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Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds

By David Whitehead - By Steve Hayes - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This latest instalment of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains the usual ingredients: the correct address (221B Baker Street), Mrs Hudson showing the ...Read Review

England’s Janissary

By Peter James Cottrell - Published 2012

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

Disillusioned by his experiences in the First World War, Kevin Flynn returns to his home in Ireland and takes a post in the ...Read Review

The Judas Blade

By John Pilkington - Published 2011

Genres:

AdventureThriller

Betsy Brand, an actress in the relaxed culture of Restoration England, is doing well financially, but her friends and family are not. Being ...Read Review

A Country Gentleman

By Ann Barker - Published 2011

Genres:

Romance

Lavinia Muir and her friend, the flirtatious Isobel Macclesfield, visit Lavinia’s godmother and her son, Lord Thurlby. He can only recall a ...Read Review

Mr Micawber Down Under

By David Barry - Published 2012

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A brilliant, fast, enjoyable read, this shows the ever optimistic Wilkins Micawber and family under hard times in Australia, in the Melbourne mud ...Read Review

Scotland Yard’s First Cases

By Joan Lock - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeNonfiction

Joan Lock has written several books on the British police. This title describes the most significant cases handled by Scotland Yard’s detective ...Read Review

Tyranny and the Lash

By Stephen Wade - Published 2011

Genres:

Nonfiction

Stephen Wade’s brief survey of the history of the penal system in Britain from the 12th to the 21st century is an ...Read Review

Off the Rails

By Beryl Kingston - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Set in York, England, from 1830, this book is mainly a true account of George Hudson, the most remarkable rogue of the Victorian railway ...Read Review

The Unexpected Miss Bennet

By Patrice Sarath - Published 2011

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Among the plethora of Jane Austen continuation novels, this story is distinct in that its central character is the least inspiring Bennet sister, ...Read Review

Hawke’s Tor

By E. V. Thompson - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Nineteenth-century Cornwall provides the setting for this tale of illicit affairs and murder. Superintendent Amos Hawke and Sergeant Tom Churchyard are the sole ...Read Review