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2) Carrie's war
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At the start of World War II, 14-year-old Carrie and her younger brother Nick are separated from their mother and evacuated from war-torn London to a rural village in Wales, where they now live with a puritanical shopkeeper and his spinster sister.
3) Reckless
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Drama about a young doctor who falls for an older woman whose husband just happens to be his boss.
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Set in Victorian London, fearless young Sally Lockhart has a mind for numbers and for sleuthing. Recently orphaned Sally is armed with a pearl-handled pistol and her keen mind, uncovers the secrets of her father's death aboard the sunken schooner Lavinia, discovers hidden cursed jewels, and faces England's deadliest villains with bold courage.
6) Dracula
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A young man tries to cheat death by joining a sinister cult and unleashing the evil force of Count Dracula when he finds he has a horrible disease.
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Mrs. McGinty's dead: With help from mystery novelist and old friend Ariadne Oliver, Poirot tries to save a man from hanging for a murder he might not have committed. -- Cat among the pigeons: As Meadowbank School for Girls begins its term, a new student causes the headmistress unease. Fortunately, Poirot is on hand.
10) Breathless
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Follows the lives of a group of doctors and nurses working in a London hospital, a world in which everything and everyone has their place. But underneath this veneer simmers a cauldron of lies and guilty secrets, driven by love, ambition and sex. Breathless opens in 1961, a time when Britain was on the brink of the '60s revolution, abortion is illegal and the contraceptive pill is only just available to married women.
11) Mrs. Wilson
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"It's 1963, and Alison Wilson returns home to find husband Alexander dead. Soon afterwards, a woman arrives at the door, claiming to be Alec's 'real wife.' Alison embarks on a mission of discovery to try and find out who her husband was; but from their wartime romance while working for the secret service, to a mysterious period in India--it soon becomes clear that Alec died holding his secrets close to his chest. alison is left craving the truth...
13) Beecham House
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"Delhi 1795: John Beecham, a former soldier in the East India Company, is determined to leave the past behind and start a new life. At the grand house, the staff is shocked that their new master has arrived with his infant son, a baby of mixed parentage. John is determined to reunite his family in Delhi and keep the identity of his child secret, but at what cost to himself and those he loves?" --container
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"A corpse is discovered in a scrapyard. Four suspects emerge; all have links to the law and attended the same police training course back in 1989. Since then their lives have gone in very different directions. But exactly who is fighting for justice? Can the police force ever really be trusted? And will Cassie and Sunny find themselves on the wrong side of the law?"--container.
15) Nolly
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"As the lead actor on Britain's long-running soap opera Crossroads, Nolly became Britain's biggest star. Then, in 1981, at the peak of her fame, she was suddenly axed without warning or explanation. Follow this wildly entertaining ride through her most tumultuous years, exploring how the establishment turned on a woman who refused to play by the rules, to finally answer the question: why was she fired at her pinnacle?" --container.
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"Eliza Scarlet finds herself immersed in fresh and surprising mysteries, from a disappearing magician to police corruption, as she struggles to build her detective agency. Growing competition from a rival agency creates new problems, and all the while she is still juggling her relationship with Inspector William Wellington, the Duke. On that front, she has a new challenge: a beautiful woman from her childhood has caught the Duke's eye." --container....
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The detectives are on a mission to uncover the mystery behind an unsolved murder that occurred 39 years ago. Beneath the ground of a demolished house, the bones of the victim are found. With this evidence, the modern police team opens a case to unearth the history that has remained buried for decades. Four main suspects emerge, and as their dark past is unraveled, the truth behind the events of the crime is finally revealed.
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"Miss Eliza Scarlet has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and while things are not going entirely smoothly, help comes from some familiar sources. Outside of work, her relationship with William Wellington, aka the Duke, builds towards a looming decision that will shape both their lives." --container
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"Susan Ryeland and her partner Andreas are living in idyllic Crete. But her life is upended when Pauline and Lawrence Treherne bring an explosive mystery to her doorstep. Their daughter, Cecily, has gone missing, and her disappearance is linked to a novel written by Alan Conway. Once again, Susan is plunged into the glamorous world of Atticus Pünd as she decodes a tangled web of lies, rage and jealousy. Will Susan solve the puzzle of Cecily’s disappearance...
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