"The future of a reckless, adventure-loving captain of the Dragoons appeared both humdrum and tedious in those days when Waterloo was still a recent, glorious victory and also an end to the joys of soldiering. So handsome John Staple left the army to escape boredom and was immediately plunged into more exciting hazards than he had believed could possibly ex...
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"A string of grisly holiday murders had London terrorized. The police knew that the homicidal maniac was probably a perfectly respectable resident of a perfectly ordinary rooming house. But only when all the guests were gathered for Christmas dinner did Detective Superintendent Knowles realize that the killer planned to carve more than turkey. . . and that the last deat...
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"In 1859, the body of a young woman was found floating in the Oxford Canal; her death led to a sensational murder trial. In 1989, Inspector Morse is recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital. Idly leafing through books in the hospital library, Morse comes across an account of the investigation. He is soon convinced that the two men hanged for the canal murder were innocent-and from the confines of his bed, sets out to prove it."; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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"In 1859, the body of a young woman was found floating in the Oxford Canal; her death led to a sensational murder trial. In 1989, Inspector Morse is recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital. Idly leafing through books in the hospital library, Morse comes across an account of the investigation. He is soon convinced that the two men hanged for the canal murder were innocent-and from the confines of his bed, sets out to prove it."; 7¾" - 9¾&#...
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"March, 1895. Menace stalks the renowned West End. A maniac more terrifying than Jack the Riper is on a rampage through London's glamorous theater district. What baffles Scotland Yard is elementary to the great detective-until Holmes finds himself in the clutches of the grisly murderer!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Fourteenth in the Dame (Sister) Frevisse Medieval Mystery series.
"Spring 1449. Lately widowed and still grieving, Cristiana Helyngton has been kidnapped, defamed, and imprisioned in a nunnery - as her late husband's duplicitous relatives s...
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"Racing to complete her doctoral research, Elizabeth MacPherson is completely booked for the summer - until her Scottish fiance calls from across the seas with a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to tea with Her Majesty the Queen. There's a hitch, of course - no friends or fiances allowed, only spouses. Royalty enthusiast that she is, Elizabeth solves the dilemma by planning a large formal wedding in five weeks.
"In between Elizabeth's fittings and flowers, local widow Clarine Mason receive...
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"Four hundred years ago the aldermen of Bridgetown, believing that Isobel Perkins was a witch, subjected her to a horrific death. While flames licked her body, Isobel screamed a curse to her executioners and all of their future issue. When best-selling author Joyce Regent, hounded by the tabloid press because of her sexual behavior, takes up residence in Witch's Cottage, it seems that the witch has returned - and with her, the curse. Descendants of the alderman ...
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"Ex-nun Chris Bennett can't leave all of her charitable instincts behind, even if she has left the convent. But she'll need more than kindness when she begins helping three elderly people fight a harassing landlord on Manhattan's West Side.
"When Chris can't get into Mr. Herskovitz's apartment to accompany him to Yom Kippur services, she discovers that her friend has been murdered. He was a lonely widower estranged from his children, and since Chri...
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"This is a story of a daring plot to steal one of England's greatest treasures. The Sarum Magna Carta is zealously guarded at Salisbury Cathedral. In this new Roger West novel a band of international art thieves -- English and American -- work out a brilliant and ruthless scheme for penetrating the security measures protecting the priceless document. They succeed in removing Magna Carta from the Cathedral Library; but in a high-tension climax Superintendent West rescues the treasure and solves one of...
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"The first death looked accidental. The second was as obvious as a murder could be. And now her fiance had narrowly escaped two potentially fatal 'accidents.' A horrified thought crept into Patricia Allison's mind - would her Jim be the third victim?
"Superintendent Hannasyde thought otherwise. For no one had a better motive for murder ...
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"The first death looked accidental. The second was as obvious as a murder could be. And now her fiance had narrowly escaped two potentially fatal 'accidents.' A horrified thought crept into Patricia Allison's mind - would her Jim be the third victim?
"Superintendent Hannasyde thought otherwise. For no one had a better motive for murder than Mr...
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"Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden had always worked for a living, until an unexpected legacy gave her the money to quit her librarian job. Now, with time on her hands, she decides to try selling real estate. Her mother, after all, is Lawrenceton's premier real estate agent, giving Roe a head start on this new career.
"But at her first house showing, Roe discovers the naked corpse of a rival broker in the master bedroom. To make matters worse, one of her mother's colleagues has fallen under suspicion.
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Three complete Inspector Roderick Alleyn mystery novels in one omnibus edition from one of the "Great Ladies" of England's golden mystery age. (1) A Wreath for Rivera, originally published as Swing Brother Swing, is set in England. " The drummer fires a gun as a gimmick during the swing band's final number, and the accordio...
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"Claire Malloy, Farberville's plucky amateur sleuth, feels the pull of summer doldrums until a predicament sends her to a posh lakefront community. Her best friend, Luanne, is having an affair with Dick Cissel, a dentist who just may have murdered his two previous wives. While the police are determined to prove Dick guilty . . . Luanne wants to confirm him [as] . . . prime marriage material."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"Poor and hungry, but determined to win a wager made months earlier and half a world away, mystery writer Christopher Kent swindles breakfast at London's Royal Scarlet Hotel -- and unexpectedly finds himself fleeing a darkened suite occupied by the corpse of a brutally murdered woman. Enlisting the aid of the celebrated sleuth Dr. ...
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"The Reverend Ronald Kemp came to the East End of London with definite ideas of right and wrong, which was only fitting for a minister of God. However, the people of the East End had a few ideas of their own, and the Reverend Kemp quickly found his world torn asunder as he met murderers, prize fighters -- and the Toff!.
Very quickly ...
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A series of murders at a deluxe anglers' resort seem more than 'fishy' to the Fair Hill, NJ Police Department as they use their 'country hick' methods to bait the hook for 'city slickers' killers."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"A triple shocker featuring the Chambers specialties-high-voltage action, luscious females, and death!"
"The three were full of wanton wiles. And Peter Chambers was more than willing. But then he always was a fall guy for the ladies, especially when they had murder in mind!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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"Sleuth Regan Reilly is hired as a bodyguard for singer Brigid O’Neill, a rising country star who has been receiving threatening "love notes." Brigid also possesses a "magical" Irish fiddle said to be cursed--whoever takes it out of Ireland will have an accident or face death. Still, Brigid brings it to the Hamptons, where her band will perform at a Fourth of July concert. Chappy Tinka, heir to a thumbtack fortune, and his ditzy wife, Bettina, are their hosts.; 12mo -...
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