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Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 20 cm.
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In a small, Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith, and when he suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou to help him, they become friends, to her surprise.
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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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Scribner
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"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...
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
x, 217 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Shortly before the 5K Run for Breast Cancer Awareness, Harry and her pets find the corpse of well-liked OR nurse Paula Benton, one of the event's organizers, who appears to have died of anaphylactic shock from a hornet's sting. But was it murder?
8) Mockingbird
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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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John Puller novels volume 1
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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.
10) Witch catcher
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
236 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Having just moved into the West Virginia home they inherited from a distant relative, twelve-year-old Jen is surprised that her father is already dating a local antiques dealer, but more surprised by what the spooky woman really wants.
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Series
Meg Langslow mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
vi, 296 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When her old friend Karen drops by with two-year-old son Timmy, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to babysit just for a little while. But when nightfall comes, the toddler is still in residence and Karen isn't answering any phone calls. Meg decides she must find out what's happening, so the next morning, with Timmy in tow, she retraces her friend's footsteps--and begins to suspect that Karen's disappearance is tied to at least one serious crime.
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Edilean series volume 3
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010
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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.
13) Close to famous
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 24 cm.
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A novel of love, family, and justice follows Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in a Manhattan law firm, as she searches for the "perfect plaintiff" to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves.
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Elizabeth Parker mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
291 p. ; 22 cm.
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Reluctant maid-of-honor Elizabeth Parker struggles to prove the innocence of her cousin when the bride's despised aunt is murdered, a case that is complicated by Elizabeth's boyfriend's infatuation with a wedding planner.
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During an autumn scenic drive in rural Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and husband Fair discover the body of a murdered accountant lying in a cornfield. Rooting out the guilty murderer in the treacherous center of a lucrative conspiracy requires Harry's farmer's wisdom--along with the quick wits and extraordinary senses of Sneaky Pie, Pewter, and Tucker.
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