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2) The hush
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
It's been ten years since the events that changed Johnny Merrimon's life and rocked his hometown to the core. Since then, Johnny has fought to maintain his privacy, but books have been written of his exploits; he has fans, groupies. Living alone in the wilderness beyond town, Johnny's only connection to normal life is his old friend, Jack. They're not boys anymore, but the bonds remain. What they shared. What they lost.
Author
Language
English
Description
By the time you read this, I'll have killed one of your husbands. In an isolated retreat, deep in the Northumbria moors, three women arrive for a weekend getaway. Their husbands will be joining them in the morning. Or so they think. But when they get to Dark Fell Barn, the women find a devastating note that claims one of their husbands has been murdered. Their phones are out of range. There's no internet. They're stranded. And a storm's coming in....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. Leonora, known to some as Lee and others as Nora, is a reclusive crime writer, unwilling to leave her "nest" of an apartment unless it is absolutely necessary. When a friend she hasn't seen or spoken to in years unexpectedly invites Nora (Lee?) to a weekend away in an...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Annie Dawson's recurring nightmare haunts her, as does the mystery of the rag doll she finds in the attic of her home.The little doll, accented with the childish embroidery of a small bird on its tiny apron becomes the focus of a mystery unraveling in the small coastal town of Stony Point, Maine.
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 18
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Janice's son is about to propose to his girlfriend, Zelda. Before he can pop the question, Zelda is accused of stealing money meant for Marietta's annual Thanksgiving Feast. Janice and her friends from the Wayfarers Inn must clear Zelda's name.
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 9
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meredith's old friend, Davis Hedgerow, is writing a new book to highlight Savannah's most popular attractions. He calls on Magnolia Investigations when he receives a threatening note demanding he cancel his book's publication or else. From restored diners to haunted bed-and-breakfasts and a beloved bookstore, Meredith and Julia find themselves with lots of suspects, but no clear motive.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Annie finds a bundle of old letters in the attic of Grey Gables, she feels a rush of nostalgia for the days she spent in Stony Point as a child, and for her best childhood friend Susan Morris. Annie had saved these letters and brought them back to Stony Point to share with Susan, but where is Susan now? Annie takes up the search for Susan, and as she digs deeper, she is drawn into a frightening game of hide and seek with strangers who threaten...
9) The it girl
Author
Language
English
Description
"April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends--Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily--during their first term. By the end of the year, April was dead. Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing...
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 12
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Wayfarer Inn is hosting the debut for a traveling theater company, but acts of sabotage soon derail the production. Meanwhile, Harry gives the inn a box of old books from his antique shop that includes a battered fragment of an antique script. A clue on the cover makes the Inn Crowd wonder if it has something to do with the inn's role as a station on the Underground Railroad.
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 21
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A plumber digs up an old box on the grounds of the Wayfarers Inn. In the box are a dress, a bracelet, an old piece of newsprint, an unmailed letter, and a knife stained with blood. As the Inn Crowd investigates the find, the friends uncover a forgotten chapter in the history of the area and learn more about the place they now call home. Meanwhile, Janice struggles to accept her daughter's new boyfriend.
12) Close to home
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First William Morrow paperback edition.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
1965. Winston Churchill's funeral. Carnaby Street. The Moors murders. The first U.S. space walk. Help! Mods and rockers. Emma Peel and The Avengers. It was a time of possibility, of hope for the future, the fulcrum point of the sixties. Alan Banks was a teenager on the precipice of manhood with little on his mind but girls and music. Until the day his best friend, Graham, vanished.
Author
Series
Lucy Stone mystery volume 25
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As Tinker's Cove, Maine, buzzes over a town-wide silver wedding anniversary bash, Lucy is reminded of her nuptials and ponders the whereabouts of Beth Gerard, her strong-willed maid of honor. Lucy never would have made it down the aisle without Beth's help, and although the two friends lost touch over the years, she decides to reach out. It only takes one phone call for Lucy to realize that a reunion will happen sooner than later--at Beth's funeral....
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 6
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Moses Willard, the great-great grandson of original owners of the house now turned into Wayfarers Inn, has come with his family to visit the inn. However, Moses has been receiving anonymous notes suggesting that someone is holding the Willard family treasure for ransom. At the same time, inn co-owner Tess has had a failing out with her grown daughter Lizzie and it's up to her friends, LuAnn and Janice, to help patch things up between the two.
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 16
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
297 p.
Language
English
Description
Margaret Ashworth, head of the Marietta Historical Society, disappeared after sharing an old Civil-War era newspaper clipping about a pouch of gold that went missing. As the Inn Crown try to help Margaret's family figure out where she could be, LuAnn finds clues to the gold's location. Meanwhile, a former student of LuAnn's is in town researching the Castle, a local historical site undergoing renovation. But Ashley' strange behavior makes LuAnn wonder...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room. Security guards immediately appear and instruct everyone inside to stay put until they determine there is no threat. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers who had been sitting in the reading room get to chatting and quickly become friendly. Harriet, Marigold, Whit, and Caine...
17) Mercy's song
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 19
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
LuAnn Sherrill has just started as chair of the Marietta Christmas-in-History tour but is already overwhelmed by the demands of Fern McPherson. Things are further complicated when one of LuAnn's former students comes to town to visit her sister Michele, who is immediately carried off to the hospital unconscious. LuAnn and her friends at the Wayfarers Inn must make sense of the cryptic notes in Michele's notebook and solve a possible crime before Christmas....
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 15
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
273 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Wayfarers Inn employee Winnie wins a baking competition, the Inn Crowd capitalizes on it by offering a free loaf of her award-winning bread to the first twelve guests to book a room at the inn. But when strange messages begin showing up inside the loaves of bread, the friends must figure out who would want to harm them or Winnie. Meanwhile, a demanding guest named Reena Newberry begins to wear on the Inn Crowd. Finding out what she wants from...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"J.J., Molly, and Leila had once been inseparable, but it's been a long time since college, and life--not to mention distance--have disrupted the former roommates' friendship. When the three reunite for a birthday weekend in Las Vegas, the lottery ticket they buy on a whim has the winning numbers--giving them a billion-dollar windfall. Shell-shocked, they turn to Shea Daniels, a "sudden wealth manager," who promises to guide them through the pitfalls...
20) Telling tales
Author
Series
A Vera Stanhope mystery volume Book 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence proving Jeanie's innocence. Abigail's killer is still at large. For one young woman, Emma Bennett, the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend--and of that fearful winter's day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch....