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1) Blue dahlia
Author
Series
In the garden trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion outside of Memphis. Now, Stella Rothchild, a widow with two young boys, has moved back to her roots and into her new role as manager of the nursery at Harper House. As she settles in, establishes a relationship with the house's mistress, and begins a budding romance with handsome landscaper Logan Kitridge, the ghostly Harper Bride who walks the halls at night singing lullabies is...
Author
Series
John Grisham novel volume 5
Language
English
Description
In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor "finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam."
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In Undercurrents , the eleventh Faye Longchamp Mystery, Faye has traveled to Memphis, a city steeped in music, poverty, history, and the smoky tang of barbecue. She's there working alone to do an assessment of a site, welcome work for her small archaeological consulting firm. When Faye spies a child too young to be wandering along a creek alone, she follows the girl. A day later she uncovers a dying woman, buried alive near a spot where Kali might...
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Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...
Author
Series
Memphis Cold Case novels volume 4
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A victim of sex trafficking, Carly Smith had been at the mercy of merciless men, ignored by law enforcement officers who should have helped her, and seemingly rejected by her family. Though she escaped her captors and is working hard on building a new life, the past continues to haunt her when she discovers that the man she couldn't bring herself to report to police for fear of reliving her captivity is still out there, luring vulnerable girls under...
Author
Series
Secrets of the South mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A cryptic plea from a childhood friend sends Nate and Nicki Price from New Orleans to Memphis. They find signs of a struggle at Danny Andre's address-- and signs of a lifestyle not in keeping with the choirboy they fondly remember. Danny's sister, Isabelle, accepts their help reluctantly. Together they must rely on their faith-- and get beyond painful memories.
10) Sun keep rising
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
At risk of losing her home, teen mom B'onca forges a risky plan to help pay the bills that, if she makes one wrong move, could cost her and her family everything. A story about a teen mom navigating income disparity and racial inequality, and defying challenges to protect those she loves.
When rent increases put a teen mom at risk of losing her home, she resorts to a dangerous game to keep her family afloat. But all games have consequences, and this...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smith's picture-perfect life in the Memphis suburbs has spiraled out of control--so much so that she hires a personal assistant to keep her on track. Composed and elegant, Brianna is exactly who she needs and slides so neatly into Elizabeth's life, almost like she belonged there from the start. Soon, the assistant Elizabeth hired to distract her from her obsession with her friend's death is the...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It's the late 1960s. The Pinch, once a thriving Jewish community centered on North Main Street in Memphis, has been reduced to a single tenant. Lenny Sklarew awaits the draft by peddling drugs and shelving books, until he learns he is a character in a book about the rise and fall of this very Pinch.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the city of Memphis, eighteen-year-old Lee and her boyfriend Vincent make a popular podcast on artists in love, but Lee learns that stories of happily-ever-after love do not always mirror real life.
For the past two years Lee has been laser-focused her job as a sound tech at a local coffee shop, and her podcast "Artists in Love," which she cohosts with her boyfriend Vincent. He breaks up with her on the air right after graduation-- coincidently...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When seventeen-year-old Asher embarks on a road trip from New Jersey to Graceland to get revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom, he brings along three new friends from his bereavement groups"--
Asher Hunting wants revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom and got off on a technicality. He ends up in a bereavement group, where he makes some unexpected friends: Sloane, who lost her dad to cancer; Will, who lost his little brother to a...
17) Playhouse
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A novel about a close-knit theater community in Memphis and one turbulent, transformative production of King Lear"--
18) Justice delayed
Author
Series
Memphis Cold Case novels volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen years ago, TV crime reporter Andi Hollister's sister was murdered. The convicted killer sits behind bars, his execution date looming. But when a letter surfaces stating that the condemned didn't do the crime, Detective Will Kincaide of the Memphis Cold Case Unit will stop at nothing to help Andi get to the bottom of it. After all, this case is personal: the man who confesses to the crime is Will's cousin. Andi and Will must find the real...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee, where family encompasses more than just blood and hidden truths can bury you or set you free.
Sara King has nothing, save for her secrets and the baby in her belly, as she boards the bus to Memphis, hoping to outrun her past in Chicago. She is welcomed with open arms by Mama Sugar, a kindly matriarch and owner of the popular boardinghouse The Scarlet Poplar....
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Language
English
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Description
"Addison McKellar isn't clueless, she knows she and her husband Dean don't have the perfect marriage, but she's still shocked when he completely vanishes from her life. At first Addison is annoyed, but as days stretch into a week and she's repeatedly stonewalled by Dean's friends and associates, her frustration turns into genuine alarm. When even the police seem dismissive of her concerns, Addison turns to an old friend of her father, legendary Memphis...
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