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1) The searcher
Author
Series
Cal Hooper volume 1
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small...
2) The big wave
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
c1976
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
57 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A magical debut novel for readers of Naomi Novik's Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Neil Gaiman's myth-rich fantasies, The Bear and the Nightingale spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind--she spends the winter nights huddled around...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present--and intent on keeping its dark secrets--in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor. Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'We should have known the end was near.' So begins Imbolo Mbue's exquisite and devastating novel 'How Beautiful We Were.' Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to...
Author
Series
Finfarran Peninsula volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"The days are turning colder, preparations are under way for the Winter Fest, and everyone is hoping for a little holiday magic on the Finfarran peninsula. And as Cassie Fitzgerald, fresh from Toronto, is about to discover, there's more to the holidays on the west coast of Ireland than mistletoe and mince pies. Enchanted by the small town where her dad was born, Cassie makes friends and joins local librarian Hanna Casey's writing group in Lissbeg...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three Pines is a village just above the U.S. border where everybody knows everything about each other--until now. Everybody in Three Pines is shocked when their favorite local bistro becomes the scene of a devastating crime. A stranger's corpse has turned up there, and Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate. But no one can believe it when Olivier, the owner of the bistro, becomes a suspect: Why does every lead in the investigation find...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In the England of murder mysteries and TV detectives, no destination is deadlier than a quaint country village, and you never know you're in a murder village until it's too late. No attraction or local character is safe--whether in the pub for a pint, or on the manicured grounds of the local estate for a shooting party, bodies can turn up anywhere! Danger lurks around every cobblestone corner. If you are foolish enough to make the trip, at least be...
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1095 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Collects six stories relating the adventures of a family of Borrowers, miniature people that live in the hidden nooks and crannies of houses and borrow what they need.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity volume 25
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's early May in the small English village of Finch and the air is crackling with excitement: a newcomer is about to move into Pussywillows, a riverside cottage with a romantic reputation. Will the cottage's newest resident prove yet again its enchanting ability to matchmake? But when Crispin Windle arrives, no one knows what to make of him: seemingly a loner, he repels every welcoming gesture and appears altogether uninterested in being a part...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the mysteries and miracles of everyday life introduces the small North Carolina town of Mitford and its colorful inhabitants, including Tim, a bachelor rector, who is falling in love with his neighbor.