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42) The house girl
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English
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A novel of love, family, and justice follows Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in a Manhattan law firm, as she searches for the "perfect plaintiff" to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves.
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Hope River novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.
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Stink Moody volume 4
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English
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Stink Moody, friends Webster and Sophie, and Mrs. Birdwistle visit tourist attractions in Virginia as they try to give away 101 guinea pigs rescued from a laboratory, although Stink is very reluctant to give away his favorite, Astro.
46) Amazing Gracie
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English
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When Gracie MacDougal returns to Seagull Point, Virginia, seeking to reform her workaholic ways, she discovers more than a place to relax. She finds a town and a house which she envisions as a perfect bed-and-breakfast, but the owner is not interested in selling.
47) Unnatural death
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Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 27
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint. After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this savage, and why"--
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Tish Tarragon novels volume 4
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English
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"When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake, a frangipane cherry pie, be up to the grade? As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus...
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Tish Tarragon novels volume 2
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English
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Literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek's annual garden club awards, but when she is taken on a tour of some of the top contenders with the garden club's president, Jim Ainsley, Tish is surprised at how seriously the residents take the awards--and how desperate they are to win. Wealthy, retired businessman Sloane Shackleford has won the coveted best garden category five years...
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Judy Moody volume 3
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English
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When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.
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Meg Langslow mysteries volume 9
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English
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Reluctantly baby-sitting for an old friend, Meg finds herself in the middle of a mystery when Karen doesn't return for her son.
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2016.
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English
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After losing her husband and her home Daisy McGovern moves in with her invalid mother at an old inn in southwestern Virginia. When the inn's eccentric proprietor, Aunt Emily, decides to throw a weekend party for a small group of friends and neighbors, everybody is excited-- until a winter storm approaches and one of the guests is crushed by an antique bookcase during the night. Was it murder? After the inn loses power and a second death occurs, it's...
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Krewe of Hunters volume 36
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English
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Women are being taken in Virginia, and FBI agent Mark Gallagher is determined to put a stop to it. Certain he's closing in on the killer known as The Embracer, Mark is less than thrilled when he's partnered with rookie agent Colleen Law, worried she's a liability when there's so much at stake. But like everyone in the Krewe of Hunters, Colleen has talents that extend beyond the usual investigative toolbox. She can hear the voices of the victims in...
59) Absolute rage
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Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi thrillers volume 14
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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