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City and town life Massachusetts Fiction Friendship Fiction Interpersonal relations Fiction Massachusetts Massachusetts Fiction Massachusetts Juvenile fiction Murder Investigation Massachusetts Fiction Police chiefs Massachusetts Fiction Trials (Murder) Massachusetts Fiction War storiesPonsor, Michael A.
Summary: "When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so that he can seek a death sentence. The Honorable David S. Norcross, with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PONHoffman, Alice
Summary: Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HOFColeman, Reed Farrel
Summary: When a popular cheerleader dies of a suspected overdose, Police Chief Stone battles school administrators, teachers, distrustful students, and overprotective parents as he tries to unravel the drug supply chain and expose the criminals behind it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Coleman 2019Shapiro, Deborah
Summary: "On the verge of her fortieth birthday and shaken by a recent miscarriage, Emily inherits an abandoned summer camp in Massachusetts. She and her husband move onto the property and make grand plans to revitalize the land. But they soon discover that their inheritance includes an unexpected guest. On a walk through the old campgrounds she once frequented as a girl, Emily finds, living undetected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SHAConant, Susan
Summary: There is dog lore galore in this novel as Holy Winter, a reporter for Dog's Life magazine, investigates the death of a dog-loving bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By the author of Gone to the Dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONGoldenbaum, Sally.
Summary: In a quaint Massachusetts fishing village the Seaside Knitters want to help their friend, Gracie, open a caf b̌ut instead find themselves stitching together clues when Gracie's aunt is murdered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOLLaRocca, Rajani
Summary: Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream? Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yellow Jacket 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC LARNesbit, TaraShea
Summary: "Ten years after the Mayflower pilgrims arrived on rocky, unfamiliar soil, Plymouth is not the land its residents had imagined. Seemingly established on a dream of religious freedom, in reality the town is led by fervent puritans who prohibit the residents from living, trading, and worshipping as they choose. By the time an unfamiliar ship, bearing new colonists, appears on the horizon one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NESCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NESParker, Robert B.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Bobby, living in a small Massachusetts town just after World War II, finds himself facing many new challenges as he tries to pull together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for his old friend Joanie, and discover the identity of the mysterious stranger who seems to be threatening his teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleuth Philomel 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PARLupica, Mike
Summary: When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognizes the murder victim-- he had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. Otherwise there is no clue to the man's identity. He isn't a local, doesn't have ID on him, nor does any neighboring state have a reported missing person matching the man's description. Their single...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LUPBrandman, Michael.
Summary: When a visiting actress becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse and the rest of the Paradise Police Department go on high alert. When Jesse witnesses a horrifying collision caused by a distracted teenage driver, the political repercussions of her arrest bring him into conflict with the local selectmen, the DA, and some people with very deep pockets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRAPonsor, Michael A.
Summary: "When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so that he can seek a death sentence. The Honorable David S. Norcross, with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PONElliott, Lauren
Summary: "Anuary isn't the season for the seaside, but the big Fire and Ice festival is keeping bookstore owner Addie busy. Amid the plans for a fireworks display and an ice-carving competition, she's also dog sitting for a friend in the hospital. When Addie goes to her friend's house to gather supplies, she notices an interesting item on the nightstand which belongs to her shop assistant, Paige- a very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ELLKinkade, Thomas
Summary: Liza Martin arrives on Angel Island to sell the inn she and her brother inherited from their aunt, so she can bolt back to her busy life in Boston. But back home awaits a broken marriage and an unstable career. The more time she spends on Angel Island, and with every local she meets, the more she finds herself enjoying the tranquility of the place. Her new friends don't want to see her sell the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2010
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Summary: A gang of robbers lands on an island in Massachusetts and they proceed to rob its wealthy inhabitants. First, they destroy the bridge to the mainland. Jesse Stone, the alcoholic chief of police in Paradise, a town on the mainland, organizes a relief operation. By the author of Night Passage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS PAROates, Joyce Carol
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OATPage, Katherine Hall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAGMiller, Sue
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILBohjalian, Chris
Summary: Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOHCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOHCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BOHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Bohjalian 2021Gerber, Alyson
Summary: "Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk everything to protect, one that could destroy her new life. Every member of Jack's wealthy and privileged family has made their mark at the Boston School. Everyone,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GERSteel, Danielle
Summary: The students at an elite private school that has admitted females for the first time navigate painful secrets, family dynamics and a prying media in the aftermath of a Halloween event that is upended by a classmate's alcohol poisoning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STEAtkins, Ace.
Summary: "What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. Leading the movement is tough-as-nails...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATKCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Atkins 2015Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS ATKLupica, Mike.
Summary: Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LUPAtkins, Ace.
Summary: After setting up a prank twitter account for his vice principal, Dillon Yates is facing criminal charges, Judge Scali is notorious for handing out tough sentences for minor infractions and Dillon's mother is determined to find out why so she hires P.I. Spenser.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2015