Monday 4 March 2013

Staff Favourites - Mysteries

Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. Here's a list of both fiction and non fiction mysteries enjoyed by staff recently.

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The beautiful mystery by Louise Penny, 2012
A Chief Inspector Gamache mystery; 8

The uncommon appeal of clouds by Alexander McCall Smith, 2012
The Sunday Philosophy Club series - Isabel Dalhousie mysteries (9)

Immortal by Dean Crawford, 2002
County coroner Alexis Cruz makes a surpising discovery when carrying out an autopsy

The damnation of John Donellan : a mysterious case of death & scandal in Georgian England by Elizabeth Cooke, c20122
Was Captain John "Diamond" Donellan really guilty of the murder of his brother-in-law Theodosius Broughton, heir to a fortune and baronetcy?  The author examines this real life murder and the dynastic drama around it.  It offers glimpses into the sometimes sordid Georgian high society.

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