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c2010., Adult, T. Allen Publishers Call No: Fic Wan Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When retiree Keith O'Reilly witnesses the murder of his neighbour - an architect and "come-from-away" named Dennis Conners - by a pizza delivery man one night during a snowstorm, a unique series of stories begins to unfold. As the narrative weaves from neighbour to neighbour, house to house, family secrets and personal struggles are quietly disclosed to the reader."--Publisher.
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c2010., Adult, Thomas Allen Publishers Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: "When retiree Keith O'Reilly witnesses the murder of his neighbour - an architect and "come-from-away" named Dennis Conners - by a pizza delivery man one night during a snowstorm, a unique series of stories begins to unfold. As the narrative weaves from neighbour to neighbour, house to house, family secrets and personal struggles are quietly disclosed to the reader."--Publisher.
![The glass harmonica : a novel [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT74853.JPG "The glass harmonica : a novel [eBook]")
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2010., General, Viking Call No: Fic Kar Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Father Tim novels Volume: 2Summary Note: "Vacation. The very word has been foreign to Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh, who has traveled across the Pond but twice. As an unreformed workaholic, he's used every excuse out there to stay put and tend his erstwhile flock in the village of Mitford. Now retired, he's making good on an old promise to show his wife, Cynthia, the land of his Irish ancestors. Arriving at a Lough Arrow guest lodge in the midst of a torrential downpour, he soon counts this trip the reason he's loath to leave home. An intruder startles Cynthia, resulting in painful damage to her recently fractured ankle. A valuable and cherished painting vanishes without a trace. And the shocking wound at the center of a bitterly estranged Irish family is exposed. As three generations struggle to find deliverance from the crucifying power of secrets, Tim and Cynthia discover a journal written more than a century ago by a Philadelphia-trained Irish physician. Who knew that faded ink could be the key to unlocking a crime and revealing the truth? Or that a country parson from the States would be chosen to enter the devouring conflict between Broughadoon and Cathair Mohr? "--Back cover.
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2023., Adult, House of Anansi Press Inc. Call No: NEW Fic Dew Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed. Behind Bob Comet's straight-man façade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and of the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses. Bob's experiences are imbued with melancholy but also a bright, sustained comedy; he has a talent for locating bizarre and outsized players to welcome onto the stage of his life.
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Tidewater Press Call No: QWF Fic Wal Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Spence is lost--the brief optimism of his early retirement and bold move from Vancouver to Montréal has devolved to a lonely round of French classes, winter cycling and watering his absent daughter's house plants. Distraction arrives in the form of a casual roommate, a mouse who moves into Spence 's apartment uninvited. Thierry is a petty thief with strong opinions and a foul mouth whose friendship helps Spence come to terms with the complex nature of his Catholic faith and memories of a troubled childhood. Spence and Thierry become partners in crime on a journey that is both moving et amusant, sacred et sacré bleu. An off-beat story about learning French and starting over.
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c2010., Random House Call No: Fic Sim Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner?.
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2015., Minotaur Books Call No: MYS Fic Pen Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Three Pines Volume: 12Summary Note: "Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door of an old poet. And now it is now, writes Ruth Zardo. And the dark thing is here. A monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, Ruth knows, it is back. Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the SÃretà du QuÃbec, must face the possibility that, in not believing the boy, he himself played a terrible part in what happens next" --
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By Tyler, Annec2009., Doubleday Canada Call No: Fic Tyl Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.
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2014., Adult, Penguin/Random House Canada Call No: Fic MacI Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A powerful exploration of justice and vengeance, and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason, in a small town shaken by a tragic death. Forced to retire early from his job as a corrections officer in Kingston Penitentiary, Tony Breau has limped back to the village where he grew up to lick his wounds, only to find that Dwayne Strickland, a young con he'd had dealings with in prison is back there too - and once again in trouble. Strickland has just been arrested following the suspicious death of a teenage girl, the granddaughter of Caddy Stewart, Tony's first love. Tony is soon caught in a fierce emotional struggle between the outcast Strickland and the still alluring Caddy. And then another figure from Tony's past, the forceful Neil Archie MacDonald - just retired in murky circumstances from the Boston police force - stokes the community's anger and suspicion and an irresistible demand for punishment. As Tony struggles to resist the vortex of vigilante action, 'Punishment' builds into a total page-turner that blindsides you with twists and betrayals."--Publisher.
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2012., F+W Media Edition: eBook ed. Series Title: Moe Prager mystery.Summary Note: Walking the Perfect Square introduced Moe Prager, retired New York City cop-turned-wine shop owner, to much acclaim and an enthusiastic readership. Still possessed of his vintage police savvy, and perhaps the only Jewish licensed PI in the five boroughs, Moe wonders if he's really meant to be a merchant and not a cop. Redemption Street finds him in 1981, lured into the mystery of a 1966 hotel fire, one that killed seventeen people, including his first love, by a long-grieving brother and Moe's own restless determination to set things right.Reed Farrel Coleman's crisp, page-turning narrative has Moe trudging through his childhood summer vacation stomping grounds, the now-decaying Catskill resort scene. The borscht belt's near-forgotten landscape of scarred lives, ambitious politicians, and corrupt cops is the minefield Moe must brave to find the truth. Was the fire really sparked by a negligent smoker or was it murder? Will the long dead keep their secrets or divulge their stories? And will what Moe uncovers lead him down another blind alley or into the bright light of Redemption Street?.
![Redemption street [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT81178.JPG "Redemption street [eBook]")
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c2012., Adult, Stephen Trotter Call No: Fic Tro Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When Adam Wolf retires from a killer career (one that Uncle Sam would deny existed) and resurrects himself as an author of young adult books, he soon discovers that no way in hell is the pen mightier than the sword; not when the mob slaps a verbal contract on your head. Moments after reluctantly snuffing his 60th birthday candle, Wolf witnesses the snuffing of an ace crime reporter. Wolf's decision to testify against the shooter puts him, and the only woman he's ever let close enough to imperil, in the crosshairs of a ruthless crime family and their outlaw biker hit men. The one problem his hunters didn't count on is that their target is no ordinary senior citizen. Wolf is a black ops vet with a bloody backstory he can never tell. A shadow man who knows that at the end of the day, covert actions speak louder than words.
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2000., Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: Fic Beg Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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By Purser, Ann2013., Berkley Prime Crime Call No: MYS Fic Pur Edition: Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Ivy Beasley Mystery Volume: 4Summary Note: Itœs the talk of Ivy Beasley's retirement communityher fiancé, Roy, has quite the hefty inheritance. She couldnœt care less about his fortune, but it has a way of luring long-lost relatives out of the woodwork. And when, against Ivyœs wishes, Roy asks his dubious nephew, furniture salesman Steven Wright, to be the best man, she cannot help but disapprove. After all, she suspects heœs out for his uncleœs fortune But after the banns of Ivy and Royœs marriage are announced at the Barrington village church and an anonymous voice shouts out a protest, the wedding may be off. And with the discovery of a body in a bed in a nearby furniture shop, Ivy and her team of sleuths at Enquire Within may be closer to a dangerous reception than they realize.
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By Rankin, Ianc2012., Adult, Orion Call No: SC MYS Fic Ran Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Inspector Rebus novel Volume: 18Summary Note: "It's twenty-five years since John Rebus appeared on the scene, and five years since he retired. But 2012 sees his return in STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE. Not only is Rebus as stubborn and anarchic as ever, but he finds himself in trouble with Rankin's latest creation, Malcolm Fox of Edinburgh's internal affairs unit. Added to which, Rebus may be about to derail the career of his ex-colleague Siobhan Clarke, while himself being permanently derailed by mob boss and old adversary Big Ger Cafferty. But all Rebus wants to do is discover the truth about a series of seemingly unconnected disappearances stretching back to the millennium. The problem being, no one else wants to go there - and that includes Rebus's fellow officers. Not that any of that is going to stop Rebus. Not even when his own life and the careers of those around him are on the line."--Publisher.
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By Rankin, Ianc2012., Adult, Orion audiobooks Call No: SC CD MYS Fic Ran Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Inspector Rebus novel Volume: 18Summary Note: "It's twenty-five years since John Rebus appeared on the scene, and five years since he retired. But 2012 sees his return in STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE. Not only is Rebus as stubborn and anarchic as ever, but he finds himself in trouble with Rankin's latest creation, Malcolm Fox of Edinburgh's internal affairs unit. Added to which, Rebus may be about to derail the career of his ex-colleague Siobhan Clarke, while himself being permanently derailed by mob boss and old adversary Big Ger Cafferty. But all Rebus wants to do is discover the truth about a series of seemingly unconnected disappearances stretching back to the millennium. The problem being, no one else wants to go there - and that includes Rebus's fellow officers. Not that any of that is going to stop Rebus. Not even when his own life and the careers of those around him are on the line."--Publisher.
![Standing in another man's grave [CD]](/Library/images/~imageCT75383.JPG "Standing in another man's grave [CD]")
