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The Enchanters A novel [electronic resource] : by Ellroy, James.aut; cloudLibrary;
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with a wild riff on the Marilyn Monroe death myth in an astonishing, behind-the-headlines crime epic. Los Angeles, August 4, 1962. The city broils through a midsummer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker’s looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash.  The freewheeling Freddy O: tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives by the maxim “Opportunity is love.” Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroe’s death and the kidnapped starlet to be a poisonous riddle that only he has the guts and the brains to untangle. We are with him as he tears through all those who block his path to the truth. We are with him as he penetrates the faux-sunshine of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and the shuck of Camelot. We are with him as he falters, and grasps for love beyond opportunity. We are with him as he tracks Marilyn Monroe’s horrific last charade through a nightmare L.A. that he served to create — and as he confronts his complicity and his own raging madness.  It’s the Summer of ’62, baby. Freddy O’s got a hot date with history. The savage Sixties are ready to pop. It’s just a shot away. The Enchanters is a transcendent work of American popular fiction. It is James Ellroy at his most crazed, brilliant, provocative, profanely hilarious, and stop-your-heart tender. It is a luminous psychological drama and an unparalleled thrill ride. It is, resoundingly, the great American crime novel.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Hard-Boiled; Historical;
© 2023., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,
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Twelve Months. by Butcher, Jim.;
In 'Twelve Months', Ghouls are prowling Chicago and taking out innocent civilians. Harrys brother is dying, and Harry doesnt know how to help him. And last but certainly not least, the Winter Queen of the Fae has allied with the White Court of vampires - and Harrys been betrothed to the seductive, deadly vampire Lara Raith to seal the deal. The city needs Harry Dresden the wizard - but after loss and grief, is there enough left of Harry Dresden the man to rise to the challenge?Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Fantasy / Urban; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Comic Shift [electronic resource] : by Staunton Ted.aut; CloudLibrary;
A page-turner set in the world of comics and comic conventions! Des is the kid everyone overlooks, even as he longs for some recognition. He doesn't stand out in any particular way — except one: He's a "super-recognizer," someone who never forgets a face. It's a talent not even he values. But Des wants to change the game. So he comes up with a plan to use his superpower to help his mom's detective squad ID the members of a crime ring that are looking to make off with some valuable items at a comic convention. Instead, he meets Cosmo, who has a power of their own. Can Des's power help Cosmo before spies, police and an international comics empire co-opt Cosmo's power? A twisty story with fantastic page-turning plot points that also delivers a universal message about recognizing the strengths of your true self.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Mysteries & Detective Stories; Superheroes;
© 2025., Scholastic Canada,
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Run away / by Coben, Harlan,1962-author.;
"You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you do the only thing a parent can do: you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Before you know it, both your family and your life are on the line. And in order to protect your daughter from the evils of that world, you must face them head on"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Daughters; Drug addicts; Runaway women; Murder; Detective and mystery stories;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Mindful of Murder A Novel [electronic resource] : by Juby, Susan.aut; cloudLibrary;
Meet Helen Thorpe. She’s smart, preternaturally calm, deeply insightful and a freshly trained butler. On the day she is supposed to start her career as an unusually equanimous domestic professional serving one of the wealthiest families in the world, she is called back to a spiritual retreat where she used to work, the Yatra Institute, on one of British Columbia’s gulf islands. The owner of the lodge, Helen’s former employer Edna, has died while on a three-month silent self-retreat, leaving Helen instructions to settle her affairs. But Edna’s will is more detailed than most, and getting things in order means Helen must run the retreat for a select group to determine which of Edna’s relatives will inherit the institute. Helen’s classmates, newly minted butlers themselves, decide they can’t let her go it alone and arrive to help Helen pull things off. After all, is there anything three butlers can’t handle? As Helen carries out the will’s instructions, she begins to think that someone had reason to want Edna dead. A reluctantly suspicious investigator, Helen and her band of butlers find themselves caught up in the mystery.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Amateur Sleuth; Humorous;
© 2022., HarperCollins Canada,
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Mindful of Murder A Novel - A Comedic Whodunit with a Wiccan Twist [electronic resource] : by Juby, Susan.aut; Larsen, Lisa.nrt; cloudLibrary;
Meet Helen Thorpe. She’s smart, preternaturally calm, deeply insightful and a freshly trained butler. On the day she is supposed to start her career as an unusually equanimous domestic professional serving one of the wealthiest families in the world, she is called back to a spiritual retreat where she used to work, the Yatra Institute, on one of British Columbia’s gulf islands. The owner of the lodge, Helen’s former employer Edna, has died while on a three-month silent self-retreat, leaving Helen instructions to settle her affairs. But Edna’s will is more detailed than most, and getting things in order means Helen must run the retreat for a select group to determine which of Edna’s relatives will inherit the institute. Helen’s classmates, newly minted butlers themselves, decide they can’t let her go it alone and arrive to help Helen pull things off. After all, is there anything three butlers can’t handle? As Helen carries out the will’s instructions, she begins to think that someone had reason to want Edna dead. A reluctantly suspicious investigator, Helen and her band of butlers find themselves caught up in the mystery. With its strong female protagonist and focus on female killers like Miss Smithers and Alice MacLeod, 'Mindful of Murder' is a refreshing addition to the canon of murder mystery novels. HarperCollins 2024
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Amateur Sleuth; Humorous;
© 2022., HarperCollins,
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Contemplation of a Crime A Novel [electronic resource] : by Juby, Susan.aut; CloudLibrary;
Buddhist butler and reluctant investigator Helen Thorpe bands together with her fellow butler-school graduates to rescue her very wealthy employer and his son in this new mystery by bestselling author Susan Juby  Butler Helen Thorpe is not one to judge, but the participants in Close Encounters for Global Healing are astonishingly unpleasant. The five-day program brings together people from across the political spectrum with the goal of helping them bridge their ideological and personal differences. Helen and her employer, Mr. Levine, have come to Side Island to assist David, his youngest son, who is facilitating the course. The motley assortment of participants includes a burned-out environmental activist, an internet troll, a clued-out consumerist, an alleged white nationalist, and a man who was arrested at the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. No one seems interested in a civil conversation, much less global healing, and each person has shown up with their own secret agenda. No rapprochement between the warring—or at least endlessly bickering—parties seems possible. But when something deadly happens, they must learn to work together. First, however, they must figure out who among them can be trusted.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Amateur Sleuth; Humorous;
© 2025., HarperCollins Canada,
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Chasing darkness : an Elvis Cole novel / by Crais, Robert;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Cole, Elvis (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Mystery fiction;
© 2008., Simon & Schuster,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mystery of the icy paw prints / by Paris, Harper.; Calo, Marcos,illustrator.;
While visiting Alaska, Ethan and Ella follow some icy paw prints that lead to a brand-new mystery.
Subjects: Mystery and detective stories.; Brothers and sisters; Twins;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A killing at Cotton Hill : a Samuel Craddock mystery / by Shames, Terry.;
"The chief of police of Jarrett Creek, Texas, doubles as the town drunk. So when Dora Lee Parjeter is murdered, her old friend and former police chief Samuel Craddock steps in. He discovers that a lot of people had it in for Dora Lee. Will Craddock have what it takes to find the killer?"--
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Ex-police officers; Women; Mystery & Detective.;
© 2013., Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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