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The murder of twelve : a novel / by Fletcher, Jessica.; Land, Jon.;
"Jessica Fletcher takes on an Agatha Christie-style mystery when she finds herself stranded in a hotel during a blizzard with twelve strangers and a killer in their midst.... Still staying at the Hill House hotel while her beloved home is being rebuilt, Jessica Fletcher finds herself sharing the space for a weekend with a dozen members of a wedding party who have gathered there for a rehearsal dinner. The families of the bride and groom can't stand each other but have agreed to put aside years of long-simmering tension to celebrate the nuptials. Unfortunately, weather forecasters underestimated the severity of a storm that turns into a historic blizzard that dumps nearly five feet of snow on Cabot Cove, leaving everyone stranded. But the hotel guests have bigger things to worry about than bad weather conditions and potential cold feet, because a murderer has shown up uninvited--one who has vowed to take them down one by one..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fletcher, Jessica; Murder; Women novelists; Women detectives;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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After the rain [graphic novel] / by Jennings, John,1970-author.; Brame, David(Illustrator),artist.; Duffy, Damian,letterer.; Okorafor, Nnedi.On the road.;
"After the Rain' is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story "On the Road." The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings and David Brame's graphic novel collaboration uses bold art and colors to powerfully tell this tale of identity and destiny."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fate and fatalism; Nigerian Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Heartland. [videorecording] / by Brooke, Lauren.Heartland.Videorecording.; Conkie, Heather.; Dimarco, Steve.; Grewal, Tina.; Johnston, Shaun.; Marshall, Amber.; Morgan, Michele.; Power, Keith.; Dynamo Films.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Seven24 Films.;
Disc 1. There and back again -- The big red wall -- Severed ties -- Secrets and lies.Disc 2. Endngs and beginnings -- Steal away -- Walk a mile -- The family tree.Disc 3. The Pike River cull -- The heart of a river -- The silent partner -- Broken Heartland.Disc 4. Cowgirls don't cry -- Riders on the storm -- Eclipse of the heart -- Faking it.Disc 5. All I need is you -- Written in stone -- Bonus features.Director of photography, Craig Wrobleski ; music, Keith Power.Amber Marshall, Michele Morgan, Shaun Johnston, Graham Wardle, Nathaniel Arcand, Chris Potter.Season 8 begins with Amy arriving back from the European Equestrian circuit, still riding high on the opulent lifestyle and adrenaline of working with Prince Ahmed's high-performance horses. But if she thought life at HEARTLAND was going to pick up where it left off, she is sorely mistaken. Amy's time away has changed her and everyone else back home. And as the family struggles through secrets, rivalries and misunderstandings, Amy and Ty must find solid ground in their relationship. By the end of the season they have persevered and grown as a couple, moving forward into their future.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Brooke, Lauren.; Coming-of-age television programs.; Families; Horse whisperers; Horses; Ranches; Teen television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Gull Island : a novel / by Porter, Anna,author.;
"When her estranged father goes missing, Jude is persuaded by her mother to find his will. She travels to the family cottage on remote Gull Island, glad to be away from the city and to have the chance to sort through old memories, but is unsettled by what she finds there. While contending with the neglected cottage and encroaching wild animals, Jude looks not only for her father's will, but also for photographs of herself as a baby, desperate for proof that she was loved as a child. However, loneliness and terrifying dreams soon wear on her, bringing back frightening memories. Thoughts of her distant mother and intimidating father, her jealous sister, and her mother's mysterious friend infest Jude's increasingly clouded mind. Then a fierce storm sweeps away her boat and severs her from the outside world. Forced to reckon with long-buried truths and filled with the terrible sense that the cottage may be haunted by more than the past, Jude begins to fear for her sanity--and her life."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cottages; Dysfunctional families; Family secrets; Islands; Missing persons; Parent and child;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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North of nowhere / by Brennan, Allison,author.;
"After five years in hiding from their murderous father, the day Kristen and Ryan McIntyre have been dreading has arrived: Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family, has at last tracked his kids to a small Montana town and is minutes away from kidnapping them. They barely escape in a small plane, but gunfire hits the fuel line. The pilot, a man who has been raising them as his own, manages to crash land in the middle of the Montana wilderness. The siblings hike deep into the woods, searching desperately for safety-unaware of the severity of the approaching storm. Boyd's sister Ruby left Los Angeles for the Army years ago, cutting off contact in order to help keep her niece and nephew safe and free from the horrors of the McIntyre clan. So when she gets an emergency call that the plane has gone down with the kids inside, she drops everything to try save them. As the storm builds, Ruby isn't the only person looking for them. Boyd has hired an expert tracker to find and bring them home. And rancher Nick Lorenzo, who knows these mountains better than anyone and doesn't understand why the kids are running, is on their trail too. But there is a greater threat to Kristen and Ryan out there. More volatile than the incoming blizzard, more dangerous than the family they ran from or the natural predators they could encounter. Who finds them first could determine if they live or die ... "--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Aircraft accidents; Gangsters; Siblings; Wilderness survival;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Stuart Woods' Golden Hour [electronic resource] : by Battles, Brett.aut; cloudLibrary;
Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another heart-pounding Hollywood-fueled adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series. Teddy Fay is ready to embark on the European press tour of Peter Barrington’s latest film Storm’s Eye, when he receives an unexpected visit from Lance Cabot, director of the CIA. Several CIA agents have been turning up dead. The commonality? They were all part of a mission Teddy was involved in: Golden Hour. Lance wants Teddy to use his trip as a cover to investigate who is behind these killings. From Venice and Budapest to their last stop at a film festival in Berlin, Teddy must dodge excited fans, enamored women, and a few too many assassins who seem dead set on tracking down Golden Hour agents. And if Teddy doesn’t work fast enough, his identity—and life—might just be the next target in the killer’s ruthless plot for revenge.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Action & Adventure; Suspense;
© 2024., Penguin Publishing Group,
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Three holidays and a wedding / by Jalaluddin, Uzma,author.; Stapley, Marissa,author.;
"As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays--Maryam to her sister's impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend's wealthy family for the first time--neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they'll never see each other again. And the love of Maryam's life, Saif, wasn't sitting two rows behind them hearing it all. Oops. An emergency landing finds Anna, Saif, Maryam, and her sister's entire bridal party snowbound at the quirky Snow Falls Inn in a picture-perfect town, where fate has Anna's actor-crush filming a holiday romance. As Maryam finds the courage to open her heart to Saif, and Anna feels the magic of being snowbound with an unexpected new love--both women soon realize there's no place they'd rather be for the holidays."--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Holidays; Man-woman relationships; Strangers; Weddings; Winter storms;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Skyfall [videorecording] / by Bardem, Javier.; Craig, Daniel,1968-; Dench, Judi,1934-; Fiennes, Ralph.; Finney, Albert.; Harris, Naomie.; Mendes, Sam.; Whishaw, Ben.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Music by Thomas Newman ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; edited by Stuart Baird.Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw.007 (Daniel Craig) becomes M's only ally as MI6 comes under attack, and a mysterious new villain emerges with a diabolical plan. James Bond's latest mission has gone horribly awry, resulting in the exposure of several undercover agents, and an all-out attack on MI6. Meanwhile, as M (Judi Dench) plans to relocate the agency, emerging Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) raises concerns about her competence while attempting to usurp her position, and Q (Ben Whishaw) becomes a crucial ally. Now the only person who can restore M's reputation is 007. Operating in the dark with only field agent Eve (Naomie Harris) to guide him, the world's top secret agent works to root out an enigmatic criminal mastermind named Silva (Javier Bardem) as a major storm brews on the horizon.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback); widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; DTS HD 5.1 surround, described video.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Great Britain. MI6; Action and adventure films.; Bond, James (Fictitious character); Feature films.; Intelligence officers; James Bond films.; Spies; Spy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., MGM Home Entertainment : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Skyfall [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Bardem, Javier.; Craig, Daniel,1968-; Dench, Judi,1934-; Fiennes, Ralph.; Finney, Albert.; Harris, Naomie.; Mendes, Sam.; Whishaw, Ben.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Music by Thomas Newman ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; edited by Stuart Baird.Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw.007 (Daniel Craig) becomes M's only ally as MI6 comes under attack, and a mysterious new villain emerges with a diabolical plan. James Bond's latest mission has gone horribly awry, resulting in the exposure of several undercover agents, and an all-out attack on MI6. Meanwhile, as M (Judi Dench) plans to relocate the agency, emerging Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) raises concerns about her competence while attempting to usurp her position, and Q (Ben Whishaw) becomes a crucial ally. Now the only person who can restore M's reputation is 007. Operating in the dark with only field agent Eve (Naomie Harris) to guide him, the world's top secret agent works to root out an enigmatic criminal mastermind named Silva (Javier Bardem) as a major storm brews on the horizon.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback); widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; DTS HD 5.1 surround, described video.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Great Britain. MI6; Action and adventure films.; Bond, James (Fictitious character); Feature films.; Intelligence officers; James Bond films.; Spies; Spy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., MGM Home Entertainment : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Aurora : a novel / by Koepp, David,author.;
In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out, not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood. Across the country lives Aubrey's estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security. But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings, which not everyone will survive.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Apocalyptic fiction.; Novels.; Brothers and sisters; Electric power failures; Survival;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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