Nathaniel Parker
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Loosely based on the novels from best-selling author Elizabeth George, this series of contemporary murder mysteries features the charismatic Inspector Lynley, whose title as the 8th Earl of Asherton fuels a sparky relationship with his working-class sidekick Barbara Havers. Get unlimited access to all the first-season investigations for seven days with just one borrow. Subsequent seasons available as standard television offerings on Hoopla.
2) Artemis Fowl
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"In 2001, Eoin Colfer published Artemis Fowl, a hilarious and rip-roaring science-fiction/fantasy adventure about a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind who kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. But these aren't the fairies of bedtime stories; these fairies are armed and dangerous. Artemis thinks he has them right where he wants them... until they stop playing by the rules. The novel was an instant sensation and became the start...
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Experience the crime-fighting prowess of Inspector Lynley and his partner Detective Sergeant Barabara Havers for the first time in a fully remastered collection. It features eight action-packed episodes of the detective series. Watch as Thomas ₁Tommy₂ Lynley, Eighth Earl of Asherton, is assigned to Scotland Yard and finds himself paired with Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. The tensions of work won₂t be the only struggle for the pair.
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This powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel spins a story of passion and destruction set in the nineteenth century. It follows the life of Bathsheba Everdene, an impulsive, flighty,and bewitching young woman with a fiercely independent nature who ensnares --and almost destroys --the lives of three men.
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The village of Three Pines, a refuge from the modern world in the beautiful Eastern Townships, basks in the tranquil glory of its autumn colours. But the blazing woods conceal the body of a much-loved teacher - shot through the heart with an arrow. A tragic hunting accident or murder? Charismatic Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of officers probe to discover deep layers of deceit, resentment, and murderous rage in the pretty village.
9) T.I.M
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Prosthetics engineer ABI (Georgina Campbell) begins work on her company’s latest product, the A.I. humanoid T.I.M. (Eamon Farren). Programmed to serve only her, it leads to a dangerous obsession.
11) Vanity Fair
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Thackeray's classic novel of British and European society is set around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Becky Sharp, the penniless, orphaned daughter of an artist and a dancer, and Amelia Sedley, the sheltered child of a rich city merchant are unlikely, but firm friends. Becky, is an irrepressible schemer - one of the most seductive social climbers of all time - who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. While her friend, the meek and mild Amelia,...
12) Bleak House
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BAFTA-winning writer Andrew Davies and an all-star cast bring one of Charles Dicken's most brilliant novels to life. Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought before London's High Court of Chancery with Richard Carstone and Ada Clare, wards of court who are caught up in the infamous and never-ending case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Meanwhile, the beautiful Lady Dedlock finds her elegant world turned upside down when her husband's lawyer Tulkinghorn gets...
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When the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered in a lake, a post-mortem reveals disturbing details. Meanwhile, another young girl is reported missing, and unless she is found soon she will slip into a diabetic coma. With little support from Assistant Commissioner Evans, will Lynley and Havers be able to find her in time?
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When the body of Lynley's godson is discovered 12 years after his abduction, it seems for the parents that the past has finally been laid to rest. Lynley tries to hold himself together to support the family, but when he begins an affair with the family's now-grown daughter -- and she is then found dead -- Lynley is hauled in for questioning. Convinced that Julia's death is somehow related to her brother's abduction and death, Lynley must unravel not...
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Lynley is reinstated, and he, Havers, and their colleague Detective Constable Winston Nkata are trying to catch a crime boss. But when their star witness is found shot dead at Havers' childhood holiday retreat, she becomes convinced that cracking a twenty-year-od unsloved murder involving a local child will provide answers to both murders.




