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Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Sent to Spain to prevent a murder, Archbishop John Blackwood "Blackie" Ryan protects a beautiful widow from avaricious relatives who would seize control of her fortune, an effort that is further complicated by dramatic events back in his Chicago home.
88) Factory girls
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A darkly comic novel about three friends working in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland while they plot their escape from their provincial families and the simmering violence of the Troubles"--
Summer, 1994. Maeve Murray wants a good final exam result so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles. As a first step to afford studying journalism in London, Maeve takes a job in a shirt factory....
Author
Series
Sister Mary Helen mystery volume 6
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In the grounds of a house where priests are holding a retreat, Sister Mary Helen, the 70-something PI, stumbles on the body of the assistant cook's boyfriend, a former seminarian who was a bit of a radical. Was he a victim of love or religion? By the author of A Novena for Murder.
93) The second death
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Ireland, A.D. 671. It is the beginning of the summer season and the Kingdom of Muman is preparing to celebrate the Great Fair of Cashel. It is an extravagant nine days of contests, food, and endless entertainment. Circumstances have led Fidelma and Eadulf far and wide across the kingdom, and they have been absent from the Great Fair for many years. But, for once they haven't been called away from Cashel, and are eager to enjoy the festivities - that...
95) The Devil's seal
Author
Series
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a local abbess is murdered, Fidelma of Cashel and her companion Eadulf are called to investigate.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Shocked to learn that a loyal advisor to the king has been murdered in an enemy fortress and that the chief suspect is scheduled to be brutally executed, Fidelma is challenged to sift through overwhelming evidence to clear the suspect's name and identify the true killer.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
In Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, sixteen-year-old Seol, an indentured servant within the police bureau, becomes entangled in a politically-charged investigation into the murder of a noblewoman.
1800, Joseon (Korea). Homesick and orphaned, Seol is indentured to the police bureau. She has been tasked with assisting a well-respected young inspector with the investigation into the politically charged murder of a noblewoman. The two form an unlikely bond...
99) Bad tickets
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Rebelling against her strict Catholic upbringing in 1967, teenager Mary Elizabeth sorts through her feelings about her parents and friends, and about sex, while making some decisions about the type of life she wants for herself.
100) Echoes
Author
Language
English
Description
Beata and her daughter, Amadea, try to survive during the two world wars in Europe. Amadea who is half-Jewish decides to take on the vows of a Carmelite nun, and she eventually joins the French resistance. Both woman find love as Beata marries a French officer while Amadea meets British secret agent Rupert Montgomery.
