Rivals In The City
Hesitating to accept James' marriage proposal out of fear of losing her independence, Mary watches over a dying prisoner whose wife holds a grudge against James, at the same time a familiar Chinese prizefighter arrives in London.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], great britain, london (england), detective and mystery fiction, household employees [X], murder [X], historical fiction, sex role, orphans
The Perfect Place To Die
Seventeen-year-old Zuretta Palmer travels to Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair to find her missing sister, but when the police and the Pinkertons refuse to help her, Zuretta begins her own investigation by becoming a maid at the notorious Castle.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: household employees [X], sisters, buildings, murder [X], mystery fiction, horror tales, pinkerton's national detective agency, world's columbian exposition, chicago (ill.), detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], horror stories, homicide, detective and mystery fiction, horror fiction