Based on a real-life scandal that gripped Britain in the 1860s, this domestic thriller – explores a feminist spinster’s reluctant involvement in a sordid divorce. Joint winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Orange Prize, a Now Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year. Reached No. 7 in paperback fiction sales in the UK and No. 1 in Ireland.

The Sealed Letter is a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal, and forbidden love.

Helen Codrington is unhappily married. Emily 'Fido' Faithfull hasn't seen her once-dear friend for years. Suddenly, after bumping into Helen on the streets of Victorian London, Fido finds herself reluctantly helping Helen to have an affair with a young army officer.

The women's friendship quickly unravels amid courtroom accusations of adultery, counter-accusations of cruelty and attempted rape, and the appearance of a mysterious 'sealed letter' that could destroy more than one life . . .

Ex-library book in like new condition with the exception of library stickers on the front and spine as well as a library stamp on the 4th page.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

The Sealed Letter

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

When his beloved younger wife and protégé is rendered a top player in the international art scene, proud Marius introduces her to a leading journalist to cover her life story, unaware that an instant connection between his wife and the journalist will ignite powerful secrets. By the author of A Woman of Substance. 200,000 first printing.

Playing the Game

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Sidney Sheldon

Massachusetts

When Harry Stanford, one of the wealthiest men in the world, mysteriously drowns while cruising on his yacht off the rugged coast of Corsica, it sets off a chain of events that reverberates around the globe. At the family gathering following the funeral in Boston, a strikingly beautiful young woman appears. She claims to be the daughter of Harry Stanford and entitled to a share of the tycoon's estateis she genuine or an impostor? The Stanford family is one of the most respected in America, but behind the facade of fame and glamour is a hidden web of blackmail, drugs, and murder. Sidney Sheldons Morning, Noon, and Night sweeps from the splendors of the Italian Riviera to the fashion salons of Paris and New York, to the elite of Bostons Back Bay and the social register of Floridas Hobe Sound. His intriguing story twists and turns its way through smoke and mirrors until the ultimate Sidney Sheldon surprise ending.

Morning Noon and Night

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#hardcover #huntingDownAmanda #andrewKlavan #thriller #obsession #intrigue #hunted #mystery #suspense 

Louisiana

After his wife's brutal murder, Lonnie Blake becomes obsessed with the woman who fulfilled his fantasies for one night and sets out to find her, only to learn that a team of ruthless killers are hunting Carol and her five-year-old daughter.

Hunting down Amanda

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Wisconsin

A Nick Mason Novel

Reprieved from a long prison term in exchange for committing increasingly dangerous crimes on behalf of a criminal kingpin, Nick Mason is relentlessly haunted by the detective who initially placed him behind bars.

The Second Life of Nick Mason

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A successful attorney about to be married and preparing for a run for Congress, David Wolfe's life is thrown into turmoil when he is reunited with Hana Arif, a Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret love affair in law school, a reunion marked by the assassination of the Israeli prime minister and by his efforts to defend Hana when she is accused of being the mastermind behind the crime. 500,000 first printing.

Exile

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Iris Johansen

Roy Johansen

Texas

A Novel

"The #1 New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award winning authors are back with an electrifying new novel that will leave your heart racing. Kendra Michaels is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her...until she hears the details: The body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo. The man was carrying an envelope with Kendra's name on it, and inside was an SD card with what appears to be an innocuous video of a wedding reception. And just one week before the attempted delivery of this mysterious video, the groom in the video was murdered. As the body count rises, Kendra joins forces with private investigator Jessie Mercado and agent-for-hire Adam Lynch as they discover that each victim played a part in convicting a serial killer years before. Someone has clearly taken up his mantle to exact a sadistic form of vengeance. But who is it? A family member? An old partner? Or is it possible that the wrong man was convicted and the serial killer himself has returned to continue his sick spree? In Double Blind, Iris and Roy Johansen deliver an emotional, gripping new entry in the bestselling Kendra Michaels series"--

Double Blind

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#hardcover #romance #intrigue #familysecret dust jacket has slight w/t.

Tempest's Course

#paperback #detective #fiction #janeaustin #intrigue #stephaniebarron #janeaustenmystery

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Being the First Jane Austen Mystery

For everyone who loves Jane Austen...a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth!

On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband--a gentleman of mature years--is felled by a mysterious and agonizing ailment. The Earl's death seems a cruel blow of fate for the newly married Isobel. Yet the bereaved widow soon finds that it's only the beginning of her misfortune...as she receives a sinister missive accusing her and the Earl's nephew of adultery--and murder. Desperately afraid that the letter will expose her to the worst sort of scandal, Isobel begs Jane for help. And Jane finds herself embroiled in a perilous investigation that will soon have her following a trail of clues that leads all the way to Newgate Prison and the House of Lords--a trail that may well place Jane's own person in the gravest jeopardy.

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor

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#intrigue #adventure #historicalfiction #suspense


Set in the 1850s and based on an actual historical incident, The Magician's Wife is a rare glimpse at the beginnings of 100 years of French rule in Algeria and a bold exploration of one woman's desires and convictions. Summoned to the grand country estate of Napoleon III, the famed illusionist Henri Lambert and his wife, Emmeline, are drawn into an elaborate plot to further the French imperialist drive into North Africa and subdue the rebellious Arab tribes threatening jihad. A man of inordinate ambition, Lambert goes to desperate lengths to satisfy both his emperor and his own hunger for fame. Meanwhile, Emmeline succumbs to the desert's spell, undergoing a type of spiritual conversion, shedding her former notions of patriotism and property - along with her inhibitions - in the hot glare of the Arabian sun. From the splendor and intrigue of the French court to the majesty of the Sahara, The Magician's Wife is an exciting, exotic, and glamoursly seductive novel.

The Magician's Wife

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#romance #harlequin #intrigue #series #suspense

Trueblood, Texas

Someone's Baby

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Susan Kearney

This is a romantic suspense, mass-market paperback. It is in excellent condition. See photos.

Kaylin Danner returns to Florida from New York to help her father raise her younger sisters. After her father's laboratory explodes and his priceless formula for a revolutionary new fuel disappears, Kaylin is left with nothing but her father's business partner Sawyer Scott and a cache of deadly trouble. Original.

Dancing with Fire

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#hardcover #intrigue #america #florida 📚

Kentucky

A fictional portrait of the challenges, dreams, triumphs, and relationships of older adults and their families follows the residents of the Palms, a Florida retirement center, over the course of a single, unforgettable year. 150,000 first printing.

Recessional

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Gina Robinson

This is a mass-market romantic suspense paperback.

Combining the wit of Janet Evanovich and the intrigue of Cherry Adair, the acclaimed author of "Spy Candy" introduces a sizzling couple who find themselves sleepless in Seattle. Original.

Spy Games

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(A Memory Away...)

A Night Without End by Susan Kearney released on Dec 24, 1999 is available now for purchase.

A Night Without End

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Are You Afraid of the Dark—Large Print

Blue Balliett

New York

This bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art.Chasing Vermeer joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has stumped even the FBI?

Chasing Vermeer

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#paperback #fbi #romance #danger #witness #harlequin #intrigue #carlacassidy #withthematerialwitnessinthesafehouse 

The Curse of Raven's Cliff

FBI agent Ryan Burton spent his days investigating every sinister secret in the fog-shrouded village of Raven's Cliff...his nights he spent protecting a beautiful material witness with no memory. At one time Ryan had been her defender and her lover, but Britta Jakobsen had no recollection of either. Now, as a curse that enshrouded this seaside town began taking its toll on the locals,

Britta became the focus of a madman's attention.

For Ryan, safeguarding Britta brought back the past--and the passion--they'd once shared. This time, though, their reunion was no match for the unpredictable danger that hovered just outside the safehouse door....



With the Material Witness in the Safehouse

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Dean Koontz

Koontz looks heavenward for inspiration in his newest suspense thriller, which is chock-full of signs, portents, angels, and one somewhat second-rate devil, a murky and undercharacterized guy named Junior Cain who throws his beloved wife off a fire tower on an Oregon mountain and spends the rest of the novel waiting for the retribution that will surely come. But not before a series of tragedies ensues that convince Junior that someone or something named Bartholomew is out to exact vengeance for that crime and the series of other murders that follow. --- Amazon.

From the Corner of His Eye

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Janet Evanovich

Oklahoma

Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum winds up in trouble again when she agrees to meet with her old flame Dickie Orr, who promptly vanishes, leaving Stephanie the prime suspect in his disappearance.

Lean Mean Thirteen 1769

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Marsha Canham

In Northern England and Scotland in 1745 English beauty Catherine Ashbrooke is wrenched from the arms of her husband, Scottish warrior and spy Alexander Cameron.

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