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The Madness of July: A Thriller
James Naughtie · Overlook Hardcover
Format: Book
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The Madness of July is set in the late 1970s, and takes place during six sweltering days in the month that gives the book its title. Will Flemyng was trained as a spy for a life behind enemy lines, but now he is in politicsand rising to the top. But when a bizarre death starts... |
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Tangerine: A Novel
Christine Mangan
Format: Book
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The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the accident at Bennington, the two friends -- once inseparable roommates -- haven't spoken in over a year. But there Lucy was, trying to make things right and return... |
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I Was Anastasia: A Novel
Ariel Lawhon
Format: Book
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Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they face a merciless firing squad. None survive. At least that is what the executioners have... |
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The Last Watchman of Old Cairo: A Novel
MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS
Format: Book
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Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. The story of Joseph's... |
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Cavendon Hall: A Novel
Barbara Taylor Bradford · St. Martin's Press
Format: Book
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Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children. Walter Swann, the premier male of the Swann family, is valet to the earl. His wife Alice,... |
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The Greatcoat: A Ghost Story
Helen Dunmore · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 208
Format: Book
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Dunmore mines the past to chilling effect in this evocative and sophisticated ghost story about a love affair between a neglected wife and a mysterious soldier. It is the winter of 1952 when Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her new husband, Philip, a medical doctor.... |
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Sea Change
Robert Goddard · Grove
Pages: 463
Format: Book
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January, 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age - the collapse of the South Sea Bubble, which plunged the nation into recession. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by Sir Theodore Janssen, a director... |
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Summerset Abbey
T. J. Brown · Gallery Books
Format: Paperback
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1913: In a sprawling manor on the outskirts of London, three young women seek to fulfill their destinies and desires amidst the unspoken rules of society in this stunning series starter that fans of Downton Abbey will love. Sir Philip Buxton raised three girls into beautiful and capable... |
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A Gentleman of Fortune: Or, the Suspicions of Miss Dido Kent
Anna Dean · Minotaur Books
Pages: 335
Format: Book
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When a neighbor passes away quite suddenly, Dido feels she is ideally placed to observe the reaction of the community, but her suitor, Mr. William Lomax, feels otherwise. As Dido presses on, she learns more about the dirty dealings among the upper classes of Surrey than even she could... |
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Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James · Knopf; Later printing edition
Format: Book
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It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy's magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam... |
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