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279 pages ; 22 cm.
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"It's 1935, and ever since the big crash and her father's subsequent suicide, Henrietta Von Harmon has been left with the job of caring for her antagonistic mother and seven younger siblings. In desperation, Henrietta finally agrees to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall. Just as she's beginning to enjoy herself, however, the floor matron suddenly turns up dead. When the aloof Inspector Howard appears on the scene to investigate, he...
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Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago's northwest side. It's 1935, but things still aren't looking up since the big crash and her father's subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings. Henrietta is eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall-and just when she's beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron turns up dead.
When aloof Inspector...
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307 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other's family. "Difficult" because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended. Left...
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In this second book of the series, Henrietta and Clive delightfully rewrite Pride and Prejudice-with a hint of mystery!
Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other's family. "Difficult" because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings...
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This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back.
Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley's attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta's vows of love. Stanley and Elsie's relationship...
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Henrietta and Inspector Howard novel volume 3
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366 pages ; 22 cm.
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"This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back. Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley's attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta's vows of love. Stanley and Elsie's relationship...
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Henrietta and Inspector Howard novel volume 4
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390 pages ; 22 cm.
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"In this fourth book of the series, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father's death was not an accident, Clive launches an investigation, despite his mother's belief that he has become 'mentally disturbed' with grief. Henrietta eventually joins forces with Clive on their first real case, which, as they unravel the truth behind Alcott's worrisome affairs, becomes...
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Murder is never far from this sexy couple... even during the holidays!
Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father's death was not an accident, Clive launches his own investigation, despite his mother's belief that he has become "mentally disturbed" with grief. Henrietta eventually joins forces...
9) A Child Lost
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A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . .
When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta-much to Clive's dismay-begins...
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"Mixing Romance and Mystery in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!""A fun and spunky heroine, a plot involving an old castle in Strasbourg make this a fast-paced, delightful read."
-Rhys Bowen, New York Times best-selling author"A fabulously entertaining novel, start to finish."
-Hall Ways, Lonestar Literary Life"Romantic, sexy, and fulfilling. Henrietta and Clive Howard finally live out their unbridled passion for each other's intellect and charm-while solving...
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When Henrietta and Clive return to England, they find themselves caught up in the death of an estate agent responsible for the proposed sale of the Howard's ancestral home, Castle Linley-an investigation that various ghostly hauntings threaten to disrupt altogether.
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