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81) Serious intent
Author
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Marigold Darwin, a retired civil servant, returns to the village where she was born with the hope of purchasing her childhood home, but her well-intentioned interference in the lives of some of the local residents stirs up trouble that ends in tragedy.
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English
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Agatha Raisin's quiet town of Carsely is outraged when local scrooge John Sunday begins creating laws that prevent the townspeople from having any fun, and when he tries to cancel the annual Christmas festivities, someone's anger turns violent and Mr. Sunday is murdered, leaving Agatha to find the killer before Christmas.
84) Our Lizzie
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English
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Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit. At twelve, she loses her father and her happy family life ends as her mother grows to resent her. Then circumstances push Lizzie into an early marriage, where she finds her mother's petty cruelties replaced by her husband's frequent beatings.
But she is a survivor. When World War I breaks out, Lizzie's husband is forced to join up and she seizes the opportunity to run away. She finds independence and friendship...
86) Scorpia rising
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Alex Rider must once again do battle against the terrorist organization responsible for the death of his parents--Scorpia--when their plot in the Middle East poses a threat to humanity, but this time around the risks are bigger and Alex will not walk away so easily.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 46
Language
English
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Description
For most of his life Dominick Birdsey has been living in the shadow of his schizophrenic identical twin, Thomas, but when Thomas commits a violent act that affects both their lives, Dominick decides to leave his home and search for his true identity.
89) No birds sing
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
A vicious gang of thieves has hit the city of Castlemere, so the three police officers who head up the city's detective team go undercover to infiltrate their organization.
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Language
English
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Bill Slider and his firm are assigned to solve the mysterious case surrounding the murder of David Rogers, a wealthy doctor, but the case takes an unexpected turn when Slider discovers that none of the doctor's many girlfriends seem to have any knowledge of where Rogers worked or what he did for a living.
92) The truth
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English
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Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. A professional writer of some repute, he has reached the age of fifty-six with nothing resembling the success of his two great literary heroes, George Orwell and Albert Camus. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime-to write the biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a widely respected and highly influential activist and humanitarian-he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. His search...
93) The confession
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English
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Ian Rutledge looks into the case of a dying man who confessed to murdering his cousin during the Great War.
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English
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The acclaimed author brings us crime at a country-house Christmas party in "one of her best and most baffling mysteries" (Daily Express).
It's the Christmas season in 1972, and Agatha Troy is at a house party, enjoying the local holiday pageant and also painting the host's portrait. The painting's coming along fine, but the pageant goes a little pear-shaped when one of the players disappears. Could one of the eccentric guests have been involved?...
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English
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Chief inspector Wexford had almost made up his mind that he would never again set eyes on Eric Targo's short, muscular figure. And yet there he was, back in Kingsmarkham, still with that cocky, strutting walk. Years earlier, Targo stalked and taunted Wexford, daring him to press charges after a woman was found strangled in her bedroom. Over the years there are more unsolved, apparently motiveless murders in the town, and Wexford suspects that the...
98) Silent witness
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
When forensic pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan is called to investigate a gruesome murder at the local cemetery, she discovers there is a ritualistic murderer on the loose in her quiet town, and it is up to her to find the killer before she becomes his next victim.
100) The Wyndham legacy
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
The Earl of Chase's daughter and nephew are bound together for better or worse when the Earl dies and leaves them his heirs.
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