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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although Perry, the earl of the house, and his sister, Poppy, are surprisingly accommodating to their jetlagged guests, Lucy feels uneasy after a fallen portrait sparks talk of a deadly family omen. The bad vibes come in quickly: snobby Aunt Millicent and her handmaiden Harrison unexpectedly drop by for the exhibition, and meals with the family are consistently tense. But real trouble begins when a body, bludgeoned by the chapel's gold-plated reliquary,...
2) Plague land
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this chilling historical mystery, young girls go missing from a medieval English village and Lord Oswald de Lacy must find the killer before tragedy strikes again. --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A frustrated academic still reeling from her husband's betrayal moves into Ashton Hall with her young son and tries to come up with answers after they discover the remains of a woman walled into a forgotten part of the manor.--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in the Berkshires with her two beloved dogs. But behind this peaceful exterior is a dark, painful past. As a child raised by an emotionally distant father, Sabrina rarely felt love. And as an adult, her marriage twisted into an abusive relationship from which she had to escape. Sabrina channeled that fear into...
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When a baby arrives on her doorstep during Sawrey's annual summer f.
8) The birdcage
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
When Lizzie comes to Michaelgarth in search of what is left of her childhood, she finds Felix, Piers, and a deeply troubled family.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor in 1980s England with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn't mean gone.
Author
Series
Antique hunters volume 1
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious death at an isolated English manor, embroiling her back in the dangerous world of tracking stolen artifacts. What antique would you kill for? Freya Lockwood is shocked when she learns that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and her estranged mentor, has died under mysterious circumstances. She has spent the last twenty years avoiding her quaint English...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Young Daphne du Maurier must defend of a friend who has been accused of murder in this next installment in the beguiling mystery series that readers of Rebecca will love. t's the summer of 1927, and young Daphne du Maurier has traveled to Thornleigh Manor to attend the wedding of her good friend, Ellen, who is set to marry her beau, Teddy. Having met in the midst of the chaos and calamity of wartime, the lovers were brutally separated years before...
Author
Series
Superintendent Battle mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Easy-going adventurer, Anthony Cade, accepts a highly paid job to convey the scandalous memoirs of the Count of Herzoslovakia to a publisher. He runs into intrigue, mystery, and cross purposes.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two women -- a century apart -- embark on a journey to healing, faith, forgiveness, and romance. In 2012, art historian Gwen Morris travels to England's Lake District to appraise the paintings and antiques of an old family friend, hoping to prove herself to her prestigious grandfather. While at Longdale Manor, she meets David Bradford -- the owner's handsome grandson -- who is desperate to save the crumbling estate by turning it into a luxury hotel....
Author
Publisher
Deanna Lynn Sletten
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Two strong women, generations apart, living parallel lives. When Marla Madison’s husband dies, she realizes her life has become very small. Her daughter is grown and Marla has spent the past two decades focused on his friends, his interests, and his home. Feeling lost, she throws herself into fixing up the one-hundred and fifty-year-old family lakeside manor. She soon discovers an old journal in a secret drawer and is instantly intrigued. The handwritten...
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Accepting a position as live-in tutor for the Edwards family, Brontë Ellis arrives at Greenwood Manor where he is welcomed into the household with warmth until a tragic fire reveals dark secrets smoldering under the surface of this once elegant estate.
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In 1840 England, Orabella, the orphaned daughter of a white man and a Black woman with no fortune or connections, is married off to the wealthy Elias Blakersby and, whisked away to his family’s estate, becomes engulfed by the house’s darkness, making her question where her dreams and reality begins.
Author
Series
Daisy Dalrymple mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
18) Elsewhere
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2007, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Max Tudor must contend with his new role as a father as well as a murder all too close to home in Nether Monkslip.
Something sinister is afoot at Totleigh Hall, the showcase of the sleepy English village of Nether Monkslip. Lord and Lady Baaden-Boomethistle have been in residence for some weeks now, and the villagers are hoping for a return to the days when the lord of the manor sprinkled benefits across the village like fairy dust. But a sudden...
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