Quiet as a Nun: Part 1: The TowerArmchair Thriller episode
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Quiet as a Nun is a thriller novel, written by Antonia Fraser. First published in 1977, it features Fraser's sleuthing heroine Jemima Shore as she revisits the convent school where she was educated following the mysterious death of one of the nuns. A six-part television dramatisation of the book (written by Julia Jones) was part of ITV's anthology series Armchair Thriller in 1978.
- Novels about nuns· 8T
- Novels set in monasteries· 4T
- Fiction about inheritances· 12T
The Silent World of Nicholas QuinnBook by Colin Dexter
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The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is a crime novel by Colin Dexter, the third novel in Inspector Morse series.
- 1987 British television episodes· 18T
- Novels by Colin Dexter· 13T
The Slave Girl (novel)novel
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The Slave Girl is a 1977 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta that was published in the UK by Allison and Busby and in the US by George Braziller. It won the Jock Campbell Award from the New Statesman in 1978. The novel was Emecheta's fourth book; it was dedicated to her editor Margaret Busby.
My Laugh Comes Lastnovel by James Hadley Chase
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My Laugh Comes Last is a 1977 thriller novel by British writer James Hadley Chase.
- Robert Hale books· 32T
- Novels by James Hadley Chase· 27T
- British novels adapted into films· 1,390T
The Plague Dogs1977 novel by Richard Adams
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The Plague Dogs is a novel by English author Richard Adams, first published in 1977 by Allen Lane. The book centres around the friendship of two dogs that escape an animal testing facility and are subsequently pursued by both the government and the media. As in Adams' debut novel, Watership Down (1972), the animal characters in The Plague Dogs are anthropomorphised.
- Books about animal testing· 6T
- Books about foxes· 43T
- Novels set in the Lake District· 15T
The Glimpses of the Moon (Crispin novel)1977 novel
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The Glimpses of the Moon is a 1977 detective novel by the British writer Edmund Crispin. It was the ninth and last novel in his series featuring Gervase Fen, an Oxford professor and amateur detective. Written from the 1960s onwards on publication it was the first novel in the series to be released since The Long Divorce in 1951. The author died the following year and in 1979 a final work Fen Country, a collection of short stories featuring the detective, was publish posthumously.
- Victor Gollancz Ltd books· 359T
- Novels set in Devon· 61T
- British mystery novels· 485T
The Invisible Victory1977 novel by Richard Gordon
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The Invisible Victory is a 1977 spy thriller novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. A young British chemist working in Germany in the late 1930s is recruited by British intelligence to work on stealing scientific research from the Nazi authorities.
- Novels by Richard Gordon· 21T
- Heinemann (publisher) books· 383T
- British thriller novels· 484T
Blackstone on Broadway1977 novel
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Blackstone on Broadway is a 1977 historical thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert, published under the pen name Richard Falkirk. It is the final entry in a series of six novels featuring Edmund Blackstone, a member of the Bow Street Runners in the pre-Victorian era. Blackstone is assigned to assist the New York City police force, but has his own schemes to pursue while there.
- Novels by Derek Lambert· 17T
- Methuen Publishing books· 197T
- Novels set in the 1820s· 31T
The Road to Lichfieldnovel for adults by Penelope Lively
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The Road To Lichfield is the first novel for adults by Penelope Lively, published in 1977. It made the short-list for the Booker Prize. It was rereleased by Penguin Essentials in 2017.
- Heinemann (publisher) books· 384T
- Novels set in Staffordshire· 7T
- Novels by Penelope Lively· 8T
The Ginger Tree1977 novel by Oswald Wynd
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The Ginger Tree is a 1977 novel by Scottish novelist Oswald Wynd published in the UK by Collins Publishers. The novel was adapted into a 4-part TV series by the BBC and Japan's NHK for release in 1989, and subsequently shown as part of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre. Because of the adaptation, the novel became Wynd's most famous. The novel follows a Scottish woman who falls in love with a Japanese Count, and naval officer, and the culture of Japan, following her from 1903 to 1942. Bond's character gives birth to the Count's illegitimate child and goes on after the child's abduction to work in a leading Japanese department store as the first western saleswoman. She later sets up her own store, only to be forced to leave when Japan becomes involved in war.
- Eland Books books· 24T
- William Collins, Sons books· 385T
- Scottish historical novels· 14T
