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The body of an unknown woman is found and it is labeled as a random act of violence, until Detective Constable Faro finds a playing card, the nine of diamonds, underneath the corpse. While his superiors scoff at his suspicions, it is not the last calling card for Faro.
Alanna isn't like the other girls from noble families--she wants to become a knight and earn her shield, something women aren't allowed to do. But Alanna will not be discouraged, and she arrives in the capital disguised as a boy to begin training as a page, the first step toward ...
Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
The mage Numair, the knight Alanna, and Queen Thayet enlist thirteen-year-old Daine's help to battle the dreadful immortal creatures that have recently begun to attack the kingdom of Tortall.
Rose McQuinn returns to her family home in Northumberland and encounters an attractive widower who has a hidden agenda concerning her role as a crime investigator.
After a terrible row with her daughter, Anthea, Claudia Shand had later witnessed a terrifying attack on Hannah, a young Dutch girl, in St Magdalen's Churchyard. But worse was to come - not long after she arrived home two policewomen had come to her door, informing her that a you...
"Having achieved her dream of becoming the first female knight errant, Alanna of Trebond finds herself at loose ends. She has already triumphed in countless bloody battles, and her adventures are considered legendary. Perhaps being a knight errant is not all that Alanna needs ......
"It is 1906 and the Faro family gather in Orkney after the sudden death of Inspector Faro's son-in-law Erland Yesnaby. The family try to support grieving widow Emily, but after witnessing strange behaviour from the royal yacht, the 'Victoria and Albert III', and when a body of on...
The mage Numair, the knight Alanna, and Queen Thayet enlist thirteen-year-old Daine's help to battle the dreadful immortal creatures that have recently begun to attack the kingdom of Tortall.