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2) Evans above
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Young police constable Evan Evans, having left the big city for what he believes will be an idyllic life in the small Welsh village of Llanfair, finds himself almost immediately enmeshed in the mysterious murder of two hikers.
Author
Publisher
Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Detective Moralès takes on a chilling case set on the icy seas of Quebec's remote Magdalen Islands, in the midst of a brutal seal hunt. A breathtaking, atmospheric, race-against-the-clock thriller... **Number One bestseller in Canada** _________________________________________ Fisheries officer Simone Lord is transferred to Quebec's remote Magdalen Islands for the winter, and at the last minute ordered to go aboard a trawler braving a winter storm...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A hilarious romp." -Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat
The charming tale of a small French town in which the local barber, whose business is failing as his clients grow older and lose their hair, decides to become the town matchmaker.
Barber Guillaume Ladoucette has always enjoyed great success in his tiny village in southwestern France, catering to the tonsorial needs of Amour-sur-Belle's thirty-three inhabitants. But times have changed. His customers...
13) Earth
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One of the undisputed masterpieces of the cinema, no single viewing of Earth will ever reveal all of its poetic brilliance. An old farmer dies, his grandson has a new vision to bring prosperity to his poor Ukraine village.
14) Vodka lemon
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2005, c2003
Language
Multiple
Description
An Armenian widower meets an attractive widow during a visit to his wife's grave, with whom he begins a tentative courtship.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small...
16) Fox evil
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden, dressed only in nightclothes and with bloodstains on the ground near her body, the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy husband, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroner's investigation deems it death by natural causes, but the gossip surrounding James refuses to go away. Friendless and alone, James and his reclusive behavior begins to alarm his attorney, whose concern deepens when he discovers...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Haunted and haunting. . . . With fearlessness and humility, in a narrative that flows more artfully than ever between destruction and rebirth, Erdrich has opened herself to possibilities beyond what we merely see—to the dead alive and busy, to the breath of trees and the souls of wolves—and inspires readers to open their hearts to these mysteries as well.”— Washington Post Book World
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...19) The village
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Isolated in a countryside village, the population believes that their alliance with the mythical creatures of the forest around them is coming to an end.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While looking for her beloved puppy, Poco, one winter day, young Mia discovers how beautiful the world can be, as well as a way to make her own village of Campamento San Francisco more lovely and her family's life easier.
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