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Mary Lennox is a prickly and unloved ten-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin Colin, who has been shut away in a wing of the house. Together, these two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other through their discovery of a wondrous secret garden.
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As the world teeters on the brink of war, ten strangers are persuaded to retreat from their troubled lives to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. When a storm cuts them off from the mainland, the true reason for their presence on the island becomes horribly clear: they are to be executed, one by one.
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Miss Fisher's murder mysteries volume Series 1
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Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920's Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit.
6) Black Water
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While on vacation on Northern Australia, Gracie, her husband Adam and her younger sister Lee decide to take the Blackwater Barry tour in the swamp for fishing. Their guide Jim uses a small motor boat and takes the tourist along the river to a remote spot. When they stop, they are attacked by a huge crocodile that capsizes their boat and immediately kills Jim. The three survivors climb a tree and when they realize that help would never come to rescue...
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Serangoon Road volume 3
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Patricia is attacked during a riot but is saved by a Malay journalist later accused of being one of the riot instigators.
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Serangoon Road volume 9
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A WW2 veteran, who befriended Sam in Changi, is accused of murder.
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Serangoon Road volume 10
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Sam is able to prove that James Lim was responsible for the murder of Patricia's husband, Winston.
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Serangoon Road volume 7
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Kang is caught smuggling explosives and Sam works to save him from trial...and possible execution.
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Serangoon Road volume 6
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When a newborn baby is left on the doorstep of the agency, Sam and Patricia face a dilemma after uncovering the identity of the mother and her family.
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Serangoon Road volume 5
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At Claire's insistence, Sam investigates how adulterated medicine is being distributed to sick children.
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Serangoon Road volume 8
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Two Australian girls mysteriously disappear from a ship in Singapore Harbour. The case takes an ominous dangerous turn with the arrival of a ransom note.
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Serangoon Road volume 1
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The Cheng Detective Agency is hired by the CIA to investigate the murder of an American sailor.
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Serangoon Road volume 4
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Sam has a conflict of interest when the agency is hired to investigate Claire's husband.
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Serangoon Road volume 2
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Separated at the outset of WW2, a woman returns from a long exile in China to search for her husband.
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And Then There Were None volume 2
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As the body count rises, the progress of the killings seems to correlate with an ominous nursery rhyme, "Ten Little Soldier Boys." Accusations fly, dark secrets are revealed, and the guests' mutual suspicion gives way to a sense of collective doom.
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And Then There Were None volume 3
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The number of guests has shrunk to five after yet another murder, and the remaining few have lost nearly all hope of survival. With further acts of terrible violence all but guaranteed, they decide to revel in their final hours. But will help from the mainland arrive at last?
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And Then There Were None volume 1
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In 1939, as the world teeters on the brink of war, 10 strangers are persuaded to retreat from their troubled lives to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. When they are cut off from the mainland by a storm, the true reason for their presence soon becomes horribly clear.
