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Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 1
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
"Priscilla Latham Grant has inherited a lighthouse. So with not much more than a strong will and a sore heart, the recent widow packs her SUV, says goodbye to her lifelong home in Kansas, and heads as far east as one can possibly go without swimming! On the quaint and historic island of Martha's Vineyard, just off the coast of Massachusetts, Priscilla comes face-to-face with adventure- one that includes rediscovered family, new friends, old homes,...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 2
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
When Priscilla discovers an inscribed World War I sword hidden behind a painting on her bedroom wall, questions abound. Was the sword used as a murder weapon in a generations-old village mystery, one that pitted a local war hero against a young villager?
Author
Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Returning home from a clamming expedition, J.W. Jackson finds that his wife Zee and young daughter had been attacked by intruders, and later discovers that the crime has ties to Tom Rimini, the troubled husband of J.W.'s first wife, Carla
24) The caretaker
Author
Series
Ranjit Singh novels volume 1
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
"Ranjit Singh, a former Indian Army Captain trying to escape a shameful past, lives with his family among the migrant workers of Martha's Vineyard, working as a caretaker of the vacation homes of the rich and powerful. Needing a place to stay, Ranjit moves his family into an empty Senator's home. Happily, but illegally ensconced in the house, he tries to forget his brief affair with Anna, the wife of an African-American senator, and focus on providing...
Author
Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"When the President of the United States vacations on Martha's Vineyard, his daughter, sixteen-year-old Cricket Callahan, yearns for a Roman holiday of sorts, far from the Secret Service agents who regulate her every move."--BOOK JACKET. "While fishing alone on South Beach early one August morning, sometime investigator and full-time food and fishing enthusiast J. W. Jackson sees a teenage girl strolling along the shore. They chat, and he lets her...
26) Summer reading
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English
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"When a woman who'd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com. For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha's Vineyard at her family'stiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until she's tasked with chaperoning her half-brother, Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the local library...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Looking for a certain young woman, Boston lawyer Brady Coyne visits Martha's Vineyard, where PI Jackson is bodyguard for a famous singer. Both protagonists begin to realize that something shady is going on with regard to an upcoming mega concert featuring religious, political, and entertainment figures. As the event grows nearer, their attention focuses on a charismatic (but well-guarded) religious leader.
28) Adrift
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 3
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
Captain Gerald reports to Priscilla that an abandoned houseboat, which had been moored anonymously in Vineyard Haven Harbor, has been discovered in the bay with apparent signs of foul play. Who is the the boat's owner, and what happened to him?
Author
Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
J.W. Jackson's investigation into some mysterious arson fires on Martha's Vineyard becomes personal when one of the fires takes the life of his old friend, African American bluesman Corrie Appleyard, who was in town to play a few shows
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 4
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"As autumn leaves and cooler temperatures fall on Martha's Vineyard, Priscilla finally seems to be finding her sea legs and feeling at home on the island. However, a ghostly visitor, known as the 'Weeping Woman,' begins to show up nightly on the cliff outside of her home. Why is she there? Is someone trying to scare Priscilla away from her beloved cottage and lighthouse? If so, could a local art dealer be involved? Does an eccentric woman with a crush...
32) Set me free
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three years after being kidnapped from her home in Martha's Vineyard, fourteen-year-old Mary Lambert receives a letter from Nora O'Neal, a servant in the house where she was held, who tells her of an eight-year-old girl where she's now employed whom Nora believes to be a deaf-mute, but who's being treated as insane, and asks Mary to come and teach the nameless child. A little scared, but intrigued, and bored with domestic life, Mary agrees--only to...
Author
Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"J.W. Jackson has much to be thankful for this particular August: the early arrival of bluefish, certainly, but also beautiful wife Zee and an addition to their family, three-month-old Joshua, who screams loudly and looks like a cross between Edward G. Robinson and Winston Churchill."--BOOK JACKET. "Life is good, except for the intrusion of several outsiders from "America." Perhaps it's just as well that a distraction arrives in the person of one...
34) Show me a sign
Author
Series
Show me a sign volume 1
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When islanders clash with Saberfox, a powerful development agency, year-round residents J.W. Jackson and his wife Zee become embroiled in the conflict. After someone tries to kill a top company executive, J.W. begins to scrutinize the inner workings of Saberfox
Author
Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When the body of a radical environmentalist is discovered in a golf course sandtrap, J. W. Jackson finds himself named a prime suspect and sets about identifying the killer from among a horde of developers, golfers, and other potential culprits.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 6
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Priscilla is adjusting to her new life on Martha's Vineyard. She loves waking each day to the sound of waves lapping the shoreline and the scent of fresh sea breezes. Though she's still learning the culture, she no longer feels like a tourist in the community. But when a suitcase washes up on shore, Priscilla wonders if there is more in store for her at Misty Harbor than just a change of scenery. Intrigued by the luggage and its mysterious contents,...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 19
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Priscilla sees a small plane go down over the marsh, she immediately calls 911. But the authorities insist no distress calls were made, and no planes were reported missing. When she finally located the downed craft, she discovers that the pilot has vanished, and all signs indicate he wanted to disappear. What was on that plane that the pilot was so desperate to hide? Priscilla sets out to solve the mystery - and soon finds herself enmeshed...
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Not Supplied
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Not Supplied
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English
Description
"In 1959, Hollywood ingenue Mercy Welles seems to have the world at her feet. Far removed from her Nebraska roots, she has crafted herself into a glamorous Oscar-nominated actress engaged to an up-and-coming director . . . Until she shockingly vanishes without a trace, just as her career is taking off. Almost sixty years later, Kit O’Neill, a junior television producer in Manhattan, is packing up her recently deceased grandmother’s attic, only...
40) Liar's beach
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars. Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper's pool, and everyone has something to hide--Jasper,...