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1) Sour puss
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Series
Mrs. Murphy mysteries volume 14
Description
In small-town Crozet, Virginia, Harry Haristeen is kindling her romance with veterinarian Fair when their bliss is threatened by the murder of Professor Vincent Forland, a world-renowned grape and fungal expert visiting local vineyards.
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Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
412 p. ; 25 cm.
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Series
Bell Elkins mysteries volume 1
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When three elderly men are gunned down over coffee at a local diner, the town of Acker's Gap is shaken. But a pattern of violence is taking shape that prosecutor Bell Elkins is becoming all too familiar with. Bell's daughter, Carly, a witness to the crime and desperate to prove that she is an adult, decides to help her mother work the case. As Bell's investigation unfolds, one thing is certain: the very idea of a simple way of life is coming to an...
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Sister Jane Foxhunting mysteries volume 4
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When a faculty member from the local prep school turns up dead, "Sister" Jane Arnold discovers that the case is complicated by a controversy over local historical artifacts in the school collection that were made by slaves.
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Series
Publisher
Scribner
Description
"When Lucie Montgomery visits Washington, DC, she doesn't expect that her reunion with old friend Rebecca Natale is a setup. But Rebecca disappears into thin air after running an errand for her boss, billionaire philanthropist and investment guru Sir Thomas Asher. Also missing: an antique silver wine cooler looted by British soldiers before they burned the White House during the War of 1812. The next morning Lucie identifies Rebecca's neatly folded...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
352 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Hired to assess the value of broken and missing antiques following a suspicious burglary at a Virginia manor house, intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass finds that her job is more complicated than she'd anticipated
10) Black notice
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 10
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
415 p. ; 25 cm.
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Series
Bregdan Chronicles volume 13
Publisher
Bregdan Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
531 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
Follows the Bregdan family as they deal with racism and violence in post-Civil War Virginia.
12) Mockingbird
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
235 p. ; 19 cm.
Description
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
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Series
John Puller novels volume 1
Description
Combat veteran John Puller, now working as an investigator for the Army's Criminal Investigative Division, tries to solve the murder of an Army man and his Pentagon contractor wife in their isolated rural home.
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Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 18 cm
Description
In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity suspects that an amateur naturalist visiting her family's Virginia plantation may actually be a British spy mapping Patriot plantations in advance of British raids. Includes historical information about the Revolutionary War.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
45 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
From the whippoorwill's call on the first day of spring through the first snowfall, Edna and members of her family gather fruits, berries, and vegetables from the fields, garden, and orchard on their Virginia farm and turn them into wonderful meals. Includes facts about the life of Edna Lewis, a descendant of slaves who grew up to be a famous chef, and five recipes.
Author
Series
Bell Elkins mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
viii, 306 pages ; 25 cm
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Series
Edilean series volume 3
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010
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Description
In Edilean, Virginia, undercover detective Mike Newland uses Sara Shaw to track down a woman who is one of the most notorious criminals in the United States--and also happens to be the mother of Greg Anders, the man whom Sara plans to marry and who leaves her without explanation three weeks before the wedding.
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Series
Elizabeth MacPherson mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
281 p. ; 22 cm.
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