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Manner of death : a novel / by Cook, Robin,1940-author.;
"Due to Jack Stapleton's ongoing recovery from his near-death confrontation with a serial killer, his wife Laurie Montgomery, the NYC chief medical examiner, is carrying the load both at work and at home. When she insists an underperforming pathology resident named Ryan Sullivan assist her on a suicide autopsy, Laurie unknowingly provokes an emotional storm in the trainee. So, when Ryan himself appears on the medical examiner's table days later, an apparent death by suicide, Laurie's guilt compels her to try to understand why. Jack's autopsy on the resident opens the disturbing possibility that the manner of death wasn't suicide but instead a staged homicide. But staged by whom? Laurie ignores her own professional rules and responsibilities to investigate personally who might want Ryan dead ... and for what reason. Thus begins a dangerous inquiry into a fraudulent but highly lucrative cancer diagnostics company, which might just cost Laurie her life"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Medical fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Pathologists; Serial murderers; Suicide;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Sense & sensibility / by Butler, Nancy,1951-; Liew, Sonny,1974-ill; Molinar, L.(Larry)clr; Sabino, Joe.ill; Austen, Jane,1775-1817.Sense and sensibility.; Marvel Worldwide.pbl; Marvel Entertainment, LLC.pbl; R.R. Donnelley, Inc.mfr;
Presents, in graphic novel format, a tale of English country manners in which two sisters, one sensible and one impulsive, wrestle with their attractions to unsuitable men after they are forced to leave their family home following the death of their father.
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.; Comics (Graphic works); Domestic fiction, American.; Graphic novels.; Romance fiction.; Love stories.; Graphic novels.; Domestic fiction.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Comic books, strips, etc.; Domestic fiction, American.; Young adult fiction, American.; Graphic novels.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Dust jackets (Bindings); Cartoons.; Young women; Sisters; Inheritance and succession; Conduct of life; Youth and death; Families; Graphic novels.; Young women; Love; Interpersonal relations; Cartoons and comics.; Conduct of life.; Families.; Graphic novels.; Inheritance and succession.; Manners and customs.; Sisters.; Young women; Youth and death.; Comic books, strips, etc.;
© 2010., Marvel Worldwide,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A lady by midnight / by Dare, Tessa.;
When mysterious strangers come searching for her, Kate Taylor finds an unexpected ally in Corporal Samuel Thorne, a militia commander who has previously avoided her but now poses as her fiance to save her from danger.
Subjects: Novels of manners.; Romance fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Militia;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Marrying the ketchups : a novel / by Close, Jennifer,author.;
"An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep, abiding love that feeds them all"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Bereavement; Family-owned business enterprises; Restaurants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Desperately seeking a duchess / by Caldwell, Christi.;
Whisked away to the English countryside after a major faux pas, new heiress Cailin Audley wants nothing to do with the ton or the Duke of St. James, a notorious rogue and fierce protector of his family, until scandal unites them.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels of manners.; Heiresses; Nobility; Scandals; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade : a duty-dance with death / by Vonnegut, Kurt,1922-2007;
Subjects: Classics; Literary; World War, 1939-1945; Satire;
© c1969., Dell Publishing,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to sleep at night : a novel / by Harris, Elizabeth,1983-author.;
"A sharply observed comedy of manners about marriage and family ties stretched thin by politics, How To Sleep at Night is a witty and whip-smart debut reminiscent of Fleishman is in Trouble and Emma Straub, by the New York Times book reporter"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; United States. Congress; Families; Families; Marriage; Married people; Married people; Party affiliation; Same-sex marriage;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The black crescent / by Johnson, Jane,1960-author.;
Bringing 1950s Morocco vividly to life, Jane Johnson's masterful new novel, The Black Crescent, is a gripping story of murder, magic and divided loyalties ... Hamou Badi is born in a mountain village with the magical signs of the zouhry on his hands. In Morocco, the zouhry is a figure of legend, a child of both humans and djinns, capable of finding all manner of treasure: lost objects, hidden water. But instead, Hamou finds a body. This unsolved murder instils in Hamou a deep desire for order and justice: he trains as an officer of the law, working for the French in Casablanca. But the city is trapped in the turmoil of the nationalist uprising, and soon he will be forced to choose between all he knows and all he loves.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Choice (Psychology); Man-woman relationships; Murder; Police; Villages;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black thorn / by Hilary, Sarah,author.;
Blackthorn Ashes was meant to be their forever home. For the first six families moving into the exclusive new housing development, it was a chance to live a peaceful life on the cliffs overlooking the Cornish sea, safe in the knowledge that it had been created just for them. But six weeks later, paradise is lost. Six people are dead. And Blackthorn Ashes is left abandoned and unfinished, its dark shadows hiding all manner of secrets. One of its surviving residents, Agnes Gale, is determined to find out the truth about what happened. Even if that truth is deadlier than she could have ever believed possible.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Housing development; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All the words we know : a novel / by Nash, Bruce(Novelist),author.;
"Rose may be in her eighties and suffering from dementia, but she's not done with life just yet. Alternately sharp as a tack and spectacularly forgetful, she spends her days roaming the corridors of her assisted living facility, musing on the staff and residents, and enduring visits form her emotionally distant children and granddaughters. But when her friend is found dead after an apparent fall from a window, Rose embarks on an eccentric and determined investigation to discover the truth and uncover all manner of secrets ... even some from her own past"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Dementia; Loneliness; Murder; Older women; Secrecy;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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