Samantha Bond
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Magpie murders volume 1
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A "brilliant and strikingly original reimagining of the classic whodunit (a la Agatha Christie) with a contemporary mystery wrapped around it"-- After working with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years, editor Susan Ryeland is intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries in sleepy English villages. His traditional formula has proved hugely successful, so successful that Susan must continue to put up with his...
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Bridget Jones volume 3
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What do you do when your girlfriends sixtieth birthday party is the same day as your boyfriends thirtieth? Is it better to die of Botox or die of loneliness because youre so wrinkly? Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating? Is it normal to get fewer followers the more you tweet? If you put lip plumper on your hands do you get plump hands? Is sleeping with someone after two dates and six weeks of texting the same as getting married after...
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2024.
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Retired archaeologist Judith Potts's peaceful evening in Marlow is shattered when she witnesses a brutal murder. With the local police, led by newly promoted DS Tanika Malik, reluctant to believe her story, Judith teams up with local dog-walker Suzie and unfulfilled vicar's wife Becks to investigate.
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From London's glittering West End to Broadway's bright lights, from her Academy Award-winning role as Elizabeth I to M in the James Bond films, Judi Dench has treated audiences to some of the greatest performances of our time. She made her professional acting debut in 1957 playing Ophelia in Hamlet, and in 1968 moved beyond the classical stage to play Sally Bowles in Cabaret.
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Inside The Mind of Agatha Christie - Agatha Christie ranks as one of the most successful writers of all time. Combining rare access to Christie's family and her personal archive, the show gives viewers a never-before-seen look into the late crime writer's fascinating life story.
Agatha Christie's England - retraces the celebrated English writer's footsteps across the England. With access to both her family and those who lived with her and knew her...
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When Maggie Marks faces a tough career decision, she flees to Europe for some soul searching and sightseeing with a friend. There she encounters a handsome European playboy prince, and lands herself in a world she has never known where she finds a new direction in life, while teaching him to be a better prince along the way.
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Home Fires volume Season 1
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.