Laura Wilson
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Crime Writers of America Historical Award
London, June 1940. When the body of silent screen star Mabel Morgan is found impaled on a wrought-iron fence, the coroner rules her death as suicide. Detective Ted Stratton is not convinced and suspects that Morgan's fatal fall may have been the work of one of Soho's most notorious gangsters.
Meanwhile, MI5 agent Diana Calthrop is leading a covert operation when she discovers that her boss...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of The Innocent Spy comes the next book in this exceptional series set in WWII London
Summer, 1944. After almost five years of conflict, London's inhabitants are exhausted. War-weary DI Ted Stratton is no exception, but he cannot help being drawn in by his latest case. Called on to investigate when a doctor is found dead in Fitzrovia's Middlesex Hospital, Stratton soon realizes that someone involved is not who they...
3) The lover
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
A Felony & Mayhem ed.
Language
English
Description
"A tense and intelligent psychological thriller that confirms Laura Wilson's seat at the high table of British crime writing." -The Guardian
Winner of the Prix du Polar Européen (France)
It's the fall of 1940, and London is being destroyed by the Blitz. Every night, its citizens cram into shelters, basements, subway stations-anything to avoid the bombs. And every morning, they awake to scenes of fresh devastation. But some of those citizens...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Now there's a grammar handbook for students in grades 5 and up to easily unlock the grammar rules. It's written in friendly language and with humor, so students will be sure to visit this handbook over and over again to brush up on general grammar rules and tips. This grammar handbook takes you step-by-step through the writing conventions, including parts of speech, tenses, modifiers, punctuation, parallelism, and much more. The Guide to Grammar is...
8) Impact
Author
Series
Wyman Ford novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia to locate the source fo strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. High- resolution NASA images reveal an unnatrual feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars...and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting ...
Author
Language
English
Description
Realtor Marcus Witherstone knew the perfect tenants from London who would rent Liz and Jonathan Chambers old house: a glamorous PR girl, Ginny, and her almost-famous husband, Piers. But soon Liz is lost in blissful dreams of Marcus, Jonathan is left to run their business, and neither of them has time to notice that their teenage daughter is developing an unhealthy passion for the tenants.
Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
In her fifth outing, Maisie Dobbs, the extraordinary Psychologist and Investigator, delves into a strange series of crimes in a small rural community
With the country in the grip of economic malaise, and worried about her business, Maisie Dobbs is relieved to accept an apparently straightforward assignment from an old friend to investigate certain matters concerning a potential land purchase. Her inquiries take her to a picturesque village
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Language
English
Description
It's the greatest literary mystery of all time: Who wrote the works of William Shakespeare? Although the official story of a Stratford merchant writing for the London box office has held sway for centuries, questions over the authorship of the plays and poems persists. Derek Jacobi leads an impressive cast featuring Vanessa Redgrave and Mark Rylance on a quest to uncover the truth behind the world's most elusive author, and discovers a forgotten nobleman...
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