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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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English
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Andrew Peardew collects things dropped or left behind by others and writing stories about them. He does this as a tribute to the fiancée who died the day he lost one of her keepsakes. When a dying Andrew bequeaths his estate to his assistant, Laura, she begins to bond with new neighbors while attempting to reunite the objects with their owners.
2) Tightrope
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Burning Cove California volume 3
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English
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Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but after spending her inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real. In the chaotic aftermath, Amalie watches Matthias Jones disappear...
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Series
Judy Moody and friends volume 13
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Judy Moody is freaky for Nancy Drew, the famous girl detective from the book series. When Judy bumps into Mighty Fantaskey, she's excited to make a new friend who is also a Nancy Drew fan. Excited, that is, until she visits Mighty's house: it's big and old and creaky and spooky. It even swallows up Judy's mood ring! Can Judy muster up the courage to go back and reclaim it?
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Thorndike Press large print basic
Gabriela Rose novels volume 1
Gabriella Rose volume Book 1
[A Gabriella Rose novel] volume 1
Gabriela Rose novels volume 1
Gabriella Rose volume Book 1
[A Gabriella Rose novel] volume 1
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English
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"Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some bamboozled billionaire, it's for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can't come up with a lot of money fast....
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English
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"Shocking news reaches them--an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters--as well as heartache close to home--Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom to trust. With the body count rising, the clock ticking...
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Paramount
Language
English
Description
Find out where things go when they get lost. The Lost City is a mysterious place that no one has ever found before. Dora and Boots race to recover their lost treasures. Boots loves to squeeze his new bath toy, but when he squeezes too hard, he can't find Squeaky. Boots and Dora have to go to Gooey Geyser to get him back. Pre-schoolers will learn Spanish language, mathematical, visual and spatial skills, plus other learning and problem solving skills.
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Wayward children volume 9
Publisher
Tordotcom/Tor Publishing Group
Edition
First edition.
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English
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Series
Wayward children volume 8
Publisher
Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Edition
First edition.
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English
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10) The final twist
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Series
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English
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"Just hours after the harrowing events of The Never Game and The Goodbye Man, Colter Shaw finds himself in San Francisco, where he has taken on the mission his father began years ago: finding a missing courier bag containing evidence that will bring down a corporate espionage firm responsible for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of deaths. Following the enigmatic clues his father left behind, Shaw plays cat and mouse with the company's sadistic enforcers,...
11) Stagestruck
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Series
Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 14
Publisher
Guideposts
Language
English
Description
Anne is thrilled when her old high school friend Tami Bates returns to Blue Hill for a visit. Tami is a theater producer's assistant in London and she is searching for a missing play by Hugh Bettridge, a famous playwright. Anne learns that other people are searching for the valuable manuscript and are willing to go to great lengths to get it. Meanwhile, the local drama society is putting on a play to raise money for the theater's new roof.
12) Max's lunch
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Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Language
English
Description
"Max can't wait to eat his lunch--until he discovers it's gone! With help from Ruby, can Max find the missing meal?"--
Author
Series
Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 23
Publisher
Guideposts
Language
English
Description
A Civil War reenactment group has turned Blue Hill's park into a historical battlefield, but there's a battle of a different type brewing after a precious heirloom goes missing."--Page 4 of cover.
14) A novel proposal
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English
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"When western novelist Sadie Goodwin must pen a romance novel to rescue her lackluster sales, there's only one tiny problem: she's never been in love. Desperate to salvage her career, Sadie accepts an invitation to hole up at her friend's beach duplex for the summer and devote herself to this confounding genre. After all, where better to witness love than on the beautiful South Carolina shore? But Sadie soon finds many ways to procrastinate the dreaded...
15) About That Kiss
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Thorndike Press
Edition
Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
When love drives you crazy . . .
When sexy Joe Malone never calls after their explosive kiss, Kylie shoves him out of her mind. Until she needs a favor, and it's a doozy. Something precious to her has been stolen and there's only one person with unique finder-and-fixer skills that can help-Joe. It means swallowing her pride and somehow trying to avoid the temptation to throttle him-or seduce him.
The best thing to do . . .
No, Joe didn't call after...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Part comedy of manners, part treasure hunt, the first novel from the writer whom David Sedaris calls "perfectly, relentlessly funny" Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited for the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive completely absorbed in their own lives Kezia the second-in-command to a madwoman jewelry designer in Manhattan; Nathaniel the former literary cool kid, selling his wares in Hollywood;...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses--until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten. When a young woman who is struggling to maintain her...
18) Shelby & Watts
Series
Shelby and Watts volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Meet Shelby & Watts! Shelby loves a good mystery. And her best friend, Watts, is never without his encyclopedia. When Shelby gets a letter from Fred the hermit crab claiming that all the shells are missing from the beach, she and Watts are just the duo to help him. With Shelby's deductive skills and Watts's scientific knowledge, there's no case the two of them can't solve--one environmental mystery at a time!
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Language
English
Description
"Love is in the air when a stray cat shows up at the Blue Hill Library with a diamond engagement ring attached to its collar. Anne is determined to find the cat's owner before Liddie falls in love with their new furry friend, but news of the ring brings more than one prospective bride to claim it as her own. As Anne tries to discover the truth, two handsom men vie for her attention, and she realizes she may be in danger of falling in love herself"--Back...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"To exonerate her best friend, one woman must mastermind a jewelry heist during the wedding of the season in this hilarious romantic-comedy caper. Simi Chopra is on a bad-luck streak. She's lost yet another job, her student loan debt won't stop growing, her basement apartment is a certifiable flood zone, and now her best friend has been accused of stealing a multimillion-dollar diamond necklace. To put it lightly, she's desperate for a break-that's...
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