Central Kansas Library System

The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.

After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.

Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.

"Priscilla is adjusting to life by the sea. She no longer feels like a tourist in the community. A suitcase washes up on the shore, Priscilla wonders what else is in store for her. As the clues draw her closer to the truth she realizes life at the lighthouse could become anything but quiet."--Amazon.com.

"In the throes of a rough election season, the wife of the town's slickest politician goes missing from the ferry. Victor Fox's chief opponent vows he'll do anything to topple Victor's iron-fisted reign. Could that include kidnapping Fox's wife? Then, Priscilla hears rumors that Victor was seeing another woman -- and that "other" woman was on the same ferry as Fox's wife when she vanished. Did Betty Fox take her own life -- or meet with foul play?...

"The summer tourist season is in full swing, and Priscilla Latham Grant is enjoying the visitors to the family history museum, housed in the lighthouse she inherited from her aunt Marjorie. But when one visitor comes bearing a deed he claims gives him rights to the land upon which the lighthouse sits, Priscilla is compelled to learn more. She's further dismayed when the man claims her family not only stole the land, but also ruined his great-great-grandfather's...

"Priscilla's decision to take the painting above her fireplace to be cleaned reveals a startling find. Beneath the layers of paint hides a famous painting that was stolen fifty years ago. How did it end up in Priscilla's cottage? When the painting vanishes, Priscilla finds herself both a suspect and in danger from someone who might be the real thief. And her search for the truth uncovers new facts about the argument that ended the relationship between...

"As the annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival is set to begin, Priscilla accompanies Mildred and a group of islanders to receive delivery of one of the giant sharks used as a prop in the blockbuster hit Jaws, which had been filmed on the island. But when they arrive on the beach where the shark was to be delivered, it's not there. Mildred quickly enlists Priscilla's help in finding the shark, but Priscilla doesn't even know where to...

The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.

Middle-schoolers Nico, Opal, Tyler, and Emma face a more dangerous threat and must uncover the whirlpool's origins, as well as those of that freaky "Thing in a Jar," while fending off paranormal investigators.