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Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters

2023-03-28 Fiction
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Release : 2023-03-28
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 905/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters by : Olga Wojtas

Download or read book Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters written by Olga Wojtas. This book was released on 2023-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resourceful middle-aged Scottish librarian travels back in time to stop Macbeth and his wife from killing Duncan while avoiding three dangerous witches. Shona McMonagle is your ordinary, garden-variety librarian: comfortably padded, in her middle years, expert in various arcane martial arts. She also has an impressive knack for time travel (“impressive” may be overstating things: her first two forays—revolutionary Russia, 19th-century France—went less than smoothly). Her latest mission? Head to 11th-century Scotland, cozy up to Macbeth and Lady M, prevent them from murdering Duncan. In the ordinary course of things, this would be a doddle. But then there are the witches, who prove remarkably quick to take offense. And the business of being turned into a mouse. And the fact that the mission is in truth threefold. One, keep Duncan alive and kicking; two, correct the historical record and lay bare the ludicrous lies introduced by that silly Shakespeare play; and three, burnish the honor of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, the finest institution of pedagogy in the greater Edinburgh area. Can she do it? Of course, she can! NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A LIBRARIAN! Praise for Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace “Excellent…. The zany plot is a whirling dervish of unexpected events, all narrated with aplomb and wry wit by the eruditeand intrepid librarian,who often hilariouslymisconstrues the clues she ferrets out. Readers will have a rollicking good time.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Effortlessly blends together a number of genres.... Smart, funny and all-round good company, wherever Shona goes, readers will eagerly follow.” —The Scotsman

Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar

2018-12-04 Fiction
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Release : 2018-12-04
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 712/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar by : Olga Wojtas

Download or read book Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar written by Olga Wojtas. This book was released on 2018-12-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A librarian with deceptively dangerous skills is sent back in time to Tzarist Russia in this “laugh-out-loud farce” and homage to Muriel Spark (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Never underestimate a librarian. Comfortable padded and in her middle years, Shona McMonagle may look bookish and harmless, but her education at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls has left her with a deadly expertise in everything from martial arts to quantum physics. It has also left her with a bone-deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, that scurrilous novel that spread scandalous untruths about the finest educational institution in Edinburgh. Shona’s skills, her deceptively mild appearance, and her passionate loyalty make her the perfect recruit for an interesting new project: time travel to Tzarist Russia, prevent a gross miscarriage of romance, and—in any spare time—see to it that only the right people get murdered. It’s a big job, but no task is too daunting for a prefect from Miss Blaine’s. “A delightful addition to the ranks of comic crime.” —The Guardian, UK

Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Gondola of Doom

2024-01-25 Fiction
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Release : 2024-01-25
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 015/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Gondola of Doom by : Olga Wojtas

Download or read book Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Gondola of Doom written by Olga Wojtas. This book was released on 2024-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never underestimate a librarian. Fifty-something Edinburgh librarian Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. Impeccably educated and an accomplished linguist, mathematician, martial artist, and musician, Shona is selected by Marcia Blaine herself to travel back in time for a crucial mission in Venice. Finding the city afflicted by what appears to be a new outbreak of the plague, Shona soon encounters the Cornetto family of gondoliers. Lately, a number of their passengers have met a watery fate. Coincidence? Unlikely. She dons a mask, goes undercover and seeks inspiration in the library. But the mystery only deepens. Why do the Cornettos seem so flaky and their explanations wafer-thin, even as they proclaim their innocence? What is going on at the printworks? Shona’s powers of deduction, dissection and prowess as a swimmer are put to the test as she realises that a bitter feud is at play. Can Shona unravel the tapestry of lies and get to the truth? It’s a race against time, but it would be a mistake to underestimate a librarian.

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

2014-10-07 Fiction
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Release : 2014-10-07
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 004/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by : Douglas Adams

Download or read book The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul written by Douglas Adams. This book was released on 2014-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Dirk Gently investigates after a passenger at Heathrow airport erupts into a mysterious ball of flames. Mystery, hilarity, and the fantastical are combined in this title from the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. -- HPL Readers Advisor.

Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Vampire Menace

2022-06-20 Fiction
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Release : 2022-06-20
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 514/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Vampire Menace by : Olga Wojitas

Download or read book Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Vampire Menace written by Olga Wojitas. This book was released on 2022-06-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never underestimate a librarian. Readers learned that lesson with the Prefect’s first adventure (Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar: “marvelous” and “a laugh-out-loud farce” —Publishers Weekly, starred review). Now a certain Count from Transylvania is about to learn it as well, when the intrepid Shona McMonagle (comfortably padded, in her middle years, and a whiz at obscure martial arts) time-travels to 19th-century France to help a village being menaced by a mysterious killer. It’s true that Dracula’s name has for more than a hundred years been a byword for terror, but nothing can stop an agent trained by the Marcia Blaine School for Girls.

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