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261) Earth colors
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 289 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Em Hansen, the popular heroine at the center of Sarah Andrews's geology mystery series, has landed a new job, although an unusual one: a client affiliated with a museum wants Em to investigate a painting by the famed western painter Frederick Remington. The client believes it's a fake, but Em must explore the painting's provenance to find out. The project takes her through Wyoming, Utah, Washington DC and Pennsylvania, and halfway through the trip...
262) Jack of hearts
Author
Series
Publisher
AugustBooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"FBI Special Agent Kim Otto won't believe Reacher's dead until she sees his body for herself. Which she hasn't. Yet. But if Reacher's not dead, where is he? Seven years ago, in Lee Child's Worth Dying For, Reacher rescued Eleanor Duncan and saved sixteen Thai women from fates much worse than death. Eleanor's tormentors were controlled by a powerful mob boss with a long memory. He wants his property back and will stop at nothing to get it. Now Reacher...
Author
Series
Dandy Gilver mystery volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On the rain-drenched, wave-lashed, wind-battered Banffshire coast, tiny fishing villages perch on ledges that would make a seagull think twice, and crumbly mansions cling to crumblier cliff tops while, out in the bay, the herring drifters brave the storms to catch their silver darlings. It's nowhere for a child of gentle Northamptonshire to spend Christmas. But when odd things start to turn up in barrels of fish--with a strong whiff of murder most...
265) The vanished
Author
Series
Secrets to keep volume 1
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Janae Simmons left Kedgewick, VA, ten years ago, she knew she'd never return, but now she has. Nothing has changed, but she's not the same. Determined to carve out a place, she goes to work for local law firm, but nothing goes as planned. Carter Montgomery took the only job he could get as a museum director at the Elliott Museum, knowing he could restart his career while giving his nephew a safe place to grieve. Then an elderly woman claims...
266) The art of deception
Author
Series
Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 306 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the west end of London, an apparently crazed individual is on the loose, breaking into art galleries and private homes to slash valuable paintings of women. Despite Scotland Yard's best efforts, the criminal remains at large and continues on his destructive path. When Joanna and the Watsons are called in to solve the mystery, they soon discover that although the canvases have been slashed, their backings remain pristine, with no cuts or scratches....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
San Miguel de Allende is a picturesque town in central Mexico's highlands that attracts artists, retirees, and those in need of some rest and relaxation. So when publisher Vaughan Buckley and his wife, Olga, invite Jessica to join them for a little R&R, she jumps at the opportunity to spend time basking in the sun and enjoying Mexican culture with her friends. But there are those who don't share Jessica's appreciation for the arts. Ruthless kidnappers...
268) Black widow
Series
Fox film noir volume 22
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nancy Ordway is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver, who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter's wife, Iris, comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce, soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series...
269) The lady from Burma
Author
Series
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture--The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous--and never discussed--past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Mostly their clients are people trying to start (or restart)...
270) The unkept woman
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Allison Montclair returns with The Unkept Woman, the fourth Sparks & Bainbridge mystery: London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks - currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau - has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals - Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War)...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 900 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Double agent Sydney Bristow faces the greatest challenge of her life when her mother, an enemy long thought dead, turns herself in to the CIA. As family relationships change and Sydney's friends take on new roles, her life becomes even more tangled and dangerous. Sydney fights to reclaim her life and the action builds to a spectacular climax.
272) Basic instinct 2
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen ; Rated R theatrical ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now living in London, writer Catherine Tramell sets her lethal sights on Michael Glass, the control-freak psychiatrist assigned to evaluate her as a risk-addicted suspect in the "accidental" killing of a star soccer player. Turns out Catherine's just getting started (or is she?), and that's bad news for Glass's ex-wife, a tabloid journalist, and the Scotland Yard detective who's desperate to put Catherine in jail. Has Catherine finally met her match...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (940 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Double agent Sydney Bristow faces the greatest challenge of her life when her mother, an enemy long thought dead, turns herself in to the CIA. As family relationships change and Sydney's friends take on new roles, her life becomes even more tangled and dangerous. Sydney fights to reclaim her life and the action builds to a spectacular climax.