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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths Langslow, Meg (Fictitious character) Langslow, Meg (Fictitious character) Fiction Montalbano, Salvo (Fictitious character) Fiction Murder Investigation Murder Investigation Fiction Private investigators Fiction Vietnamese Americans Fiction Women detectives Women detectives FictionCamilleri, Andrea
Summary: "The new novel in the irresistible New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series. A wave of refugees has arrived on the Sicilian coast, and Inspector Montalbano and his team have been stationed at port, alongside countless volunteers, to receive and assist the newcomers. Meanwhile, Livia has promised their presence at a friend's wedding, and the inspector, agreeing to get a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMCamilleri, Andrea.
Summary: An unidentified corpse is found near Vigt̉a, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Meanwhile, a woman reports the disappearance of her husband, a Colombian man with Sicilian origins who turns out to be related to a local mobster. Then Inspector Montalbano remembers the story from the Bible--Judas's betrayal, the act of remorse, and the money for the potter's field, where those of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMCamilleri, Andrea.
Summary: "Things are not going well for Inspector Salvo Montalbano. His relationship with Livia is once again on the rocks and - acutely aware of his age - he is beginning to grow weary of the endless violence he encounters." "Then a young woman is found dead, her face half shot off and only a tattoo of a sphinx moth giving any hint as to her identity. The tattoo links her to three similarly marked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMCarter, Andrea
Summary: When a skeleton is discovered in the hidden crypt of a deconsecrated church, everyone is convinced the bones must be those of Conor Devitt, a local man who went missing on his wedding day six years previously. But the postmortem reveals otherwise. Solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe is acting for the owners of the church, and although an unwelcome face from her past makes her reluctant to get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CARKane, Andrea.
Summary: "Each day is a struggle for Amanda Gleason's newborn son as he battles a rare immune deficiency. Justin's best chance for a cure lies with his father, who was brutally murdered before Amanda even realized she carried his child. Or was he? One emailed photo changes everything, planting a seed of doubt that Amanda latches on to for dear life: a recent photo of a man who looks exactly like Paul....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC KANCamilleri, Andrea.
Summary: Before leaving for vacation, Inspector Montalbano witnesses a seagull doing an odd dance on the beach outside his home, when the bird suddenly drops dead. Stopping in at his office for a quick check before heading off, he notices that his right-hand man, Fazio, is nowhere to be found. Montalbano sets out to find him and discovers that the seagull's dance of death may provide the key to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMCamilleri, Andrea.
Summary: Inspector Montalbano is investigating the murder of a disfigured corpse found in a dinghy in the port of Vig©Łta, Italy, and a luxury yacht with a shady crew docked near may have some answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMKane, Andrea.
Summary: "Each day is a struggle for Amanda Gleason's newborn son as he battles a rare immune deficiency. Justin's best chance for a cure lies with his father, who was brutally murdered before Amanda even realized she carried his child. Or was he? One emailed photo changes everything, planting a seed of doubt that Amanda latches on to for dear life: a recent photo of a man who looks exactly like Paul....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KANLanh, Andrew
Summary: When the body of Marta Kowalski, a simple woman who cleaned houses for a living, is found under the Farmington River Bridge, the police write it off as a suicide. But Marta's niece thinks otherwise and hires Rick Van Lam to dig deeper into the affluent Farmington community for evidence of murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANGross, Andrew
Summary: The shocking murder of a suburban family leads private security investigator Ty Hauck, with Naomi Blum, a tenacious agent from the U.S. Department of Treasury, to uncover a frightening global conspiracy. Unraveling evidence of a reckless banking scheme that stretches from New York to London to central Europe, they race to avert a disaster that could threaten the security of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction GroKlavan, Andrew
Summary: Zach Adams is one of the best detectives in the country. Nicknamed Cowboy, he's a soft-spoken homicide detective from Houston known for his integrity and courage under fire. He serves on a federal task force that has a single mission: to hunt down Dominic Abend, a European gangster who has taken over the American underworld.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLALanh, Andrew
Summary: Investigating the suspicious shooting death of one of the beautiful Le sisters, half-Vietnamese private investigator Rick Van Lam immerses himself in a hostile community where he uncovers dark secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANWilson, Andrew
Summary: "Agatha Christie--the Queen of Crime--travels to the breathtaking Canary Islands to investigate the mysterious death of a British agent in this riveting sequel to the "twisty thriller" (Publishers Weekly) A Talent for Murder. Two months after the events of A Talent for Murder, during which Agatha Christie "disappeared," the famed mystery writer's remarkable talent for detection has captured the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press/Atria 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M WILAndrews, Donna
Summary: "A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Terns of Endearment. When Meg's grandmother Cordelia hosts a Renaissance Faire at her craft center, the whole family is put to work: Meg handles the blacksmithing, Michael and the boys will be performing, and no one misses the opportunity to dress up in full regalia. More exciting to Grandfather...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M ANDAndrews, Donna
Summary: "It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg's grandfather is hosting a scientific conference on owls at the Caerphilly Inn. Most of the family are there, helping out in one capacity or another, including Meg's grandmother, Cordelia--invited by Grandfather in rare gesture of peace-making, to share her expertise on rehabilitating large birds, including owls. An unexpectedly severe snow storm traps...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ANDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: M ANDLanh, Andrew
Summary: Rick van Lam is bui doi , "a child of dust," as the Vietnamese scornfully called a mixed-blood kid whose father was an unknown American GI. But Rick was lucky-in time he was sent to America. And he's ended up in Hartford, Connecticut, where he's made a life as a private eye after leaving a career as a cop at the NYPD. Rick is also teaching a part-time course at Farmington College where brainy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANPepper, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenix 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEPAndrews, Donna
Summary: "Gone Gull brings readers yet another knee-slapping adventure filled with New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews' cast of wacky characters. Meg Langslow is spending the summer at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordelia run the studios. But someone is committing acts of vandalism, threatening to ruin the newly-opened center's reputation. Is it the work of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M ANDAndrews, Donna.
Summary: "Life will never be the same for Meg after family secrets are revealed, introducing a whole new layer of intrigue in Donna Andrews's beloved series. Meg's long-lost paternal grandfather, Dr. Blake, has hired Stanley Denton to find her grandmother Cordelia. Dr. Blake was reunited with his family when he saw Meg's picture--she's a dead ringer for Cordelia--and now Stanley has found a trail to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M ANDAndrews, Donna.
Summary: "As the holidays draw near in Caerphilly, Mother volunteers to take part in in a big Christmas-themed decorator show house--each room of a temporarily untenanted house is decorated to the hilt by a different decorator for the public to tour. Of course, Mother insists that Meg pitch in with the organization, and she finds herself surrounded by flamboyant personalities with massive egos clashing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDAndrews, Donna.
Summary: When town clerk Phineas Throckmorton barricades himself in the Caerphilly courthouse basement to thwart an unscrupulous lender who has foreclosed on the town's public buildings, Meg and her neighbors work to clear Throckmorton of a trumped-up murder charge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDKlavan, Andrew
Summary: "Austin, a struggling screenwriter living in LA, is transported to the medieval city of Galiana, where he is charged with murder. He is suddenly transported back to LA and sets off in search of the only book written about the medieval kingdom. But Austin is not the only one interested in the book - Serge Orosgo, a powerful billionaire and family friend, wants the books so badly that he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Klavan 2019Nugent, Andrew.
Summary: When Maurice Tyson, housemaster at a top boys' boarding school in Ireland, is found with his throat slit, Superintendent Denis Lennon and Sergeant Molly Power, struggle to uncover any probable motive for the brutal killing. Was it revenge? A kidnap attempt gone wrong? Or is there a connection to a former student who killed himself barely a year ago? Then a boy mysteriously disappears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NUGAndrews, Donna
Summary: "Meg's running Caerphilly's Helping Hands for the Holidays project, in which neighbors help each other with things they can't do and can't afford to have done. Her hopes for a relatively peaceful (if busy) Christmas vanish when someone murders Harvey the Hoarder, whose house the Helping Hands were decluttering. Was there any truth to the rumor that he had something valuable hidden beneath all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020