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Lescroart, John

Summary: In San Francisco, a black lawyer is mistaken for a killer and lynched by whites. A white bystander trying to save him by cutting the rope is photographed holding a knife and portrayed by a newspaper as the mob's leader. The city explodes into violence, politicians outdo each other calling for retribution and a decent man runs for his life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: D.I. Fine 1995

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS LES

Craven, M. W.

Summary: A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but socially awkward...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Constable 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRA

Skye, Evelyn

Summary: Twelve-year-old Gen, a foster child living in New York, discovers she is a long-lost princess of the Kingdom of Raldonia, and must solve the mystery behind a threat to the crown.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SKY

Calkins, Susanna

Summary: Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father, and to prove to herself that she can hold her own at Chicago's most notorious speakeasy, the Third Door. It's a glamorous world of sleek socialites sipping bootlegged cocktails, rowdy ex-servicemen playing poker in a curtained back room, a flirtatious jazz pianist and a brooding photographer-- all overseen by the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAL

Collette, Abby

Summary: "Recent MBA grad Bronwyn Crewse has just taken over her family's ice cream shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and she's going back to basics. Wyn is renovating Crewse Creamery to restore its former glory, and filling the menu with delicious, homemade ice cream flavors--many from her grandmother's original recipes. But unexpected construction delays mean she misses the summer season, and the shop has...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Collette 2020

Oliver, Lauren

Summary: "Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OLI

Erickson, John R.

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick Books 2011

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Hank Erickson 2011

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ERI

Maniscalco, Kerri

Summary: "Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MAN

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Maniscalco

Keller, Laurie.

Summary: Arnie the talking doughnut is delighted to be Mr. Bing's new pet "doughnut-dog," so when Mr. Bing starts rolling gutter balls during a big bowling tournament, Arnie suspects foul play and sets out to solve the mystery.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC KEL

McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Between intriguing new cases and troubling personal developments, Precious' hands are full. She investigates the claim of an important government worker, who suspects his brother is being poisoned. Meanwhile, assistant detective Mma Makutsi explores the moral fiber of four beauty pageant contestants.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCC

McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Handling a busy case load at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and contending with an intruder in her home, Mma Ramotswe has plenty on her mind. So when her unfortunate past returns to haunt her, she is happy her husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, is distracted as well. It seems one of his apprentices at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors has raced off with an older, wealthy woman.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCC

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS MCC

McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Now that the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is firmly established, founder Precious Ramotswe faces new challenges at home and at work--from problems with her adopted son to a sexist rival who is opening a detective agency across town.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCC

McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Precious Ramotswe uses her formidable detection talents to track down her tiny white van--sold by her estimable husband Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni and stolen from its new owner--while simultaneously helping to explain the dreadful losing streak of a local football team and smoothing out a snag in Mma Makutsi's engagement to Mr Phuti Radiphut.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2009

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS MCC

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