Selznick, Brian
Summary: In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION SelznPerry, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY PerryGeorge, Elizabeth
Summary: After a woman is found dead in an isolated cemetery, Inspector Thomas Lynley and his former partner, Barbara Havers, find that the roots of the crime trace to a long-ago act of violence that has poisoned subsequent generations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY GeorgePatterson, James
Summary: Jack Morgan receives an offer he cannot refuse. When the head of the world's foremost investigation agency receives at invitation to meet Princess Caroline, third in line to the British throne, he boards his Gulfstream jet and flies straight to London. The Princess needs Morgan's skills, and his discretion. Sophie Edwards, a close friend of the Princess, has gone missing. She needs to be found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY PatterGeorge, Elizabeth
Summary: Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard and his pugnacious and deeply loyal Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers find themselves up against one of the most sinister murder cases they have ever encountered. Fans of the longtime series will love the many characters from past books who join Lynley and Havers, but readers new to the series will quickly see why Elizabeth George is one of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP MYSTERY GeorgeHorowitz, Anthony
Summary: "You shouldn't be here. It's too late . . . " These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine - a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth 3,000, to be precise. Odd, considering he didn't drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY HorowArcher, Jeffrey
Summary: "William Warwick, along with the rest of his team, have been reassigned to the drugs squad. They are immediately tasked with apprehending Khalil Rashidi, a notorious drug dealer, who operates his extensive network out of London. As the investigation progresses, William runs into enemies old and new: Adrian Heath, from his school days, now a street dealer; and financier Miles Faulkner, who makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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Summary: It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION WaterHodder, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyr 2011
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1 available in Adult Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Call number: FANTASY HodderGregory, Philippa
Summary: "#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England. Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GregoryJewell, Lisa
Summary: "Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she's been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London's fashionable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION JewelThomas, Will
Summary: "Brimming with wit, atmosphere, and unforgettable characters, FATAL ENQUIRY reintroduces private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewellyn, and their unforgettable world of Victorian London. Some years ago, Cyrus Barker matched wits with Sebastian Nightwine, an aristocrat and sociopath, and in exposing his evil, sent Nightwine fleeing to hide from justice somewhere in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY ThomasSaunders, Kate
Summary: Eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily are recruited by a talking cat to assist her and M16 in foiling the dastardly plans of their great-great-uncle, a chocolatier who used magic to make a candy that bestows immortality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION SaundKrulik, Nancy E.
Summary: Sparky the sheepdog puppy digs up a magic bone that transports him to London, where he makes new friends, sees the sites, and gets into a bit of trouble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION KrulikMichaelides, Alex
Summary: Alicia Berenson is a famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, living in a posh area of London. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home late. Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MichWood, Maryrose
Summary: Miss Penelope Lumley assuages the disappointments of her sixteenth birthday by accepting an invitation to speak at her former school, the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, which will be closed if she cannot prove the academic progress of her incorrigible charges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Childrens Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION WoodTravers, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon)
Summary: A wind brings some English children a new nanny who slides up the bannister, introduces the two oldest to her friends, and takes them on many adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TraversWood, Maryrose.
Summary: "Miss Penelope Lumley embarks on an investigation into the mysteries surrounding the Incorrigible children, Lord Ashton, the forests of Ashton Place, and her own past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION WoodGier, Kerstin.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London trying to discover whom they can trust.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: Y FICTION GierEgan, Tim
Summary: Despite a dart-throwing episode at a local pub and a case of mistaken identity, Dodsworth and his mischievous duck companion receive a royal invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace during their trip to London.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EganFowler, Christopher.
Summary: Returning to the Victoria Cross pub hours after witnessing the murder of a woman, Detective Arthur Bryant is stunned to discover that the pub itself has vanished and the street around it has mysteriously aged, and calls in the Peculiar Crimes Unit to track down a killer who is stalking London's oldest watering holes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY FowlBude, John
Summary: Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualized a scene of this nature: himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them a mystery. The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press, in association with the British Library 2016
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY BudeOndaatje, Michael
Summary: Decades after World War II, Nathaniel Williams reflects on his experiences in 1945, when his parents left him and his sister in the care of a mysterious neighbor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION OndaatjeAbdullah, Kia
Summary: "From author Kia Abdullah, Take It Back is a harrowing and twisting courtroom thriller that keeps you guessing until the last page is turned. One victim. Four accused. Who is telling the truth? Zara Kaleel, one of London's brightest legal minds, shattered the expectations placed on her by her family and forged a brilliant legal career. But her decisions came at a high cost, and now, battling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020