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Series
Language
English
Description
A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction. Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called on to solve a sensitive...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons' elite -- and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then Peter's body is found on the beach. Jack knows the drowning was no accident, but someone's unlimited power and money have bought the cops, the judges, the system. Now Jack is learning a lesson in justice he never got in law schoo ... and his astonishing plan...
5) The burnout
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, "urgent" (but obviously not at all urgent) email or participate in the corporate employee joyfulness program. She hasn't seen her friends in months. Sex? Seems like a lot of effort. Even cooking dinner takes far too much planning. Sasha has hit a wall. Armed with good intentions to drink kale smoothies, try yoga, and find peace, she heads to the seaside resort she loved as a...
6) Ghost ship
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
An eighteenth-century figurehead, the journal of a ship's quartermaster, and supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort lead twelve-year-old Vicki and her friend Peter on a quest to lift a curse and set right a horrible deed committed two hundred and thirty years in the past.
Author
Series
Americana volume 46
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A woman agrees to share a beach house with a man she finds herself dangerously, irresistibly attracted to.
9) Hotshot
Author
Language
English
Description
Inheriting a luxurious oceanfront resort under a condition that she must run it profitably for one year to claim full ownership, food critic Peyton Lockhart is targeted by dangerous rivals and is protected from a threat against her life by childhood friend and attractive FBI agent Finn MacBain.
10) Seaside resorts
Author
Publisher
Liaoning Science & Technology Pub. House
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A suspenseful novel about an idyllic town in Maine dealing with the suspicious death of one of their own -- and her best "summer" friend, who is trying to uncover the truth... before fingers point her way. Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors....
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Seven Days in Summer is a sparkling novel about the love that brings family and friends to the same beach house year after year, and the secrets that may drive them apart. A busy mom of twins, Liv is looking forward to a week at the Beach Hut-even if she feels that something's not right between her and Matt. She's sure he's just too busy at work to join them on their summer holiday, not that he wants time alone. Baz, her father-in-law, loves having...
16) Wake
Author
Series
Watersong volume no. 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
In the quiet seaside town of Capri, sixteen-year-old Gemma enjoys a close bond with her sister Harper and a growing attraction to next-door neighbor with Alex, but everything changes when, after partying with newcomers Penn, Lexi, and Thea, Gemma discovers she has powers that will force a terrible choice.
17) Lullaby
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When Gemma runs off with a dangerous clique of powerful girls, Harper teams up with Daniel and faces unprecedented dangers to rescue her sister, who develops increasingly formidable magical abilities.
18) Windfallen
Author
Language
English
Description
When a group of bohemians takes over Arcadia, a stark yet striking art deco house on the seafront in the village of Merham, two young women are drawn to its temptations. Years later, Daisy arrives to give the house a makeover, and destiny again takes a hand.
19) Private resort
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Two free-spirited teenagers, Ben and Jack, check into the luxury hotel to pursue their favorite pastime-- women! The object of Jack's lust is a rich beauty, Dana, and he'll do anything (even pose as a surgeon) to maneuver her into an operating position. Meanwhile, Ben's pursuit of a gorgeous waitress, Patti, may be foiled by a house rule forbidding amorous activities with guests.