When costly much-needed repairs to the cathedral in Aldminster and a confrontation between the dean of Aldminster Cathedral and the headmaster of the Choir School threaten to abolish the boys' choir, housewife Sally Ashworth becomes involved in the cause, which is also affected by her talented young son.

Jean Loftus has lived at Asshe House for more than 40 years. It's tidy contours, the soft colors of the garden, speak to an orderly, gracious life, a supremely English life. But when wormen unearth a skeleton from that garden, the skeletons from Jean's past begin rising, similarly, to the surface. And the life they speak to - a childhood in Revolutionary Russia, chaotic years as a refugee between the two world wars - was neither orderly nor English.\\Zita...

A story of a Catholic priest who was murdered after hearing a dying woman's confession. On his body was discovered a list of names, mysterious in that the people had nothing in common; yet, Mark Easterbrook came to discover a connection upon investigation.

Befriending a stray cat helps a very determined five-year old adjust to school, learn about friends, and pursue her dream of one day becoming a farmer. A sequel to "Sophie's Snail."

"Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his "counting house" when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmed Miss Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme . . ."--Provided by publisher.

Originally published: Great Britain : Jonathan Cape, 2007. Man Booker Prize for Fiction Shortlist, 2007. New York Times Notable Book, 2007.

The Morel family, who live on the Nottinghamshire coalfields, are beset with conflict. Gertrude has become disillusioned with her inarticulate working-class husband and devotes her energies to her sons. Son Paul falls in love and seeks to escape his family ties.

A blast of wind, a house-rattling bang, and Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane. Quicker than she can close her umbrella, she takes charge of the Banks children--Jane, Michael, and the twins--and she changes their lives forever.

On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondrialcal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, and only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered and man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists

Joe Roper lands his dream job when he is asked to help catalog the famed Kellogg Collection of Elizabethan texts and curiosities, until he discovers a letter signed by one W. Shakespeare of Stratford stating Shakespeare did not write the plays and finds himself battling an ambitious colleague, the London Eye, Hollywood producers, and his own sense of ethics.