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Ellis, Bella

Summary: Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were "lady detectors" in this charming historical mystery. Not yet published novelists, they have well-honed imaginations and are expert readers. And, as Charlotte remarks, "detecting is reading between the lines--it's seeing what is not there."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ELL

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELL

Voigt, Cynthia.

Summary: "When Max's parents leave the country without him, he must rely on his wits to get by, and before long he is running his own--rather unusual--business"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC VOI

Crosby, Tanya Anne.

Summary: Caroline Aldridge was surprised by the number of mourners at her mother's funeral. Evidently the newspaper heiress who had caused her children so much pain was well-loved by everyone else in Charleston. Now she was gone, leaving behind countless secrets-and a few demands: Caroline and her sisters must live together for one year or lose their inheritance. And Caroline must take over The Tribune....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audible Studios on Brilliance audio 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MCK

Crosby, Tanya Anne

Summary: Every event in a person's life is connected. The state of our lives, at any given time, is the sum of everything we have done and everywhere we have been. Our next decision determines, not merely where our lives end, but who we become along the way. How far can one lost woman go to redeem herself by the time the clock stops ticking? ...These are the final moments of Florence W. Aldridge...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audible Studios on Brilliance audio 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC CRO

Douaihy, Margot

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: "When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and their surrounding New Orleans community are thrust into chaos. Patience is a virtue, but punk rocker turned nun Sister Holiday isn't satisfied to just wait around for officials to return her home and sanctuary to its former peace, instead deciding to unveil the mysterious attacker...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gillian Flynn Books, a Zando imprint 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOU

Redbank, Tennant

Summary: "It's perfect weather for a day at the beach! Barbie's friend Raquelle arrives dressed to impress with a diamond necklace, gold bracelet, and ruby ring. But when she takes her jewels off to go swimming. Raquelle returns to find them missing! Can Barbie and her sisters discover the true identity of the beach bandit?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016

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Brallier, Max

Summary: The kids at school dare John to visit the old house on the hill at night, and when he and his sister go in they find dusty dishes set on the table, a book open like it is waiting for a reader, and something hiding under the bed in the attic--and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019

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West, Tracey

Summary: "Drake never thought dragons were real. But he soon learns that dragons are real -- and that he is a Dragon Master! The magic Dragon Stone has chosen Drake and three others -- Ana, Rori, and Bo -- to train dragons. Will Drake be able to connect with his dragon? Does he have what it takes to become a true Dragon Master?"--

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC WES

West, Tracey

Summary: Eight-year-old Drake is snatched up by the King's soldiers and taken to the castle where he is told by the wizard Griffith that he has been chosen to be a Dragon Master like Ana, Rori, and Bo--and his first task will be to discover whether his dragon, Worm, has any special powers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WES

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WES

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED WES

Rowland, Laura Joh.

Summary: After the death of her siblings, Charlotte has few people she can trust, and feels more alone than ever. While visiting London, Charlotte goes on a tour of Bedlam, where she is sure she recognizes a struggling Mr. Slade, her long-missing ex-lover, strapped to one of the stretchers. Of course, she starts digging, and soon finds herself trying to reveal a secret that high-powered men would, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROW

Brallier, Max

Summary: A collection of five scary stories, first featuring Jason, sleeping over at his uncle Henry's house, who needs to take a long, dark walk to the bathroom only to find someone is waiting for him inside.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2022

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Voigt, Cynthia.

Summary: Someone is breaking windows and setting fires in the old city, but the shopkeepers won't say a word about the culprits. Why are they keeping these thugs' secrets? When the mayor begs for help, Max agrees to take the case, putting himself in grave danger. It's a race to catch up with the vandals before they catch him.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD VOI

Brallier, Max

Summary: Hugh does not like walking home alone through the woods which the other children say is inhabited by a monster, but today he has no choice, and it is not only his shadow that follows him--and that is only one of five scary stories included in this collection.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BRA

Martin, Ann M.

Summary: Karen Brewer lives next door to Mrs. Porter, who wears long black robes and has wild gray hair. Mrs. Porter has a black cat named Midnight and always seems to be working in her garden. Karen isn't supposed to spy on her neighbor, but she's determined to prove that Mrs. Porter is a witch named Morbidda Destiny! Mrs. Porter is getting ready to have a special meeting at her house, and Karen is...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Willan, Jane

Summary: The sisters of Gwenafwy Abbey have cherished their contemplative life--days spent in prayer, reflection, tending the Convent's vegetable gardens and making their award-winning organic cheese, Heavenly Gouda. Life seems perfect, except for Sister Agatha, a die-hard mystery fan who despairs of ever finding any real life inspiration for her own novel. That is, until the Abbey's sexton is found...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019

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

Farshtey, Greg.

Summary: Under the tutelage of Sensei Wu, the "chosen four" ninjas Kai, Jay, Cole, and Zane must use their elemental powers to defeat Sensei Wu's evil brother, Garmadon, and Samukai's army of skeleton warriors before Garmadon can conquer the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2011

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Stout, Rex

Summary: In Plot it Yourself, Nero Wolfe, with the help of his associate Archie, must not only solve a mystery involving plagiarism and blackmail, but also catch a vicious killer.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M STO

Stout, Rex

Summary: When a fencing student ends up skewered through the heart, a Balkan beauty claiming to be Nero Wolfe's daughter is accused of the crime, and Wolfe and Archie are thrust into a tangle of international intrigue.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 1994

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M STO

Stout, Rex

Summary: Nero Wolfe, the brilliant, orchid-loving, gourmet detective, and his debonair assistant Archie Goodwin attempt to protect their client, a young lady expecting an eight-million-dollar inheritance on her birthday.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M STO

Rogers, Fred.

Summary: Explains what it means to be friends and some of the easy and difficult aspects of friendship.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PaperStar 1996

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: When Miss Katherine Grey unexpectedly inherits a small fortune she books the famous Blue Train for a trip to the French Riviera. Her new milieu includes millionaire Ruth Kettering, Ruth's estranged husband, a French mistress, and an inquisitive foreign man with an egg-shaped head and waxed moustache. But Nice is not so nice, for on arrival the gendarmerie asks Miss Grey to ID the strangled...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Chivers Audio Books 2001

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Francis, Dick.

Summary: A computer wiz is dead, his body smashed at the bottom of a rocky cliff. The answer might lie in his latest project, a foolproof betting system designed to pick winners. Jocky Club investigator David Cleveland wants to know why.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audio 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Stout, Rex

Summary: Trying to determine why his last two clients were ruthlessly murdered, Nero Wolfe wonders if the answer is linked to a young boy who turns up at his brownstone apartment, and he finds clues in a gray Cadillac, a mysterious woman, and spider-shaped earrings.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M STO

Stout, Rex

Summary: When an elderly lady asks Wolfe to uncover the mysterious source of her husband's money, he is led to direct confrontation with the most dangerous racketeer in the U.S. Surprisingly, he resigns from the detective business and goes into hiding. Can it be that the world's most famous sleuth has ended his career in cowardice and disgrace?--Container.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 1994

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M STO

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