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When a bright young man teams up with a glamorous femme fatale, the identity of a murderer won't be the only secret they'll unmask.London, 1922. Between gallivanting in his Rolls-Royce and darkening the doorways of London's hotspots, Lord Reginald "Rex" Bankes-Fernsby has almost succeeded in banishing the battlefield nightmares that plague his sleep. Pity he can't say the same about that nagging lack of direction in his life.If only he were like his best friend Freddie - self-assured, suave, and up to his ears in secrets. But when Freddie is murdered, Rex doubts the verdict. Was Freddie really cut down while up to no good or was he killed in the line of duty?Rex turns to the only person in London capable of helping him find out - Theodora Laurent, London's most notorious femme fatale and Freddie's last known lover.Theodora has a hundred reasons to let sleeping cats lie, but those disappear into the aether when Rex shows up on her doorstep and someone takes a shot at her head. Together, they're catapulted into a race for their lives, where identifying the murderer is their only hope for survival.There's just one problem. Freddie wasn't the only one keeping secrets. If Theodora isn't careful, Rex's search for the truth could send her cunningly constructed empire falling like dominos.

Spilled secrets, a dead spy, and a missing spymaster. When your enemies take bold action, there's no room for hesitation.London, 1922. Theodora Laurent, femme fatale and undercover spy, has spent several months training Lord Rex to be her new partner. It's time for him to undertake his first assignment - finding out who passed along false intelligence to the Cabinet.Despite Theodora's training, the only thing Lord Rex knows for sure is his spying skills fall far short of hers. However, when London's spymaster himself requests your help, you can't just turn him down.As a peer of the realm, Lord Rex is the perfect person to take on the search for the loose-lipped politician. Manoeuvring amongst the elite in the halls of Parliament is well within his wheelhouse, promising to be low risk and high reward. Especially, with Theodora at his side.Or so they think...But when London's #2 spy ends up dead, their simple assignment turns into a full-fledged murder investigation with England's leading politicians among the suspects.Just when they think the situation can't get any worse, someone kidnaps the spymaster.Can Theodora and Rex uncover the treacherous villain behind the murder and kidnapping before they lose their lives?

An enemy lurks in the prince's inner circle. He'll do anything to escape justice... even commit murder.England, 1923. Love is in the air and all eyes are on Windsor Castle, where the royal family is celebrating a new royal engagement.When party invitations are sent to only an elite few, Dora and Rex's invite comes with strings attached.There's a traitor hiding within the prince's inner circle. Dora and Rex, England's preeminent undercover spy team, are assigned to uncover the turncoat.Their sole lead is a tip from an anonymous informant. To get the clue, they must meet him privately during the engagement bash.But, when they show up at the secret rendezvous, instead of a clue, they find a dead body and Rex's best friend Clark holding the murder weapon.Has Clark turned traitor or was he framed? Can Dora and Rex work double-time to clear their friend's name and identify the real killer before Scotland Yard's leading investigator puts Clark away for life?

Can Dora and Rex solve this cold case without ending up in hot water?London, 1923. In a Mayfair dining room, Theodora Laurent and Lord Rex Bankes-Fernsby make an incredible discovery. Rex's sister Caledonia is a naturally gifted codebreaker. Upon hearing this news, Lord Audley, London's spy master, asks for their help with a most unusual mission. Twenty-five years earlier, his wife died in a terrible accident. Now, he has uncovered evidence that her death may have been murder. The answer lies in the coded messages he discovered in her old things.With Caledonia's help, Dora and Rex delve into the mysterious case of Lady Audley. Each decoded message reveals a tantalising clue. But, in the excitement of the chase, they forget one fact. They aren't the only ones who know what those messages say. The closer they get to the truth, the harder the killer will work to keep his misdeeds buried in the past.

Welcome to Oxford, where knowledge and magic live eternally ever afterWhen Natalie Payne accepts the Head of Ceremonies role at the University of Oxford, her first assignment is planning the spectacular autumn gala at St Margaret College. However, her plans are dashed when she finds their famed chef dead in the kitchen.If that discovery isn't enough, the cat following her around is actually a four-hundred-year-old wyvern. He's got news for her: Nat's a prefect, with the magic of Oxford running in her veins.Nat's got to solve the murder, find a new chef for the gala and get to the bottom of why Oxford's magic is acting up. With the help of her wyvern, a band of Eternals and the savviest assistant who ever existed, Nat is sure to be a success.But can she do it before St Margaret loses its connection to the magic of Oxford?

A dead body buried under a pile of ageing manuscripts. A secret chamber filled with a treasure-trove of books and paintings.Nat returns to Oxford in January, this time based out of the historic halls of Barnard College. When she agrees to meet Mathilde in the college archives after hours, they hope to find information on the magic. They don't expect to find a hidden chamber or stumble across another dead body.Nat is scrambling to figure out if this is a crime of passion, a case of wrong place and wrong time, or whether something larger is a foot. Meanwhile, Mathilde and Kate are searching the hidden chamber for information on the magic's origin. The last thing they need is Edward snooping around, wondering how the prefects are connected.Can Nat satisfy Edward's curiosity without revealing the existence of Oxford's magic?Can the prefects figure out how to restore Oxford's magical border before someone else dies?

When the smoke clears, a man lies dead and a young woman looks to blame.The fire in the Ashmolean's archives reveals itself to be a cover-up for the real crime: dozens of valuables are missing from the shelves. Unfortunately, security guard Andrei Radu dies at the scene, elevating the crime to a homicide.DCI Robinson, Oxford's leading detective, is determined to see the guilty prosecuted. The security feed puts Kate's young assistant Francie at the scene. She claims to be innocent but DCI Robinson isn't convinced.Nat and her friends know the likely perpetrator is the person behind the problems with the magic. Can they save Francie from going down for a crime she didn't commit?

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