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Pay dirt / by Paretsky, Sara,author.;
While visiting Angela, one her protégées in Kansas, V.I. Warshawski, when Angela's roommate goes missing and V.I. finds her near death in a drug house, is pitched headlong into the country's opioid crisis and a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Warshawski, V. I. (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Murder; Opioid abuse; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Pay dirt [text (large print)] / by Paretsky, Sara,author.;
While visiting Angela, one her protégées in Kansas, V.I. Warshawski, when Angela's roommate goes missing and V.I. finds her near death in a drug house, is pitched headlong into the country's opioid crisis and a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Warshawski, V. I. (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Murder; Opioid abuse; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ghost boys / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955; Police shootings; Racism; Death; African Americans; Families;
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The second chance garden / by Pine, A. J.,author.;
When a tornado tears through her hometown of Summertown, Illinois, wreaking havoc on the people she loves, social media manager Emma Woods has no choice but to head back home from her life in the big city to help rebuild. She's determined to use her social media savvy to put Summertown back on the map in time for the annual Garden Fest with rival town Middlebrook. Summertown really needs that prize money now. And if she can only avoid Matteo Rourke--the reason she left Summertown in the first place--all the better. Matteo can't help what happened that broke up his and Emma's relationship years ago. All he can do now that she's back in town is avoid her, but of course everywhere he goes, Emma is there.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Disaster relief; Gardens; Man-woman relationships; Social media; Tornadoes;
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The mayor of Maxwell Street / by Cunningham, Avery,author.;
"An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; American Dream; Man-woman relationships; Upper class; Women;
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Becoming : adapted for young readers / by Obama, Michelle,1964-;
A note to readers -- Preface -- Becoming me -- Becoming us -- Becoming more -- Epilogue.This volume for young people is an honest and fascinating account of Michelle Obama's life led by example. She shares her views on how all young people can help themselves as well as help others, no matter their status in life. She asks readers to realize that no one is perfect, and that the process of becoming is what matters, as finding yourself is ever evolving. In telling her story with boldness, she asks young readers: Who are you, and what do you want to become?LSC
Subjects: Obama, Michelle, 1964-; Presidents' spouses; African American women lawyers; Legislators' spouses;
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Traces of guilt / by Henderson, Dee,author.;
Gabriel Thane is the sheriff and lifetime resident of Carin County Illinois, committed to upholding the law and keeping the residents safe. Lieutenant Evie Blackwell is a State Police Detective skilled at investigations. She launches a new task force to reexamine unsolved crimes across the state. She begins work with the sheriff's department on a few of its most troubling missing-persons cases, a deputy, his wife and eleven-year old son's disappearance, and in an unrelated case involving a six-year-old girl abducted from a hotel. As she examines old evidence, she finds a connection to a third cold case.
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Illinois State Police; Women detectives; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Missing persons; Sheriffs;
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Barack before Obama : life before the presidency / by Katz, David,1981-author,photographer.; Obama, Barack,writer of foreword.;
"A personal, intimate, photographic celebration of President Barack Obama in the years prior to his presidency, from friend and former aide David Katz"--
Subjects: Photobooks.; Biographies.; Obama, Barack.; Obama, Barack; Obama family.; United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators; African American presidential candidates; Presidential candidates; Political candidates;
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Lies he told me / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Ellis, David,1967-author.;
"An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband has a secret life-and it might cost them all their lives. Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family law. When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he's celebrated as a hero. His muscled physique, shaved head, and piercing blue eyes are broadcast on every news outlet. For most people, newfound fame is a lifeline. For David Bowers, it's a death sentence. For Marcie Bowers, it's a test. A wife knows the difference between a loving family man and a cold-blooded assassin, right?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Bar owners; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Secrecy; Truthfulness and falsehood; Women lawyers;
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Lies he told me [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Ellis, David,1967-author.;
"An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband has a secret life-and it might cost them all their lives. Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family law. When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he's celebrated as a hero. His muscled physique, shaved head, and piercing blue eyes are broadcast on every news outlet. For most people, newfound fame is a lifeline. For David Bowers, it's a death sentence. For Marcie Bowers, it's a test. A wife knows the difference between a loving family man and a cold-blooded assassin, right?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Bar owners; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Secrecy; Truthfulness and falsehood; Women lawyers;
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