Catalog Search Results
21) Kill her twice
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Tensions are high in LA's Chinatown in 1932, when politicians campaign to force Chinese Americans from their homes to make way for Union Station. In the midst of these racial tensions, the Chow sisters, May and Gemma, sell flowers to keep their family fed, but things take a dark turn when they stumble upon the dead body of Chinese movie star Lulu Wong. When the police prove their incompetence and racism in dealing with this case, the sisters take...
Author
Series
Prescription murder volume 2
Publisher
Freida McFadden
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After years of hard work, Dr. Charly McKenna finally has it all. Prosperous career as a dermatologist? Check. Spacious apartment overlooking Central Park? Check. Handsome lawyer husband? Double check. Then one night, a bullet rips through the right side of her skull and she loses everything. As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her...
Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Cheryl and Levi Miller are settling into married life and enjoying their daughter Rebecca's first year. But when a mysterious fire destroys Seth and Naomi's barn, Cheryl sets out to find the culprit. Soon, more blazes confirm Cheryl's suspicion--someone is intentionally setting fires in Sugarcreek. Cheryl's efforts to find the perpetrator uncover more questions than answers. Her list of suspects is growing rather shrinking. Between raising an infant...
24) The poison pen
Author
Series
Scottish bookshop mystery volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Edinburgh is mourning recent the death of Queen Elizabeth II when Bookseller Delaney Nichols's boss comes to her with a most unusual assignment. An old friend of his, living in an estate in the village of Roslin, has found what could be a priceless relic on her property, and Delaney is tasked with investigating. Could Jolie possibly have an item of breathtaking Scottish historical significance in her possession? But when Delaney arrives at Jolie's...
Author
Series
Death by chocolate mystery volume 7
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned spending the last weeks of summer drifting around Passamaquoddy Bay searching for pirate's treasure--and a dead body. Sally Coates believes her husband was murdered off the coast, and begs Ellie, a trusted childhood friend, to locate his remains. It's unusual...
Author
Series
Vintage magic mystery volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Madeira Cutler receives a dawn delivery, a gown she designed in fashion school for a Broadway Star, now a dear friend. A cryptic note reads: "Mad, sweetie, if you have this, and not from my hand, I{u2019}m dead." Dominique DeLong died on stage in front of hundreds of people. How and at who's hand?"--Author's website.
27) Larceny and lace
Author
Series
Vintage magic mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
With all the stress of opening her new vintage clothing store (housed in the renovated old town morgue), Madeira Cutler feels like a bag of bones--until she discovers the real deal, unearthed by a snooping intruder, in one of the old body drawers. And the bones are as vintage as Maddie's stock (Classic Mod--so 60's!), or so says Maddie's sexy resident ghost, Dante Underhill. Could the break-in have something to do with the local playhouse and its...
Author
Publisher
Fairwood Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Beck Garrison lives on a seastead -- an archipelago of constructed platforms and old cruise ships, assembled by libertarian separatists a generation ago. She's grown up comfortable and sheltered, but starts doing odd jobs for pocket money. To her surprise, she finds that she's the only detective that a debt slave can afford to hire to track down a woman's missing sister. When she tackles this investigation, she learns things about life on the other...
Author
Series
Kids on the case volume 8
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
School's out, sixth grade's over, and best friends Mary Ann Page and Kolleen Kelly are looking forward to the perfect summer job: baby-sitting. When they're each hired to look after a young boy, the girls are thrilled at the opportunity to spend the summer together, baby-sitting in the park. But their enthusiasm turns to apprehension when Kolleen notices a man in a van watching the boys as they play each day, especially Andy, the boy in her care....
Author
Series
Kids on the case volume 7
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Life in the small town of Pine Bend, Minnesota, is normally calm, quiet, and carefree. But the tranquility is shattered when a string of bizarre small burglaries begin. As staffers on the school newspaper, best friends Kolleen Kelly and Mary Ann Page are encouraged to use their interviewing and investigative skills to find out more about the crimes. And when Kolleen's bike falls victim to the crime wave, the search becomes personal, as well. Kolleen...
31) A novel disguise
Author
Series
Lady librarian volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
1784 London. Miss Tiffany Woodall didn't murder her half-brother, but she did bury him in the back garden so that she could keep her cottage. Now, the confirmed spinster has to pretend to be Uriah and fulfill his duties as the Duke of Beaufort's librarian while searching Astwell Palace for Uriah's missing diamond pin, the only thing of value they own. Her ruse is almost up when she is discovered by Mr. Samir Lathrop, the local bookseller, who tries...
Author
Series
Kids on the case volume 6
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Best friends Mary Ann Page and Kolleen Kelly are nervous and excited as their sixth-grade year slowly draws to a close. What will seventh grade at Hubert H. Humphrey Junior High School be like? How will the kids dress? How will they behave? What will the teachers be like? Mary Ann and Kolleen are looking forward to a visit from Mr. Dodge, the junior high principal, during which all their questions will be answered. But Mr. Dodge's visit to Pine Bend...
Author
Series
Kids on the case volume 1
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Mary Ann and her best friend Kolleen love a mystery, so when Mary Ann's dog sniffs out foul play at the bottom of a muddy pit, the hunt for clues is on. Their search for answers brings Mary Ann and Kolleen into contact with three girls whose parents are part of a group of migrant workers who come to Minnesota each summer to help harvest sugar beets. Little is known about the migrant workers, so Mary Ann and Kolleen's parents caution them to be on...
Author
Series
Kids on the case volume 3
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Best friends Mary Ann and Kolleen can't wait to spend part of the summer before sixth grade with Mary Ann's relatives at their high-rise apartment in Minneapolis. One blissful, carefree month of swimming, sunning, and shopping...Or so they think before the girls discover a mysterious skeleton key glistening at the bottom of the apartment complex's pool. The key opens a closet door somewhere in the complex, but whose? What will be revealed when the...
Author
Series
Kids on the case volume 5
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Kolleen's dog Devil May Care insists on ending every walk at the spooky site of a long-abandoned, burned-down house. But Kolleen's resignation turns to fascination when the dog unearths a mysterious metal box wrapped in a tattered rug. Who buried the box, and why? And who will get to keep the valuable treasure the box contains? Kolleen and Mary Ann will need to do some digging of their own to get to the bottom of the mystery behind the garden gate.--Back...
Author
Series
Vintage magic mystery volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
With years of experience working for a top New York designer, Madeira Cutler has learned to appreciate the clean line, rich texture, and elegant draping of a finely crafted garment. It's not until Maddie goes home to Mystick Falls, Connecticut, for her sister's wedding, however, that she discovers her understanding of fashion goes much deeper. Before the accessory shopping and fittings can begin, the festivities hit a snag when Maddie finds her sister's...
Author
Series
Kids on the case volume 4
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Kolleen Kelly and best friend Mary Ann Page can't wait to begin sixth grade at Pine Bend Elementary. And to their delight, one of the class's first assignments is to start a school newspaper. Kollen and Mary Ann are put in charge of the "Just Ask Me" column, where their job is to interview school authorities to find answers to students' questions. One day the "Just Ask Me" mailbox contains a startling, anonymous note: "I have a terrible secret, and...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school. After being home-schooled all her life and feeling like a magnet for misfortune, she's not sure what will happen. What she doesn't expect though is for her roommate Elizabeth to disappear after Sade's first night. Or for people to think she had something to do with it. With rumors swirling around her, Sade catches the attention...
In MNLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by East Central Regional Library can be requested from other MNLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request