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On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp--an area known as "The Waters" to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan--herbalist and eccentric Hermine "Herself" Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations. As stubborn as her tonics are powerful, Herself inspires reverence and fear in the people of Whiteheart, and even in her own three estranged daughters. The youngest--the beautiful, inscrutable, and lazy Rose Thorn--has...
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"Este March runs the family-owned Lucky Pie Diner on Split Pine Island in Northern Michigan. The pies at Lucky Pie aren't just good, they're magical, with a family recipe that grants certain customers their greatest hopes and dreams when they eat the pie. The remote island is closed to outsiders over the winter months, but on the last day of the season, the unpopular new produce vendor, Jeff, turns up dead on his boat, and Split Pine Island's peace...
4) Masquerade
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Discusses the double life of a respected psychologist from Detroit and his murder.
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2023.
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First published in 1970, the "Historic Michigan Travel Guide" is the state's only publication that promotes travel to Michigan's history museums, historic sites, and related destinations. The "Historic Michigan Travel Guide" is published by the Historical Society of Michigan, which was founded in 1828 by Territorial Governor Lewis Cass and explorer Henry Schoolcraft. The publication is sponsored by the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation, Meijer, and...
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"As a nurse in the emergency department, Alanna Finnegan is accustomed to taking care of patients with gunshot wounds. But when she is taken hostage with a scalpel blade at her throat, she knows the ruthless gang member won't hesitate to kill her. Police officer Reed Carmichael doesn't hesitate to shoot and kill the man holding her captive and she is relieved the nightmare is over. Except, it isn't. Reed is placed on administrative leave after shooting...
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"An intruder in her house? But why? Tea shop owner Krista Yates has nothing worth stealing, and Wentworth, Michigan, is hardly a danger zone...or is it? DEA agent Luke McIntyre warns Krista that the prowler has some dangerous connections, and that she needs around-the-clock protection. Luke's presence in her life is a bit too easy to get used to--and his growing presence in her heart makes her dread saying goodbye. But her nonstop defender can't hide...
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After dropping out of NYU, moving across the country, and spending the last two years as the co-owner of a successful activewear brand, Mackenzie Jean has decided it's time to go back to school. Does she want to finish her degree? Absolutely. But enrolling at Michigan State University is about so much more. Somewhere along the way, she lost herself in the fog of her anxiety, and it's time she rediscovers who she is. Aiden Fuller is an MSU hockey standout...
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Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family - power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systematic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. --container
10) Lady yesterday
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Amos Walker novels volume 7
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Amos Walker follows a cold trail into the great jazz past of Detroit, to help his friend Iris. The venture heats up all too fast when unknowns threaten Iris's life and warn Amos off.
11) Strategic threat
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Finnegan first responders volume 08
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"While paying their last respects to her father, widower Shelby Copeland and her daughter Eva are targeted by a gunman during the graveside service. If not for staff sergeant Aiden Finnegan, they'd both be dead. Especially since they are found again at Shelby's home. Shelby teaches fourth graders, there's no reason for anyone to harm her. Unless this is related to her deceased husband or father. A young mother and her daughter should never be in harm's...
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Raised in the bosom of the inner city, white Detroit Homicide cop Danny Cavanaugh speaks and acts with the unmistakable attitude of a black man. But the savage murders of affluent African-Americans are plunging him into the urban heart of terror, where he will learn first-hand how powerful, inviolate -- and deadly -- the color line truly is.
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Amos Walker novels volume 13
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PI Amos Walker of Detroit is hired to recover an illuminated medieval manuscript which was stolen for ransom. The assignment leads to information on the murder, twenty years earlier, of his partner and he reopens a probe.
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"'Three and out' tells the story of how college football's most influential coach took over the nation's most successful program, only to produce three of the worst seasons ever for both Rich Rodriguez and the University of Michigan"--from publisher description.
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Detroit series volume 3
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Fresh out of jail, an ex-ballplayer stumbles into the world of bounty hunting and murder in urban Detroit Even prison couldn't stop former big-league pitcher Doc Miller from playing baseball. Jailed after a teenage girl overdosed on cocaine at one of his house parties, the former Detroit Tigers ace became a star at the Michigan State Prison, bringing home the institution's first Midwestern Penal System championship. Now out on parole, his days of...
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Jack's Justice volume 4
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"The two women were at Whitefish Point in order to watch the migrating birds. But what they saw scared one of them to death. The author tells this story like Stephen King would. This book is not to be read if you want to sleep. It is also recommended that the reader not be alone when reading it."--
17) Dogfight
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Jack's Justice volume 4
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"Federal Judges are being murdered. One of the cases was broken by Kate Handler, New York City homicide detective. She is concerned about the nature of the case because the killer's legal team seem all to eager to settle the case quietly. But when a justice on the US Supreme Court dies mysteriously at a hunting camp in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Jack Handler swings into action. Before all the smoke clears, more than a few members of the Federal bench...
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A sizzling novel set against the backdrop of the Detroit car world.
Champion Motors, one of Detroit's biggest auto manufacturers, is shutting down plants and laying off its workers. Tensions are mounting and violence is erupting. The lack of overtime to go around and a fatal attraction between employees at the plant ends in murder. Rife with scandal, drama, and passion- between and beyond the sheets- Blue Collar Blues is an...
19) Needle work
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The secret life of a Michigan couple unraveled when police discovered they'd committed 2 horrific murders. When Carol Giles's friend Nancy Billiter was found dead - she had been bound, sexually violated, and injected with a lethal dose of battery acid and heroin - detectives in Michigan traced Billiter's death back to Giles and her boyfriend, Tim Collier. Police also learned that the diabolical duo shared another secret: They had murdered Giles's...
20) Silent thunder
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Detroit PI Amos Walker attempts to clear the name of a woman accused of murdering her husband Constance Thayer probably isn't a nice woman. If she was, she wouldn't have shot her husband to death. But just because she has a taste for nightlife-drinking, clubbing, and the finest hard drugs-doesn't mean her husband didn't deserve it. An automobile magnate in a city where internal combustion still reigns supreme, Doyle Thayer Jr. was a wife-beater with...
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