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The high season : a novel / by Blundell, Judy,author.;
"On Memorial Day weekend in a seaside town on Long Island, Ruthie, her still-adored ex-husband, Mike, and the couple's sullen fifteen-year-old daughter, Jem, are packing up the last bits of their household in preparation for the yearly arrival of a wealthy renter from Manhattan. It is what Jem calls "the summer bummer"; her parents own a beautiful house that they have renovated by hand from top to bottom, but which they can only afford to keep by leasing it out during the best part of the year.Soon Ruthie's relationship with Mike seems about to disappear for good. The job she loves, as the underpaid and undervalued director of the local arts museum, is under siege from a coterie of rich women from the city, who want to use it as an opportunity for social climbing. An old flame who once broke her heart and betrayed her is back on the scene, causing Ruthie to re-evaluate their romance. And in the midst of it all, her teenage daughter Jem could be involved in a dangerous and destructive relationship of her own.This is a novel about the dreams and ambitions of youth coming to terms with the realities of middle-age; about the way desperation can make us astonish ourselves; and about how the most disruptive events in our lives can sometimes twist endings into new beginnings"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Mothers and daughters; Vacation homes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Audrey Hepburn estate : a novel / by Janowitz, Brenda,author.;
When Emma Jansen learns the Long Island estate where she grew up will be demolished, she returns for a last visit. But Emma finds she can't ignore the complicated memories of living over the garage, a child of the help.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Homecoming; Mansions; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A distant grave / by Taylor, Sarah Stewart,author.;
"In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D'arcy tackles another intricate case that bridges Long Island and Ireland. Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still recovering from the events of last fall when a strange new case demands Maggie's attention. The body of an unidentified Irish national turns up in a wealthy Long Island beach community and with little to go on but the scars on his back, Maggie once again teams up with Garda detectives in Ireland to find out who the man was and what he was doing on Long Island. The strands of the mystery take Maggie to a quiet village in rural County Clare that's full of secrets and introduce her to the world of humanitarian aid workers half a world away. And as she gets closer to the truth about the murder, what she learns leads her back to her home turf and into range of a dangerous and determined killer who will do anything to keep the victim's story hidden forever. With the lyrical prose, deeply drawn characters, and atmospheric setting that put The Mountains Wild on multiple best of the year lists, Sarah Stewart Taylor delivers another gripping mystery novel about family, survival, and the meaning of home"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Humanitarian aid workers; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Zoobreak / by Korman, Gordon.;
After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.LSC
Subjects: Zoos; Theft; Animal rescue;
© 2009., Scholastic Press,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Night fall : a novel / by DeMille, Nelson;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; TWA Flight 800 Crash, 1996.; Aircraft accidents; Government investigators; Terrorism; Suspense fiction;
© c2004., Warner Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The guest : a novel / by Cline, Emma,author.;
"Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarified world that is, at first, closed to her. Propelled by desperation and a mutable sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next, a cipher leaving destruction in her wake. Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline's The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Rich people; Social classes; Swindlers and swindling;
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The guest [sound recording] : a novel / by Cline, Emma,author.; Brentan, Carlotta,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Carlotta Brentan."Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarified world that is, at first, closed to her. Propelled by desperation and a mutable sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next, a cipher leaving destruction in her wake. Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline's The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Rich people; Social classes; Swindlers and swindling;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Leave the world behind : a novel / by Alam, Rumaan,author.;
"A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Families; Electric power failures; Social classes; Trust;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mountains wild / by Taylor, Sarah Stewart,author.;
"After more than twenty years, Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy finally tackles the case that changed the course of her life. Twenty-three years ago, Maggie D'arcy's family received a call from the Dublin police. Her cousin Erin has been missing for several days. Maggie herself spent weeks in Ireland, trying to track Erin's movements, working beside the police. But it was to no avail: no trace of her was ever found. The experience inspired Maggie to become a cop. Now, back on Long Island, more than 20 years have passed. Maggie is a detective and a divorced mother of a teenager. When the Gardaí call to say that Erin's scarf has been found and another young woman has gone missing, Maggie returns to Ireland, awakening all the complicated feelings from the first trip. The despair and frustration of not knowing what happened to Erin. Her attraction to Erin's coworker, now a professor, who never fully explained their relationship. And her determination to solve the case, once and for all. A lyrical, deeply drawn portrait of a woman - and a country - over two decades - The Mountains Wild introduces a compelling new mystery series from a mesmerizing author"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Police; Women detectives; Missing persons; Murder; Women;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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There's more to life than this : healing messages, remarkable stories, and insight about the other side from the Long Island Medium / by Caputo, Theresa.; Grish, Kristina.;
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Subjects: Caputo, Theresa.; Women mediums; Spiritualists;
© 2013., Atria Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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