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A higher justice (Trials Of Kit Shannon Ser. #2)
Par James Scott Bell. 2003
Los Angeles, 1906. Kit Shannon, devout Christian defense attorney, represents both a mother who lost her son in a trolley…
accident and a rail worker accused of attempted murder. The two cases pit her against powerful railroad men and politicians who seem to have something to hide. 2003Love's proof (Heartquest Anthologies Ser.)
Par Catherine Palmer. 2003
London, 1819. Jane Fellowes, descendant of Sir Isaac Newton, discovers a mysterious box of papers that may establish scientific proof…
of the existence of God. When the box disappears, scientist Thomas Norcross and Jane investigate. Bizarre events ensue as the pair realize the true puzzle is a matter of the heart. 2003A greater glory (Trials Of Kit Shannon Ser. #1)
Par James Scott Bell. 2003
Los Angeles, 1905. Criminal lawyer Kit Shannon tries the case of Celia Harcourt, who is being blackmailed for past events…
that threaten her family's happiness. A murder intensifies Kit's involvement, forcing her to face a ruthless female prosecutor. Undaunted and aided by her strong religious beliefs, Kit exposes the truth. 2003The master quilter: an Elm Creek Quilts novel (Elm Creek Quilts Ser. #No. 6)
Par Jennifer Chiaverini. 2004
The Elm Creek Quilters were quite surprised when master quilter Sylvia married Andrew Cooper on Christmas Eve. Now they are…
secretly conspiring to create a bridal quilt. But the project hits a snag when the local stitchers are confronted with their own personal problems. 2004The tombs of Atuan
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Arha is taken from her parents to be trained as high priestess to the Old Ones in the Atuan tombs.…
She endures her bleak captivity until a trespasser violates her domain in his search for the tombs' greatest treasure. Sequel to A Wizard of Earthsea (BR 7742). For grades 6-9. 1970Death for dessert
Par T. Dawn Richard. 2003
Sixty-five-year-old May List leaves her philandering husband and moves into a senior citizen apartment complex. As May adjusts to her…
new life, she discovers that her neighbor, Mrs. Berkowitz, runs a blackmail operation. When Mrs. Berkowitz is murdered, May and her zany elderly cohorts determine to solve the crime. 2003A test of wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Charles Todd. 1998
To investigate a colonel's murder in 1919, Scotland Yard needs an experienced, but expendable, detective. Inspector Ian Rutledge, tormented mentally…
since returning from WWI, is assigned the politically sensitive case. His reputation at stake, Rutledge questions the victim's beautiful ward, her war-hero fiancé, and a shell-shocked witness. Some violence. 1996Tehanu: the last book of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle Ser. #4)
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 1990
Tenar, former priestess of Atuan and now the widow of a Gontish farmer, lives quietly caring for her foster daughter…
Therru. Soon another needs Tenar's care: Ged, no longer archmage of Earthsea, returns home half-conscious--on a dragon's back. Sequel to The Farthest Shore (BR 15408). For grades 6-9. 1990Storybook treasury of Dick and Jane and friends
Par Elizabeth Rider Montgomery, Dorothy Walter Baruch, William S Gray. 2003
Reissue of three Dick and Jane books, originally published in the 1940s and 1950s, that were widely used in schools…
to teach reading to children. The stories include: We Look and See, We Come and Go, and The New We Work and Play. For grades K-3. 2003The nominee
Par Brian McGrory. 2002
With his newspaper facing a hostile takeover, Boston investigative reporter Jack Flynn from The Incumbent (BR 13563) postpones a damaging…
story on Massachusetts governor Lance Randolph, nominee for U.S. attorney general, to help publisher Paul Ellis. When Ellis is murdered, Flynn searches for his killer. Violence and strong language. 2002The farthest shore (Earthsea Ser. #Vol. 3)
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Ged, archmage of Roke, and Arren, young prince of Enlad, set out to find and challenge the evil that threatens…
to destroy Earthsea itself. Sequel to The Tombs of Atuan (BR 15379). For grades 6-9. National Book Award. 1972For the love of Mike (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser.)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2003
New York, 1901. In this sequel to Death of Riley (BR 14657), Molly Murphy inherits her boss's detective business. Two…
cases, one to uncover industrial espionage and the other to locate a runaway, intertwine. Molly tries to ease the plight of an immigrant family and finds a new love. 2003Rumpole and the primrose path
Par John Mortimer. 2002
Six stories featuring British barrister Rumpole, now recovering from his near-fatal heart attack in Rumpole Rests His Case (RC 55589,…
BR 14645). In the title piece, Rumpole investigates a fellow patient's mysterious death at the Primrose Path convalescent home in Sussex. Back in London he takes on five other cases. 2002Personal recollections of Joan of Arc (Dover thrift editions)
Par Mark Twain. 2002
Fictional biography of French heroine Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) told from the viewpoint of her page, secretary, and lifelong…
friend, Sieur Louis de Conte. Describes her early childhood, the "voices" that prompted her to aid the dauphin, the fight for Orleans, and her eventual capture, trial, and martyrdom. 1895The general's daughter
Par Nelson DeMille. 1992
Captain Ann Campbell, the base commander's daughter, is found dead on the Fort Hadley, Georgia, firing range. Army criminal investigator…
Paul Brenner and rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, Brenner's ex-girlfriend, must handle the politically explosive case. They uncover Campbell's shocking secret life. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1992Scenarios: a "nameless detective" casebook (A Nameless Detective Mystery Ser.)
Par Bill Pronzini. 2003
Fourteen short mysteries spanning thirty-five years of "nameless" San Francisco PI stories. In "It's a Lousy World" Nameless vindicates a…
friend suspected of--and shot for--robbing a liquor store. Also includes "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" and "Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern." Violence and some strong language. 2003The Christmas thief: A Novel
Par Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark. 2004
During a vacation weekend in Stowe, Vermont, lottery winner Alvirah Meehan and her friend private investigator Regan Reilly become involved…
in the case of a stolen Christmas tree. The tree, designated for Rockefeller Center, connects a scam artist, a swindled waitress, and a sparkling treasure. 2004The probable future
Par Alice Hoffman. 2003
For generations women of the Sparrow family in Massachusetts have been blessed--or cursed--with clairvoyant powers. When thirteen-year-old Stella has a…
premonition that lands her father in jail on suspicion of murder, she goes to live in the historic ancestral home where she confronts her haunting legacy. Some strong language. 2003The return of the Black Widowers
Par Isaac Asimov, Charles Ardai. 2003
Sixteen stories, some previously unpublished in any collection, involving the Black Widowers club members who gather monthly to dine and…
solve a brainteasing puzzle. The men ponder mysteries ranging from murder and theft to an umbrella's seemingly inexplicable disappearance into a space warp. Foreword by Harlan Ellison. Some strong language. 2003Haunting at home plate
Par David Patneaude. 2000
Twelve-year-old Nelson recruits his female cousin Mike to coach his baseball team. They are on a losing streak when they…
see messages scratched in the dirt at home plate. The team wonders if the ghost of a boy who died years ago is responsible. For grades 4-7. 2000