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G. M. Malliet
The Agatha Award-winning St. Just Mystery series
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M C Beaton
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh in the latest mystery in…
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In this addition to a New York Times bestselling mystery series, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--investigates the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she…
M C Beaton, R W Green
Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again in Dead on Target.
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Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again.
Agatha Raisin's private detective agency has…
"Sergeant Hamish Macbeth has some major problems to deal with--crimes and criminals, even law enforcement agents, that he doesn t want anywhere near his beloved Highland village in Lochdubh. Hamish…
Agatha and James Lacey finally marry, but Agatha feels the honeymoon is over when, after a very nasty, public marital row, James disappears. When his mistress is later found murdered…
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Agatha and James are the prime suspects in this, the fifth Agatha Raisin murder mystery with brand new cover.
Spurned at the altar, Agatha follows her fleeing fiance James Lacey to north Cyprus, where, instead of enjoying the honeymoon they’d planned, they witness the killing of an obnoxious tourist…
Previously published as Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet –Title page verso.
St. Martin’s Press hardcover edition / August 1994. Ballantine Ivy edition / January 1996. St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition / July 2009 –T.p. verso.
A former employer’s legacy of GBP5,000 has allowed spinster Hannah Pym to resign from housekeeping and enjoy traveling the English countryside by coach. But adventure soon finds Miss Pym in…
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A bullying tyrant with a neat uniform and a new truck, Lochdubh’s dustman, Fergus Macleod, issues harsh fines and enforces petty rules–until he is found dead, stuffed into a recycling…
Life is not easy for the poor relations of England’s upper crust, but fate and clever schemes bring them together. Lady Fortescue and Colonel Sandhurst hatch a plan: What if…
When the elderly Mrs. Gentle dies under mysterious circumstances, the town is shocked. Chief Detective Inspector Blair suspects members of her family, but Hamish Macbeth thinks there’s more to the…
The poor relations banded together some time ago to run The Poor Relation Hotel in the hope their embarrassed relatives would buy them out, but as the hotel prospered, so…
Just when everything at the Poor Relation Hotel seems to be running smoothly, Sir Philip brings in another poor relation, Mrs. Budge. When Sir Philip presents his paramour, Lady Fortescue…
Life is finally looking up for the poor relations. The Prince of Wales’ coat of arms gleams over the hotel entrance. All but one of the rooms are filled by…
The loveable characters from the Poor Relation Hotel return in this sparkling and adventurous Regency romance from M. C. Beaton.
Eliza Budley is a beautiful widow whose husband gambled away…
Bringing Regency England vibrantly to life, the fifth volume in the Poor Relation series follows the escapades of Colonel Sandhurst as he helps a young woman avoid an unwanted marriage.
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Another tenant for London’s infamous house for the season, from the New York Times bestselling M. C. Beaton
Followers of the series will notice in this volume some personality changes…
Poor little Susie. A beautiful dreamer, she imagined herself happy in a rose-covered cottage, only to find herself mistress of a great damp castle and wife to the elderly Earl…
Emily had been retrieved from orphanage life for the exclusive position of companion to Sir Peregrine’s hound, Duke. Upon the gentleman’s death, Emily and Duke inherited a fortune in diamonds…
Penelope–golden haired, azure eyed, fresh from the country–has stolen the heart of the most desirable Earl of Hestleton. Rich and startlingly handsome, he is the most eligible lord in the…
From beloved historical romance author Marion Chesney comes the second installment in the Regency Intrigue series.
With little to live on but her romantic daydreams–which frequently starred the dashing Marquess…
Poor Ginny Bloggs! She had inherited a fortune, a magnificent country estate, and her benefactor’s disgruntled relatives, a quartet of querulous schemers horrified to find themselves at the mercy of…
In any given glittering social season, Edwardian London’s dizzying whirl had its share of surprises. The latest was Kitty Harrison, once achingly poor, suddenly an heiress and now, thanks to…
Handsome, dashing Henry Wright, the Duke of Westerland, needed a wife in a desperately short period of time. If he could not find a wife, he would lose the legacy…
The handsome but arrogant Lord Charles Hawksborough desperately wants to catch the infernally insolent thief who held him up at pistol point on the King’s Highway and rode off with…
Until men preferred intellectual equals over lisping ingenues, Fredrica was better off without them. But the elopement of her sister, Fanny, had sparked off her fires of romance. Ripe for…
Daisy Jenkins never expected to be anything more than a trespasser on the idyllic lawns of Marsden Castle. Then, suddenly, she was admitted into the magic circle of the Earl…
London was all on edge and astir to have in its midst the exquisite Princess Felicity of Brasnia. What scandal would ensue should society discover that the bejeweled heir to…
The local society could only speculate how a pair of turtledoves would cope as the guests of the scandalous Lady Dacey. Surely she would attempt to corrupt them–an act that…
‘Twas a most odd and unsuitable friendship … and very precious indeed!
As the youngest of four unmarried vicar’s daughters, Frederica feared her destiny was to die of tedium in…
Waverley women pursue their aspirations no matter what the obstacle. They may marry if the cause seems to suit the purpose, or they may flirt until their heart is content–or…
She was the flower of an East End slum who rose to become a star. But Poppy Duveen quit the stage to marry Freddie Plummett, the only real gentleman she…
The Marquess of Grantley attempts to restore the unruly, tomboyish Mira Markham to respectability after her jealous antics and hoydenish behavior threaten to ruin her social acceptance.
Blessed with beauty, Mrs. Manners never bothered with the lesser skills of grammar and spelling. So, in order to entrap a second husband, namely the dashing Duke of Denbigh, she…
A Grinch-like health and safety inspector gets his comeuppance in this irresistible new Agatha Raisin mystery from the New York Times -bestselling reigning queen of cozies ( Booklist ).
Death of a GossipWhen society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joined the fishing class, she wasted no time in ruffling the feathers–or was it the fins?–of those around…
Seeking her independence, Lady Rose Summer leaves her parents’ home to join the working class, but when an acquaintance turns up dead, Captain Harry Cathcart and Superintendent Kerridge of Scotland…
Lady Jane Winters, society widow and gossip, is found dead at an angling school in Scotland. Who wouldn’t want her shrills silenced? Local policeman, Hamish Macbeth is suspicious. With the…
