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Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the…
return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters and their father, Raymond, author of the 1918 children's classic The True History of the Mud Man. In the grand and glorious Milderhurst Castle, a new world opens up for Edie's mother. She discovers the joys of books and fantasy and writing, but also, ultimately, the dangers. Fifty years later, as Edie chases the answers to her mother's riddle, she, too, is drawn to Milderhurst Castle and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. 2010.
A young woman is found carved up and buried in a forest glade in a Stockholm suburb. She is identified…
as Rebecca Trolle, a student who went missing two years earlier. While Fredrika Bergman and her team try to find out why Rebecca met such a violent demise, more bodies are found in the same area. Fredrika Bergman is inevitably drawn into the case, but it becomes much more complicated when her lover's name is mentioned in the investigation. 2014. Uniform title: Änglavakter.
A novel inspired by the life of Qing dynasty courtesan Sai Jinhua follows the experiences of an orphan, whose world…
transforms when she becomes an emissary's concubine during the late-nineteenth-century clashes between China and imperialist Europe. 2015.
The birdlike Zor are just one of the alien races that humanity encounters when it travels to the stars, and…
from the very first meeting it has been all-out war. For many years the conflicts have been sporadic, usually ending with an Earth concession and a treaty. But the Zor do not respect mankind and have no intention of honoring the agreements. When the Zor decide to mount a surprise attack against human colonies, the normally self-absorbed government of Earth realizes that something must be done before it is too late. Followed by "The dark path". 2012, c2001.
It is 1862, though not the 1862 it should be - time has been altered, and Sir Richard Francis Burton,…
the king's agent, is one of the few people who know that the world is now careening along a very different course from that which Destiny intended. When a clockwork-powered man of brass is found abandoned in Trafalgar Square, Burton and his assistant, the wayward poet Algernon Swinburne, find themselves on the trail of the stolen Garnier Collection - black diamonds rumoured to be fragments of the Lemurian Eye of Naga, a meteorite that fell to Earth in prehistoric times. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, explicit violence. 2011.
Sir Richard's family has spent years waiting for him to die, but despite his weak heart, the old man simply…
refuses to cooperate. In the meantime, he makes their lives miserable by changing his will every few months, depending on which of his strange brood he favours that moment. Now he calls them together to announce his most diabolical revision yet: complete disinheritance of all the wastrels who bear his name. But he never gets a chance to sign the papers--by morning, he's dead. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Cockrill, the only detective clever enough to unravel the family's tangle of jealousy and deceit. Each member had reason to kill Sir Richard, but which one plunged the syringe of poison into his heart? With a family this mad, nothing is as complicated as the truth. Sequel to "Green for danger", followed by "Death of Jezebel". 2012, c1946.
A simple missing-person case gets complicated when Milan Jacovich discovers that 28-year-old Earl Dacey left behind a strange collection of…
voyeuristic videos in his mother's West Side Cleveland house. When Milan uncovers a possible link to organized crime, the FBI gets interested, and after a dead body turns up, the Cleveland Police take over, and Milan figures he's off the case. So why does crusty Lieutenant McHargue ask him to lend a hand? Descriptions of sex and violence, explicit strong language. 2011.
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.
This compilation of Edward Brown's previous books emphasises his Zen approach to cooking. Focusing on fresh, seasonal ingredients and whole…
foods, the recipes include soups, salads, sauces, spreads, entrees, desserts, pastries and breads. 2009.
Poppy, a pastor's wife, begins to meet regularly with other local church ladies to pray for her friends. Poppy also…
wrestles with her own concerns as a pastor's wife. This book combines finely grained family drama with quirky Christian women's domestic fiction. 2001.
Author of "The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom" presents a plan for achieving monetary and spiritual well-being. Describes courage as…
faith, determination, a sense of self-worth, and the vision to create a rich and abundant life. Explores the value of money, the rewards wealth bestows, and the responsibilities it confers. Bestseller. 1999.
One of twelve siblings in Brooklyn, the author was confused about his mother's race. She called herself light-skinned and refused…
to discuss her past. Years later she admitted to being an Orthodox rabbi's daughter whose family shunned her after her marriage to the first of her two black husbands. Some strong language. 1996.
When lonely thirteen-year-old Cassie finds a large white dog in her backyard, she begins to feed him secretly. She does…
odd jobs for her neighbours to earn dog-food money. Then she discovers that her pet is really a wolf and determines to save it from capture. Grades 4-7. c1998.
Dr. Siri Paiboun, the Laotian chief medical examiner, has his tedious job turned upside down when the wife of a…
party leader turns up dead and the bodies of tortured Vietnamese soldiers are discovered. Faced with dueling cover-ups and an emerging international crisis, the doctor enlists old friends to solve the crimes. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. Descriptions of violence. 2004.
Travis Clayborne escorts young Bostonian Emily Finnegan to Montana where she'll meet Travis' brothers, Douglas and Adam, and discover what…
awaits her as a mail-order bride. But perhaps her destiny is not exactly as she imagined. Made up of the novellas One pink rose, One white rose and One red rose. Sequel to "For the roses" (DC23594.) 1997.
Reveals the incredible things that are happening before our eyes. Timely, probing, and in the end, encouraging - this book…
dispels the encroaching darkness with the blinding light of the only Savior. 1998.
Jack Daw has always loved birds. When his class visits Wildlife Park and he sees an ostrich for the first…
time, Jack is fascinated by the huge bird. He steals an ostrich egg marked for snake food. At home he slips his prize under an unsuspecting goose and, forty-one days later, Oliver hatches. Although his surrogate parents are confused by his odd appearance, Oliver soon becomes the pride and joy of his goose mother and Jack. Grades 3-6. 1993.