the futuristic world of Harmony, the curses final mystery will be unraveled. Head of the ghost hunters guild Adam Winters and dreamlight reader extraordinaire Marlowe Jones must break the curse, save Harmonys entire underworld, and fight a passion that could destroy them both. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350080 After escaping Germany during WWII, Jack and Sadie Rosenblum, together with their baby daughter, settle into a life of acting English. In post-war England, however, no golf club will admit a Rosenblum. So Jack hatches a wild idea: hell build his own. Its an obsession Sadie does not share, particularly when Jack relocates them to a thatched roof cottage in Dorset to embark on his project. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349243 Jacko is convicted of his mothers murder and dies in prison. Two years later, a stranger arrives to confirm Jackos disbelieved alibi. But if Jacko wasnt guilty, who is? Each family member becomes detective, suspect, and potential victim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1066780 After their best friend Ross dies, English teenagers Blake, Kenny, and Sim plan a proper memorial by taking his ashes to Ross, Scotland, an adventure-filled journey that tests their loyalty to each other and forces them to question what friendship means. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1446508 At a Halloween party, Hercule Poirot aids mystery writer Ariadne Oliver in an investigation into the murder of a young girl--who may have witnessed a murder herself. But unmasking the killer proves more daunting than bobbing for apples. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1213727 Eighteen short stories that chronicle Hercule Poirots earliest and most unusual cases. Agathie Christie swiftly reveals how the 20th centurys greatest detective earned his fame. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1153796 On holiday, Miss Marple senses something sinister at Bertrams Hotel. Shes right: the police believe some of the guests are involved with criminals. Abduction, train robbery, and the murder of the hotels doorman confuse the authorities, but Miss Marple deduces the truth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1101046 The Arcane Society was born in turmoil, when the friendship of its two founders evolved into a fierce rivalry. Nicholas Winters efforts led to the creation of a device of unknown powers called the Burning Lamp. Each generation, the Winters man who inherits it is destined to develop multiple talents--and the curse of madness. Plagued by hallucinations and nightmares, the notorious crime lord Griffin Winters is convinced he has been struck with the Winters Curse. But even as he arranges a meeting with the mysterious Adelaide Pyne, he has no idea how closely their fates are bound, for she holds the missing lamp in her possession...--container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1117986 The very exclusive Meadowbank School has never been more assured of success when the summer term begins--until their gym mistress is found murdered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037692 Investigating the death of a Lancaster woman in the summer of 1920, Scotland Yard Detective Ian Rutledge links her demise to the disappearance of a man who was wrongly believed to have gone to serve in World War I. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1118074 Burdened by the conventions of modernity, three London couples find their fates intertwined when teachers Jonathan and Liz Chambers rent their unsold home to a young couple just starting out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1142554 On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works on the case in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest--and to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1117405 Britains number one tennis star, the beautiful Bubbles Xingara, has been murdered on the grounds of her luxurious house. Detective Chief Inspector Harriet Martens is now in charge of a case that will have the worlds media out in force. And it seems that the Hard Detective, so nicknamed because of her tough stance, has fallen madly and passionately in love with a fellow officer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1047090 Growing up fascinated with the fossils she collected on the beach, Mary Anning blossomed into a skillful amateur archaeologist. When she discovers an intriguing fossilized skeleton, townspeople and religious authorities react viciously. Barred from the scientific community and in love with an unavailable man, Mary turns to Elizabeth Philpot, a London exile, for friendship. Together, they look to make their way in the evolving nineteenth century through archaeology and scientific discovery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1061288 In Antwerp in 1939, a Jewish diamond trader flees Nazi Europe, leaving a priceless collection of Picasso paintings and diamonds with a friend who takes them to London. The boat he flees on sinks, leaving no survivors. Fast forward to 1976 when his penniless family tries to track down the missing paintings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1446582 Husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford move into an old house in a placid English village. There, they stumble across a clue in a childrens book that points to a murder committed years earlier--a murder someone doesnt want solved. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1163339 When Garron of Kersey returns home to claim his title as Baron Wareham, hes shocked to find Wareham Castle very nearly destroyed by a man called the Black Demon. According to the last starving servants in the castle, the Black Demon was looking for gold belonging to Garrons brother Arthur. Among his remaining servants is the enigmatic Merry. Together they bring Wareham back to its former splendor. But that is only the beginning. Did Arthur really have a cache of gold? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350218 Desperate to escape the clutches of her greedy relatives, heiress Evangeline Jenner makes a deal with Viscount St. Vincent to exchange her fortune for a marriage of convenience, only to discover the true nature of passion in his arms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1250258 Tommy and Tuppence Beresford visit the Sunny Ridge Rest Home, where an old rambling woman insists that something is buried in the fireplace in the sitting room, and tat a painting of a secluded house is strangely familiar. When the woman disappears without a trace, the sleuths discover something wicked at Sunny Ridge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1053431 As Lady Frederick Staines, Penelope Deveraux plunges into the treacherous waters of the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad and with the assistance of Captain Alex Reid draws out the deadly plans of the spy known as the Marigold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1099114 Two dead bodies have been discovered, both similarly mutilated. As Inspector Thomas Pitt examines one body, he recognizes the man from a previous case. With the help of his perceptive wife, Charlotte, Thomas intends to solve this gruesome crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1142921 Nine years ago Richard Allen fled England when his avaricious father, the Earl of Manford, betrothed him to Julia Miller, the young daughter of Londons wealthiest merchant. Having seen how his fathers ambition ruined his older brothers prospects for happiness with an arranged marriage, free-spirited Richard takes to the sea, determined to live his own life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349250 Of all the dukes in England, Jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, is the wealthiest, most handsome, and most arrogant. And of all Londons ladies, he wants the tender obedience of only one, Caroline Richmond. She is a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and a fiery spirit. Drawn to the powerful duke, undeterred by his presumptuous airs, Caroline is determined to win his lasting love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1047370 Describes the life and work of the renowned nineteenth-century biologist who transformed conventional Western thought with his theory of natural evolution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1088327 Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister spending a year in England, use clues in their ancestor Sherlock Holmes casebook as they try to solve the mystery of a monster threatening a peaceful country village where a documentary film is being made. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1348582 Bored with his television news career and haunted by the unsolved death of his close friend and colleague Phil, Frank Allcroft is on the verge of a mid-life breakdown. While he attempts to find the culprit in Phils death, Frank is forced to come to terms with memories of his heavy-handed father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350072 An English comedy of manners centered on a couples project to start a preparatory school. To raise cash they place their house on sale, engaging a real estate agent with whom the wife has an affair. By the author of The Tennis Party. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1446643 Plans for the centenary celebration of Nathaniel Pattens time as a missionary in Africa are merged with a celebration of Thrush Greens own village school. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1381721 Three single girls share a London flat. The first works as a secretary; the second is an artist; the third, who comes to Poirot for help, disappears believing she is a murderer. There are rumors of revolvers, flick-knives, and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it will take all Poirots tenacity to establish whether the third girl is guilty, innocent or insane. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1047096 In a series of humorous diary entries, British teenager Georgia Nicolson tries to decide between two potential boyfriends--Masimo from Pizzagogoland (Italy) or local boy Dave the Laugh. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1348703 Visiting Italy with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England she becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearnings of her heart. As Forster writes, You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. More than a love story, A Room With a View is a perceptive examination of class structure and a penetrating social comedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113954 A reimagining of the life of the Bront sisters finds Charlotte penning her future classic against a backdrop of the deaths of family members, a fathers illness, a brothers dependency, and her sisters shared literary visions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1153789 Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1056767 Major Pettigrew lives in a small villiage in the English countryside after the death of his brother he forms a friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. They share a love of literature and loss of their spouses, and soon their friendship blossoms into something more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1142621 When Jim and Charlie overhear two of their teachers talking in a secret language and the two friends set out to solve the mystery, they do not expect the dire consequences of their actions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1152352 Twelve-year-old Belladonna Johnson, who lives with the ghosts of her parents in the north of England, teams up with an always-in-trouble classmate to investigate why all of the ghosts in the world have suddenly disappeared. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1446634 Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter. Upon his arrival in Merlinville-sur-Mer, the Belgian investigator finds the man who penned the letter, millionaire Renauld, stabbed to death near a golf course. Poirot initially discovers that Renauld and his wife were victims of an apparent break-in, resulting in Renaulds kidnapping and death. While in the midst of investigating Renaulds death, the killer strikes again, forcing Poirot to consider alternative suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350018 In the small English village of Edgecombe St. Mary, retired war hero Major Ernest Pettigrew is enjoying the quiet life. However, when his brothers death coincidentally sparks a friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the villages only Pakistani shopkeeper, Major Pettigrew finds himself falling in love. But when small-town bigotry taboos his relationship, Major Pettigrew is left to decide if happiness is worth a ruined reputation.