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Six sweets under / by Fox, Sarah(Mystery writer),author.;
Former actress Becca Ransom lived her dream in Hollywood for seven years before returning to her hometown of Larch Haven, known as the Venice of North America. The Vermont town has canals instead of roads, gondolas instead of cars, and charming cottages plucked from the pages of a fairy tale. It's also where Becca is pursuing her newest passion as a chocolatier at True Confections, the chocolate shop owned by her grandparents, Lolly and Pops. While Becca's testing new flavors and reconnecting with old friends, the town is gearing up for the annual Gondola Races, popular with both residents and tourists, with one exception. Local curmudgeon Archie Smith wants nothing more than to keep tourists away from Larch Haven. He's determined to derail this year's event and does his best to stir up trouble for the organizers, including Becca's grandfather. Following a heated argument with Pops, Archie is found floating face-down in the canal, and Pops finds himself in hot water as one of the top suspects. Becca's determined to clear her grandfather's name, but when the case heats up, she could be facing a sticky end.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Chocolate industry; Family-owned business enterprises; Grandfathers; Grandparents; Murder;
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Fugitive telemetry / by Wells, Martha,author.;
"The New York Times bestselling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry! Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read") Murderbot has also established Martha Wells as one of the great SF writers of today. No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people-who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again! A new standalone adventure in the New York Times-bestselling, Hugo and Nebula Award winning series!"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Androids; Artificial intelligence; Human-computer interaction; Interplanetary voyages; Murder; Robots;
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Anna O : a novel / by Blake, Matthew(Author of Anna O),author.;
"The world will know her name. The average person spends 33 years of their life asleep. But, in this mysterious shadow world, how can we ever know who we really become? In 2019, Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future ahead of her. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive and hasn't woken up since. Her deep sleep is known by neurologists as 'resignation syndrome', a rare functional psychosomatic disorder. The tabloid press dubs her 'Sleeping Beauty'. Fast forward to the present day. Dr Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. As a consultant at The Abbey, a sleep clinic based in London's infamous Harley Street, he has studied patients who are held on murder charges; but they have no memory of their crimes. As Anna shows the first signs of stirring, Benedict must determine what really happened that night and whether or not she should be held criminally responsible for her actions when she finally wakes up. Only she knows the truth about that night, but only he knows how to discover it."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Coma; Murder; Secrecy; Truth; Women murderers;
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The invisible hour [sound recording] : a novel / by Hoffman, Alice,author.; Mueller, Jessie,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Jessie Mueller."One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia's mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community--an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her? Through a journey of heartbreak, love, and time, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with at the Community. As she does, she realizes that reading can transport you to other worlds or bring them to you, and that readers and writers affect one another in mysterious ways. She learns that time is more fluid than she can imagine, and that love is stronger than any chains that bind you. As a girl Mia fell in love with a book. Now as a young woman she falls in love with a brilliant writer as she makes her way back in time. But what if Nathaniel Hawthorne never wrote The Scarlet Letter? And what if Mia Jacob never found it on the day she planned to die?"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Paranormal fiction.; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; Books and reading; Cults; Man-woman relationships; Time travel;
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Madame Web [videorecording] / by Sazama, Matt,screenwriter.; Sharpless, Burk,screenwriter.; Parker, Claire,screenwriter.; Clarkson, S. J.,film director.; Johnson, Dakota,1989-actor.; Merced, Isabela,2001-actor.; O'Connor, Celeste,1998-actor.; Sweeney, Sydney,1997-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O'Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts, Adam Scott, Zosia Mamet.Cassandra Webb is a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, action and language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Madame Web (Fictitious character); Spider-Woman (Fictitious character); Clairvoyance; Precognition; Good and evil; Female friendship; Near-death experiences; Women superheroes; Allied health personnel;
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The most wonderful crime of the year : a novel / by Carter, Ally,author.;
Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter. The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room two days before Christmas. Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt: She's the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. He's Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts. He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she's told him otherwise.) But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself. That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone. She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust? As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth--and each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor. Assuming they don't kill each other first.
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Christmas stories; Authors; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons; Parties; Women authors;
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School days : a novel / by Galassi, Jonathan,author.;
"From the renowned president of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, a coming-of-age tale of privilege and hidden sexuality at a New England boys' boarding school. Sam has spent more than half his life at the prestigious Leverett high school, which lies at the heart of an affluent Connecticut town of the same name. First as a student in the late 1960s, before coeducation, then as an English teacher after Harvard and Oxford, he developed a keen sense of loyalty to this vaunted institution that shaped his identity. But when the headmaster reveals that a former classmate of Sam's has raised allegations of long-concealed sexual abuse, Sam finds himself reliving those formative years, forced to confront the dark underside of a seemingly enviable world of wealth and intellect. Telling the story of a brilliant teacher whose mysterious behavior fascinates his students until charges against him begin to emerge, School Days deftly navigates the politics of social circles and fraught crushes. With this latest novel, critically acclaimed writer and publisher Jonathan Galassi provides a nuanced, deeply observed portrait of a particular type of American meritocracy, with all its flaws"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Boarding school students; Boarding schools; Child sexual abuse; English teachers; Gay men; Teachers; Teacher-student relationships;
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Trio : a novel / by Boyd, William,1952-author.;
"From the award-winning, best-selling author comes a rollicking novel with a dark undertow, set around three unforgettable individuals and a doomed movie set. A producer. A novelist. An actress. It's summer 1968--a time of war and assassinations, protests and riots. While the world is reeling, our trio is involved in making a disaster-plagued, Swingin' Sixties British movie in sunny Brighton. All are leading secret lives. As the movie shoot zigs and zags, these layers of secrets become increasingly more untenable. Pressures build inexorably. The FBI and CIA get involved. Someone is going to crack--or maybe they all will. From one of Britain's best loved writers comes an exhilarating, tender novel--by turns hilarious and heartbreaking--that asks the vital questions: What makes life worth living? And what do you do if you find it isn't?"--
Subjects: Black humor.; Humorous fiction.; Nineteen sixties; Motion picture industry; Secrecy; Social pressure; Self-realization;
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The lady in the van [videorecording] / by Bennett, Alan,1934-screenwriter.; Broadbent, Jim,actor.; Hytner, Nicholas,film director.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Smith, Maggie,1934-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent.Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (1.85) ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Bennett, Alan, 1934-; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Friendship; Homeless women; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Squatters; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.;
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Seven / by Doctor, Farzana,author.;
'Seven' is a rich, soulfully written novel about inheritance and resistance that tests the balance between modern and traditional customs. Farzana Doctor is the author of 'All Inclusive' and 'Six Metres of Pavement', which won the 2012 Lambda Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. Doctor is one of CBC Books Ten Canadian Women Writers You Need to Read Now and the recipient of the Writers Trust of Canadas Dayne Ogilvie Grant. She lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Female circumcision;
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