Anne Britting Oleson
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Aventurine Morrow thriller volume 1
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"Popular author Aventurine Morrow is working on a biography of Genevieve Smithson, a veteran of the SOE -- Britain's network of operatives in occupied France during WWII -- and travels to York, England, to interview the aging survivor. Complicating matters, however, is Aventurine's nephew, Paul, who has accompanied her to the U.K. in an attempt to work through the grief of losing his father at sea. As the two travel together, hints of Aventurine's...
2) Dovecote
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Six years ago, Gwynn Forest's husband Richard committed suicide. After that, she struggled to keep things together, emotionally, mentally, and financially. Then three fortuitous things happened: she sold the family construction company; she inherited a seaside cottage from an elderly English great-aunt whom she had never met, and she was offered a job on spec, illustrating a book for a friend. Thus, a new start in a new place. Once ensconced in Gull...
3) Cow Palace
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Dinah closed her eyes tightly, trying to sort out the voices, the sounds. As though she had to. Grimacing, she stood. She'd have to go downstairs. Not for the first time did she wish Ross was here to run interference.” Di, are you listening? What the hell's going on? I need a little sympathy here, okay?” Mirelle's voice had morphed into a squawk from the receiver. “Are you there?” Perry burst into the room from the landing, his pale face flushed...
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Aventurine Morrow is alone in Lincoln, England, attempting to overcome writer's block while researching Katherine Swynford. She befriends a cathedral tour guide, Henry Hallsey, whose daughter Nicola has gone missing. When a woman is found dead on the grounds of the Old Bishop's Palace, and the Swynford Jewel is stolen, Aventurine falls under suspicion. With police dogging her every step, Avi must seek the help of wily former spy, Genevieve Smithson....