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Summary: Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted. In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty--as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Patterson 2019Rice, Anne
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Publisher / Publication Date: ĖKSMO 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 RICBurke, James Lee
Summary: Nearly 50 years ago, Dave's brother Jimmie fell in love with a prostitue before she inexplicably vanished. When a dying man whispers the prostitute's name, Jimmie and Dave set out to find her. Never one to shy away from responsibility, Dave is also helping the New Iberia, Louisiana sheriff's department track down a serial killer. Surrounded by bloodshed and mired in darkness, Dave's one ray of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, LLC 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FICTION BurkeClark, Mary Jane Behrends
Summary: That Old Black Magic is New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clarks savory and suspenseful confection filled with murder, mystery, history and voodoo, in which Piper Donovan must unmask a devious killer striking in New Orleans legendary French Quarter. Aspiring actress and wedding cake decorator Piper Donovan has barely arrived in New Orleans to perfect her pastry skills at the renowned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Clark 2014Fulmer, David.
Summary: In New Orleans' red light district in the early twentieth century, politician Tom Anderson hires Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr to investigate the deaths of several prostitutes, each of whom is found with a black rose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FULOlder, Daniel José
Summary: Magdalys's connection with the dinosaurs has led the US Army to some important victories, but the Civil War's not over yet and the squad members find themselves fighting deep in the Louisiana bayou. Then General Ulysses S. Grant himself entrusts Magdalys with a top secret mission -- one that the very success of the Union depends on. Because as the friends will soon find out, the United States...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD OLDTurner, Myra Faye
Summary: "When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, Ruby had to be escorted to school every day by U.S. Marshals. But despite the hateful attitudes of others, Ruby didn't miss a single day of school that year. Discover the incredible bravery of one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRIBridges, Ruby
Summary: "When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRIAlvarado, Denise
Summary: "The first guide and spell book for modern witches on how to bring the renowned Marie Laveau's spiritual heritage to life. The Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoire is a practical guide to New Orleans-style magic inspired by the life and traditions of Marie Laveau-the eternal and enduring Queen of New Orleans Voodoo. This is a working grimoire, or spell book, created for the modern witch and Conjure...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weiser Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 133.4 ALVWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A poetic tribute to a lesser-known part of African-American history describes how after working relentlessly for more than six days, slaves in nineteenth-century New Orleans were permitted to congregate in Congo Square.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976 WEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WEADavis, William C.
Summary: From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic. It was a battle that could not be won. Outnumbered farmers, merchants, backwoodsmen, smugglers, slaves, and Choctaw Indians, many of them unarmed, were up against the cream of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2020