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Author
Series
Lyndmouth volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A medieval chalice is stolen from a church in an English village and a woman is found murdered in the vestry, a woman who had romantic intentions towards the vicar. Local newspaper reporter Jill Francis investigates.
Author
Series
[Thrush Green series] volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Affairs at Thrush Green, Miss Read continues the fortunes of the Thrush Green families whom we last met in Gossip from Thrush Green. Here we follow the kindly vicar, Charles Henstock, to the neighboring Lulling, after his home was burned to the ground at the end of the earlier novel. Going to a new church is never easy, even in the best of times; indeed, poor Dr. Henstock encounters some very redoubtable females in Lulling. A full-scale power struggle...
Author
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Trouble brews in the tiny country village of Fairacre when it is discovered that Farmer Millers Hundred Acre Field is slated for real estate development. Alarming rumors are circulating, among them the fear that the village school may close. The endearing schoolmistress Miss Read brings her inimitable blend of affection and clear-sighted candor to this report, in which a young girl finds her first love, an older woman accepts a new role in...
86) Greenwillow
Author
Publisher
Green Mansion
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In the rural village of Greenwillow, a young man falls in love but is convinced he is doomed to wander and can never marry.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
Russian
Description
An epic romantic drama about three generations of two feuding families, the rich Solomins and the poor Ustyuzhanins, of a rural Siberian village, from the time of the Russian Revolution to the exploration during the 1980's of hidden Siberian resources.
89) The mark of Cain
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1567, baby Aphra is found among the reeds and rushes by two outcast witches. Even as an infant, her gifts in the dark craft are clear. But when her guardians succumb to an angry mob, Aphra is left to fend for herself. She is shunned and feared by all but one man, the leper known as Long Lankin. Hounded and ostracized, the two find solace only in each other, but even this respite is doomed, and Aphra?s bitterness poisons her entire being. Afflicted...
90) The good turn
Author
Series
Cormac Reilly volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It all started with a little favour ... Police corruption, an investigation that ends in tragedy and the mystery of a little girl's silence - three unconnected things that will prove to be linked by one small town. While Detective Cormac Reilly faces enemies at work and trouble in his personal life, Garda Peter Fisher is relocated out of Galway with the threat of prosecution hanging over his head. But even that is not as terrible as having to work...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
A story about a village teacher who introduces education for local self-development explores the relationships between progressive activists, entrenched social interests, traditional belief system and rural Africans. Sango Malo offers American viewers an intimate and engaging portrait of the complex social dynamic underlying economic and political change in a typical African village. It argues passionately that a populist education must be a key component...
94) Post mortem
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the cold winter of 1918, Tom̀s, a young man who works doing post-mortem photography, ends up in a small Hungarian village. The strange nocturnal sounds, the hostility, the mysterious deaths, and the somber figures that appear in his photographs all urge him to leave as soon as possible. But Tom̀s returns to the village to investigate the ghosts' intentions and find a way to get rid of them.
Author
Series
[Thrush Green series] volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miss Read's charming Thrush Green series continues with Friends at Thrush Green. There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-the-Sea after many years of devoted service teaching the children of Thrush Green, so their visit to see old friends in the village brings great pleasure. The new headmaster, Alan Lester, is cautiously accepted, but rumor is rife about his wife's health.
96) The cursed
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much deeper and sinister force that has the manor and its townspeople in its grip.
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Robert Laxalt's first novel, A Man in the Wheatfield, was published to critical acclaim when it was released in 1964. Nearly four decades later Laxalt's deeply moving story of a small community in the high deserts of Nevada still resonates with readers. The author relays his shocking story simply and concisely. Father Savio Lazzaroni is obsessed with a vision of evil. Mayor Manuel Cafferata is only concerned with his own standing in a tiny village...
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity volume 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's early May in the small English village of Finch and the air is crackling with excitement: a newcomer is about to move into Pussywillows, a riverside cottage with a romantic reputation. Will the cottage's newest resident prove yet again its enchanting ability to matchmake? But when Crispin Windle arrives, no one knows what to make of him: seemingly a loner, he repels every welcoming gesture and appears altogether uninterested in being a part...
Author
Series
Irish village mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The O'Sullivan clan of County Cork, Ireland, are back to investigate another case of murder - this time at Christmas! Garda Siobhan O'Sullivan's holiday plans hit a sour note when murder rearranges the yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies... This December in Kilbane, if you're planning to warm up with a cuppa tea at Naomi's Bistro, you may have a bit of a wait - the entire O'Sullivan brood has gone off to West Cork to spend the holidays with...
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