January 1 - December 31, 2023
Celebrating the spirit of community and the wonder of reading, the Acushnet Public Library challenges the very young to the young at heart to read, listen and explore!
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Dec 29, 2023
Curious Minds
Railey Moon wants to use her degrees for good by helping people grow their money through investing. When she is hired by a bih DC firm her main goal is to due her best so she can pay off her mountain of student loan debt. All this changes when she...
VL
Dec 29, 2023
The Kindly Ones
A story of WWII from the point of view of a Nazi soldier. This book is not for the faint of heart and can be graphic at time. I also felt it was long and drawn out.
VL
Dec 29, 2023
The Labors of Hercules
Hercule Poirot sets out to preform the Labors of his Namesake, in 12 tales that prove that he is up to the tasks of the demigod he is named for.
VL
Dec 29, 2023
In The Beginning, There Was a Murder
If you want to be an investigator how would you start? Well after WWII unless you are a man and on the police force there isn't much hope for you or is there? When her friend is found murdered will our heroine, an executive secretary, find the mur...
VL
Oct 12, 2023
The Market Basing Mystery: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
While on vacation Poirot and Hastings are called to investigate the mysterious death of a local land owner. What looks like a suicide becomes a bit more complex as interviews are conducted. So is it a suicide or is it murder?
VL
Oct 12, 2023
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverley: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
Johnnie Waverly has been kidnapped right underneath the nose of the police so his desperate parents seek Poirot's help in solving the case and getting their son back. Can Poirot bring the boy back safely to his parents?
VL
Oct 12, 2023
The Veiled Lady
A young women who is soon to be married is being blackmailed and Poirot is frustrated by a lack of interesting cases. But will he need to employ dubious methods and flirt with the other slide of the law to get this case solved? And if he does will...
VL
Oct 12, 2023
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
A tomb is opened, people are dying. Has a curse been unleashed or is something more sinister afoot. It is time for Poirot to decide before another person dies and that person might be Poirot himself.
VL
Oct 12, 2023
The Chocolate Box
Even the great Poirot can make mistakes. One of his first cases as he retells it to Hastings. A mysterious death, with a strange connection to the church and chocolate, and how a man that according to Poirot is guilty but maybe all isn't as it seems.
VL
Oct 12, 2023
The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
Poirot is sick with influenza and sends Hastings to the scene of the murder of a wealthy man after being approached by his very in nephew. Can Hastings solve the case without Poirot? Are his little gray cells up to the task? Or will a murderer go ...
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