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Ladies of Lantern Street volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight. But Amity Doncaster barely escapes with her life after she is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Her quick thinking, and her secret weapon, save her . . . for now. But the monster known in the press as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Annie Darling's murder mystery cruise in the waters off her not-always-idyllic isle of Broward's Rock is going swimmingly — until one of the revelers plunges overboard. And despite hubby Max's courageous rescue attempt, faux murder turns all too quickly into real-life death. As the body count rises over the next few days, the popular proprietress of the Death on Demand bookstore begins to suspect that all the victims were murdered most foully,
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English
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"The British-born Punjabi Shergill sisters--Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia--were never close and barely got along growing up, and now as adults, have grown even further apart. Rajni, a school principal is a stickler for order. Jezmeen, a thirty-year-old struggling actress, fears her big break may never come. Shirina, the peacemaking "good" sister married into wealth and enjoys a picture-perfect life. On her deathbed, their mother voices one last wish:...
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English
Description
A widow from India travels to California to learn the truth about what happened to the son who was declared dead shortly after he revealed his sexual orientation to their traditional family.
Recently widowed Pival Sengupta books a trip Kolkota to New York and then on a cross-country journey to California, where she hopes to uncover the truth about her beloved son, Rahi. A year ago Rahi told his parents he was gay. As far as her husband Ram was concerned,...
6) Flights
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear. Through these brilliantly imagined...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too. 2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to...
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Author
Series
Maxie and Stretch mysteries volume 2
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Maxie and Stretch mysteries volume 3
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
11) A Texan's honor
Author
Series
Heart of a hero volume 2
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Texas, 1874. Years ago, Will McMillan had fought in the open, next to his Captain, Clayton Proffitt. Now he's waging another war undercover, pretending to be a member of the notorious Walton Gang."--Provided by publisher.
12) The fountain
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1,000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Tom is a man who is devoted to one woman, Izzi, and becomes determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to 16th century Europe and America where Tomas is a Spanish explorer searching for Incan magic; to the present day where Tom is a doctor...
14) Dead run
Author
Series
Monkeewrench volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Hanne Wilhelmsen novels volume 8
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A locked-room mystery set in an isolated hotel in Norway, where travelers stranded during a snowstorm start turning up dead. Retired police inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen, wheelchair-bound after being paralysed by a bullet lodged in her spine, has no desire to get involved, but her curiosity and natural talent for observation force her to take an interest before panic takes over.
Author
Series
Sisterchicks novels volume 6
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Maxie and Stretch mysteries volume 1
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
20) Solo
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Evie Silverman is a semi-celebrity in the British tabloids, known as much for her fabulous sense of style as for her rising reputation as a "pop" classical musician. But Evie is getting restless, growing dissatisfied with both her stale marriage and her shallow career. An extended trip to New York seems to be just what she needs, but Evie's problems follow her: the demands of the media on an emerging pop starlet, the threats of a determined stalker,...
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