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Thrush Green series volume 8
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"When a fire destroys its rectory, the normally peaceful Thrush Green becomes a center of controversy. Who will live in the retirement homes to be built on the vacant lot, and will everyone get along? Miss Read's cast of engaging characters and gentle humor help hash out the issues."--Fantastic Fiction website.
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Tom Dod's Aunt Hetty is worried -- three sudden deaths have occurred in the sleepy village of Durley Dean. They might seem like tragic accidents, but Aunt Hetty isn't so sure. After all, all three took a stand against Reverend Pinder, the new vicar of St Agnes Church, whose controversial changes have divided the congregation. But is there really a killer among the parishioners? And while Fran leaps at the chance to spend a weekend at Aunt Hetty's...
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The wonderful new novel from Alex Brown, bestselling author of The Great Christmas Knit Off, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Jill Mansell. April Wilson is wondering what to do next - her life has been turned upside down after the loss of her husband so she's hoping to piece herself together again with a visit to her elderly great aunt, Edith. Arriving in the rural idyll of Tindledale, she's dismayed to find Edith's cottage and the orchards surrounding...
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"On the night before Halloween, the people of Scarlet Cove annually gather at the castle on the hill in hopes of spotting the headless spirits that are rumoured to stalk the grounds. What starts off as a silly legend for ex-detective, Liz Jones, soon becomes all too real when she discovers a severed head. Her hopes of settling into her new home on the coast are once again hampered when she is dragged into another murder investigation. Liz finds herself...
67) Village school
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The headmistress of a two-room rural school in a tiny English village gives an account of the events of a school year - the daily routines, seasonal activities, and the special programs as a part of the life of the community.
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Peridale Cafe mystery volume 1
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"Soon to be divorced Julia South never expected to be caught up in solving a murder, until she discovered the body of her cafe's most awkward customer. With a new smug Detective Inspector in town who underestimates her every move, Julia makes it her mission to discover the real murderer, before her village friends are dragged into the frame, and more bodies are discovered."-- Page [4] of cover.
73) Tyler's Row
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The Hales had hoped that the cottages at Tyler's Row would provide a haven of peace. But sandwiched as they were between the redoubtable Sergeant Burnaby and the poisonous Mrs Fowler, they soon found that Fairacre was no Utopia but an ordinary English village.
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Tullivers, the former home of old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy, had stood empty for many months. Then, one bright April day, two newcomers move in -- an attractive young woman and her son -- and the villagers begin to show their interest and attention, especially several bachelors.
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Thrush Green series volume 12
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Celebrations are being prepared to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nathaniel Patten, one of Thrush Green's most famous sons. A statue is being put up to mark the occasion and when the long-anticipate day arrives, events culminate in more than one cause for rejoicing.
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Join Frances Barden, Sarah Collingborne, Pat Simms, Miriam Brindsley, and the women of the Great Paxford Women's Institute as calamity hits their beloved village and they prove once again that when women work together they can surmount almost any challenge. Frances struggles as her factory is shut down and her husband's secret child arrives at her door. Pat's abusive husband is home from the war. Newlyweds Teresa and Nick hide a secret. Meanwhile,...
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Peridale Cafe mystery volume 7
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Excitement blossoms through Peridale when a prestigious gardening magazine picks the village as the spotlight for their next issue, but that joy quickly turns to dread when members of the local gardening society, the Peridale Green fingers, start dying one by one after their obituaries are sent to the Peridale Post the day before their murders.
80) Over the gate
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Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook -- and used with alarming consequences -- to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic...