The Ruby In The Smoke
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: mystery and detective stories, orphans, mystery fiction [X], london (england), readers rule, criminals [X], historical fiction [X], great britain, london
Billy Bathgate : A Novel
The story of Billy Bathgate, a boy who has insinuated himself into the inner circle of the notorious Dutch Schultz gang to become apprentice and protege to one of the great murdering gangsters.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jazz, mystery fiction [X], criminals fiction, music, new york (n.y.) fiction, schultz, dutch, criminals [X], historical fiction [X]
The Great Train Robbery
A master criminal plots and carries out the robbery of gold bullion being sent by train from London to Paris in supposedly invulnerable safes.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1060
subjects: train robberies, railroads, theft, historical fiction [X], london (england), great britain, crime, criminals [X], mystery fiction [X], historical fiction, england
A Madness So Discreet
When Grace Mae is sent to the Boston insane asylum she is pregnant with her father's baby and mute.
FIC
year:
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: historical fiction [X], asylums, criminals [X], ohio, criminal investigation, physicians, mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction, historical fiction