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The secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1931
Riddle of the prairie bride (The American Girl Collection #Bk. 12)
Par Kathryn Reiss, Paul Bachem, Laszlo Kubinyi. 2001
In 1878, twelve-year-old Ida Kate and her widowed father welcome a mail-order bride and her baby to their Kansas homestead.…
But Ida Kate soon suspects that the bride is not the same woman with whom Papa had corresponded. For grades 5-8. 2001No escape: a Masey Baldridge/Luke Williamson mystery
Par James Brewer. 1998
1873. When a yellow fever epidemic strikes Memphis, Captain Luke Williamson is quarantined on his steamboat. The rest of the…
staff of the Big River Detective Agency, Masey Baldridge and Salina Tyner, are hired to find out who is murdering patients while panic spreads. Some violenceThe music at Long Verney: twenty stories
Par Sylvia Warner. 2001
Satirical British short stories from the New Yorker. In the title piece, an old couple move to the gamekeeper's cottage…
and rent out the ancestral mansion to "new money." In "Maternal Devotion" a young lady sends her unwanted beau to her mother, whose conversation rattles them both. 2001The Bohemian murders: a Fremont Jones mystery
Par Dianne Day. 1997
In 1907, Fremont Jones follows the man she loves to Carmel. But Michael now calls himself "Misha" and seems quite…
changed. When confused Fremont takes a temporary job as a lighthouse keeper, she spots a dead woman floating in Monterey Bay and becomes obsessed with identifying her. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sexThe curse of the black cat
Par Carolyn Keene. 2001
L.A. requiem
Par Robert Crais. 1999
Private detective Elvis Cole learns more about his mysterious partner, ex-cop Joe Pike, when they are asked to search for…
a woman Pike once dated. Her death and a series of others intensify some L.A. cops' distrust of Pike--whom they hold responsible for a death long ago. Strong language and violence. BestsellerSixteen short stories from different locales in Israel. Depicting contemporary life in popular tourist locations, the selections give travelers a…
view of places they may plan to visit. All are translations from Hebrew. Some violence and some descriptions of sexMises à mort: nouvelles
Par Suzanne Myre. 2007
"Deux enfants aux langues curieuses se retrouvent prisonniers d'un poteau gelé. Un chien saucisse est allergique aux pâtisseries. Une jeune…
femme aspire à trouver son point G alors qu'une autre fuit la réalité dans un monastère. Une fillette est amoureuse de son frère, une autre de sa meilleure amie. Certains personnages de Mises à mort verront leur destinée soudainement modifiée. Rempli de petites fins du monde, Mises à mort dépeint des tragédies quotidiennes, des combats comiques et existentiels. Certes, Suzanne Myre ne prétend pas expliquer l'univers, mais seulement en raviver les cendres, aussi amères soient-elles." -- 4e de couvLike a hole in the head: a novel
Par Jen Banbury. 1998
Los Angeles bookstore employee Jill buys a Jack London novel from a dwarf. She then sells it to a dealer,…
making a handsome profit. Later that day, a giant of a man--accompanied by the dwarf--comes in demanding the book. Jill is soon the target of a kidnapping attempt and worse. Strong languageThe music school: short stories
Par John Updike. 1966
An anthology of twenty short stories, nine of them dealing with divorce, in a style that explores stream of consciousness…
and point of view. In the title work, the author ponders life and divorce while waiting for his beloved daughter at her piano lessonLetendre et l'homme de rien: 1 (Letendre et l'homme de rien. #1.)
Par Pierre Caron. 2008
Comment Paul Letendre, collectionneur de livres anciens, père aimant et compagnon affable quelque peu pantoufflard, a-t-il pu se laisser entraîner…
dans une investigation criminelle au péril de sa vie? Dans la neige et le chatoiement des fêtes, il se lance sur les traces d'un homme de rien assassiné dans des circonstances troublantes, avec l'espoir de récupérer l'édition originale des Liaisons dangeureuses de Laclos. De son arrondissement bourgeois d'Outremont en passant par un quartier pauvre du sud-ouest de la ville, qui lui rappelle ses cauchemars de jeune homme, et par Prague, la plus belle ville du monde, il remonte une filière qui va lui réserver plus d'une surprises [...]. -- 4e de couvMystery at Moorsea Manor (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1999
Nancy Drew and her girlfriend George are vacationing in England, enjoying horseback riding in the country. There they discover that…
a series of deadly pranks are forcing the inn into bankruptcy. The duo investigate in order to help the owners stay in business. For grades 4-7. 1999Back of beyond: stories of the supernatural
Par Sarah Ellis. 1997
Twelve stories about teenagers whose everyday existence is changed by encounters with the mysterious. In "Gore," sibling teasing over possession…
of a new horror book takes on an ominous tone. In "Knife," Curtis tells about a lost Swiss army knife that strangely reappears. For junior and senior high readersScam
Par Parnell Hall. 1997
Cranston Pritchert, a new client of New York PI Stanley Hastings, claims his partners set him up to lose control…
of an investment firm by having a woman get him drunk in a bar. When Hastings uncovers evidence that Pritchert himself arranged for the woman's involvement, the investigator begins to suspect that he, too, is being duped. Strong languageCaution, men in trees: stories
Par Darrell Spencer. 2000
Nine short stories about men and their failings. In "Blood Work," a son, after his second divorce, moves back to…
his ailing father's house. In "There's Too Much News," a man relocates to the country for his wife's third round of psychotherapy. Some strong language. Flannery O'Connor Award. 2000The mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew #4)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1959
An English murder: a mystery
Par Louise Doughty. 1998
Alison, a young newspaper reporter, lives in a small English village where nothing ever happens. But then the couple next…
door is murdered and their teenaged daughter disappears. When someone offers Alison a clue to the girl's whereabouts, she must decide on a course of action. Some strong language. 1998Midnight magic: selected stories of Bobbie Ann Mason
Par Bobbie Mason. 1998
Set in Kentucky, seventeen short stories revolving around country people as they learn to cope with modern life. In "Big…
Bertha Stories," Jeannette watches her husband's descent into mental illness and its effects on her son. In "Residents and Transients," a woman takes a lover when her husband moves to LouisvilleTwelve short stories describe difficult situations experienced by teens and various viewpoints expressed by the teachings of the world's major…
religions. Authors include Virginia Euwer Wolff, Naomi Shihab Nye, M.E. Kerr, and Nancy Springer. Settings include Japan, Haiti, South Carolina, and an American ashram. For junior and senior high readers. 2000