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"Early Wodehouse work follows Ashe Marson into the drafty halls of Blandings Castle, where he will try to make "something new" of his life by purloining a rare Egyptian scarab all for the best motives, of course. The resultant hilarious romp through a stately English country home in search of the missing piece also introduces other characters who recur throughout the author s Blandings Castle Saga." --
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Barrie and Jenkins
Pub. Date
1976.
Language
English
Description
About to shatter the castle's peace is one Freddie Threepwood, son of Lord Emsworth, upon whom hard times have forced the role of jewel thief. But Freddie is not alone in coveting Lady Constance's necklace. Psmith does the needful.
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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
On a stormy night in Broadminster, DCI Neil Paget walks a young constable to her car in a dark parking lot. As she roars past on her way home, Paget is attacked from behind, his throat viciously slit from ear to ear. But for the grace of God he survives and is rushed to the hospital where he remains in critical condition, unconscious and perhaps ready to draw his last breath at any minute.
Meanwhile, the precinct is in an uproar. Who could have attacked...
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Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Here are a dozen stories to delight all Wodehouse addicts...A crooning tenor is attempting to captivate the affections of the Rev. Rupert Bingham's fiancee, Lord Emsworth is striving to remove a pumpkin-shaped blot on the family escutcheon, the Hon. Freddie Threepwood is making a last-ditch attempt to convert Lady Alcester to the beneficial quality of Donaldson's Dog-Joy, and in the bar-parlor of the Anglers' Rest, Mr. Mulliner fascinates everyone...
12) Stone dead
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Neil Paget of the British police investigates the mysterious death of a man whose faceless body is found at the bottom of a well.
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The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Lord Emsworth's idyllic demesne, Blandings Castle, is as usual overrun with overbearing sisters, overefficient secretaries, and the lovestruck; even worse, an alleged old flame has appeared, determined to put an end to the Earl's peaceful, pig-loving existence. All Galahad's genius is required to sort things out satisfactorily.
17) Uncle Dynamite
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Series
Publisher
Didier
Pub. Date
1948.
Language
English
Description
A chance meeting on a train brought together Lord Ickenham and Bill Oakshott-although being told that the love of his life, Hermione, was engaged to none other than Pongo, Lord Ickenham's nephew, did make Bill feel like he'd been struck behind the ear. But Pongo has troubles of his own to deal with when he accidently breaks one of Hermione's father's prized statues-and winds up replacing it with a smuggling vessel full of jewels.
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Herbert Jenkins
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
The debonair Uncle Fred makes a welcome return to Blandings, where plotting and confusion is rife. Blackmail, sabotage, jilted lovers and pigs under threat of kidnap all feature largely, making this hilarious instalment in the Blandings series irresistible to fans and newcomers alike.The story sees lovely debutante Myra Schoonmaker unhappily ensconced in Blandings at the insistence of Lady Constance Keeble, who objects to Myra's entanglement with...
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Series
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1968.
Language
English
Description
When George Felse finds himself called away to London on urgent police business, his wife Bunty is left alone feeling depressed on the eve of her 41st birthday. To shake off her black mood she goes out to the local pub where a chance meeting places her in deadly danger.
