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Peters, Donada
Overview
| Works: | 365
works in
801
publications in
3
languages and
40,409
library holdings
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| Roles: | Narrator, Performer |
| Classifications: | pr6052.e196,
823.914 |
Most widely held works by
Donada Peters
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
in
2006
in
English
and held by
701
libraries
worldwide
In 2005, Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons and a labyrinth pattern engraved on the wall and on a ring hidden in a cave while on an archeological dig in southwest France. They trigger visions of the past and propel her into a dangerous race against those who want the mystery of the cave for themselves. In 1209 Alaïs is entrusted, by her father, with a book that is part of a sacred trilogy connected to the Holy Grail. Guardians of the trilogy are operating against evil forces.
With no one as witness by Elizabeth George (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
570
libraries
worldwide
When an adolescent boy's mutilated body is found, it doesn't take long for the police to realize that this is the work of a serial killer.
The scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
1991
and
2011
in
English
and held by
555
libraries
worldwide
Hester Prynne faces the wrath of Puritan society when she commits adultery and refuses to name her lover.
The perfect paragon [an Agatha Raisin mystery by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
2005
and
2007
in
English
and held by
502
libraries
worldwide
When Robert Smedley is determined to prove that his wife is cheating, Raisin Investigations immediately offers to help. Unfortunately for Agatha, Mabel Smedley appears to be the perfect wife, young and pretty and a regular volunteer at church. Although Smedley's case doesn't look promising, Agatha's attentions are diverted when she stumbles across the body of missing teenager, Jessica Bradley. In a sudden gesture of kindness (and good public relations), Agatha offers to investigate Jessica's death free of charge. As Agatha juggles her two biggest cases, things are turned upside down when Robert Smedley is found poisoned in his office. The prime suspect, his sainted wife Mabel, immediately hires Agatha to find the real killer.
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse (
Sound Recording
)
8
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
500
libraries
worldwide
Conducting research in southwest France, an American graduate student finds the grand old hotel where she is staying eerily familiar and experiences strange dreams and visions about a sister and brother whose visit to the same region a century earlier had unexpected otherworldly consequences.
Agatha Raisin and the quiche of death by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
in
1999
in
English
and held by
490
libraries
worldwide
A public relations executive in London, until her recent retirement to Cotswold village, Agatha begins to soften her image. She enters a "best quiche" competition, buying one in London to pass off as her own. It doesn't win but is taken home by Mr. Cummings-Browne, the judge. He eats it and dies. Agatha is sure there's murder afoot and nearly loses her own life before she proves it.
Agatha Raisin and the case of the curious curate by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2003
in
English
and held by
473
libraries
worldwide
When Agatha Raisin's ex-husband James abandons her and she is humiliated by an unseemly proposition from her handsome neighbor John Armitage, she gives up on make-up and takes to wearing the loose cotton dresses and flat sensible shoes that she has always abhorred. But then along comes Tristan Delon, Carsley's blue-eyed, blonde-haired new curate, beloved of the lady parishioners ... When he turns up dead in the vicar's study, Agatha and John must join forces to investigate--Container.
Agatha Raisin and the day the floods came by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
between
2000
and
2002
in
English
and held by
468
libraries
worldwide
Agatha Raisin, is feeling miserable and rejected by the world. She has recently lost her husband, not to another woman, but to God. At this very moment, James Lacey is in France, training to take holy orders at a monastery. To escape the dreariness of her Cotswold cottage, Agatha takes a plane to a remote island in the South Pacific. There she observes a couple - a bearded man and a blond girl - but senses something is wrong, and the girl later turns up drowned. Upon returning home, Agatha comes upon another strange drowning of a pretty young blonde. The police say suicide, but Agatha suspects murder. With the help of her handsome new neighbor, she sets out to prove the police wrong.
What came before he shot her by Elizabeth George (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2005
and
2006
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
464
libraries
worldwide
In North Kensington three orphaned mixed-race children are bounced from one home to another. The middle child Joel takes care of the youngest, Toby, who isn't quite right. When a local gang threatens Toby, Joel makes a pact with the devil that ends in the murder of Thomas Lynley's wife.
Agatha Raisin and the potted gardener by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2000
in
English
and held by
460
libraries
worldwide
As a garden show approaches in the English Cotswolds, plants are mysteriously uprooted, poisoned and burned. The suspect is a beautiful divorcee, until she is found dead, head planted in a pot. Agatha Raisin goes to work. By the author of Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet.
Agatha Raisin and the love from hell by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
2001
and
2007
in
English
and held by
443
libraries
worldwide
Faced with the disappearance of her husband and the death of his mistress, Agatha must summon her own ex-lover to solve all.
Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen (
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
between
2002
and
2007
in
English
and held by
443
libraries
worldwide
It is the story of the lives and loves of two Dashwood sisters who pursue love and happiness around the pillars of genteel society.
Agatha Raisin and the walkers of Dembley by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2000
in
English
and held by
436
libraries
worldwide
In England, an argument rages over the right of people to cross farmers' fields. When the presiding lady of a walking club is found murdered in a wheat field, suspicion turns on the owner. Sleuth Agatha Raisin goes looking for the real killer. By the author of Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener.
Agatha Raisin and the haunted house by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2003
in
English
and held by
426
libraries
worldwide
On her return from London, Agatha Raisin experiences soon-relieved boredom when her handsome new neighbor Paul Chatterton asks her to investigate the whispers and footsteps elderly Mrs. Witherspoon has been hearing in her house. Soon Mrs. Witherspoon is found dead under suspicious circumstances, and Agatha is involved in yet another puzzling murder mystery.
The deadly dance by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2004
in
English
and held by
417
libraries
worldwide
"Agatha Raisin has finally opened her own detective agency. But when it seems like all she's doing is looking for missing cats while being outclassed by her sixty-seven year-old secretary, she wonders if she has finally bitten off more than she can chew? When the wealthy Mrs. Laggat-Brown walks in, claiming that her daughter is receiving death threats, Agatha realizes that this is the chance she's been waiting for. But as she careens through the case, flirting with the chief suspect and alienating her friends, Agatha herself begins to wonder if she will be able to solve this case"--Container.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (
Sound Recording
)
8
editions published
between
2001
and
2010
in
English
and held by
412
libraries
worldwide
The forbidding Yorkshire moons fram the story of a star-crossed and often cruel love.
Agatha Raisin and the vicious vet by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
in
1999
in
English
and held by
391
libraries
worldwide
"A public relations executive in London until her recent retirement to the Cotswolds, Agatha is ready for some romance and excitement in her life. However, she gets more than she bargained for when the charming yet sinister new veterinarian in town dies of an injection meant for the horse he was about to operate on. Agatha is sure it was murder and turns to her distinguished neighbor, the retired military man James Lacey, for aid. Together, the odd couple begin to investigate Dr. Bladen's death and the curious lack of sorrow shown by his divorced wife. But will they succeed in unmasking a killer before suffering an 'accident' of their own?"--Container.
The skeleton in the closet [a mystery by M. C Beaton (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
in
2001
in
English
and held by
389
libraries
worldwide
Since the death of his father, Fellworth Dolphin has been supporting both himself and his miserly mother with the meager wages he earns as a waiter in a local hotel. When his mother suddenly dies, Fellworth is shocked to find that she has left him a sizable inheritance. Not knowing where the money could have possibly come from, Fell teams up with Maggie, a plain girl with a similar background, to discover the source of the riches.
Alice's adventures in Wonderland [and, Through the looking glass by Lewis Carroll (
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
in
1993
in
English and No Linguistic Content
and held by
387
libraries
worldwide
A little girl falls down a rabbit home and finds a variety of nonsensical and amusing characters there.
A place of hiding by Elizabeth George (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2003
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
383
libraries
worldwide
A shocking murder calls forensic scientist Simon St. James and his wife, Deborah, to an isolated island in the English Channel. An old friend of Deborah's stands accused of killing the island's wealthiest benefactor.
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