Author: David Shone Publisher: Hour Glass ISBN: 0979892309 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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Civil war looms in the House of Romanov, as members of the royal family speak freely of a regime change. Only a young prince wounded by the war and a ballerina past her prime can stop the upcoming bloodshed.
Author: Martin Edwards Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1464206767 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 273
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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "Edwards's second winter-themed anthology in the British Library Crime Classics series is a standout. As in the most successful of such volumes, the editor's expertise results in a selection of unusual suspects, expanding readers' knowledge." —Publishers Weekly STARRED review Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Father Christmases behaving oddly, a famous fictional detective in a Yuletide drama, mysterious tracks in the snow, and some very unpleasant carol singers. There's no denying that the supposed season of goodwill is a time of year that lends itself to detective fiction. On a cold night, it's tempting to curl up by the fireside with a good mystery. And more than that, claustrophobic house parties, with people cooped up with long-estranged relatives, can provide plenty of motives for murder. Including forgotten stories by major writers such as Margery Allingham, as well as classic tales by less familiar crime novelists, each story in this selection is introduced by the leading expert on classic crime, Martin Edwards. The resulting volume is an entertaining and atmospheric compendium of wintry delights.
Author: Jules Stewart Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752476068 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 261
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In the mid-nineteenth century, the British and Russian Empires played the 'Great Game,' a rivalry for supremacy in Central Asia. To secure a 'buffer zone' in Afghanistan, between India and Russian territory, Britain launched the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1838. Initial success, including the imposition of a puppet regime supported by too few troops (a situation that has great resonance today), was followed by complete disaster in 1842, with 4,500 soldiers and 12,000 civilian camp followers killed by rebellious Afghans. Only one Briton is known to have escaped the massacre. This compelling story of imperial misadventure is told by Jules Stewart, a former Reuters journalist with considerable experience in the region and a specialist in North-West Frontier history, and has a foreword from General Sir David Richards, Chief of the General Staff and a former NATO commander in Afghanistan. It provides important parallels with our current commitments in this graveyard of ambitions, and illustrates how little has been learnt from the past.
Author: William Kritlow Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN: 9780785280989 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 328
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Lake Champlain mysteries;#1 Members of Sugar Steeple Church find their assistant pastor lying dead on the snowy ground. Someone must have hurled him from the church belfry. But who?
Author: Heather Walter Publisher: Del Rey ISBN: 1984818694 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 413
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Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of “Sleeping Beauty” reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice. “Fans of reimagined fairy tales and LGBTQ+ themes will be delighted with the conclusion of this fantasy duology.”—Booklist (starred review) The Dark Grace is dead. Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce’s wicked domain. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath. Not even the one person who holds her heart. Princess Aurora saw through Alyce’s thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. But it is a love that came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce’s vast power cannot seem to break. And the dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash. Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means turning into the monster Briar believes her to be. But could Aurora love the villain Alyce has become? Or is true love only for fairy tales? Book Two of the Malice Duology
Author: Sallie Bissell Publisher: Sallie Bissell ISBN: 9781087957302 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 278
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Deep snow is perilous. It hides dangers, reveals nothing and strips desires down to the basic. Warmth. Shelter. Survival. A pre-dawn plea for help plunges Mary Crow into a snowy, frigid wilderness where nothing is as it seems.
Author: Maggie O'Farrell Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 1536219371 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 73
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On the precipice of a serious illness, Sylvie wakes up to find a snow angel who tells her he will protect her, and when she finally recovers, she purposefully puts herself in precarious situations to try and meet him again.
Author: Michel Faber Publisher: Canongate Books ISBN: 1847678939 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 865
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Yearning to escape her life of prostitution in 1870s London, Sugar finds her fate entangled in the complicated family life of patron William, an egotistical perfume magnate.
Author: Marcia Lynn McClure Publisher: Distractions Ink ISBN: 0985274050 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 183
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The Scarlet Princess Monet must serve her kingdom, Karvana, and allow a husband to be chosen for her. She is secretly in love with the Crimson Knight of Karvana. Will she be able to marry the man she loves or will she be forced to forget him and marry someone else?
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