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"Housemaid wanted. Skills required: Discretion, and the willingness to go the extra mile. It seems like the perfect job. Great wages, accommodation provided, and all located within the walls of Highwood Hall, a stunning stately home owned by the Howard family. Not many little girls dream of becoming a maid, but this is an opportunity for me to get back on my feet. And for me to revisit my past...But I soon realize Ive made a mistake. The strict housekeeper,...
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Housemaid ; 1
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"Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full...
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"When Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919 to travel to South Africa, she knows that she does not love the man she is to marry there --her fiance Edward, whom she has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a small town in the harsh Karoo desert, her only real companions are her diary and her housemaid, and later the housemaid's daughter, Ada. When Ada is born, Cathleen recognizes in her someone she can love and respond...
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Housemaid ; 3
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Poisoned Pen Press
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[2024]
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English
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"The New York Times best-selling author presents another addictive psychological thriller in the series in which the Housemaid, now with a family of her own, moves to the suburbs, leaving her dark secrets behind, but soon finds this seemingly perfect neighborhood the most dangerous place of all. "--
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It's utterly improper-but can a passion like theirs be kept hidden for long?
"Your discretion and good behavior would be most appreciated . . . "
Returning from India to Castonbury Park is just another job for Colonel Ross Montague. With his family in disarray, he promises his uncle, the duke, to do his utmost to see order and decorum restored once more. That is until he's sidetracked by the beguiling eyes of Castonbury's newest maid-Lisette.
An...
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Housemaid ; 2
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Bookouture
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I...
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IFC Films
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[2011]
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Korean
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Eun-yi's presence attracts the amorous attentions of Hoon, the master of the house, and he begins an affair with her. Igniting the jealousy of an older maid who knows many family secrets, Eun-yi quickly finds herself in the center of a familial power struggle.
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“The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mysteries now being published.”—Entertainment Weekly
The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective...
The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective...
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"Ahead of the German Blitz during World War II, English parents from every social class sent their children to the countryside for safety, displacing more than three million young offspring. In The Secret Guests, the British royal family takes this evacuation a step further, secretly moving the princesses to the estate of the Duke of Edenmore in "neutral" Ireland. A female English secret agent, Miss Celia Nashe, and a young Irish detective, Garda...
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When her father and stepmother are found brutally murdered on a summer morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden -- thirty-two years old and still living at home -- immediately becomes a suspect. But after a notorious trial, she is found innocent, and no one is ever convicted of the crime. Meanwhile, others in the claustrophobic Borden household have their own motives and their own stories to tell: Lizzie's unmarried older sister, a put-upon Irish housemaid,...
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Feedbooks
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2023
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Deutsch
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Es ist die Lebensgeschichte des Dienstmädchens Félicité. Gleich im ersten Satz wird sie als treue Magd genannt, um die alle anderen ihre Herrin Madame Aubain beneideten. Das Leben der Analphabetin Félicité ist allerdings kaum beneidenswert, obwohl, wenn man es recht bedenkt, sie selbst es anders einschätzen würde. Im Laufe ihres Lebens schenkt Félicité vielen ihre Zuneigung, sie wird immer wieder auf die eine oder andere Art enttäuscht.
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Mr. Burton Crane (the book says he is under 30) rents a house from "one of the most aristocratic families south of the Mason and Dixon's", with the understanding that it comes complete with servants. The butler seems young for his job but looks like he will function very well. The cook is beautiful and cooks like a dream. The maid is rather sullen and ungracious. And the 'Useful Boy' is inclined to be impertinent. Within a few days Burton moves into...
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Young Mary, who hides a romantic relationship with the housemaid, was raised in a repressively religious household. Her family, who believe they are acting on God's behalf, view the girls' relationship as an abomination, to be dealt with as severely as possible. The couple attempts to carry on in secret, but someone is always watching, and the threat to pay for their sins builds. But after the arrival of an enigmatic stranger, the tension increases,...
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"The Maid and the Mansion's Secret" invites readers into a world of intrigue and hidden truths. As Maria the Housemaid navigates her role within the opulent estate, she becomes entangled in a web of deception, unearthing mysteries that challenge privilege and vulnerability. This captivating tale explores the resilience of the human spirit, the pursuit of truth, and the unexpected connections that can shape destinies. Join us on a journey where uncovering...
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'You might think you've met the man of your dreams. But if you marry him, it will end in tragedy within five years. If you want everyone you love to stay safe, you should walk away…'
The fortune teller told me my fate. But I ignored her. I married the man of my dreams. We made a family. Our life is beautiful, safe and happy.
I've pushed that hazy, sunny afternoon in the park, where we spotted a funfair setting up, and my best friends and I dared...
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Joe Wilmot can't stand his wife Elizabeth. But he sure loves her movie theater. It's a modest establishment in a beat-down town--but Joe has the run of the place, and inside its walls, he's king. Without the theater, he'd be sunk. Without his leadership, the theater would close in a heartbeat. If it isn't the life Joe imagined for himself, at the very least, it's livable.
Everything changes when Joe falls for the housemaid Carol, and the two can't...
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New House - Live the emotions of the couple Caio and Tereza in their new house. They experience things they have never thought of.This Is Outrageous! - When Luiz's cell phone internet stops working, he's thrown into a bureaucratic nightmare with a heartless corporation.Don't You Have Any Compassion? - Go after Eunice, a woman who dares to dream of a better life, only to be brought down by the prejudice of her husband's family.The Road of Life - The...
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A new novel from a scion of the new generation of writers in Africa. She tells the story of women in Africa: here it is misery, pain, agony , dilemmas, frustrations. She floats the reader on a world of inverted reality, which yet becomes the norm. With creative imagination, confronting the social realities, she seeks out the world of peace and tranquility. But not without verisimilitude. The extremes of moral turpitude beget horrid outcomes, leaving...
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Murder Maps ; 3
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English
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Dr. Ruxton was an Indian born physician. He lived a quiet, respectable life in Lancaster but had a violent jealous streak. He had accused his wife of infidelity for years but in September 1935 Ruxton's jealousy got the better of him. He beat, strangled and stabbed her to death then did the same to the housemaid who witnessed the killing. Ruxton dismembered the bodies to remove identification marks and dumped them across the border in Scotland. Local...
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