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Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 1
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1917, Jessie Carr, fourteen years old and sole heiress to her family's vast fortune, disappeared without a trace. Now, years later, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he's found her: a young actress in a vaudeville playhouse is a dead ringer for his missing niece. But when Oliver confronts the girl, he learns he's wrong. Orphaned young, Leah's been acting since she was a toddler. Oliver, never one to miss an opportunity, makes a proposition--with his...
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RT Book Reviews: "Let's Misbehave is a romp through 1920s England that is sure to delight." His is a life of duty and tradition, hers is the pursuit of pleasure... When wild child and dedicated Flapper Gabrielle discovers the adventurous spirit within staid aristocrat Sebastian, she seduces him into a last fling before he settles for a loveless marriage. But as the Twenties roar to their conclusion, is their brief affair doomed before it even begins?...
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Maria, Romance Book Haven: "beautifully evocative of early 20th century New York and the jazz age - an age, I must confess, in which I had little interest, until I started reading this fascinating little gem of a novella." On her way to a new life in America, a respectable English widow expects her biggest adventure to be the Transatlantic voyage. But when she finds herself stuck in an elevator with a roguishly charming Prohibition gangster - and...
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At the height of the Roaring Twenties, New York heiress Zoe Gifford longs for the freedoms promised by the Jazz Age. Headstrong and brazen, but bound by her father's will to marry before she can access his fortune, Zoe arranges for a brief marriage to Sebastian Hazelton, whose aristocratic British family sorely needs a benefactor. Once in England, her foolproof plan to wed, inherit and divorce proves more complicated than Zoe had anticipated. Nigel...
7) Grim shadows
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Plagued by dark spirits in Prohibition-era San Francisco, museum curator Hadley Bacall finds herself drawn to Swedish archaeologist Lowe Magnusson who has delivered a priceless Egyptian amulet, which has unimaginable power, to her father.
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Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 2
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"[Vaudeville actress turned Hollywood insider] Jessie's thrilled when Bruno Heilmann, a movie studio bigwig, invites her to a party. She's even more delighted to run into a face from her past at that party. But the following day, Jessie learns that sometime in the wee hours of the morning both her old friend and Bruno Heilmann were brutally murdered. She's devastated, but with her skill as an actress, access to the wardrobes and resources of a film...
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When an heiress on a secret mission gets into trouble, she just might uncover her heart's true desire in this Roaring 20s romance.
Minnesota, 1925. Quiet and reserved, Josie Nightingale has always been the odd girl out. While her sisters swoon over guys at their father's swanky resort, she's busy trying to change the world! Which isn't easy with Eric 'Scooter' Wilson watching her every move.
She might be out of his league, but the day Scooter...
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For every wild child... No more watching from the sidelines for Twyla Nightingale: her feet are firmly on the dance floor! She won't let anyone sour the delicious taste of freedom - especially not Forrest Reynolds, back in town after all this time.... there's a guy who thinks she's the bee's knees. Forrest didn't expect a warm welcome from the Nightingale sisters, not after their lives had been so dramatically upturned. But seeing the challenge in...
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From stowaway…After years of playing the local gin joint to pay off his father's debts, talented musician Brock Ness has landed a radio gig in Chicago. Now he's on the up-and-up, his next stop is securing the dame of his dreams, Ginger Nightingale……to Chicago celebrity! If Brock is headed for fortune and fame, Ginger won't be left behind! She may be the youngest of the Nightingale sisters, but she's old enough to know what she wants. And Brock...
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Ce sont les Années folles, et San Francisco est le nid d'accueil du commerce de l'alcool illégal, de la lubricité et de la magie noire. La région de la baie couverte de brume peut se révéler être une scène enivrante, particulièrement si les esprits constituent votre spécialité... Aida Palmer donne un spectacle de médium spirite sur la scène du Gris-Gris, l'illustre bar clandestin du quartier chinois de San Francisco. Toutefois, sa capacité...
13) Renting silence
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Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 3
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Can 1920's script girl Jessie do Mary Pickford's bidding and uncover a real killer? When Jessie is asked by her idol, the famous actress Mary Pickford, if she can do some private investigating for her, Jessie reluctantly accepts. A girl was found stabbed in her bedroom with another woman lying unconscious on the floor next to her, a bloody knife in her hand. With no police investigation into the murder, it's up to Jessie to hone her amateur detective...
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"Lady Julia Hazelton is the most dazzling among 1920s England's bright young things. But rather than choosing the thrill of wanton adventure like so many of her contemporaries, Julia shocks society with her bold business aspirations. Determined to usher the cursed Worthington estate into a prosperous, modern new era, and thus preserve her beloved late fiance's legacy, the willful Julia tackles her wildest, most unexpected adventure in Cal Carstairs,...
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Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 4
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"Employed by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at their famous film studios, script girl Jessie Beckett has a reputation as a skilled amateur sleuth. So when a projectionist is shot dead at the movie theatre where he worked, his grieving widow asks Jessie if she can find out who killed him, and why. Who was the mysterious man in the red coat who fired three shots at Joe Petrovitch? And how could he vanish from the balcony with no trace? To find...
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"Patsy Dryer may be a biddable heiress by day, but nothing will stop her from dancing all night in Hollywood's speakeasies--or fulfilling her dream of becoming a reporter. She's investigating the mystery of an escaped convict with brooding, handsome newspaper editor Lane Cox...until they must pretend to be engaged! With their scoop linked to Lane's tragic past, dare Patsy hope for a happy ending for their own story, too?"--Back of book.
17) Murder off stage
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"New York, 1926. It's not like Jessie Beckett goes around looking for murders to solve, but the vaudeville star turned movie script girl has a natural talent for it. After a lifetime on stage, she's sensitive to details that other people miss. So when leading theater star Allen Crenshaw is shot live on stage during a performance of hit Broadway show Rules of Engagement - a horrified Jessie watching from the second row - she knows she has to act fast...
18) Once a rogue
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Roaring twenties magic volume 2
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"New York, 1925... Cranky and jaded Lord Fine--Wesley, now, to the kindhearted lover he cynically doubts life will let him keep-arrives in Manhattan with one goal: find the American paranormals and get their help with the relic burdening Sebastian. His plans are upended when the other paranormals seem to have vanished, and a mysterious letter warns Wesley that he's in danger. Sebastian has no doubts when it comes to his feelings for Wesley, but he's...
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