The library thief
Shenjé, Kuchenga2024
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1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence is not so easy to tame and when she brings scandal to his door, the bookbinder throws her onto the streets of Manchester. Intercepting her father's latest commission, Florence talks her way into the remote, forbidding Rose Hall to restore its collection of rare books. Lord Francis Belfield's library is old and full of secrets but none so intriguing as the whispers about his late wife. Then one night, the library is broken into. Strangely, all the priceless tomes remain untouched. Florence is puzzled, until she discovers a half-burned book in the fireplace. She realises with horror that someone has found and set fire to the secret diary of Lord Belfield's wife, which may hold the clue to her fate.
Main title:
The library thief / Kuchenga Shenjé.
Author:
Shenjé, Kuchenga, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Sphere, 2024.©2024
Collation:
392 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781408726853 (trade paperback)9781408726846 (hardback)
Dewey class:
823.92F
Language:
English
Subject:
Thieves -- FictionNobility -- FictionSecrecy -- FictionBookbinders -- FictionLibraries -- FictionJamaicans -- England -- Manchester -- FictionManchester (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- FictionHistorical fictionDetective and mystery fiction
BRN:
2121385