Patricia: 6176 books

CAN HE PROVE SHE’S INNOCENT? Sydney Raferty Lord claims her husband died on their wedding day. No body. No proof that she ever married him. When his body is found in the woods, Sydney claims this is not the Kenneth Lord she married! Kenneth’s friend Benno DeMartino, undeniably attracted to the supposed widow, aims to find the murderer and help prove Sydney innocent.

Waggish tales of dogs, Christmas, and murder—by sixteen of today's best-loved crime novelists! A temperamental Yorkie provokes Yuletide mayhem at an English country house . . . A puppy forgotten in Santa's bag helps quell a coup at the North Pole . . . During a snow-white Christmas, a Portuguese...

This delightful collection of Bites from the much-loved series has been specially put together for girls. The Sugar-Gum Tree by Patricia Wrightson, illustrated by David Cox Sarah Bell and Penny May were best friends. Sometimes they had fights, but afterwards they were best friends again. Then one...

The young foal was given an unusual name, “Catch A Winner”. There are three stories from this series, “Catch A Winner”, “Catch A Winner Leaves The Ranch”, and “Catch A Winner And The Mystery Horse.”Jill fell in love with a tiny foal just born on a ranch in Texas. She later visited...

A Foreign Office agent assumes a dead man’s identity to infiltrate an international ring of thieves, blackmailers, and murderers Peter Talbot is in Brussels tailing a dangerous con man when the opportunity of a lifetime falls in his lap. His quarry dies, leaving behind a suitcase filled with...

This mystery ratchets up the suspense as a governess tries to save her teenage charge from a deadly fate “No one can take a mother’s place.” But Sarah Trent is determined to try. She has just been engaged as governess to seventeen-year-old Lucilla Hildred, whose mother and stepfather...

Love and deception intertwine as a man searches for a woman believed to have drowned five years earlier   Seven years ago, childhood friends and distant cousins Eleanor and David Fordyce fell in love and became engaged. But their families, thinking them too young for marriage, conspired to keep them...

Three intriguing World War II–era whodunits featuring the Scotland Yard detectives from the “timelessly charming” Miss Silver Mysteries (Charlotte MacLeod).   Inspector Ernest Lamb and Det. Frank Abbott of Scotland Yard, who also made regular appearances in Patricia Wentworth’s beloved Miss...

Newbery Honor–winning author Patricia Reilly Giff tells a vivid, contemporary story about a remarkable boy who risks everything for his family and a bold girl who helps him. At home in Mexico, Mateo knows where he belongs: with Mami, Abuelita, little brother Lucas, and big brother Julian. When Julian...

From critically acclaimed author Patricia Polacco comes a heartwarming story about a girl named Annie, her lucky Thursdays, and a special cat who comes into her life just in time to make everything right. Thursdays have always been lucky for Annie Fetlock. She was born on a Thursday. She won...

Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack's inspiring A PICTURE OF FREEDOM is now back in print with a gorgeous new cover! It's 1859 and Clotee, a twelve-year-old slave, has the most wonderful, terrible secret. She knows that if she shares it with the wrong person,...

Two kids. One mysterious doorway to the Civil War. Michael and Derek don’t expect the adventure of a lifetime while visiting a Civil War museum with their grandmother. But when the mysterious museum keeper invites them to play a special history game, they suddenly find themselves walking...

Masks tells the story of two teenagers struggling to be normal, despite their dysfunctional families. Rebecca Jacobs is an unremarkable teenage girl at least, that is what she wants the world to believe. But her private life is made public when her verbally abusive father embarrasses her at...

Jernard enlists the help of Bill Dermott and Portia Roberts to investigate Michael Dermott’s past. A Liozi attacks both EIP members and Jernard’s team on Earth, leading to an uneasy truce until the creature can be located.