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House of Falconer volume 2
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"From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the highly anticipated second book in the House of Falconer saga. James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious shipping company in London. With Malvern's daughter Alexis running away to the country after a terrible tragedy and refusing to return, James' ascent to head of the company seems...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn must unravel a mystery involving a mummy, a giant ruby and a murder, in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile. Cyrus Barker, along with his former assistant and now partner Thomas Llewelyn, is the premier enquiry agent in all of 19th century London, and beyond. They've thwarted the designs of villains and crooks off all sorts, helped...
65) Haunting Violet
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Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Sixteen-year-old Violet Willoughby has been part of her mother's Spiritualist scam since she was nine, but during an 1872 house party in Hampshire, England, she is horrified to learn that she can actually see ghosts, one of whom wants Violet to solve her murder.
66) Manners & Mutiny
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Series
Finishing school volume 4
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Description
If one must flirt...flirt with danger.
Lessons in the art of espionage aboard Mademoiselle Geraldine's floating dirigible have become tedious without Sophronia's sweet sootie Soap nearby. She would much rather be using her skills to thwart the dastardly Picklemen, yet her concerns about their wicked intentions are ignored, and now she's not sure whom to trust. What does the brusque werewolf dewan know? On whose side is the ever-stylish vampire Lord...
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Infernal devices volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 25
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When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but is beset by danger and betrayal at every turn.
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Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, uncovers an intriguing plot involving stolen sausages, pilfered halfpennies, and a fast-paced bicycle chase.
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Dangerous damsels volume 1
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"A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt,...
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Sally Lockhart quartet volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
Description
In 1889 London, vampire-hunter Evaline Stoker and investigator Mina Holmes once again join forces at the request of the Princess of Wales--this time their mission is to escort and protect a princess who is part of a trade mission from Betrovia, a country which has had a rocky relationship with England, starting with a four hundred-year-old dispute over a valuable Byzantine chessboard.
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W.A.R.P volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 15
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FBI agent Chevie Savano escapes into the past to elude the secret police after they kill Charles Smart just as he's telling her of the W.A.R.P. program, and she and Riley team up to find Colonel Clayton Box before he can launch missles at the capitals of Europe.
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Series
W.A.R.P volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever.
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Victorian mysteries (Karen Odden) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
This dazzling new Victorian mystery from USA Today bestselling author Karen Odden introduces readers to Nell Hallam, a determined young pianist who stumbles upon the operations of a notorious - and deadly - crime ring while illicitly working as the piano player in a Soho music hall. Perfect for readers of Tasha Alexander, Anne Perry, and Deanna Raybourn.
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Sins for all seasons volume 6
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Althea Stanwick was a perfect lady destined to marry a wealthy lord, until betrayal left her family penniless. Though she's lost friends, fortune, and respectability, Althea has gained a scandalous plan. If she can learn to seduce, she can obtain power over men and return to Society on her terms. She even has the perfect teacher in mind, a man whose sense of honor and dark good looks belie his nickname: Beast. But desire like this can't be taught....