Emy's bookshelf: source-borrowbox en-US Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:42:21 -0800 60 Emy's bookshelf: source-borrowbox 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London #2)]]> 198619149
There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity who inhabits the ancient hot spring. Yet this time it is not from Sulis Minerva that trouble starts. It comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger. A desperate rescue is attempted by his sister the right-handed bookseller Vivien and their friend, art student Susan Arkshaw, who is still struggling to deal with her own recently discovered magical heritage.

The map takes the trio to a place separated from this world, maintained by deadly sorcery performed by an ancient sovereign and guarded by monstrous living statues of Portland Stone. But this is only the beginning, as the booksellers investigate centuries of disappearances and deaths and try to unravel the secrets of the murderous Lady of Stone, a serial killer of awesome powers.

If they do not stop her, she will soon kill again. And this time, her target is not an ordinary mortal.]]> 10 Garth Nix 1038637449 Emy 0 3.33 2023 The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London #2)
author: Garth Nix
name: Emy
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/29
shelves: a-surrey-county-libraries, source-borrowbox, format-audiobook-anyplatform, 2025-c-midlist-plan, 1-to-read-3-thisyear
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]]> <![CDATA[A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1)]]> 55130779
Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, enjoys more freedom as a widow than she did as a wife. After an obligatory year spent mourning her philandering husband, Reggie, she puts aside her drab black gowns, leaving the countryside and her money-grubbing in-laws behind. With her young daughter in tow, Frances rents a home in Belgravia and prepares to welcome her sister, Lily, arriving from New York—for her first London season.

No sooner has Frances begun her new life than the ghosts of her old one make an unwelcome appearance. The Metropolitan police receive an anonymous letter implicating Frances in her husband’s death. Frances assures Inspector Delaney of her innocence, but she’s also keen to keep him from learning the scandalous circumstances of Reggie’s demise. As fate would have it, her dashing new neighbor, George Hazelton, is one of only two other people aware of the full story.

While busy with social engagements on Lily’s behalf, and worrying if Reggie really was murdered, Frances learns of mysterious burglaries plaguing London’s elite. The investigation brings death to her doorstep, and Frances rallies her wits, a circle of gossips, and the ever-chivalrous Mr. Hazelton to uncover the truth. A killer is in their midst, perhaps even among her sister’s suitors. And Frances must unmask the villain before Lily’s season—and their lives—come to a most unseemly end . . .]]> 9 Dianne Freeman 1684412811 Emy 0 3.65 2018 A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1)
author: Dianne Freeman
name: Emy
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/11/09
shelves: a-surrey-county-libraries, source-borrowbox, format-audiobook-anyplatform, source-bibliogoth, currently-reading, 2024
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]]> <![CDATA[False Value (Rivers of London, #8)]]> 60193154 Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company.

Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son.

Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just as magical as it technological - and just as dangerous.

]]> Ben Aaronovitch 1867521997 Emy 5 3.96 2020 False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
author: Ben Aaronovitch
name: Emy
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/04
date added: 2023/06/04
shelves: a-surrey-county-libraries, source-borrowbox, format-audiobook-anyplatform, 2023
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I do love Kobna's reading and I'm finding that I am actively choosing to listen to the series just so I can enjoy his narration. This time I've been listening while at work - it's great when doing number tasks as having someone "talking to me" helps stop me getting distracted from what I need to be doing.
]]> <![CDATA[Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)]]> 10086357 392 Ben Aaronovitch Emy 4 3.83 2011 Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
author: Ben Aaronovitch
name: Emy
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/15
date added: 2023/04/15
shelves: a-surrey-county-libraries, 2015, 2023, format-audiobook-anyplatform, source-borrowbox
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