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The vanishing thief / by Parker, Kate,1949-;
"Georgia Fenchurch appears to be an unassuming antiquarian bookseller in Victorian London, but the life she leads is as exciting as any adventure novel. For Georgia is a member of the Archivist Society, a secret association of private investigators led by the mysterious Sir Broderick. When a frantic woman comes to Georgia claiming that her neighbor, Nicholas Drake, has been abducted by the notorious Duke of Blackford, Georgia and the Archivist Society agree to take the case. But Drake is no innocent--he is a thief who has been blackmailing many of the leading members of London society. To find Drake and discover who is behind his abduction, Georgia and her beautiful assistant, Emma, will have to leave the cozy confines of their bookshop and infiltrate the inner circles of the upper crust--with the help of the dashing but dubious Duke of Blackford himself. But the missing thief and his abductor are not the only ones to elude Georgia Fenchurch. When she spies the man who killed her parents years ago, she vows to bring him to justice once and for all...at any cost"--
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Booksellers and bookselling; Women private investigators; Kidnapping; Parents; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British.;
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The ghost collector / by Mills, Allison.;
Ghosts are everywhere in Shelly's life. Recently passed people, pets, and a boy who lives in the local graveyard are all part of the spirit world that she and her grandmother inhabit. Shelly and her grandmother assist lost souls transitioning to the next world. But when Shelly's mom dies, her relationship to ghosts and death changes. She begins hiding ghosts in her room instead of helping spirits move on. But Shelly can't ignore the one that's missing. Why isn't her mom's ghost coming home?LSC
Subjects: Occult fiction.; Ghost stories.; Cree women; Cree mythology; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Grandparent and child; Grandmothers; Mothers; Grief in adolescence; Compulsive hoarding;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hot to trot / by Beaton, M. C.,author.; Green, R. W.(Novelist),author.;
"When Private Detective Agatha Raisin learns that her friend and one-time lover Charles Fraith is to be married to a mysterious socialite, Miss Mary Brown-Field, she sees it as her duty to find out what she can about the woman. Coming up empty, Agatha--out of selfless concern for Charles, of course--does the only sensible thing she can think of: she crashes their wedding, which ends in a public altercation. Nursing a hangover the next morning, she gets a phone call from Charles, with even more disturbing news: Mary has been murdered. Agatha takes on the case, and quickly becomes entrenched in the competitive equestrian world. Meanwhile, the police department has its money on another suspect: Agatha. Will she track down the criminal in time, or end up behind bars herself?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Raisin, Agatha (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; Villages; Brides; Murder; Horsemen and horsewomen;
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Arch-conspirator / by Roth, Veronica,author.;
"From dystopian visionary and bestselling phenomenon Veronica Roth comes a razor-sharp reimagining of Antigone. In Arch-Conspirator, Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected. "A gut punch of a story. Roth takes everything fragile about love, everything powerful about certain doom, and blooms with it. You'll be holding your breath until the very last word."-Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end. Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but Antigone's parents were murdered, leaving her father's throne vacant. As her militant uncle Kreon rises to claim it, all Antigone feels is rage. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded cage, where she is a captive as well as a guest. But her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. And neither is he"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Mythological fiction.; Novels.; Antigone (Mythological character); Dictators; Dystopias; Families; Genes; Imprisonment; Kings and rulers; Nobility; Parents; Revolutions; Uncles; Women heroes;
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The fortune seller : a novel / by Kapelke-Dale, Rachel,author.;
"Yellowjackets meets The Cloisters in this beguiling coming-of-age story about class, reinvention, and destiny, set against the backdrop of two mysterious deaths. Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team. But when she comes back from her junior year abroad with newfound confidence, she finds that the group has been infiltrated by a mysterious intruder: Annelise Tattinger. A talented tarot reader and a brilliant rider, the enigmatic Annelise is unlike anyone Rosie has ever met. But when one of their friends notices money disappearing from her bank account, Annelise's place in the circle is thrown into question. As the girls turn against each other, the group's unspoken tensions and assumptions lead to devastating consequences. It's only after graduation, when Rosie begins a job at a Manhattan hedge fund, that she begins to uncover Annelise's true identity--and how her place in their elite Yale set was no accident. Is it too late for Rosie to put right what went wrong, or does everyone's luck run out at some point? Set in the heady days of the early aughts, The Fortune Seller is a haunting examination of class, ambition, and the desires that shape our lives"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Death; Female friendship; Hedge funds; Horsemanship; Horsemen and horsewomen; Rich people; Secrecy; Social classes; Tarot; Two thousands (Decade); Women college students;
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The seven year slip / by Poston, Ashley,author.;
"An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate ... only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics. Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn't want to get too close to anyone--she isn't sure her heart can take it. And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt's apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would've fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again. Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she'll be doomed. After all, love is never a matter of time--but a matter of timing"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Apartments; Aunts; Cooks; Man-woman relationships; Roommates; Time travel; Women in the book industries and trade;
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Stone angels : a novel / by Rho, Helena,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Angelina Lee feels like she doesn't belong. Newly divorced, and completely unmoored by the sudden and tragic death of her mother, she hopes studying Korean will reconnect her to her roots, but nothing about Seoul feels familiar. Further complicating matters is the resurgence of an alluring man from Angelina's past, and fellow classmate Keisuke Ono, an irritatingly good looking Japanese American journalist who refuses to leave her alone. What she'll barely admit, however, is the true reason behind her trip. She's convinced the key to understanding her mother's suicide lies in Korea. A shocking conversation with an estranged relative proves her right. Her mother had an older sister, Sunyuh, who disappeared under the Japanese occupation of Korea during WWII-a secret the family buried for over sixty years. Horrified, Angelina can't fathom why her mother never mentioned her, but knows, deep down, her mother's fateful decision must be linked to Sunyuh. To find answers, Angelina embarks on a journey that takes her across oceans and continents, and challenges everything she believed about her heritage and herself. Told through the bold, determined voices of three women, this poignant family drama explores love and loss, grief and healing, and the sometimes-difficult love that exists between mothers and daughters. It's about the questions we wish we had asked lost relatives, the lives we could have lived had we made different choices, and, above all, second chances-to reinvent ourselves, to confront the sins of the past, and to find lasting love"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Divorced women; Families; Family secrets; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Mothers; Secrecy;
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Death and the Runaways. by Redmond, Heather.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DEATH AND THE VISITORS, ISBN 9781496749031. In 'Death and the Runaways', Mary Godwin, her stepsister Jane Claire Clairmont, and the seductive poet Percy Bysshe Shelley team up to solve the grim murder of a pregnant shopgirl and the disappearance of her stepbrother.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths;
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Dirty daddy : the chronicles of a family man turned filthy comedian / by Saget, Bob.;
Introduction -- We are what we are -- A life of free association -- Death and comedy are closely related -- The loss of two great women -- Surviving standup.The star of both "Full House" and "America's Funniest Home Videos" opens up about some of his personal experiences with life and death, his career, and his reputation for sick humor.
Subjects: Saget, Bob.; Actors; Comedians;
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The mapping of love and death / by Winspear, Jacqueline,1955-;
"Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of wartime love and death--an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious nurse"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Historical fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Cartographers; Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; World War, 1914-1918;
© 2010., Harper,
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