Chicago World's Fair mysteries | Round Rock Public Library

1) Secrets of Sloane House

Author

Gray, Shelley Shepard

Series

Chicago World's Fair mysteries volume 1
Chicago World's Fair mystery

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

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In order to find her sister who went missing while working as a maid for a prominent family in 1893 Chicago, Rosalind Perry hires on as the new housemaid for the same family.

2) Deception on Sable Hill

Author

Gray, Shelley Shepard

Series

Chicago World's Fair mysteries volume 2
Chicago World's Fair mystery

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Description

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When Gilded Age Chicago debutante Eloisa Carstairs meets Detective Sean Ryan at a high society ball, she trusts him with a dark secret and turns to him for protection against a killer on the loose, but their disparate social standing complicates the feelings growing between them. "It's mid-September of 1893, and Eloisa Carstairs is the reigning beauty of Gilded Age Chicago society. To outsiders she appears to have it all. But Eloisa is living with...

3) Whispers in the reading room

Author

Gray, Shelley Shepard

Series

Chicago World's Fair mysteries volume 3
Chicago World's Fair mystery

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

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"Just months after the closure of the Chicago World's Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious dark-haired and dark-eyed patron. He has never given her his name; he actually never speaks to a single person. All she knows about him is that he loves books as much as she does ... Lydia and Sebastian form a fragile friendship, but when she discovers that Mr. Marks isn't merely a very wealthy gentleman, but also the proprietor...