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(0)Georgette Heyer
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Language
English
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Description
A fateful mistake... When Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends up not at her prospective employer's home but at the estate of Eustace Cheviot, a dissipated and ruined young man on the verge of death. A momentous decision... His cousin, Mr. Ned Carlyon, persuades Elinor to marry Eustace as a simple business arrangement. By morning, Elinor is a rich widow, but finds herself embroiled with an international spy ring, housebreakers, uninvited...
Author
Pub. Date
1940
Physical Desc
ix pages, 1 leaf, 397 pages ; 21 1/2 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Brigade-Major Harry Smith and the very young Spanish noblewoman he met and married during the Peninsular Wars, when the Duke of Wellington's forces fought Napoleon's army in Spain and Portugal. After marrying Harry Smith when she was 14 years old, Juana Smith 'followed the drum,' marching at the back of the troops along with the other wives and the officers' servants. Juana became a camp favorite, charming all with her youthful...
Author
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Company
Pub. Date
1970, [©1964]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Sir Arthur Billington-Smith, an abusive wretch hated by everyone from his disinherited son to his wife's stoic would-be lover, is found stabbed to death, no one is particularly grieved and no one has an alibi. The unhappy guests find themselves under the scrutiny of Scotland Yard's coll-headed Inspector Harding, who has solved tough cases before but this time, the talented inspector discovers much more than he has bargained for.
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible? No one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and...
Author
Pub. Date
1950
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Lady Ombersley agrees to take in her young niece, no one expects Sophy to sweep in and immediately take the world by storm. Sophy discovers that her aunt's family is in desperate need of her talent for setting everything right: Cecelia is in love with a poet, Charles has tyrannical tendencies that are being aggravated by his grim fiancée, her uncle is of no use at all, and the younger children are in desperate need of some fun and freedom. By...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Deborah Grantham, mistress of her aunt's elegant gaming house, must find a way to restore herself and her aunt to respectability, preferably without accepting either of two repugnant offers. One is from an older, very rich and rather corpulent lord whose reputation for licentious behavior disgusts her; the other from the young, puppyish scion of a noble family whose relatives are convinced she is a fortune hunter. The young suitor's uncle, Max Ravenscar,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
465 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of a pretty runaway heiress, Miss Lucilla Carleton, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive's uncivil and high-handed guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton. Befriending the wayward girl brings unexpected consequences, among them the conflicting emotions aroused by her guardian . . .
8) Black sheep
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Abigail Wendover, on the shelf at 28, is kept busy when her niece falls head over heels in love with a handsome fortune hunter and Abbie is forced into a confrontation with his scandalous uncle. Miles Calvery is the black sheep of his family- enormously rich from a long sojourn in India, disconcertingly blunt and brash. But he turns out to be Abbie's most important ally in keeping her niece out of trouble. But how can he possibly be considered eligible...
9) Bath tangle
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Lady Serena Carlow's eccentric father has left her guardianship to the Marquis of Rotherham, who has complete control over her. She is displeased to say the least, but when she spends time with the Marquis, she can't help but wonder if her feelings are those of sheer aggravation or if they are of a more tender nature.
10) Venetia
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
iv, 355 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"She wasn't looking for love... Her beauty rivaled only by her sensibility, Ventia Lanyon is nearly resigned to spinsterhood, thanks to the enormous amount of responsibility she inherited with a Yorkshire estate, an invalid brother and the lackluster efforts of two wearisomely persistent suitors. Then she meets her neighbor, the infamous Lord Damerel, a charming rake shunned by polite society--exactly the type of man that a woman of quality should...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8 hr., 18 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What begins as an adventure soon becomes a nightmare... Locals claim it is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door, but to siblings Peter, Celia, and Margaret, the Priory is nothing more than a rundown estate inherited from their late uncle-and the perfect setting for a much-needed holiday. But when a murder victim is discovered in the drafty Priory halls, the once unconcerned trio begins to fear that the ghostly rumors are true...
Author
Series
Inspector Hemingway volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A colorful assortment of guests at a festive holiday house party discover there is a killer in their midst when their universally reviled host is found dead--in a room locked from the inside. For Inspector Hemingway of Scotland Yard, the investigation is complicated by the fact that every guest is hiding something, throwing all their testimony into question and casting suspicion far and wide. The clever and daring crime will mystify readers, yet...