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Hechtman, Betty

Summary: "Asked to write a celebration of life book for the funeral of a former client, writer for hire Veronica Blackstone finds herself questioning the death. No one quite knows what happened and the prominent family are more concerned with their image than the truth. While celebrating her client's life, Veronica searches for the truth about her death"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEC

Hechtman, Betty

Summary: As a writer for hire, Veronica Blackstone puts her keyboard to use to help others. That includes writing advertising copy for local businesses, and love letters for those needing romantic help. Tony Richards needs the latter. Debonair, charismatic, handsome, Tony seems like the last person who'd need help with love letters, but help him Veronica does... only, Tony owes her money and won't tell...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEC

Hechtman, Betty

Summary: "Maeve Winslow hires Veronica Blackstone to help write her memoirs. Maeve is the wife of a famous artist, and claims there's a surprise at the conclusion of the book that may be about his work. Before Maeve can reveal the truth to anyone, she's found dead. Can Veronica unravel the clues hidden within the memoir to discover who the killer is?."--Publisher

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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEC

Capri, Diane

Summary: "FBI Special Agent Kim Otto picks up where Lee Child's Never Go Back leaves off in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. FBI Special Agent Kim Otto is hot on Jack Reacher's trail as he speeds away from Chicago. Since Reacher hooked up with escaped car thief Petey Burns in South Dakota, he's had a steady ride. Destination unknown, but traceable. Otto's manhunt is derailed when she learns Jack Reacher's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: AugustBooks 2022

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAP

Ellis, Mary

Summary: On the run from a troubled past, Kate Weller, the newest member of Price Investigations, covers her tracks, changes her name and takes a case in Charleston, South Carolina, where she can hide in plain sight. Renting a charming room with a waterfront view, Kate sets about trying to locate her adopted client's natural siblings, only to find more questions than answers when she eventually tracks...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELL

Ellis, Mary

Summary: "When a wealthy socialite is found dead on her luxury yacht, her daughter Lainey hires private investigator Kate Weller to look into the matter. Agnes Westin created plenty of enemies during her climb to the top of society, many with a taste for revenge -- but did any of them feel strongly enough to kill her? Kate has another reason altogether for returning to Pensacola, Florida, the only town...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELL

Bradley, C. Alan

Summary: When Colonel de Luce, needing funds, rents his beloved estate of Buckshaw over to a film company at Christmastime, the company begins its scenes with a famous and reclusive star who is widely despised; when the star turns up murdered, eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce must negotiate with the suspects.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRA

Bradley, C. Alan

Summary: Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, sets out to solve the murder of a beloved puppeteer. All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can't solve--without Flavia's help.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRA

Donati, Sara

Summary: "From the international bestselling author of The Gilded Hour comes Sara Donati's enthralling epic about two trailblazing female doctors in nineteenth-century New York; Dr. Sophie Savard, daughter of free people of color returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the early spring of 1884 to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. With the help of Dr. Anna Savard, her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DON

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DON

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DON

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DON

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DON

Ellis, Mary

Summary: "Travel writer Jill Curtis loves her job, but she desperately needs a break if she's to achieve her dream of becoming an investigative reporter. Sent to Kentucky by her boss to find out why thousands of tourists flock to Bourbon Country every year, Jill's dream seems to be slipping further away. After all, nothing interesting ever happens in rural America . . . does it? Staying at an estranged...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELL

Kallentoft, Mons

Summary: "Autumn rains are pouring down on the Swedish countryside, but it's the discovery of a brutally stabbed body floating facedown in the moat of Skogså Castle that chills one town to the bone. Jerry Petersson, the castle's new owner and a notoriously ruthless lawyer and entrepreneur, is now, shall we say, permanently out of business. Meanwhile, Malin Fors, the brilliant but flawed star of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books/Atria 2014

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Donati, Sara

Summary: In nineteenth-century New York, women's advancement has brought out the worst in some men. Two trailblazing female doctors continue to aid disadvantaged women society wants to forget.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC DON

Conte, Cate

Summary: Maddie James has finally given in to her friend Katrina's pleas to open up her cat cafe to more than ten felines: they're now up to fifteen purring friends. In fact, JJ's House of Purrs is making such a splash that she's getting national attention. The East Coast Animal Rescue League is quite interested in the cafe, and so Maddie accepts a request to meet with Jillian Allen, the executive...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Paperbacks 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CON

Kent, Serena

Summary: "The second book in the Penelope Kite series. After an eventful first few months in Provence, it seems Penelope is finally settling into her delightful new life, complete with a gorgeous love interest in the mayor of St. Merlot. When Penelope and the mayor Laurent Millais attend a glamorous gallery opening, a scandal-free evening is not in the cards. The evening comes to a horrifying halt when...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KEN

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEN

Willberg, T. A.

Summary: "The envelope was tied with three delicate silk ribbons: 'One of the new recruits is not to be trusted...' It's 1959 and a new killer haunts the streets of London, having baffled Scotland Yard. The newspapers call him The Florist because of the rose he brands on his victims. The police have turned yet again to the Inquirers at Miss Brickett's for assistance, and second-year Marion Lane is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIL

Dunnett, Kaitlyn.

Summary: Liss MacCrimmon misses the life of a professional dancer with Strathspey, the Scottish dance company she belonged to before her knee injury forced her into early retirement. When the company goes on tour, Liss is instrumental in bringing the show to her hometown of Moosetookalook, Maine. But when the company manager collapses and dies after biting into one of Liss's prized cocktail scones,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUN

Swanson, Denise.

Summary: Dev Sinclair is the happy new owner of an old-fashioned shop in her small Missouri town. But if she doesn't focus on finding the killer of her ex's fiance, this five-and-dime owner may find herself serving 25-to-life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Obsidian 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SWA

Rosenfelt, David

Summary: After getting shot in the line of duty, New Jersey state police officer Doug Brock has been busy rebuilding his life. He's reunited with his fiance and started to get some of his memories back. He hopes he can continue to recover with the help of an amnesia support group and that the damage from his past isn't permanent. It isn't until fellow group member Sean Conner approaches him after a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M ROS

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1 available in Adult, Call number: M ROS

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY ROS

Baldacci, David

Summary: Atlee Pine's twin sister, Mercy, was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Now, Atlee finally learns the identity of her sister's kidnapper and discovers the truth about what happened to Mercy.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2020

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BAL

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BAL

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BAL

Rosenfelt, David

Summary: The next exciting installment in bestselling David Rosenfelt's Doug Brock series. Doug Brock hasn't had it easy since his getting shot in the line of duty as a New Jersey state police officer. Between the amnesia and having to solve two murder cases, it hasn't been the most restful recovery. Now, the cold case department is checking evidence from a murder case Doug was investigating before the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: M FIC ROS

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY ROS

Peacock, Caro

Summary: A series of anonymous letters leads to a case of cold-blooded murder for 19th-century private investigator Liberty Lane. September, 1841. A new arrival has taken London society by storm. Lord Byron's handsome illegitimate son, George, recently arrived from the exotic island of Cephalonia in the company of his guardian, the mysterious Mr Vickery, has been setting female hearts aflutter. But not...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEA

Griffiths, Elly

3 holds on 5 copies

Summary: Hired by the daughters of local writer Melody Chambers to investigate her death, believing she was murdered, Natalka and Edwin go undercover at a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House where another murder occurs and by the time Edwin infiltrates a sinister book group, he finds himself in danger.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024

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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: M GRI

Griffiths, Elly.

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy?s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith?s passing. But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy?s flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRI

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M GRI

Bradley, C. Alan

Summary: On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother. Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later he is pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Following a trail of clues, she unravels the deepest secrets...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2014

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRA

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