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Author
Series
Tea shop mystery volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Upset when the Poet's Tea event at Charleston's Spoleto festival is forced indoors by rain, tea shop proprietor Theodosia Browning finds her life further complicated when a local auction house owner plummets to his death from a balcony.
Author
Series
Death on demand volume 24
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Annie Darling--owner of the mystery bookstore, Death on Demand--prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real things. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake the island community of Broward's Rock. First, a beloved doctor is found shot dead, seemingly by his own hand. Only days later, a local artist is arrested after his wife is found murdered, bludgeoned by her husband's sculpting mallet. Convinced her brother did not commit suicide,...
Author
Series
Death on demand volume 26
Language
English
Description
"Annie's friend and fellow shop owner Ves Roundtree is a very wealthy woman. Her rich brother entrusted her with his estate, and upon her death, his fortune is to be divided. Several cash-strapped islanders are in line to collect life-changing inheritances. The problem is, Ves is very much alive. Ves hosts a dinner for the prospective beneficiaries and feels a chill in the air that has nothing to do with the wintry season. Not long after, she suffers...
Author
Series
Lowcountry tales volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston's most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again, while their respective spouses fight sparks of jealousy. In later years, the four reunite at Wild Dunes, where they grow closer and build a friendship.
Author
Series
Henrie O volume 1
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Retired reporter Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins--better known as "Henrie O"--is called in by an old lover, arrogant media tycoon Chase Prescott, to investigate a murder plot against him.
86) The beach house
Author
Series
[Beach house series] volume 1
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
At her mother's request, Caretta Rutledge travels back to the beach house she spent most of her childhood summers at, where she begins to reconnect with her estranged family.
Author
Series
Lowcountry tales volume 7
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
With Susan in Paris, Beth returns from college to house-sit the Island Gamble, intending to wrap herself in childhood memories and the island's magic, until cunning Max Mitchell arrives on the scene and steals her heart.
88) A novel proposal
Author
Language
English
Description
"Desperate to salvage her career, Sadie accepts an invitation to hole up at her friend's beach duplex for the summer and devote herself to this confounding genre. After all, where better to witness love than on the beautiful South Carolina shore? But Sadie soon finds many ways to procrastinate the dreaded task--like getting to know the beach regulars and installing a Little Free Library on the property. She even attempts conversation with Sam Ford,...
89) Serpent tide
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Lonely and overprotected, Wesley soon finds himself on a fantastic adventure.
90) Illusion
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Barrie must rescue her beloved and her family from evil spirits that cursed Watson Island centuries ago"--
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In the Jim Crow South, twelve-year-old Ella spends her days fishing and running around the small town of Alcolu, South Carolina, with her cousins, Henry and Myrna. But life is not always so sunny for Ella, who gets bullied for her lighter skin tone and whose mother is away pursuing a jazz singer career up north in Boston. So Ella is ecstatic when her mother invites her to visit for Christmas. She doesn't expect to uncover new truths about her mother,...
93) Swimming lessons
Author
Series
[Beach house series] volume 3
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Toy Sooner, a single mother and marine biologist opening a turtle rehab facility with the help of a director at the South Carolina Aquarium, must find a way to deal with the return of her daughter's vindictive father, who has just been released from prison.
94) Shadowlands
Author
Series
Shadowlands novel volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Rory, a girl in witness protection, thinks the serial killer she turned in has found her and is killing people around her. But as she investigates, she discovers a dark, disturbing truth about her new hometown
95) Breaking news
Author
Series
Godmothers volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Teresa 'Toots' Amelia Loudenberry is extending her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper, Bernice. Here in her beloved hometown, the air is rich with the scent of azaleas and honeysuckle and there's always a pitcher of sweet tea (or something a little stronger) close to hand. Not that the ladies have much time for relaxing. Ida's new line of cosmetics, "Seasoned," is about to launch, and Toots, Mavis, and Sophia are relishing...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In Fayette, South Carolina, the highlight of Popeye's summer is learning vocabulary words with his grandmother until a motor home gets stuck nearby and Elvis, the oldest boy living inside, joins Popeye in finding the source of strange boats floating down the creek.
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
This is the Spanish text edition of the New York Times best selling novel, "The Secret Life of Bees". It is a beautifully written, coming of age story, set in rural South Carolina in 1964 against the back drop of the civil rights movement. It is the touching story of a young white girl, fourteen year old Lily Owens, whose mother died in a tragic accident when Lily was about four. Lily lives with her father, a harsh man with whom no love is lost, on...
Author
Series
Sweet magnolias volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Her devastating marriage behind her, Raylene Hammond is truly thankful for her best friends, the Sweet Magnolias. They've taken her in, shielding her from the world. Then she meets sheriff's deputy Carter Rollins, and suddenly Raylene's haven no longer feels quite so safe. Carter understands why Raylene is trapped inside. He's even taken to bringing the outside world to her. But with two kid sisters to raise, just how much time can he devote to this...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this lyrically written, hauntingly seductive novel, Bret Lott brings to life the beauty and flavor of the mist-covered swamps and backlands of South Carolina's Lowcountry in a story that is both mystery and rite of passage. At fifteen, Huger ("you say it YOU-gee") Dillard already knows a great deal about the ways of the world--or so he thinks. He may not have a father, but with the guidance of his blind "Unc," Leland, and weekends spent at the...
100) Covenant Hall
Author
Series
Bay Tanner mystery volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Assisting a desperate mother who is searching for estranged family members to obtain a bone-marrow transplant for her dying daughter, Bay Tanner is frustrated by her client's unwillingness to divulge key information, which is tied to a long-ago murder.
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