Jiles, Paulette
Summary: The story of two different families, headed by a former slave and by a Quaker, who settle in Texas during the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JILJanes, Diane
Summary: Tom Dod's Aunt Hetty is worried -- three sudden deaths have occurred in the sleepy village of Durley Dean. They might seem like tragic accidents, but Aunt Hetty isn't so sure. After all, all three took a stand against Reverend Pinder, the new vicar of St Agnes Church, whose controversial changes have divided the congregation. But is there really a killer among the parishioners? And while Fran...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Janes 2018Riley, Vanessa
Summary: "Queen of diverse historicals Vanessa Riley brings readers a vivid, sweeping novel of the Haitian Revolution based on the true-life stories of two extraordinary women: the first Empress of Haiti, Marie-Claire Bonheur, and Gran Toya, a West African-born warrior who helped lead the rebellion that drove out the French and freed the enslaved people of Haiti"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RILRiley, Lucinda
Summary: In this conclusion to the authors' Seven Sisters series, the sisters learn about their own pasts as well as about their adoptive father, Pa Salt, finding that these long-concealed truths can still affect their lives now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: published by Blue Box Press, an imprint of Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated 2023
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Summary: Ally is in the midst of preparations for a challenging yacht race when she receives news of her adopted father's death. When tragedy strikes on the high seas, pummeling Ally yet again with a terrible and unexpected loss, she turns her back on the water and instead follows her own North Star-- a clue left by her father, leading her to Norway. There Ally begins to unpack the century-old story of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Riley 2016Jones, J. Sydney
Summary: In 1945, as Europe prepares for the Nuremberg Trials, a killer stalks a broken city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONEllroy, James
Summary: "Los Angeles. August 4, 1962. The city broils through a mid-summer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker's looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The freewheeling Freddy O. Tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: "The year 1811, and Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is ordered by Chief Magistrate James Read to investigate the double murder of a coachman and a naval courier on the Kent Road. Hawkwood is initially puzzled as to why the Chief Magistrate is so concerned by this relatively simple case, but as his investigation unfolds, another body is discovered and a higher agenda begins to emerge--an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCGMeek, James
Summary: "Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEEJames, Tania
Summary: "Abbas is just seventeen years old when he leaves his family to serve in the court of Tipu Sultan, a volatile and unpredictable ruler. An inspired woodcarver, Abbas is apprenticed to a master toy maker in order to build a massive tiger automaton, a gift to celebrate the return of the Sultan's sons from British captivity. Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Monsieur du Leze, Abbas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: A priest and a Holocaust survivor find their perspectives and senses of identity reshaped by their shared investigation into the classic romance between discredited religious scholar Peter Abelard and his intellectual paramour, Héloïse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARClay, James
Summary: "Gunfire, murder, and hate ravage the dusty Texas town of Grayson. The violence is triggered by an upcoming boxing match. Mack Wong, a young Asian boxer, is challenging Bruiser Bill Connors, a powerful but aging fighter. Mack is the son of a vicious killer known as the Dragon. The Dragon mysteriously disappeared more than a decade back after leaving a grotesque trail of slit throats. Terror...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CLASzymiczkowa, Maryla
Summary: Cracow, 1893. Zofia Turbotyńska--professor's wife and socialite--is bored at home, with little to do but plan a charity auction sponsored by the wealthy residents of a local nursing home and the nuns who work there. But when one of those residents is found dead, Zofia finds a calling: solving crimes. Ridiculed by the police, who have declared the deaths of natural cause, she starts her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020