Arcadia Public Library

"When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty."--

Some of the stormy weather of the past few seasons seems to have finally lifted for the Quinns. Kevin is about to tie the knot with Isabelle, and there's hopeful news about Bart, who has been captured by enemy forces in Afghanistan. That doesn't mean there aren't a few dark clouds on the horizon as the family juggle health scares and love triangles. But if there's one holiday that brings the Quinn family together, it's Christmas. And this year promises...

Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the magnificent Tuscan villa just outside her small village. She likes to spy into the gardens and imagine that one day she'll live there. When Dante, the son of the villa's powerful owner, invites her inside and shows her the enchanting Mermaid Garden, she knows that her destiny is there, with Dante. But as they grow up, their romance jeopardizes everything they hold most dear. Decades later and hundreds of...

1942: Hazel Francis leaves Wichita, Kansas, for California to do her part in the war effort. At Douglas Aircraft she helps construct bombers for the U.S. military. But when the war is over, Hazel is dismissed: expected to return home and become a wife and mother. Staying on the West Coast, Hazel finds herself in Laguna Beach and answers an add for a model/assistant to artist Hanson Radcliff. He is respected in the community and the art scene, but...

Emma Graham continues her investigation into the disappearance of the Slade baby from the Belle Ruin Hotel more than 20 years before. The sudden appearance in town of the baby's father makes her even more determined to learn the truth.

A shabby Hawaiian hotel provides the backdrop for a series of interwoven stories about love, crime, friendship, and family, as seen through the eyes of a down-on-his-luck writer who takes a job as hotel manager.

"American Lola Laforêt was swept away in a whirlwind wedding and found herself the chef/owner of the Hotel Riviera. Her life seemed to be a dream come true. But then one day her husband, Patrick, disappeared after nothing more than a wave good-bye. Six months later, Jack Farrar, an American expat living on his boat, drops anchor in Lola's harbor and teaches her the true meaning of attraction. When various shady people -- all claiming oenwership of...

"This debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family-and a mystery that spans the stars"--

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, two unlikely spies, help to defend their country by trying to rout out two highly placed Fifth Columnists. When Tommy is asked by the British Intelligence Service to go and stay at the Sans Souci guest house he is astonished to see Tuppence there. The mission: to identify which of the other guests is N and which is M. - Publisher.