![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why did I read this book: Girls! Detectives! and also Aisha’s review Stand alone or series: The first in the Wells and Wong series But will they succeed? And can their friendship stand the test? ![]() Determined to get to the bottom of the crime before the killer strikes again (and before the police can get there first, naturally), Hazel and Daisy must hunt for evidence, spy on their suspects and use all the cunning, scheming and intuition they can muster. Now Hazel and Daisy not only have a murder to solve: they have to prove a murder happened in the first place. and there’s more than one person at Deepdean with a motive. Now the girls know a murder must have taken place. She thinks it must all have been a terrible accident – but when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared. Which they don’t, really.)īut then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia’s missing tie. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secret detective agency, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. Title: Murder Most Unladylike (UK) / Murder is Bad Manners (US)ĭeepdean School for Girls, 1934. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris Kringle," he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that needs granting. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.īut hold on! There's an angel waiting in the wings. ![]() No, he's not on his deathbed no, his dog hasn't run away from home. Little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a holiday miracle. ![]() 'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiny community of Pine Cove, California, people are busy buying, wrapping, packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit.īut not everybody is feeling the joy. ![]() ![]() ![]() In later books, the action moves from Williamsburg to New York City, Richmond, Virginia and England. The books cover several generations of two families from the American Revolutionary War up to World War II. Thane is most famous for her " Williamsburg" series of historical fiction. Her novel, The Tudor Wench, about Elizabeth I of England, was made into a play. Her first novel, Riders of the Wind, was published in 1926. She began working as a freelance writer in the 1920s, and became a newspaper writer and a Hollywood screenwriter. The family moved to New York City in 1918, and "Helen Ricker" changed her name to "Elswyth Thane". Helen Ricker Beebe (– July 31, 1984) was an American romance novelist who published under the name Elswyth Thane.īorn in Burlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal. ![]() ![]() Mary is a graduate student, while the others spend all their time at CrossFit: “Another source of irritation,” Liz complains, “was that her sisters looked fantastic.” Meanwhile, their mother is still obsessed with marrying her daughters to eligible men. ![]() No one is caring for their father, despite the fact that sisters Mary, Kitty, and Lydia all live at home, none of them contributing much. The story opens as Liz, thirty-eight, and her sister Jane, a thirty-nine-year-old yoga teacher, return to their childhood home in Cincinnati, where their father is recovering from a heart attack. Sittenfeld has transplanted the story to modern-day Cincinnati: Liz Bennet is a magazine writer based in New York and Fitzwilliam Darcy a handsome, forty-something neurosurgeon. An installment in publisher HarperCollins’s “Austen Project,” which invites contemporary novelists to reimagine the works of the great eighteenth-century British writer, Eligible is a retelling of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Eligible is a 2016 novel by American author Curtis Sittenfeld. ![]() ![]() Because seeing spirits is not the only thing that plagues Jetta. ![]() Her skill and fame are her family’s way to earn a spot aboard the royal ship to Aquitan, where shadow plays are the latest rage, and where rumor has it the Mad King has a spring that cures his ills. But the old ways are forbidden ever since the colonial army conquered their country, so Jetta must never show, never tell. ![]() In truth, Jetta can see the souls of the recently departed and bind them to the puppets with her blood. With Jetta behind the scrim, their puppets seem to move without string or stick-a trade secret, they say. Jetta’s family is famed as the most talented troupe of shadow players in the land. For a Muse of Fire will captivate fans of Sabaa Tahir, Leigh Bardugo, and Renée Ahdieh. The first book in a new trilogy from the acclaimed Heidi Heilig blends traditional storytelling with ephemera for a lush, page-turning tale of escape and rebellion. A country torn between a merciless colonial army, a terrifying tyrant, and a feared rebel leader. Publication: September 25th 2018 by Greenwillow BooksĪ young woman with a dangerous power she barely understands. ![]() Genre: YA Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Magic ![]() ![]() ![]() Elinor describes systemic medical sexism and prejudice which compounds adverse outcomes for ethnic or sexual minority groups. Unwell Women poses questions about how medicine and doctors have been complicit in punishment, silencing and oppressing women. I felt somehow responsible for the terrible injustices that women suffered at the hands of our medieval predecessors. This historical behaviour of our profession runs deep within all our institutions and learning. This book has had a huge impact on the way I think about the diagnosis and management of women in my general practice consultations.Īs a doctor, Unwell Women makes challenging and uncomfortable reading as it describes the misogyny and discrimination against women through the ages. ![]() ![]() ![]() It tells of misdiagnosis, manipulation and myth in a male-dominated domain. U nwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn is a remarkable portrayal of the medical management of women throughout the centuries. Rebecca Mawson is an academic and clinical GP with special interest in sexual and reproductive health inequalities. ![]() ![]() Stream It Or Skip It: 'Broker' on Hulu, An Adoption Drama Asking Tough and Touching Questions About Family Oprah Winfrey Reveals Tina Turner Turned Down a Role in 'The Color Purple' in 1985: "She'd Already Lived It" Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says She Improvised Her Classic "You Want a Christmas Card?" Line in 'Seinfeld' Stream It Or Skip It: 'Wanda Sykes: I'm An Entertainer' On Netflix, Where The Comedian Proves She Can Do More Than Just Entertain Owen Wilson Tore Into Jason Sudekis And His Poor Eating Habits On Set of 'Hall Pass': "You’ll Just Put Anything in Your Body, Huh?" Stream It Or Skip It: 'Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom' on Netflix, a Middling Sort-of Reboot of a Longstanding French Franchise Gwyneth Paltrow Recalls "British Press Being So Horrible" After Her 'Shakespeare in Love' Oscar Win: "Totally Overwhelming" Stream It Or Skip It: 'Royalteen: Princess Margrethe' on Netflix, the Second in a Series of DOA Norwegian Teen Romances ![]() ![]() Seth Rogen Slams Streaming Service Execs for Their "Secretiveness" and "Insane Salaries": "Thank God for These Labor Unions" Judge Throws out 'Romeo and Juliet' Underage Nude Scene Lawsuit, Says It Is Protected by the First Amendment ![]() ![]() ![]() In Justin Fenton's book We Own This City, on which the HBO series is based, the Baltimore Sun journalist explained that Jenkins would often be "caught in a lie" while giving evidence to a jury, but no complaints were put on his record.įor example, in January 2006, Jenkins and Sergeant Michael Fries had an altercation with brothers Charles and Robert Lee after they continued to drink beer on the front step of their grandmother's home when the policemen had told them to stop.ĭuring the altercation, a passerby named George Sneed was assaulted by officer Robert Cirello who broke his jaw, leading Sneed to sue.Īt the trial four years later, Jenkins and his fellow officers claimed that the witness had been throwing bottles at them, but security camera footage shown at the trial proved what Jenkins claimed was not true. Jenkins joined Baltimore's police department in 2003, first becoming a beat cop and patrolling the streets of Baltimore.ĭuring his time on the streets of Baltimore Jenkins was involved in several arrests that resulted in the injuries of the people he took into custody. ![]() L-R: Former Baltimore police Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, and Jon Bernthal as Jenkins in HBO true-crime drama "We Own This City." Paul Schiraldi/Baltimore Police Department/HBO ![]() ![]() In 1993 he quit pretending he knew what he wanted to do with his life, changed his major to "undecided," and proceeded to study whatever amused him. In 1991 he started college in order to pursue a career in chemical engineering, then he considered clinical psychology. Most of Pat's adult life has been spent in the University Wisconsin Stevens Point. He also role-played and wrote terrible stories about elves. His hobbies included reading a novel or two a day and giving relationship advice to all his friends despite the fact that he had never so much as kissed a girl. In high-school Pat was something of a class clown. Throughout his formative years they encouraged him to do his best, gave him good advice, and were no doubt appropriately dismayed when he failed to live up to his full potential. ![]() It all began when Pat Rothfuss was born to a marvelous set of parents. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Seuss’s best-selling books, including such perennial favourites as ‘The Cat in the Hat’, ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ and ‘Fox in Socks’. As the first step in a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK’s top ten favourite children’s authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with over 650 million books sold worldwide. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. In this classic Seussian tale, the good doctor primes his readers against all the little mishaps and misadventures that can befall even the best of us – from bang-ups and hang-ups to lurches and slumps – encouraging us to take life in our stride! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. ![]() |