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After boarding a train at Paddington Station, Elspeth is certain she saw a man strangling a woman in an adjoining train. No one else believes it ever really happened-- except her friend Miss Jane Marple. And the indomitable sleuth is returning to the scene of the crime to discover just exactly what Elspeth saw.
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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When a judge who recently ruled on her reckless motoring case is found dead in what appears to be a burglary gone wrong, adventuress Beryl and her no-nonsense partner, Edwina, search for clues to prove a gardener's innocence.
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2008.
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English
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Deborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter landscape of Lancastershire, hoping to heal the growing rift in their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits bleak news: The vicar of Wimslough, the man they had come to see, is dead—a victim of accidental poisoning. Unsatisfied with the inquest ruling and unsettled by the close association between the investigating constable and the woman who served the deadly meal, Simon calls...
11) Harvest
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Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
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[2013], ©2013
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English
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A stable fire in a remote English village leads to disputes between newcomers who are wrongly accused and long-term residents who refuse to believe one of their own could be responsible.
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2023.
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English
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"American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport team up once again as enquiry agents to solve a mystery at their alma mater in this historical English village mystery set just after World War I. Neither Beryl nor Edwina are the least bit interested in attending events at their alma mater, Miss Dupont’s Finishing School for Young Ladies. Their lives are very full indeed in the village of Walmsley Parva. However, when...
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Kensington Books
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2019.
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English
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"In the lean years following World War I, brash American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport form a private inquiry agency to make ends meet, hoping that crime does indeed pay... The latest occurrence to disturb the peace in the quaint English village of Walmsley Parva hits rather too close to home--in fact, the prime suspect has taken up residence in Edwina's potting shed. Her elderly gardener Simpkins has been secretly...
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Scribner
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[1998]
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English
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When a young man is found strangled outside an Indian restaurant in England, Charlie Peace travels to a nearby art colony to see if he can identify the body and find the killer, but when he arrives he discovers the colony's residents will do anything to keep him from snooping around.
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Olive Bright mysteries volume 1
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Kensington Publishing Corporation
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[2021]
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English
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Tending her veterinarian father's Hertfordshire racing pigeons while waiting for her best friend to return from World War II, Olive is recruited into the Baker Street covert branch of British Intelligence before investigating the murder of a local busybody.
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Parish orphans of Devon volume 3
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Perfectly Proper Press
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[2019]
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English
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With the income her deceased father left running out, Laura Hayes needs a husband fast. When a mysterious stranger arrives in the village, he seems a perfect catch. But Alex Archer is no hero. He's returned to England to find a wealthy wife.
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"An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present--and intent on keeping its dark secrets--in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor. Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And...
18) A valiant deceit
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Olive Bright mysteries volume 2
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Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Returning to Pipley following her FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) training, Olive is eager to step up her involvement in the war effort. Her pigeons are being conscripted to aid the Belgian resistance, and it’s up to Olive to choose the best birds for the mission. To protect the secrecy of their work, she must also continue the ruse of being romantically involved with her superior, Captain Jameson Aldridge, a task made more challenging by the...
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Parish orphans of Devon volume 4
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Perfectly Proper Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"As a lady's companion, Clara Hartwright never receives much attention from anyone. And that's precisely how she likes it. With a stormy past, and an unconventional plan for her future, it's far safer to remain invisible. But when her new employer is invited to a month-long holiday at a remote coastal abbey, Clara discovers that she may not be as invisible as she'd hoped. At least, not as far as one gentleman is concerned... Neville Cross has always...
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Thrush Green volume 8
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1986.
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English
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"It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the blooming garden of his new vicarage, glad that the squabbles with his parishoners in Affairs at Thrush Green are settled. And yet the good vicar wistfully recalls his former home - the ugly, old rectory of Thrush Green, which burned to the ground. Now, from the rectory's ruins, the villagers are building eight retirement homes for the older folks most...
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