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Cherry Ames, Veterans' Nurse (Cherry Ames #6)
by Helen WellsThe war is over, and Cherry is sent home. Her new assignment is working in a veteran's hospital, where she finds her biggest challenge in raising the spirits of men who have lost arms, legs, or other body parts. Will they be welcomed back to their families and able to work again? Jim Travers, the woodworker who has lost a leg and was the sole support of his elderly mother, isn't convinced. But he finds he is of critical assistance to Cherry as she tracks the mysterious thief who has robbed the Veteran's Center of a medicine that can help a small boy recover from a deadly disease.
Cherry Ames, Visiting Nurse (Cherry Ames #8)
by Helen WellsCherry reunites with her old Spencer classmates Gwen, Bertha, Josie, Vivian, and Mai Lee, when they all decide to take an apartment together in New York City, and work for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Greenwich Village is a far cry from Hilton, Illinois, and farm-raised Bertha is ready to mutiny when she tries to cook in their tiny kitchen. <P><P>Assigned to a specific neighborhood, Cherry marvels at the many countries her patients come from--and is determined to resolve the loneliness of a few of them by having them all meet at an "Around the World" Dinner at the local settlement house. But who is the mysterious woman who lives in the Victorian mansion at the center of his district? Why hasn't she been seen by anyone in the past 18 years?
Cherry Beach Express: A Steve Nastos Mystery (The Steve Nastos Mysteries #1)
by R.D. CainA police detective is accused of murder in this novel that &“delivers on all levels: action, courtroom drama . . . and a show-stopping climax&” (The Hamilton Spectator). Until recently, Steve Nastos was a respected Toronto detective, part of the sexual assault unit. Now he&’s in custody—accused of killing his young daughter&’s dentist after learning of the man&’s unspeakable crimes against children. Freed on bail, he has one hope: to track down the actual killer, in a town where laws are seen more as guidelines and law enforcement agents adhere to their own moral relativism. Handicapped by a recovering alcoholic lawyer, a rogue cop, and a two-faced judge, Nastos has the cards stacked against him. Then his estranged but still beloved wife inadvertently becomes involved in the case, and the stakes become even higher. He has to protect his family—but first he has to save himself . . .
Cherry Cheesecake Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery #8)
by Joanne FlukeHannah Swensen and her bakery, The Cookie Jar, bask in the glow of Hollywood glamour when Main Street becomes a movie set. And although tensions simmer as the cameras roll, no one expects the action to turn deadly . . . until it's too late . . . There&’s no such thing as privacy in Lake Eden, but Hannah never thought things would go this far. Everyone has been telling her what to do ever since she got not one but two marriage proposals. Movie mania soon shoves Hannah's marriage dilemma into the background and even gives her cat a shot at stardom. The Cookie Jar serves as snack central with Main Street rented out for the week. She stirs lots of fresh gossip, whipping up treats for cast and crew, including demanding director Dean Lawrence's favorite—cherry cheesecake. Features Over a Dozen Cookie and Dessert Recipes from The Cookie Jar!
Cherry Cheesecake Murder: A deliciously dangerous mystery of celebrity and murder (Hannah Swensen)
by Joanne FlukeTensions simmer as the cameras roll, but no one expects the action to turn deadly - until it's too late... In Joanne Fluke's Cherry Cheesecake Murder, Hannah Swensen is faced with another tricky murder case in her Minnesota hometown. Packed full of delicious recipes and perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton and H. Y. Hanna.'A tasty treat' - Kirkus ReviewsHollywood comes to Lake Eden, Minnesota, just as local baking sensation Hannah Swensen receives not one but two marriage proposals. Suddenly, she finds herself serving up treats for cast and crew, whilst being the centre of all the town gossip.Everything seems to be right on schedule until Dean Lawrence, the ever demanding director with a hankering for cherry cheesecake, demonstrates a suicide scene with a prop gun that turns out to be lethal. Now there's a real body on the set, and a growing cast of suspects. As the filming continues, Hannah sifts through the clues, hoping against hope that the killer is half baked enough to have made a mistake... What readers are saying about the Hannah Swensen mysteries: 'What more could you want from a cosy crime novel?''Delicious recipes, good plotlines, believable characters.A pleasurable, easy read''A homely series that harks back to the novels of Agatha Christie'
Cherry: A novel
by Nico WalkerJesus' Son meets Reservoir Dogs in a breakneck-paced debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin.Cleveland, 2003. A young man is just a college freshman when he meets Emily. They share a passion for Edward Albee and Ecstasy and fall hard and fast in love. But soon Emily has to move home to Elba, New York and he flunks out of school and joins the Army. <p><p>Desperate to keep their relationship alive, they marry before he ships out to Iraq. But as an Army medic, he is unprepared for the grisly reality that awaits him. His fellow soldiers smoke; they huff computer duster; they take painkillers; they watch porn. And many of them die. He and Emily try to make their long-distance marriage work, but when he returns from Iraq, his PTSD is profound, and the drugs on the street have changed. The opioid crisis is beginning to swallow up the Midwest. <p><p>Soon he is hooked on heroin, and so is Emily. They attempt a normal life, but with their money drying up, he turns to the one thing he thinks he could be really good at--robbing banks.Hammered out on a typewriter, Cherry marks the arrival of a raw, bleakly hilarious, and surprisingly poignant voice straight from the dark heart of America. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Chesapeake Blue: Number 4 in series (Chesapeake Bay #4)
by Nora RobertsThe first ten years of Seth Quinn's life were a prison of fear and neglect - until he was rescued by the Quinns: father Ray, and hot-blooded brothers Phillip, Ethan and Cameron. Now an adult and successful artist, Seth returns home to Chesapeake Bay, to the only family he has ever known. There he meets newcomer to the town Drusilla Whitcomb Banks, but while an attraction sparks, Seth realises that she is way out of his league. Added to which, her own history has taught her not to give her heart lightly. But Seth cannot ignore his feelings. And if he is ever to win a place in Dru's affections, he must finally face up to his own tragic past and the mother who sold him . . .
Chesapeake Summer
by Jeanette BakerBailey Jones has always been a misfit in a town that sets a lot of store on family lineage, old money and homes that overlook the Chesapeake. As he makes plans to leave Marshy Hope Creek for good, a couple of things delay his departure. A developer unearths a long-dead homicide victim on land that was his up until a few weeks ago. And Chloe Richards is back in town. The first piece of startling news sends a shiver down the spines of four of the town's most prominent citizens. Each of them has something from their past that could connect them to this discovery-with dire consequences. And the second piece of news sends a shiver down Bailey's back-a not unpleasant experience. As the gossip mill kicks into overdrive, an air of expectation settles over the town. It will be a long, hot summer.
Chestnut Mare, Beware (Nattie Gold Mystery #2)
by Jody Jaffe"Delightful," raved the Washington Post Book World of Jody Jaffe's first mystery thriller, Horse of a Different Killer, "I hope Natalie Gold doesn't wait too long before jumping back into the suspense-story saddle again." Now, the wait is over: Equestrienne journalist Nattie Gold is back--and with the threat of murder afoot, it may just be her final ride. It's Christmas, but at the Charlotte Commercial Appeal two disturbing events nip Nattie's holiday in the bud. One is a chilling anonymous letter that threatens big-wig Carolinians--many of them known to Nattie from the show horse circuit--with horrible death. Then she's approached by a woman with a strange tale about her beautiful dead daughter. The official version of how former beauty queen Josane Ashmore died is that she was trampled by her unruly chestnut mare. Her mother declares that it was murder. Can Nattie go to Virginia and prove it? Nattie and her friend, Henry Goode, the paper's chief investigative reporter, light out for the beautiful green hills of northern Virginia, where great estates shelter the world's finest horses and their wealthy owners. It is the place where Josane rode to her death. Unfortunately, all that Josane's old buddies will say is that she chose to ride a crazy horse and paid the price ... and, well, she may have had a little coke habit. But who set Josane up in her charming Middleburg shop and paid for her horse and her designer gear? What about her abusive boyfriend? Why were her personal belongings disposed of with such unseemly haste? And urgently, who keeps trying to kill Nattie and Henry? The behind-the-print politics of a daily newspaper, the secret lives of the filthy rich, the dirty deals and killing competition of the show horse circuit--in Chestnut Mare, Beware Jody Jaffe creates a brilliant balance of murder, mischief, and menace.
Chevalier Auguste Dupin i la carta robada
by Edgar Allan PoeUna preciosa adaptació de la novela d'Edgar Allan Poe amb illustracions de Roger Olmos Quina és la clau que resol un misteri? On hem de buscar un objecte que algú ha amagat amb la intenció que ningú no el trobi? Per què els policies tendeixen a no encertar la resposta? Són adequats, els seus mètodes d'investigació? Què val més: pensar amb la raó, com un matemàtic, o amb el cor, com un poeta? L'essència d'aquestes preguntes es va desgranant al llarg d'aquesta truculenta història sobre el robatori d'una carta. Intrigues polítiques i alta societat, un ministre que roba i un policia incansable... però, per damunt de tots, el sorprenent personatge de Chevalier Auguste Dupin, un investigador que sap raonar seguint una altra lògica. I és que, de vegades, només si som capaços de pensar diferent dels altres aconseguirem trobar allò que busquem.
Chi Ama Lei?: Il Matrimonio Alla Vaniglia
by Taylor StormSusan scrive la sua storia con l'incoraggiamento del suo medico a trovare accettazione e pace per la perdita di suo marito. Sta lavorando nel motel di suo zio in una piccola città del Midwest, dove ha molto tempo per scrivere e immagina ogni genere di cose, classificando le persone come Vanilla, Strawberry e Lemon. La sua storia inizia quando ha incontrato Harris e hanno pianificato di sposarsi. Le amiche di Susan e sua sorella Anna stavano cercando di mettere insieme le cose quella mattina presto per il matrimonio nel pomeriggio. L'abito non era ancora arrivato; Susan si stava innervosendo. Quindi le amiche, la sorella e Susan stavano per fare un viaggio nelle città e prenderle dei fiori. Il vestito non era pronto, quindi Susan si guardò rapidamente intorno e trovò un altro vestito quasi simile a quello, e disse che avrebbe dovuto andare. Lo prese e corse fuori, pensando che sua cognata potesse apportare modifiche rapide dell'ultimo minuto. Essere seguiti e imitati da una band, perdersi, perdere il libretto degli assegni e altri incidenti fanno chiedere a Susan perché avrebbe sposato Harris. Amava Bob; Bob che ha accettato i suoi modi pazzi da stronza. La storia di Susan diventa piuttosto confusa, poiché è confusa, ma finisce con Bob solo per un breve periodo; poiché è coinvolto in un incidente dopo un matrimonio di breve durata. Harris, d'altra parte, sembrava interpretare Susan per un idiota e aveva i suoi amici nel gioco. Chi ama lei? Il terzo di una nuova serie di libri
Chi Ama Loro?: Il Matrimonio Combinato in Anticipo
by Taylor StormChris viene a sapere del suo matrimonio concordato; quando incontra l'uomo, è sorpresa che fosse il bellissimo pezzo che aveva visto durante una vacanza in un resort con una ragazza. Gordon Buck, il futuro marito di Chris, all'epoca era fidanzato e aveva bisogno di rompere il fidanzamento. Quando Gordon e Chris si conoscono, all'inizio non si piacciono e poi, all'improvviso... accadono cose strane come... Leggi il libro per scoprire cosa succede. Chi li ama? È il secondo di una nuova serie di libri... Chi...? Serie: la prima è Chi sono Loro?
Chi siamo davvero (Enhanced World (Italiano) #2)
by Victoria SueTalon sta perdendo il controllo delle sue letali abilità. Pronto a qualsiasi cosa pur di tenere Finn al sicuro, Talon lotta per proteggere l’uomo che ama con tutto il cuore e per non diventare il rischio maggiore per la vita del suo amato. A Finn invece non resta altra scelta se non di offrirsi come esca alle oscure forze che rapiscono i bambini potenziati: dovrà esporsi a pericoli per cui non è pronto né addestrato, e dovrà farlo da solo. Avrà Talon la forza per affrontare quest’ultima battaglia? Riuscirà a sconfiggere coloro che vogliono distruggere Finn e la squadra oppure alla fine si renderà conto che, per battere il loro nemico e la sua terribile minaccia, la più grande lotta che dovrà sostenere è quella contro se stesso?
Chica Uno
by Abigail DeanPUDISTE ESCAPAR UNA VEZ, PERO NO PODRÁS ESCAPAR SIEMPRE. UN ÉXITO INTERNACIONAL: LA NUEVA REVELACIÓN DEL SUSPENSE PSICOLÓGICO. «Una obra maestra perfecta.»Sunday Express Review «No me conocéis, aunque habréis visto mi cara. En los primeros retratos machacaron con píxeles nuestra imagen hasta la cintura; incluso nuestro pelo era demasiado característico para mostrarlo. Sin embargo, cuando la noticia y sus guardianes perdieron interés, resultó fácil localizarnos en los recovecos más sombríos de internet.» Alexandra, una exitosa abogada afincada en Nueva York, recibe la noticia de que su madre, muerta en la cárcel, la ha nombrado albacea de su testamento. Aunque nadie en su entorno lo sabe, la protagonista fue años atrás la Chica Uno, la única que logró escapar para pedir ayuda de la casa de los horrores donde sus padres tenían prisioneros a sus seis hijos. Ahora, Alexandra deberá ponerse en contacto con sus hermanos, cada uno de los cuales ha crecido con una familia adoptiva diferente, incluido su extraño hermano Ethan, que ha convertido en un lucrativo negocio de conferencias la pesadilla que vivieron de niños. Reseñas:«Una obra maestra perfecta.»Sunday Express Review «¿Es esta la novela del año?»The Guardian «Adictiva y poderosa.»The New York Times «El mejor suspense desde Perdida.»Elle «La novela que te quedarás leyendo hasta las tres de la madrugada.»The Sunday Times «Absolutamente cautivadora.»Daily Mail «Una lectura fascinante y escalofriante.»BBC «Un thriller asombrosamente bueno.»The Observer «Imposible parar de leer e imposible de olvidar.»Daily Express Review «Te atrapa desde la primera página.»The Bookseller «Brillante.»The Sun
Chica Whiskey
by Adriane LeighElla era lo único que lo mantenía unido. Hasta que ella se fue. Y luego fue el whiskey. Fallon Gentry ha pasado la última década reviviendo una oscura noche en su cabeza. En el mismo momento en el que perdió a la mujer que amaba, un solo parpadeo se convirtió en una serie de eventos que les robaron la vida a ambos. Ahora pasa las noches tocando música en los honky-tonks del sur y cuidando el recuerdo de ella de la única manera que sabe hacerlo: en el fondo de una botella de whiskey. Una breve parada en Nashville, una canción exitosa y un roce con Hollywood no pudieron acercarlo a Dios, pero cuando el fantasma de Augusta Belle Branson aparece después del anochecer, en una esquina de otro de los garitos que toca, se ve obligado a enfrentar todo. Pensó que sabía sobre lo que pasó esa fatídica noche... pero no era así. Él es su contradicción. Ella es su salvación. Una tormenta de emociones los consume cuando se encuentran después de perder diez años, cada momento es más revelador, más impredecible, más embriagador que el siguiente. Hasta que el único ajuste de cuentas que le queda a Fallon es el que debe hacer consigo mismo. Pero el destino puede haber dejado una quemadura demasiado amarga para tragar. Esta vez, puede perder a su Whiskey Girl para siempre.
Chica de las Mentiras: El Peligro de Rachel
by Charles Sheehan-MilesAndrea Thompson es inteligente, asertiva y hermosa. También está desesperadamente sola. Criada en Europa por su abuela, le cuesta saber que ninguno de sus padres la quiera, y no tiene idea por qué. Cuando Andrea recibe una llamada urgente de su hermana mayor Carrie, acepta volar a los Estados Unidos para ayudar. Rachel, la hija recién nacida de Carrie necesita un trasplante de médula ósea. Lo que Andrea no sabe es que su regreso a los Estados Unidos desatará una cadena de eventos que descubrirán secretos ocultos durante décadas. Secretos que sacudirán a la familia Thompson y encenderán una tormenta política. Secretos que algunos matarán para proteger.
Chicago Assault (Hawker #3)
by Randy Wayne WhiteHawker returns to Chicago--where an old friend is about to die When the police department told him to hold his fire, Hawker pulled the trigger anyway--and killed a dangerous terrorist. Since losing his badge, this hardnosed vigilante has been exiled from Chicago, the city he loves more than any other. He returns for the sake of one man: Saul Beckerman, a friend from the old neighborhood who has become one of the richest people in the city. Since Hawker began his nationwide war against organized crime, Beckerman has gotten into trouble with the wrong people, and even the nation's most dangerous defender can't save him now. Hawker arrives at Beckerman's penthouse just as his cocktail party is transforming into an orgy. Avoiding the writhing flesh of Chicago's most powerful, Hawker takes his friend onto the balcony. He's about to ask what's troubling the man when the air is rent by a gunshot. Beckerman dead, Hawker sets out on a mission for bloody vengeance. Chicago Assault is the 3rd book in the Hawker series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Chicago Loop
by Paul Theroux"Riveting...CHICAGO LOOP is an icy tale brilliantly imagined." THE BOSTON GLOBE He knifes silently through the shadows of the steamy Chicago summer night, prowling for lonely souls who need his help. The desperate come to him, answering his ads with promises of romantic evenings and possibly a future, never suspecting that they are the prey, chosen to satiate a twisted sexual desire. Parker Jagoda is also a successful businessman with a wife, a child, and a house in the suburbs--respectable, health-conscious, and polite. Nobody knows about his jagged double life, his dark, hungry obsessions. He has fooled everyone except those who gasp their last dying scream. And, of course, he has not fooled himself--which may be the only glimmer of hope left inside the darkest of hearts....
Chicago Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Neal Pollack"Chicago Noir is a legitimate heir to the noble literary tradition of the greatest city in America. Nelson Algren and James Farrell would be proud." --Stephen Elliott, author of Happy Baby"If ever a city was made to be the home of noir, it's Chicago. These writers go straight to Chicago's noir heart." --Aleksandar Hemon, author of Nowhere ManBrand new stories by: Neal Pollack, Achy Obejas, Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski, Adam Langer, Joe Meno, Peter Orner, Kevin Guilfoile, Bayo Ojikutu, Jeff Allen, Luciano Guerriero, Claire Zulkey, Andrew Ervin, M.K. Meyers, Todd Dills, C.J. Sullivan, Daniel Buckman, Amy Sayre-Roberts, and Jim Arndorfer.The city of Chicago has spent much time and money over the last decade marketing itself as a tourist-friendly place for the whole family. It's got a shiny new Millennium Park, a spaceship in the middle of Soldier Field, and thousands of identical faux-brick condo buildings that seem to spring from the ground overnight. Chicago's rough-and-tumble tough-guy reputation has been replaced by a postcard with a lake view.But that city's not gone. The hard-bitten streets once represented by James Farrell and Nelson Algren may have shifted locales, and they may be populated by different ethnicities, but Chicago is still a place where people struggle to survive and where, for many, crime is the only means for their survival. The stories in Chicago Noir reclaim that territory.Chicago Noir is populated by hired killers and jazzmen, drunks and dreamers, corrupt cops and ticket scalpers and junkies. It's the Chicago that the Department of Tourism doesn't want you to see, a place where hard cases face their sad fates, and pay for their sins in blood. These are stories about blocks that visitors are afraid to walk. They tell of a Chicago beyond Oprah, Michael Jordan, and deep-dish pizza. This isn't someone's dream of Chicago. It's not even a nightmare. It's just the real city, unfiltered. Chicago Noir.
Chicago Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir #0)
by Joe MenoNelson Algren, Richard Wright, and Patricia Highsmith are just three of the iconic authors included in this outstanding volume.“In this superior entry in Akashic’s noir series, Meno offers nearly a century of Chicago crime fiction. . . . Familiar bylines abound: Max Allan Collins, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Sherwood Anderson, Fredric Brown, Patricia Highsmith (with an excerpt from her novel The Price of Salt), Stewart M. Kaminsky, Sara Paretsky. Others may be less familiar to mystery specialists, but all turn in impressive performances.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, and Sandra Cisneros are not crime-fiction writers, and yet their Chicago certainly embodies the individual-crushing ethos endemic to noir. Meno also includes stories from writers who could easily have been overlooked (Percy Spurlark Parker, Hugh Holton) to ensure that diverse voices, and neighborhoods, are represented. Add in smart and essential choices from Fredric Brown, Sara Paretsky, and Stuart Kaminsky, and you have not an anthology not for crime-fiction purists, perhaps, but a thought-provoking document all the same.” —BooklistAlthough Los Angeles may be considered the most quintessentially “noir” American city, this volume reveals that pound-for-pound, Chicago has historically been able to stand up to any other metropolis in the noir arena. Classic reprints from: Harry Stephen Keeler, Sherwood Anderson, Max Allan Collins, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Fredric Brown, Patricia Highsmith, Barry Gifford, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Sara Paretsky, Percy Spurlark Parker, Sandra Cisneros, Hugh Holton, and Stuart Dybek. From the introduction by Joe Meno: More corrupt than New York, less glamorous than LA, Chicago has more murders per capita than any other city its size. With its sleek skyscrapers bisecting the fading sky like an unspoken threat, Chicago is the closest metropolis to the mythical city of shadows as first described in the work of Chandler, Hammett, and Cain. Only in Chicago do instituted color lines offer generation after generation of poverty and violence, only in Chicago do the majority of governors do prison time, only in Chicago do the dead actually vote twice. Chicago—more than the metropolis that gave the world Al Capone, the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, the death of John Dillinger, the crimes of Leopold and Loeb, the horrors of John Wayne Gacy, the unprecedented institutional corruption of so many recent public officials, more than the birthplace of Raymond Chandler—is a city of darkness. This darkness is not an act of over-imagination. It’s the unadulterated truth. It’s a pointed though necessary reminder of the grave tragedies of the past and the failed possibilities of the present. Fifty years in the future, I hope these stories are read only as fiction, as somewhat distant fantasy. Here’s hoping for some light.
Chicago Wipeout: Nightmare In New York, Chicago Wipeout, And Vegas Vendetta (The Executioner #8)
by Don PendletonTo save the country, the Executioner infiltrates the capital of crime When he began his one-man assault on the Mafia, ex–army sniper Mack Bolan imagined it as a war of attrition. Kill enough button men and underbosses, made guys and capos, and the international crime syndicate would finally collapse. But when he learned that the Mafia was planning a full-scale takeover of the US government, the Executioner realized attrition would not be enough. The Mafia must be destroyed, and the place to do it is Chicago. The battle for Chicago starts with a single shot when Bolan pulls the trigger and ends the life of underboss Louis Aurielli. In a city where every politician, businessman, and cop is on the mob payroll, he will have nowhere to hide. But that&’s okay with Bolan—sometimes it&’s better to fight in the open. Chicago Wipeout is the 8th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Chicago: A Novel (Mamet, David Ser.)
by David MametA big-shouldered, big-trouble thriller set in mobbed-up 1920s Chicago—a city where some people knew too much, and where everyone should have known better—by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Untouchables and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross.Mike Hodge—veteran of the Great War, big shot of the Chicago Tribune, medium fry—probably shouldn’t have fallen in love with Annie Walsh. Then, again, maybe the man who killed Annie Walsh have known better than to trifle with Mike Hodge.In Chicago, David Mamet has created a bracing, kaleidoscopic page-turner that roars through the Windy City’s underground on its way to a thunderclap of a conclusion. Here is not only his first novel in more than two decades, but the book he has been building to for his whole career. Mixing some of his most brilliant fictional creations with actual figures of the era, suffused with trademark "Mamet Speak," richness of voice, pace, and brio, and exploring—as no other writer can—questions of honor, deceit, revenge, and devotion, Chicago is that rarest of literary creations: a book that combines spectacular elegance of craft with a kinetic wallop as fierce as the February wind gusting off Lake Michigan.
Chick-napped! (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #13)
by Carolyn Keene Macky PamintuanChickens on the loose! <P><P> Spring has sprung in River Heights! Nancy's class is hatching chickens to celebrate. Some of Nancy's classmates are excited, especially Tommy Maron. Tommy has even named all the eggs! But other classmates are less thrilled about the arrival of the little birds. <P><P>Catherine Spangler is peeved because the chicks are due to arrive on HER birthday -- the nerve! But when the chicks vanish from the classroom, everyone is upset. Who would steal helpless chick eggs? Nancy knows she has a real egg of a mystery to crack this time!
Chickadee Chickadee Bang Bang (A Bird Lover's Mystery #5)
by J. R. RipleyRuby Lake, North Carolina, might be the perfect place to go birdwatching during autumn, but it’s also a habitat for murder . . . As Birds & Bees owner Amy Simms guides a halfhearted birding group around Ruby Lake, rumors soon start flying about the annual Fall Festival’s classic car and tractor show. Local eccentric Chick Sherman—boasting the hottest ride in town—has ruffled feathers by mysteriously entering the contest, and curious Amy hatches a plan to sneak a glimpse at the phantom automobile before the big event kicks off . . . But competition turns deadly when Amy finally spots the sleek ’56 El Morocco—and it’s on top of Chick’s very dead body. With her neighbor and business partner framed as the murderer and priceless Audubon prints suddenly missing from Chick’s home, only Amy can identify the telltale markings of a killer before another hapless victim is plucked from the flock . . .
Chickahominy Fever: a Civil War mystery
by Ann McmillanConfederate nurse Narcissa Powers is trying to help a woman locate the body of her soldier son, while free black herbalist Judah Daniel is searching for the mother of a black infant found abandoned.