Three Christmas Mysteries - The Murder of Mrs Rooth - Facts

 

Mr Pinson travel to Le Coq to discover the truth. De Haan (French: Le Coq) is a place and a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. 

Three Christmas Mysteries - The Murder of Mrs Rooth

 

First Published: 1933

RATING: GOOD

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Three Christmas Mysteries - The Spook of Cornelius

 

First Published: 1931

RATING: OKAY

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Three Christmas Mysteries - Miss Immington Ring - Facts

 

The dance where the ring goes missing was held at Albert Hall. The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. 

Three Christmas Mysteries - Miss Immington Ring - by R.A.J. Walling

 

First Published: 1930

RATING: OKAY

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A Christmas Grace - Facts

The novella is set in 1895. 

The novella takes place in Connemara. Connemara  is a region on the Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. 

A Christmas Grace 2 - The End (Pages 70 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

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New Book - A Christmas Grace - Christmas Novellas 6 - by Anne Perry (Pages 1 - 70)

 

First Published: January 4, 2008

Emily Radley, Charlotte's sister, is looking forward to Christmas celebrations, and then she receives a note from Thomas Pitt. 

Muddy Boots and Silk Stockings - Characters

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Muddy Boots and Silk Stockings - Facts

 

The characters all belong to the Women's Land Army during the Second World War. The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organization, active during both World Wars, that recruited women ("Land Girls") to work in agriculture, replacing men sent to fight and ensuring food supplies during national shortages. These women performed demanding tasks like ploughing, harvesting, milking cows, and pest control, wearing distinctive uniforms of green jerseys, brown breeches, and hats.

Muddy Boots and Silk Stockings 4 - The End (Pages 173 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

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Muddy Boots and Silk Stockings 3 (Pages 84 - 173)

 

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Muddy Boots and Silk Stockings 2 (Pages 31 - 84)

 

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New Book - Muddy Boots and Silk Stockings - The Land Girls 1 - by Julia Stoneham (Pages 1 - 31)

 

First Published:  January 1, 2008

This novel takes place during the Second World War. 

A Christmas Beginning - Facts

 

Runcorn spends his holidays on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. Anglesey is an island off the north-west coast of Wales.

A Christmas Beginning 2 - The End (Pages 82 - end)

 RATING: GOOD

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New Book - A Christmas Beginning - Christmas Novella by Anne Perry (Pages 1 - 82)

 

First Published:  January 1, 2007

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A Christmas Guest - Facts

 

Mrs Ellison goes to spend Christmas in a house near Romney Marsh in Kent. Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England.

A Christmas Guest 3 - The End (Pages 69 - end)

 

RATING. GOOD

This is an interesting story as a cantankerous character like Mrs Mariah Ellison appears more sympathetic.

A Christmas Guest 2 (Pages 20 - 69)

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New Book - A Christmas Guest - Christmas Novella 3 - by Anne Perry (Pages 1 - 20)

 

First Published:  August 29, 2004

In this novella we have some of the characters from the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. 

Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 13 - The Doll's Ghost - Facts

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 13 - The Doll's Ghost by F. Marion Crawford

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 12 - The Captain of the Polestar - Facts

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 12 - The Captain of the Polestar by Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 11 - El paseo de la fama - Facts

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 11 - El paseo de la fama

Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 10 - La roca encantada -Facts

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 10 - La roca encantada by W.W.Fenn

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 9 - The Mysterious Visitor

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 9 - The Mysterious Visitor

 

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 8 - How Peter Parley Laid a Ghost - Facts

 

The main character and narrator came from a magazine 'Peter Parley's Magazine'. Parley's Magazine, founded by Samuel G. Goodrich (the children's author "Peter Parley") in 1833, was a highly popular 19th-century American periodical for youth, filled with educational content like geography, history, natural science, fables, and moral tales, heavily illustrated with woodcuts, and merged with Merry's Museum in 1844. It aimed to be an entertaining and instructive resource, featuring varied articles and stories, though Goodrich eventually disassociated himself from it due to editorial changes. 

Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 8 - How Peter Parley Laid a Ghost

 

First Published: 1875

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 7 - Jack Layford's Friend

 

First Published: 1869

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 6 - The Ghost Summons - Facts

Dr Read lives in Alton. Alton is a market town and civil parish in East Hampshire, England, near the source of the northern branch of the River Wey. 

Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 6 - The Ghost Summons by Ada Buisson

 

First Published: 1868

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 5 - Old Hooker's Ghost

 

First Published:1865

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 4 - Traígame una vela -

 

First Published: 1861

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Cuentos Victorianos de Fantasmas para Navidad 3 - Horror, a real story by John Berwick Harwood

 

First Published: 1861

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Cuentos Victorianos de fantasmas para Navidad 2 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskelll - Facts

 

Rosamond was born in Westmorland. Westmorland  is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The area included part of the Lake District and the southern Vale of Eden.

Cuentos Victorianos de fantasmas para Navidad 2 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell

 

First Published: 1852

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New Book - Cuentos Victorianos de fantasmas para Navidad - The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott

 

First Published: November 20, 2024

This is a collection of ghost stories.

Evil Under the Sun - Facts

 

The hotel where the novel is set is based on the Burgh Island Hotel. The Burgh Island Hotel is a hotel on Burgh Island, Devon. 

Evil Under the Sun 3 - The End (Pages 100 - end)

 RATING: SUPERB

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Evil Under the Sun 2 (Pages 40 - 100)

 

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New Book - Evil Under the Sun - Hercule Poirot 24 - by Agatha Christie (Pages 1 - 40)

 

First Published: June 1, 1941

This is not the first time I read this book, and even though it won't bring any surprise for me, I know I'll still enjoy it.

A Christmas Secret 3 -The End (53% - end)

 RATING: GOOD

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A Christmas Secret 2 (12% - 53%)

 

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New Book - A Christmas Secret - Christmas Novella 4 - by Anne Perry (0% - 12%)

 

First Published:  January 1, 2006

It is 14 December 1890, and Clarice Corde is on her way to Cottisham, Hertforshire. 

Last Christmas in Paris - Facts

 

The book covers the years of the First World War between 1914 and 1918.

Last Christmas in Paris 2 - The End (Pages 150 - end)

RATING: GOOD

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New Book - Last Christmas In Paris by Hazel Gaynor (Pages 1 - 150)

 

First Published: October 3, 2017

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Agatha Christie: A Life From Beginning To End by Hourly History

 

First Published: October 18, 2020

RATING: GOOD

This is a brief account of Agatha Christie's life.