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| Down a Dark Road: A Kate Burkholder Novel by Linda CastilloJoseph King, an Amish man convicted of murdering his wife, escapes prison and heads to Painters Mill, Ohio, where his children live. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder, who grew up Amish and was close friends with King as a kid, finds him; he claims he's innocent and says evidence supports him. When a police sniper kills King, Kate doesn't back off trying to find the truth in this 11th entry in the gritty series. If you enjoy atmospheric rural settings, well-drawn characters, and a no-nonsense heroine, this is the series for you. |
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Collared by David Rosenfelt Two and a half years ago, Jill Hickman was a single mother of an adopted baby. Her baby and dog were kidnapped in broad daylight in Eastside Park, and they haven’t been seen since. A tip came in that ID’d a former boyfriend of Hickman’s, Keith Wachtel, as the kidnapper. A search of his house showed no sign of the child but did uncover more incriminating evidence, and the clincher that generated Wachtel’s arrest was some dog hair, notable since Wachtel did not have a dog. Wachtel was convicted of kidnapping, but the dog and baby were never found. Now, with the reappearance of the dog, the case is brought back to light, and the search for the child renewed. Goaded by his wife’s desire to help a friend and fellow mother and his desire to make sure the real kidnapper is in jail, Andy Carpenter and his team enter the case. But what they start to uncover is far more complicated and dangerous than they ever expected.
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The Seagull by Ann CleevesFollowing leads to the site of a missing con man's body, Inspector DI Vera Stanhope discovers links between the cold case, a 1980s bar and her own father. This cold case case takes Vera back in time, and very close to home, as Brace and Marshall, along with a mysterious stranger known only as ‘the Prof’, were close friends of Hector, her father. Together, they were the 'Gang of Four’, regulars at a glamorous nightclub called The Seagull. Hector had been one of the last people to see Marshall alive. As the past begins to collide dangerously with the present, Vera confronts her prejudices and unwanted memories to dig out the truth. The Seagull is a searing new novel about corruption deep in the heart of a community, and fragile, and fracturing, family relationships.
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Sleeping In the Ground by Peter Robinson At the doors of a charming country church, an unspeakable act destroys a wedding party. A huge manhunt ensues. The culprit is captured. The story is over. Except it isn't. For Alan Banks, still struggling with a tragic loss of his own, there's something wrong about this case — something unresolved. Reteaming with profiler Jenny Fuller, the relentless detective deeper into the crime... deep enough to unearth long-buried secrets that reshape everything Banks thought he knew about the events outside that chapel. And when at last the shocking truth becomes clear, it's almost too late.
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| Dishing the Dirt: An Agatha Raisin Mystery by M.C. BeatonAgatha Raisin is no one's idea of a meek, humble person. So when a new therapist arrives in her Cotswold village, goes out with Agatha's ex-husband, and snoops into Agatha's background, Agatha pushes back, threatening the woman. Loudly. That's a problem when the therapist turns up dead. M.C. Beaton is one of several pseudonyms that prolific Scottish author Marion Chesney uses (she also writes historical romances). Dishing the Dirt is the 26th outing for Agatha; the 28th and latest in the series, The Witches' Tree, comes out in October. |
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| The Silver Swan by Benjamin BlackA beautiful woman is found dead, washed up on the rocks, an apparent suicide. Her husband asks pathologist Quirke, an old school acquaintance, to skip the autopsy because he doesn't want his wife to be cut. But Quirke, who's been sober for six months, notices a puncture mark on her arm, and he not only does the autopsy, but also begins digging into the lady's past. Booker Prize-winner John Banville, writing under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, produces a "tense, engrossing tale of passion, crimes, and chaos" (Booklist) in this well-written follow-up to Christine Falls. |
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| The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithPI Cormoran Strike, a 35-year-old who lost a leg in Afghanistan, has spent the night in his bare-bones London office after a relationship-ending fight with his long-term girlfriend. He sports a cut on his face (she threw an ashtray) as he rushes out the door, barreling into a new temp secretary he can't afford. The forgiving temp, Robin, quickly proves herself useful when the brother of a famous model -- who supposedly jumped from the top of her penthouse apartment -- hires them. Entering the realm of the mega-rich, Strike and Robin uncover the truth in this 1st mystery by Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling; the 3rd and most recent entry is Career of Evil. |
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A River In the Skyby Elizabeth PetersIntrepid archaeologist and superior sleuth Amelia Peabody returns in A River in the Sky. In this breathtaking new adventure, New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters (the pen name of Barbara Mertz, an Egyptologist who died in 2013) transports the indomitable Amelia and her family, the Emersons, from their usual milieu, early twentieth-century Egypt, to an exciting—and dangerous—new locale: Palestine! A tale full of atmosphere, intrigue, and thrills, A River in the Sky is further proof that “Peters has few rivals” (Houston Chronicle).
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Wednesdays, October 4, 11, & 25 The Protestant Reformation - Three-Part Series 6:30 p.m. At the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Dr. Lou Mitchell will present a three-part series on the events leading to this 16th-century religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval. Wednesday, October 11 Intro to Microsoft Publisher 1:00 p.m. Learn how to use the versatile program Microsoft Publisher to create quick publications, newsletters, flyers, and more. Enroll online or at the library. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
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Wednesday, October 18 Creating Your Family's Personal History 6:30 p.m. You've taken a stab at organizing your family history, but it's overwhelming. What to do? Katie Murphy of Univoice History offers tips and strategies for family history projects that you can actually complete. Enroll online or at the library. Thursday, October 19 History RepEATs Itself 12:00-2:00 p.m. Sample of a variety of different foods from the Cranbury Women's Club and Historical Society's cookbooks of yore. Library staff and volunteers will be dusting off jello molds and chafing dishes to present foods your grandparents (parents?) loved to eat! Then stick around to make a kitchy craft Lucy Ricardo or Mary Richards would have been proud of. Enroll online or at the library (enrollment for craft portion only).
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