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  The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family

  by Mary S. Lovell

  "The Mitford girls were probably the most spectacular sister act of the twentieth century."— Vogue This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana was the most hated woman in England; and Unity... (more)
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  Fatal Legacy: A Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Mystery

  by Elizabeth Corley

  All is not what it seems at the respectable firm Wainwright Enterprises. When the managing director Arthur Wainwright dies in a suspicious accident, his last will throws the business and family into turmoil. The familys inheritance leads to a web of corruption, and the only person who can untangle the mystery is D.C.I. Andrew Fenwick.
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  Death of a Gentle Lady

  by M. C. Beaton

  Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle - everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is quite sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get married, they say. But who has time for marriage when there's a murder to be solved? When Mrs. Gentle dies under... (more)
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  Requiem Mass

  by E. Corley

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  Grave Doubts

  by Elizabeth Corley

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  Kincaid and James: Book 12

  Where Memories Lie: A Novel (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels)

  by Deborah Crombie

  Erika Rosenthal has always been secretive with her friend and neighbor, Detective Inspector Gemma James, about her past, except for one telling detail: She and her long-dead husband, David, came to London as refugees from Nazi Germany. But now the elderly woman needs Gemma's help. A unique piece of jewelry stolen from her years ago has mysteriously turned up at a prestigious London auction house. Erika believes... (more)
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  Dying to Sin

  by Stephen Booth

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  The Private Patient

  by P. D. James

  Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, scheduled to have a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar removed, she had every expectation of a successful operation and a pleasant week recuperating. Two days later she was dead, the... (more)
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  Death of a Witch

  by M. C. Beaton

  Returning from a foreign holiday, Hamish Macbeth is worried because he senses a dark cloud of evil hanging over the Highland village of Lochdubh . He learns that a newcomer, Catriona Beldame, is regarded as a witch and various men have been seen visiting her. Hamish himself is charmed by her until he finds out she has been supplying dangerous potions. At first the villagers won't listen to him, saying that... (more)
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  All the Colors of Darkness

  by Peter Robinson

  Detectives Alan Banks and Annie Cabbot return in another electrifying novel from the acclaimed award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Friend of the Devil When the body of a man is discovered hanging from a tree in the woods near Eastvale, all signs point toward suicide. At least that's what it initially looks like to Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot. The man is soon identified as Mark... (more)