Butter

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back…

The Inheritance Games #3: The final gambit

ONE LAST GAME. Against all odds, Avery has survived nearly a year of secrets, schemes, and love lost and found at Hawthorne House. She's weeks away from fulfilling the terms of Tobias Hawthorne's will and inheriting his billions. ONE MORE PLAYER. Avery thinks she knows all the family secrets, but when a familiar face arrives with shocking news and a plea for help, it's clear there is one l…

A series of unfortunate events: the austere academy

As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home Prufrock Preparatory School : they can′t help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school′s motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will die." This is not a cheerful greeting and certainly marks an inauspicious beginning to a very bleak story just as we have come to expect from Lemony Snickett′s Series of Unfortunate Eve…

The darkdeep

Everyone in Timbers knows Still Cove is off-limits, with its creepy Beast sightings and equally terrifying legends. But when a bullying incident sends twelve-year-old Nico Holland over a cliff and into Still Cove's icy waters, friends Tyler and Emma--and even Opal Walsh, who usually runs with the popular kids--rush to his rescue . . . and discover a mysterious island hiding in the murky, swirli…

How to solve your own murder

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781529430073

Collation

388 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

Castle Knoll Files

Call Number

823 PER h

The body in the library

It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple into t…

Strange houses

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780063433151

Collation

205 p. ; ill. ; 21,5 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

813 UKE s

Into the beneath

Rio selalu ingin menjadi seperti Profesor Nuka—seorang ilmuwan hebat yang melakukan hal-hal besar untuk menyelamatkan lautan. Namun, kenyataannya, Rio hanyalah asisten laboratorium kampus biasa dengan kehidupan yang datar. Tak ada yang istimewa dari dirinya atau apa yang dia lakukan. Hingga suatu hari semua berubah drastis.

Kecil-kecil punya karya: the mysterious guest

“Nama saya Baiq. Saya diminta Pak Hendri untuk memasang CCTV di rumah ini.” Suatu siang, ketika Khansa dan Unai hanya ditemani Bi Yah di rumah, seorang pria datang dan mengaku bahwa dia dikirim oleh Pak Hendri untuk memasang CCTV. Namun, di balik senyum manisnya, pria itu menyembunyikan niat jahat. Pria itu menunjukkan bukti percakapan dengan Ayah mereka, tetapi tindakannya membu…

Dua dini hari

Tiga anak jalanan ditemukan tewas, tergantung di pinggir flyover kawasan Jatinegara. Satu mayat lagi menyusul, kali ini terlilit kabel tiang listrik. Penyelidikan dimulai dengan enggan, para polisi bertindak meski jauh dari kata maksimal. Pemikiran semua orang sama : mereka hanya gelandangan, lebih baik disingkirkan. Seolah ada yang bertekad membersihkan jalanan, mengurangi masalah pelik kota. …