The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
By: Alexis Hall
3.76
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In this charming, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Surely a public servant cannot be so cynical!" "Have you met the public?"-Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
"Ms. Haas," I protested, "I do not wish to commemorate our failure with confectionery." "Failure? I never fail. I just sometimes lack the impetus to pursue success as rigorously as I might."-Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
"My companion made a noise that, in an aerated environment, would probably have come out as a weary sigh. 'Honestly, I remember a time when being violated by a monstrosity from the abysmal darkness was something you really had to work at. Young people today have no idea, do they?' She paused. 'That is to say, young people twenty years from the time we've just departed will have no idea, will they?' 'Tell me about it,' Miss Reef flicked her tail disdainfully."-Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
"Do we have an actual plan?' 'Certainly.' She sounded faintly affronted. 'We shall attend the salon in the guise of Mr. Lutrell and his faithful secretary. That's you. Then I'll draw the subject aside in order to ask her some questions about her latest work and use my art, guile, and intense personal charisma to lead her into confessing any role she might have had in the blackmailing of Eirene.' 'That doesn't sound like a plan, so much as a sequence of conversations with tremendous scope to go wrong.' She rose imperiously from the chaise. 'I am the sorceress Shaharazad Hass. I never go wrong. I merely achieve things in a manner I had not intended."-Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
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Format: 169 pages, Hardcover
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2. A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)
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Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
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3. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
By: K.J. Charles
4.13
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
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4. A Thief in the Night
By: K.J. Charles
3.77
Format: 76 pages, ebook
Toby never meant to be a highway robber, but needs must. He didn’t plan to impersonate a top London… read more
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Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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6. Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue (The Cabots #3.5)
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7. You Should Be So Lucky
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Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more
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8. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
By: Freya Marske
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"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
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10. Death in the Spires
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11. A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
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3.91
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"Maud, darling," she said, very soft. "You're worth more than this quest. I've told you that all along."-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
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4.17
Format: 311 pages, Paperback
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18. The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
By: Alexis Hall
3.76
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Surely a public servant cannot be so cynical!" "Have you met the public?"-Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
"Ms. Haas," I protested, "I do not wish to commemorate our failure with confectionery." "Failure? I never fail. I just sometimes lack the impetus to pursue success as rigorously as I might."-Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
"My companion made a noise that, in an aerated environment, would probably have come out as a weary sigh. 'Honestly, I remember a time when being violated by a monstrosity from the abysmal darkness wa…"-Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
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19. A Sorceress Comes to Call
By: T. Kingfisher
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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20. The Spells We Cast (The Spells We Cast #1)
By: Jason June
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. Dear Bartleby (Meddle & Mend #4)
By: Sarah Wallace
4.47
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
Dear Bartleby, Tutting-on-Cress is so small as to be idyllic. Hate it already. Sent down from Ox… read more
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