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Moving to a new part of London, Kwasi finds refuge and inspiration in an eclectic and run-down charity shop where he forms an unexpected friendship with its owner, giving each of them a new sense of belonging until local politics threaten to divide them.
Moving to a new part of London, Kwasi finds refuge and inspiration in an eclectic and run-down charity shop. There he forms an unexpected friendship with its owner, Rupert, who has run the Chest...
2) The retreat
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Series
Detective Elin Warner novels volume 2
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English
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"An eco-wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation--but the island itself, once the playground of a serial killer, is rumored to be cursed. Detective Elin Warner is called to the retreat when a young woman's body is found on the rocks below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But the victim wasn't a guest--she wasn't meant to be on the island at all. When a guest drowns in a diving...
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Cormoran Strike novels volume 7
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English
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"In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there...
4) The crossing
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Natalie's world is falling apart. She's just lost her mum and her brother marches the streets of Dover full of hate and anger. Swimming is her only refuge. Sammy has fled his home and family in Eritrea for the chance of a new life in Europe. Every step he takes on his journey is a step into an unknown and unwelcoming future. A twist of fate brings them together and gives them both hope. But is hope enough to mend a broken world?"--Publisher's description....
5) Small worlds
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English
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"Set over the course of three summers, Small Worlds follows Stephen, a first-generation Londoner born to Ghanaian immigrant parents, brother to Ray, and best friend to Adeline. On the cusp of big life changes, Stephen feels pressured to follow a certain track-a university degree, a move out of home-but when he decides instead to follow his first love, music, his world and family fracture in ways he didn't foresee. Now Stephen must find a path and...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the 20th century, one remarkable man single-handedly tried to alter the course of history. Sidney Reilly was a Russian-born British agent who radically transformed modern espionage techniques and set the mold for the super spy. From one heart-pulsing mission after another, from stealing top-secret Russian oil information to a near overthrow of the Bolshevik Revolution to his final capture by Stalin's forces in 1918, Reilly's exploits...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Set in Victorian London, fearless young Sally Lockhart has a mind for numbers and for sleuthing. Recently orphaned Sally is armed with a pearl-handled pistol and her keen mind, uncovers the secrets of her father's death aboard the sunken schooner Lavinia, discovers hidden cursed jewels, and faces England's deadliest villains with bold courage.
Series
Agatha Raisin volume series 4
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Ashley Jensen is back as formidable and fashionable PI Agatha Raisin in Series 4 of this comic mystery series based on the books by MC Beaton.
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English
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"Beloved New York Times bestseller M.C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again in Devil's Delight. Toni and Agatha are in the car on the way to Officer Bill Wong's long-awaited wedding when, much to their shock, a naked young man bursts through a hedge on the side of the road and comes running toward them. Terrified, he explains that he has just seen a dead body in the woods. Toni lends...
11) Cruella
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, is a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella's flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Heilman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic...
Series
The Larkins volume series 2
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Pop sells the crumbling mansion next door to waspish newcomers for more than it's worth, he celebrates with plans to build a swimming pool but his neighbors soon plot their revenge. Can the Larkin clan keep him out of prison?
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Series
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen's--a small English private boarding school in deepest Norfolk--is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident. But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine 'Jazz' Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London but reluctantly...
14) Belgravia
Series
Belgravia volume season 1
Publisher
Universal Studios Canada, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Follows events when the rising nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's well-known upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
15) Pirate
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Series
Fargo adventures volume 8
Language
English
Description
An 800 year-old treasure ... an ancient cypher wheel ... a brutal murder ... and a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he considers rightfully his. Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo have gone on impossible missions before and faced many perils, but never have they faced an adversary as determined as the one before them now. The battle will take them halfway around the world, and at its end will be either one of the most...
16) H is for Hawk
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English
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An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle...
17) Shadow of night
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Series
All souls trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to the best-selling A Discovery of Witches finds Oxford scholar and reluctant witch Diana Bishop and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont in Elizabethan London, where Diana seeks a magical tutor and Matthew confronts elements from his past at the same time the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.
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Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
For 300 years the ghost of Simon de Canterville, entombed alive by his father for cowardice, has been roaming his castle in search of a kinsman to free him by performing a brave deed. In 1943, from a troop of American soldiers billeted in the castle, comes new hope: Sir Simon's long lost nephew.
20) The wake-up call
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Two hotel receptionists--and archrivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way. It's the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel's front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through. The hotel won't stay afloat beyond...
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