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1621) Gingerdead man
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a man playing Santa is poisoned by one of her cookies at the Dickens of a holiday festival, Val Deniston's reputation is on the line and she and her Granddad must race against time to catch a cookie-cutter killer.
1622) Murder for Christmas
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
409 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mordecai Tremaine arrives at the country retreat of one of the Benedict Grame on Christmas Eve, he discovers that the revelries are in full swing -- but so too are tensions among the guests. When midnight strikes, the party goers discover that presents aren't the only things nestled under the tree. There's a dead body, too. A dead body that bears striking resemblance to Father Christmas. With the snow falling and suspicions flying, it's up to...
1623) His & hers
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying. Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She's worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC's lunchtime news, putting work before friends, family, and her now ex-husband. So, when someone threatens to take her dream job away, she'll do almost anything to keep it. When asked to cover a murder in Blackdown-the sleepy...
1624) The house husband
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Harry Posehn is the best dad, the best husband ... well, maybe not. Detective Teaghan Beaumont is getting closer and closer to discovering the truth about Harry Posehn. But there's a twist that she will never see coming"--Page 4 of cover.
1625) Final shadows
Author
Language
English
Description
Tasha Solomon's world turned upside-down when the psychic abilities she had tried so hard to live with in secret suddenly made her a target stalked by unseen enemies. John Brodie is by nature, by training, and by instinct a Guardian. He is a member of an intricate and secretive network of individuals who have devoted their lives to the deadly struggle of saving psychics in danger of being taken or being killed. It is a war very few other people even...
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Theodore Roosevelt had been president for less than a year when on a tour in New England his horse-drawn carriage was broadsided by an electric trolley. TR was thrown clear but his Secret Service bodyguard was killed instantly. The trolley's motorman pleaded guilty to manslaughter and the matter was quietly put to rest. But was it an accident or an assassination attempt...and would there be another "accident" soon?"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco web-design drone - and serendipity, sheer curiosity, and the ability to climb a ladder like a monkey has landed him a new job working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. After just a few days on the job, Clay finds that this store is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to...
1628) Theft of an idol
Author
Series
Eye of Isis volume 3
Language
English
Description
"When Cleopatra's most beloved actress disappears, her new Eye of Isis must solve a case that will lead to the darkest corners of Alexandria"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
379 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
It promises to be a busy week for Hanna Swensen. Not only is she whipping up treats for the chamber of commerce at the fair; she is also judging the banking contest, acting as a magician's assistant for her business partner's husband; trying to coach Moishe, her previously rapacious feline, to en his hunger strike, and performing her own private carnival act by juggling the demands of her mother and sisters.
1630) The Traitors' Gate
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
351 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
1631) Crosshairs
Author
Series
Michael Bennett volume 16
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
374, 16 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets.
Detective Michael Bennett teams with a shooting expert—a former Army Ranger and sniper with NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit. But Officer Rob Trilling seems more comfortable with rifles than he is with people.
When his new partner begins to log unexplained absences from duty, only Bennett can prove whether the decorated officer is a lonely hunter or a hardened assassin.
1632) Into the gauntlet
Author
Series
The 39 clues volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...
1633) Exposed
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
pages (large print) cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Samantha Parkington, along with her uncle and aunt and three adopted sisters that have joined the family, move to Ravenscourt temporarily while their own house is under construction for upstairs bedrooms; Samantha begins to notice that one thing after another goes alarmingly wrong.
1636) The fourth enemy
Author
Series
A Daniel Pitt novel volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark--and dangerous--secrets in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his--and the firm's--reputation. The trouble is, Malcolm Vayne, the man on trial, has deep pockets, and even deeper connections....
1637) The dark enquiry
Author
Series
Lady Julia Grey volume 5
Publisher
MIRA
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Partners now in marriage and in trade, Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane have finally returned from abroad to set up housekeeping in London. But merging their respective collections of gadgets, pets and servants leaves little room for the harried newlyweds themselves, let alone Brisbane's private enquiry business. Among the more unlikely clients: Julia's very proper brother, Lord Bellmont, who swears Brisbane to secrecy about his case. Not about to...
Author
Series
Apartment house on Poppy Hill volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
125 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ella considers herself the official greeter, tour guide, and is generally in charge of 1106 Wildflower Place, but the elusive Robinsons who live on the top floor are a mystery--one which Ella is determined to solve, and bring the elderly couple into the community of the apartment building on Poppy Hill.
1639) Fatally flaky
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz endeavors to solve a murder that has overshadowed a spoiled bride's nuptial plans.
1640) Up on the woof top
Author
Series
A Chet and Bernie Mystery volume 14
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" (Boston Globe) and his human partner Bernie Little find themselves high in the mountains this holiday season to help Dame Ariadne Carlisle, a renowned author of bestselling Christmas mysteries, find Rudy, her lead reindeer and good luck charm, who has gone missing. At Kringle Ranch, Dame Ariadne's expansive mountain spread, Chet discovers that he is not fond of reindeer. But the case...