Grant, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAMoore, Meg Mitchell
Summary: The son of an über-famous thriller writer, Anthony Puckett's debut novel spent two years on the bestseller list and won the adoration of critics. His second work bombed. Now Anthony is borrowing an old college friend's crumbling beach house on Block Island in the hopes that solitude will help him get back to the person he used to be. Joy Sousa, divorced with a daughter, built a life for them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Luxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MOORand, Johnathan.
Summary: "Jalen, LeeAnne and Wendy think they have found a stray dog in Pawtuckett, Rhode Island, but they could not be more wrong. They haven't found a wayward pooch, but dozens of giant, mechanical rodents! They soon discover that stopping the rampaging rodents isn't on their list ... just trying to escape to with their lives." -- Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audiocraft Publishing, Inc. 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RANSummary: A working-class Irish family is torn between right and wrong when two brothers, Michael and Tommy, live out their destinies on opposite sides of the law. Includes 8 episodes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mandalay Television 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROKiernan, Caitlín R.
Summary: Sarah Crowe left Atlanta to live alone in an old house in rural Rhode Island. Within its walls she discovers an unfinished manuscript written by the house's former tenant, a parapsychologist obsessed with the ancient oak growing on the property. Tied to local legends of supernatural magic, accidents, and murders, the gnarled tree takes root in Sarah's imagination, prompting her to write her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roc 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIESummary: A comedic and satirical look at the lives and times of Bellacourt sisters Lillian and Beatrice as well as the rest of the Bellacourts, the fictional first family of early 20th century Newport, Rhode Island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ANOWinslow, Don
Summary: Providence, RI, 1986. Twenty-nine-year-old Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, loving husband, loyal friend, and occasional 'muscle' for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees much of the city. He yearns for something more and dreams of starting over fresh, someplace far away. But when a modern-day Helen of Troy triggers a war between rival mob factions, Danny is embroiled in a conflict...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WINMoore, Meg Mitchell
Summary: "Amy Trevino, a former aspiring playwright, has stayed close to her Rhode Island hometown while her famous brother, Timothy Fleming, pursued and achieved his Hollywood dreams. Now a high school English teacher and occasional drama director, Amy takes on the production manager role for her brother's play in an effort to mend rifting family relationships. Sam, Amy's daughter, was a Disney child...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MOONorman, Hilary
Summary: A ruthless psychopath with a long-held grudge unleashes a terrifying scheme of revenge on a small New England town in this tautly-paced, compelling thriller. Liza Plain, a Boston-based journalist hoping for her big break, is dreading spending Christmas in Shiloh, Rhode Island, with her difficult grandfather - until news of the disappearance of a retired local priest triggers her realization...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORDelinsky, Barbara
Summary: One phone call is all it takes to lure Mallory Aldiss back to her family's Rhode Island beach home. It's been twenty years since she's been gone, running from the scandal that destroyed her parents' marriage, drove her and her two sisters apart, and crushed her relationship with the love of her life, Jack Sabathian. Twenty years during which she lived in New York, building her career as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DELUpdike, John.
Summary: Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie ply their individual witcheries in contemporary Eastwick, Rhode Island, and are themselves bewitched by a dark, wealthy, decadent stranger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1984
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DeSilva, Bruce
Summary: To solve Rhode Island's budget crisis, the state's colorful governor, Attila the Nun, wants to legalize sports gambling; but her plan has unexpected consequences. Organized crime, professional sports leagues, and others who have a lot to lose--or gain--if gambling is made legal flood the state with money to buy the votes of state legislators. Liam Mulligan, investigative reporter for The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DESRice, Luanne
Summary: "During a blizzard in Rhode Island, a renowned artist is found murdered and her young daughter gone missing, plunging Detective Conor Reid, his brother Tom and the woman's grieving sister into a chilling investigation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RICUpdike, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Updike 2009Delinsky, Barbara
Summary: One phone call is all it takes to lure Mallory Aldiss back to her family's Rhode Island beach home. It's been twenty years since she's been gone, running from the scandal that destroyed her parents' marriage, drove her and her two sisters apart, and crushed her relationship with the love of her life, Jack Sabathian. Twenty years during which she lived in New York, building her career as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC DELHarper, Rachel M.
Summary: "This tender novel tells a universal story of struggle, loss, and ultimately, survival. Arcelia Perez left Puerto Rico for the American dream, but within a few years she's living on the tough side of Providence, Rhode Island with three children, no job, and a powerful heroin addiction. Through rotating narration, we meet a diverse cast of characters-most notably Arcelia's charming, street-savvy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prospect Park Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARUpdike, John.
Summary: Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie return to the old Rhode Island seaside town where they indulged in wicked mischief under the influence of the diabolical Darryl Van Horne. Darryl is gone, and their lovers of the time have aged or died, but enchantment remains in the familiar streets and scenery of the village, where they enjoyed their lusty primes as free and empowered women. And, among the local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC UpdGoodman, Anthony A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOOGardner, Lisa.
Summary: A rapist left an indelible mark on three women's lives. All three women hated him and wanted him dead. When he is murdered on his way to trial the police must figure out which of the three women murdered him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS GARHood, Ann
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1995
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HOOWilliams, Beatriz
Summary: "2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer on Makeover Mansion, a popular reality show about restoring America's most lavish historical houses. Andie's latest project features the once glorious but now crumbling Sprague Hall in Newport ... But the mansion's reclusive owner, Lucia 'Lucky' Sprague, will only allow the show to go forward on two conditions: One, nobody speaks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WILBennett, Jenn
Summary: Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it's not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there. What she doesn't plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BENFinch, Charles (Charles B.)
Summary: "London, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a damning corruption investigation, Charles Lenox's detective agency is rapidly expanding. The gentleman sleuth has all the work he can handle, two children, and an intriguing new murder case. But when Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli offers him the opportunity to undertake a diplomatic mission for the Queen, Lenox welcomes the chance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021