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Clark, ClareCleeves, AnnColin, BeatriceThe Great StinkIt is 1855, and engineer William May hasreturned home to his beloved wife fromthe battlefields of the Crimea. He securesa job transforming London’s sewer systemand begins to lay his ghosts to rest.Above ground, his work is increasinglycompromised by corruption, and choleraepidemics threaten the city. But it isonly when the peace of the tunnels isshattered by murder that William loseshis tenuous hold on sanity.Raven BlackIt is a cold January morning and Shetlandlies buried beneath a deep layer ofsnow. Trudging home, Fran Hunters eyeis drawn to a vivid splash of colour onthe white ground, ravens circling above.It is the strangled body of her teenageneighbour Catherine Ross. The locals onthe quiet island stubbornly focus theirgaze on one manloner and simpletonMagnus Tait. But when police insiston opening the investigation a veil ofsuspicion and fear is thrown over theentire community.The Luminous Life of Lilly AphroditeBig, rich, intelligent, and masterfullywritten, here is a page-turning storyof glitter and splendor, drama andlove, friendship and identity, and anilluminating account of a period ofhistory that foreshadowed much of thetwentieth century.As the clock chimes the turn of the17