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[2020], Grades 10-12; Young Adult, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: YA CLA Edition: Collector's first edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: last hours Volume: #1Summary Note: Cordelia Carstairs, a Shadowhunter trained to battle demons, travels with her brother to London where they reconnect with childhood friends but soon must face devastating demon attacks in the quarantined city.
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2023., Grades 10-12; Young Adult, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: YA CLA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The last hours Volume: #3Summary Note: Love, duty, and danger collide in Edwardian London, as the Shadowhunters face the greatest threat they have ever known.
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By Bowen, Rhys2018., Adults, Berkley Prime Crime Call No: FIC BOW Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: A royal spyness mystery Volume: #12.Summary Note: "In the days leading up to her wedding to Darcy O'Mara, Lady Georgiana Rannoch takes on the responsibilities of a grand estate, but proving she can run a household just may be the death of her in the new Royal Spyness Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service. If only Darcy and I had eloped! What I thought would be a simple wedding has been transformed into a grand affair, thanks to the attendance of the queen, who has offered up the princesses as bridesmaids. Silly me! I thought that withdrawing from the royal line of succession would simplify my life. But before Darcy and I tie the knot in front of queen and country, we have to find a place to live as man and wife... House hunting turns out to be a pretty grim affair. Just as we start to lose hope, my globetrotting godfather offers us his fully staffed country estate. Mistress of Eynsleigh I shall be! With Darcy off in parts unknown, I head to Eynsleigh alone, only to have my hopes dashed. The grounds are in disarray and the small staff is suspiciously incompetent. Not to mention the gas tap leak in my bedroom, which I can only imagine was an attempt on my life. Something rotten is afoot--and bringing the place up to snuff may put me six feet under before I even get a chance to walk down the aisle.."--
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2009, c2008., Adult, Dial Press Trade Paperbacks Call No: FIC SHA Edition: 2009 Dial Press Trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life.
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p2008., Adults, Random House Audio Call No: AUD SHA Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: It's a book club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island. Juliet Ashton, a London writer, converses in letters with the Society's members, learning about their lives, their island, their taste in books, and the impact that the recent German occupation has had on all of them. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail to meet these people with whom she has found connection.
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By Bowen, Rhys2015., Adults, Berkley Prime Crime Call No: MYS BOW Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: A Royal Spyness mystery Volume: #9Summary Note: "Caught between my high birth and empty purse, I am relieved to receive a new assignment from the queen. The king's youngest son, George, is to wed Princess Marina of Greece, and I shall be her companion, showing her the best of London - and dispelling any rumors about George's libertine history. George is known for his many affairs with women as well as men - including the great songwriter Noel Coward. But things truly get complicated when one of his supposed mistresses is murdered. The queen want the whole matter hushed. But as the case unfolds - and my beau, Darcy, turns up in the most unlikely of places, as always - our investigation brings us precariously close to the prince himself." --from back cover. .
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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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By Bowen, Rhys2017., Adults, Berkley Prime Crime Call No: FIC BOW Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: A royal spyness mystery Volume: #11Summary Note: "In the new Royal Spyness Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Crowned and Dangerous, Lady Georgiana Rannoch juggles secret missions from the Queen, Darcy, and her mother. But it's all in a day's work when you're thirty-fifth in line to the British Crown. When Darcy runs off on another secret assignment, I am left to figure out how to travel to Italy sans maid and chaperone to help my dear friend Belinda, as she awaits the birth of her baby alone. An opportunity presents itself in a most unexpected way--my cousin the queen is in need of a spy to attend a house party in the Italian lake country. The Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. Simpson have been invited, and Her Majesty is anxious to thwart a possible secret wedding. What luck! A chance to see Belinda and please the queen as I seek her permission to relinquish my claim to the throne so I can marry Darcy. Only that's as far as my good fortune takes me. I soon discover that Mummy is attending the villa party and she has her own secret task for me. Then, Darcy shows up and tells me that the fate of a world on the brink of war could very well depend on what I overhear at dinner! I shouldn't be all that surprised when one of my fellow guests is murdered and my Italian holiday becomes a nightmare.."--
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By Bowen, Rhys2009, c2008., Adults, Berkley Pub. Group. Call No: MYS BOW Edition: Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Royal Spyness mysteries.Summary Note: The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which Lady Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess and conveniently place her in the playboy Prince's path, in the hopes that he might finally marry. But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise. She must draw up plans: clean house to make it look like a palace; have Granddad and her neighbor pretend to be the domestic staff; un-teach Princess Hanni the English she's culled from American gangster movies; cure said Princess of her embarrassing shoplifting habit; and keep an eye on her at parties. Then there's the worrying matter of the body in the bookshop and Hanni's unwitting involvement with the Communist Party.
