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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 RICHoffs, Susanna
Summary: "Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song--written by world-famous superstar Jonesy--but Jane hasn't had a breakout since. Now she's living out of four garbage bags at her parents' house, reduced to performing to Karaoke tracks in Las Vegas. But when her longtime manager Pippa sends Jane to London to regroup, she's seated next to an intriguing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOFPark, Suzanne
Summary: When up-and-coming investment banker Jess Kim is passed over for a promotion, laid off in a virtual meeting, and then overhears why ("she's already being overpaid anyway for a woman" and "Asians are worker bees, not someone who can drum up new deals") she delivers an "eff you guys" speech and storms out of the building. Not sure what's next, she moves back home to Tennessee with her domineering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PARParry, Suzanne
Summary: "June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city. On Leningrad's outskirts, Admiral Vasili Antonov defends his homeland and fights for a future with Sofya....
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARYoung, Suzanne
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Quinn provides closure to grieving families by taking on the short-term role of a deceased loved one, until huge secrets come to the surface about Quinn's own past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YOUSupplee, Suzanne
Summary: "Almost-eleven-year-old Josephine is NOT pleased to be moving into the Happy World trailer park over the summer of 1974. She misses her beautiful bedroom with ballerinas on the wall and her pretty, well-dressed friends. Happy World isn't happy. It's dingy and depressing! Nothing like the world that headstrong Josephine wants for herself. But when Josephine learns that her would-be next door...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SUPYoung, Suzanne
Summary: "Theo and her brother, Marco, threw the biggest party of the year. And got caught. Their punishment? Leave Arizona to spend the summer with their grandmother in the rainy beachside town of Nightfall, Oregon--population 846 souls. The small town is cute, when it's not raining, but their grandmother is superstitious and strangely antisocial. Upon their arrival she lays out the one house rule:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YOUMoore, Susanna
Summary: "Minnesota, 1862: As a woman fleeing from a dark and secret past, Sarah Wakefield leaves Rhode Island quietly and quickly under cover of night for the long journey to Minnesota where she has been advised there is good work to be had. She soon finds a husband who becomes a resident physician for a Sioux town there but the political backdrop of that moment is volatile: white settlers are breaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOKearsley, Susanna
Summary: It's 1759 and the world is at war, pulling the North American colonies of Britain and France into the conflict. When captured French officers are brought to Long Island to be billeted in private homes, it upends the lives of the Wilde family. Lydia Wilde, struggling to keep the peace in her fracturing family following her mother's death, has little time or kindness to spare for her unwanted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEAFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: "Callie Dixon sets her goals and reaches them-so how did this executive chef end up in a small ice cream shop on Cape Cod, sharing a room with her cousin and refusing to set foot in the kitchen? It will take the charm of a young boy, and his quiet, steady father, to help her find the answers-and maybe the secret to happiness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: "After being jilted by her fiancé Kevin, Dawn Dixon escapes to beautiful Cape Cod on a groomless honeymoon with her mother who, on a whim, buys a run-down ice cream shop in the town's historic district where sweet new beginnings and the past collide"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: Lydie Stoltzfus has always felt like a square peg in a round hole in her quiet Amish community. Even though she's the bishop's daughter, it seems the only thing she does well is disappoint others. Leaving Stoney Ridge seems like her best move-- even though it would mean leaving Nathan Yoder behind. Nathan claims he's in love with her, but Nathan's father reminds her frequently that she is not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
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Summary: "Lydie Stoltzfus has always felt like a square peg in a round hole in her quiet Amish community. Even though she's the bishop's daughter, it seems the only thing she does well is disappoint others. Leaving Stoney Ridge seems like her best move-- even though it would mean leaving Nathan Yoder behind. Nathan claims he's in love with her, but Nathan's father reminds her frequently that she is not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FISFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: Trudy Yoder shares a passion for birding with Micah Weaver--and she has an even greater passion for Micah. Their friendship is finally turning romantic when Micah abruptly grows cold. Worse still, he wants to leave Stoney Ridge. Micah Weaver thought he was over Trudy's older sister. A year and a half ago, Shelley had broken his heart when she ran away from Stoney Ridge to pursue a singing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "This latest installment of the beloved No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series finds Botswana's premier detective agency as busy as ever, with no shortage of sensitive situations requiring Mma Ramotswe's keen eye and discerning input. Through it all, Mma Ramotswe will demonstrate that there are solutions to all manner of difficulties, there to be discovered as long as one is led by kindness,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCC1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling story: a woman, accused of being rude to a valued customer, has been wrongly dismissed from her job at an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, LLC 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction McCall-Smith 2017McCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Perplexing, unfathomable, and perhaps unimportant, the cases that Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes take on will test them to their limits. Life--and crime--is not always as it seems for Ulf Varg and the other fearless detectives in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes. There are always surprising new cases to take on, and the latest batch is no exception. And that's not to mention...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "As the new manager of The Perfect Passion Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in New Town, Katie Donald has made it her mission to provide help to the lovelorn citizens of Edinburgh. With the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbor William Kidd, she finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts of Edinburgh who want a more personal touch. In this tale, Katie helps an airline pilot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: "Approached in the park by a shadowy figure, Angus Lordie is mistaken for a journalist and becomes privy to some controversial plans of the Scottish Parliament - but just what is he meant to do about it? At school, a new member of Bertie's class, Galactica MacFee, quickly comes between Bertie and Olive, leaving him no choice but to skip town. And the indomitable Irene finds herself yet again in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House 2024
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Summary: "Grace Makutsi's husband, Phuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi is approached by an old friend who has a troubled son. Grace and Phuti agree to lend a hand, but the situation is more than they can handle on their own. It will require not only all of their patience and dedication, but also the help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Our favorite moral philosopher is caught up in a delicate dispute between members of a prominent family as her husband, Jamie, is dragged into his own internecine rivalry. Isabel accepts an invitation to serve on the advisory committee of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, but soon finds herself swept up in an all-too-familiar dilemma. David is the grandson of a Scottish clan chief and is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "The Department of Sensitive Crimes is downsizing in light of a recent downturn of sensitive crime, and staff members are wondering who among them will be transferred elsewhere. As the bickering between colleagues intensifies, Ulf tries his best to stay above the fray. But when Anna, a longtime friend and coworker, appears to blame him for an old case that went sideways, it seems she may be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: As everyone prepares for Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding, the peace and tranquility of 44 Scotland Street is disrupted by the arrival of domineering Irene, while Bruce, after being struck by lightning, prepares to leave his creature comforts for the monastic simplicity of Pluscarden Abbey, much to his house sitter's delight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCMcCall, Guadalupe Garcia
Summary: Eagle Pass, Texas. Grace struggles to understand the "echoes" she inherited from her mother: visions which often distort her reality. One morning as her sister, Mercy, rushes off for work, a disturbing echo takes hold of Grace. Within moments tragedy strikes. Grace sets goals and begins to recover, but is estranged from Mercy. As Grace's echoes brings ghosts and premonitions, they also bring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc. 2022