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Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what...
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English
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"Newly minted PI Emma Holmes and her partner Sam Collins are just settling into their business when they're chosen for a high-profile case: retired music-hall star Verity Malone hires them to find out who poisoned her husband, a theater impresario. Verity herself has been accused of the crime. The only hitch--the Brighton police are already on the case, putting Emma in direct competition with her husband, police superintendent Edgar Stephens. Soon...
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Series
Maisie Dobbs novel volume 14
Language
English
Description
While investigating the disappearance of an apprentice craftsman who had been working on a secret government contract, Maisie discovers links to the London underworld.
Author
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Bound for the Riviera, detective Hercule Poirot has boarded Le Train Bleu, an elegant, leisurely means of travel, free of intrigue. Then he meets Ruth Kettering. The American heiress - bailing out of a doomed marriage - is en route to reconcile with her former lover. But by morning, her private affairs are made public when she is found murdered in her luxury compartment. The rumour of a strange man loitering in the victim's shadow is all Poirot has...
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Series
Pentecost and Parker mystery volume 4
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Vera Bodine, an elderly shut-in with an exceptional memory, has gone missing and famed detective Lillian Pentecost and her crackerjack assistant Willowjean 'Will' Parker have been hired to track her down. But the New York City of 1947 can be a dangerous place, and there's no shortage of people who might like to get ahold of what's in Bodine's head. Does her disappearance have to do with the high-profile law firm whose secrets she still keeps; the...
6) Wildfire
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Coming to accept the depths of her magical powers, Nevada Baylor now has to accept the fact that she has fallen in love with Connor "Mad" Rogan and is faced with choices she never dreamed of to be with him--forever.
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nevada Baylor runs a small-time detective agency in Houston, Texas, busting scammers, exposing cheaters, and dealing with petty criminals. She's very good at her job--helped by a magical ability to sense when someone tells the truth or lies. But when she's forced into accepting a case to find a radical pyrotechnic who can conjure heat and fire at will, Nevada knows she's out of her league. To bring him to justice, she'll have to join forces with someone...
8) White hot
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
410 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nevada Baylor has a unique and secret skill--she knows when people are lying--and she's used that magic (along with plain, hard work) to keep her colorful and close-knit family's detective agency afloat. But her new case pits her against the shadowy forces that almost destroyed the city of Houston once before, bringing Nevada back into contact with Connor "Mad" Rogan. Rogan is a billionaire Prime--the highest rank of magic user--and as unreadable...
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
434 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Detective Jessica Niemi has a score to settle. She has taken some time off from her work with Helsinki Police to track down the coven that nearly killed her. But Jessica never expected its members would be lurking in the shadows, waiting to seek their own revenge. Yusuf, Jessica's partner and friend, calls her in to help him solve the murder of powerful executive Eliel Zetterborg, who was found stabbed to death in his upscale Helsinki home. What...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When Kate Shackleton disembarks at Saltaire station, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, she has no idea what to expect. A stranger, Ronnie Creswell, has written to say that he has urgent information about the past that will interest her, and he persuades her to make the journey to Milner Field, the grand house that is said to be cursed. But moments after Kate arrives at the lodge, a messenger brings devastating news to Ronnie's parents: he has been...
Publisher
Acorn Media Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 287 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ashley Jensen reprises her role of city PR turned country sleuth in six new episodes of Agatha Raisin. Adapted from the bestselling books by MC Beaton, the first series was an instant hit on Global TV creating a strong fan base around the world.
THE WIZARD OF EVESHAM: The hairdressing wizard Jonny Shawpart works magic on more than just Agatha's hair. But he hears many secrets in the hairdresser's chair and it seems on of them might lead to his murder.
THE...