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"Wilson offers a unique perspective on this fascinating era…even minor characters are brought to life." Library JournalTed Ryan and his parents have a chance to escape the drudgery of the Depression in Canada for a holiday in Europe. Unfortunately, it is the summer of 1936 and Spain, where Ted longs to see a bullfight, is exploding in civil war. Swept up in the chaos, Ted finds himself alone and searching for his missing father. The only person...
2102) The Shadow Commission
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The wizards of the Cold War must uncover a secret cabal responsible for the Kennedy assassination in The Shadow Commission, New York Times bestselling author David Mack's globe-spanning historical fantasy sequel to The Iron Codex.
November 1963. Cade and Anja have lived in hiding for a decade, training new mages. Then the assassination of President Kennedy trigger a series of murders whose victims are all magicians-with Cade, Anja, and their allies...
2103) The Blank Page
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An Edgar Award nominee's "best [mystery] yet-an understated small town tragedy handled in his level-dead-level-fashion" (Kirkus Reviews).
A young college student is found murdered in her dorm room, a blank sheet of typing paper on her stomach. The only thing chief of police Mario Balzic knows is that the girl was lonely, a nearly friendless orphan who was so quiet, so unassuming, that no one at school knew much about her. But everyone has secrets....
2104) Shadows of Athens
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"Historical crime writing that virtually reinvents the genre. Ancient Athens is recreated with a masterly touch . . . Philocles is the perfect protagonist." -Financial Times 443 BC, and, after decades of war with Persia, peace has finally come to Athens. The city is being rebuilt, and commerce and culture are flourishing.
Aspiring playwright Philocles has come home to find a man with his throat cut slumped against his front gate. Is it just...
2105) The Moonlight Cavalry
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Lieutenant Gene Sinclair never imagined the war would be like this.The training is over, and Gene begins the Pacific island hopping that will mature and harden him, and all the other GIs. Attached to the 24th Infantry Division, Gene's anti-aircraft unit stays close to the front lines of the war. He soon meets all that World War II can throw at him: accidents, injury, typhoons, supply shortages, hallucination-filled malaria, and the death of his friends....
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In the vast expanse of the American West, where the echoes of history resound through canyons and the rugged landscapes tell tales of resilience, a man named Alistair MacLeod forged a destiny that intertwined the spirit of the Scottish Highlands with the challenges of the frontier. "A Colt and a Kilt" is an epic saga that unfolds against the backdrop of El Paso, a town on the cusp of transformation during the tumultuous years following the Civil War....
2107) A Most Inconvenient Earl
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Eurydice Goodenham is convinced that a marriage of convenience with the notorious Sebastian Montgomery, Earl of Rockmorton, would be ideal: in exchange for one child, she can retreat to the library of his country house to write, while he continues his scandalous life in London. But when she finds herself falling in love with her unpredictable, mischievous and secretly honorable husband, does she have any hope of claiming his heart?Sebastian is bored...
2108) The Pericles Commission
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Nicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles. His mission is to find the assassin of the statesman Ephialtes, the man who brought democracy to Athens and whose murder has thrown the city into uproar. It's a job not made any easier by the depressingly increasing number of dead witnesses.
But murder and mayhem don't bother Nico; what's really on his mind is how to get closer (much closer)...
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Seth learns some important life lessons when he's transported back to Ancient Egypt in this absorbing time-slip adventure from bestselling author Karen McCombie. While awaiting punishment in his headmaster's office for his latest piece of mischief, prankster Seth picks up an Egyptian amulet from the desk and is whisked back in time to Ancient Egypt. In a village by the Nile, Seth finds a place for himself, working for the local tradesmen and playing...
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Persephone Danbury doesn't mind being a nun at St. Camilla's Convent. Sure, it can be dull, but it's better than being in London with her harsh father, and she has her dear friend Mary beside her.However, after a night swim that leads to an encounter with the wickedly handsome Marcus Elham, the Duke of Charlotteshire, her life ceases to be dull. And she soon finds herself sought after by not only the duke, but also his friend Thomas Ellison, a devilishly...
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What would you do if you were convinced you were going to die? Swept up in the frenzy of patriotism, Albert volunteers to serve his king and country. He is shipped off to the trenches of France along with almost every able-bodied man that he knows, leaving his estranged wife and his child behind. Convinced he will die a horrible death, he seeks comfort in the arms of Marie, a local French woman who gives him hope his last days might become bearable....
2112) Stormborn Angel
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What happens when time gets tangled and has a glitch? On a clear path to success as an entrepreneur, Briana Dupre, takes a job in the Deep South offered by her distant and unknown relatives. But somehow she discovers another world-a world with a different definition of success. Bradford Becquerel. A state senator in need of a wife. When a mysterious woman appears in his house, he must defy the conventions of his time or face the consequences. But...
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The Sea Mystery is a 1928 detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts. It is the fourth in a series of novels featuring Inspector French of Scotland Yard. As with a number of his works Crofts creates a puzzling mystery which French is then able to solve using a Tide table and Bradshaw's Guide to the railways.
2114) Blood for Blood
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In the spring of 1812, the Luddites are on the march, Lord Byron is taking London drawing rooms by storm, and Penelope Wolfe, estranged wife of feckless artist Jeremy, is making her living as a lady's companion. When one of the household's footmen turns up in the garden with a knife in his heart, Penelope and Bow Street Runner John Chase become entangled in a web of family secrets and political conspiracy.
With the help of barrister Edward Buckler,...
2115) The Caped Countess
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By day, Lady Donnatella is a duke's silly daughter.So she can save London lives by night.When she stumbles into something larger than a street fight, everything she's balancing may come crashing down...It's another lonely season for Tella, dancing and gaming madly while keeping marriage away. She cannot tell her family or friends that her true self is the one battling danger in the city's dark streets. Nor will anyone guess; she's perfected her disguise....
2116) The Shadows of Liberty
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"Embark on an immersive historical journey with 'The Shadows of Liberty: Fables of Colonial America.' This captivating book weaves together a tapestry of pivotal moments, shedding light on the untold stories of ordinary individuals who played extraordinary roles in shaping the destiny of a nation. From the initial sparks of resistance against the oppressive Stamp Act to the thundering guns of Saratoga that echoed through the Revolutionary War, each...
2117) What Gold Buys
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"Edwards skillfully weaves the strands together [in] this twisty whodunit." -Publishers Weekly
This atmospheric, fast-moving and intricate thriller features Harry Devlin, one of modern crime fiction's most memorable amateur detectives, in the deadliest case of his life.
A notice announcing that Harry Devlin died suddenly on Midsummer's Eve arrives at the office of his law firm one June day. Harry isn't happy to read it: Midsummer's Eve is less than...
2118) Two for Joy
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Autumn, 1282
As Edward I wages a bloody conflict with Wales, Prioress Eleanor escorts her younger brother, Robert, and his wife, who is in labor, from their Marcher lands to greater safety at a Wynethorpe manor in a village just inside the English border. They are joined by Brother Thomas, the Prioress's trusted friend, and Sister Anne, who helps navigate the difficult birth and delivers a baby girl.
Mother and child may be healthy, but Death never...
2119) Fallen Angel
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In Fallen Angel, author Robert Billings weaves an interesting tale of all the possible theories and elements behind JFK's assassination in a way that shows how they were all related and intentionally planted by one mastermind plot. The intrigue continues into contemporary times when a journalist discovers dark secrets about the truth of Kennedy's presidency and death in a recently discovered, long-hidden Kennedy memoir forcing him to consider the...
2120) Double Lives
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Wiggins novels volume 4
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The latest shocking twist-filled novel in the award-winning New York Times bestselling author's Depression-era Alabama saga tells the riveting tale of identical twin sisters with a talent for switching lives and hiding their scandals-until one risk too many changes their lives forever. Reminiscent of Monroe's classic, captivating Mama Ruby series.
Since childhood, identical twins Leona and Fiona Dunbar have been getting in-and out-of trouble by...
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