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Champagne at the murder (Thumbprint mysteries)
By Joan Nixon. 1998
Stacy Champagne returns to her family's Colorado hotel when the town is threatened by Will Knight, who wants to reopen…
the silver mine. After Knight is murdered at the hotel, Stacy works with Deputy Gonzales sorting through suspects. Uncontracted braille. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1998Champagne at risk (Thumbprint mysteries)
By Joan Nixon. 1998
Stacy Champagne, head of security at her family's Silver Ridge Hotel, is concerned about the mystery writers' award dinner being…
held there. Last year, at another hotel, the award check was stolen. But Stacy soon has bigger problems--a writer is murdered. Uncontracted braille. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1998Champagne with a corpse (Thumbprint mysteries)
By Joan Nixon. 1998
Stacy Champagne, new chief of security at her family's Colorado hotel, discovers a corpse during a museum fund-raiser. As Stacy…
investigates with her fiancé, Deputy Gonzales, they realize many townspeople had motive to commit the murder. Uncontracted braille. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1999Poirot investiga (Hercule Poirot Mystery Ser. #3)
By Agatha Christie. 1925
Eleven mystery stories solved by the ingenious Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Includes "La Aventura de la Tumba Egipcia," "Tragedia en…
Marsdon Manor," "El Rapto del Primer Ministro," and "La Aventura del Noble Italiano." Spanish language. 1925Cheat (Orca currents)
By Kristin Butcher. 2010
While covering the cheating scam for her high school newspaper, Laurel discovers the down side to investigative reporting: nobody likes…
a snitch. Even her basketball-star brother Jack wants her to back off. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. Uncontracted braille. For junior and senior high readers. 2010The warning: a short story
By Sophie Hannah. 2015
Single mom Chloe leaves her nine-year-old daughter's audition music in the car. They are rescued when a bicyclist offers to…
retrieve it. After Chloe brings him a thank-you gift at his work, she receives an odd warning from the receptionist about how dangerous he is. Strong language. 2015May magic: Calendar mysteries (Calendar Mysteries #5)
By Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney. 2011
Bradley and Brian need help from friends Nate and Lucy after a hypnotist turns their mother into a duck but…
does not quite get her changed back. Sequel to April Adventure (DB 79338). For grades 2-4. 2011June jam: Calendar mysteries (Calendar Mysteries #6)
By Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney. 2011
As a Father's Day gift to the twins' dad, Bradley, Brian, and their friends Lucy and Nate try to identify…
and stop whatever creature is biting fruits and vegetables in the garden. Sequel to May Magic (DB 79556). For grades 2-4. 2011Chroniques de la place carrée: roman / 2, Héroïne (Parallèle #no 03)
By Tristan Saule. 2021
Un an après les événements deMathilde ne dit rien, les habitants de la place carrée sont frappés par la pandémie…
et voient leur vie chavirée par le confinement. Entre pression croissante à l'hôpital de Monzelle et règlements de comptes chez les dealers, leurs destins vont s'entremêler dans le tourbillon d'une histoire addictive et impitoyableButt Sandwich & Tree
By Wesley King. 2022
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Wesley King comes a tender and grounded middle grade mystery about brothers,…
basketball, and a young boy on the autism spectrum.Eleven-year-old Green loves his devoted older brother, Cedar, a popular basketball star, but that doesn’t mean he wants to follow in his footsteps. He doesn’t really care about sports or making friends. Still, eventually Green caves to pressure to try out for the basketball team. He may be tall like Cedar, but he’s nowhere near as skilled. And when a confrontation with the coach spurs Green to flee the court, his flight coincides with a priceless necklace going missing—making him the number one suspect. To clear Green’s name, the two brothers team up to find the necklace, and along the way, they learn to appreciate their differences…and the things that bring them together.Chroniques de la place carrée: roman 1, Mathilde ne dit rien (Parallèle #no 02)
By Tristan Saule. 2021
La fin de la trêve hivernale approche, et Mathilde découvre que ses voisins sont menacés d'expulsion. Les recours légaux n'ont…
rien donné. Mathilde n'a pas toujours été travailleuse sociale. Mathilde porte en elle de sombres secrets. Mathilde ne dit rien, mais Mathilde va prendre les choses en main. Dans ce premier roman des Chroniques de la place carrée, suspense et tension viennent bouleverser le portrait d'une femme brisée qui fait face à son dernier choix : se battre ou disparaîtreThe Case of the Burgled Bundle: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery: Book 3 (A Mighty Muskrats Mystery #3)
By Michael Hutchinson. 2021
The National Assembly of Cree Peoples has gathered together in the Windy Lake First Nation, home to the Mighty Muskrats—cousins…
Chickadee, Atim, Otter, and Sam. But when the treaty bundle, the center of a four-day-long ceremony, is taken, the four mystery-solving cousins set out to catch those responsible and help protect Windy Lake’s reputation!What’s worse, prime suspect Pearl takes off to the city with her older brother and known troublemaker, Eddie. If they have the burgled bundle with them, the Mighty Muskrats fear it may be lost for good. With clues pointing in too many different directions, the cousins need to find and return the missing bundle before the assembly comes to an end. The history and knowledge passed down to each generation through the bundle is at stake.The safe man
By Michael Connelly. 2012
Uncontracted braille. Published for the first time under his own name, a dark and haunting short story from bestselling crime…
author Michael Connelly. Like his father before him, Brian Holloway is a safe man. That is, his specialty is opening safes. Every job is a little mystery, and he has yet to encounter a lock he can't break or a box he can't crack. But the day Holloway gets called in to open a rare, antique safe in a famous author's library, his skills open a door that should have remained closed.Thicker Than Water (Orca Soundings)
By Natasha Deen. 2019
Zack Bernard has a thing for crime shows, especially the forensic-investigation kind. So when his friend Ella goes missing, Zack…
can't help piecing together what he thinks is concrete evidence that could lead to her whereabouts. The problem is, it's all pointing toward his dad. He knows his dad is lying about not having seen Ella because Zack saw them together at the mall the day she disappeared. What he doesn't know is why. With the help of his friend Ayo, Zack tries to solve the mystery himself to avoid having to make the terrible choice between losing someone close to him and betraying his family.Sara and the Search for Normal
By Wesley King. 2020
“Readers will appreciate [Sara] as good literary company even as they develop sympathy for her struggles.” —BCCB “It’s the vivid,…
insightful depiction of Sara’s internal struggles that readers will remember.” —Booklist “A must-buy.” —School Library Journal (starred review) In this prequel to the Edgar Award–winning OCDaniel, fan-favorite Sara quests for “normal” and finds something even better along the way.Sara’s Rules to be Normal 1. Stop taking your pills 19. Make a friend 137. Don’t put mayonnaise on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Sara wants one thing: to be normal. What she has instead are multiple diagnoses from Dr. Ring. Sara’s constant battle with False Alarm—what she calls panic attacks—and other episodes cause her to isolate herself. She rarely speaks, especially not at school, and so she doesn’t have any friends. But when she starts group therapy she meets someone new. Talkative and outgoing Erin doesn’t believe in “normal,” and Sara finds herself in unfamiliar territory: at the movies, at a birthday party, and with someone to tell about her crush—in short, with a friend. But there’s more to Erin than her cheerful exterior, and Sara begins to wonder if helping Erin will mean sacrificing their friendship.Virus à l'hôpital: roman jeunesse (L'heure évasion ; #4)
By Sophie Jama. 2005
Un virus dans le plus grand hôpital de Montréal ! Mais de quel type de virus sagit-il ? Avec ses…
amis, Déborah Klein va tenter denrayer la panique générale en menant lenquête et en dénonçant la situation aux médias. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire.Une nuit très longue (Roman+ #Vol. 41)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 1992
Disparition mysterieuse d'Isabelle au cours d'une fête d'Halloween organisée par l'école. Avec son cousin Pierre, Natasha mène l'enquête. Amour et…
intrigue policière sont au rendez-vous. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1992.Une plage trop chaude ((Ado ; 40) #Vol. 40)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 2008
"Natasha et son cousin pierre passent les vacances de Noël chez leurs grandsparents, en Floride. Ils se font vite des…
amis. Pierre tombe amoureux de Maia, tandis que Natasha s'éprend de Jeremy, si beau, si mystérieux. Mais les vacances prennent une drôle de tournure quand on repêche le cadavre d'un champion de natation. Soudain, les amis de Natasha et de Pierre deviennent très secrets, et même un peu étranges... Une plage trop chaude, une aventure policière brûlante oû Natasha prouve qu'elle n'a pas froid aux yeux." -- 4e de couv.Week-end en enfer ((Jeune adulte) #Vol. 6)
By Laurent Chabin. 2006
Après avoir retrouvé deux billets de menace glissés à son insu dans ses poches, Rod McPherson, un professeur d'université, découvre…
un mot, laissé cette fois par sa femme, chez lui: "Rod, je ne peux plus rester ici. J'ai peur. Pas le temps de t'expliquer. Je crois qu'il est revenu. Je serai ce soir là où nous étions hier." Aussitôt, Rod se met à sa recherche en compagnie de Régina, une de ses étudiantes. Commence alors une poursuite infernale sur laquelle plane l'ombre d'un vieil ennemi de Rod. L'ignoble Glenn Stroud est-il revenu? -- 4e de couv.Mark of the plague (Blackthorn key. #2.)
By Kevin Sands. 2016
As the plague decimates London in 1665 and an assassin threatens the apothecary's life, apprentice Christopher Rowe and his faithful…
friend Tom, following a trail of puzzles, riddles, and secrets, risk their lives to untangle the heart of a dark conspiracy. Sequel to "The Blackthorn key". Grades 5-8. 2016.