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Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Success has come quickly to Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. The New York City agency led by three detectives--Brendan Holmes, 'the brain,' Margaret Marple, 'the eyes,' and Auguste Poe, the 'muscle'--with famous names and mysterious pasts is one major case away from cementing its professional reputation. But as a series of child abductions tests the PIs' legendary skills, the cerebral Holmes's absence leaves a gaping hole in the agency roster....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
'[A] sweet tale about the healing power of kindness' Irish Times In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything... One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens her very way of life. In New York in the present day, Sarah...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Nothing's going well for Eve: she's single, turning forty, stressed at work, and anxious about a recent series of increasingly creepy incidents. Most devastatingly, her beloved father died last year, and her family still won't acknowledge their sorrow. With her younger sister's wedding rapidly approaching, Eve is on the verge of panic. She can't bear to attend the event alone. That's when she recalls a strange story her Yiddish grandmother once told...
4) Wild fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Bold Strokes Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A brief detour to a ranch in the middle of nowhere doesn't lead to forever, does it? Olivia Martinez, forced to leave her high-power Manhattan job with no prospects, is at a crossroad. Not only is she a city girl down to the tips of her Jimmy Choos, she wants to stay close to her parents, who depend on her more than they'd like to. Generally not a risk taker, Olivia steps out of her comfort zone when her best friend, Elizabeth Sutton, asks her to...
Author
Series
Victor in the jungle volume 2
Publisher
Smiling Hippo Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Case officer Victor Caro is back, and he's brought the whole family along this time. On assignment in South America with his wife and young son, Victor must break up an alliance between one country's charismatic autocrat and a narco-trafficking revolutionary group in the country next door. As the group's support for the increasingly dictatorial leader grows, Victor enlists the help of a colorful group of CYA colleagues, along with his own family,...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Grieving but feisty widow Vivian Laurent is at a late-in-life crossroads. The man she loved is gone. Their only daughter is estranged and missing. And the assisted-living facility where her husband died is going into quarantine. Living in lockdown with only heartache and memories is something Vivian can't bear. Then comes a saving grace. Luna, a compassionate nursing assistant and newly separated mother, is facing eviction. Vivian has a plan that...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Product Description: As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick but lay bare the uncertainties and disappointments of ordinary people living ordinary lives.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Demitra's mother died when Demitra was three years old. Her father took her to the Greek island of Cephalonia, where she endures a lonely childhood. When Demitra comes of age, she defiantly begins an affair with a forbidden man. Elena is an Italian woman who dreamed of a life away from the brothels where she was raised. But opportunities are not meant for daughters of prostitutes and Elena has no choice but to become one herself. Maria lives in a...
Author
Series
Royal match volume 3
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Next to the season's newest diamond, Harriet Woodchurch feels like a plain Jane. But that's of no consequence, since Hattie's plan for her future is to earn enough to live far, far away from her embarrassing family. That is until Mateo Vincente, Duke of Santiava and newly minted Viscount Abbott, arrives in London. While the shy European's spoken English is impeccable, his writing is less fluent. The ton is eager to meet the handsome bachelor, and...
Author
Series
Desperate debutantes volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The young ladies of the Fairchild family have just learned that their stepfather has absconded with their late mother's fortune. Ava, the eldest, decides to take matters into her own hands and hunts down the notoriously wealthy rakehell Jared Broderick, the Marquis of Middleton and heir to a dukedom." --
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It's Christmastime in Twilight, TX. The lights are twinkling, carols are being sung, and the cookies are baking. And this year, best friends Joel and Jana discover a shocking surprise: as they are organizing the living Nativity, they find a sweet little baby in the manger with a note saying the mother will return...soon. Jana tucks the infant into her arms, and she and Joel make the impulsive decision to take the baby home. Jana is spontaneous,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
In this epic and immersive Viking-inspired romantic fantasy, a woman fleeing a ruthless assassin accidentally joins forces with agroup of thieves and must use all her cunning to escape with her life—and heart—intact.
Silla Nordvig is running for her life.
The Queen of Íseldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnavík, where death awaits her. When her father is killed, his last words set Silla on a perilous...
Silla Nordvig is running for her life.
The Queen of Íseldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnavík, where death awaits her. When her father is killed, his last words set Silla on a perilous...
Author
Pub. Date
2025
Language
English
Description
""A stunning and accomplished debut, with hugely relatable characters and an addictive storyline that kept me turning the pages well into the night. Bravo!" --BA Paris, NYT bestselling author "Wow, The Business Trip was nonstop twists and turns. I loved the unusual way that the story was told, and I kept reading all day long because I couldn't wait to see how it ended!" -- Freida McFadden, NYT bestselling author THE BUSINESS TRIP is the gripping,...
15) The lotus shoes
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
1800s China. Tightly bound feet, or "golden lilies," are the mark of an honorable woman, eclipsing beauty, a rich dowry and even bloodline in the marriage stakes. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant to Linjing, a daughter of the prominent Fong family, she clings to the hope that one day her golden lilies will lead her out of slavery. Not only does Little Flower have bound feet, uncommon for a muizai, but she is extraordinarily gifted at embroidery,...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Lila Peirera is a force to be reckoned with. Raised in 1970s Detroit by her abusive father and stern Bubbe after her mother Zelda's early death, Lila escaped the poverty of her childhood to reach stratospheric heights as editor-in-chief of The Washington Globe. There, she exposes political scandals and establishes a reputation as a no-nonsense, straight-talker. At home, she's just as tough, leaving the raising of her three daughters to her kind and...
17) Private rogue
Author
Series
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission. In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children. A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1815, and an American, Miss Amelia Stonehold, has arrived in the Devon town of Axminster, accompanied by her "cousin" Serena Meleva. She's brought with her a list to tick off: find a property, investigate the neighbors, bargain for and purchase the property, staff the property and...possibly...find a husband. But Amelia soon finds herself contending with some decidedly off-list trouble, including the Honorable Captain Harold Roughtower,...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"In this captivating atmospheric novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unmaking of June Farrow, a woman investigates her twin brother's mysterious death while confronting the ghosts of her own haunted past"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Something is troubling Inspector Henry Cutter. Sergeant Gideon Bliss is accustomed to his ill-tempered outbursts, but lately the inspector has grown silent and withdrawn. Then, the murders begin. The first to die is the elderly Sir Aneurin Considine, a decorated but obscure civil servant who long ago retired to tend his orchids. If the motive for his killing is a mystery, the manner of his death is more bewildering still. The victims that follow...