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Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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