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61) Under the egg
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Her grandfather's dying words lead thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighborhood that brings a real treasure.
62) Thin air
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
A tragic accidnet, blizzad conditions, dangerous mountain terrain, and the only man who can help has become her worst enemy.
64) Fresh air
Author
Series
Lucinda Hunter novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Lucinda Hunter has been a virtual recluse in a Connecticut farmhouse for 27 years. Katanya Taylor is a nine-year old from Harlem who is staying with a host family for two weeks and meets Lucinda while admiring her garden. Lucinda's acquaintance with Katanya prompts the older woman to reexamine her life.
65) You let me in
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Cassandra Tipp is dead ... or is she? After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric bestselling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy--everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far). Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body--just her massive fortune, and one final manuscript. Then again, there are enough bodies in her past--her...
66) Hugo
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Hugo the pigeon, the park warden of a small Parisian park, tries to coax a mysterious Somebody, the only one who never opens the windows for his visits, to come out to enjoy the park and make new friends.
68) Clear: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
An impoverished 1840s Scottish minister tasked with evicting a hermit from his island home ends up forming an unlikely connection with the man as the pair navigate language, loss and the legacy of forced displacement.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges. From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old recluse Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra's stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories...
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"Owen's wife was murdered. His best friend, Luna, found the body. Everything and everyone is thrown into question in this riveting suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Passenger. Owen is rich, charming, and chronically dissatisfied. His life is forever entangled with Luna Grey, his no-nonsense best friend who is struggling to hide her dark past. From the fateful day they meet in college, the two become inextricably linked....
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Series
Midnight novels (Melinda Leigh) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When two hikers disappear, their Maine hometown blames the blinding storms. But the truth is far more sinister. Unaware of the danger, tabloid photographer Jayne Sullivan follows an anonymous tip to rural Maine to find the most reclusive sculptor in the art world. Instead, she finds sexy, mysterious handman Reed Kimball - and a small town full of fatal secrets.
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Come hell or high water, Emmy Jo Massey will have a wedding. After three generations of Massey women with children out of wedlock, she wants the whole town of Hickory, Texas, to witness the legitimacy of her union with Logan Grady. But dream weddings aren't cheap. So she accepts a highly lucrative stint as a home health assistant to retired realtor, and town recluse, Seth Thomas-- a decision her great-grandmother Tandy is dead-set against. Seth isn't...
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Series
Monster Squad volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
In Riddle, where strange things often happen, fifth-grader Jesse Ranger and three classmates, all big fans of B-grade monster movies made by a reclusive local director, are recruited to round up the creatures that are coming to life when original films are shown.
Author
Series
Road to Avonlea volume 3
Pub. Date
1992, c1991
Description
Sara and her cousins discover the reclusive Old Miss Lloyd when they go exploring in her old, run-down Lloyd mansion. Sara sets out to discover the secrets behind Miss Lloyd's lonely, reclusive life.
76) The girl in 6E
Author
Series
Deanna Madden novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"I haven't touched a human in three years. That seems like it would be a difficult task, but it's not. Not anymore, thanks to the internet. I am, quite possibly, the most popular recluse ever. Not many shut-ins have a 200-member fan club, a bank account in the seven-figure range, and hundreds of men lining up to pay for undivided attention. They get satisfaction, I get a distraction. Their secret desires are nothing compared to why I hide... my...
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Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Tiring of his temporary solitude while his wife and children are away visiting relatives, J. W. Jackson accepts a job tracking down the stalker of a reclusive man who is being harassed for not wanting to sell his valuable home property.
79) Day of the wolf
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
When mysterious mountain man Wolf comes down to the Crow village to return one of its wounded, the Crow wonder whether he is man or spirit. Wanting no part in the rampant war in the western plains, Wolf is set on returning to his mountain refuge. But his journey home is interrupted by three desperate women who need his help. What Wolf doesn't realize is that they aren't what most people would call ladies. And his innocent association with them leads...