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"1930. Frances Black is worried - divorce proceedings are under way and her solicitor has learnt of a spiteful letter sent to the court claiming that there is more to her friendship with her sleuthing partner, Tom Dod, than meets the eye. Fran takes Tom's advice to get away, travelling down to Devon to help the Edgertons with their family mystery. After meeting the charismatic Eddie Edgerton and arriving at their residence, Sunnyside House, Fran soon...
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Kolekcja kryminałów volume t. 2
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Considered one of the greatest mysteries of all times, ten strangers, each with a dark secret, are gathered together on an isolated island by a mysterious host. One by one, they die, and before the weekend is out, there will be none.
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A poetic account of life in an English village by a 13-year-old girl. She is Alison Freemantle, the daughter of a prosperous farmer, enjoying a surprise holiday because of a teachers' strike. She uses her free time to describe the people round her and reflect on love, sex, death and class difference.
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"It's been years since Zoe Fairchild has been to the small Devon village of her birth, but the wounds she suffered there still ache. When she learns that her old friend and grandmother's caretaker has gone missing, Zoe and her fifteen-year-old daughter return to England to help. Zoe dreads seeing her estranged mother, who left when Zoe was seven to travel the world. As the four generations of women reunite, the emotional pain of the past is awakened....
53) The sanctuary
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"On a remote farm in the deepest Devonshire countryside, four pregnant women arrive at an exclusive yoga retreat for a five-star weekend of prenatal pampering. The location is idyllic. Their host, Selina, is eager to teach them all she knows about pregnancy and motherhood. But, like Selina, each of the women has a secret. And secrets can be deadly..." -- Back cover.
56) Diez negritos
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Diez personas reciben sendas cartas firmadas por un desconocido Mr. Owen, invitándolas a pasar unos días en uno de los islotes de la costa de Devon. La primera noche, después de la cena, una voz les acusa, a todos, de ser culpables de un crimen. Lo que parece ser una broma macabra se convierte en una espantosa realidad cuando, uno por uno, los diez invitados son asesinados en una atmósfera de miedos y mutuas acusaciones. La clave parece estar...
57) Zabawna Flappy
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"Flappy Scott-Booth to samozwańcza królowa matka Badley Compton, malowniczej mieściny w hrabstwie Devon. Jej mąż Kenneth całe dnie gra w golfa, a ona z troską dogląda ich pięknego domu i ogrodów. A przede wszystkim organizuje niezapomniane przyjęcia, na których, otoczona gronem wiernych przyjaciół, bryluje jako gwiazda wieczoru. Jej życie jest jak ona sama - wręcz doskonałe. Aż do dnia, kiedy do wioski wprowadzają się Hedda Harvey-Smith...
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When scandal forces Adeline to flee London society, she finds a haven in a tiny English hamlet in Devonshire, where she takes up the post of village schoolmistress. The young widow of the disgraced Sir Hugh Delahaye, Adeline reverts to her maiden name and is determined to leave the past behind. When she encounters Guy Ashleigh, the handsome and charismatic young ward of the village squire, they fall passionately in love, but Guy is expected to marry...
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"When a body found on the Honeychurch Hall estate proves to be that of a villager who had supposedly moved to Ireland years earlier, tongues start wagging and theories abound. Charlie Green had always been a rogue. Although Charlie's demise happened well before Kat's arrival, Kat is drawn into the mystery when she finds two rare miniature portraits hidden inside a custom-made dollhouse of Honeychurch Hall. And then Charlie's aunt suffers a mysterious...
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The most dangerous game: The sole survivor of a yachting accident swims to a mysterious island to save himself, where he is welcomed by the Count and introduced to two other survivors. The Count is a big game hunter and the three guests soon find that he has grown bored with hunting animals and is after a new prey - man.
And then there were none: The scene of the crime, in this Agatha Christie masterpiece, is a deserted island, in a creepy mansion....
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