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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe--even the mafia--in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties. Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined howher own would turn out. Now the day has arrived, and she can't wait to marry her college sweetheart, Nathan. Instead of having Ma and the aunts cater to her wedding, Meddy wants them to enjoy the day...
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Series
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English
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"Grandma Mazur is a widow ... again. This time her marriage lasted a whole 45 minutes. The unlucky groom was one Jimmy Rosolli, local gangster, Lothario (senior division) and heart attack waiting to happen ... well, the waiting's over. It's a sad day, but if she can't have Jimmy at least Grandma can have all the attention she wants as the dutiful widow. But some kinds of attention are not welcomed, particularly when Jimmy's former "business partners"...
3) The wise ass
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Series
Claire trilogy volume 01
Language
English
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A New York mob lawyer who testifies against his associates relocates to a small Colorado town after entering the Witness Protection Program. The life long city boy adopts a loquacious mule and befriends his closest neighbors, including a renegade US Marshall, a lesbian couple, and an ex-army ranger. When the mob associates are released and come looking for him, all hell brakes loose.--Adapted from publisher's description.
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Series
Daniella Coulstoun volume 01
Language
English
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"When Daniella Coulstoun's estranged mother, Effie, dies in Spain under suspicious circumstances, Daniella feels it's her duty to fly out for the funeral. Effie was the sole owner of the seedy expat pub Se Busca, whose faithful kept her in business for twenty years. Among them is a dangerous group of misfits who confront Daniella on her arrival, claiming that Effie stole huge sums of cash from them in a multimillion-euro property scam. With no idea...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Vince Luca, son of mob boss Anthony Luca, goes away to college in southern California hoping to escape his past, but soon his brother and a series of "uncles" appear at his dorm, and before long he is caught up in criminal activity once again.
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Series
Winston Corner volume 01
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sinister tentacles of crime threaten the very fabric of Winston Corner. Gavin, a retired federal officer, struggles to find peace and purpose. Terry, the local semi hippy cop, wearies of the mundane and yearns for more. Can Winston Corner remain a bastion of small town life? Is the key to survival locked in Gavin's past? Is Gavin's past the key to Terry's future? Life in a small town is more intertwined than we might ever imagine! Welcome to Winston...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After botching a suicide attempt, salaryman Hanio Yamada decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper. But what begins as mere nihilism takes a turn for the unexpected as interested parties come calling with increasingly bizarre requests. What follows is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots--even a vampire. For someone who just wants to die, Hanio can't...
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