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When Carrington Brouwer receives the enviable job of painting carousel horses for a factory in Ohio, she believes her future is secure. But after an expensive necklace disappears from the home where she's been staying, she's caught up in a search for the truth that puts her entire livelihood -- and her developing relationship with the factory manager -- at risk. Can she lead police to the real culprit before she loses everything?
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Theresa MacLean novels volume 3
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Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean investigates a crime spree from Cleveland's past when the bodies of recent murder victims show up bearing the hallmarks of an uncaught serial killer who had terrorized the city seventy-five years earlier.
4) Sweet mercy
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"When Eve discovers her uncle's bootlegging operation, she knows it's against Prohibition law. But can she really condemn the only thing supporting her family?"--Provided by publisher.
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Mickey Rawlings mysteries volume 5
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The lazy days of June, 1921, are dark ones for baseball fans as the trial of the Chicago "Black Sox" players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series begins. But utility infielder Mickey Rawlings thinks he has something to cheer about--playing for the team that won that series, the Cincinnati Reds. Until he gets embroiled in a mix of conspiracy, lies, and murder that could end his career--and his life.
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Apple Creek dreams volume 1
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Jerusha has spent months making the most beautiful quilt anyone in Apple Creek, Ohio, has ever seen, and she knows it's going to take first prize at the Quilt Fair in Dalton. The prize will be her ticket out of the Amish way of life-away from the memories of her dead daughter and her tormented husband. But on the way to the fair, she gets caught in the Storm of The Century and Jerusha's driver crashes their car. While the driver goes for help, Jerusha...
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"In the sequel to Ways of Dying, Toloki, the professional mourner, comes to America and settles down in Athens, Ohio, where he meets an angry young man, falls in love with the man's sister, and becomes involved with a local quilting group, which provides a gateway to the past and the story of two escaped slaves seeking freedom in Ohio."--NoveList website viewed October 11, 2007.
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Apple Creek dreams volume 2
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2013.
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Local historian Jenny Springer has a burning desire to find out who she really is. When a drifter named John comes to town looking for his own roots, she gets serious in her search for answers. Will her discovery surprise her? And will opening doors to the past help them both see a future---together?
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Katharine Wright Mystery volume 01
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December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking off in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with its historic fifty-seven second flight, their sister Katharine is back home in Dayton, Ohio, running the bicycle shop, teaching Latin, and looking after the family. A Latin teacher and suffragette, Katharine is fiercely independent, intellectual, and the only Wright sibling to finish college. But at twenty-nine, she's frustrated...
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"Katharine Wright embodied the worldly, independent, and self-fulfilled New Woman of the early twentieth century, yet she remained in many ways a Victorian. Torn between duty and love, she agonized for months before making a devastating break with her world-famous and intensely possessive older brother Orville to marry newspaper editor Harry Haskell, the man she loved. Written by the grandson of Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight is imaginatively reconstructed...
13) Wench: a novel
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Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it, but then again, the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which...
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"Birdie Jennings dreams of a big life beyond her small town of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky--beyond her mundane job tying tobacco leaves at Wright's Factory, beyond her position as the baby of the family. Her life changes when she meets smooth-talking Jimmy Walker. Jimmy makes big promises for an exciting life together, and Birdie is quickly swept off her feet. But some short years after they marry, Jimmy disappears without a trace, leaving Birdie hurt...
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In Heart of a Warrior you will experience the frontier from the viewpoint of Sweet Breeze, the daughter of the acclaimed Miami Chief Little Turtle, and her husband William Wells. Known as Wild Carrot, William was raised in tribal villages after having been taken captive during his youth. You will follow his adventures as a Miami warrior, as a peace negotiator, as a scout for General Anthony Wayne, and finally as a government agent. Sweet Breeze and...
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