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| Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding: A Royal Spyness Mystery by Rhys BowenMystery, Axis 360 eBook. Starring penniless Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch, who was 35th in line for the British throne before she withdrew from her position to marry Darcy O'Mara, an Irishman with a secretive government job. Georgie plans her summer 1935 wedding (the king and queen are attending) and takes over the running of her godfather's country house...only to find that the servants might be trying to kill her. This is the charming 12th in the Royal Spyness mysteries, but newcomers can start here. |
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| A Tale of Two Murders: A Dickens of a Crime by Heather RedmondMystery, Axis 360 eBook. On Epiphany in January 1835, young London journalist Charles Dickens falls for Kate Hogarth, the daughter of his editor; the two investigate the poisoning of Kate's 17-year-old neighbor, a death that's similar to another young lady's demise exactly one year earlier. With a complex plot unfurled in an unhurried manner, this 1st in a series will be fun for Charles Dickens fans as well as those who enjoy lighthearted historical mysteries with a hint of romance. |
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Fogland Point
by Doug Burgess
Mystery. Returning home to Narragansett Bay, a town where everyone has a secret, to care for his grandmother during her struggle with dementia, David Hazard discovers that her fragile memories could hold the key to an old mystery—and a sudden murder next door.
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The Prisoner in the Castle: A Maggie Hope Mystery
by Susan Elia MacNeal
Fiction, Axis 360 eBook. Exiled on a remote Scottish island with other SOE agents, World War II codebreaker Maggie Hope searches for a killer among her fellow spies when they begin to drop off one by one. By the New York Times best-selling author of Mr. Churchill's Secretary.
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Baby's First Felony
by John Straley
Fiction. When a case involving a domestic-violence dispute leads him to a murder scene, criminal defense investigator Cecil Younger is forced to cooperate with violent drug dealers who have abducted his daughter.
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Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe novel
by Lawrence Osborne
Mystery, Axis 360 eBook. Lawrence Osborne brings one of literature's most enduring detectives back to life - as Private Investigator Philip Marlowe returns for one last adventure. The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. And Philip Marlowe - now in his seventy-second year- is living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers, with a case that has his name written all over it. For Marlowe, this is his last roll of the dice, his swan song. His mission is to investigate the death of Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, and leaving behind a much younger and now very rich wife. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon.
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Murder at Ochre Court
by Alyssa Maxwell
Mystery, Axis 360 eBook. When Cleo Cooper-Smith is electrocuted during her coming-out ball, society columnist Emma Cross investigates her death, uncovering connections to a nefarious network that puts her life at risk.
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Bimini Twist
by Linda Greenlaw
Mystery. Jane Bunker returns in another thrilling, small-town mystery set in Down East Maine. It seems like everyone in Green Haven knows that Jane Bunker has scored an invite to the ultra-exclusive Summer Solstice Soiree--and they all assume she'll be in attendance, as one of the few eligible single women in town. Of course, that's the last place Jane would like to be; hobnobbing and making small talk with the upper crust isn't exactly her idea of a good time. She prefers to put in her hours working as an insurance investigator, and part-time as the deputy sheriff. When she gets to work one morning, the sheriff asks her to take a break on her personal war on drugs--it seems that she's been so successful catching dealers and interrupting the flow of drugs in the area that she's called too much attention to just how bad it's gotten, and the community is worried that all the attention on the drug trade will deter the summer tourists that Green Haven so badly needs to keep the economy going. Instead, Jane takes on a missing person case--a young woman working at the Bar Harbor Inn has disappeared. The Inn employs foreign exchange students from all over the world during the busy summer season, and the missing Bianca Chiriac is one of them. When it becomes clear that Bianca isn't just sleeping off a late-night party, Jane is plunged into the underbelly of the resort town, and must find the missing woman before the worst happens.
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The Sinners
by Ace Atkins
Mystery, Axis 360 eBook. When the recently released patriarch of a drug-dealing clan begins targeting the family of the man responsible for his long imprisonment, Quinn Colson finds himself relying on new deputies to survive old-West acts of violence.
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| The Silkworm by Robert GalbraithFormats: Fiction, Large Print, Audio CD
What it's about: London P.I. Cormoran Strike, a veteran and amputee, and his young assistant Robin investigate the brutal murder of a writer whose latest novel exposed other people's secrets; Robin also plans her wedding, but her fiancé disapproves of both her work and her boss.
Series alert: This is the cleverly plotted 2nd in a series by J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith (the 4th, Lethal White, just came out).
Media buzz: These compelling books have been adapted for TV; in the U.K., the show's title is Strike, and in the U.S., it's C.B. Strike. |
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| Plaid and Plagiarism by Molly MacRaeFormats: Mystery, Large Print, Axis 360 eBook
What happens: Four women -- American librarian Janet; her Scottish friend Christine; Janet's 38-year-old daughter, Tallie; and Tallie's reporter friend, Summer -- buy a bookshop in Scotland. But before they can settle in, a body is found at Janet's vandalized home; now, while preparing for the town's literary festival, the ladies also investigate a murder.
Read it for: the cozy small-town setting and the eccentric characters.
Series alert: This is the 1st in the Highland Bookshop Mystery series; the 2nd, Scones and Scoundrels, came out earlier this year. |
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| Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew SullivanFormats: Fiction, Axis 360 eBook
Starring: Lydia Smith, a Denver bookstore clerk who, as a child, was the only survivor of a still-unsolved triple murder.
What happens: Lydia investigates when one of her regular customers hangs himself at the store (with a picture of ten-year-old Lydia in his pocket)...and leaves her his meager belongings, including books that contain coded clues.
Reviewers say: This debut is "an intriguingly dark, twisty story" (Kirkus Reviews), and it "will have particular appeal for puzzle solvers and booklovers" (Booklist). |
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Youth Services Grand Opening Ceremony
Wednesday, September 26, 3:00 - 6:00 pm
Youth Services
Join us as we celebrate the new Youth Services Department, complete with a Makerspace. We’ll have live demonstrations of a variety of activities and equipment in the Makerspace. Also, there will be a limited supply of free giveaways. Light refreshments will be served following the dedication at 4:00 pm.
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Needle Arts League
Every Thursday, 5:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Needle Arts League of Michigan City, formerly known as the Knit Club, joins the library in promoting all forms of needle arts. Membership is open to anyone interested in needle arts such as crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, crewel, tatting, and other hand stitching. All skill levels and ages are welcome. An exchange of skills and materials is encouraged. For more information, call 219-873-3049.
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USS Indiana Commissioning Ceremony
Saturday, September 29, 9:00 am
Library Meeting Room
The library is honored to livestream the commissioning ceremony of the naval ship USS Indiana from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The ceremony marks the acceptance of a ship as a unit of operating forces of the United States Navy. For more information about this occasion, visit http://www.ussindiana.org.
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Writing Out Loud: Clare O'Donohue
Saturday, September 29, 7:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
Best-selling mystery and suspense author Clare O’Donohue was born in Chicago. She loved to read. She received a degree in International Studies with a minor in Economics, then worked as a newspaper reporter on a small weekly. Later she worked in television as a field producer on documentary and true crime shows. Her passion for writing led to documentaries, speeches, articles, and most amazingly of all – books. In 2008 she published her first novel, The Lover’s Knot. Her 8th novel, Beyond the Pale, is the first in the World of Spies Mystery series.
The Friends of the Library will host a reception and book signing following the program. All programs are free and open to the public.
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Axis 360 eBooks
Find popular fiction, non-fiction, and picture e-books and e-audiobooks for children, teens, and adults! It's simple--just download the app on your device, search for "Michigan City Public Library", and log in with your library card number and PIN.
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Library Catalog
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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