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Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"During a summer on Cape Cod, Noelle and Nate's marriage is threatened when Noelle is drawn into a secret affair with another man"--
Author
Series
Where are the children? volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two little children, and the shocking charges against her. She changed her name, dyed her hair, and left California for the wind-swept peace of Cape Cod. Now remarried, she has two more beloved children and the terrible pain has begun to heal--until the morning when she looks in the backyard for her little boy and girl and finds only one red mitten. She knows...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dr. Kate Blunt will do anything for her son, Jasper -- who has cystic fibrosis -- except get him a dog. The daily medical routine that keeps Jasper alive is complicated enough, even though her decision runs contrary to her work as the veterinarian in charge of a Cape Cod animal shelter. Then, a scarred, mistreated wreck of a dog turns up. Whistler is too old and too ugly for anyone to adopt. But the dog forms an instantaneous bond with Jasper. He...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Centered around a family's weekend in their summer cottage on the Northeast cape that explores four lives in crisis and reflects back at us what the American family is becoming"--
66) Alena
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A contemporary retelling of Daphne du Maurier's gripping and iconic novel Rebecca, Alena tells the story of a bright young curator who finds herself haunted by the legacy of her predecessor at a small, cutting-edge art museum on Cape Cod"--
Author
Series
An Elizabeth Parker mystery volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Invited to join her Aunt Winnie for a How to Host a Murder Party on New Year's Eve at Winnie's new Cape Cod B and B, Elizabeth Parker must unearth old secrets and new motives in order to clear her beloved aunt of suspicion when the local wealthy miser ends up the unscripted victim.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From clam chowdahs to oysters on the half-shell, Tulia Peters' Lobstah Shack offers locals and tourists in Westham, Massachusetts, some of Cape Cod's most amazing cuisine. But when the body of Annette DiCicero is discovered in the kitchen's walk-in freezer--with a custom-made claw-handled lobster pick lodged in her neck--spoiled appetites are the least of Tulia's worries. After a heated public argument with Annette, Tulia is a person of interest...
69) A side of murder
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is known for seafood, sand, surf, and, now...murder. Samantha Barnes was always a foodie. And when the CIA (that's the Culinary Institute of America) came calling, she happily traded in Cape Cod for the Big Apple. But then the rising young chef's clash with another chef (her ex!) boils over and goes viral. So when Sam inherits a house on the Cape and lands a job writing restaurant reviews, it seems like the perfect...
70) Summer shift
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages, 12 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Forty-four-year-old Cape Cod clam bar owner Mary Hopkins struggles to find the peace, love, and human connection that have eluded her for decades as she copes with her beloved great-aunt's descent into Alzheimer's disease, the tragic accident of a young waitress, and her rekindled romance with Dan, a lost love.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Gemma Doyle, owner of Cape Cod's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in her shop, she and her friend, Jayne, set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe. Samir Jha might have a few...quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless lists he makes in his planner and the way he schedules every...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Claire Noble gave up on her dreams a long time ago as a single mother, caring for her aging parents. Now its her turn, and she's fallen in love with a man who can offer her security and a life of adventure. But just as Claire is about to step into her new life, her estranged daughter shows up, very pregnant and alone.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Brett has been in love with Charlie ever since he took her skiing on a lovely Colorado night fourteen years ago. And now, living in a seaside cottage on Cape Cod with their young daughter, it looks as if they have settled into the life they desired. However, Brett and Charlie's marriage has been tenuous for quite some time. When Charlie's unstable younger brother plans to move in with them, the tension simmering under the surface of their marriage...
75) Soul struck
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On Cape Cod, seventeen-year-old Rachel desperately wants to get struck by lightning, an act that will reveal her soul mate, as it did for her mother. And then maybe her mom will be as devoted to her as she is to her lightning-strike survivors group. When she discovers letters written by her mother's soul mate--the man she thought was her father-- Rachel begins to question everything she's always believed and decides to quit chasing lightning. At least...
Author
Publisher
RP Teens
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Cape Cod. Michaela Dunn dreams of getting into an art school, but her stepfather refuses to fund a trip for a poetry workshop. Michaela enters a local contest searching for a poet to write the dedication plaque for a statue honoring Captain Benjamin Churchill, a whaler who died at sea 100 years ago. Michaela discovers the 1862 diary of Leta Townsend, and learns that in 1862 Townsend wrote poetry under the name of a boy who left for sea to hunt whales....
Author
Publisher
Prospecta Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of an unforgettable summer. Set in Plymouth, MA in the late seventies, Little Did I Know is the tale of a young man with an outsized dream -- to refurbish a dilapidated but historic theater and produce a season's worth of vibrant musicals. A recent college graduate, he fills his cast and crew with people he has come to love and trust in his university life, and with others whose talents and personalities prove undeniable. Yet, while...
78) Tainted
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Avon paperback edition.
Physical Desc
429 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Holly Barrett first saw Jack Dane early one morning--tall, tan, and so heartbreakingly handsome he took her breath away. He also seemed like the last person to disrupt her quiet, uneventful days with her sensitive daughter, Katy. But the charming, enigmatic Englishman has blown into her small Cape Cod town like a brisk summer wind off the bay. He sweeps Holly off her feet, and is soon touching the lives of everyone she deeply cares about. But is Jack...
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
According to Arctic legend, if you whistle at the Northern Lights, they'll swoop down and carry you off forever. Eline Davis was there on the remote glacier in Svalbard, when her mother whistled, then vanished. Years later, living with her dad on Cape Cod, Eli discovers the Northern Lights will be visible there for one night. She hatches a plan to use the lights to contact her missing mother... and it works. Her mother arrives... but magical, dangerous...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
341 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the first meeting of the Winter Warmth Book Chat, the lights in Mary's Mystery Bookshop go out. When they come back on, Mary realizes a book has been stolen from the counter. And not just any book. This was a signed early edition of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Mary intended to sell the rare and valuable copy and donate the money to help a little girl get a kidney transplant. Now everyone at the Book Chat is a suspect, and...
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