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Fog of Doubt
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Rosie, the naughty little nymphet around whom Christianna Brand weaves her witty and mysterious web, recounts to her family a series of fibs that results in their supposing the unfortunate suitor, Raoul Vernet, to be her base seducer. On a night of dense London fog, with everyone alibied, Raoul is discovered having been hit over the head with a ...
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Green for Danger
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During the early days of the second World War, Inspector Cockrill investigates the mysterious death of a patient and his nurse at military hospital.
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Death in High Heels
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When Scotland Yard's young Mr. Charlesworth calls at Christophe et Cie about a murder, he finds five charming young women--all pretty, all suspects, all ready to obstruct his investigations. He would be hard pressed to say which causes more problems--when there is a second murder, or when he falls in love with the main suspect.
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Tour de force
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The vacationing Inspector Cockrill is on the job again when a fellow tourist is stabbed to death on a small Mediterranean island. The local police, in Cockrill's opinion, are illprepared for interrogating the tourload of suspects, she he takes it upon himself to confront these not-so-innocents abroad. The results, in high Brand-style, are both ...
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Suddenly/Residence
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In the luscious height of an English summer, Sir Richard is found dead on his estate. Inspector Cockrill has reason to believe Sir Richard's death was unnatural. His reason: the night Sir Richard died he had been disinheriting his offspring.
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Nanny McPhee: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda
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Christianna Brand, Edward Ardizzone (Illustrator)
Three original Nurse Matilda tales--the inspiration for "Nanny McPhee," starring Emma Thompson (who wrote the screenplay) and Colin Firth, set for release by Working Title/Universal Pictures in March--are collected for this omnibus volume. A governess uses magic to reign in the seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge. Illustrations.
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Buffet for Unwelcome Guests: The Best Short Mystery Stories of Christianna Brand
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Christianna Brand, Martin Harry Greenberg (Photographer), Francis M Nevins, Jr. (Photographer)
Christianna Brand's fiction features brisk prose, wry twists, plots that lure the reader into a false sense of having figured every contingency, and ironic turns that not only spice the narrative but supply its lifeblood. No one has "read "a Brand story who has failed to read the last sentence. Christianna Brand was born Mary Christianna Milne in ...
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Nurse Matilda: The Collected Tales
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Christianna Brand, Edward Ardizzone (Illustrator)
Collected in this omnibus volume are three original Nurse Matilda tales--the inspiration for "Nanny McPhee," starring Emma Thompson (who wrote the screenplay) and Colin Firth, set for release by Working Title/Universal Pictures in March. A governess uses magic to reign in the seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge. Illustrations.
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Court of foxes
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The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda
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Christianna Brand
"Once upon a time there was a huge family of children; and they were terribly, terribly naughty." So begins "Nurse Matilda", the first of three books about the no-nonsense nanny who uses magic to rein in the mischievous children in her charge - and changes their lives for ever.
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Starrbelow
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Cat & mouse
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Heads You Lose
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Set in the mid-20th century, this novel is about George Ball, who struggles to survive in the Great Depression after his father loses all his money and commits suicide. George falls in love with a Sioux woman, adopts her child when she dies, and ends up finally in Boston, where he marries the wealthy daughter of a doctor.
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The rose in darkness
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The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries: From Inspector Cockrill's Casebook
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Nurse Matilda
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A children's story of how the naughty Brown children are "tamed" by Nurse Matilda.
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What dread hand: a collection of short stories
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Nurse Matilda goes to town
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The adventures of the many Brown children the second time Nurse Matilda comes to take care of them. The mischievous children get better and better while Nurse Matilda becomes less and less ugly.
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Nurse Matilda goes to hospital
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Heaven knows who.
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Suddenly at His Residence
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Naughty children : an anthology
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The Brides of Aberdar
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London particular
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Nanny Matilda
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Christianna; Ardizzone Brand, Edward; Howeg, Beatrice
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