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Holiday Closings
The library will be closed on Monday, December 24; Tuesday, December 25; Monday, December 31; and Tuesday, January 1, for the holidays.
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Library Holiday Collections
The library is collecting mittens, gloves, hats and scarves during the holiday season to decorate our holiday tree. Donations will be sent to the Salvation Army. Also, the library is collecting non-perishable food items for the local food pantry. A box will be located near the Circulation Desk through January 7.
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The So Blue Marble
by Dorothy B. Hughes
Making headlines when she leaves her acting career to pursue fashion design, a Roman royal clashes with a pair of high-society twins who murderously exploit her relationship with an estranged relative in their search for a rare and powerful gem.
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Murder on Millionaires' Row
by Erin Lindsey
A housemaid from Five Points who works in a ritzy Fifth Avenue brownstone during the Gilded Age of Manhattan takes it upon herself to investigate after her employer, who she is certain is in trouble, suddenly and mysteriously disappears.
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Bright Young Dead
by Jessica Fellowes
When a wealthy young bully falls to his death from a church bell tower during a birthday party at the Mitford home, chaperone and former criminal Louisa Cannon endeavors to exonerate an innocent suspect.
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Home Sweet Homicide
by Craig Rice
When they hear gunshots next door, the three children of crime novelist Marion Carstairs decide to launch their own investigation, sure they know the technique from their mother's books and hoping the publicity will help her sales.
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Death from a Top Hat
by Clayton Rawson
When two occultists are found dead in locked rooms, and the suspects include an escape artist, a medium, and a ventriloquist, New York police call on the special skills of the Great Merlini, a retired magician who runs a magic shop.
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Purls and Poison
by Anne Canadeo
When one of their own is wrongly accused of poisoning an unscrupulous colleague, the Black Sheep Knitters investigate the dark secrets of a growing number of suspects who had been double-crossed and blackmailed by the victim.
Also available as Axis 360 eBook.
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Death of a Bachelorette
by Laura Levine
While working on a knock-off reality TV show in the tropics, freelance writer Jaine Austen finds murder entering the script when one of the finalists, determined to win her prince, dies in a freak accident, which traps them all on the island while the police investigate, forcing Jaine to join in the fray before any of the other contestants suffer the same fate.
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A Useful Woman
by Darcie Wilde
While managing the affairs of London society women, Rosalind Thorne must do some sleuthing after she finds an aristocratic party boy murdered in an exclusive ballroom, in the first installment of a new mystery series inspired by the work of Jane Austen.
Also available as Axis 360 eBook.
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In Want of a Knife
by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Amateur sleuth and little librarian Jenny investigates after several local girls begin disappearing and one of them turns up murdered in an old fashioned lace dress. By the author of She Stopped for Death.
Also available as Axis 360 eBook.
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Gentle Flow Yoga
Saturday, January 5, 12:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
Certified yoga instructor Lauralee Sikorski, who has taught over 5,000 hours of classes, will lead a free gentle flow yoga with emphasis on deep breathing and releasing stress. Bring your own mat, wear comfortable attire and come on an empty stomach.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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