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Summary: "Emelyn Rude details the ascendancy of chicken from its domestication nearly ten thousand years ago to its current status as our go-to meat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 641.66 RUDStrong, Cecily
Summary: "Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another tragedy struck: the coronavirus pandemic. Following a few harrowing weeks in the virus epicenter of New York City, Strong relocated to an isolated house in the woods...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP B STRONG STRRichards, Emilie
Summary: When the only other resident of Happiness Key dies alone in his cottage, four women warily join forces to find his family. Together, they discover difficult truths about their own lives and the men they love-- and uncover the treasure of an unlikely friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RICRichards, Emilie
Summary: When Lilia Swallow's husband, Graham, goes into remission after a year of treatment for lymphoma, the home and lifestyle blogger throws a party. As the party is in full swing, a new guest arrives. She presents Lilia with a beautiful baby boy, and vanishes. Toby is Graham's darkest secret: his son, conceived in a moment of despair. The child becomes the focus of a custody battle for three women:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RICSmiley, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1992
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SMIBrightwell, Emily
Summary: "Mrs. Jeffries and Inspector Witherspoon should be checking off their Christmas present list but instead they're listing murder suspects in this latest entry of the beloved Victorian Mystery series. Harriet Andover had no intention of dying young like her silly siblings had. She intended to outlive them and outdo them as she always had. But Harriet discovers that the best intentions can lead to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRIBrightwell, Emily
Summary: "As the holidays approach, all is merry and bright for Inspector Witherspoon, Mrs. Jeffries, and the staff at Upper Edmonton Gardens...but murder knows no season. Christopher Gilhaney isn't a popular man, and he proves why once again when he insults every guest at Abigail Chase's Guy Fawkes Night dinner party. When Gilhaney is shot dead under the cover of the night's fireworks, his murder is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRIBrightwell, Emily
Summary: "Inspector Nigel Nivens is not a nice man or a good investigator. In fact, he's terrible at his job and has always done everything he can to make life difficult for Inspector Witherspoon. But even his powerful family can't help him after he maliciously tried to hobble Witherspoon's last homicide investigation. He's been sent to a particularly difficult precinct in the East End of London as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRISmiley, Jane.
Summary: Golden Age combines intimate drama, emotional suspense, and a full command of history, bringing to a magnificent conclusion the century-long portrait of one unforgettable family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SMIRichards, Emilie
Summary: There's no rest for the weary Aggie Sloan-Wilcox and her minister husband, who were praying for a relaxing weekend until a member of their flock went missing. Joe Wagner, president of Emerald Springs's food bank, disappears, and Aggie discovers his secret life-as a female impersonator. Meanwhile, the murder of the mayor's wife at the annual food bank fundraiser puts Joe on top of the suspect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M RICRichards, Emilie
Summary: After the former wife of a local celebrity is charged with his murder, minister's wife Aggie Sloan-Wilcox seeks divine inspiration to help clear the woman's name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M RICGiffin, Emily
Summary: Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious, relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes, their delicate bond splinters. Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties, following very different paths. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single -- and this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GIFGiffin, Emily.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GIFHenry, Emily
Summary: "Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college. Except they broke up five months ago and still haven't told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read, a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She's a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Summary: "It's 2 AM on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar on New York's Lower East Side, questioning her life. Feeling lonesome and homesick for the Midwest, she wonders if she'll ever make it as a reporter in the big city--and whether she made a terrible mistake in breaking up with her longtime boyfriend Matthew. As Cecily reaches...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GIFCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GIFLittlejohn, Emily
Summary: "On a bright Saturday in early spring, Detective Gemma Monroe responds to a missing person call at Lost Lake, near the small town of Cedar Valley, Colorado. As Gemma begins to understand the complex dynamics of the supposedly close-knit friendship group, she realizes that more than one person is lying to her"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC LITYellin, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.53 YELSmiley, Jane
Summary: One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky-and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then-through a combination of hard work and serendipity-she started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York City, from the English...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: LP FIC SMISmiley, Jane
Summary: "From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls. Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SMIVon Ziegesar, Cecily
Summary: Navigating private spats and embarrassing secrets in their upscale Brooklyn neighborhood, four families seek purpose and meaningful relationships until a raucous party combusts in a maelstrom of ego clashes, taboo desires, and hidden cameras.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC VONBrightwell, Emily
Summary: "Jeremy Marks wasn't highly regarded by any of the members of the West London Archery Club. But everyone was stunned when the fellow was murdered during a lull in the club's annual archery competition. As Inspector Witherspoon investigates, he discovers the victim had real enemies among the assembled archery contestants. Marks was notorious for not paying his bills, cheating vendors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: "Margaret Starling wasn't the sort of woman anyone expected to be murdered. She was on the advisory board of the London Angel Alms Society, she was an active member of St. Peter's Church, and, best of all, she was always willing to lend a hand to a friend or a neighbor in need of advice. She was also a wealthy upper-class widow. But money alone won't protect you when someone decides it's high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020