The Perfect Place To Die
Seventeen-year-old Zuretta Palmer travels to Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair to find her missing sister, but when the police and the Pinkertons refuse to help her, Zuretta begins her own investigation by becoming a maid at the notorious Castle.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: household employees, sisters, buildings, murder [X], mystery fiction, horror tales, pinkerton's national detective agency, world's columbian exposition, chicago (ill.) [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, horror stories, homicide, detective and mystery fiction [X], horror fiction
Arsenic And Adobo
"When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: restaurants, filipino americans, family-owned business enterprises, aunts, murder [X], detective and mystery stories, chicago (ill.) [X], detective and mystery fiction [X]
The Great Hotel Murder
"When a New York banker is discovered dead from an apparent morphine overdose in a Chicago hotel, the circumstances surrounding his untimely end are suspicious to say the least.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hotels, theater critics, murder [X], chicago (ill.) [X], detective and mystery fiction [X]
Blackmail And Bibingka
"When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: wineries, beauty contests, filipino americans, family-owned business enterprises, aunts, murder [X], detective and mystery stories, homicide, mystery fiction, asian-pacific islanders, chicago (ill.) [X], detective and mystery fiction [X]