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001			ocn905089469
003			OCoLC
005			20240430133537.0
008			150316s2015 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2015009286
020			_a9780451476012 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0451476018 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)905089469 _z(OCoLC)900623892 _z(OCoLC)900794578 _z(OCoLC)907089564
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBTCTA _dWIM _dYDXCP _dBDX _dIEP _dOI6 _dOCLCO
042			_apcc
049			_aUOKA
050	0	0	_aPS3618.A983 _bC87 2015
082	0	0	_a813/.6 _223
100	1		_aRaybourn, Deanna _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA curious beginning / _cDeanna Raybourn.
264		1	_aNew York, New York : _bNew American Library, _c[2015]
264		4	_c©2015
300			_a339 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aA Veronica Speedwell mystery
520			_a"London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry--and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England now gone, she intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime. But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron with ties to her mysterious past. Promising to reveal in time what he knows of the plot against her, the baron offers her temporary sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker--a reclusive natural historian as intriguing as he is bad-tempered. But before the baron can deliver on his tantalizing vow to reveal the secrets he has concealed for decades, he is found murdered. Suddenly Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant, wary partners in search of the villainous truth" -- _cprovided by publisher.
650		0	_aOrphans _vFiction
650		0	_aYoung women _vFiction
650		0	_aKidnapping _vFiction
650		0	_aRescues _vFiction
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction _2lcgft
655		7	_aHistorical fiction _2lcgft
800	1		_aRaybourn, Deanna. _tVeronica Speedwell mystery ; _v1.
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