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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 12
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It's eary February in Blue Hill, and Anne Gibson is surprised to receive a Valentine's Day postcard from an exotic locale addressd to her late aunt Edie. What puzzles Anne even more is the year-old postmark. The sender, whose scrawled first name is illegible, references a reunion at an undisclosed location in two weeks. Anne doesn't want the mystery corespondent to travel halfway around the world for a meeting that can't happen, but how can she figure...
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2014.
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After a fire in an empty warehouse damages the historic Blue Hill Theater, Anne is shocked to learn that her son, Ben, was seen in the area and is suspected of being involved. Alex hires a woman to help him with the cleanup of the fire's aftermath while he tackles the repair and renovation of the damaged theater, but someone keeps vandalizing the work site. Who would want to prevent the theater from being restored? Can Anne prove her son had nothing...
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2014.
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When Anne finds an ancient Egyptian clay pot in the attic, which Aunt Edie excavated at an archaeological dig, she decides to put it on display in the library. Following a series of mishaps and unfortunate events, the residents of Blue Hill are convinced the pot is cursed. Is the pot really to blame?
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2015.
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Blue Hill is celebrating is first-ever Railroad Days Festival, and the main event is an antiques appraisal and auction. Contributions come from many of the townspeople, but the most valuable item - an ancient Chinese vase worth ten thousand dollars - has been donated anonymously. The benefactor has asked that the proceeds from the vase go to the Blue Hill Library, but Anne barely has time to wonder who could be so generous before the vase is stolen...
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2014.
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When Anne finds an ancient Egyptian clay pot in the attic, which Aunt Edie excavated at an archaeological dig she decides to put it on display in the library. Mildred Farley takes on look at it, then trips and falls, suffering a badly sprained ankle. "It's cursed."
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Secrets of Blue Hill Library volume 11
Pub. Date
2014.
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After an envelope containing a large sum of money is found, Anne tries to discover who left in on the library's porch.
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[2013]
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"While converting the Victorian home left by her great-aunt Edie into a library, Anne Gibson stumbles upon a fascinating find. Hidden behind an old star quilt is a tiny sealed-off room with a small writing desk and a faded photograph of Edie in a wedding gown. Anne is certain Aunt Edie never married, so who is the handsome young man with her in the photograph? Could he still hold claim to the house bequeathed to Anne? As Anne sets out to solve the...
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Secrets of Blue Hill Library volume 7
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[2014]
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When Anne finds a roll of undeveloped film in an old camera of her great-aunt Edie's and has it processed, she makes a startling discovery. Anne's father's cousin Carl was reported killed in action in Vietnam in 1970, so how is it possible that he is standing next to Aunt Edie in a photograph taken at the bicentennial celebration in Washington, D.C.? While digging through the newly revealed family photographs and the storehouse of albums and scrapbooks...
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Secrets of Blue Hill Library volume 13
Pub. Date
[2014]
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Following a meeting of the Blue Hill Library's writing group, Lucas Miller disappers. His teenage daughters, Remi and Bella, who are also part-time library employees, are unable to console their distraught mother when Lucas's car is found crashed into a tree outside town, without him in it.. Anne reluctantly agrees to look into the published author's disappearance, but the mystery gets more tangled with each clue she finds.
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
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A mysterious find in a victorian house leads to romance, both past and present.
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 2
Pub. Date
c2013
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While cataloging books at the library, Anne stumbles on an old, yellowed map of Pennsylvania tucked inside the pages of a historical book from Aunt Edie's private collection. On the map are markings that hint at ist use by Lewis and Clark! Such a map was stolen from the now-defunct Blue Hill Historical Society one hunder years ago...could this be it? Meanwhile, Anne's son, Ben, starts disappearing for long periods of time. What secrets is he hiding...
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[2013]
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Anne finds a key among her Aunt Edie's holiday decorations as she is busy preparing for Christmas and soon discovers that it unlocks a cubby in the church's Advent cabinet, which contains a beautiful sapphire ring. She wonders if the ring may belong to her recently deceased great-aunt and if so, why it is not among her other jewelry? Meanwhile, the production of the Christmas play is in jeopardy when costumes go missing and the director becomes ill....
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 21
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[2015]
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Blue Hill is in an uproar! A representative from Beau-Mart is in the area, looking for a place to build its new big-box discount store. Competition is fierce among landownders wanting to make a huge proft, but things turn dangerous when someone starts sabotaging the land surveys. Can Anne uncover the saboteur before someone gets hurt?
16) Off the shelf
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[2013]
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When the mayor of Blue Hill visits Anne to talk about a new tax proposal that will soon go before the town council, she's excited about the possibilities. The additional funding could provide more library resources and programs, as well as pay some of Anne's dedicated volunteers. But when popular children's books begin vanishing from the shelves, Anne discovers that it is just the tip of an iceberg of political intrigue involving the proposed levy....
17) Without a trace
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 12
Pub. Date
c2014
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Lucas Miller disappears after a meeting of the Blue Hill Library's writing group, leaving a wrecked car, two teenage daughters, and a distraught wife. The daughter's work at the library, so Anne reluctantly agrees to look into his disappearance. Meanwhile, a visit from Anne's deceased husband's parents is bittersweet and results in minor conflict as they encourage Anne to try dating again.
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[2015]
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"Anne is assisting Wendy Pyle and Maggie Sloan plan a ceremony for the opening of Blue Hill's time capsule. The capsule is stored in a statue of Lois Stover, one of the town's most famous citizens. Stover not only served as a special agent during World War I, but she was also the first female architect registered in Pennsylvania and provided inspiration for many of Aunt Edie's adventures. But mere days before the ceremony, both the statue and its...
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 19
Pub. Date
2015.
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Coraline Watson brings her yellow-naped Amazon parrot to the library one night for the Birders Club meeting and Liddie takes an instant liking to the beautiful bird. Anne doesn't pay much attention to Coraline's wild stories about spies from a nearby chemical company until the next morning when the parrot, Lorenzo, appears at Liddie's window. Anne tries to return the bird but Coraline's house is dark and empty, the front window is broken and no one...
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 14
Pub. Date
c2014
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A note signed by Edie Summers and discovered in the pocket of a costume bought at auction indicates Anne's aunt has the legendary missing play of Hugh Bettridge. Meanwhile, Anne agrees to understudy a role in a local drama production to raise money for charity--only problem is that she will need to kiss Alex's character as part of the role!