Stamper, Phil
Summary: "Jake is just starting to enjoy life as his school's first openly gay kid. While his family and friends are accepting and supportive, the same can't be said about everyone in their small town of Barton Springs, Ohio. When Jake's dad hangs a comically large pride flag in their front yard in an overblown show of love, the mayor begins to receive complaints. A few people are even concerned the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STALourey, Jess
Summary: Minnesota, 1977. For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it's not all fun and games. Heather and Brenda have a secret. Something they saw in the dark. Something they can't forget. They've decided to never tell a soul. But their vow is tested when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOUBuchanan, Greg
Summary: "A literary thriller from stunning new talent Greg Buchanan, Sixteen Horses is a story of enduring guilt, trauma, and punishment, set in a small seaside community the rest of the world has left behind. In Ilmarsh, England, local police detective Alec Nichols discovers sixteen horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After Veterinary Forensics expert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCCleeves, Ann
Summary: In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. Once loved and cherished, the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2019
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Summary: "An inheritance has reunited three estranged cousins. Their grandmother Lucy left Nessa, Flynn, and April her home nestled in the woods near Blossom, Texas, as well as a hope chest to be unlocked after they complete a special task. Together, they must hand-stitch a cherished quilt Lucy left unfinished. It meant everything to her. And now, to three people struggling with their own patchwork...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Brown 2022Miranda, Megan
Summary: Ten years after leaving Cooley Ridge, Nicolette Farrell returns to care for her ailing father. A decade ago, she, her brother Daniel, her boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne's boyfriend Jackson were suspects when Corinne-- Nic's best friend-- disappeared without a trace. Within days of Nic's return, they are plunged into a shocking drama when Nic's neighbor Annaleise, who is dating Tyler and was the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY MIRBaldacci, David
Summary: Atlee Pine's twin sister, Mercy, was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Now, Atlee finally learns the identity of her sister's kidnapper and discovers the truth about what happened to Mercy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BALMoore, Meg Mitchell
Summary: The son of an über-famous thriller writer, Anthony Puckett's debut novel spent two years on the bestseller list and won the adoration of critics. His second work bombed. Now Anthony is borrowing an old college friend's crumbling beach house on Block Island in the hopes that solitude will help him get back to the person he used to be. Joy Sousa, divorced with a daughter, built a life for them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Luxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MOOParker, Christopher
Summary: "Amy Tucker is struggling to put her life back together following the death of her mother. The loss has left the eighteen-year-old heartbroken, and she doesn't know if her world will ever be whole again. Meanwhile, in Seabrook, a small town famous for its haunted lighthouse, Ryan Porter lives a simple but busy life, maintaining the ranch which he shares with his father. Separated by hundreds of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARPatterson, James
Summary: "Once a luxurious southern getaway on a rustic lake, now reduced to a dilapidated crash pad, the Summer House is the grisly scene of a nighttime mass murder. Eyewitnesses point to four Army Rangers-known as the Ninja Squad-recently returned from Afghanistan. To ensure that justice is done, the Army sends Major Jeremiah Cook, a war veteran and former NYPD cop, to investigate. But the major and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: PL FIC PATKrentz, Jayne Ann
Summary: Decades after a mysterious explosion causes the members of their community to develop strange otherworldly symptoms, local investigator Cat teams up with an enigmatic scientist to stop a killer who may be behind Cat's partner's disappearance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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Summary: "When Keira wakes in a strange forest, she can remember only two things: she can see ghosts, and strange, mask-wearing men are hunting her. She seeks shelter at a church, and the kind pastor offers to let her stay in the groundskeeper's cottage for a few days. But the cottage is situated behind the graveyard, and its spirits are only too eager to make themselves known. This sleepy, quaint town...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COASandford, John
Summary: "Wheatfield, Minnesota, is a metropolis of six hundred souls and change for which the word 'moribund' might have been coined. Nothing ever happened there, and nothing ever would, until the mayor (of sorts-campaign slogan: 'I'll do what I can') and his precocious teenage buddy come up with a scheme to put Wheatfield on the map. Should something dramatic occur-say, an apparition of the Virgin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SANMcGinnis, Mindy
Summary: Lydia Chass doesn't mind living in a small town; she just doesn't want to die in one. A lifetime of hard work has put her on track to attend a prestigious journalism program and leave Henley behind--until a school error leaves her a credit short of graduating. Undeterred, Lydia has a plan to earn that credit: transform her listener-friendly local history podcast into a hard-hitting,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MCGPatterson, James
Summary: When seven murder victims are found in a dilapidated crash pad, the homicide investigation shakes small-town sheriff Emma Williams to her core.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATLandvik, Lorna
Summary: "In the small town of Granite Creek, Minnesota, Haze Evans suffers a stroke at the age of 89 and slips into a coma. Haze is a local legend, having written a daily column in the Granite Creek Gazette for fifty years running"-- When Haze Evans first appeared in the small-town newspaper, Granite Creek Gazette, she earned fans by writing a story about her bachelor uncle who brought a Queen of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION LANSummary: "Witches, goblins, the occasional ghost--they're all sure to be spotted at the annual Halloween parade, where adults and children alike dress in costume to celebrate Moonbright's favorite holiday. And no place has more seasonal spirit than Bellaluna's Bakeshop, a family business steeped in traditional recipes, welcoming warmth--and, legend has it, truly spellbinding, heart-melting treats......
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BAKBarton, Fiona
Summary: Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective, or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing, the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes. Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M BARAndrews, Mary Kay
Summary: "Conley Hawkins left her family's small town and its newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position in Washington, D.C. Or so she thinks. When the new job goes up in smoke, Conley finds herself right back where she started, working for her sister, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "When Lilliana Swope's beloved mother dies, Lilliana gathers her last ounce of courage and flees her abusive husband for the home of her only living relative in the foothills of No Creek, North Carolina. Though Hyacinth Belvidere hasn't seen Lilliana since she was five, she offers her cherished great-niece a safe harbor. Their joyful reunion inspires plans to revive Aunt Hyacinth's estate and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOHDeLuca, Jen
Summary: "Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece? Or that the irritating and inscrutable schoolteacher in charge of the volunteers would be so annoying that she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DELBardsley, Jennifer
Summary: "They're coworkers, friends, and confidants, but Peter Marshal has always pined for a little something more with Noelle Walters. As a widow and a single mom, Noelle prefers to play it safe, and falling for Peter was never part of the plan. Then again, neither of their plans accounted for the well-meaning but meddling actions of Peter's sister, who offers him up as their town's most eligible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BARPayne, Melissa
Summary: "Orphaned at a young age and witness to her brother's decline into addiction, Nora Martinez has every excuse to question the fairness of life. Instead, the openhearted librarian in the small Colorado community of Silver Ridge sees only promise. She holds on to the hope that she'll be reunited with her missing brother and does what she can at the town library. It's her home away from home, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAYPenny, Louise
Summary: It's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûrét du Québec investigators' lives after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2022