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    Tour de Force

    Christianna Brand

    First published in 1955, Brand's classic novel skewers the package holiday experience while unravelling one of the most audacious and devilish mysteries in the history of the genre.

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    Cat and Mouse

    Christianna Brand

    Girls Together magazine agony-aunt 'Mrs Friendly-wise', aka Katinka Jones, finds herself at a loose end in Swansea, and decides to pay a surprise visit to one of the magazine's regular…

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    Suddenly at His Residence

    Christianna Brand

    While the Blitz bombards London, the boisterous grandchildren of Sir Richard March have descended upon Swanswater Manor in Kent for a family gathering and the finalising of the patriarch's will…

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    Nurse Matilda

    Christianna Brand

    This is a re-issue, with the original Ardizzone illustrations, of the story of how the numerous, incredibly naughty Brown children are tamed by Nurse Matilda.

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    The Nurse Matilda Collection

    Christianna Brand

    Once upon a time there was a huge family of children; and they were terribly, terribly naughty ...

    So begin the tales of the no-nonsense Nurse Matilda who uses magic…

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    London Particular

    Christianna Brand

    First published in 1952, London Particular was Brand's favourite among her own books, and it remains a fast-paced and witty masterpiece of the genre, showing off the author's signature flair…

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    Fog of Doubt

    Christianna Brand

    Originally published in 1952 under the title: London particular.

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    Tour de Force

    Christianna Brand

    Part of the BLACK DAGGER CRIME series, a crime novel from the author of LONDON PARTICULAR. A xenophobic British Inspector, riled by his holiday experiences in the Mediterranean, discovers a…

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    Fog of Doubt

    Christianna Brand

    Rosie, the naughty little nyphet around whom Christianna Brand weaves her witty and mysterious web, recounts to her family a series of fibs that results in their supposing the unfortunate…

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    Death in High Heels

    Christianna Brand

    M3 F7. The back room of a couture house. 1937 It’s a big day at Christophe et Cie, a small couture house off Regent Street. Mr Bevan will announce which…

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    Death of Jezebel

    Christianna Brand

    "Laced with Brand's caustic wit, this one is a true puzzler with a harrowing, revelatory climax."--Booklist, Starred Review

    At Elysian Hall, a grand exhibition space in post-War London, a cast…

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    Suddenly at His Residence

    Christianna Brand

    Also known by its American title The Crooked Wreath, this classic mystery novel from 1947 is loaded with sharply drawn characters and devilish misdirection, all capped by one of the…

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    Heads You Lose

    Christianna Brand

    Pigeonsford Estate is playing host to a group of close friends when one of their member, Grace Morland, is found dead in a ditch. The murder is made even more…

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    Death In High Heels

    Richard Harris,Christianna Brand

    M3 F7. The back room of a couture house. 1937 It’s a big day at Christophe et Cie, a small couture house off Regent Street. Mr Bevan will announce which…

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    Death of Jezebel

    Christianna Brand

    First published in 1948, Brand’s masterpiece of the impossible crime subgenre is a fiendishly complex yet riveting mystery, featuring nuanced characters, Shakespearean plotting, dumbfounding acts of misdirection and a truly…

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    Green for Danger

    Christianna Brand

    As the prospect of driving back across Kent amid falling bombs detains the inspector for the night, a tense and claustrophobic investigation begins to determine who committed the foul deeds…

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    Green for Danger

    Christianna Brand

    Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand’s most intricately plotted detection puzzles, executed with her characteristic cleverness and gusto. When a patient dies…

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    Bodies from the Library 4

    Ngaio Marsh,Christianna Brand,Edmund Crispin,Ngaio Marsh

    The next volume of this anthology brings together more rare crime and mystery stories from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, many being published in book form for the very…

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    Bodies from the Library 4

    Ngaio Marsh,Christianna Brand,Edmund Crispin

    This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short…

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    Danger Unlimited

    Christianna 1907-1988 Brand

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    Danger Unlimited

    Christianna 1907-1988 Brand

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    Bodies from the Library: Lost Classic Stories by Masters of the Golden Age

    Agatha Christie,Georgette Heyer,A. A. Milne,Nicholas Blake

    This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including…

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