Summary: In this darkly comic French crime series wheelchair-bound police captain Fred Cain is quicker and more mobile than most able-bodied people. In his investigations, he spins circles around suspects and digs deep inside the darkest hidden corners of the human mind. A motorcycle accident caused by speeding and his own use of narcotics has left him unable to walk, but clear-eyed about criminality...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: In this darkly comic French crime series wheelchair-bound police captain Fred Cain is quicker and more mobile than most able-bodied people. In his investigations, he spins circles around suspects and digs deep inside the darkest hidden corners of the human mind. A motorcycle accident caused by speeding and his own use of narcotics has left him unable to walk, but clear-eyed about criminality...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CAI

Summary: Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. There he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming enmeshed in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TRA

Mayle, Peter

Summary: When a Riviera socialite's diamonds are stolen--the latest in a string of seemingly unconnected but ever-more-audacious jewelry heists across France--Elena flies in to investigate the insurance claim. It's a trip she's more than happy to make, as it gives her a chance to meet up with old friends in Marseille--and, particularly, with Sam. Once reunited, Sam isn't entirely distracted by domestic...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAY

Summary: Lila, a gorgeous 16-year-old, becomes the object of affection of two gang leaders, Chimo and Mouloud, when she and her aunt move into the neighborhood. Soon sexual games turn into a love triangle.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LIL

Summary: Marseille. 1975. Pierre Michel, a young magistrate with a wife and children, has just been transferred to help in the crack-down on organized crime. He decides to take on French Connection, a Mafia-run operation that exports heroin the world over. Paying heed to no one's warnings, he leads a one-man campaign against Mafia kingpin Gaetan Zampa, the most untouchable godfather of them all. But...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CON

Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)

Contents: Map of another town -- A considerable town.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.91 FIS

Ewan, Chris

Summary: "If you're a security expert, what do you do if your fiancée suddenly goes missing, presumably kidnapped? If you're Daniel Trent, a highly trained specialist in hostage negotiation, the answer is simple: you find out who took her and you make them talk. But what if your chief suspect is taken as well? How do you get him back quickly--and alive--so you can find out what really happened to your...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EWA

Mayle, Peter.

Summary: Unable to resist an exciting job offer in Marseille, Sam and Elena find their happy return to the region's coastal sunshine and delectable cuisine challenged by an increasingly violent competition for waterfront property.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012

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Carofiglio, Gianrico

Summary: "Antonio is a boy on the cusp of adulthood. His father, once a brilliant mathematician, hasn't figured much in his life since the divorce from his mother. But then Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy and a hope for a cure takes father and son to a doctor in Marseille, where French old world charm meets a modern city of bohemians. There they are advised to spend two days and two nights together...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAR