Summary: A stylish and sexy period mystery stars Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher, a glamorous lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. In 'Murder under the Mistletoe," Phryne's Christmas in July turns deadly when trapped inhabitants at a snowed-in mountain lodge find themselves being killed off according to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MISSummary: Follow Ms. Peregrine Fisher, niece of Miss Phryne Fisher, as she steps into her aunt's role as a lady detective, this time in 1960s Melbourne, Australia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MS.Greenwood, Kerry
Summary: "Awakening unusually early one morning, Phryne Fisher finds herself with a rare stretch of free time to fill. After dropping her daughters off for their school-sponsored charity work at the Blind Institute, she visits a university professor whose acquaintance she'd made--and admired--on a prior case. At lunch, the smitten professor invites Phryne to dine at his home in Williamstown later that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Miss Phryne Fisher is a lady detective from Melbourne with a fabulous sense of fun and a flair for solving crimes.In a country reemerging from the shadow of World War I, Phryne takes life in her stride, and murder too. Detective Inspector Jack Robinson works alongside her, although she often outraces him to the crime scene. Season three includes eight all new episodes of the glamorous,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MIS NOT RATEDSummary: Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920's Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MISS NOT RATEDKessler, Liz.
Summary: Philippa and her fairy godsister, Daisy, are asked by the High Counsel to go on a fantastic journey together to find a missing fairy and preserve the portals that connect the fairy and human realms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KESLane, Byron
Summary: "A hilariously heartfelt novel about living life at full force, and discovering family when you least expect it, influenced in part by the author's time as Carrie Fisher's beloved assistant. Charlie Besson is about to have an insane job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon. THE Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and People magazine's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LANWoods, Stuart
Summary: "In the newest nonstop adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, the protege will become the hero: now is the time of Herbie Fisher. Under the tutelage of Stone Barrington, Herbie Fisher has transformed from a bumbling sad sack into a capable man about town and the youngest partner at the white shoe law firm Woodman & Weld. Now all of his training will be put to the test...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WOOGreenwood, Kerry.
Summary: When she tries to go on summer holiday, Phryne Fisher discovers that the Johnsons, who were supposed to be at the vacation home, are nowhere in sight, beginning a mystery that involves smugglers, pirate treasure, and the mysterious Madame Selavey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREGreenwood, Kerry.
Summary: Ten years after seven Australian soldiers, on leave in Paris in 1918, unknowingly witness a murder, two of the group turn up dead under suspicious circumstances, and two of their companions turn to their friend Phryne Fisher to investigate the crime, save their lives, and uncover a killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRETrotter, William R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TROGreenwood, Kerry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREWarlick, Ashley.
Summary: "An irresistible novel about food, desire, and the real-life love triangle between M.F.K Fisher, her husband, and the man she left him for--the true love of her life Los Angeles, 1934. Mary Frances is on the cusp of becoming M.F.K. Fisher--the writer whose artful personal essays about food created a genre. She is hungry, and not just for food: she wants Tim, her husband Al's charming friend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARSummary: Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular TV series. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne's rescue of a young Bedouin girl leads her on a globe-trotting adventure to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse, with the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MISGreenwood, Kerry.
Summary: When a series of blond, pregnant teens go missing from the Magdalene Laundry in 1929 Melbourne and a pushy woman reporter disappears while investigating, Phryne and Dot uncover a dark plot involving piracy, convents, and creepy cellars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREWoods, Stuart
Summary: "Under the tutelage of Stone Barrington, Herbie Fisher has transformed from a bumbling sad sack into a capable man about town and the youngest partner at the white shoe law firm Woodman & Weld. Now all of his training will be put to the test as he finds himself embroiled in his most daring adventure to date"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Woods 2017Summary: Armed with a razor-sharp wit, Miss. Fisher investigates crimes in opulent 1920s Australia. Sharply written and gorgeously costumed, these episodes are sure to charm fans of costume dramas and mysteries alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MISGreenwood, Kerry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREGreenwood, Kerry.
Summary: When someone shoots out her windshield while she is driving home late at night and she finds a young man dying on the tarmac just outside the dock gates, Phryne Fisher sets out to discover who is responsible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREClements, Andrew
Summary: A big, ugly fish has trouble making the friends he longs for because of his appearance--until the day his scary appearance saves them all from a fisherman's net.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Book Studio 1988
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CLEWilliams, Beatriz
Summary: In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of her father in the Second World War. When her beautiful mother marries Hugh Fisher, whose summer house on Winthrop overlooks the famous lighthouse, Miranda's catapulted into a heady new world of pedigrees and cocktails, status and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILFenske, Jonathan
Summary: Poppy the puffer fish is invited to Baby Guppy's birthday party, but she is nervous imagining all the things that can go wrong--but at the party it is Poppy who saves the day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2024
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Summary: "Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Canada 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ROBRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: "It's time for dinner, but when Fish finds a new friend instead, who knows what games are in store?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023