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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Super edition # 1.
Lexile measure
520L
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The magic tree house has taken Jack and Annie back in time to England in 1944. England is fighting for its life in World War II. Before long, Jack and Annie find themselves parachuting into Normandy, France, behind enemy lines. The date is June 5. Will the brave brother and sister team be able to make a difference during one of the darkest times in history?" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book....
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 1
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her, an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill. Matthew...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 6
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It should be a happy time for India and Matt, but forces beyond their control conspire to ruin their future. A distraction from their troubles comes in the form of murder. When the editor of The Weekly Gazette is killed, controversial journalist and ink magician Oscar Barratt asks India and Matt to investigate. As the recipient of threatening letters written on magic paper, he believes he was the intended target. With suspects ranging from Oscar's...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 5
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"To find the one man who can fix the magic in Matt's watch, he and India are led to a convent where the nuns will do anything to keep their secrets private. Including murder? Matt and India must uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the mother superior and two babies given to her care many years ago. But sometimes, the truth is painful and its exposure can have deadly consequences." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 3
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a newspaper report of a medical miracle catches Matt's eye, he and India go in search of Dr. Hale in the hope he is more magical doctor than miracle worker and can lead them to Chronos. But Hale turns out to be an apothecary magician keen to educate the public about magic. Their disappointment at not finding Chronos is soon forgotten when Hale is murdered, and Matt becomes a suspect. With Matt's nemesis Sheriff Payne influencing the investigating...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 11
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Are curses real? After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector's club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled. The investigation into his murder leads India and Matt to the colorful and dangerous world of the Romany gypsy where curses are used as weapons against their enemies. But nobody seems to know if curses are real or not. As Matt and India close in on the killer, old foes bring trouble into their lives. With...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 2
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an apprentice from the Mapmakers' Guild goes missing, Matt and India are employed to find him. Going undercover as a married couple, they discover that not everyone at the guild is what they seem, and the lad's unearthly maps caused jealousy, suspicion and fear. With one of the apprentice's magic maps in their possession, India and Matt must use their wits and India's fledgling, untried magic to find him. But the more they investigate, the more...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 9
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A sordid scandal rocks the Glass household and threatens to ruin Matt's family unless he can suppress it. But after word gets out, and a rare magical coronet is stolen, he and India find themselves scrambling to recover the heirloom and suppress the gossip before reputations are ruined. To make matters worse, someone is sending threatening letters to the magicians of London, stirring up trouble between the artless and magicians. Tensions are rising,...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 13
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tensions between the artless and magicians are flaring, but India and Matt discover someone is deliberately fuelling the flames. Relentlessly pursuing his own agenda, Lord Coyle employs the former master of the Watchmaker's Guild to make trouble and be a thorn in India's side. But India has the ear of the government now, and her own political influence is growing, something which pushes Lord Coyle over the edge. He plots his revenge by murdering a...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 10
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
To investigate the source of gossip about Cyclops, Willie does the unthinkable--she dons a dress. However her plan goes awry when she's kidnapped by a disgruntled magician with the power to detonate gunpowder at will. The magician forces India and Matt to race all over London in the hunt for her before the bombs go off. Meanwhile, powerful members of the Collectors Club are trying to find out what new spell India has created with Fabian, and with...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 12
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
With knowledge of magic becoming more widespread in London, magicians find themselves highly sought after. Consumers want to buy their wares and so seek out magicians among their acquaintance. India's rare magic is in demand from Matt's family, the Collector's Club, and other magicians who want her to extend their magic. But it's wise to be wary of the attention. When the wool magician who helped India create a flying carpet spell disappears, his...
Author
Series
Glass and Steele volume 8
Publisher
C.J. Archer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"India's study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher for an unpaid debt. Before Matt can repay it for him, the powerful magician escapes from his prison cell. To make matters worse, the moneylender is murdered and the magician is implicated. Convinced of his innocence, India and Matt must discover who really killed the moneylender before the police find the magician. Their investigation leads them down a path littered...