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Published in 1850, David Copperfield is Charles Dickens' eighth novel and the one that most closely follows the author's own life. A coming of age story, it describes David's life from childhood with a difficult stepfather, his schooling, his entry into the workforce, his courtship and marriage(s) and his eventual success as an author. Filled with colorful characters like Wilkins Micawber and Betsey Trotwood, and unforgettable villains like Uriah...
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Murder and mystery continue in Book Four of the Cape Refuge series A famous mystery writer has just moved to Cape Refuge when a teenage girl is found murdered. Sheila Caruso–ex-con, mother to Sadie and Caleb, and resident of Hanover House–is working for the writer when she discovers that a scene in one of his novels matches the crime scene. When Police Chief Cade and Blair Owens discover a second dead teenager–mirroring a murder in another of...
9) Foul matter
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2003
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372 p. ; 25 cm.
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Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of career moves that forces an upwardly mobile editor into a difficult position.
10) Love, unscripted
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"This escapist, summery beach read about a woman who scripted her perfect boyfriend but hates the actor playing him in the on-screen adaptation is perfect for fans of romance, women's fiction, and Hallmark movies"--
12) The winter sea
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Carrie settles into the shadow of Slains Castle in Scotland, creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors, and starts to write about the Jacobite invasion of 1708. When she can no longer tell the difference between today and centuries ago, is she dealing with an ancestral memory, or a memory that might destroy her?
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When successful writer Annie Barnes returns to Middle River following her mother's death, many of the residents fear she plans to write a novel about their town, just as they believe Grace Metalious did years ago with Peyton Place. Actually, Annie visits for a month to investigate why her mother got sick and one of her sisters is now ill.
14) Last Things
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Father Dowling mysteries volume 22
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c2003
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307 p. ; 25 cm.
15) The Greek villa
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c2003
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343 p. ; 24 cm.
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Recovering from her father's suicide and her boyfriend's betrayal, aspiring author Tracey Sullivan is offered a job as ghostwriter for a fading film star living in a Greek villa, which brings her face to face with scandal and dark secrets.
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Open Book mysteries volume 4
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When the owner of Upper Chumley-on-Stokes's proposed first high-end gourmet shop is poisoned, American novelist and bookstore owner Penelope Parish is faced with a long list of suspects that makes this page-turning mystery her toughest yet.
17) Fractured
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[2016]
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349 pages ; 22 cm
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After moving with her family across the country to Cincinnati to get away from a stalker, novelist Julie Prentice seems to click with her new neighbor, until a series of misunderstandings lead Julie and her family to become the victims of troubling harassment.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
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With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man also named Jonathan Safran Foer sets out to find the woman who might or might not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis.
Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war, an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior, and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape...
19) Augusta Hawke
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"While Augusta Hawke is a successful author of eighteen crime novels, since her husband's death she's been living vicariously through her Jules Maigret-like detective Claude and his assistant Caroline. Then a handsome police detective appears investigating a real-life mystery: where are her neighbors, the Normans?"--Publisher marketing.
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