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It's midwinter and the Shenandoah Valley is poised on the brink of an unusually icy and snowy season. Alexei Kamarov's body is discovered in a forest within the Picketsville town limits. His driver's license identifies him as Randall Harris. The last Sheriff Ike Schwartz heard of Kamarov, he was reported missing - presumed dead in Russia - the victim of intelligence game playing. Ike is not happy this piece of his past has resurfaced. Especially when...
2) Outfoxed
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Nearing seventy, Jane Arnold, master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, begins her search for a joint master to ensure a smooth transition of leadership after her death, but even she is stunned by the extent to which rivals will go in their quest to be named to the prestigious post.
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Angela Joy Palladino has made a name for herself as an environmental activist, but she is still nervous about returning to her hometown of Scotia, West Virginia, where she has been hired to join a campaign against mountaintop mining, and when the lawyer who hired her dies suddenly, and threats and bodies begin to pile up, AJ realizes there are others besides herself with secrets to keep.
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In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky Pie Brown, return to the scene of their bestselling crimes-picturesque Crozet, Virginia.
Love is in the air as spring comes to the small town, but no sooner has Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen remarried than she is rudely interrupted-by murder. And no sooner does the trouble start than curious cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with corgi Tee Tucker, sink their...
6) Celebration
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Heiress Kristine Kelly must struggle to make a new life for herself and her family after her husband of twenty years takes off with her fortune, leaving her to deal with three teenage children who really do not have much love left for either of their parents.
7) Missing May
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.
10) The ebony swan
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A young woman, at a crossroad in her life, returns to her maternal grandfather. There she searches for the truth about her mother's mysterious death and her own past.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
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When Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
14) Double take
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Kait London has been estranged from her twin sister for years. She has never understood why and has always regretted it. When her phone rings in the middle of the night, Kait learns that Lana desperately needs her help. All Kait has to do is take her place, for two days, at her home in the horse country of Virginia. If Kait can play this role convincingly, she will save Lana's life.
This is a game the twins have played before. But never like this....
15) Cat on the scent
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When a local pilot disappears hours before the town's Civil War reenactment, it is up to Mrs. Murphy and her cat friends to find the man before it is too late.
16) Leaving Eden
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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When Glamour Day comes to the Klip-N-Kurl beauty parlor in tiny Lovettsville, Virginia, Tallie Brock sees her ticket to Hollywood and stardom. By turns funny and tender, joyous and poignant, bestselling author Anne LeClaire has written a winning, stylish novel of small-town Southern life-and what it means to be a mother, daughter, best friend, wife, and lover.
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In "Love Day" a young Marine, about to invade Japan, remembers the role his father played in building one of the ships. "Shadrach" is about a child's recollection of what happened when a former slave came home to die in the place where he was born. In "A Tidewater Morning" a boy describes the hot summer day on which his mother died. The stories all take place in Virginia.
18) As you wish
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Gathering in Summer Hill, Virigina, three women from different generations reflect on their experiences with love and support one another through marital woes.
20) Claws and effect
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Best-selling authors Rita Mae Brown and her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown, are beloved for their Mrs. Murphy mysteries. Set in the quiet town of Crozet, Virginia, each delightful book finds Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and the incomparably clever feline, Mrs. Murphy, caught up in a puzzling whodunit. In the middle of a particularly dull winter, nobody pays much mind to rumors of bad blood among the staff of Crozet Hospital. That is, until a member of the...
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