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121) A silent death
Author
Publisher
Riverrun, an imprint of Quercus Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Spain, 2020. When ex-pat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life: the victim of a rare condition named Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world, and of Cleland's cruel plan. John Mackenzie, an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian...
122) Architect assistants
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ammi has a special visitor, her friend who is an architect and is designing a new mosque. Nadia and Nadir give their suggestions for a playroom and a reading nook at the new Islamic center and learn about Islamic art and architecture"--Back cover.
124) Stone fruit
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An exhilarating and tender debut graphic novel that is an ode to the love and connection shared among three women and the child they all adore"--
126) Among the ghosts
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer at The New Newbridge Academy where she will soon begin sixth grade, Noleen finds strange things happening and discovers the special talent her aunts saw in her when she was a motherless infant.
127) Deadly diaries
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Maggie Schreiber finds her Aunt Esther murdered in the quiet neighborhood of Pinon Heights. In order to deal with her loss, Maggie begins to read Aunt Esther's diaries, but before she gets far, most of the books are stolen. Then, her sister is attacked, and her house is set on fire. At the funeral, Esther's life was celebrated for her generosity and caring, but what was really going on with Aunt Esther? Can Maggie stay alive long enough to protect...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Visiting Bellfield Hall to comfort her niece, who has been seemingly abandoned by her wealthy fiance, Miss Dido Kent investigates the possibly related death of a young woman, a situation that is complicated by surprising secrets.
Author
Publisher
Farrar/Straus/Giroux
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
Reality merges with fantasy in this hilarious comic novel about the world of radio soap operas and the pitfalls of forbidden passion by the bestselling author of The Storyteller. Sexy, sophisticated, older Aunt Julia, now divorced, seeks a new mate who can support her in high style. She finds instead her libidinous nephew, and their affair shocks both family and community.
131) No more cornflakes
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Hortense worries that her family is falling apart, but as she gets to know her Aunt Kate and makes a new friend, she discovers that change isn't always bad.
132) The pink house
Author
Publisher
The Viking Press
Pub. Date
1950.
Language
English
Description
How crippled girl finds happiness with hateful aunt.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this John Grisham style mystery, Matt Royal, the retired lawyer-turned-beach-bum is called back into the courtroom to defend his girlfriend J. D. Duncan's Aunt Esther, who lives in the sprawling North Central Florida retirement community of The Villages. A best-selling author has been murdered after a book signing, and Aunt Esther has been arrested. Matt has a history with the local sheriff-one which may not bode well for his client. Matt reluctantly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The second in the delightful Dear Miss Hermione mystery series from Anastasia Hastings--when you represent the best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, fielding questions from both irate housekeepers and heartbroken mothers is par for the course... "Dear Miss Hermione--what is a mother to do?" Sensible Violet Manville and her very ladylike half-sister Sephora are absolutely bored, thank you very much. And though neither of them would ever admit it aloud,...
135) A tender reed
Author
Publisher
Tsaba House
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
From her earliest years Michelle Hurley and her sister Nicole have been told that they are not worthy of love. As an adult Michelle still harbors such thoughts. When her sister Nicole suddenly abandons her two young children on Michelle's doorstep she wonders if she is up to the take of raising and loving these children.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The wonderful new novel from Alex Brown, bestselling author of The Great Christmas Knit Off, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Jill Mansell. April Wilson is wondering what to do next - her life has been turned upside down after the loss of her husband so she's hoping to piece herself together again with a visit to her elderly great aunt, Edith. Arriving in the rural idyll of Tindledale, she's dismayed to find Edith's cottage and the orchards surrounding...
138) Extra innings
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
After a tragic airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate goes to live with his wealthy great-grandfather and his adopted Black great-aunt Vidalia and he finds unexpected solace in the stories of her childhood spent travelling with a Depression-era Negro baseball team.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"Disappointed when his parents go off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and leave him behind with his Great Aunt Hortense, young Walter encounters mystery and intrigue when he meets Old Zeb, a shipbuilder with a secret dream." --
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