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Series
Boxcar children volume 12
Language
English
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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.
Author
Language
English
Description
With the same propulsion that captivated millions of readers worldwide in The Girl on the Train and Into The Water, Paula Hawkins unfurls a gripping, twisting story of deceit, murder, and revenge. When a young man is found gruesomely murdered on a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night stand last seen in the victim's home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent...
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 1
Language
English
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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.
4) Dark Tide
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Language
English
Description
Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that is linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members' club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong.
5) Houseboat
Series
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 7
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Martha's Vineyard is buried in snow. As Priscilla's first winter in the cottage drags on and snow continues to fall, she finds herself struggling with feelings of loneliness. Putting her faith into practice, she reaches out to others and befriends an older neighbor, whose nephew seems more interested in his aunt's money than in caring for her. Then a young woman arrives in town, trying to find long-lost family and answers to her past. Priscilla is...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 6
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Local outcast Rigby Sellers lives in squalor on a dilapidated houseboat moored on the Mississippi River. With only stolen manikins and the river to keep him company, Rigby begins to spiral from the bizarre to the threatening. As a year of drought gives way to a season of squalls, a girl is found trembling on the side of the road, claiming her boyfriend was murdered. The nearby town of Oscar turns their suspicions toward Sellers. Local Sheriff Amos...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 10
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"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?...
10) Storm tide
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 15
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When a huge November storm topples a tree on Joan's property and unearths a skeleton wearing a ring last seen on socialite Bitsy Parker ninety years ago, Priscilla is thrown into another mystery. But while Priscilla is trying to prove these are Bitsy's remains, others on the island want to uncover the story too-- including Priscilla's nemesis, Professor Franklin Mayweather, who hopes to write a best-seller and revive his career. Will Priscilla be...
11) Shifting sands
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 12
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"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...
12) Adrift
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's vineyard volume 3
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Captain Gerald reports to Priscilla that an abandoned houseboat, which had been moored anonymously in Vineyard Haven Harbor, has been discovered in the bay with apparent signs of foul play. Who is the boat's owner, and what happened to him? Many people in town report having seen a man on board with his dog, but no one seems to have so much as a guess as to his identity. When Priscilla follows the siren's call to solve this mystery, she finds clues...
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Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 14
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"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...
14) Sail away home
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 21
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An announcement that the Boston based public television show American Antiques is coming to Martha's Vineyard to shoot an episode has the island's residents digging through drawers and attics in search of hidden treasures. The show's hosts are famous for revealing the worth of unsung antiques that are brought to the show. Priscilla's cousin Gail asks Priscilla to help her search a friend's cottage at the Camp Association for valuable items to be...
15) Shark bait
Author
Series
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 13
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1990, c1967
Language
English
Description
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.
17) The darkdeep
Author
Series
Darkdeep volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets.--
Author
Series
Boxcar children's collection volume 4
Publisher
Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Description
Schoolhouse mystery : The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in a tiny, quiet New England fishing village, and the Alden's are teaching! Caboose mystery : When the Alden's spend the summer riding on a train, they get to live in a train car once again and this time, they're staying in caboose No. 777. Houseboat mystery : The Alden's are spending the summer traveling on a houseboat, but someone is watching them and wants something on the boat.
19) The beast
Author
Series
Darkdeep volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Jodie Jackson is all at sea, in every sense. On a ferry bound for the Isle of Wight, she's leaving her London life, her career, and her husband behind. She'd like a chance to turn back the clocks, but she'll settle for some peace and quiet on her brother Bill's beautifully renovated houseboat, Sunny Days. But from the moment Jodie steps aboard her new home, it's clear she'll struggle to keep herself to herself. If it isn't Marilyn, who cleans for...