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Aurora "Roe" Teagarden and the members of the Real Murders Club meet monthly to analyze famous cases. But when a…
member dies in a manner resembling a case the group was discussing, suddenly everybody is both a suspect and a potential victim. Followed by "A bone to pick". 2009.
Having experienced her share of sorrow, Rebecca has grown afraid of opening her heart to love. Can she overcome her…
fears or will she settle for something less than love? Sequel to "A touch of grace". 2009.
Newly married and about to be a father, Tres gives up the dangerous life of a private detective. But while…
honeymooning on Rebel Island, he discovers a dead body that triggers memories of his own shady past. Sequel to "Mission Road". 2008.
Peter R. Henriques, a leading scholar on George Washington and professor emeritus of history at George Mason University, produces a…
concise and vital volume on America's first president. "Realistic Visionary" is a focused examination of the vital events and traits that made Washington who he was. In fascinating detail, it shows a man who overcame personal faults to be the greatest person of his generation. 2006.
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with…
whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up. Grades 3-6. 1997.
Director Tom Richards begins to realize that his life and his film are spinning out of control. His relationships with…
his wife and girlfriend are in peril. His daughters may lose their jobs and their marriages. One daughter vanishes, making headlines in the tabloids. Tom begins to feel like a character in one of his movies. 1997.
In this collection of essays, McManus treats his audience to the exploits of his wife Bun, his buddies Retch and…
Eddie, and himself. He recounts the events that led to his dog’s climbing a tree, to the class clown’s finally making the fierce math teacher laugh, and to the garage door’s gobbling up the dog. He tells of the problems in pouring a concrete walk and of fireworks with the potential to bring down a B-29. 2000.
Adam Wheeler is a fourteen-year-old who emigrates from England to Canada with his uncle in 1837. It isn't long before…
Adam and his uncle argue and Adam is left to fend for himself. Through his job at the paper mill he becomes involved in William Lyon Mackenzie's rebellion and befriends the de Grassi sisters who are spies for the government. For junior and senior high readers. 1996.
A compendium of articles published over a thirty-year period. Kempton admires defiance, such as that displayed by Lillian Hellman before…
the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He confesses to harboring perverse thoughts about anyone who obtains an interview under false pretenses. And he notes how brief encounters, like sitting on a porch with Martin Luther King, Jr., become life's turning points. 1994.
Rebecca Keim is engaged to John Miller, but when Rebecca goes to Milroy to attend her beloved teacher's funeral, John…
receives a mysterious letter accusing Rebecca of marrying him for money. John tries to forsake his past suspicions and jealousies, but upon Rebecca's return, they discover that she is named as the heir to her teacher's three farms, on condition that she marry an Amish man. Soon Rachel Byler, the vengeful but rightful heir to the property, arrives and reveals secrets from the past. Sequel to "Rebecca's return". 2010. (The Adams County trilogy ; 3)
Rebecca Keim returns to Wheat Ridge full of resolve to make her relationship with John Miller work, but in her…
absence, John has become suspicious of the woman he loves. Before their conflict can be resolved, John is badly injured and Rebecca is sent back to Milroy to aid her seriously ill Aunt Leona. Will Rebecca find happiness in Wheat Ridge with John, or should she stake her future on the memory that persists and the ring she has never forgotten? Sequel to "Rebecca's promise" (DC38739). Followed by "Rebecca's choice" (DC37369). c2009. (The Adams County trilogy ; 2)
Rebecca Keim has just declared her love to John Miller and agreed to become his wife, but she's haunted by…
schoolgirl memories of a promise made and a ring given. Is that memory just a fantasy, or was it real? When Rebecca's mother sends her back to the old home community in Milroy to be with her aunt, Rebecca determines to find answers that will resolve her conflicted feelings. Followed by "Rebecca's return" (DC38740). c2009. (The Adams County trilogy ; 1)
Death is missing - presumed ... er ... gone, which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when…
an important service is withdrawn. Dead Rights activist Reg Shoe has more work than he ever dreamed of and newly deceased Wizard Poons wakes up in his coffin to find that he has come back as a corpse. It's up to Windle, and the members of Ankh-Morpork's group of undead, to save the world for the living. 1991. (Discworld ; 11)
Emperor Rhulad of Lether slowly descends into madness while several parties attempt to overthrow him. Outside forces also threaten his…
rule, as both the tribal Awl'dan - led by the warrior Redmask - and Malazan soldiers prepare for confrontation. Sequel to "The Bonehunters", followed by "Toll the hounds". Explicit descriptions of violence, strong language and descriptions of sex. c2007. (Malazan book of the fallen ; 7)
A bullet from a Yankee sharpshooter's rifle blasts a Rebel captain out of his saddle, unleashing the most devastating weapon…
the Confederacy has - a man named Dusty Fog. Originally published in Great Britain as "You're in command now, Mr. Fog". 1987, c1973.
A brother and sister visiting a country ruled by a dictator become involved in a startling conspiracy and begin to…
suspect that their stepfather is a spy. For junior and senior high readers. 1978.
1868. Fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes discovers that his American tutor Amyus Crowe is hunting Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth--who was supposedly…
killed by Union soldiers but is apparently alive and well in England. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2011. Uniform title: Red leech
During the Christmas season, Rebecca Yoder agrees to help new preacher Caleb Wittner with his mischievous daughter, who has turned…
the community of Seven Poplars upside down. Only Rebecca can see the pain hidden beneath Amelia's antics -- and her father's brusque manner. After losing his wife in a fire, Caleb's physical scars may be healing, but his emotions have not. Yet Rebecca's sweet manner soon has him smiling and laughing with his daughter -- and his pretty housekeeper. Soon Caleb must decide whether to invite Rebecca into his life -- or lose her forever. 2013.
Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and…
frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's death. 1992.