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In 1924 London, when shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, these unlikely allies investigate the murders of Chinese immigrants, all stabbed to death with a butterfly sword and must connect the dots to catch a killer before they become victims themselves.
Series
Suspects volume season 5
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
DS Jack Weston and DC Charlie Steele are shocked when their boss, DI Martha Bellamy, is shot dead in her home. DCI Daniel Drummond joins Jack and Charlie to lead the investigation into Martha's murder, also bringing in detectives Alisha Brooks and Gary Roscoe. The new team soon realizes that Martha's murder could be connected to a cold case she was investigating. Could one of those suspects have killed her?
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Imposters volume 2
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English
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"As part of England's most elite private investigation firm, Gemma and Graham must set aside their broken relationship to work together on a new case. Graham is determined to use this opportunity to win back the only woman he's ever loved, but there's no guarantee Gemma's shattered heart can be restored"-- Provided by publisher.
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Call the midwife volume season 8
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London during the 1950s.
6) Oliver Twist
Series
The Criterion collection volume 32
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end.
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Sarah McKinney mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Marian Exall
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Nothing much happens in Britain in the week between Christmas and the New Year." Sarah McKinney's plan for a cozy vacation with her lover turns towards terror when she travels from her home in Decatur, Georgia to London for the holidays. Sarah encounters a figure from her troubled childhood who may hold the key to resolving a string of recent deaths. The search for a link between these random killings leads Sarah from London to Oxford and South Wales,...
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Ebb Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Translated into English for the first time after its publication in 1967, Ghassan Kanafani's On Zionist Literature makes an incisive analysis of the body of literary fiction written in support of the Zionist colonization of Palestine. Interweaving his literary criticism of works by George Eliot, Arthur Koestler, and many others with a historical materialist narrative, Kanafani identifies the political intent and ideology of Zionist literature, demonstrating...
12) Hereafter
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This film peers at an intriguing question--is there an afterlife?--through the lens of George, Marie, and Marcus, who are each tortured in different ways by the thought of life after death. George Lonegan is psychic. It was once his career: he was "the man who can speak to the dead," with a high-traffic website, and a popular biography. But he fled that life, unable to cope with the emotional burden of his abilities. Marie Lelay is a French TV presenter...
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