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Andrews, Donna Hawkins, Paula Kane, Andrea Komarnyckyj, Andrew Lane, Andrew Patterson, JamesLane, Andrew
Summary: Kidnapped and taken to China, young Sherlock Holmes enjoys adventure on the high seas before encountering a puzzling case of three men bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai. Includes historical notes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LANSummary: The girl with the dragon tattoo: A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing, or dead, for forty years by a young female hacker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRASummary: Includes 7 Steven Kings classics, over 19 hours of thrills & chills.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD STECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV StephenSummary: Set 5: With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOYSummary: The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these four contemporary British television mysteries. Death and dust: The impending marriage of a widowed doctor and a well-to-do divorcée motivates a murder of mistaken identity. Picture of innocence: In the midst of a "shooting war" between rival camera clubs, someone tries to frame Barnaby, and definitely not for a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MIDSummary: The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the "kindly killer", Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DeSummary: Death at La Fenice : After a famous conductor dies from cyanide poisoning during the intermission of his concert, Brunetti probes into the maestro's past, and uncovers a shocking picture of immorality and ruthlessness, as well as a legion of bitter enemies, some of whom have held a grudge for many decades. Based on Donna Leon's first Comissarrion Brunetti novel which introduced Guido Brunetti...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHz Networks Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DONKomarnyckyj, Andrew
Summary: When Joe is accused of murdering his friend Ervan Foster, he flees the authorities and goes on the run, vowing to one day return as an adult, find out who the real killer is, clear his name, and avenge Ervan's death. While on the run, Joe has many funny, dangerous, and eye-opening adventures which include joining the Union army and fighting in the American Civil War. When the war ends, Joe...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Santa Monica Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KOMAndrews, Donna
Summary: "The cast of Donna Andrews' New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series is back for an unforgettable holiday story in The Twelve Jays of Christmas. Meg's brother Rob and his fiancé Delaney have been engaged for some time now. In fear of their mothers' propensity for over-the-top celebrations, they decide to throw a party just before Christmas and then elope. When a blizzard traps...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Holiday Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDKane, Andrea
Summary: "Jewelry designer Fiona McKay is working on her latest collection of Celtic-inspired jewelry. She's excited by the possibilities uncovered by Rose Flaherty, the antiquities dealer helping her research the heirloom tapestries inspiring her new collection. So when Rose calls to tell her she has answers, Fiona hurries to meet her. But her artistic world is shattered when she finds the lifeless...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bonnie Meadow Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KANSummary: Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne begins making a film for Zachary, son of his oldest friend who was murdered by Zachary's mother. The film's focus shifts to Zachary's grandparents as they fight to win custody of Zachary from the woman who took their son's life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2009
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEASummary: As the dust settles from the explosive finale of the first series, Aksel has the answer he so desperately sought. Finally, his search for justice appears to be over and his reconciliation within the local community can begin. But Aksel's hopes are short-lived. As Eva and William close ranks and deny the truth, a new struggle begins for Aksel.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ACQHawkins, Paula
Summary: A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HAWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HAWSummary: Set in Mississippi in 1964, this controversial film is based on the true story of the case of three young civil rights workers (in real life they were named James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner) who were brutally murdered in June of 1964. The chaotic aftermath was dubbed Mississippi Burning. This movie is told from the perspective of the FBI's operations to uncover evidence...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MISPatterson, James
Summary: It's impossible to resist Andrew Luster. He's rich, charming, and good-looking, and dozens of women have fallen under his spell. But Andrew is no mere womanizer. He's a predator, and it'll take a global effort to put him behind bars.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 PATSummary: The movie is based on the 1951 novel by Daphne Du Maurier and tells the story of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYPatterson, James
Summary: Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder of Innocence," in which a global effort captures a serial predator; and "A Murderous Affair," in which a rookie FBI agent is set up by his informant.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 PATSummary: Sleek thriller set in Greece and Istanbul in 1962. Intrigue begins at the Parthenon when wealthy American tourists Chester MacFarland and his young wife Collete meet American ex-pat Rydal, a scammer working as a tour guide. The two befriend him, but a murder at the couple's hotel puts all three on the run together and creates a precarious bond between them as the trio's allegiance is put to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER TWOSummary: They met in the dark: Discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRISummary: "Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon) has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town (Viviane Romance). [He] discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him, and is framed for the murder. Based on a novel by Georges Simenon, Julien Duvivier's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PANSummary: Through a glass darkly : The Venetian island of Murano is known for its artisans who specialize in the traditional craft of glass making. When the owner of a glass factory is found murdered, Commissario Brunetti uncovers a connection between the colorful, filigree glass products that he made and some very toxic poisons. How else to explain the colorful slime containing arsenic oozing out from...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bavaria Media 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DONSummary: Death In a strange country. The body of a young man found floating in a Venetian canal has been stripped of all valuables, except for a very visible packet of cocaine. When the man is identified as a health inspector at the U.S. military base in nearby Vicenza, Brunetti's boss Patta gets worried about political reverberations and is eager to dismiss the case as a drug-related murder.--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bavaria Media 2011