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The Mystery of Metropolisville centers on a tragic boating accident on "Diamond Lake" in "Metropolisville," which lies near the "Big Gun River" in "Wheat County." The plot is populated with various Western types, such as a seedy land speculator named Mr. Plausaby, his beautiful step-daughter Katy, a college student from back east who falls in love with Katy, Whiskey Jim the stage-coach driver, and a displaced Hoosier poet in a sod cabin.
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"A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home [in Indiana], the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference to candle light, is left empty save a faithful servant -- his fortune mysteriously vanished, though rumored to still have been hidden in the house somewhere. John Glenarm, the late old man's grandson, stands to inherit the estate (and so the secret fortune) under the stipulation that he live in the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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"When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children"--
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 6
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Dorothy Martin, adjusting well to life in England with her recently retired police detective husband Alan, receives a small inheritance from an old friend, a very generous, popular professor from the States, along with a note from him suggesting that he was murdered--setting Dorothy and Alan off on a sleuthing trip of their own.
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Jordan Manning novels volume 2
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"After dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can't believe that her sister would ever willingly vanish without her children. But with limited support from the town's police department or media resources, Shelly fears that Marla's disappearance won't get the attention it deserves, or worse,...
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As December sweeps through South Lick, Indiana, Robbie's life seems merry and bright like the string lights glistening around town. But strange happenings signal a bumpy ride into the holidays. First a man raises eyebrows at Pans 'N Pancakes when he claims to be the long-lost half-brother of Robbie's assistant. Then a fire destroys the home of a controversial anesthesiologist, exposing skeletal remains in his attic. Unavoidably intrigued, all Robbie...
10) Moss hysteria
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Flower shop mysteries volume 18
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
Flower shop mystery volume 18
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
Flower shop mystery volume 18
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Abby and Marco s new neighborhood isn t as rosy as it seems in the latest Flower Shop Mystery from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Florist Grump "and" A Root Awakening." Flower shop owner Abby Knight and her husband, Marco, are ecstatic to finally be moving into their new home, despite the prospect of unpacking a seemingly infinite number of boxes. After all, Brandywine their new subdivision seems like an oasis with its welcoming neighbors...
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"While looking forward to her high school reunion back in California, Robbie's anticipation is complicated by memories of her mother's untimely death. At first, she has fun hanging out with her old classmates and reuniting with the local flavors - avocados, citrus, fish, and spicy Cali-Mex dishes. But then she gets wind of rumors that her mother, an environmental activist, may not have died of natural causes. With the help of friends, Robbie starts...
13) Last words
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Grieving the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak reluctantly accepts a case from a suspected murderer who may or may not be innocent. Novak knows all too well that some crimes never get solved. But it's not often that the man who many believe got away with murder is the one calling for the case to be reopened. Ten years ago, a teenage girl disappeared inside an elaborate cave system beneath rural farmland. Days later, Ridley Barnes...
14) Lady Larkspur
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A country house mystery involving a missing actress of exceptional talents and virtues, a bogus widow, a returned soldier, spies, plots and suspicions.
15) Hard line
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Reluctantly heading up the Indianapolis PD's Missing Persons Bureau, Lt. Leroy Powder investigates a series of unusual cases while training a female sergeant. Indianapolis police lieutenant Leroy Powder's new job in Missing Persons calls for tact, sensitivity, and diplomacy: three traits no one would use to describe the lieutenant. He also has to break in a new sergeant, Carollee Fleetwood. Taking a bullet for her partner in the line of duty made...
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An Edgar Award Finalist: A teenager's search for her birth father sends Indianapolis PI Albert Samson on a quest that rattles the skeletons in an old-money family's closet It's a slow afternoon for Indianapolis private detective Albert Samson. He's just awoken from an office doze when a new client walks in. Sixteen-year-old Eloise Crystal recently discovered that her blood type doesn't match either of her parents', and she wants Samson to find her...
17) Evil in paradise
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Cathy Roberts wants more than the life she has with her doting husband and wonderful grandchildren. She is captivated by the exciting and younger Eric Lowe and begins a journey filled with broken promises, forbidden liasons, violent confrontations, and finally, murder.
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Set in Putnam County, Indiana in 1920, The Write House is an intriguing suspense story featuring Delano and Caroline Engel who are among the leaders in the surge of civil aviation in post-World War 1 America. Upon flying their Curtiss Jenny aeroplane, they spot a strange, forgotten house whose roof tower stretches high above the treetops. They buy the home and soon learn about its former owners and a strange book possessing the sum of knowledge of...
19) No grater crime
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After a customer is poisoned to death, Robbie Jordan, the owner of Pans 'N Pancakes, must serve up the real killer to save her business from the competition.
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Nacho mama's patio cafe volume 02
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Some Elections are hard … This one is Murder! Get ready for Excitement, Laughs, Thrills and Fun! In 10 days she'll be the 1st in your face lesbian judge elected in homo-hating Indiana. But someone wants to kill her and her little dog too. The friends from Nacho Mama's Patio Cafe must put on their big boy panties, get out of Hoosier Daddy, the only gay bar in town, onto the streets and go hunting for the culprit. Thrills, drag shows, danger, and...
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