Colleen Gleason
Author
Series
Publisher
Avid Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
The girls are back!Evaline Stoker (sister of Bram) and Mina Holmes (niece of Sherlock) return in the fourth volume of the steampunk adventure series set in an alternate Victorian London.Ever since the debacle of the Chess Queen Enigma, Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker have laid low, trying to settle back into their quiet lives as young ladies of London. But the Holmesian deductive abilities won't remain dormant for long, and when Mina receives a
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
In 1889 London, vampire-hunter Evaline Stoker and investigator Mina Holmes once again join forces at the request of the Princess of Wales--this time their mission is to escort and protect a princess who is part of a trade mission from Betrovia, a country which has had a rocky relationship with England, starting with a four hundred-year-old dispute over a valuable Byzantine chessboard.
Author
Series
Lincoln's White House mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
With the Confederate Army firing on Fort Sumter, the Civil War has begunand an invasion of Washington, DC, from Secessionist Virginia seems imminent. As the population evacuates, the President is in desperate need of men to defend the capital. Lincolns trusted aide, Adam Speed Quinn, and Quinns old friend from the Bloody Kansas conflict, Senator Jim Lane, hastily assemble a motley crew of just over a hundred men and garrison them in the East Room...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
On Independence Day, the citizens of Washington, DC, are celebrating as if there isnt a war. But the city is teeming with green Union recruits while President Lincoln and his War Department are focused on military strategy to take Richmond in Secessionist Virginia in order to bring the conflict to a swift end. Manassas, Virginia, near Bull Run Creek, is in their sights. The very next morning, as Congress convenes once more, a dead body is found...
Author
Series
Lincoln's White House mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
At the inaugural ball, Lincoln's trusted entourage is on their guard. Allan Pinkerton, head of the presidents security team, is wary of potential assassins. And Lincoln's oldest friend, Joshua Speed, is by his side, along with Speed's nephew, Adam Quinncalled back from the Kansas frontier to serve as the president's assistant and jack-of-all-trades. Despite the tight security, trouble comes nonetheless. A man is found stabbed to death in a nearby...