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The nun who is the police's secret weapon is back. Crime solving is her habit! The wine-making, moped-riding nun investigates more ugly deeds in beautiful surroundings. It's the mid-1960s in the quaint Cotswold village of Great Slaughter, but strange things are afoot. A killer scarecrow stalks the streets, all the women call a general strike and the police embark on something called "team building". Sister Boniface is looking forward to a wholesome...
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"DI Humphrey Goodman and his fiancée Martha face more challenges in their new life by the coast. Set against the backdrop of Devon and Cornwall, the Shipton Abbott team solve more intriguing crimes including a man haunted by the ghost of his dead wife, a body found in the river on the county border, a baffling chocolate box poisoning, a historic farming feud and a spiking incident on the water. Away from the police station, Martha and Humphrey try...
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May, 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master Henry VIII settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Now, with no great family to back him, no private army, and only his wits to rely on, Cromwell must navigate the dangerous court of a most unpredictable king.
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"From an international assassination attempt to a literary-inspired murder, Harry and Fergus find themselves improving on the police solve rate as they tackle their most elusive and dangerous cases yet"--Container.
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Set in the idyllic; beachside hamlet of Dolphin Cove; Return to Paradise is six gripping; twisting and fiendishly clever murder mysteries all set against the spectacular backdrop of the Australian coastal landscape. Australian ex-pat Mackenzie Clarke is the seemingly golden girl of the London Metropolitan police force with an intuitive approach to detective work; she has built a reputation for being able to crack the most impossible of cases. However,...
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"Judith, Becks and Suzie are called back into action when a series of new unsettling crimes befall the local residents of Marlow. From a seemingly impossible murder inside a locked study, to a murdered man with no connection to the town, and a shocking murder at the local sailing club, there's no rest for our sleuthing trio. Navigating the balance of Marlow society -- from local aristocracy to boatyard workers, the picturesque High Street to an archaeological...
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"Susan Ryeland and her partner Andreas are living in idyllic Crete. But her life is upended when Pauline and Lawrence Treherne bring an explosive mystery to her doorstep. Their daughter, Cecily, has gone missing, and her disappearance is linked to a novel written by Alan Conway. Once again, Susan is plunged into the glamorous world of Atticus Pünd as she decodes a tangled web of lies, rage, and jealousy. Will Susan solve the puzzle of Cecily's disappearance...
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Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is called back to advise on a complex and compelling murder case by his replacement and former protege DI Carol Farman. Carol is keen to access Ridley's unique insight into crime-solving which served them so well in the past, but the investigation takes a dark and unexpected twist.
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"DCI Jess James, DI Sunny Khan, and their team uncover the truth behind a dismembered body found in Whitney Marsh. They delve into the lives of four suspects, each of whom has a history with the victim. Juliet Cooper, lecturer at a prestigious university, is dealing with her troubled teenage daughter while fending off a serious complaint at work. Melinda Ricci has left London behind, returning to Ireland to become a correspondent for a populist news...
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"Professor Jasper Tempest once again uses his unique insight and analysis to help the police solve a range of intriguing crimes in the beautiful university city of Cambridge. Consumed by grief, Dan dives headfirst into his work under the supervision of DCI Goswami who struggles to keep order. The Professor takes up a very unexpected new hobby, avoiding the police at all costs. Dr. Helena Goldberg intervenes to help but soon begins to question her...
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"Amid the scenic splendor of small-town life lurks a web of deception, greed, and dark secrets. Tackling these perplexing cases are Detectives Mike Sheperd, Kristin Simms, and Daniel Chalmers. Along with eccentric pathologist Gina Kadinsky, they use all manner of less than conventional methods to solve Brokenwood's more macabre and unusual crimes. From an 80s rock star with a dead groupie on his conscience to an explosive school quiz night, a fatal...
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It's 1962 and hope is in the air. Alphy feels embraced by the parish, which is blossoming under his care. In Geordie too, Alphy's found a best friend and his intellectual equal. Love is proving more elusive, however, until a case throws him in the path of an unexpected romance. But Alphy has secrets that he's kept close to chest. Before he's able to let anyone else in, he'll have to confront who he is. Thankfully, Geordie's there to show him what...
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"With his wife in London, Detective Murdoch finds himself at loose ends. Despite his promotion after Brackenreid was appointed chief constable, Murdoch realizes solving crimes is what he does best. He declines the role in order to keep investigating and the station house welcomes Inspector Choi. While Murdoch focuses on policing, Crabtree feels the lure of his creative pursuits, coroner Violet Hart runs her nightclub and Effie Newsome-Crabtree becomes...
14) Patience
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Patience Evans has always been a bit different. She views the world in a unique way because she has a special gift, she is autistic. But her life is about to change forever. Patience works in the Police Criminal Records Office and Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf notices that Patience makes connections in cases that other people don't. Bea wants Patience on her team, not realizing that a change in routine could be destabilizing. As Bea learns more...
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"There's a stranger in paradise -- a new detective with a dazzling assortment of outlandish puzzles to solve. DI Wilson joins the sun-soaked crime drama with a very personal reason for being on Saint Marie but a serious lack of interpersonal skills. His sleuthing is quickly put to the test though in the case of the three Santa Clauses found dead under almost impossible circumstances, a murder on a zipline and a 'rum' case of poisoning. But Wilson...
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The midwives enter the 1970s, which brings with it new challenges for Nonnatus House -- and to British society. The Seventies start as they mean to go on, with Nonnatus House plunged into disarray when activists staging a bid for independence blockade access to the Isle of Dogs. Amid the poverty and uncertainty of life in a declining Docklands, the midwives must also face cases of manic depression, gonorrhea, spina bifida, abortion--and an apparently...
17) Miss Austen
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"Based on Gill Hornby's best-selling novel, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery -- Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane's letters -- and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heartbreaking story of sisterly love. The drama begins in 1830, several years after Jane has died. Cassandra races to see her friend Isabella, who is about to lose her home following her father's death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help, but her...
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"Set in 1979, the third installment sees Commander Adam Dalgliesh take on three highly charged and highly sensitive cases. In Death In Holy Orders, he investigates the bloody murder of a senior churchman in a seminary in West Sussex -- an institution already engulfed in scandal. In Cover Her Face, a murder in the house of a wealthy and influential family brings him to the heart of Essex. Finally, Devices And Desires sees him investigate a string of...
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"It's Spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby are pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice: highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, and student vet Richard Carmody. Happily married Helen and James begin to think about their future despite the looming possibility that James could be called up to serve."--Container.
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"Spring 1941: At home in Darrowby, young baby Jimmy is keeping our favorite Skeldale House family on their toes. Helen is getting the hang of motherhood with James away at RAF Abingdon, Mrs. Hall and Siegfried are enjoying having the little one arounds and Carmody is now part of the furniture. With the war now fully underway, Siegfried is taking up the slack at the surgery, Mrs. Hall and Helen are considering their contributions within the community,...