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Look both ways: a novel DB110470

Barclay, Linwood Reading time: 9 hours, 41 minutes.

Suspense Fiction

“These headlights are watching you… The media have descended on Garrett Island, a small, isolated community that is the setting of a visionary experiment. All the residents’ cars were sent to the mainland and for the past month the islanders have been “driving” the Arrival, a revolutionary autonomous vehicle. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go and, because the fleet is networked and aware of one another, car travel is now 100% safe. The future, it seems, has arrived. As the excitement reaches a fever pitch, Sandra Montrose—islander, single mom, and public relations executive—prepares for Arrival Inc.’s flashy press event. Sandra is more than ready for this new world. Her husband died after falling asleep at the wheel and she’s relieved that her two teens, Archie and Katie, will never need driver’s licenses. But as the celebratory day gets underway, disaster strikes. A visiting journalist has vanished, possibly murdered. Before long, the Arrivals run amok, no longer taking orders from their passengers. They’re starting to organize. They’re beginning to hunt. And they seem hell-bent on killing any human they encounter. Is this all just a tragic accident, a technological malfunction with deadly consequences? Or were the vehicles programmed to act this way in a cruel act of corporate sabotage? Or could it be that the Arrivals have a mind of their own? Fasten your seatbelts—it’s going to be a bumpy ride” — Provided by publisher. Violence, strong language and some descriptions of sex.

Here is the Bookshare link to this book:

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We will be discussing Maisie Dobbs: a novel DB67808 by Jacqueline Winspear when the Mystery Book Discussion Group next meets on 7/23/23 at 5pm Eastern. This is the first book in a series of which BARD currently has 16 titles in audio format. BARD also has these 16 titles in Braille format.

Liz Lindsey is the group facilitator and will be leading the discussion.

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Maisie Dobbs: a novel DB67808

Historical mystery fiction

Thirteen-year-old Maisie is lucky to be a maid in the home of a wealthy London suffragette who sees to her education. Maisie becomes a private investigator in 1929 after serving as a nurse during the Great War. Her first case involves a shelter for wounded veterans. 2003.

Greetings! We will be discussing the first book in the Library Mysteries Series, Books Can be Deceiving, DB80256, by Jenn McKinlay. Please note that this is a multi-book download.

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Books one through five, written between 2011 and 2014, in the series featuring library director and amateur sleuth Lindsey Norris of Briar Creek, Connecticut. In Books Can Be Deceiving, Beth Stanley, Lindsey’s friend and employee and an aspiring children’s author, is suspected of murdering her famous-writer boyfriend. 2014.

Please join us on Sunday 4-23-23 @ 5:00 PM, EDT to discuss the first book in this three book collection , Vanishing Girls by Lisa Ragan

BARD Description

Detective Josie Quinn.. Books 1-3 DB92685

Suspense Fiction

After an abusive upbringing and a failed marriage to her childhood friend, Josie Quinn works as a detective in the small town of Denton. Includes Vanishing Girls, The Girl with No Name, and Her Mother’s Grave, in which Detective Quinn uncovers startling information about her past. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2018.

Please join us on Sunday, 3 – 26 – 23, at 5 PM Eastern daylight time, to discuss The Hunting Party by Lisa Foley, DB94270.

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Description: A group of thirtysomething Oxford friends gather for their annual New Year vacation. They arrive at this year’s idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands just before a historic blizzard seals them off from the outside world. Two days later, one of them is dead. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

Please join us on Sunday. 2/26/23 @ 5:00 PM EST.

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The Cartographers DB 107824

Subjects: Suspense Fiction; Family; Fantasy Fiction

Description: When her estranged father dies, Nell investigates a strange map she finds in his desk that she has seen before. Though it is seemingly worthless, she discovers that a collector has been hunting down and destroying all other copies of it. In learning the map’s story, Nell uncovers a powerful family secret. Unrated. Commercial Audiobook.

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The Last to Vanish DB109691

Subjects: Suspense Fiction; Mystery and Detective Stories

Description: “Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings—rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall—and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself. Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers.

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The house across the lake: a novel DB108524

Suspense Fiction

“Be careful what you watch for . . . Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing–a tech innovator, Tom is powerful; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous. One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other–and the longer Casey watches–it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears. When Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye–and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces. Packed with sharp characters, psych

Please join us on Sunday, October 23rd, At 5 PM EDT. We will be discussing the book The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde, DB62658. This is the 1st book in The Nursery Crimes series.

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Detective Inspector Jack Spratt of the Reading Police Department Nursery Crime Division investigates the untimely demise of Humpty Dumpty–ex-con, womanizer, alcoholic, and philanthropist–found shattered to death. When the pieces add up to foul play, Jack and his partner, Mary Mary, sort through Humpty’s secret, sordid past. Some strong language. 2005.

Read by Suzy Jackson

Reading time: 9 hrs. 32 min.

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Subjects: Mystery and Detective Stories; Supernatural and Horror Fiction

Description: “Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body. Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force. Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022