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Detective and mystery stories Hemingway, Dixie (Fictitious character) Fiction Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) Fiction Hotels California Fiction Large type books Missing persons Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction Private investigators England Fiction Sarasota (Fla.) Fiction Women detectives Florida FictionClement, Blaize.
Summary: Pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway never would have guessed taht her trip tot he veterinarian's office would be anything but ordinary. But when she meets a teenage girl named Jaz in the waiting room, the ordinary is turned on its head, and Dixie is led on a wild-goose chase of epic proportions.--From publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLEGriffiths, Elly
Summary: The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar’s new wife, though—former detective Emma—is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRICopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M GRICamilleri, Andrea
Summary: "Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. In the production frenzy, the director asks the locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigata in that time. Engineer Ernesto Sabatello, while rummaging in the attic of his house, finds some films shot by his father from 1958 to 1963, always on the same day,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMHannah, Sophie
Summary: "What I intend to say to you will come as a shock ..." With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford -- one of the world's most beloved children's authors -- springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: M HANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M HANLippman, Laura
Summary: A collection, for the first time, of a mix of award-winning short stories and a new novella by the author. Lippman has won every major mystery award.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIPHannah, Sophie
Summary: "Returning home one day, Hercule Poirot finds a furious woman demanding to know why Poirot has accused her of murdering a man she has never met. Poirot has certainly accused nobody of murder. Shaken, he goes inside, only to find a man who claims he received a nearly identical letter fromPoirot that morning...Poirot wonders how many more letters have been sent in his name. Who sent them, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HANClement, Blaize.
Summary: Working for a new client, a pain-wracked scientist who is either insane or a genius, Floridian pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway discovers the dead body of a gate-keeper at her client's mansion; she makes the mistake of leaving the scene of the crime without saying anything to anyone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M CLEClement, Blaize.
Summary: Hired by a famous football player to pet-sit his cats, Dixie meets a celebrity fashion model who claims to be the athlete's wife, a situation that culminates in Dixie's discovery of a ring of high-fashion counterfeiters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLEClement, Blaize.
Summary: Spotting an exotic bird far from its indigenous habitat, pet sitter Dixie Hemingway uncovers sinister forces behind the bird's displacement before a client is murdered and a new friend goes missing with her baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLEMoose, Ruth.
Summary: "Beth McKenzie's attempt to turn an old Southern mansion into a Bed and Breakfast called The Dixie Dew is thwarted when her first guest is found dead in bed. Murdered, it turns out. Three days later a young priest who looks better in tennis whites than clerick black, is found strangled in his chapel. The whole town of Littleboro is abuzz, and Ossie Delbardo, the town cop whose job heretofore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOThomas, Donald Serrell.
Summary: Five original tales inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic character feature Holmes taking on such challenges as the famed siege of Sydney Street, a planned German invasion of America, and a supernatual curse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOSummary: Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime. Each entry in this one-of-a-kind collection is introduced by the author's Killer Year mentor, including bestselling authors James Rollins, Tess Gerritsen, and Jeffery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CHIThomas, Donald
Summary: A collection of new Sherlock Holmes tales includes "The Case of a Boy's Honor," "The Case of the Matinee Idol," and the title story, in which Holmes navigates the occult underworld of Victorian London in order to find a child's true killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOSummary: Fourteen new stories feature the great detective matching wits with a thief, crossing paths with H.G. Wells, and investigating a murder that occurs in a locked railway carriage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ENCJones, Nick
Summary: More than twenty years after Amy Bridgeman disappeared, Joseph Bridgeman still grieves for his lost sister. When a friend talks Joseph into visiting a hypnotherapist, the experience unlocks an unexpected Pandora's box: time travel. Soon Joseph begins to think of a way to solve the mystery of his sister's disappearance once and for all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC JONQuinn, Spencer.
Summary: Canine narrator Chet and his human companion Bernie search for a missing child at a wilderness camp. The mother thinks the boy was snatched by his father--her ex. But Chet's sniffing sends the case in a different direction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC QUIDavis, Krista
Summary: "America's favorite dog comes to pet-friendly Wagtail for some rest and relaxation, but Holly quickly discovers that this perfect pup is a total scamp who takes every opportunity to run off and misbehave. During an outdoor treasure-hunting game, the star dog and Trixie, Holly's beloved Jack Russell terrier, stumble across a dead body. Holly has more than murder to worry about, though, when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Davis 2021Burke, James Lee
Summary: Detective Dave Robicheaux's world isn't filled with too many happy stories, but Desmond Cormier's rags-to-riches tale is certainly one of them. Robicheaux first met Cormier on the streets of New Orleans, when the young, undersized boy had foolish dreams of becoming a Hollywood director. Twenty-five years later, when Robicheaux knocks on Cormier's door, it isn't to congratulate him on his Golden...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Burke 2019Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY BURLippman, Laura
Summary: New York Times best selling author Laura Lippman presents her first collective volume of personal works, featuring a brand new novella and an array of award-winning short stories, including Hardly Knew Her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LIPParker, T. Jefferson
Summary: "Private Investigator Roland Ford has taken a job for a fellow Marine and a rising politician, Dalton Strait. Strait is contending with unexplained bombings of government buildings in his district...but that is not why he hired Ford. Strait's wife, Natalie, has gone missing, leaving behind a cryptic plea for help. Strait has made many enemies during his time in politics--including some of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PARAshley, Jennifer
Summary: "In return for a random act of kindness, scholar Li Bai Chang presents young cook Kat Holloway with a rare and precious gift--a box of tea. Kat thinks no more of her unusual visitor until two days later when the kitchen erupts with the news that Lady Cynthia's next-door neighbor has been murdered. Known about London as an "Old China Hand," the victim claimed to be an expert in the language and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M LIPMoose, Ruth
Summary: "Beth McKenzie, owner of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast, is enjoying an exciting affair with her new love, Scott. Meanwhile, the town of Littleboro, North Carolina is abuzz with gossip about Crazy Reba's upcoming nuptials. Most brides go crazy at some point, but Littleboro's resident homeless lady has had a head start: she's beloved, indulged, and most of all, eccentric. But at almost 60 or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOQuick, Amanda
Summary: A romance set in Burning Cove, California, an idyllic small town on the coast that has become a refuge for Hollywood moguls and stars seeking privacy for scandalous trysts and wild parties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017