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Author
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, the members of the flock gather around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared for the sheep, reading them a plethora of books every night. The daily exposure to literature has made them far savvier about the workings of the human mind than your average sheep. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
"Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady--ah, lady of a certain age--who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco's Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her college-aged son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing--a dead man in the middle of her...
6703) Loveless: Volume 6
Author
Description
The secret behind Seimei's disappearance and apparent death begins to be unveiled...and the consequences are devastating to both Ritsuka and Soubi.
6704) Black butler: XXVIII
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
The truth of what happened three years ago comes to light as the past Ciel sought to erase is thrust back into his face. The revelations shake the Phantomhive manor to its foundations, and even Sebastian, the resident devil, can only look on in admiration at the consummate gamesmanship at play. The Phantomhive blood, it would seem, runs thick with the thirst for vengeance...
6705) Loveless: Volume 6
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
184 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
The secret behind Seimei's disappearance and apparent death begins to be unveiled...and the consequences are devastating to both Ritsuka and Soubi.
6706) Black butler: XXVII
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"On 14 December 1885--Earl Ciel Phantomhive's tenth birthday--despair was visited upon House Phantomhive in the form of a heinous attack on the family manor. Beckoned by the hatred in the wails of a helpless child, a devil alighted from an undulating purple-black mire. Thus, one story began, even as another ended... Or did it?" -- Page [4] cover.
6707) Blacksad: A silent hell
Author
Description
"Private investigator John Blacksad puts one of his nine lives on the line in this sizzling story of hot jazz and cold-blooded murder. Writer Juan D©Ưaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido join creative forces once again to deliver 'A Silent Hell,' a grim tale of 1950s noir set against the colorful backdrop of New Orleans's fabled music scene. Hired to track down a missing pianist, Blacksad quickly finds himself in the midst of voodoo, drugs, the...
6708) Blacksad: A silent hell
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
108 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Private investigator John Blacksad puts one of his nine lives on the line in this sizzling story of hot jazz and cold-blooded murder. Writer Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido join creative forces once again to deliver 'A Silent Hell,' a grim tale of 1950s noir set against the colorful backdrop of New Orleans's fabled music scene. Hired to track down a missing pianist, Blacksad quickly finds himself in the midst of voodoo, drugs, the rollicking...
Author
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being accused of murdering their father, a detective in the small resort town of Bayport, teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy must team up with Nancy Drew to prove their innocence.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can't shake the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder.
Language
English
Description
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one is...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
8 books (223 pages ; 22 cm), 1 reading guide ; in canvas bag (45 x 36 cm)
Language
English
Description
"Can three scrappy, single women of varied ages find happiness in a new travel business specializing in casino junkets? Or are all bets off when a murder is discovered after the tour bus arrives at the casino hotel? At fifty years of age Betty Chance found herself unemployed, divorced and penniless. Her husband of twenty-seven years had left her for an older, fatter woman (the one who covered his gambling debts). With her pretty niece Lori she opens...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
10 books (301 pages ; 21 cm), 1 audio book (8 discs, 9 hr. 30 min.), discussion folder ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
"Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons. Max is still struggling with the death of his wife four years earlier, and the Pruitt case stirs up old memories. Boady hasn't taken on a...
6714) Chew: "Just desserts"
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Things are looking up for Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats. He's got a girlfriend. He's got a partner he trusts. He even seems to be getting along with his jerk boss. But his ruthless ex-partner is still out there, operating outside of the law, intending to make good on his threats against Tony and everybody Tony cares about. It's just a matter of time before their investigations...
6715) Chew: Flambé
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"These are strange times for Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats. Strange writing in extraterrestrial script has appeared in the skies of Planet Earth--and stayed there. People don't know if the End Days are upon them or not, but they don't seem terribly concerned about the laws of the FDA, and what was once the most powerful law enforcement agency is rapidly descending into irrelevancy....
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cibopathic detective Tony Chu--able to get psychic impressions from whatever he eats--has a strange new case. a newly-discovered fruit which, when cooked, tastes remarkably like chicken, leads Chu to a small Western Pacific Island, an island full of secrets, intrigue... and murder!" -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota, gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results...
Author
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container.
Language
English
Description
Sent to a village south of Montreal to investigate the death of CC de Poitiers, an extremely unpopular woman apparently killed in an electrical accident, Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec finds that nearly everyone in town had a motive to kill her.
6719) Blacksad: 5,Amarillo
Author
Description
"Taking a much-needed break after the events of 'A Silent Hell,' Blacksad lands a side job driving a rich Texan's prized yellow Cadillac Eldorado across 1950s America, hitting the back roads from New Orleans to Tulsa. But before long, the car is stolen and Blacksad finds himself mixed up in another murder, with roughneck bikers, a shifty lawyer, one down-and-out Beat generation writer, and some sinister circus folk! When John Blacksad goes on the...
6720) Chew: Blood puddin'
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats, is facing his greatest challenge: a showdown with the monster who murdered his sister, who disfigured his colleagues, who now threatens his daughter. And to survive this challenge, Tony is going to need the help of the greatest secret agent who's ever lived... Poyo. the only problem? Poyo is missing and presumed dead." -- Page [4] cover.