Emilia Fox
1) Maestra
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Maestra novels volume 1
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English
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"By day, Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a prestigious London art house. By night, she's a hostess at one of the capital's notorious champagne bars. Desperate to make something of herself, Judith knows she has to play the game. She's transformed her accent and taught herself about wine and the correct use of a dessert fork, not to mention the art of discretion. She's learned to be a good girl. But when Judith is fired for uncovering a...
2) Agnes Grey
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When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes's enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr Weston, the sober young curate....
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"For fans of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank comes a captivating novel that offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of Vanessa Bell, her sister Virginia Woolf, and the controversial and popular circle of intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group. London, 1905: The city is alight with change, and the Stephen siblings are at the forefront. Vanessa, Virginia, Thoby, and Adrian are leaving behind their childhood home and taking a house in the leafy...
4) Gold
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Cyclists Zoe and Kate are friends and athletic rivals for Olympic gold, while Kate and her husband Jack, also a world-class cyclist, must contend with the recurrence of their young daughter's leukemia.
5) Domina
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Maestra novels volume 2
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"In this riveting sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, Maestra, femme fatale Judith Rashleigh once again leads readers into the mesmerizing and dangerous underworld of Europe's glamorous elite. Since opening her own art gallery in Venice, Judith Rashleigh--now Elisabeth Teerlinc--can finally stop running. She's got the paycheck, lifestyle, and wardrobe she always dreamed of, not to mention the interest of a Russian billionaire. But when...
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"Dr. Nikki Alexander and the team at the Lyell Centre must solve five more thrilling mysteries. A body in the concrete pillar of a car park. A downed plane. Scientific research gone wrong. The cases that end up at the Lyell Centre are rarely straightforward. Initial suspicions are challenged as the evidence mounts, and Nikki and the team must work harder than ever to find the truth"--Container.
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"The drama returns opening in Liverpool with an assassination attempt and Sam Ryan calling on the team with a plea for help seventeen years after leaving the Lyell. Sam seeks to usher in democratic health care, but the shooting of the Health Secretary and Sam's husband pulls Dr. Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson and Simone Tyler into a world of duplicity, intrigue and betrayal. When the credibility of DNA testing is challenged, the bedrock of forensic...
9) The tempest
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Presents Shakespeare's play about a shipwrecked Duke who learns to command the spirits.
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Forensic pathologist Professor Sam Ryan has always delved into the past lives of the corpse she examines. But the discovery of her long-lost son confirms that it's time to confront her own past, and her future, and move on. Harry and Leo are her obvious successors, but what will they make of new recruit Nikki Alexander?
11) The Virgin Queen
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"A riveting drama that explores the fascinating 44-year-reign of Elizabeth I, from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror, through her great love affair with Robert Dudley into her years of triumph over the Spanish Armada, and finally her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex. Vulnerable and imperious, passionate and unreachable, forever torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of...
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Baffled police turn to forensic pathologists Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson and Thomas Chamberlain for help. What's the missing link between a poisoned autistic boy and a football celebrity caught on a sex tape? If a framed ex-soldier didn't kill two boys, who did? How to explain the buried remains of a lap dancer in rural Scotland and the body of a recently pregnant Northern Irish teenager, found in a suitcase? Things get personal for Jack when his...
13) The carer
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Diagnosed with a rare form of Parkinson's Disease, ailing theatrical legend Sir Michael Gifford is terminally ill. He's also foul-mouthed, irascible, and highly resistant to the concept of allowing a full time care giver into his home. Out of sheer necessity but hardly convicted at the notion herself, Sir Michael's daughter Sophia reluctantly brings in a candidate to interview for the job.
14) Rebecca
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"Set across 1930s Monaco and England the tale of romance, suspense and jealousy [features] the rich and handsome Max de Winter and his new, young bride. When the newlyweds return home to Manderley, Maxim's magnificent and ancient Cornwall estate, the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, threatens the new bride. As she begins to uncover the darkness of the past, she is unsettled by the hostility of Mrs. Danvers, the sinister head housekeeper who is devoted...
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When human remains land on the slab in the forensic pathology department of London University, three dedicated scientists search for deadly facts. Four bodies from the River Thames point to a sickening racket. Harry's murdered ex-girlfriend never wanted him to learn her deepest secret. The bride who died at her bachelorette party hid a fatal fact from her groom. And the old woman who looked beaten to death has one last surprise for her son.
16) Acres & acres
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Based on the best-selling novel by St. John Greene, the film is a heartwarming story of a woman with cancer who makes a list of memories to help her husband raise their sons after she is gone.
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"When a new crime scene looks like the carbon copy of a case from her past, forensic pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander hunts for clues to the connection before the evidence gets too hot to handle. Nikki and her London colleagues, Doctors Thomas Chamberlain and Jack Hodgson, [use] their better-late-than-never efforts to pry secrets from victims' remains and catch the killers. Did a gunman target a family of picnickers on purpose, or shoot at random?...
18) The pianist
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Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
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What do a people-smuggler, a photogenic young schoolteacher, a missing teenager, and a father/son pair have in common? Alas, their remains are the most reliable witnesses of how they died, and, if they were murdered, who killed them. Following grisly clues, Dr. Nikki Alexander and her team of forensic pathologists delve into London₂s illegal immigrant community, a toxic media storm, families camped on a riverbank, a shocking car accident and international...