Maria Doyle Kennedy
1) Miss Julie
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A contemporary take on August Stindberg's 1888 play about sexual repression and class schisms. Tells the story of an aristocratic young woman who seduces her father's ambitious valet. After the sexual thrill is gone, the couple find that they have nothing in common, and the woman must struggle with the consequences of her actions.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 7
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A last-minute will by Martine's dad is not what it seems, and the doctor reveals the truth about his collapse. While Maria tries to help some sparring siblings, she gets a death threat and is placed under police protection. Maria's memories of the past keep haunting her, and she and Jessie start to wonder if they have been missing something obvious all along.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 6
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Prison escapees Dirk and Anna attack John, believing him to be the killer. While Candy begins a flirtation with Khaya, Maria tries to help a letter writer with a very unusual doughnut problem. At Martine's funeral, her father collapses and is rushed to the hospital. Khaya confides in Maria that he suspects Martine's brother could be the killer.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 8
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Maria helps a letter writer struggling with her faith and finally figures out who has been following her around town. Jessie's cousin who works at the Koop has a tip-off for her. Khaya and Maria bond over dinner, but their evening is cut short when they get a shocking call.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 4
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Martine's cousin Candy arrives in town to plan the funeral, and she quickly gets in the way of Jessie and Regardt's budding romance. With Jessie avoiding the office, Maria focuses on a letter writer in search of her father and tries to avoid her Scottish connections, who are still looking for her. After learning what Grace had to say about Martine, Candy is convinced she knows who the killer is.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 2
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Maria and Jessie and local detective Khaya are all trying to solve Martine's murder. The prime suspects are Dirk, Martine's husband, and Anna, her best friend, who was also in love with her. Without enough evidence to charge either of them, the police let them go, but tensions between the two quickly boil over into violence. Meanwhile, in Scotland two people are trying to track down Maria.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 1
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When newspaper editor Hattie tells Maria that her recipe column is being discontinued, Maria and rookie journalist Jessie compete to write the new advice column-and, of course, Maria squeezes a recipe in there, too. One of Maria's letter writers is a woman with an abusive husband, and when Jessie happens upon a crime scene, they quickly figure out that the victim is Maria's letter writer, Martine.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 9
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As Maria retraces Jessie's steps, the police try to track down Jessie's cousin. Following up on a hunch, Maria makes a discovery at Martine's house-but not before the killer discovers her. With her life at stake, Maria agrees to an unusual culinary request. The police also figure out who the killer is, but will they be too late?
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 10
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Maria makes a desperate escape with the killer in pursuit, as the police close in. A frantic search ensues for Jessie, but the amount of ground to cover over the Karoo's vast terrain is daunting. An emotional Maria and Khaya finally allow themselves some time to connect, bolstering Maria to face her past when it arrives on her doorstep.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 5
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Maria and Candy confront John, Martine's ex, but he insists he's innocent. Marius Rabie, a local property developer, puts pressure on Dirk to sell his land to him and tries to get the Gazette to stop running articles with a political angle. Maria unravels the misunderstanding about what happened between Regardt and Candy.
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Recipes for Love and Murder volume 3
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While scrutinizing the crime scene late at night, Jessie and Maria hear another murder taking place, as Martine's gardener, Lawrence, is killed. Scared off from investigating, Maria tries to help a man who has been deceiving his fiancée, and Jessie helps her mother solve a mystery at the local hospital. Meanwhile, Anna and Dirk are still trying to kill each other, even from their hospital beds.
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Orphan black volume 4
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BBC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A mysterious new clone appears this season, linking the current season to the past. Felix is having feelings of separation and loss because of the big revelation that Sarah is actually related to S, while Felix isn't.
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Orphan black volume 5
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2016]
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A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
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Orphan black volume 2
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014
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Season two hits the ground running with Sarah in a desperate race to find her missing daughter Kira. Her scorched earth tactics spark a war with pro-clone Rachel, dividing and imperiling all the clones. As Sarah discovers more about her past, mysterious newcomers appear. But can they be trusted?
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Orphan black volume 1
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Sarah is on the run from a bad relationship when a lookalike stranger commits suicide right in front of her. Sarah sees a solution to all her problems by assuming the dead woman's identity and clearing out her bank account. Instead, she stumbles into a thriller mystery, and uncovers an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. She learns there are more like her, genetically identical individuals, nurtured in wildly different circumstances, and someone...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Season Four continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. The Frasers in North Carolina are at another turning point in history, the edge of the American Revolution. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will haunt the family. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger grow closer in the twentieth century but make a shocking discovery...
18) The Timber
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In the Outback's Wild West, two desperate brothers take a job as bounty hunters to save their home. But in The Timber, brutality and bloodshed is the law of the land.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which, as Claire knows all too well, is unwittingly marching towards Revolution. Jamie must now defend this home established on land granted to him by the Crown although this new mantle of responsibility sees him pitted against his godfather,...
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Outlander volume 5
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The fifth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie's fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which is unwittingly marching towards Revolution, and Jamie must now defend the home they have built together at Fraser's Ridge while Claire seeks to put her own skills and medical expertise to use in keeping her family together...