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Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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3 stars
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When a house party goes terribly wrong, a small town fractures along lines of privilege, exposing disturbing truths about the community, perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes"-- Provided by publisher.; Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the...
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Publisher:
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Someone is about to Someone is about to At the intimate house-warming party for her glorious 'grand design', Kathleen confides in her best friend Beth that she is terrified of one of their close friends, but daren't reveal which one. The guests are a tight-knit group, but Kathleen is convinced one of them is dangerous. The next day Kathleen's body is found at the foot of a cliff and Beth must face the sickening truth that she may have been killed...
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Series:
Miss Morton mysteries volume 1
Language:
English
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While attending a house party in the countryside, lady's companion to the wealthy widow Mrs. Matilda Frogerton, Lady Caroline Morton finds things not as they seem when an elderly family member is murdered and attempts to solve the crime with an unexpected ally.
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Rainbow Morning Music
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English
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Join Barry Louis Polisar's host of ghosts, ghouls and goblins as the house shakes, the candlesticks fly, the TV pirouettes and a few ghosts take off their 's the liveliest Halloween party ever-until things get out of hand in this spellbinding but good-natured tale told in verse. On Halloween night, a child's party is visited by real ghosts and goblins. The problem is-everyone is in a mask and costume, and no one knows who the real creatures are-until...
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Series:
Women of Worth volume 3
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
Eleanor Wheeler married into misery. Now widowed, marrying again is the only way to save her sister and herself from their brother's drunken temper. Mr. Bancroft offers her such an escape if she can gain his mother's approval at the family's house party. Eleanor quickly discovers that obtaining Mrs. Bancroft's blessing is near impossible. A matter only complicated further when she stumbles across a fellow guest in the middle of the night. Despite...
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Publisher:
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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"Red Solo cups? Check. Snacks? Check. Abandoned mansion full of countless horrors that won't let you leave? Check. The Deinhart Manor has been a looming shadow over town for as long as anyone can remember, and it's been abandoned for even longer. When the final Deinhart descendent passes, the huge gothic manor is up for sale for the first time ever. Which means Arden can steal the keys from her mom's real estate office... It's time for a graduation...
10. The Party House
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Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
The Party House by Lin Anderson is a deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. Devastated by a recent pandemic brought in by outsiders, the villagers of Blackrig in the Scottish Highlands are outraged when they find that the nearby estate plans to reopen its luxury 'party house' to tourists. As animosity sparks in the community, a group of locals take action. By the end of the night,...
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Publisher:
W. F. Howes Ltd
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Dan Ranscombe is clever and good-looking, but he resents the wealth and easy savoir faire of fellow guest, Paul Latimer. Surely a shrewd girl like Meg Slater would see through that, wouldn't she? And what about Diana, Paul's beautiful sister; Charles Asher, the Jewish outsider; Madeleine, the children's nanny; and artist Henry Haddon? As these guests gather at a country house party, none has any inkling that the choices they make will have fateful...
Publisher:
New Line Cinema
Pub. Date:
[2009]
Language:
English
Description:
House party: A teenager has to deal with punks, an over-protective father, and best friends who want him to choose between them.
House party 2: Two college students get into trouble when they stage the mother of all pajama parties.
House party 3: Best friends find their friendship tested when one of them plans to get married.
House party 4: While housesitting for his uncle, Jon Jon plans a party to end all parties.
14. House Party
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Publisher:
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
Description:
As the new girl in a strange town, Casey is trying desperately to fit in and make friends. When her parents leave town for the weekend, her friend suggests she have a house party. Casey is reluctant to go along until she realizes maybe this is the answer to fitting in and making friends - and getting back at her parents. They invite a few people and then a few more, using MSN and text messaging. Hundreds of people show up and things get out of hand....
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Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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Unlikely lovers find passion under the Christmas mistletoe in this duet of Regency tales from an award-winning romance author. In 'The Girl with Airs,' Lord Dunvegan, Laird Geordie to his friends, attempts to persuade bluestocking Caroline Woolcott to give his besotted, tongue-tied friend Sir Archibald Halford a chance to win her hand in marriage. A Scotsman banished to England to cultivate a more genteel manner, Geordie has yet to meet a female who...
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Publisher:
Penguin Press
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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"The story of how Newt Gingrich and his allies tainted American politics, launching an enduring era of brutal partisan warfare When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, President Obama observed that Trump "is not an outlier; he is a culmination, a logical conclusion of the rhetoric and tactics of the Republican Party for the past ten, fifteen, twenty years." In Burning Down the House, historian Julian Zelizer pinpoints the moment when our country...