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The latest novel in the Gaslight Mystery series finds Sarah and Malloy investigating the murder of a Knickerbocker club member who was made to pay his dues' Sarah's father, Felix Decker, takes his position in society seriously. He refuses to accept his daughter's involvement with an Irish Catholic police detective. But when a member of his private club'the exclusive Knickerbocker'is murdered, Decker forms an uneasy alliance with Frank Malloy to solve...
382) Stolen children
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Amy's excitement over her first babysitting job ends when she and her three-year-old charge are kidnapped, but a daily videorecording sent to little Kendra's parents allows Amy to send clues, in hopes of being rescued before the kidnappers decide they no longer need her.
Author
Series
Gilded Gotham mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After a man screaming about demons suddenly dies, former society girl Genevieve Stewart and her wealthy friend Daniel McCaffrey investigate a dangerous bar in 1889 New York in the second novel of the series following Deception by Gaslight"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Drawn in by the promises of the popular and wealthy Naomi, insecure prep school student Carole is talked into accompanying Naomi and two young men to a Vermont cabin for the purpose of losing her virginity, with tragic results.
385) A surrendered heart
Author
Series
The Broadmoor legacy volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Twenty-one-year-old Amanda Broadmoor wrestles with her desire to work in the medical field, despite her family's wishes for her to marry and have children, when cholera breaks out in Rochester, New York in 1899.
386) The unfortunates
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The story of a prominent New York family on the cusp of ruin in the face of a matriarch's wavering health, a bumbling son's scandalous opera, and a life of wealth and inheritance belonging to a bygone era.
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Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Singleton Hank resolves to settle down with 'The One,' just as soon as he finds her. Meanwhile, new homeowners Evan and Paige decide to add another member to their family, which proves to be more difficult than expected. Boris becomes involved in a secret mission of great importance and discovers that he'll need both Lawson brothers to complete it, while Divya does a favor for a man who may turn out to be her Prince Charming.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Private investigators Beryl and Edwina are hired by a member of the upper class to investigate an affair, but when a painter, the suspect in the case, is found murdered in a nearby glade, Beryl and Edwina wonder if not more complex motives are in play.
390) Murder at Crossways
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"The days are getting shorter as summer's end approaches, which means it's time for the Harvest Festival, the last big event of the season, held by Mamie Fish, wife of millionaire railroad tycoon Stuyvesant Fish, at their grand "cottage," Crossways. The neocolonial mansion is decked out in artificial autumn splendor, and an extravagant scavenger hunt will be held. But the crowning jewel of the evening will be the guest of honor, Prince Otto of Austria....
Publisher
Digiview
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
My man Godfrey: A zany millionaire family invite a tramp to be their butler and find that he is richer than they are.
Life with father: Adaptation of Clarence Day's humorous autobiographical account of family life with his strong-minded father in the late 1800's.
Author
Series
Lakeshore chronicles volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When caregiver Faith McCallum arrives at the enchanted lakeside estate of Avalon's renowned Bellamy family, she's intent on rebuilding her shattered life and giving her two daughters a chance at a better future. But she faces a formidable challenge in the form of her stubborn and difficult new employer, Alice Bellamy. While Faith proves a worthy match for her sharp-tongued client, she often finds herself at a loss for words in the presence of Mason...
393) Four souls
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
395) School days: a novel
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the renowned president of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, a coming-of-age tale of privilege and hidden sexuality at a New England boys' boarding school. Sam has spent more than half his life at the prestigious Leverett high school, which lies at the heart of an affluent Connecticut town of the same name. First as a student in the late 1960s, before coeducation, then as an English teacher after Harvard and Oxford, he developed a keen sense of loyalty...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A bold and moving exploration of the American elite that exposes how the ruling class-even when well-intentioned-perpetuates cycles of wealth, power, and injustice Growing up on New York City's Upper East Side, Nick McDonell was surrounded by luxury-sailing lessons in the Hamptons, school galas at the Met, and holidays on private jets. It was this rarified life that he explored in his early novels, but then left behind as a war correspondent in Iraq...
398) A perfect proposal
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Eagerly visiting New York to escape her suffocating family, young Englishwoman Sophie clashes with her hostess's arrogant grandson, who follows her back to England with an unconventional proposal.
399) Kiss & break up
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Alice, who wants to bring her relationship with Tristan to the next level, and Talley, who is trying to find a rebound to help her forget about Mr. Logan, try to figure out a way to sneak out of St. Cecilia's in order to see boys without being noticed by the new housemistress.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed,...
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