Summary: "Billy Batson--aka Shazam!--and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with having adult Super Hero alter egos, but a vengeful trio of ancient gods has arrived on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago. Now, Billy and his family are thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives and the fate of their world"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2023
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Summary: The most successful and controversial Cuban Science Fiction writer of all time, Yoss (aka José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) is known for his acerbic portraits of the island under Communism. In his bestselling A Planet for Rent, Yoss pays homage to Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and 334 by Thomas M. Disch. A critique of Cuba in the nineties, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Restless Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YOSSummary: David and Creeper, are "tax collectors" for the crime lord Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs' illicit dealings. But when Wizard's old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, the business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters more to him than anything else: his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TaSummary: Two friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students is separated from the group, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count and the laughs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnet Releasing 2011
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Lally, Caitriona
Summary: Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in - and never has. As a child, she was so whimsical that her parents told her she was "left by fairies." Now, living alone in Dublin, the neighbors treat her like she's crazy, her older sister condescends to her, social workers seem to have registered her as troubled, and she hasn't a friend in the world. So, she decides it's time to change her life: She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LALMcPherson, Catriona
Summary: When she was twelve years old, Opal Jones escaped her mother's endless drinking. Now, returning to their small Leeds cottage after her mum's death, Opal feels like she's gone back in time. Nosey Mrs. Pickess is still polishing her windows to a sparkle. Fishbo, Opal's ancient music teacher, still plays trumpet with his band. And much to Opal's delight, her favorite neighbor, Margaret Reid, still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Ink 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCPMcPherson, Catriona
Summary: "Eden was its name. "An alternative school for happy children." But it closed in disgrace after a student's suicide. Now it's a care home, its grounds neglected and overgrown. Gloria Harkness is its only neighbor, staying close to her son who lives there in the home, lighting up her life and breaking her heart each day. When a childhood friend turns up at her door, Gloria doesn't hesitate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Ink 2015
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Summary: For Keiko Nishisato, leaving Tokyo is a rare adventure, but it's living in the quiet little town of Painchton, Scotland, that shows her how far she is from home. For such a settled place, a lot of young women seem to leave. But the more Keiko discovers the less she believes, until she can't tell where her fears end and the real nightmares begin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Donna Weaver has put everything into The Breakers, a Bed and Breakfast that she and her mother are opening on a remote stretch of beach. Now it waits--freshly painted, richly furnished, filled with flowers. But as the guests arrive, they feel like they've been here before. Amid home-baked scones, gorgeous guest rooms, and lavish dinners fit for a king, the feeling of menace grows. Someone has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M MCPMcPherson, Catriona
Summary: ""Agatha Christie meets Upstairs Downstairs. [For] fans of Phryne Fisher and Maisie Dobbs." --Publishers Weekly A mystery writer perfect for fans of Upstairs Downstairs, Downton Abbey, and Gosford Park, Catriona McPherson has charmed readers everywhere with her fun and clever series set in 1920s Scotland. In this new adventure, witty, aristocratic sleuth Dandy Gilver travels to an all-girls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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Summary: "Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel and the August Derleth Prize for best horror novel, Catriona Ward's Little Eve is a heart-pounding literary gothic with a devastating twist. Eve and Dinah are everything to one another, together day and night. They are raised among the Children, a clan ruled by a mysterious figure they call Uncle. All they know is the gray Isle of Altnaharra,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARGoss, Theodora
Summary: Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature's mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society's nefarious plans once and for all. From Paris to Vienna to Budapest, Mary and her friends must make new allies, face old enemies, and finally confront the fearsome, secretive Alchemical Society. It's time for these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2018
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOSRous, Emma
Summary: "An addictive, highly commercial suspense novel featuring a grand estate, terrible secrets, and a young woman who bears witness to it all. If V.C. Andrews, Kate Morton, and Lexie Elliot had a love child, Emma Rous and THE AU PAIR would be it. Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother Danny were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rous 2019Goss, James
Summary: At a remote clinic in Italy, a lonely girl writes to her mother about the secrets and strange faceless creatures that rise from the sea that are found there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOSMcPherson, Catriona
Summary: The body found in a muddy grave across the street is just the latest horror threatening to tear Ali McGovern's life apart seam by seam. She knows Angelo, her brooding teenage son, is keeping secrets. She fears he's in danger, too. But her new job at the psychiatric hospital, the job her husband pushed her into, is using up everything she's got every day. She can try to ignore the sounds that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Inc 2017
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Summary: "It's the breezy Scottish summer of 1936 and aristocratic sleuth Dandy Gilver, along with trusted colleague Alec Osborne, has been called to solve the strange case of the Cramond Ferrywoman, on the Firth of Forth. From their cheerless digs in a local stately home, Dandy and Alec track Vesper Kemp, the ferrywoman, to a tiny tidal island. She seems to have lost her mind, roaming the beaches in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCPWard, Catriona
Summary: "In a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of a sun-drenched summer of his youth, and of the killer that stalked the small New England town. And of the terrible tragedy that forever bonded him with his friends Nat and Harper in unknowable ways. Decades later, Wilder returns to the town in an attempt to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARGoss, Theodora
Summary: Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capturea reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOSKruusval, Catarina.
Summary: Ellen and her friend Ollie love the apple tree in Ellen's yard. They play in the tree all year round, but a winter storm blows the tree down. Ellen's mama tells her that they can't get a new tree until spring. It's a long wait!
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Publisher / Publication Date: R & S Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC KRUMcPherson, Catriona
Summary: Receiving a letter from a woman who fears that her husband is planning to kill her, Dandy Gilver goes undercover as a maid and uses her aristocratic connections and prowess to discern the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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Summary: Jessie Constable has learned the hard way to always keep herself safe. But meeting Gus King changes everything. Before she knows it, Jessie is sleeping at Gus's house, babysitting his kids, becoming a part of his family. And yet, she can't ignore the unsettling questions. Who does she keep seeing from the corner of her eye? Why are strange men threatening her? Most importantly, what really...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Ink 2014
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Summary: Wedding bells are set to ring as Dandy Gilver, family in tow, arrives in windswept Wester Ross on Valentine's Day. They've come to celebrate Lady Lavinia's fiftieth birthday and to meet her daughter Mallory, a less-than-suitable bride-to-be for Dandy's son Donald. But soon love is the last thing on Dandy's mind when the news breaks that Lady Lavinia has been found dead, brutally murdered in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton General Division 2018
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Summary: At the turn of England's century, as the wind whistles in the lonely halls of Rawblood, young Iris Villarca is the last of her family's line. They are haunted, through the generations, by "her," a curse passed down through ancient blood that marks each Villarca for certain heartbreak. Iris forsakes her promise to her father, to remain alone, safe from the world. She dares to fall in love, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WARWard, Catriona
Summary: "In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. A teenage girl who isn't allowed outside, not after last time. A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022