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Dodger: The Story of a Victorian Pickpocket (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Story
Henry Moss soon discovers that crime is the only thing that pays, and in the tradition of Oliver Twist he becomes swept up in the dangerous world of pickpockets and fences, haunting dark alleys and unspeakable slums. But even for the most juvenile offenders the law is strict and the penalties harsh.
Flying Ace: My Story - Jack Fairfax Royal Flying Corps 1915-1918 by Jim Eldridge
Category: Education | Series: My Story
Jack Fairfax is the 19-year old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in the military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps. New-fangled flying machines are nothing to do with 'proper' warfare. Nevertheless, Jack takes to the skies in his ...Show more
Flying Ace (My Story: War Heroes) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Story: War Heroes
Jack Fairfax is the 19-year-old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in the military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps. New-fangled flying machines are nothing to do with 'proper' warfare. Nevertheless, Jack takes to the skies in his ...Show more
Gunpoint by Jim Eldridge
Category: Children's Fiction
Alex and her dad are working a routine plumbing job in the Town Hall when it is suddenly taken over by terrorists. Their leader demands the release of a high-profile prisoner, or he'll start killing hostages-and one of them is Alex's dad! Hidden in the attic's pipes, Alex must rely on her wits to ensure ...Show more
Murder at Aldwych Station by Jim Eldridge
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: London Underground Station Mysteries Ser.
December, 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service to provide shelter for the British Museum's priceless Elgin Marbles, as wellas civilians escaping the bombing. When the body of a young man is discovered on ...Show more
Murder at Claridge's by Jim Eldridge
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Hotel Mysteries Ser.
One of the Claridge's kitchen porters is found dead - strangled. He was a recent employee who claimed to be Romanian, but evidence suggests he may have been German. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg has to find out exactly who he was, and what he was doing at Claridge's under a false identity. Once he ha ...Show more
Murder at Madame Tussauds by Jim Eldridge
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Museum Mysteries Ser.
London, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems simple: one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren't convinced and Scotland Yard enlists 'The Museum Detectives' Daniel Wilson and Abig ...Show more
Murder at the National Gallery (Museum Mysteries 7) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Museum Mysteries Ser.
The thrilling historical whodunnit.
Murder at the Savoy (Hotel Mysteries 2) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Fiction | Series: Hotel Mysteries Ser.
September 1940: the height of the Blitz. The Savoy Hotel boasts London's strongest air raid shelter with all the luxury expected from one of the capital's most prestigious hotels. It prompts the arrival of a disgruntled crowd from the East End, demanding they be allowed entry and respite from the endles ...Show more
Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum (Museum Mysteries 8) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Museum Mysteries Ser.
London, 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of what she names as The Victoria and Albert Museum. Shortly after, the Museum Detectives Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are called to the site because the dead body of curator Andrew Page has been found. The Queen is determined that n ...Show more
My Story: London Stories by Jim Eldridge
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Story
This title features the story of London as seen through the eyes of the city's children. Twelve stories transport the reader from the Londinium of two millenniums past to the London of 2012, anticipating the Olympic games and a Diamond Jubilee. Along the way we escape a great fire, survive the gunp ...Show more
Roman Invasion: A British Boy, AD 84 (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Education | Series: My Story
It's AD 84 when Bran, a prince of the Carvetii tribe, is captured by the Romans. A legion of soldiers is marching east, to build a military road. It's hostile country, and Bran is to go with them as a hostage to ensure the legion's safety...but no one is safe in newly conquered Britain. Experience his ...Show more