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Explore Our Digital Library While the library is closed, all digital resources will remain available. Visit this link to see all the eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, videos and more that you have access to with your library card.
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The glass hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
The award-winning author of Station Eleven presents a tale of crisis and survival in the hidden landscapes of homeless campgrounds, luxury hotels, private clubs and federal prisons, where a massive Ponzi scheme is tied to a woman’s disappearance at sea.
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Dressed up 4 murder
by J. C. Eaton
When her mother’s dog sniffs out a dead body in the neighbor’s yard, bookkeeper/amateur sleuth Sophie Kimball, launching her own investigation, discovers a link to the Precious Pooches Holiday Extravaganza and must dig up some clues to catch a killer with a penchant for poison. Original.
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A divided loyalty : an Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery
by Charles Todd
Investigating the murder of an unknown victim who was found within a great prehistoric circle near Stonehenge, Rutledge follows unreliable clues to an impossible conclusion that places him on the wrong side of Scotland Yard. 100,000 first printing.
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| A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda JonesStarring: single mom Sunshine Vicram, who, thanks to her interfering parents, is the new sheriff of her quirky hometown of Del Sol, New Mexico.
What happens: A teenager goes missing, a prisoner escapes, and Sunshine needs to work with both a handsome FBI agent and an attractive U.S. Marshal...and she also tries to remember details from her own unsolved abduction when she was a teen.
Who it's for: this compellingly funny 1st in a new series by the bestselling author of the Charley Davidson novels is perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum mysteries. |
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| Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O'ConnorWhat it's about: Traveling to a remote village in County Cork, Ireland, rookie Garda Siobhán O’Sullivan and her secret fiancé, Garda Macdara Flannery, look into his aunt's murder while his cousin acts strangely and the superstitious locals think it's all the work of unhappy fairies.
Reviewers say: "Plenty of surprising twists and oodles of Irish charm" (Kirkus Reviews).
Try this next: If you like this 5th Irish Village novel, pick up one of Sheila Connolly's delightful County Cork mysteries, which feature an American who moves to a small Irish village to run a pub she inherits. |
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| Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-FlemingWhat it is: the long-awaited (seven years!) 9th entry in the award-winning series that began in 2002 with In the Bleak Midwinter.
What happens: Millers Kill, New York, police chief Russ van Alstyne, with help from his wife, Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson, investigates a murder that closely resembles two old, unsolved killings, including one for which Russ, fresh from the Vietnam War, was the prime suspect.
You might also like: Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway mystery series or Deborah Crombie's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James novels -- though both popular series are set in the U.K., they feature compelling plots and complicated relationships. |
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A bitter truth
by Charles Todd
A battlefield nurse during World War I returns to London for Christmas, but finds her holiday fraught with mystery and murder when she agrees to help a bruised and battered woman return to her small village in Sussex
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| IQ by Joe IdeIntroducing: Isaiah "IQ" Quintabe, a 20-something high school-dropout who lives in one of Los Angeles's toughest neighborhoods and uses his Sherlock-esque intellect to solve local crimes when the LAPD can't (or won't).
What happens: He usually takes food, tires, etc. for payment, but needing cash, IQ investigates the attempted murder (via attack dog) of increasingly paranoid rap mogul Black the Knife.
Why you might like it: Balancing dual timelines (we learn about IQ's troubled teen years), author Joe Ide, who himself grew up in South Central L.A., provides an appealing original detective and surrounds him with quirky characters in a witty and clever series debut. |
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Claire DeWitt and the city of the dead
by Sara Gran
Augmenting her brilliant deductive skills with dream analysis, marijuana, and the written work of a mysterious French detective, private investigator Claire DeWitt returns to New Orleans to solve the disappearance of a prosecutor
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| A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry ThomasThe premise: Sherlock Holmes is actually a woman.
What? How? After social ruination, brilliant, eccentric Charlotte Holmes reinvents herself as a detective with help from wealthy widow Joanna Watson. "Assisting" a fictitious brother named Sherlock, Charlotte investigates when Victorian London is struck by a trio of unexpected deaths and suspicion falls on her sister and her father.
For fans of: This delightful 1st in the Lady Sherlock series should please readers who like Deanne Raybourn's romantic historical mystery series, where characters' relationships develop throughout the books. |
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