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1) Ariadne
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid's stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice every year. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 33
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With the help of Detective Poirot, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver must solve a murder from her past--before the tragic piece of history repeats itself"--
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mrs. McGinty died from a blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something is amiss -- Bentley just doesn't seem like a murderer. Approached by soon to be retired police superintendent Spence -- who's convinced the wrong man has been convicted of the crime -- Hercule Poirot begins an investigation into the brutal murder of an old...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 28
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village celebration, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery featuring a Murder Hunt, hosted by mystery writer Ariadne Oliver. One need only follow the game's make-believe clues to be the first to find the body. Only this time, it isn't a game, and the clues lead to a genuine corpse. Ariadne needs the help of her old friend, Hercule Poirot.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
©2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Fourteen-year-old Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of her half-brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian prince, Theseus, who is aided by Icarus, Daedalus, and her sister Ariadne.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of the minotaur through the eyes of his fifteen-year-old sister, Ariadne, a lonely girl destined to become a goddess of the moon, and her new friend, Theseus, the son of Athens' king who was sent to Crete as a sacrifice to her misshapen brother.
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