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• Death Below Stairs

  Ashley, Jennifer,

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  Highly sought-after young cook Kat Holloway takes a position in a Mayfair mansion and soon finds herself immersed in the odd household of Lord Rankin. Kat is unbothered by the family’s eccentricities as long as they stay away from her kitchen, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

  Khavari, Kate,

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  Research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to prove herself at University College London, but her male colleagues dismiss her abilities and suggest her late father's reputation secured her position in the botany department. At a university…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Novel Disguise

  Larsen, Samantha,

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  London, 1784. Miss Tiffany Woodall didn't murder her half-brother—but she did bury him in the garden to keep her cottage. Now she must impersonate Uriah as the Duke of Beaufort's librarian while searching for his missing diamond pin, their only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Body in the Garden

  Schellman, Katharine,

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  London, 1815. Newly-widowed Lily Adler is determined to forge an independent life in a society that disapproves of women without husbands. At a ball hosted by her oldest friend, Lady Walter, she expects gossip and scandal—not a dead body in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Most Agreeable Murder

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  Seales, Julia,

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  A young woman growing up in a well-to-do family in Regency England, hiding her obsession with true crime from her etiquette-obsessed social circle, joins forces with a detective when a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball.

• Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord

  Connally, Celeste,

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  Lady Petra Forsyth, daughter of the Earl of Holbrook, has scandalized society by vowing never to marry after losing her fiancé in a tragic accident. She intends to navigate high society on her own terms—until whispers surface that a friend has died…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder in Highbury

  Kelly, Vanessa,

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  When the corpse of Mrs. Augusta Elton, the vicar's wife, is found discarded on the altar steps, a chilling murder mystery blooms and chaos descends upon the tranquil village of Highbury.

• Murder in Postscript

  Winters, Mary,

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  Secretly writing for a London penny paper under the pen name Lady Agony, Victorian countess Amelia Amesbury is drawn into a murder investigation after the death of one of her readers and puts her reputation -- and her life -- on the line to catch a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Study in Scarlet Women

  Thomas, Sherry

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  When London is struck by a trio of unexpected deaths and suspicion falls on her sister and her father, Charlotte, under the assumed name Sherlock Holmes, is desperate to find the true culprits and clear the family name.