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Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
339 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The police said it was an accident, the dead woman's sister said it was murder... and that she knew who did it. Nameless isn't certain, but the more he learns about Nancy Mathias's life, the more inclined he is to accept the likelihood of murder-especially as the players still alive become more and more distasteful. Combine that with the situation Jake Runyon, one of the agency's partners, is facing as he searches for a young man who is either a murderer...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Years of long workdays ... as a political campaigner are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey's boss is entering the White House. But when her estranged older sister, Alice, unexpectedly dies, Lucy is drawn back to Nilson's Bay, her small, close knit Wisconsin hometown. An accident in her teens left Alice mentally impaired, and she was content to stay in Nilson's Bay. Lucy ... got out and never looked back. Now, ... Lucy has taken up temporary...
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Language
English
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Description
"Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants--the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it's located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming--until one of them mysteriously disappears... Vermont, 2014. As much as she's tried, journalist Fiona Sheridan...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Refusing to believe that her pregnant, mercurial, artist sister committed suicide, Beatrice begins an obsessive search for the truth and is dismissed by her family and authorities until she closes in on a murderous predator.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A mystery begins when Aggie Dunkirk exhumes secrets and uncovers a crime her eccentric grandmother has been obsessing over. Decades earlier, after discovering her sister's body in the attic, Imogene Grayson longs for justice. Two women, separated by time, vow to find answers . . . no matter the cost"--
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Enrolling in the prestigious Law and Literature course at Franklin University to exact revenge on the professor she believes is responsible for her sister’s death, Jessie Mooney will cross any line to hold him accountable as the truth becomes darkly twisted.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A young Cree woman is tormented by vivid dreams from before her sister's untimely death and wakes up with a severed crow's head in her hands before returning to her rural hometown in Alberta seeking answers.
8) Drift
Author
Series
Rachel Hatch volume 1
Publisher
Liquid Mind Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ex-Army criminal investigator Rachel Hatch is a drifter. No home. No commitments. Until her sister's drowning drags her back to the town she left fifteen years ago. Convinced her sister's death was no accident, Hatch partners with the local sheriff, Dalton Savage to uncover the truth. Every answer unlocks another question, and as the investigation begins to unravel, Hatch and Savage find their lives on the line. Hatch is forced to use her special...
10) A touch of grace
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
321 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
11) Palace of lies
Author
Series
Palace chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a terrible fire destroys her home and kills her twelve sister-princesses, Desmia must rise above those who intend to manipulate her and sieze power for themselves--and find out the truth"--
12) Dead sleep
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A mysterious series of paintings in a Hong Kong art museum, including one featuring a woman who bears a striking resemblance to her, draws photojournalist Jordan Glass into a painful search for the murderer of her twin sister.
13) The song weaver
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bestselling author B.J. Hoff will delight readers as her unforgettable characters from A Distant Music and The Wind Harp reunite for a dramatic conclusion to The Mountain Song Legacy trilogy.
When a shadow falls over the MacAuley family, newlyweds Jonathan and Maggie Stuart find their faith and newly discovered happiness tested in unforeseen ways. An abrupt summons to return from their honeymoon wrenches them from the joy of their early days of marriage...
14) One Small Thing
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Beth's life hasn't been the same since her sister died. Her parents try to lock her down, believing they can keep her safe by monitoring her every move. When Beth sneaks out to a party one night and meets the new guy in town, Chase, she's thrilled to make a secret friend. It seems like a small thing, just for her. Only Beth doesn't know how big her secret really is... Fresh out of juvie and determined to start his life over, Chase has demons to face...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After her sister is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau finds herself in way over her head while searching for a witness--and the truth--and must decide how much she is willing to risk to clear her sister's name.
Author
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"As the older sibling to identical twins Violet and Lily, Cami Porter was always the odd sister out. The divide grew even wider when their parents split up--while the twins stayed in Cape Sanctuary with their free-spirited mother, Rosemary, fourteen-year-old Cami moved to LA with her attorney father. Nearly twenty years later, when Cami gets the terrible news that Lily has drowned saving a child's life, her mother begs her to return home to help untangle...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
271 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Philadelphia journalist describes his return to his small Louisiana hometown after the death of his younger sister, a schoolteacher around whom the community rallied and who inspired the author to move back to the town with his wife to raise their three children.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Motivated by the opportunity to obtain real justice for her sister who disappeared twenty years ago, Tracy became a homicide detective with the Seattle PD. When her sister's remains are finally discovered near their hometown in the northern Cascade Mountains of Washington State, Tracy is determined to get the answers she's been seeking"--
19) The Honeys
Author
Publisher
PUSH
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who'd grown tragically distant. Mars's genderfluidity means he's often excluded from the traditions--and expectations--of his politically-connected family. This includes attendance at the prestigious Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy where his...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed.