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      By Harris, Tessa
       c2011., Adult, Kensington Books Edition: ebook edition.    Summary Note: The death of Sir Edward Crick has unleashed a torrent of gossip through the seedy taverns and elegant ballrooms of Oxfordshire. Few mourn the dissolute young man- except his sister, the beautiful Lady Lydia Farrell. When her husband comes under suspicion of murder, she seeks expert help from Dr. Thomas Silkstone, a young anatomist from Philadelphia. Thomas arrived in England to study under its foremost surgeon, where his unconventional methods only add to his outsider status. Against his better judgment he agrees to examine Sir Edward's corpse. But it is not only the dead, but also the living, to whom he must apply the keen blade of his intellect. And the deeper the doctor's investigations go, the greater the risk that he will be consigned to the ranks of the corpses he studies.
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      By Fellowes, Julian
       2016., Adult, Grand Central Publishing Call No: Fic Fel   Edition: 1st U.S. ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Belgravia is the story of a secret. A secret that unravels behind the porticoed doors of London's grandest postcode. Set in the 1840s when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is people by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's now legendary ball, one family's life will change forever.
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      By Perry, Anne, 1943-
       c2013., Adult, Ballantine Books Call No: MYS Fic Per   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: William Monk novels   Volume: 19Summary Note: When his friend, judge Oliver Rathbone, rashly crosses a line and inadvertently causes the death of a charismatic minister, police superintendent William Monk and his wife, Hester, navigate the perilous case to expose the truth and clear Rathbone's name.
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      By Ferguson, Rachel, b. 1893
       2010, c1931., Adult, Bloomsbury USA Call No: Fic Fer    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Pre-war London, and the idea of growing up looms large in the lives of the Carne sisters. Deirdre, Katrine and young Sheil still cannot resist making up stories as they have done since childhood; from their talking nursery toys to their fulsomely imagined friendship with real high-court Judge Toddington. But when Deirdre meets the judge's real-life wife at a charity bazaar the sisters are forced to confront the subject of their imagnings. Will they cast off the fantasties of childhood forever?.
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      By McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
       2012, c2011., Adult, Knopf Canada Call No: SC Fic McC    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Corduroy Mansions series.Summary Note: It seems the universe is conspiring against the residents of Corduroy Mansions, as everyone finds themselves struggling with their nearest and dearest. William French's faithful terrier, Freddie de la Hay - perhaps the only dog clever enough to have been recruited by MI6 - disappears while on a mystery tour around the Suffolk countryside. Will Freddie find his way back to Pimlico? Is this the end of Corduroy Mansions?.
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      By Harris, Tessa
       2012., Kensington Pub. Corp. Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Dr. Thomas Silkstone mystery series   Volume: bk. 2.Summary Note: It is not just the living who are prey to London's criminals and cutpurses. Corpses, too, are fair game - dug up from fresh graves and sold to men of science for dissection. Dr. Thomas Silkstone's unscrupulous rival, Dr. John Hunter, has learned of the imminent death of eight-foot-tall Charles Byrne, known as the "Irish Giant," and is obsessed with obtaining the body for his research. When Dr. Hunter is implicated in the horrific murder of a young castrato, Thomas must determine how far the increasingly erratic surgeon will go in the name of knowledge. For as Thomas knows, the blackest hearts sometimes go undetected until it's too late...Show More Show Less.
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      By McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
       c2010., General, Knopf Canada Call No: SC Fic Mcc    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Corduroy Mansions series   Volume: 2Summary Note: "This is the 2nd novel in the new series featuring the Pimlico Terrier Freddie de la Hay following CORDUROY MANSIONS. Our small, furry, endlessly surprising canine hero - belonging to failed oenophile William French - has been recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring. Needless to say, the other denizens of Corduroy Mansions have issues of their own. But all of it will be addressed with the wit, charm and insight into the foibles of the human condition that have become the author's hallmark.
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      By Macneal, Elizabeth, 1988-
       2019., Simon & Schuster Canada Call No: SC Fic Mac   Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and, among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable moment but for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by all things strange and beautiful, the meeting marks a new beginning. When Iris is asked to model for Pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. Suddenly, her world begins to expand beyond her wildest dreams--but she has no idea that evil is waiting in the shadows. Silas has only thought of one thing since that chance meeting, and his obsession is darkening by the day." --Amazon.com.
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      By Waters, Sarah, 1966-
       204, c2002., Virago Press Call No: MYS Fic Wat    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: In Victorian England, an orphan girl is sent to a country estate to work for-and ultimately woo-its young heiress, on behalf of a mysterious benefactor known as Gentleman.
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      By Quick, Amanda
       2015., Adult, G.P. Putnam Sons Call No: Fic Qui    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "When Ursula Kern, proprietor of the Kern Secretarial Agency, discovers the body of one of her best secretaries, she immediately suspects murder. But no one, including the police, believes her. So Ursula seeks the help of her newest and most mysterious client, Slater Roxton."--Publisher.
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      By Simpson, Helen, 1957-
       2002., Vintage Contemporaries, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, LLC Call No: Fic Sim   Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries Edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore the blisses and irritations of domestic life.
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      By Phillips, Marie, 1976-
       c2007., Random House Canada Call No: Fic Phi    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Being immortal isn't all it's cracked up to be. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobeody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn't respect you, and you're stuck in a dilapidated hovel in north London with too many siblings nad not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out--until a meek cleaning lady and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down."--Book jacket.
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      By Robson, Jennifer, 1970-
       2019., William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Fic Rob   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century-Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown-and the fascinating women who made it. Millions will welcome this joyous event as a flash of color on the long road we have to travel. -Sir Winston Churchill on the news of Princess Elizabeth's forthcoming wedding London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation's recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown. Toronto, 2016: More than half a century later, Heather Mackenzie seeks to unravel the mystery of a set of embroidered flowers, a legacy from her late grandmother. How did her beloved Nan, a woman who never spoke of her old life in Britain, come to possess the priceless embroideries that so closely resemble the motifs on the stunning gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding almost seventy years before and what was her Nan's connection to the celebrated textile artist and holocaust survivor Miriam Dassin. With The Gown, Jennifer Robson takes us inside the workrooms where one of the most famous wedding gowns in history was created. Balancing behind-the-scenes details with a sweeping portrait of a society left reeling by the calamitous costs of victory, she introduces readers to three unforgettable heroines, their points of view alternating and intersecting throughout its pages, whose lives are woven together by the pain of survival, the bonds of friendship, and the redemptive power of love.