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The body in the casket : a Faith Fairchild mystery / by Page, Katherine Hall,author.;
"The inimitable Faith Fairchild returns in a chilling New England whodunit, inspired by the best Agatha Christie mysteries and with hints of the timeless board game Clue. For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn't familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded sprawling Arts and Crafts mansion, calls her about catering a weekend house party. Producer/director of a string of hit musicals, Max Dane--a Broadway legend--is throwing a lavish party to celebrate his seventieth birthday. At the house as they discuss the event, Faith's client makes a startling confession. "I didn't hire you for your cooking skills, fine as they may be, but for your sleuthing ability. You see, one of the guests wants to kill me." Faith's only clue is an ominous birthday gift the man received the week before--an empty casket sent anonymously containing a twenty-year-old Playbill from Max's last, and only failed, production--Heaven or Hell. Consequently, Max has drawn his guest list for the party from the cast and crew. As the guests begin to arrive one by one, and an ice storm brews overhead, Faith must keep one eye on the menu and the other on her host to prevent his birthday bash from becoming his final curtain call. Full of delectable recipes, brooding atmosphere, and Faith's signature biting wit, The Body in the Casket is a delightful thriller that echoes the beloved mysteries of Agatha Christie and classic films such as Murder by Death and Deathtrap"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fairchild, Faith (Fictitious character); Caterers and catering; Women detectives; Women in the food industry;
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James [text (large print)] : a novel / by Everett, Percival,author.; based on (work):Twain, Mark,1835-1910.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.;
"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin ... ), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Satirical literature.; Novels.; Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character); Fugitive slaves; Male friendship; Race relations; Runaway children;
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Hidden Salem / by Hooper, Kay,author.;
"A town shrouded in the occult. An evil that lurks in the dark. The SCU returns in a hair-raising novel from New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper. Nellie Cavendish has very good reasons to seek out her roots, and not only because she has no memory of her mother and hardly knew the father who left her upbringing to paid caregivers. In the eight years since her twenty-first birthday, very odd things have begun to happen. Crows gather near her wherever she goes, electronics short out when she touches them, and when she's upset, really upset, it storms. At first, she chalked up the unusual happenings to coincidence, but that explanation doesn't begin to cover the vivid nightmares that torment her. She can no longer pretend to ignore them. She has to find out the truth. And the only starting point she has is a mysterious letter from her father delivered ten years after his death, insisting she go to a town called Salem and risk her life to stop some unnamed evil. Before her thirtieth birthday. As a longtime member of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit, Grayson Sheridan has learned not to be surprised by the unusual and the macabre--but Salem is different. Evidence of Satanic activities and the disappearance of three strangers to the town are what brought Salem to the attention of the SCU, and when Gray arrives to find his undercover partner vanished, he knows that whatever's hiding in the seemingly peaceful town is deadly. But what actually hides in the shadows and secrets of Salem is unlike anything the agents have ever encountered"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; Bishop, Noah (Fictitious character); Government investigators; Murder;
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Tom Clancy point of contact [sound recording] / by Maden, Mike,author.; Brick, Scott,narrator.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Scott Brick."In the latest electrifying adventure in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series, Jack Ryan, Jr., learns that sometimes the deadliest secret may be standing right next to you. Former U.S. Senator Weston Rhodes is a defense contractor with an urgent problem. His company needs someone to look over the books of Dalfan Technologies, a Singapore company--quickly. He turns to his old friend Gerry Hendley for help. Hendley Associates is one of the best financial analysis firms in the country and the cover for The Campus, a top-secret American intelligence agency. Rhodes asks for two specific analysts, Jack Ryan Jr., and Paul Brown, a mild-mannered forensic accountant. Both Ryan and Brown initially resist, for different reasons. On the long flight over, Ryan worries he's being sidelined from the next Campus operation in America's war on terror. Brown--who was never very good with people--only worries about the numbers, and finding a good cup of tea. Brown has no idea Jack works for The Campus but the awkward accountant is hiding secrets of his own. Rhodes has tasked him with uploading a cyberwarfare program into the highly secure Dalfan Technologies mainframe on behalf of the CIA. On the verge of mission success, Brown discovers a game within the game, and the people who now want to kill him are as deadly as the cyclone bearing down on the island nation. Together Ryan and Brown race to escape both the murderous storm and a team of trained assassins in order to prevent a global catastrophe, even at the cost of their own lives"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Audiobooks.; Ryan, Jack, Jr. (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Terrorism;
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Star Wars, the high republic adventures. [graphic novel] / by Scott, Cavan,author.; Betancourt, Jimmy,letterer.; Efremova, Vita,colourist.; Righi, Nicola,colourist.; Smith, Tyler(Letterer),letterer.; Stott, Rachael,illustrator.;
"Jedi turned monster hunter Ty Yorrick is battling dangers and earning credits galore in the Nihil Occlusion Zone. That is until she crosses paths with a Child of the Storm and its Nameless abomination. Suddenly, Ty must fight against the villainous Nihil to save Force-sensitive children from a dastardly plot. All the while, Ty's apprentice is determined to forge his own path by rescuing the chancellor's son."--
Subjects: Science fiction comics.; Space operas (Comics); Graphic novels.; Jedi (Fictitious characters); Space warfare;
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Manitou Canyon : a novel / by Krueger, William Kent,author.;
""One of today's automatic buy-today-read-tonight series ... thoughtful but suspenseful, fast but lasting, contemporary but strangely timeless." (Lee Child) In the extraordinary new Cork O'Connor thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger, the lives of hundreds of innocent people are at stake when Cork vanishes just days before his daughter's wedding. Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend all occurred in previous Novembers, Cork O'Connor has always considered it to be the cruelest of months. Yet, his daughter has chosen this dismal time of year in which to marry, and Cork is understandably uneasy. His concern comes to a head when a man camping in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness goes missing. As the official search ends with no recovery in sight, Cork is asked by the man's family to stay on the case. Although the wedding is fast approaching and the weather looks threatening, he accepts and returns to that vast wilderness on his own. As the sky darkens and the days pass, Cork's family anxiously awaits his return. Finally certain that something has gone terribly wrong, they fly by floatplane to the lake where the missing man was last seen. Locating Cork's campsite, they find no sign of their father. They do find blood, however. A lot of it. With an early winter storm on the horizon, it's a race against time as Cork's family struggles to uncover the mystery behind these disappearances. Little do they know, not only is Cork's life on the line, but so are the lives of hundreds of others. A taut, suspenseful thriller, Manitou Canyon features everything readers love in a Cork O'Connor novel: a dramatic Northwoods setting, an intriguing view of the Objibwe culture, an enigmatic crime, masterful storytelling, and more than a few surprises"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Missing persons; Ojibwa Indians;
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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.,
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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.,
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Nancy Drew. [videorecording] / by Jaizani, Maddison,actor.; Kasim, Tunji,actor.; Keene, Carolyn,creator.; Landau, Noga,creator.; Lewis, Leah,1996-actor.; McMann, Kennedy,1996-actor.; Savage, Stephanie,creator.; Saxon, Alex,1987-actor.; Schwartz, Josh,1976-creator.; Smilth, Riley,1978,actor.; Wolf, Scott,1968-actor.; CBS DVD (Firm),production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim, Alex Saxon, Riley Smith, Scott Wolf.Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) is a brilliant teenage detective whose sense of self had come from solving mysteries in her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine - until her mother's untimely death derails Nancy's college plans. Devastated by her mother's passing, Nancy swears off crime-solving while crossing off the days until she can re-apply to college. But when a socialite is murdered, Nancy finds herself a prime suspect in the crime, along with a group of other teens present at the scene.14A.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation; Teenagers; Supernatural;
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Tempest Runner / by Scott, Cavan,author.;
Delve into the cutthroat world of one of the High Republic's greatest foes, the merciless Lourna Dee, in this full script for the Star Wars audio original Tempest Runner. The Nihil storm has raged through the galaxy, leaving chaos and grief in its wake. Few of its raiders are as vicious as the Tempest Runner Lourna Dee. She stays one step ahead of the Jedi Order at the helm of a vessel named after one of the deadliest monsters in the galaxy: herself. But no one can outrun the defenders of the High Republic forever. After the defeat of her crew, Lourna falls into the hands of the Jedi--but not before she hides her identity, becoming just another Nihil convict. Her captors fail to understand the beast they have cornered. Just like every fool she's ever buried, their first mistake was keeping her alive. Lourna is determined to make underestimating her their last. Locked up on a Republic correctional ship, she's dragged across the galaxy to repair the very damage she and her fellow Tempest Runners inflicted. But as Lourna plans her glorious escape, she makes alliances that grow dangerously close to friendships. Outside the Nihil--separated from her infamous ship, her terrifying arsenal, and her feared name--Lourna must carve her own path. But will it lead to redemption? Or will she emerge as a deadlier threat than ever before?
Subjects: Science fiction.; Monster fiction.; Novels.; False personation; Human-alien encounters; Interstellar travel; Jedi (Fictitious characters); Life on other planets; Monsters; Prisoners; Raids (Military science); Space warfare; Women ship captains;
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