Bibliography: Nunn, Malla. (2009). A Beautiful Place to Die. New York: Atria Books ISBN: 978-1416586203
Plot Summary: In the early 1950s South Africa where new apartheid laws have recently gone into effect, Detective Sargeant Emmanuel Cooper is called to the small town of Jacob’s Rest when white Afrikaner police captain from a prominent family is found [...]
Bibliography: Slade, Arthur. (September 2009). The Hunchback Assignments. New York: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 9780385737845
Plot Summary: Mr. Socrates rescued Modo from traveling freak show when he was just a baby. He recognized his special morphological skill, and had him trained as an agent for his secret society in Victorian London. Together with another teen [...]
Bibliography: Upson, Nicola. (2008). An Expert in Murder. New York: Harper. ISBN: 978-0061451539
Plot Summary: Playwright and mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling to London to see the last week of her hit play on stage. On the train she meets a fan, who is found brutally murdered soon after arriving at the station. Tey’s friend [...]
Bibliography: Scott, Regina. (2008). La Petite Four. New York: Penguin Group. ISBN: 978-1595142085
Plot Summary: Four best friends, La Petite Four, are determined that Lady Emily’s father, Lord Southwell, will not ruin their dreams of a lavish coming out ball and season in Regency London by forcing Emily to marry Lord Robert. So they set out [...]
Bibliography: George, Jessica Day. (2009). Princess of the Midnight Ball. New York: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. ISBN: 978-1599903224
Plot Summary: Princess Rose and her 11 sisters are exhausted and wearing through a pair of dancing shoes almost every night. But no one knows how or why. Others have tried to discover their secret with no success, [...]