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Swept away : Ruth Mornay and the unwanted clues / by Hyde, Natalie.;
"Unlike the rest of the people in her small town, Ruth Mornay does not believe that the death of her sixty-four-year-old neighbour Beatrice was an accident. Word has it that Bea was swept away by the flooded Teeswater River, but Bea was the head of the Teeswater River Embankment Rehabilitation Society, so Ruth knows her friend would never be so careless. Bea's godson Saul adds to Ruth's suspicions when he claims that Bea had premonitions about her murder and has left Ruth a box of clues to figure out what really happened. But what could a frog-shaped sprinkler, a mismatched pair of ladies' gloves, and an ugly flower picture made of human hair possibly have to do with Bea's death? That's the case Saul, Ruth, and Ruth's wayward pet chicken Dorcas, have to crack."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Child detectives; Small cities;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Twisted tea Christmas / by Childs, Laura,author.;
"Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party at a swanky mansion in downtown Charleston for Drucilla Heyward, one of the wealthiest women in town. As the champagne flows and the tea steeps, Drucilla is so pleased with the reception by her partygoers that she reveals her secret plan to Theodosia. The Grande Dame has brought the cream of Charleston society together to reveal that she is planning to give her wealth away to various charitable organizations. However, before she can make the announcement, Theodosia finds her crumpled unconscious in the hallway. It looks like the excitement has gotten to the elderly woman--except that there is a syringe sticking out of her neck"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Recipes.; Inheritance and succession; Murder; Rich people; Tearooms;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The spectacular : a novel / by Whittall, Zoe,author.;
"Three generations of women strive for real freedom in this startling, provocative novel exploring sexuality, gender, and maternal ambivalence, from the acclaimed author of The Best Kind of People. It's 1997 and Missy's band has finally hit the big time as they tour across America. At twenty-two years old, Missy gets on stage every night and plays the song about her absent mother that made the band famous. Missy is the only girl in the band and she's determined to party just as hard as everyone else, loving and leaving someone in every town. But then a forgotten party favor strands her at the border. Fortysomething Carola is just surfacing from a sex scandal at the yoga center where she has been living when she sees her daughter, Missy, for the first time in ten years--on the cover of a music magazine. Ruth is eighty-three and planning her return to the Turkish seaside village where she spent her childhood. But when her granddaughter Missy winds up crashing at her house, she decides it's time that the strong and stubborn women in her family find a way to understand each other again. In this sharply observed novel, Zoe Whittall captures three very different women who struggle to build an authentic life. Definitions of family, romance, gender, and love will radically change as they seek out lives that are nothing less than spectacular"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Women; Mothers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Robert B. Parker's Fallout / by Lupica, Mike,author.; Parker, Robert B.,1932-2010,creator.;
"When two seemingly unconnected mysterious deaths occur on his watch, police chief Jesse Stone must pull out all the stops to unravel the truth and stop a killer from striking again ... The small town of Paradise is devastated when a star high-school baseball player is found dead at the bottom of a bluff just a day after winning the team's biggest game. For Jesse, the loss is doubly difficult-the teen was the nephew of his colleague, Suitcase Simpson, and Jesse had been coaching the young shortstop. As he searches for answers about how the boy died and why, he is stonewalled at every turn, and it seems that someone is determined to keep him from digging further. Jesse suddenly must divide his attention between two cases after the shocking murder of former Paradise police chief, Charlie Farrell. Before his death, Farrell had been looking into a series of scam calls that preyed upon the elderly. But how do these "ghost calls" connect to his murder? When threats-and gunshots-appear on Jesse's own doorstep, the race to find answers is on. Both old and new enemies come into play, and in the end, Jesse and his team must discover the common factor between the two deaths in order to prevent a third."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Stone, Jesse (Fictitious character); Murder; Police chiefs;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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One minute more / by Rotenberg, Robert,1953-author.;
"For fans of Lee Child and Brad Thor, an unstoppable thriller set in 1988 when--a mere 100 hours before world leaders gather for the G7 summit--police get a hot tip that an assassin is on the way. It's a long-shot mission. No one thinks much of the information the Toronto chief of police receives from a mysterious source: a would-be assassin is about to cross the border into Canada to kill the heads of the seven most powerful countries in the world. Undeterred, he sends young police officer Ari Greene to a sleepy Quebec-Vermont border town to investigate. During a festive and colourful July 4th parade, Greene spots his unlikely target and gives chase across borders and boundaries. But as the hours and the minutes until the summit tick down, bodies start to pile up ... And no one, not even international heads of state, are safe. This prequel to Robert Rotenberg's bestselling series, including What We Buried and Downfall, is an excellent introduction to one of Toronto's favourite detectives, Ari Greene, on his first-ever case. An enthralling action thriller in the tradition of Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series, One Minute More is sure to delight readers of Rotenberg's previous books and attract a whole new audience."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; G7 Summit; Assassins; Detectives; Murder; Police;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Once more with feeling / by Cook, Méira,1964-author.;
"Set over the course of a single year in a western prairie city, Once More with Feeling tells the story of a community through intersecting moments and interconnected lives. Featuring a cast of eclectic characters, Once More With Feeling is about a city, about a community, about a family, and about the way time makes fond fools of us all. Award-winning author Méira Cook has crafted a haunting, profound novel that is at once funny, affecting, and yes, full of feeling."--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Psychological fiction.; City and town life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Uncommon type : some stories / by Hanks, Tom,author.; Twomey, Kevin,photographer.;
"Uncommon Type contains seventeen stories, each in some way involving a different typewriter (Hanks is an avid collector of vintage typewriters and owns over one hundred of them). The stories feature an immigrant arriving in New York City after his family and life have been torn apart by his country's civil war; a man who bowls a perfect game (and then another, and another), becoming ESPN's newest celebrity; an eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant on the hunt for something larger in America; and the junket life of an actor."--
Subjects: Short stories.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Harley Quinn. [graphic novel] / by Howard, Tini,author.; Boo, Sweeney,illustrator.; Brandt, Ted,author,illustrator,colorist.; Bustos, Natacha,illustrator,colourist.; Filardi, Nick,colourist.; Otsmane-Elhaou, Hassan,letterer.; Stein, Ro,author,illustrator,colorist.; Wands, Steve,letterer.;
"Ever have one of those days where ya just can't catch a break? A day where you're really trying not to get into trouble while your girlfriend is out of town, but then some jerk attacks you at brunch, you get arrested for some teensy-weensy property damage, and you're sentenced to community service? Well Harley Quinn has and it's enough to make a gal start seeing cartoon fishies every which way and such! And when Harley finds out she's been cursed, she'll need to use magic and travel the Multiverse and deal with ... cartoon fish and higher beings?!"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Queer comics.; Superhero comics.; Harley Quinn (Fictitious character); Women antiheroes; Women superheroes; Supervillains; Gotham City (Imaginary place);
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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A stranger in town / by Armstrong, Kelley,author.;
"In the latest riveting thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, the paranoia increases--along with the stakes--as the town of Rockton tries to solve the latest mystery at their door. Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, presumes it's the natural flux of things, but Casey's not so sure. It seems like something bigger is happening in the small town they call home. When an injured hiker stumbles from the woods, someone who seems to have come to the Yukon for a wilderness vacation but instead is now fighting for her life, it's all hands on deck. What--or who--attacked this woman, and why? With the woman unconscious, and no leads, Casey and Eric don't know where the threat is coming from. Plus, the residents of their deeply secretive town are uneasy with this stranger in their midst. Everyone in Rockton wants this mystery solved--and fast"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Duncan, Casey (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Sheriffs; Children and strangers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Christmas in Bethel / by Evans, Richard Paul,author.;
"Leigh Beth Stilton has never liked the holidays. After growing up in an unstable home, escaping an abusive marriage, and witnessing daily tragedies as an EMT, Leigh just can't bring herself to care about Christmas cheer. In fact, she's so convinced she's not worth loving that one winter's eve, she decides she can't go on--until she comes across a book called Bethel and starts to read. Leigh is unfamiliar with the author, J.D. Harper, but his words speak directly to her. She's never felt so seen and understood, and this connection gives her the strength to carry on. She avidly reads every novel Harper has written, and when he comes to town for a book signing, she jumps at the opportunity to meet the writer who means so much to her. In a twist of fate, Leigh runs into J.D. in a coffee shop, and the two immediately click. Before she knows it, she's swept up in a whirlwind of fancy dinners, exciting travel, and the attention of the man whose work has been so meaningful to her. But she's leery after a lifetime of pain and when she discovers that J.D. hasn't been completely honest, her hopes are dashed. Can they find their way back to each other and can Leigh learn to trust her heart?"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Christmas stories; Books and reading; Emergency medical personnel; Holidays; Man-woman relationships; Novelists; Self-esteem in women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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