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6181) The curious incident of the dog in the night-time (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection)
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2004.
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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 55, 56, 57
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p2015.
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While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town square.
The Alden children draw upon their resourcefulness to save the neighborhood firehouse from being torn down, while they also face a series of mysterious incidents connected with it.
While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage.
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1986.
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In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own...
6185) The mystery monster
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Paige proves it volume 1
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2021.
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"Paige loves facts! She records interesting information in her facts journal and shares it with anyone who will listen. Wombats' poop is cube-shaped! Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And a boy named Penn lives next door. The two couldn't be more different. The craziest thing Paige believes is that bananas are actually berries (scientifically proven!), but Penn thinks there's a monster in the neighborhood! Paige will prove Penn wrong...
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2016.
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In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant:...
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2015.
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The growling bear mystery: The Aldens love exploring the many hiking trails around Yellowstone, especially Lost Cabin Trail. But suddenly, the trail is closed because of bear activity, and then the map disappears! Could someone be trying to keep the Aldens away from the trail? It's a mystery -- and the Boxcar Children are going to solve it!
The mystery of the lake monster: When the Aldens arrive at Lake Lucille, they're excited to explore the forests...
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2018.
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"Winter came early the year Bernadette died. It seemed like there wasn't really even an autumn at all that year. And autumn was as pretty a season as there was up in that Duce country. The winters were miserable--cold and gray for the most part. And if there was one thing worse than winter there, it had to be the spring--when all the ice and snow melted, and that cold and gray and miserable little town was bogged down in a sea of brown mud. "God how...
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Charlie Mortdecai mysteries volume 1
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2015.
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"Charlie Mortdecai: degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and acknowledged coward. With his thuggish manservant--the incomparably named Jock Strapp--Mortdecai endures all manner of nastiness involving stolen paintings, a vintage Rolls Royce, secret police, a whirlwind trip to the United States, a dead client, and a ravishing young wealthy widow...all just to make a dishonest living. He's not one to pass...
6190) The wild between us
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[2023]
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"ONE TRAIL. TWO FRANTIC SEARCHES. FIFTEEN YEARS APART. After inheriting his uncle's lodge, Silas Matheson hopes the grandeur of the California Sierra Nevada will be a fresh start for his two young sons, and a chance ton finally face his demons. It was here, fifteen years ago, that Silas and his friends Jessica, Danny, and Meg ventured into the mountain wilderness and Jessica vanished without a trace. When his boys go missing in the same dark woods,...
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[2018]
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Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this utterly miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons from their accursed fate.
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2022.
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The past is never far behind, as a string of murders threatens to unleash long-buried secrets in this pulse-pounding thriller for fans of Melinda Leigh and T. R. Ragan. The only survivor of Denver’s notorious “Reaper” serial murders, FBI Special Agent Kendall Beck grapples with the ghosts of her past by seeking justice for victims of abuse. She’s neck deep in a particularly ugly case involving the disappearance of five-year-old Emily Williams—but...
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2015.
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"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become...
6195) The swindler, the vanishing man, and the pretty boys: by Nisioisin ; translated by Winifred Bird
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Pretty Boy Detective Club volume 2
Pub. Date
2020
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"A mysterious organization is operating behind the scenes at Yubiwa Academy--the Pretty Boy Detective Club, comprised of President Manabu Sotoin, Vice President Nagahiro Sakiguchi, fearsome 'bossman' and fearless gourmand Michiru Fukuroi, angelic track star Hyota Ashikaga, and artistic genius/business prodigy Sosaku Yubiwa. One morning, new recruit Mayumi Dojima happens to see someone drop a mind-boggling bundle, and the game is afoot! The ensuing...
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Faith Fairchild mystery volume 24
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[2017]
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Full of delectable recipes, brooding atmosphere, and biting wit, this chilling New England whodunit finds Faith catering a party to prevent its host from being murdered.
6197) The runaway windmill
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Hank the Cowdog volume 4
Pub. Date
[2007]
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"When an enemy spy (in a chicken suit!) sneaks on the ranch, it's going to be a wild day for Hank. Will Hank be able to protect the ranch and some newfound valuables of his? But Hank's biggest challenge will be whether he (and Drover) can lead a rescue to save Slim from his ride on a runaway windmill"--Container insert.
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2021.
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"Once known as the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi, Beauregard "Bug" Montage has never stopped looking over his shoulder. He knows that no matter how long he has been out of the Life, no one ever gets out completely. Now Bug is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and a hardworking dad. But when his carefully built life begins to crumble, and a former associate comes calling with a can't-miss jewelry store heist, Bug feels he has no...
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Truly devious volume 1
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2018.
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Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early 20th century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. A place, he said, where learning is a game. Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with...