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2018., Adults, 115500., MacMillan Audio Call No: AUD FEL Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford murders Volume: # 2.Summary Note: Meet the Bright Young Things, the rabble-rousing hedonists of the 1920s whose treasure hunts enrapture the media. One of their games, taking place at the eighteenth birthday party of Pamela Mitford, ends in tragedy as cruel, charismatic Adrian Curtis is pushed to his death from the bell tower of the church neighboring the Mitford home, Asthall Manor.
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2018., Adults, Minotaur Books Call No: FIC FEL Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford murders mystery. Volume: #2Summary Note: Meet the Bright Young Things, the rabble-rousing hedonists of the 1920s whose treasure hunts were a media obsession. One such game takes place at the 18th birthday party of Pamela Mitford, but ends in tragedy as cruel, charismatic Adrian Curtis is pushed to his death from the church neighbouring the Mitford home. The police quickly identify the killer as a maid, Dulcie. But Louisa Cannon, chaperone to the Mitford girls and a former criminal herself, believes Dulcie to be innocent, and sets out to clear the girl's name . . . all while the real killer may only be steps away.
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2018., Adults, Minotaur Books Call No: FIC FEL Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford Murders Volume: #1Summary Note: It's 1920, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursemaid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy, an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories. Then a nurse, Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake, is killed on a train in broad daylight, and Louisa and Nancy find themselves entangled in the crimes of a murderer who will do anything to hide their secret.
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[2018], Adults, MacMillan Audio Call No: AUD FEL Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford Murders Volume: #1Summary Note: It's 1920, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursemaid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy, an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories. But then a nurse, Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake, is killed on a train in broad daylight, and Louisa and Nancy find themselves entangled in the crimes of a murderer who will do anything to hide their secret.
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2020., Adults, Minotaur Books Call No: FIC FEL Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford murders mystery. Volume: #3Summary Note: "In the third book in the Mitford Murders series, lady's maid Louisa Cannon accompanies Diana Mitford into a turbulent late 1920s Europe. The year is 1928, and after the death of a maid at a glamorous society party, fortune heir Bryan Guinness seizes life and proposes to eighteen-year-old Diana, most beautiful of the six Mitford sisters. The maid's death is ruled an accident, and the newlyweds put it behind them to begin a whirlwind life zipping between London's Mayfair, chic Paris and hedonistic Berlin. Accompanying Diana as her lady's maid is Louisa Cannon, as well as a coterie of friends, family and hangers on, from Nancy Mitford to Evelyn Waugh. When a second victim is found in Paris in 1931, Louisa begins to see links with the death of the maid two years previously. Now she must convince the Mitford sisters that a murderer could be within their midst . . . all while shadows darken across Europe, and within the heart of Diana Mitford herself"--
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2023., Adults, Minotaur Books Call No: FIC FEL Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Mitford murders Volume: #6Summary Note: "A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, Jessica Fellowes's The Mitford Secret is the sixth and final intriguing installment in the Mitford Murders series. It's 1941, and the Mitford household is splintered by the vicissitudes of war. To bring the clan together-maybe for one last time, Deborah invites them to Chatsworth for Christmas, along with a selection of society's most impressive and glamorous guests, as well as old family friend Louisa Cannon, a private detective. One night, a psychic arrives, and to liven things up Deborah agrees she may host a séance. But entertainment turns to dark mystery as the psychic reveals that a maid was murdered in this very same house-and she can prove it. Louisa steps forward to try to solve the cold case. But with a house full of people who want nothing more than to bury their secrets, will she be able to unmask the murderer? And how deep does the truth lie?"--
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2021., Adults, Minotaur Books Call No: FIC FEL Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford murders Volume: #4.Summary Note: "A timeless murder mystery with the fascinating, glamorous Mitford sisters at its heart, The Mitford Trial is the fourth installment in the Mitford Murders series from Jessica Fellowes, inspired by a real-life murder in a story full of intrigue, affairs and betrayal.."--
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2022., Adults, Minotaur Books Call No: FIC FEL Edition: First U.S. Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mitford murders Volume: #5Summary Note: "A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, Jessica Fellowes's The Mitford Vanishing is the fifth installment in the Mitford Murders series, inspired by a real-life murder in a story full of intrigue... "Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie in this witty and twisty mystery." -In Touch Weekly on The Mitford Murders 1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already rages in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile their former maid Louisa Cannon is now a private detective, working with her policeman husband Guy Sullivan. Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford requesting that they look into the disappearance of her Communist sister Jessica in Spain. But one case leads to another as they are also asked to investigate the mysterious vanishing of a soldier. As the two cases come together, Louisa and Guy discover that every marriage has its secrets-but some are more deadly than others. Suddenly home feels a long way away.."--
