Griffiths, Elly
Summary: "In the sequel to the "captivating"* Zig Zag Girl, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer after two children are murdered in a tragic tableau of a very grim fairy tale. *Wall Street Journal It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about a local production of Aladdin, starring the marvelous Max Mephisto. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M GRIGriffiths, Elly
Summary: "In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: "In this nail-biting transatlantic mystery, threat of mass violence looms over Elizabeth II's coronation--can Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto crack the case and save the crown?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: "Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trick--the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old war friend of Edgar's. They served together in a shadowy unit called the Magic Men, a special ops troop that used stage tricks to confound the enemy. Max is on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Griffiths, Elly
Summary: The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar’s new wife, though—former detective Emma—is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M GRIFlower, Amanda
Summary: In Cascade Springs, New York, Violet Waverly and her grandma, Daisy, are the proprietors of Charming Books, where the power of the written word is positively enchanting. October in Cascade Springs means tourists are pouring in for the annual Food and Wine Festival, and Daisy hopes to draw those crowds to the store. She asks Violet and the local writing group, the Red Inkers, to give a reading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FLOWilliams, Timothy.
Summary: April 1990: French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud has been living and working in the French Caribbean departement of Guadeloupe for more than a decade, but her days are still full of surprises--for example,the fact that every witness Anne Marie interviews grills her about when she's going to get remarried. She is only just starting to investigate the increasingly suspicious suicide of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WILMoose, Ruth
Summary: "Beth McKenzie, owner of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast, is enjoying an exciting affair with her new love, Scott. Meanwhile, the town of Littleboro, North Carolina is abuzz with gossip about Crazy Reba's upcoming nuptials. Most brides go crazy at some point, but Littleboro's resident homeless lady has had a head start: she's beloved, indulged, and most of all, eccentric. But at almost 60 or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOWeaver, Ashley.
Summary: Amory Ames' efforts to reconcile with her playboy husband are interrupted by an attempt to catch a jewel thief in the act at a lavish masked ball where one of the illustrious guests is murdered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEAHaydu, Corey Ann
Summary: The best-friend-cousins at 86 ½ Twenty-Third Avenue are back for a party! With adorable illustrations and short, easy-to-read chapters, this second installment in the Hand-Me-Down Magic series is perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Dory Fantasmagory. Alma's birthday gift for Del was supposed to be delightful and daring--just like Del. Her present was a magical crystal ball, and it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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Summary: "London, 1881. Lily Raynor, owner of the World's End Investigation Bureau, is growing increasingly worried. Work is drying up, finances are tight and she cannot find enough for her sole employee, Felix Wilbraham, to do. So when schoolteacher Georgiana Long arrives, with a worrying tale of runaway pupils, it seems like the answer to her prayers. The case is an interesting one, and what could be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAKaufman, Michael
Summary: In a near future where controversial longevity treatments are available only to the very rich, Jen Lu, a detective in the Elder Abuse department, and her partner, Chandler--a SIM implant in her brain--investigate bizarre cases of people aging overnight that may be caused by an illegal version of a longevity drug.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAUKlingborg, Brian
Summary: "The search for a missing girl sends Inspector Lu Fei undercover into the wild corners of Myanmar, and the compound of the deadly and mysterious woman warlord responsible for the illegal trafficking of exotic animals and possibly more, in the next book from Brian Klingborg, Wild Prey. Police Inspector Lu Fei has an unfortunate talent for getting himself into hot water with powerful and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLIMiller, Linda Lael.
Summary: With his two young daughters in tow, ex-rancher Rance McKettrick, swearing off women, returns home to Indian Rock where a free-spirited bookstore owner writes a passionate new chapter in his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MilleMacNeal, Susan Elia
Summary: "This New York Times bestselling mystery series continues as American-born codebreaker extraordinaire, Maggie Hope, returns to England to continue her intelligence work during World War II. England, 1942. Great Britain and the U.S. have joined forces to fight the Nazis. In London, Maggie Hope takes on the biggest challenge of her career: finding a killer who models himself on Jack the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2016
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACHarper, Elodie
Summary: "Amara has escaped her life as a slave in the Wolf Den, the city's most notorious brothel, but now her survival depends on the affections of her patron: a man she might not know as well as she once thought. At night in the home he bought for her, the house with the golden door, Amara's dreams are haunted by her past. She longs for her sisterhood of friends--the women at the brothel she was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARGolden, Christopher
Summary: New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden's chilling exploration of what happens when the original Pandora's Box is discovered in an ancient subterranean city, stirring international conflict and exposing the archaeological team to curses, whispers, and the terror of a legendary plague. In one ancient variation on the myth of Pandora's Box, there were two jars, one for Pandora and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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Summary: "The X-Men are caught up in the epic Secret Empire event! But what does the new landscape of the Marvel Universe mean for mutantkind? How will Jean, Cyclops, Beast, Angel and Iceman survive in a world dominated by Hydra? And what exactly does Magneto have up his sleeve?"--Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA FIC XMEGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services under "Wild Bill" Donovan and FDR becomes involved in military and covert operations in London, the Belgian Congo, and Morocco.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1998
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Summary: "FBI Special Agent Lance McGregor, a former Delta Force operator, is assigned to the case when Christy Reed receives mail claiming her sister is still alive. She believed Ginny died in a house fire, so if she is still alive, who is the woman buried in her grave and is Christy a pawn or a target?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANBalzo, Sandra
Summary: "Maggy Thorsen's new neighbours, Philip and Vivian Woodward, are forging ahead with their plans for The Big Steep tea shop. Philip's enthusiasm to turn the neglected cottage once owned by Vivian's reclusive grandparents, the Koepplers, into a tea lover'sparadise is infectious, but Vivian seems less excited. And when Maggy's sheepdog Frank arrives at Uncommon Grounds coffeehouse bearing a 'gift'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2021
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Summary: With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, Molly Gray has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. Her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead on the hotel's tea room floor. It becomes clear that this death was murder most foul, and suspects abound. As the case threatens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "Another laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring kilted musicians, Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, and an unlikely love story. Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. She knew she was putting her life on hold when she stayed in Willow Creek to care for her sick mother, but it's been years now, and even though Stacey loves spending her summers pouring drinks and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2020
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Summary: On Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless--he lost everything to Daniel North in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he still must somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel. Meanwhile Daniel (who is exiled on Earth) comes face-to-face with the mages who call themselves Bel and Ishtoreth and comes to understand just why Loki closed the gates centuries ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2013