Mary, Queen of France

The ninth of Jean Plaidy's Tudor novels - the story of Princess Mary Tudor, a celebrated beauty and born rebel who would defy the most powerful king in Europe; her brother, Henry VIII. Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of King Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known throughout Europe for her charm and beauty, Mary is the golden child of the Tudor family and is granted her every wish. Except when it comes to marriage. Henry, locked in a political showdown with France, decides to offer up his pampered sister to secure peace between the two mighty kingdoms. Mary is unwillingly sent to France to marry the ailing King Louis, leaving behind her true love, Charles Brandon. But she will do anything to be reunited with Charles, even defy her brother, the most feared man in Europe...

Mary, Queen Of France

Literature & Fiction

Plaidy, Jean.

Genre Fiction

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In the court of Henry VIII, it was dangerous for a womanto catch the king’s eye. Beautiful cousins Anne Boleyn andCatherine Howard are both to learn that Henry’s passion is all-consuming -- and fickle. For Anne Boleyn, being King Henry’smistress gives her a position of power; being his queen puts herlife in jeopardy. Catherine Howard’s beauty and innocence attractthe king, but a past mistake is destined to haunt her.

Murder Most Royal

Katherine Parr has become the last pawn in King HenryVIII’s plot to secure the throne with a male heir. Katherinedares to hope that she might find love with Thomas Seymour -- but Henry has decided he must have a sixth wife, andSeymour’s intentions to marry Katherine have not gone unnoticed.Unable to refuse the king, Katherine becomes his reluctantbride. Once again it seems only a matter of time beforeanother wife’s fate leads her to the Tower of London. . . .

Sixth Wife

Henry Tudor was not born to the throne of England: bothviolence and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, daughterand direct heir of King Edward IV, helped him secure thethrone for himself and for generations to come. Though Henryand Elizabeth’s union was born from political necessity, itbecame a love story that led to seven children as well as bothheartbreak and happiness.

To Hold The Crown

Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband, Edward Sheffield. One day, out of the blue, she receives a parcel containing the manuscript of Edward’s first novel and is drawn into the life of his fictional character, Tony Hastings. Dazzling and terrifying, Tony and Susan is simultaneously a riveting portrayal of the experience of reading and a page-turning thriller.As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of his character Tony Hastings, a math professor driving his family to their summer house in Maine. As the Hastings family’s ordinary, civilized lives are disastrously, violently sent off course, Susan is plunged into the past, forced to confront the darkness that inhabits her, and driven to name the fear that gnaws at her future and will change her life. Tony and Susan is a dazzling achievement: simultaneously a riveting portrayal of the experience of reading and a page-turning thriller, written in startlingly arresting prose. It is also a novel about fear and regret, revenge and aging, marriage and creativity.

Tony and Susan

WRIGHT, AUSTIN

Literary

City of Ice

Montreal has been damaged by political uncertainty overseparatism, and violent turf wars leave the police forcestruggling to keep the city safe. Even Sergeant-Detective ÉmileCinq-Mars appears to have been compromised. How has hemanaged to penetrate Montreal’s criminal elite? Who are hisinformants? And who is the young female operative he seemsso desperate to save from the clutches of the mob?

City Of Ice

Farrow, John.

Lured to a frozen lake, Montreal detective Émile Cinq-Marscomes face to face not with the unknown woman whoasked to meet him there, but with a corpse floating under theice. Something tells him that his nose is being rubbed in thismurder -- and that this is about to get very personal. In thisfollow-up to the classic City of Ice, Cinq-Mars must determinethe difference between would-be friends and deadly enemies -- before it’s too late.

Ice Lake

When a local archaeological dig looking for early human remains near the town of St-Denis turns up a distinctly contemporary corpse, Bruno has a new case to solve. The stakes are raised by an escalating series of attacks on local foie gras producers, an upcoming summit between the French and Spanish governments, and two women vying for Bruno's affections.

Crowded Grave (Bruno, Chief of Police)

Walker, Martin

It is springtime in idyllic St Denis, a time of beauty and calm. But not for Bruno, Chief of Police: a woman’s body has been found on a boat, bearing signs of a black magic ritual. Bruno has much on his plate―a domestic abuse case that needs careful handling and a dodgy local development proposal that seems too good to be true. But a murder case must take precedence, and the roots of this one lie buried deep in the past, leading Bruno to a chateau above a bend in the river to the reclusive old woman who lives there and the secret hidden in the Devil’s Cave.

The Devil's Cave (Bruno, Chief of Police)

Five bodies, all young women, all ritualistically murdered and dumped near the Millennium Dome in southeast London. A post-mortem examination tells the police they’re dealing with a sexual serial killer. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery knows he has only limited time before the sadistic killer strikes again.

Birdman: A Novel (Jack Caffrey)

Hayder. Mo.

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