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Corduroy mansions volume 1
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English
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In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world's most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block. Corduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteel, crumbling mansion block in London's vibrant Pimlico neighborhood and the home turf of a captivating collection of quirky and altogether...
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 6
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English
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Mma Ramotswe is very busy. She has a full caseload at the agency, there's been an intruder in her home, and her unfortunate past has returned to haunt her. Maybe it's a good thing her husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, is too distracted to notice. For it seems one of his apprentices has run off with an older woman!
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 3
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English
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When friends from Dallas introduce her to Tom Bruce, a Texas tycoon, Isabel Dalhousie turns sleuth to investigate Tom's young fiancée, who may be more interested in Tom's money than in Tom.
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart. When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly haunted by memories of events that never happened to him.
The situation piques her...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 8
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English
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The eighth delightful installment in the ongoing saga of the life and loves of Isabel Dalhousie. For Isabel there is the ever-present question of marriage, and the perennially difficult issue of her relationship with Cat, whose choice of men is as dubious as ever.
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44 Scotland Street volume 6
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English
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The story of Bertie and his dysfunctional family continues in this sixth installment alongside the familiar cast of favourites - Big Lou, Domenica, Angus, Lordie, Cyril, and others - in their daily pursuit of a little happiness. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith has, yet again, given us a clever, witty, and utterly delightful new novel.
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 7
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English
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In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.
A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe’s office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And it looks as though...
A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe’s office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And it looks as though...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 10
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English
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"The ever-delightful, insatiably curious Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth returns to take on a case unlike any she's had before--this one with paranormal implications--in the tenth installment of this beloved author's consistently best-selling series. From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect description of an island off the coast of Scotland which...
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"Perplexing, unfathomable, and perhaps unimportant, the cases that Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes take on will test them to their limits. Life--and crime--is not always as it seems for Ulf Varg and the other fearless detectives in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes. There are always surprising new cases to take on, and the latest batch is no exception. And that's not to mention Ulf's struggle to contain his feelings for his colleague Anna...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 13
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English
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"One of the author's most beloved characters is back--and once again she will have to call upon her powers of deduction and her unflappable moral code to unravel a new philosophical mystery. In Edinburgh, rumors and gossip abound. But Isabel well knows that such things can't be taken at face value. Still, the latest whispers hint at mysterious goings-on, and who but Isabel can be trusted to get to the bottom of them? At the same time, she must deal...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 5
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English
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Isabel’s incandescent curiosity is piqued when she is asked to help a professor of medicine who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug. Would a doctor with a stellar reputation make such a simple but grave mistake? If not, what explains the tragic accident that resulted in the death of a patient?
An investigation is in order, especially since a man’s reputation is in jeopardy, and a great...
An investigation is in order, especially since a man’s reputation is in jeopardy, and a great...
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44 Scotland Street volume 5
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English
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The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy-just ask his mother. Featuring all the quirky characters we have come to know and love, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, finds Bertie, the precocious six-year-old, still troubled by his rather overbearing mother, Irene, but seeking...
16) The forever girl
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English
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For readers of "Rules of the Wild," this is a stand-alone novel that has a bigger, broader feel than McCall Smith's previous books - a deep look at the mature theme of relationships, of longing about first love, and unrequited love. Taking place on Grand Cayman Island in a very rarefied, claustrophobic community, the story follows a young girl named Thursday and her friendship with a young boy and their twenty-year relationship and their travels around...
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Detective Varg novels volume 1
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English
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes takes on three extremely strange cases. First, the detectives investigate how and why a local business owner was stabbed - in the back of the knee. Next, a young woman's imaginary boyfriend goes missing. And, in the final investigation, Ulf Varg must determine whether nocturnal visitations at a local spa have a supernatural element.
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 11
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English
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Rosemary is something of a matchmaker and has brought together a cosmetic surgeon and a successful banker at her most recent dinner party. But new information comes to light about the cosmetic surgeon that causes Rosemary to doubt the auspiciousness of the match. Amateur sleuth and philosopher Isabel Dalhousie agrees to find out more, but her inquiries take an unexpected turn, and she starts to wonder which of the two she should be investigating after...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 12
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English
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"As the mother of two small children, Isabel finds herself at the nursery school gate enlarging her circle of friends to include other parents. There she meets Patricia, a musician living in Edinburgh, the mother of a small classmate called Basil Phelps. Patricia takes to Isabel and tries to bring Isabel into her social circle. Isabel is vaguely disquieted by this--there is something about Patricia that she does not quite like, but, with her usual...
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44 Scotland Street volume 10
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English
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"Excitement abounds when the revolving door of life brings fresh faces and hilarious new developments to the residents of Edinburgh's fictitious 44 Scotland Street"-- Provided by publisher.
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