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Lizzie Martin mysteries volume 2
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Lizzie Martin, lady's companion, has been sent from London to the New Forest to comfort a young woman whose baby has tragically died. A sad-enough task, but things take an even darker turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the garden, and the young woman is found beside the body, crying and covered in blood. A follow-up to "A Rare Interest in Corpses".
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Lizzie Martin mysteries volume 3
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The third Victorian crime novel to feature Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie. A woman lies murdered in Green Park. Allegra Benedict was the beautiful Italian wife of an art dealer. But what had she been doing in London that afternoon and why had she been selling her brooch just hours before her death? As Ben begins his investigation, his wife Lizzie looks into Allegra's private life and uncovers more than one reason why someone might want her...
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It's 1864 when orphaned Lizzie Martin becomes companion to a wealthy widow. She is intrigued to discover that her predecessor ran off without warning, and when the girl's body is found close to the site where the new St. Pancras station is being built, Lizzie feels compelled to find out more. This is the first in an addictive new Victorian crime series from Ann Granger.
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It is the wettest winter on record and as Christmas approaches the rivers burst their banks. In the village of Weston Saint Ambrose, a young girl's body is seen floating downstream and when it becomes stuck under the jetty at a reclusive writer's home, the author is alarmed to discover that he recognizes the victim of a brutal murder.
6) Free fall
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Matt Reynolds' racing yard is renowned for winners, but the stable jockey has recently run some disappointing races. So Matt gives the yard's apprentice, Zoe, the chance to prove herself. When tragedy strikes in Matt's yard, no one is beyond suspicion - and a web of corruption, lies and deadly envy is gradually revealed.
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Bob Skinner mysteries volume 16
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DCC Bob Skinner has a failed marriage on his hands, and a death on his conscience, but little time to deal with either as he faces the biggest challenge of his career. As the hunt develops, he goes to the very top - the Prime Minister - lest he himself becomes collateral damage.
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It's summer, Royal Ascot, and life is good for young trainer Simon Waterford. He has inherited his father's top-class yard, his brilliant two-year-old has just won the Coventry Stakes and he is soon to marry his beautiful girlfriend. But Mariana has a secret which would wreck her hopes of marriage and which Simon's friend Geoff has found out. And he has threatened to tell Simon. On their way back from the races, two rough-looking young men pass lewd...
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Primavera Blackstone mysteries volume 1
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Her mind still filled with thoughts of her dead ex-husband, Oz, Primavera Blackstone is in Spain with their son Tom when their peace is breached again with the arrival of her formidable aunt, Adrienne McGowan.
13) The second death
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Ireland, AD 671. The Great Fair of Bealtain is almost upon the fortress of Cashel, and a line of painted wagons carries entertainers to mark the occasion. But preparations take a deathly turn when one of the carriages is set alight, and two corpses are found, lying poisoned, within. As Sister Fidelma and her companion Eadulf investigate, they are quickly plunged into the menacing marshlands of Osraige - where the bloody origin of the Abbey of Cainnech...
15) Final breath
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It's been over a year since Danny Clark's girlfriend Kirsty died in a horrific diving accident in the Caribbean. But now he's back on his feet, with a lot of help from Kirsty's best friend, Tara. Danny's godfather Adrian Spring, who runs a racing stable, isn't at all happy about this. He can't help wondering how much Tara knows about the secrets that died with Kirsty. Secrets he'd prefer stayed secret for ever.
16) The leper's bell
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Sister Fidelma mysteries volume 14
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18) Storm rider
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In life, horse-fancier and antiques dealer Glyn Cole caused a heap of trouble. His two-year absence has been something of a relief and his disappearance has been a miracle for one individual in particular: the person who killed him.
19) A rush of blood
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Bob Skinner mysteries volume 20
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A complex tale of deception and revenge leads Skinner and his people to a bloody encounter and a dramatic confrontation. The horrific suicide of a successful Lithuanian entrepreneur rouses suspicion amongst the newly appointed Chief Constable Bob Skinner and his colleagues. They've crossed swords with the businessman before, so why would a man with everything to live for take his own life? Print run 50,000.
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