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Author
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Sleuthing quilter and rancher Benni Harper is invited, along with her husband, to celebrate the engagement of her stepson Sam to the daughter of one of San Celina's wealthiest families, but the party takes a tragic turn when a member of the esteemed family is murdered, and Benni is reluctantly drawn into the investigation.
10) Fool's puzzle
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Benni Harper, ex-cowgirl, quilter and folk-art expert, stumbles upon a body while setting up a homemade quilt exhibit. As she tries to solve the murder, she makes shocking discoveries about her family.
12) Pisces rising
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Psychic detective Elizabeth Chase, reluctant to return to detective work after seeing her fiance gunned down, is drawn back into action when an old friend calls her to investigate the scalping of a Native American casino owner.
13) Actual innocence
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Greg Monarch is contacted by an ex-girlfriend to help overturn a murder conviction, he travels to the small town where the murder occurred and uncovers a decades-old scandal that threatens Sara's life and the livelihood of the town.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The last remaining orange tree on a Southern California street brings together neighbors of all ages as they face their problems and anxieties, including the possibility that a mysterious stranger is a threat to their tree.
17) Prime witness
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
During a murder trial, attorney Paul Madriani realizes that there is another murderer besides the one being tried.
19) Esperanza rising
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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