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1) The searcher
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English
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"Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small...
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Publication Date
2026.
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English
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"Debut author Shen Tao introduces readers to the lush, deadly world of The Poet Empress, a sweeping, epic and intimate fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent & the Wings of Night, The Song of Achilles and She Who Became the Sun. In the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful. Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and...
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Copper Beech is as soothing as a cup of tea.”—People
In the little Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their initials—and those of their loves—into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig’s closed...
In the little Irish town of Shancarrig, the young people carve their initials—and those of their loves—into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig’s closed...
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Publication Date
2025.
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English
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"Like everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped. Founded by an ambitious lumber merchant, the village is blessed with rich natural resources that have made its people prosperous--but at a cost. The same woods that have lined the townsfolks' pockets harbor dangerous beasts: wolves, bears, and the Bright-Eyeds--monsters beyond description who have rained utter destruction down on nearby settlements. But Mistaken's founders...
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English
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In The Bottoms, tiny Cotswold villages on the English countryside, filthy rich Tata Hawkins is in a tizzy when her husband runs off with a bikini designer; her glamorous new neighbor, an American divorcée, refuses her overtures at friendship; and her two best friends are distracted by their own problems.
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Kensington Books
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Fifteen years after leaving her Old Order Amish life, Rachel Mast has returned to Stone Mill, Pennsylvania. Corporate success didn't bring true happiness, but Rachel also knows she can never be Amish again. Instead she runs a B&B and tries to help her community in ways they can't help themselves. But now a gruesome discovery has been made on her Uncle Aaron's cow pasture--the body of prominent Englisher businessman Willy O'Day. Aaron refuses to hire...
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Publication Date
2024.
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English
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Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town. His eldest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father's shadow, and remains there, having missed one chance at love - and passed up another offer of marriage from an unsuitable man. But in the Advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy's lives...
10) A Christmas gift
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Publisher
Avon
Publication Date
2018.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Georgine loves Christmas. The festive season always brings the little village of Middledip to life. But since her ex-boyfriend walked out, leaving her with crippling debts, Georgine’s struggled to make ends meet. To keep her mind off her worries, she throws herself into organising the Christmas show at the local school. And when handsome Joe Blackthorn becomes her assistant, Georgine’s grateful for the help. But there’s something...
11) Bait
Publisher
Neon
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A cove fisherman struggles to restore his family to their traditional place when a tragedy changes his world.
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Publication Date
2025.
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English
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"With a leading role on a hit TV show and a relationship with Hollywood's latest heartthrob, Meg Bryan appears to have everything she ever wanted. But underneath, her happiness is as fake as her stage name, Lana Lord. Following a tiny nervous breakdown at her thirtieth birthday party, she books an impromptu trip to Ireland. Specifically, to the village where she and her best friend Aimee always dreamt of moving. When Meg arrives, the people in town...
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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it’s 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles...
14) Brodmaw Bay
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v.
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English
16) Lanny
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Publisher
Graywolf Press
Publication Date
2019.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present. It belongs to Mad Pete, the grizzled artist. To ancient Peggy, gossiping at her gate. To families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here. But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort who has woken from his slumber...
17) The ice chorus
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Publisher
Wordstalkers
Publication Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
Liselle Dupre moves from Toronto to a remote village on the west coast of Ireland after a brief affair ends her 18-year marriage. She gradually becomes acquainted with the locals, whose charm and colourful stories revive her spirits and inspire her to make a documentary about their interwoven tales of romance. Liselle comes to confront her own tumultuous past, realizing that to tell the stories of others, she must first reveal her own.
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English
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A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried--but not forgotten.
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English
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Six people with connections to the world of crime writing are invited to participate in a Christmas-themed mystery game organized by the enigmatic Midwinter Trust. Set in a remote Yorkshire village soon to be isolated by snow, the players must solve the fictional murder of a crime writer to win a life-changing prize. As the game progresses, tensions rise among contestants and organizers, and it becomes unclear whether everyone is following the rules....
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Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Publication Date
2009
Physical Desc
p. cm.
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English
Description
In a tiny village in the Swiss Alps, an angel meets an American girl named Zola who has come with her father to open a school, and together Zola and the angel rescue a group of homeless orphans, who gradually change everything.









