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41) The water room
Author
Series
Bryant and May mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2004
Language
English
Description
How can an elderly recluse drown in a chair in her otherwise dry basement? That's what John May and Arthur Bryant of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit set out to discover in a city rife with shady real estate developers, racist threats, dodgy academicians, and someone dangerously obsessed with Egyptian mythology.
43) Friday the 13th
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In 1957, a young boy named Jason Voorhees drowned. In 1958, two camp counselors were murdered. In 1962, fires and bad water kept Camp Crystal Lake from reopening. Now in 1979, Crystal Lake will finally be reopened by Steve Christy with the help of a few new counselors. The counselors begin to get ready for campers that summer. Ignoring the warnings from a local, the murders start once again while a mysterious stalker prowls the area. As bodies fall...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
"If you suspected your best friend, the person you were closest to in the whole world, was a murderer, what would you do? Would you confront her? Would you help keep her secret? Or would you begin to feel afraid? Most importantly, why don't you feel safe now that she's dead? From the author of The French Girl comes a novel full of secrets, suspense, and deadly twists. Georgie, Lissa, and Bronwyn have been inseparable since dominating their college...
Author
Publisher
Planeta Internacional
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Tras cautivar a veinte millones de lectores en todo el mundo con La chica del tren, Paula Hawkins vuelve con una apasionante novela sobre las historias que nos contamos al recordar nuestro pasado y su poder para destruirnos. Pocos d�ias antes de morir, Nel Abbott estuvo llamando a su hermana, pero Jules no cogi�o el tel�efono, ignor�o sus s�uplicas de ayuda. Ahora Nel est�a muerta. Dicen que salt�o al r�io. Y Jules se ve arrastrada...
46) Poor things
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality...
Author
Series
Daphne Du Maurier mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Walking on the cliffs in Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier stumbles upon the drowned body of a beautiful woman, dressed only in a nightgown, her hair strewn along the rocks, her eyes gazing up to the heavens. Daphne soon learns that the mysterious woman was engaged to marry Lord Hartley of Padthaway, an Elizabethan mansion full of intriguing secrets. As the daughter of the famous Sir Gerald du Maurier, Daphne is welcomed into the Hartley home, but when...
Author
Series
Early case files of Sherlock Holmes volume Case 3
Publisher
Little Elm Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Holmes family plans to celebrate the Easter holidays in London until a tragedy during the 1868 Oxford-Cambridge boat race puts Mycroft Holmes' character on the line. When Mycroft identifies a drowning victim, he is drawn into a situation that could destroy not only the name of the deceased Lord Surminster, but his own reputation as well. If ruled a suicide, the lord's assets will be returned to the Crown, leaving his mother and siblings destitute....
Publisher
Plainville Rescue Squad
Pub. Date
2008]
Language
English
Description
The history of the Plainville Rescue Squad, originally organized as the Plainville Rescue Unit, in Rooks County, Kansas. The Squad is prepared to assist in many types of rescue operations, but the bulk of their activity has been the recovery of drowning victims in many locations in Kansas and Nebraska. Much of the work consists of copies of undated newspaper articles. Includes lists of both past and present members of the Squad.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
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IL: UG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl. Then one night, Morgan is saved from...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When her daughter Eden came home from the hospital, Lucy was profoundly relieved. Eden had survived a drowning incident and had no apparent brain damage, no serious injuries, not even a scratch on her. Lucy fervently welcomed having a second chance at being the good mother she should have been before her teenager's accident. Until Eden tells her that Eden isn't her name. Until she starts calling herself Eli. The name Lucy had reserved for Eden's...
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