Sylvia Syms
1) The Queen
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
While traveling on a train to London, Miss Marple is told by a woman she has never met, Lavinia Pinkerton, that she is certain there have been two murders in her village of Wychwood. When Lavinia dies in what is purported to be an accident - she fell, or was pushed, down the escalator in a tube station - Miss Marple decides to visit Wychwood and see what she can find.
4) The jury
Publisher
Goldhil Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A young schoolboy is murdered and his schoolmate is arrested. But was he just arrested because he was Sikh, or is he really the killer? The jury must look through the racism and media attention behind the trial and seek the truth.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the role that won her Broadway’s acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing SHIRLEY VALENTINE, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it’s never too late to recapture your dreams. Bored with her suburban life, Shirley takes a chance on adventure when a friend invites her on a vacation to Greece. Within no time she’s back to her rebellious teenage roots, saying yes to a wild fling with...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This six tales of suspense examines the jealous, betrayals, and resentments that lead to tragedy.
Bribery & corruption: Nicholas Hawthorne has always had a schoolboy crush on Emma, the lovely, free-spirited wife of the shipyard owner who employed his father. But after her murder, he learns that Emma's life was far more complicated-and troubled-than he had ever suspected.
Front seat: Hugh Branksome never expected to return to the seaside town where...
10) Victim
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A highly respected, but closeted barrister, Melville Farr, risks his marriage and reputation to take on an elusive blackmail ring terrorizing gay men with the threat of public exposure and police action.
11) Time for murder
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Each author gives the mystery genre his or her own twist, with results from humorous to the macabre. You will visit conventional English drawing rooms, a boy's prep school, a luxury health spa and a snowbound hotel.