Eagles
4) Headlong
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When one of London's best-known literary agents is found dead in strange circumstances, having fallen headlong from his office window, DCI Slider is under pressure from the Borough Commander to confirm a case of accidental death. But when the evidence points to murder, Slider and his team find themselves uncovering some decidedly scandalous secrets in the suave and successful Ed Wiseman's past. An embittered ex-wife. A discarded mistress. A frustrated...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers, Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat, his head smashed by one of his own dumbbells. His heartlessly-dumped girlfriend, blood on her clothes and hands, is the prime suspect. She had means, opportunity, and motive. But is the case as clear-cut as it seems? Handsome Erik Lingoss had clients in high places; and he seemed to engender powerful emotions. If it was a crime of passion, there was plenty of that to go round: love...
6) Dying Fall
Author
Series
Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The woman's body is discovered at the foot of the stairs. It looks like a tragic accident - but DCI Slider, of the Shepherd's Bush murder squad, is convinced that's exactly what someone wants him to think. However, with no motive, no murder weapon and no idea who the victim is, can Slider find the evidence he needs before it's all too late?
Author
Series
Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The brand-new Bill Slider Mystery - Bank Holiday Monday, and beautiful Zellah Wilding straight-A student, prefect, future Head Girl lies dead near the famous Wormwood Scrubs prison in London. What was this good Christian girl doing out there, dressed to kill, when she was supposed to be at a sleep-over with school friends? A secret boyfriend from a run-down estate and a recently-released rapist look tasty; or could the nearby fairground or prison...
Author
Series
Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Happily married, wealthy Felicity Holland is missing, and no one knows why. DCI Bill Slider and his team will have to move fast if there's to be a hope of finding her alive. But with no evidence of foul play--nothing to go on at all--where do they even start looking? All they know for sure is that the clock is ticking ..."--
Author
Series
Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A Bill Slider Mystery - When ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax is found dead, the last thing Detective Inspector Slider needs to complicate his life is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats. Trevor Bates, aka The Needle, is on the loose and trying to kill him, and with a high-profile murder to solve, Slider must try to find a spare moment to marry Joanna before their baby is born and stay alive long enough to do it . . .
10) Jojo Rabbit
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
Author
Series
Ashmore Castle volume 2
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
England, 1903. Giles, the new Earl of Stainton, is struggling to bring his family's estate back to order after the death of his father, and he has little time to spare for his young pregnant wife, Kitty. She lives in fear of her mother-in-law, who won't give up the reins of the household. Will she ever truly be mistress of Ashmore Castle? Perhaps if her coming child is a boy, that will change the balance of power... Meanwhile, the Earl's younger sisters...
Author
Series
Morland dynasty volume 31
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
It's 1917 and the Allies are determined to finally defeat a weakened Germany - everything is building up to the summer's Big Push. Germany strikes back with U-boat attacks to starve England out, giant aeroplanes to bomb London, and the cunning withdrawal to the Hindenberg Line. Every Briton must do his bit, and the Morlands are involved at every stage: fighting and nursing in France, stoically surviving at home - and finding love where they can along...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
1901. When The Earl of Stainton dies in a tragic hunting accident, Giles, the eldest son of the noble Tallant family must step forward to replace him as the head of the family. But Giles has avoided the Castle and his stifling relatives for years, deciding instead to forge his own path away from the spotlight. Now, he must put aside his ambitions and honour his duty to the family. With their world upended, the Tallants and their servants struggle...
Author
Series
Ashmore Castle volume 3
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"England, 1903. Giles, the Earl of Stainton, has fled from his stifling duties to resume his research in Egypt, leaving behind his wife Kitty, and his infant son. Kitty, still reeling from Giles' sudden departure, struggles to keep spirits high in the castle and establish herself as the true mistress of the house, an impossible task given how many secrets the inhabitants are hiding from her... The Earl's younger sisters, Rachel and Alice, are both...
16) The long shadow
Author
Series
Morland dynasty volume 6
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
In the Morland Dynasty series, the majestic sweep of English history is richly and movingly portrayed through the fictional lives of the Morland family. It is 1670, and Morland Place has flourished under Ralphs stewardship, while Annunciata is a great lady of the Court. Splendid futures seem to be promised for her children; but the religious rift opened by Henry VIII has never been fully healed, and conflict resurfaces at the accession of the Catholic...
Author
Series
Morland dynasty volume 20
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
1851: the shadow of war again falls over the Morland family as the Army sets out to face the Russians in the Crimea. At Morland Place, war is not an immediate threat to Benedict, but an unexpected visitor causes him an agonising dilemma. In Manchester, Fanny's marriage is turning from idyll to nightmare, while in London, Charlotte deftly balances the demands of society and motherhood, and her brother, Cavendish, falls in and out of love with the most...
18) Fallen kings
Author
Series
Morland dynasty volume 32
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
1918: German troops flood back from the Russian front for an all-out assault in France. The under-strength British reel back; the specter of defeat haunts the land. In the front line, Bertie struggles to bring out his battered battalion; at home Jessie, carrying his child, faces her family's censure. Thomas follows the Romanovs to Ekaterinburg as Russia descends into bloody civil war. Emma drives an ambulance in the FANY, and Jack is shot down. In...
19) The princeling
Author
Series
Morland dynasty volume 3
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Author
Series
Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English