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J apanese Family Night at the Eaton Library was a unique and fun experience. President of Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Inc., Mr.

Haruo Furukori, and Children’s Librarian Karole Mar / Apr 2009 Moore took turns reading traditional Japanese Vol. 10 / Issue 2 Stories to an audience of over 80 children and parents. The stories included sound effects Fast facts: Helping You Connect to the World which were humorous to hear in both languages. ♦ Kamishibai literally means “paper drama”.

♦ Kamishibai in Japanese: 紙芝居 When President Furukori heard that PCDL wanted to do the traditional Kamishibai stories, he asked to read for us because it brought back very fond memories of his ♦ th The custom originated in 12 century Japanese childhood in Japan. He remembered when the Kamishibai man came to his Buddhist temples. neighborhood not only would he get to buy candy, but hear a story too. Miyuki ♦ Monks used paper scrolls ( e-maki) to tell stories Harris, the Assistant Manager of Translation at Neaton, served as translator. The with moral lessons library could not have done the program without their help. Ms. Harris drove to Co- to those who could not read. lumbus to find real Japanese candy for the children. ♦ The custom was revived in the 1920s in re- sponse to the global depression. It continued on Youth Librarian Teresa Deaton served sweet through the 1950s until its popularity declined as green tea, and sushi made from cereal and fruit more families turned to television. strips. Chopsticks (along with lessons from Mr. Furukori) were offered for the adventurous to How did it work? try. For the craft, Teen Librarian Mary

The kamishibai storyteller ( faito kamishibaiya) rode McClanahan helped the children make a minia- to villages on a bicycle equipped with a small port- ture Koi kite, which is used in Photograph by Julianna Royer, Eaton Lib. Asst. able stage. He would announce his arrival by hitting many Japanese Festivals. two wooden clappers together, called hyoshigi. To G uitarist Eric Loy gave another exciting generate income, the storyteller would sell candy. To get even more into the Japanese spirit, Miyuki Harris brought Haruo Furkuori, President of Neaton Auto Products and Karole Moore, Youth Asst., gave a performance for a packed house in Febru- Children who bought candy got the best seats in several kimonos for anyone who wished to try on. lively performance reading Japanese stories in both Japanese and English. What a treat! ary. Over seventy people attended the Eaton front of the stage. One little boy told Mr. Furukori that he spoke Japanese “really well.” The Preble County District Library’s Youth President of Neaton Auto Products, and Library to hear him play an assortment of The story was told through a set of illustrated boards Mr. Furukori responded with a laugh that he was from Japan, after all. Department hosted another successful Fam- Youth Asst. Karole Moore read two stories, tunes on different types of guitars - among inserted into the small stage and withdrawn one by ily Fun Night in February at the Eaton The Monkey and the Crab and The Old Man them the harp guitar for which he is so well one as the story unfolded. To ensure an audience Mrs. Deaton said, “I hope every- Branch. All things Japanese was the overrid- and the Fox. Mr. Furukori read the story in known. Eric played TV theme songs, show (and paying customers) the stories were often serial- one attending realizes that with the Internet in ing theme - the highlight of the evening be- Japanese and Karole translated in English. It tunes, and a variety of popular oldies. He ized with new episodes told on each visit. most home, the world is getting smaller. With ing Kamishibai storytelling. Kamishibai origi- was quite a lively performance! also entertained everyone with his own com- Read more about it: international trade also increasing, we need to nated in Japan and is a time-honored tradi- understand each others cultures. Embrace our To learn more about the evening and about positions, rounding out the evening with Kamishibai Man / Allen differences as something that will enrich our tion in Asian storytelling. Haruo Furukori, Kamishibai, read the articles on page 16. Spastic Yo-Yo and Thy Rod and Staff, which lives and our children’s lives.” This program is Say: After many years of will be available on his new, yet-to-be- just one of the many ways your library can retirement, an old Kamishi- Pictured (L-R): released CD. Between his music, sense of bai man -- a Japanese help connect you to the world. humor, and musical talent, Eric certainly put street performer who tells Miyuki Harris, Asst. Man- stories and sells candies -- on an entertaining show! decides to make his rounds ager, Translation, Neaton; once more even though Haruo Furukori, If you haven’t had the pleasure of hearing such entertainment de- President, Neaton; this multi-talented musician play live, visit clined after the advent of television. Karole Moore, Youth Asst.; his website at www.ericloy.com for a cur- Teresa Deaton, rent itinerary. If you would like to sample Children’s Librarian. some of his music, the library offers many of Photographed by Cheryl Richter his CDs for check out.

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www.pcdl.lib.oh.us 2 15 Inklings by Abby Stories of womanhood, motherhood, friendship, and everything else in-between! Director’s Column First Book in an Exciting New Series! The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund / Jill Kargmen: Seem- ingly sheltered from the threats of economic col- A Valuable Trustee A Year On Ladybug Farm /Donna Ball: lapse and the risk of downsizing from new Roger The Preble County District Library will miss our Their husbands were gone, their families Viviers to consignment Manolos, the Hedge Fund were grown, and the future stretched out Trustee Deb Brock very much. She has served men and their wives occupy a world of boundless before them like an unfulfilled promise… her seven year term on our Board of Trustees. excess and secluded luxury, a step above the al- Tired of always dreaming and never doing, Her enthusiasm and creativity was uplifting to ready outrageous wealth of the Upper East Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget make a life- Side...Married to the founder of Comet Capital, us all. Ms. Brock donated her time and energy altering decision. Uprooting themselves Holly Talbott is slowing becoming a reluctant Mrs. to making PCDL a better place to work. from their comfortable lives in the suburbs, Hedgefund. Sure, it’s great to be a stay-at-home mom to her son Miles the three friends buy a run-down mansion, Her service to Preble County via the library and to have a rolodex of eager donors when she is fundraising for the nestled in the picturesque Shenandoah Deb Brock, system has been admirable. local hospital. But, the lunches are called luncheons because they take Library Board Trustee Valley. They christen their new home “Ladybug Farm,” hoping (1/14/2002 - 12/31/2008) I will miss her insights greatly. eons, even botox can’t stop her mother-in-law’s withering stares, and that the name will bring them luck. her husband, Tim, is away so often it feels like she’s single again...When As the friends take on a home improvement challenge of epic an adventure in trendy Williamsburg leads to a shocking discovery, Holly proportions, they encounter disaster after disaster, from rene- soon learns that not all of Tim’s trips have been for business. Forced to gade sheep and garden thieves to a seemingly ghostly inhabi- In December the Friends of Library such as a digital cam- choose between living honestly and being a Mrs. Hedgefund, Holly be- tant. Over the course of a year, overwhelming obstacles make the West Elkton Library gave era, tables, an AV cart, and a gins to navigate a new New York existence and finds that sometimes the three women question their decision, but they ultimately 26 bags of fruit and cookies to DVD player. These items will exes have all the fun, and in the most unexpected places. COMING learn that sometimes the best things can happen when every- the Village’s senior citizens. be paid for by a grant received SOON! thing goes wrong. The fruit was purchased from from the Butler Rural Electric the local Preble Shawnee FFA Cooperative. Handle With Care / Jodi Picoult: Every expectant organization and Friend mem- Reconnecting with Family parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect bers baked homemade cook- In March, the Friends will be baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe ies. The Friends took the fruit hosting a Handmade Card Love Mercy /Earlene Fowler: After be- would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd and cookie bags to the senior Making Workshop. Two of the ing widowed, Love Mercy Johnson has been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made members of the Village as a three cards will be made dur- come to terms with her life in Morro Bay, up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying ‘thank you’ for the support ing the workshop. A nominal California. She spends her time writing col- stares of "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, they received to get the library fee will be charged for sup- umns for a regional magazine, helping her the what-ifs. What if their child had been born back in business. Friends of plies. The Friends would like to in-laws work their ranch, and trying to healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, well, the Library funds were not do other workshops and asks move on. But her dreams of reconciliation funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being used for the project. Rather, that if you have a talent you with her long-estranged grandchildren as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unex- Friends members made per- would like to share, please come true when her eighteen-year- old pectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in sonal donations to make the contact West Elkton Branch brokenhearted granddaughter, Rett, unex- health...Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces project possible. Librarian Mickie Gayhart at pectedly shows up. Together they struggle to co-exist while Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. 787-4873. confronting old resentments and painful memories. When a What if Charlotte would have known earlier of Willow's illness? What if The Friends are currently in family crisis forges an unexpected connection between the two things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had the process of purchasing Salli Corrington, President grieving women, they must discover if by working together, they never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these equipment for the West Elkton Friends of the West Elkton Library can change their lives...for the better. questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?

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New on the Series’ Front Amish Series by Shelley Shepard Gray These titles are the first books in new series’. Maggie Brendan and TTT he first big snowfall in February to hit Ann Shorey are first time novelists! Sisters of the Heart Preble County caused all kinds of trouble for everyone — even the library! The day after Series: Hearts of the West Author: Maggie Brendan the big weather event, the clutch went out Title: No Place for a Lady: Can a Southern belle tame the heart of of the library’s tractor, making it impossible a rugged cowboy? Readers will fall in love with No Place for a Lady's Colorado setting and the spunky heroine who wants to claim for our maintenance man to clean off the Eaton it as her own. Branch parking lot. Unfortunately, several drivers de- cided to brave the lot anyway, getting stuck in the Series: At Home in Bedon Grove, AK Author: Ann Shorey Title: The Edge of Light: In this emotional historical novel, readers process. But never fear! Our dedicated library staff will be captivated by the strong spirit of Mollie McGarvey as she were quick to jump to the rescue! Sue Bitner, Brenda fights to survive loss and the hard ways of life on the prairie. Michael, Teresa Deaton, and Karole Moore rushed out to help. Not only did they shovel out the tires, but Series: Charles Towne Belles Author: M.L. Tyndall Title: The Red Siren: You’ll find it hard to come up for air once you helped push the cars too! Several strong and able- dive into this suspense-filled historical romance where a lady pirate Hidden Wanted bodied boys (off from school) also helped push the meets her match in a God-fearing naval captain. If you enjoy stories with an Amish setting, this second stranded driver! new series if for you! The parking lot was eventually cleared, creating huge mounds of snow that made the perfect backdrop for New Arrivals this picture of the rescuing snow bunnies! ♦ A Promise for Spring / Kim Vogel Sawyer Pictured (L-R): Sue Bitner, Brenda Michael, Teresa Deaton, & Karole Moore ♦ The Returning / Ann Tatlock Highly recommended by the Library Journal ♦ Before The Season Ends / Lenore Rose Burkard “Spirited romance for the Jane Austen Soul.” ♦ Kiss Me If You Dare (Patricia Amble Mystery) / Nicole Young ♦ A Cry In The Night (Rock Harbor Mystery) / Colleen Coble ♦ Against All Odds ( Heroes of Quantico) / Irene Hannon ♦ Gingham Mountain (Lassoed In Texas) / Mary Connealy ♦ Age Before Beauty (Sister-to-Sister) / Virginia Smith ♦ Inside Story (American Heroes Collection) / Susan Page Davis ♦ Tender Grace / Jackina Stark ♦ Word Gets Around / Lisa Wingate Sequel to “Talk of the Town” ♦ Fireflies In December / Jennifer Erin Valent ♦ Shadows Of Lancaster County / Mindy Starns Clark Amish Mystery ♦ Stand-in Groom (Brides of Bonneterre) / Kaye Dacus ♦ Wind Dancer / Janue Carie Puzzle Day ♦ Scrapping Plans (Sisters, Ink) / Rebecca Seitz ♦ On A Someday / Roxanne Henke

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‘90s Sitcom Get Lost in Jane Austen’s World Reminders... Reminders... Dave’s World Grandparents Raising The First Season DVD: Lost in Austen: A thoroughly mod- Grandchildren Support A sitcom based on the life of Pulitzer Prize win- ern heroine threatens to ruin one of the Group meets the 2nd Friday of An interactive program for ning Miami Herald humor columnist Dave Barry. world's greatest literary love stories in this every month at 10 AM at the The series premiered in 1993 on CBS. It starred ingenious reinvention of Jane Austen's Senior Center in Eaton -- 800 nursing home residents Harry Anderson as Dave and Delane Matthews Pride And Prejudice...Bored bank worker as his wife Beth. Season one includes these epi- East St. Clair St. If you or someone you know is in the Amanda Price literally becomes lost in her sodes: Disc 1. Pilot ; The insecurity system ; favorite Austen book, after she finds a position of raising their grandchildren, give this unique Vancrest Nursing Home helped support the Beyond Martian death flu ; The anniversary schmaltz ; strange portal in her bathroom and swaps and supportive group at try. Contact Juanita Moore, Books Program through a very generous (and much The great mandala of life ; I sort of saw what you did ; It's a small places with its heroine Elizabeth Bennet. As PCCOA 937-456-4947. needed) donation. Marlene Ressler writes: On Thurs- van after all ; Heat wave -- Disc 2. Writer's block; Educating Rita ; she gets to know the Bennet family and encounters the famous

day, February 12, 2009 Vancrest Care Center pre- Death and mom take a holiday ; Exorcising with Dave Barry ; I saw Mr Darcy, how can she keep this celebrated romance on track? We Care: A Caregiver’s Support Group meets Mommy kicking Santa Claus (part 1) ; I saw Mommy kicking Santa sented Marlene and Becky with a check for $170 to ON ORDER the first Monday of every month at 2 PM at the Senior Claus (part 2) ; Just kidding ; The road taken -- Disc 3. Shel in love ; be used for the Beyond Books program. The resi- Center in Eaton. The programs last 1 – 1-½ hours. Four characters in search of a ring ; Lost weekend ; Rat story ; Six Volunteer caregivers will provide on-site assistance with dents held a book sale, sold crafts, and had food years old and all washed up ; The funeral ; Saved by Estelle. Read a book with a similar theme! events for staff, to raise the money. "I am very thankful for all their hard your loved one. The Senior Center will provide FREE Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict / handicapped accessible trans- work. We provide crafts, stories, games, and much more during our Laurie Viera Rigler: After nursing a broken All Around Entertainment! portation. Please call the Sen- monthly program. We do not have a budget for supplies for this program engagement with Jane Austen novels and ior Center one week before the and depend on the generosity of others to purchase them. This donation Play the game...watch the movie! Absolut, Courtney Stone wakes up and finds herself not in her Los Angeles bedroom or meeting to schedule transpor- will allow us to purchase craft supplies and other items. Becky and I love Space Chimps Wii Game: As the newest recruit to a even in her own body, but inside the bed- tation (456-4947). We Care is sponsored by the Preble the residents and enjoy spending time with them. They are a great group! team of highly trained space chimps, HAM III becomes a chamber of a woman in Regency England. County Council on Aging, Preble County District Library, Theme for March Beyond Books: Women in Local History reluctant passenger on a harrowing mission through a Who but an Austen addict like herself could Heartland, Vancrest, Greenbriar, and Pheasant Run Vil- dangerous inter-universal wormhole. This galactic adven- Featured was Anna May Kramer Eyler, the first woman bus driver for Eaton ture rockets the irreverent HAM and his fellow space concoct such a fantasy? lage. For more information contact Juanita Moore, Schools. The year was 1968. The job was initially offered to her husband, chimps, TITAN and LUNA, deep into the cosmos to a Not only is Courtney stuck in another woman's life, she is forced PCCOA, at 456-4947. wondrous planet ruled by a bizarre, tyrannical king. to pretend she actually is that woman; and despite knowing who turned it down. Knowing that women in other county systems were April 6 Topic: “Home Modifications for the Physically nothing about her, she manages to fool even the most astute driving school buses, Anna approached the Superintendent about giving Space Chimps DVD: Ham III is the grandson of the Challenged”. first chimp astronaut. Soon, the fun-loving chimp has to observer. But not even her love of Jane Austen has prepared her the job, which he did! Anna drove the school bus for 23 years, a job get serious about the mission - rid a far-away planet of Courtney for the chamber pots and filthy coaching inns of nine- Informative Website to


out: for which she was well-suited. “It’s always a joy to meet new people,” she their nefarious leader. Ham III becomes a reluctant hero teenth-century England, let alone the realities of being a single and learns the true meaning of courage as he and his woman who must fend off suffocating chaperones, condomless www.elderpost.com/index.php commented. She enjoyed the children on her bus, considering them her crewmates...risk everything in an effort to save the seducers, and marriages of convenience. Enter the enigmatic Mr. Free classifieds for Seniors, Caregivers, Products, Ser- “big family”. peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet... vices Edgeworth, who fills Courtney's borrowed brain with confusing More about Anna: She was born on April 28, 1928. As a child, her father Madagascar Escape 2 Africa Wii & PS2 Games: memories that are clearly not her own. Elderpost is a website where Caregivers and older peo- would let her drive the tractor on the family farm - which she loved! There Rediscover each character's unique abilities & combat ple can: skills, learning new & special moves along the way. Ex- were ten siblings in her family. She graduated from Eaton High School in perience a wide range of fresh, exciting game play as Try as she might to control her mind and find a way home, ♦ find free services and support 1946 and met her husband while working at Campbell’s Drug Store. you work through 12 distinct levels & numerous mini- Courtney cannot deny that she is becoming this other woman- ♦ find free or used equipment games featuring a variety of quests that include swim- and being this other woman is not without its advantages: Espe- ♦ ming, driving, racing, playing soccer, & safari photogra- cially in a looking-glass Austen world. Especially with a suitor give away or sell equipment that they don't need phy. anymore who may not turn out to be a familiar species of philanderer after all. ON ORDER ♦ find private caregivers for hire Madagascar Escape 2 Africa DVD: Follow Central Park Zoo animals, including, Alex the Lion, Marty the ♦ find companies which sell what you may need Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, along ♦ find agencies which specialize in providing people to with the psychotic penguins, the monkeys, and the le- mur leaders as they unexpectedly are now stranded in Jane Austen & Her Works on the Web! hire the middle of Africa. While Alex, Marty, Melman and www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html ♦ find information and organizations which they need Gloria are rather happy with their new environment, they as they go through a caregiving and aging journey. quickly realize that it's not all that it seems. Meanwhile, the penguins attempt to repair the plane that they acci- dentally destroyed. 6 11

Hounding the Pavement / Judi Author McCoy: The newest dog-walker on 222 009 will see a plethora of film adaptations of both classic and popular titles. Following is a list Manhattan’s Upper East Side has a tal- of books-to-film projects that are being released in theaters in 2009. Get ahead of the game by reading the books be- Judi McCoy ent—she can hear what her canine cli- fore seeing the film! entele is thinking. So when a dog’s

owner turns up dead, Ellie must bone Read About the Book: Book: Angels and Demons / Dan Brown; Film: Cast: Tom Hanks & Ayelet Zurer. Release: 5/15. Synopsis: Harvard up on her sleuthing—and perk up her symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. ears to find a killer. ON ORDER. Homicide in Hardcover: A Bibliophile Mystery The streets of San Francisco would be lined with Book: Confessions of a Shopaholic / Sophie Kinsella; Film: Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, and Joan Cusack; Syn- Rumor has it... hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright opsis: A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping According to Variety magazine, CBS has had her way. And her mentor wouldn't be lying in a addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.

optioned the rights to Hounding The pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration Book: Coraline / Neil Gaiman; Film: Animated. Cast: Voices of Teri Hatcher and Dakota Fanning. Synopsis: A young Pavement for television. Hy Conrad, for his latest book restoration. girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. who has been writer, producer, and With his final breath he leaves Brooklyn a cryptic editor on the USA series Monk, is slated message, and gives her a priceless—and supposedly Book: Defiance : The Bielski Partisans / Nechama Tec; Film: Defiance / Cast: Daniel Craig. Synopsis: Four Jewish Meet to adapt the book for television. Hound- cursed—copy of Goethe's Faust for safekeeping. brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fight- ing is first in a three book deal with Brooklyn suddenly finds herself accused of murder and theft, thanks ers and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants. BOOK ON Ellie Engleman, Penguin paperback imprint Obsidian to the humorless—but attractive—British security officer who finds ORDER. Mysteries. Caveat: We will just have to her kneeling over the body. Now she has to read the clues left behind Book: He’s Just Not That Into You / Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo; Film: Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Jen- psychic dog-walker wait and see if the book ever comes to by her mentor if she is going to restore justice… ON ORDER nifer Connelly, Scarlett Johansson, and Drew Barrymore. Release: 2/6. Synopsis: If you’ve ever sat by the phone the small screen. There are no guaran- wondering why he said he would call, but didn’t, or if you can’t figure out why she doesn’t want to sleep with you any- tees with options! Meet the Author more, or why your relationship just isn’t going to the next level...he or she is just not that into you. Film tells the story Golden Heart and Daphne du through three inter-connected stories. Docketful of Poesy: “Theater of the Kate Carlisle: Diana Killian’s Absurd" takes on a whole new meaning Maurier Award winner Kate Carlisle spent twenty Book: Killshot / Elmore Leonard; Film: Cast: Diane Lane, Thomas Lane, and Mickey Rourke. Synopsis: After a couple when former high school teacher and years in television production as an Associate Di- Poetic Death witnesses a shakedown scam, they discover the Federal Witness Protection Program is a thin cover against ruthless kill- literary scholar Grace Hollister is hired rector for numerous shows including The Midnight ers. as a script doctor for a straight-to-cable Special and The Gong Show, before turning to writ- Mysteries film production of her own academic ing. Her debut novel is HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER, Book: My Sister’s Keeper / Jodi Picoult; Film: Cast: Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, and Abigail Breslin. Release: 6/26. Synopsis: The product of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for her exploits. Although the film's budget the first book in her Bibliophile Mystery series. A lifelong love of anti- seems boundless, almost no one in the quarian books and numerous classes in bookbinding led Kate to cre- sister. What happens when she makes a decision...that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences cast or crew seems to have any experi- ate the Bibliophile Mysteries, featuring rare book expert Brooklyn for her sister?

ence making movies. It would almost Wainwright, whose bookbinding and restoration skills invariably un- Book: The Reader / Bernhard Schlink; Film: Cast: Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet. Synopsis : Post-war Germany. A be comical in a Woody Allen sort of cover old secrets, treachery and murder. Kate is a member of Mys- woman stands accused of a hideous crime, but guards the shameful secret that could save her. way. Until history repeats itself for real, tery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of Amer- and it's curtains for one of the cast. ica and International Thriller Writers. She lives with her husband in Book: Revolutionary Road / Richard Yates Film: Cast: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Synopsis: Examines the Previous books in the series: Venice Beach, California, and loves to visit with readers online at disintegration of a marriage as a couple breaks under the angst of suburban life in the fifties. Don’t Miss • High Rhymes and Misdemeanors http://katecarlisle.com . • Verse of the Vampyre Grace Hollister’s • Sonnet of the Sphinx Readers’ Advice for The Poetic Death Series revolves Mystery Fans 4th Mystery! around the on-going adventures of a thirty-something American school Mystery Lovers’ Corner teacher visiting the English Lake Dis- www.sleuthedit.com/mlc.html trict. Grace Hollister is a woman who prides herself on her common sense Stop, You’re Killiing Me! www.stopyourekillingme.com/index.html and her well-organized life, a woman

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