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  • THE PRINCESS LOUISE MYSTERIES
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    THE PRINCESS LOUISE MYSTERIES
    PETER DICKINSON
    The Gold Dagger–winning author "outdoes himself" with this pair of "most unusual and original" mysteries set in an alternate twentieth-century British monarchy ( Publishers Weekly).   With two CWA Gold Dagger awards for his mystery novels and two Carnegie Medals for his children's books, Peter Dickinson is one of the most acclaimed and beloved fiction authors in recent history....

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  • THE JAMES PIBBLE MYSTERIES VOLUME TWO
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    THE JAMES PIBBLE MYSTERIES VOLUME TWO
    PETER DICKINSON
    Detective Pibble returns in three more mysteries in the CWA Gold Dagger–winning series by a "master of the bizarre" ( Louis Untermeyer). Fired by Scotland Yard, James Pibble continues to solve the weirdest and most difficult cases, testing his wit while traveling to new and strange locales.   Sleep and His Brother: When Pibble arrives at McNair House after being discharged by S...

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  • THE JAMES PIBBLE MYSTERIES VOLUME ONE
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    THE JAMES PIBBLE MYSTERIES VOLUME ONE
    PETER DICKINSON
    Three mysteries in the CWA Gold Dagger–winning series by a "master of the bizarre" ( Louis Untermeyer).   Scotland Yard detective James Pibble is known for accepting any case, no matter how strange. Taking him to every corner of England, his job throws him into the most curious circumstances.   The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest: Detective Pibble is on the case when the revered elder o...

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  • GIANT COLD
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    GIANT COLD
    PETER DICKINSON
    Can a child defeat a frozen giant and bring summer back to Apple Island? It's the last night of a family's holiday on a tropical island filled with black beaches, sweetfruit, and red-necked looby birds. Their final adventure is to climb the island's tallest mountain before they leave in the morning. But when the child—who might be you—wakes up the next morning, the world has be...

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  • TEFUGA
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    TEFUGA
    PETER DICKINSON
    In this evocative tale of suspense from CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson, a British diplomat's wife in Nigeria inadvertently precipitates a senseless tragedy, and six decades later, her son becomes caught up in a maelstrom of violent political corruption Filmmaker Nigel Jackland has come to northern Nigeria to work on a new project: a documentary based on the personal dia...

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  • WALKING DEAD
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    WALKING DEAD
    PETER DICKINSON
    This brilliant crime novel by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson is set in the Caribbean, where a researcher becomes trapped like a rodent in a maze When it comes to his rats, David Foxe is an expert. He decides when they eat, when they exercise, when they take their medicine—and when they die. For the sake of the Company, he performs all manner of experiments on his helple...

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  • THE GREEN GENE
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    THE GREEN GENE
    PETER DICKINSON
    CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson is back: An Indian doctor joins the English underground to fight racial oppression Dr. P. P. Humayan expects prejudice from the English. Growing up in Bombay, he was raised on stories of the injustices of life in Britain, where racial status is marked on one's papers and anyone of Celtic descent is born with green skin and forced to live i...

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  • IN THE PALACE OF THE KHANS
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    IN THE PALACE OF THE KHANS
    PETER DICKINSON
    In a far-off kingdom, an English boy befriends the mad ruler's daughter The Khan of Dirzhan is a monster. Nigel, the son of the English ambassador to a backward Asian country, is transfixed by stories of the Khan's brutality. It is said that he had his own brother strangled, that he once shot two cabinet ministers to death during a government meeting, and that he will stop at n...

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  • A BONE FROM A DRY SEA
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    A BONE FROM A DRY SEA
    PETER DICKINSON
    On a prehistoric shore, a young girl fights to help her tribe survive She is at home in the ocean, as comfortable in the water as she is on dry land. The child's people have made their homes by the bay for as long as anyone can remember, diving for mussels and any other food the ocean will serve to them. They have no language; they have no names. Although they know love and jea...

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  • ANNERTON PIT
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    ANNERTON PIT
    PETER DICKINSON
    A blind boy and his brother set out on a motorcycle in search of their ghost-hunting grandfather It all starts with the postman. Jake cannot see the mail, but he is an excellent listener, and he can tell by the sound the mail makes when it hits the floor that bad news is coming. At the top of the pile is a very thin letter rejecting Jake's brother, Martin, from every college he...

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  • TIME AND THE CLOCK MICE, ETCETERA
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    TIME AND THE CLOCK MICE, ETCETERA
    PETER DICKINSON
    When the town clock stops, a colony of telepathic mice comes to the rescue  Unthinkable! The Branton Town Hall Clock has stopped! The intricately carved turret clock had attracted tourists from all over the world. Every day six small bells would chime at precisely fourteen minutes and twenty seconds past the hour. And out would come a procession of prancing lambs followed by a ...

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  • THE LION TAMER'S DAUGHTER
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    THE LION TAMER'S DAUGHTER
    PETER DICKINSON
    Four powerful stories of adventure and imagination—in this world and beyond When Keith's father dies, his mom sells their house and takes Keith with her to live in Scotland. He misses his dad and his home, but most of all he misses Melly, a girl whose father is a lion tamer, and who seemed to come from another world. Keith is in a park in Edinburgh when he sees a girl who looks...

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  • THE GIFT
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    THE GIFT
    PETER DICKINSON
    A boy with psychic powers struggles to save his loved ones When Davy's mother deserts their family, Davy's father packs his children into a rickety old car and takes them on a vacation. They drive to their mysterious old grandparents' house in the sprawling Welsh countryside, a place so rural that running water is a novelty. It is there that Davy learns he has the gift. He has ...

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  • HEALER
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    HEALER
    PETER DICKINSON
    To save his friend, a daring young boy infiltrates a healing center If it weren't for the migraines, Barry would be an ordinary boy. When a crushing headaches strikes him during the school day, he goes to the nurse's office to beg for aspirin. He is waiting for her help when a chubby-faced six-year-old girl puts her hands on his neck. Heat flows through them, and when it stops,...

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  • THE BLUE HAWK
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    THE BLUE HAWK
    PETER DICKINSON
    In an ancient kingdom, a boy and his hawk challenge the gods All his life, Tron has been destined to join the priests who rule his strange desert kingdom. When the old king grows sick, a ritual is called for to restore his health: the sacrifice of a blue hawk, the symbol of the god Gdu. For the first time, Tron is chosen to take part in the ritual. Just before the bird is sacri...

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  • A BOX OF NOTHING
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    A BOX OF NOTHING
    PETER DICKINSON
    For one young boy, a box full of nothing is a ticket to adventure While skipping school, James sees his mother on the street. He ducks inside an abandoned store, where an aged shopkeeper asks what he wants to buy. When James says "nothing," the old man sells it to him: a heavy cardboard box stuffed full of top-quality nothing. James tries to explain this to his mother, but she ...

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  • ANNERTON PIT
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    ANNERTON PIT
    PETER DICKINSON
    A blind boy and his brother set out on a motorcycle in search of their ghost-hunting grandfather It all starts with the postman. Jake cannot see the mail, but he is an excellent listener, and he can tell by the sound the mail makes when it hits the floor that bad news is coming. At the top of the pile is a very thin letter rejecting Jake's brother, Martin, from every college he...

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  • THE KIN
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    THE KIN
    PETER DICKINSON
    Four children embark on a quest for a new land at the dawn of human history   Africa, two hundred thousand years ago: Suth and Noli were orphaned the night the murderous strangers came, speaking an unfamiliar language and bringing violence to the peaceful Moonhawk tribe. Determined not to die in the desert, Suth and Noli slip away with Ko and Mana. Suth, the eldest, leads them;...

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  • AK
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    AK
    PETER DICKINSON
    A former child soldier tries to learn the ways of peace in an African nation in this "rip-roaring adventure story" by a Carnegie Medal winner ( Publishers Weekly). Paul remembers nothing from before the conflict. Twelve years old, he is no longer a child. He is a warrior—one of a handful of elite commandos who live only to fight the corrupt government of Nagala. He has no famil...

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  • PLAY DEAD
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    PLAY DEAD
    PETER DICKINSON
    A London woman taking her grandson to the park finds her lonely life disrupted by murder in this award-winning author's "gripping thriller" (Reginald Hill). Poppy Tasker never imagined this would be her life at age fifty: divorced, living alone, and stuck caring for a tiny grandson while his mother is busy seeking public office. Sad and resentful, Poppy feels completely detache...

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  • THE YELLOW ROOM CONSPIRACY
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    THE YELLOW ROOM CONSPIRACY
    PETER DICKINSON
    In this "exceptional" British mystery by a Gold Dagger winner, an aging aristocrat and her longtime lover explore the dark events of their shared past ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Lady Lucy Vereker Seddon is dying of a terminal illness when something she hears on the radio reminds her of her younger, darker days and inspires her to question her dearest friend and former...

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  • SKELETON-IN-WAITING
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    SKELETON-IN-WAITING
    PETER DICKINSON
    A New York Times Notable Book: CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson revisits his alternate British monarchy, ensnaring the imagined royal family in a dark conspiracy of kidnapping, politics, scandal, and murder Britain's beloved Princess Louise is a grown woman now, married to commoner Piers Chandler and enchanted by their infant son, Davy. While visiting a certain Mrs. Walsh...

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  • PERFECT GALLOWS
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    PERFECT GALLOWS
    PETER DICKINSON
    The twisted circumstances surrounding an unspeakable crime, an old man's fortune, and a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest come to light four decades on in this masterful tale of greed, deception, and murder by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson Behind his practiced facade of cheerful sophistication, the renowned actor Adrian Waring is a haunted man. The ghost that tor...

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  • THE YELLOW ROOM CONSPIRACY
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    THE YELLOW ROOM CONSPIRACY
    PETER DICKINSON
    In this "exceptional" British mystery by a Gold Dagger winner, an aging aristocrat and her longtime lover explore the dark events of their shared past ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Lady Lucy Vereker Seddon is dying of a terminal illness when something she hears on the radio reminds her of her younger, darker days and inspires her to question her dearest friend and former...

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  • PLAY DEAD
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    PLAY DEAD
    PETER DICKINSON
    A London woman taking her grandson to the park finds her lonely life disrupted by murder in this award-winning author's "gripping thriller" (Reginald Hill). Poppy Tasker never imagined this would be her life at age fifty: divorced, living alone, and stuck caring for a tiny grandson while his mother is busy seeking public office. Sad and resentful, Poppy feels completely detache...

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  • PERFECT GALLOWS
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    PERFECT GALLOWS
    PETER DICKINSON
    The twisted circumstances surrounding an unspeakable crime, an old man's fortune, and a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest come to light four decades on in this masterful tale of greed, deception, and murder by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson Behind his practiced facade of cheerful sophistication, the renowned actor Adrian Waring is a haunted man. The ghost that tor...

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  • SKELETON-IN-WAITING
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    SKELETON-IN-WAITING
    PETER DICKINSON
    A New York Times Notable Book: CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson revisits his alternate British monarchy, ensnaring the imagined royal family in a dark conspiracy of kidnapping, politics, scandal, and murder Britain's beloved Princess Louise is a grown woman now, married to commoner Piers Chandler and enchanted by their infant son, Davy. While visiting a certain Mrs. Walsh...

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  • THE LAST HOUSEPARTY
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    THE LAST HOUSEPARTY
    PETER DICKINSON
    In this gripping novel by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson, the survivor of a manor-house crime delves into the past to solve a mystery At the elegant English manor known as Snailwood, tourists come daily to hear decades-old gossip about the second wife of the sixth earl. Zena was a remarkable young woman whose scandalous reputation has been dimmed neither by time nor by ...

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  • THE LIVELY DEAD
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    THE LIVELY DEAD
    PETER DICKINSON
    In this mystery from CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson, a landlady discovers a corpse beneath her crowded London boardinghouse A sturdy young woman with a knack for home repair and a practical sense of Marxism, Lydia is renovating her London townhouse while her husband finishes law school. To bring in extra money, she rents her upper floors to the exiled government  of Liv...

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  • KING AND JOKER
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    KING AND JOKER
    PETER DICKINSON
    In the cavernous halls of Buckingham Palace, a series of pranks lead to murder in this mystery by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson Princess Louise and her father, King Victor II of England, agree that life has become painfully dull. When she's not in school, Louise spends her days roaming the palace and fulfilling her royal duties while her father fusses over budgets and ...

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