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Author
Series
(Tim E.),Lady Hardcastle mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"May 1912. After the previous year's deadly heatwave, it's been an uneventful spring in Littleton Cotterell. Though for Lady Hardcastle and her fiercely loyal lady's maid Flo, at least there are the provincial delights of the village's inaugural art exhibition-and bicycle race-to look forward to. But at the exhibition opening, there's a panicked shout of 'Fire!' In the confusion, the main attraction-an extremely expensive book-is stolen from under...
142) Rotten to the core
Author
Series
Lady Hardcastle mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Summer 1911. A scorching heatwave engulfs the quiet town of Littleton Cotterell and brings about an unusually early harvest. The villagers are thrilled, but events quickly turn sour when one of them turns up dead in an apple orchard, stabbed through the heart. Amateur sleuth Lady Hardcastle and her trusty lady's maid, Flo, suddenly have a juicy case on their hands. Might the mysterious stranger they recently met in the village be to blame? When a...
143) The unseen hand
Author
Series
Home front detective volume 8
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It is the autumn of 1917, and at the luxurious Lotus Hotel in Chelsea, a maid is disrupted from her morning rounds by a horrifying discovery: instead of the dignified older lady who has been occupying a room, she finds the dead body of a much younger woman. Harvey Marmion and Joe Keedy are dispatched from Scotland Yard to investigate, and learn that she seems to have been poisoned. But who is this woman? And what has happened to the previous occupant...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems...
145) Blue blood
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When a maid is shot dead in the Hamptons, a private investigator must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the chief suspect, a trophy husband with something to hide. Includes interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and trailer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent. When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from the suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel's innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating...
Author
Series
Lady Hardcastle mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady's maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H's brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve. A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong - with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this 'tragic accident' than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield...
Author
Series
Grilled cheese mystery volume 3
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Winter in Balsam Dell is a snowy affair, and to add in some cheer after the holidays Carly's former classmate Klarissa Taddeo is hosting her extravagant bridal shower at the historic Balsam Dell inn. But when a double-booking throws some mold in the cheese, Klarissa is left scrambling. Dawn, the maid of honor and wedding planner, saves the day by moving the shower to her family's mansion and books Carly to cater the party. It seems the group is going...
Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology brings together the most cunning, resourceful, and brilliant female sleuths in mystery fiction. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original. For the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers the most iconic women of the detective canon over the past 150 years, captivating and surprising readers in equal measure. The 74 handpicked stories in this collection introduce us to the most determined of gumshoe...
150) The truth we bury
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"On the outside, Lily Isley's life seems perfect: a wealthy husband, a ritzy gated community in Dallas, and a handsome son, AJ--a decorated marine about to be married to his love, Shea. But when a bridesmaid is murdered in AJ's apartment and he can't be found, Lily's world collapses and a long-held family secret is at risk of exposure. Dru Gallagher's life took a different course. After her ex-husband, suffering from post-traumatic stress, threatened...
Author
Series
Lady Hardcastle mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"November 1911. Lady Emily Hardcastle is celebrating her birthday by seeing a play at the Duke's Theatre in Bristol with her maid and confidante, the inimitable Flo. Act One is a triumph. Then Act Two opens with a body on stage--a real one. One of the cast has been brutally murdered during the interval. When other matters get in the way of Inspector Sunderland overseeing the case himself, he asks the ever-resourceful Lady H to keep a watchful eye...
153) A secret never told
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Fisher meets Downton Abbey in A Secret Never Told, the fourth installment in the critically acclaimed mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. Philomena Amesbury, expatriate Countess of Dunbridge, is bored. Coney Island in the sweltering summer of 1908 offers no shortage of diversions for a young woman of means, but sea bathing, horse racing, and even amusement parks can't hold a candle to uncovering dastardly plots...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Jessica Fletcher and Scotland Yard friend George Sutherland are attending a New Year's Eve Ball at Castorbrook Castle. Shortly after arriving, Jessica discovers that body of a lady's maid in the garden. As the hosts, household members and guests squabble over the tragic death in perfectly mannered style old wounds are reopened. Then at the ball, Lord Norrance offers a midnight toast, falls ill, and dies. Now Jessica and George must find a killer....
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2000
Language
English
Description
While out on a walk in the hills during a visit to her relatives in Derbyshire, Jane finds a terribly mutilated body. It turns out to be Tess Arnold, a stillroom maid at a local estate known for her skill as an herbalist. Was Tess suspected of witchcraft? Was she thought to be traitor to the secret rites of the Freemasons? What was her relationship with the Duke's family? Was the killing the work of a madman? When the wrong person is accused of murder,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015, c2014
Language
English
Description
"Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard detective inspector George Sutherland are invited to attend a New Year's Eve Ball at Castorbrook Castle, thanks to her British publisher. Shortly after arriving in the idyllic English countryside, Jessica discovers the body of a lady's maid in the garden. While their host, Lord Norrance, his snobbish third wife, other members of the household, and party guests squabble over the tragic death in tight-lipped,...
Author
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard detective inspector George Sutherland are invited to attend a New Year's Eve Ball at Castorbrook Castle, thanks to her British publisher. Shortly after arriving in the idyllic English countryside, Jessica discovers the body of a lady's maid in the garden. While their host, Lord Norrance, his snobbish third wife, other members of the household, and party guests squabble over the tragic death in tight-lipped,...