Jacks, Janie
Summary: Being a military family means always moving forward, rarely looking back--no matter what might happen in one's life. But when a letter arrives at the Jacks house only to remain unopened, Becky Jacks finds herself torn between the most uncurious mother on the planet and her own deep need to know what news the letter brings. On the other side of the world, a war rages in Vietnam, one her mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The RoadRunner Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACJance, Judith A.
Summary: This time Sheriff Joanna Brady may expect to see her maternity leave through to completion, but the world has other plans when a serial homicide case surfaces in her beloved Cochise County. Rather than staying home with her newborn and losing herself in the cold cases to be found in her father's long unread diaries, Joanna instead finds herself overseeing a complex investigation involving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Jance 2018Jance, J. A. (Judith A.)
Summary: "Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women. For years, he has been meticulous in his methods, abducting, murdering, and disposing of his victims while leaving no evidence of his crimes--or their identities--behind. Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcement's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JANMcDonnell, Patrick
Summary: "Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, this all-new graphic novel love letter features the classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnell's positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvel's blockbuster brand. Using the Marvel Universe as avatars,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MCDJance, J. A. (Judith A.)
Summary: Mateo Vega, a one-time employee of Ali Reynolds' husband B. Simpson, has spent sixteen years behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend-- but he knows the real killer is still on the loose. Vega approaches Stu Ramey of High Noon Enterprises for a reference letter for a job application, but Stu asks him to come on board and work for B. once again. Then chaos breaks out at High Noon: a deadbeat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M JANVande Zande, Jeff.
Summary: Betrayed by his art and disillusioned by his job as a professor, Ray Casper finds his long-time girlfriend has just left him. At the death of his estranged father, he links up with his out-of-work brother Sammy, and things really get complicated. Sammy moves in with Ray and needs a job; Ray needs inspiration to paint again, and both have to keep from killing each other. This novel unites...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bottom Dog Press 2009
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Summary: "When a body is washed up on a beach a short distance from Frantham, the first assumption is that it must be Edward Parker who had fallen from Marlborough Head just a couple of weeks before. When the badly battered body is examined, however, it is discovered to be the body of Pat Duggan, son of local nightclub owner Jimmy Duggan. It seems Pat had been abducted. Twice. And, to complicate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2008
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Summary: Cockram makes her thrilling debut with this page-turning tale of psychological suspense in which a young woman whose life is in tatters flees to the safety of a family estate in England, but instead of comfort finds chilling secrets and lies. Miranda's life and career has been a roller-coaster ride. Her successful rise to the top of the booming lifestyle industry as a social media influencer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COCGardam, Jane.
Summary: The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern literature. A lyrical novel that recalls his fully lived life, Old Filth has been acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, a book where life and art merge. And now that beautiful, haunting novel has been joined by a companion that also bursts with humor and wisdom: The Man in the Wooden Hat. Old Filth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GARGreen, Jane
Summary: "Gabby and Elliott have been happily married for eighteen years. They have two teenaged daughters; they have built a life together. So why does forty-three-year-old Gabby feel like she has only three more minutes left of youth? Why do her friends so desperately try to hang on to their attractiveness? And why does she ever even look at the handsome guy--ten years younger--at the other end of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FICTION GRESanderson, Jane.
Summary: Above stairs, Lord Netherwood keeps his considerable fortune ticking over with the profits from his three coal mines in the vicinity. It's just as well the coal is of the highest quality, as the upkeep of Netherwood Hall, his splendid estate on the outskirts of town, does not come cheap. And that's not to mention the cost of keeping his wife and daughters in the latest fashions--and keeping the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sphere 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SANSmiley, Jane
Summary: "Paras (short for Perestroika) is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall - she's a curious filly - and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance in the City of Light. She's dazzled, and often mystified, by the sights, sounds and smells around her, but she isn't afraid. Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SMIAusten, Jane
Summary: Much has been said of the light and sparkling side of Pride and Prejudice -- the delicious social comedy, the unerring dialogue, the satisfying love stories and its enchanting and spirited heroine. None the less, the novel is also about deeper issues in which Jane Austen demonstrates her belief that the truly civilized being maintains a proper balance between reason and energy. As Tony Tanner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Classics 2008
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Summary: The story centres on the personalities of the two sisters, whose contrasting temperaments are examined as they undergo comparable experiences in the loss of the men they love, it rejoices also in a wealth of minor characters such as the comic Mrs Jennings and Sir John and Lady Middleton, drawn with consummate satiric skill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Austen 2003Clark, Mary Jane Behrends
Summary: That Old Black Magic is New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clarks savory and suspenseful confection filled with murder, mystery, history and voodoo, in which Piper Donovan must unmask a devious killer striking in New Orleans legendary French Quarter. Aspiring actress and wedding cake decorator Piper Donovan has barely arrived in New Orleans to perfect her pastry skills at the renowned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Clark 2014Krentz, Jane Ann.
Summary: "Velvet touch": Lacey Seldon is determined to cut loose from her librarian past. An island paradise in Puget Sound seems the perfect place to find liberation until she meets Holt Randolph. He's unlike any man she's ever met, with a touch that makes her hunger for more. But offering him her heart might be more than she can bear. Will it bring her to her knees or into his arms?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin HQN 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KREZombie, Zack
Summary: Have you ever wondered what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? The biggest PVP Tournament of the year is happening, and Zombie is in with a shot at the bigtime, thanks to his new lucky controller. In fact, he is so sure of a win, he won't stop bragging about it during class! When Principal Hogskins confiscates the controller, Zombie is frantic. He can't win without it! So Zombie ropes his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koala Books 2020
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Summary: "In the beginning, Owen's story was blank . . . then he was befriended by Lily, the aspiring author who helped him find his voice. Together, the two have spent years navigating first love and amassing an inseparable friend group. But all of it is upended one day when his school's administration learns Owen's secret: that he was sexually assaulted by a classmate."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMEPearce, A. J. (Amanda-Jane)
Summary: "From the author of the "jaunty, heartbreaking winner" (People) and international bestseller Dear Mrs. Bird, a new charming and uplifting novel set in London during World War II about a plucky aspiring journalist. London, November 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Henrietta Bird from Woman's Friend magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on the challenge of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEAAnie, Sussie
Summary: Moving to a new part of London, Kwasi finds refuge and inspiration in an eclectic and run-down charity shop where he forms an unexpected friendship with its owner, giving each of them a new sense of belonging until local politics threaten to divide them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Love Spell 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CACLange, Richard
Summary: To escape the awful life she has descended into, Luz plans carefully. She takes only the clothes on her back, a Colt .45, and all the money in her husband's safe. The corpses in the hallway weren't part of her plan. Luz needs to find the daughter she left behind years earlier, but she knows she may die trying. Her husband is El Principe, a key player in a high-powered drug cartel, a business he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books/ Little, Brown and Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANChang, Janie
Summary: After being abandoned by her mother in 1908 Shanghai, a young Eurasian girl, Jialing, becomes the bondservant to the new owners of a grand estate until she befriends a young English girl who mysteriously disappears and forever changes her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: "High-achieving Kavya Joshi has always been told she's a little too ambitious, a little too mouthy, and overall just a little too much. In one word: besharam. So, when her nemesis, Ian Jun, witnesses Kavya's very public breakup with her loser boyfriend on the last day of junior year, she decides to lay low...Exhausted by Kavya and Ian's years-long feud, their friends hatch a plan to end their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022