Little white lies

Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But when she realizes that immersing herself in her grandmother's "society" might mean discovering the answer to the biggest mystery of her life-her father…

Good girl, bad blood

Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial …

Toko buku abadi

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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

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Toko jajanan ajaib Zenitendo 5

Jajanan Zenitendo tersebar secara misterius ke sembarang orang. Nyonya Beniko sampai turun tangan mencari penyebabnya. Sementara itu Zenitendo harus ditutup. Siapakah dalang kekacauan ini? Jajanan dalam buku ini, di antaranya: Bros Baru, Masker Tampan, dan Jus Pidato. Buku Toko Jajanan Ajaib Zenitendo telah terjual jutaan kopi di Jepang dan Korea. Novel bestseller asal jepang ini berkisah tenta…

Death in the Freezer

from the back cover: Ellen Shore's family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born. Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first. And when they are adults, Al still comes first. He begins a rock band and makes records. Soon he is rich and famous - very rich, but he gives nothing to his siste…

Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery

What does the name 'Agatha Christie' mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery - a 'whodunnit'. 'I'm reading an Agatha Christie,' people say. 'I'm not sure who the murderer is - I think it's . . .' But they are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer's name before the end of the book.

Kidnapped

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194791205

Collation

72p; ill; bw; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms 3

Call Number

STE

Oxford Bookworms 3: As the Inspector Said and Other Stories

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The Last Sherlock Holmes Story

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