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7 best books like Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies: Sex in the City in Georgian Britain (Revealing History) (Hallie Rubenhold): The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, The Big Four, Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess, Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense, Burn This, Platform Seven, Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
| Author | Wilkie Collins |
| ISBN | 1587156911 |
Is there no explanation of the mystery of The Haunted Hotel? Is The Haunted Hotel the tale of a haunting -- or the tale of a crime? The ghost of Lord Montberry haunts the Palace Hotel in Venice --- or does it? Montberry's beautiful-yet-terrifying wife, the Countess Narona, and her erstwhile brother are...
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 0007120818 |
Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell.
Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over...
Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess
| Author | James Chambers |
| ISBN | 1905847238 |
The tragic story of the doomed romance between Charlotte, heir to the English throne, and Leopold, uncle of Queen Victoria and first King of the Belgians. A story that Jane Austen famously declined to tell, declaring: “I could no more write a romance than an epic poem.”
Charlotte was the...
| Author | Sarah Weinman |
| ISBN | 0143122541 |
Fourteen chilling tales from the pioneering women who created the domestic suspense genre
Murderous wives, deranged husbands, deceitful children, and vengeful friends. Few know these characters—and their creators—better than Sarah Weinman. One of today’s preeminent authorities...
| Author | Lanford Wilson |
| ISBN | 0374521581 |
Commissioned by the Circle Repertory Company, Burn This first appeared at the Mark Taper Forum in Los angeles in 1987 to near-universal praise. Set in the bohemian art world of downtown New York, this vivid and challenging drama explores the spiritual and emotional isolation of Anna and Pale, two outcasts...
| Author | Louise Doughty |
| ISBN | 0571321941 |
Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he can...
Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales
| Author | Stephen King |
| ISBN | 1587676796 |
Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new anthology, perfect for airport or airplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, along with brand new stories from Stephen King...
