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Sarah has come home to renovate the old mansion where she grew up and brings her daughters with her. Ever since the original mistress of the house fell to her death almost a century ago, people believe the place is haunted. But there's a more urgent menace in town: teenage girls are disappearing. Sarah fears for her daughters and the walls begin closing in on her. Deep in her memory is the key to a very real and terrifying danger. Only by confronting...
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Inspector Banks volume 13
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English
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The past returns to haunt Chief Inspector Alan Banks in this harrowing novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson. There are human bones, buried in an open field, the remains of a lost teenaged boy whose disappearance devastated a community more than thirty-five-years scarred a guilt-ridden friend long-hidden horror has been unearthed, dragging a tormented policeman into a past he could never truly forget no matter how...
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Tracy Crosswhite volume 5
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English
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4 stars
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"While investigating the hit-and-run death of a young boy, Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite is thrown headlong into the path of a killer conspiracy and the only people she can rely on to make it out alive might be those she can no longer trust"--
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DI Adam Fawley volume 1
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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"She was certain it was Daisy in the flower costume. When eight-year-old Daisy Mason vanishes from her family's Oxford home during a costume party, Detective Inspector Adam Fawley knows that nine times out of ten, the offender is someone close to home. And Daisy's family is certainly strange--her mother is obsessed with keeping up appearances, while her father is cold and defensive under questioning. And then there's Daisy's little brother, so withdrawn...
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Flying Start Books
Pub. Date:
2016
Lexile measure:
150L
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English
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What are some of the places you can visit near your home? Is there a playground or a school? Can you walk to a store or a park? What else is in your neighborhood? Previously published as Our Neighborhood.
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Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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From the best-selling author of Pretty Killer, No Justice, and 12 comes Close To Home, a new stand-alone thriller in The Bright Lights Dark Secrets Collection. SICK MINDS THINK ALIKE Profiler Selena Nash is America's #1 expert on serial killers: her latest book just hit the bestseller charts and she's landed a lucrative deal for a new TV show, The Heartbeat of Murder. No one suspects it's all based on a mistake she's afraid to admit. Not just because...
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Savannah Martin Mystery volume 4
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English
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Savannah's late.The kind of late that comes with midnight feedings and the pitter-patter of little feet. And while it's a circumstance that should make everyone happy - now she can finally settle down and marry Todd Satterfield, the way everyone's been hoping and praying! - it isn't Todd's baby. And Rafe Collier, whose baby it is, didn't sign on for fatherhood. Add in the murder of Savannah's sister-in-law Sheila, the trial of Sheila's friend Marley,...
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Jim and Ellen Cutter fear for their safety following the grisly and unexplained murder of their neighbors. As they question their own fate, they find little comfort in the answers they find. Promise Falls doesn't seem to be the kind of town where a family would be gunned down, but it looks like some sinister secrets lurk behind an idyllic image.
11. Close to home
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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When Tessa Alexander came to Sanctuary Island, she left behind a marriage to a man who didn't love her the way she loved him. When she finally found the strength to set them both free, she discovered friendship and self-acceptance in her adopted hometown. Now she's settled into a quiet life on her own-never expecting to see her husband again. Johnny spent almost two years deep undercover, unable to let his wife into his cold, dangerous world. He's...
12. Close to Home
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Eaglemount Books
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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This is a story about friendship, jealousy, life in the close confines of a retirement village, and of a disparate group of people brought together by their love of playing mahjong. After one of their playing venues closes down for a couple of weeks, the group finds itself missing a key player. Alice Logan, realising the closedown is an opportunity for a long-overdue vacation, makes a last minute booking on a cruise. The mahjong players are concerned...
13. Close to Home
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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In the tradition of Anne Rivers Siddons and Pat Conroy comes this sensual, beautifully written novel of the South, about a world on the verge of change and the secrets it fears will be revealed When you enter the town of Fawley, you take a step back to a simpler time, back to when neighbors shared potluck dinners, church socials were the only parties decent people attended, and people knew who they were and what they valued-and didn't tolerate outsiders...
14. Close to Home
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Bywater Books
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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When a CPA is forced to hire help for tax season, she resents the presence of her brash, young intern. The intern only wants to complete the internship so she can chase her dream job in D.C. Will the CPA's past and the intern's future add up to something greater than the sum of their escalating attraction?
15. Close to Home
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Mira
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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A delightful small town story of community and family with shades of Romeo and Juliet and The Dressmaker. Two households, both alike in Aunt Alice Dwyer loves her small Australian town. She's rarely left its comforting embrace. She knows everyone in it; in fact, she's related to most of them. All she wants is to keep her family safe and the town running exactly the way it always has. Her way. But when an exotic French artist comes to town, her hold...
16. Close to Home
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Case Publishing
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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As their vacation winds to an close, Clyde and his family decide to take a scenic shortcut, which turns out to be much more than just a mistake.After a sudden rainstorm, their vehicle becomes stuck on the road that has become little more than a path. Forced to walk for help, Clyde leaves his family behind, promising to return.He's about to learn the hard way that sometimes justice is macabre.
17. Close to Home
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South Coast Publishing
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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"Dell! You have to come back to the Inn, right now!"They're not the kind of words you want to hear when you answer your phone. Dell Powers knew that it was never a good sign when her friend and business partner, Rosie, was in such a panicked state about something.Dell's first reaction was to wonder what had blown up this time. With Rosie you just never knew. It could be the stove had caught fire again or any number of things that seem to happen spontaneously...
19. Close to Home
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Westen volume 1
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Emma Lewis has a lot on her plate. The single mother of two precocious twin boys, the last thing Emma needs is a man in her life, especially a doctor. So when the town's doctor goes on vacation and his handsome nephew takes over, Emma is shocked to not only find him standing in her bedroom, but accusing her of being a neglectful parent. Clint Preston came to Westen for the year to fill in as the town doc while his uncle took a long-needed vacation....
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Basic Books
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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"We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we see the most may well be the ones we know the least. In Close to Home, biologist Thor Hanson shows how retraining our eyes reveals hidden wonders just waiting to be discovered. In urban Los Angeles, hundreds of unknown species abound. In the Pacific Northwest, fierce yellowjackets placidly sip honeydew, unseen in the treetops. And in the...