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Superintendent Runcorn—who Anne Perry fans will remember as William Monk's ex-boss—is feeling rather lonely during his holiday on the remote, snowy island of Anglesey, off the north coast of Wales. However, he is suddenly called into action when the sister of the local vicar is discovered murdered and draped over a gravestone in her brother's churchyard. Investigating this tragic crime with the assistance of the beautiful Melisande gives...
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2013.
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A latest holiday-themed tale by the best-selling author of The Sheen on the Silk finds Hester Monk's co-worker, Claudine Burroughs, investigating a Christmas-party murder involving an endearingly romantic poet and the prostitute escort he has brought uninvited to an employee Christmas party.
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With Christmas just around the corner, Thomas Pitt's sister-in-law, Emily Radley, is suddenly called from London to be with her dying aunt. Leaving her husband and two children behind, Emily makes the long journey to an all-but-forgotten town in the county of Connemara, on the western coast of Ireland. She soon discovers that a tragic legacy haunts the once close-knit community.
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Daniel Pitt novels (Anne Perry) volume 5
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English
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While defending his former university professor charged with assault, young barrister Daniel Pitt works with pathologist Miriam Croft investigating a serial killer who only seems to kill on rainy days—a case that makes him question everything.
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In the history of Anne Perry’s bestselling Victorian mystery series, the stakes have never been greater than now—as a mission for queen and country places the future of the British Empire squarely in Thomas Pitt’s hands.
It is not the custom for the commander of Special Branch to receive a royal summons—so Thomas Pitt knows it must be for a matter of the gravest importance. The body of Sir John Halberd, the Queen’s...
It is not the custom for the commander of Special Branch to receive a royal summons—so Thomas Pitt knows it must be for a matter of the gravest importance. The body of Sir John Halberd, the Queen’s...
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2011
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English
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When a murdered body is discovered in the Thames, clues lead to a heinous child pornography case that police superintendent William Monk thought he had left behind, in an investigation that threatens his friend Oliver Rathbone and forces Monk to consider painful sacrifices.
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World War I novels volume 4
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In 1917, when an arrogant and incompetent British commander turns up dead, a reluctant Joseph Reavley searches for the truth about the crime and about the twelve men accused of the murder, racing against time and journeying behind enemy lines to find the individual responsible, while the fierce fighting continues along the Western front of World War I.
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Elena Standish volume 5
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English
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Infiltrating Wyndham Hall, where the body of a longtime MI6 agent was found, Elena Standish, as Hitler’s control spreads across Europe, covertly investigates his murder, working to uncover the true loyalties of the people in the house while protecting her sister from her beau’s potentially dangerous relatives.
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2014.
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Investigating evidence of a violent struggle at the home of Ministry of Defense member Dudley Kynaston, Pitt and the Special Branch discover the brutally murdered body of a young woman before realizing that Kynaston is not who he appears to be.
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2012
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Investigating his own men when evidence of a mole within the Special Branch is discovered, newly promoted Thomas Pitt realizes that he cannot trust anyone; while his boss, Victor Narrawy, learns that Charlotte's aunt's friend might have unearthed war-provoking secrets.
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2017.
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Investigating the gruesome murder of a Hungarian warehouse owner, Thames River Police Commander Monk is challenged to rethink his crime-solving techniques in order to avoid being caught in the crosshairs of violence stemming from ethnic prejudice.
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Elena Standish volume 4
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English
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Britain’s MI6 sends Elena Standish on a dangerous mission to smuggle a breakthrough weapon in germ warfare out of Germany before the developers can tell Hitler it exists.
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World War I novels volume 1
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English
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In June of 1914, Cambridge professor Joseph Reavley learns that his father was carrying a vitally important secret document when he died, and that his best student has been murdered.
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