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New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's twentieth
heart-warming Christmas mystery. The festive season is fast
approaching, and Dr Crowe and his young apprentice Scuff are busy,
as always, tending London's sick and wounded. This year, however,
Crowe is increasingly distracted by memories of a former patient,
Eliza Hollister, for whom he cared deeply. When Crowe sees Ellie
being bullied by her domineering fiance in the street, he is
convinced that she is marrying a man she doesn't love, and he is
determined to find out why. While Crowe starts his investigations,
Scuff is left to run the clinic - with a little help from a rather
unexpected source. Forced to enter a dangerous world of blackmail
and deception, will Crowe manage to reveal the truth before the
bells ring out for Christmas? A Christmas Deliverance is a
heart-warming festive mystery set in Victorian London from the pen
of the New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry.
"Horowitz truly pulls off the wonderful illusion that Arthur Conan
Doyle left us one last tale."--"San Diego Union Tribune"
London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund
Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for
their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap - a
wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from
America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is
threatened. And then the first murder takes place.
THE HOUSE OF SILK bring Sherlock Holmes back with all the nuance,
pacing, and almost superhuman powers of analysis and deduction that
made him the world's greatest detective, in a case depicting events
too shocking, too monstrous to ever appear in print....until now.
"...Part Shirley Jackson's stories of inner demons, part Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland... part Astrid Lindgren's faith in children's
resilience and part ghost story."
"Enter a mysterious world in the hands of capable women. Getting drawn
into this story is easy; getting out again is trickier." -BookPage
1901. After the death of Queen Victoria, England heaves with the
uncanny. Séances are held and the dead are called upon from darker
realms.
Helena Walton-Cisneros, known for her ability to find the lost and the
displaced, is hired by the elusive Lady Matthews to solve a
twenty-year-old mystery: the disappearance of her three stepdaughters
who vanished without a trace on the Norfolk Fens.
But the Fens are an age-old land, where folk tales and dark magic still
linger. The locals speak of devilmen and catatonic children are found
on the Broads. Here, Helena finds what she was sent for, as the Fenland
always gives up its secrets, in the end...
John the Carpenter has been happy to leave the investigation of
death behind. For six years now he's been content to work with
wood. His life looks prosperous, but times are growing desperate.
Then the coroner summons him to look at the mysterious death of an
anchoress, a religious woman who lived in confined solitude. She's
been murdered. Her father is an important local landowner, a man of
influence with the crown. He's distraught, and the money he offers
John to find the killer can solve his problems and leave his family
comfortable for life. But the path to the truth leads John to the
heart of the rich, and back into history, to places where he's not
welcome and in danger for his own life. Can he find the killer? And
what will happen if he doesn't?
This edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains twelve
short stories that introduce the reader to the iconic detective and
his sidekick, Dr. Watson. Sherlock Holmes is a mysterious person.
Extremely observant, highly intelligent, and yet emotionally
unstable, Holmes' reputation as a detective is unparalleled. Beyond
his proclivity for forensic science, Sherlock Homes is a gifted
violinist, thoroughly enjoys using the word, "elementary," and is
always dressed in his signature deerstalker cap and cape - all of
which serve him in fending off his arch nemesis, Moriarty. Dr.
Watson, one of Sherlock Holmes' few acquaintances, aids him in his
mystery-solving adventures, and the duo are legendary among the
ranks of fictional crime-solving sleuths. Written by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, this edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
includes stories such as A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed
League, A Case of Identity and many more. With an eye-catching new
cover and new note about the author, this book is both modern and
readable.
Who is that mournful man in the painting? The Afterlives of Doctor
Gachet tells the story of Paul Ferdinand Gachet, the subject of one
of Vincent van Gogh's most famous portraits: one that shows what
the artist called 'the heartbroken expression of our times'. But
what caused such heartbreak? This thrilling historical novel
follows Doctor Gachet from asylums to art galleries, from the
bloody siege of Paris to life with Van Gogh in Auvers, and from the
bunkers of Nazi Germany to a reclusive billionaire in Tokyo, to
uncover the secrets behind that grief-stricken smile.
A locked room. A mysterious death. Just another gig for the Dizzy
Heights. When London's finest jazz musicians, the Dizzy Heights,
are booked to play the glitzy Midsummer Ball at a country house in
Oxfordshire, they expect a weekend filled with flappers and toffs
having a roaring good time. But the festivities at Bilverton House
take a turn for the worse when the group are stranded by a summer
storm. And when a member of the Bilverton family turns up dead in a
locked room in an apparent suicide, Skins, Dunn and Ellie realise
this is going to be a much tougher gig than they thought. But
here's the lick. What if it was in fact cold-blooded murder? And
what if the killer is still at large? It's up to the Dizzy Heights
to once again put down their instruments and get improvising if
they want to solve this confounding mystery.
Introducing Will Somers, the king's jester but nobody's fool in
this exuberant, intriguing and thoroughly entertaining mystery set
in Tudor England - the first in a new series from the author of the
critically acclaimed Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series. 1529,
London. Jester Will Somers enjoys an enviable position at the court
of Henry VIII. As the king's entertainer, chief gossip-monger, spy
and loyal adviser, he knows all of the king's secrets - and almost
everyone else's within the walls of Greenwich Palace. But when Will
discovers the body of Spanish count Don Gonzalo while walking his
trusted sidekick Nosewise in the courtyard gardens, and a blackmail
note arrives soon after demanding information about the king, is
one of his own closely guarded secrets about to be exposed? Trouble
is afoot at the palace. Are the king's enemies plotting a move
against him? Will must draw on all his wit and ingenuity to get to
the bottom of the treacherous and deadly goings-on at the court
before further tragedy strikes . . .
DCI Paniatowski's team suspect a murder is the result of ritual
killing, carried out by a secret society. But DCI Dixon treats it
as a mere domestic murder. So Meadows, Crane and Beresford risk
their careers to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Monika knows killer
and that he is stalking her daughter. Yet she is in a coma, so what
can she do about it?
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'It's hard to believe that such
an accomplished novel could be a debut - The Leviathan is a
gloriously dark story that sweeps you along to its harrowing yet
satisfying conclusion. Superb' Susan Stokes-Chapman, number one
bestselling author of Pandora 'Darkly compelling and dripping with
atmosphere... bewitching' Stacey Halls, Sunday Times bestselling
author of THE FAMILIARS SHE IS AWAKE... Norfolk, 1643. With civil
war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is
summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper
conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home,
his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant
is in prison, facing charges of witchcraft. Thomas prides himself
on being a rational, modern man, but as he unravels the mystery of
what has happened, he uncovers not a tale of superstition but
something dark and ancient, linked to a shipwreck years before.
Something has awoken, and now it will not rest. Richly researched,
incredibly atmospheric, and deliciously unsettling, The Leviathan
is set in England during a time of political and religious
turbulence. It is a tale of family and loyalty, superstition and
sacrifice, but most of all it is a spellbinding mystery and a story
of impossible things... 'Outstanding... a seething, haunting
delight' Beth Underdown, award-winning author of THE WITCHFINDER'S
SISTER 'Thoroughly gripping and utterly absorbing' Jennifer Saint,
author of ARIADNE *ROSIE ANDREWS'S The Puzzle Wood coming in 2024*
March, 1919. DI Hardcastle must find Lily, the missing daughter of
Austen Musgrave MP. Hardcastle, aided by DS Marriott, discovers
that Lily provides risque entertainment for ex-officers. When she
returns home of her own accord, Hardcastle assumes the case is
closed. But Lily goes missing again and this time, finding her
might not be so easy.
One of the Claridge's kitchen porters is found dead - strangled. He
was a recent employee who claimed to be Romanian, but evidence
suggests he may have been German. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg
has to find out exactly who he was, and what he was doing at
Claridge's under a false identity. Once he has established those
facts, he might get an insight into why he was killed, and who by.
Coburg's job is complicated by the fact that so many of the hotel's
residents are exiled European royalty. King George of Greece is
registered as 'Mr Brown' and even the Duke of Windsor is staying,
though without Wallis Simpson. Clandestine affairs, furtive
goings-on and conspiracies against the government: Coburg must
tread very lightly indeed .
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