Lending a Paw

Lending a Paw
Author: Laurie Cass
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101630019

With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile based in the resort town of Chilson, Michigan. But she’d better keep both hands on the wheel, because it’s going to be a bumpy ride… Eddie followed Minnie home one day, and now she can’t seem to shake the furry little shadow. But in spite of her efforts to contain her new pal, the tabby sneaks out and trails her all the way to the bookmobile on its maiden voyage. Before she knows it, her slinky stowaway becomes her cat co-pilot! Minnie and Eddie’s first day visiting readers around the county seems to pass without trouble—until Eddie darts outside at the last stop and leads her to the body of a local man who’s reached his final chapter. Initially, Minnie is ready to let the police handle this case, but Eddie seems to smell a rat. Together, they’ll work to find the killer—because a good librarian always knows when justice is overdue. FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

Lending a Paw

Lending a Paw
Author: Laurie Cass
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451415469

With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile based in the resort town of Chilson, Michigan. But she’d better keep both hands on the wheel, because it’s going to be a bumpy ride… Eddie followed Minnie home one day, and now she can’t seem to shake the furry little shadow. But in spite of her efforts to contain her new pal, the tabby sneaks out and trails her all the way to the bookmobile on its maiden voyage. Before she knows it, her slinky stowaway becomes her cat co-pilot! Minnie and Eddie’s first day visiting readers around the county seems to pass without trouble—until Eddie darts outside at the last stop and leads her to the body of a local man who’s reached his final chapter. Initially, Minnie is ready to let the police handle this case, but Eddie seems to smell a rat. Together, they’ll work to find the killer—because a good librarian always knows when justice is overdue. FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

Larry The Lending Lion

Larry The Lending Lion
Author: Aisha Hall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2020-03-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578660813

Larry the Lending Lion is a rhyming children's book about finance. In this story, Larry goes on an adventure to collect the money that is owed to his bank. Children learn about credit, borrowing, interest, taxes and more. This is a must read when it comes to financial literacy.

Insider Lending

Insider Lending
Author: Naomi R. Lamoreaux
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1996-08-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521566247

This book, first published in 1994, explores the important role that insider lending played in the economic development of early nineteenth-century New England.

No Escape Claws

No Escape Claws
Author: Sofie Ryan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101991240

Sarah Grayson and her feline ally, Elvis, get a chance to see if their sleuthing skills are up to scratch in the sixth installment of the New York Times bestselling Second Chance Cat Mysteries. It's fall in North Harbor, Maine, where Sarah owns a charming secondhand shop and sells lovingly refurbished items of all kinds. The shop is always bustling--and not just because a quirky team of senior-citizen detectives works out of it and manages to get in even more trouble than Sarah's rough-and-tumble rescue cat, Elvis. A cold case heats up when young Mallory Pearson appears at the shop. Mallory's father is in prison for negligence after her stepmother's mysterious death, but Mallory believes he is innocent and asks the in-house detectives to take on the case. With Sarah and Elvis lending a paw, the detectives decide to try to give Mallory's father a second chance of his own.

Books Can Be Deceiving

Books Can Be Deceiving
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0425242188

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cupcake Bakery Mysteries comes the start of a series about a library where the mysteries refuse to stay in the fiction section... Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey’s friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children’s book, but Beth’s boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he’s found murdered—and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast—before they throw the book at the wrong person.

The International Bank of Bob

The International Bank of Bob
Author: Bob Harris
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0802777511

Explains how the author was compelled to help the world's working poor, describing how he discovered the Kiva.org micro-loan portal and his visits to world regions where the organization's loans have enabled people and small businesses to revitalize.

Diva Delores and Opera House Mouse

Diva Delores and Opera House Mouse
Author: Laura Sassi
Publisher: Union Square Kids
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781454922001

Fernando the mouse loves helping at the opera, but singer Dolores thinks she deserves a bigger assistant.

Cat With a Clue

Cat With a Clue
Author: Laurie Cass
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0698405501

The national bestselling author of Pouncing on Murder returns as librarian Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat Eddie discover there’s a true crime story unraveling in their own nonfiction section. . . . Early one morning while shelving books in the library, Minnie stumbles upon a dead body. Authorities identify the woman as an out-of-towner visiting Chilson for her great-aunt’s funeral. What she was doing in the library after hours is anyone’s guess . . . but Minnie and Eddie are determined to save the library’s reputation and catch a killer. As rumors about the victim circulate through Chilson, the police are in a bind over a streak of baffling break-ins. Luckily, Minnie and Eddie are traveling the county in their bookmobile, and they'll stop at nothing to find the spineless killer before the final page is turned on someone else.

Tailing a Tabby

Tailing a Tabby
Author: Laurie Cass
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101638435

In the bookmobile, librarian Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat, Eddie, roll out great summer reads to folks all over the lake town of Chilson, Michigan. And when real-life drama turns deadly, Minnie makes sure justice is never overdue. The bookmobile is making its usual rounds when Minnie and Eddie are flagged down by a woman in distress. The woman’s husband, a famous artist, needs emergency medical care. After getting him into the bookmobile, Minnie races the man to the hospital in time…but his bad luck has only just begun. After disappearing from the hospital, the artist is discovered slumped over the body of a murdered woman. Minnie knows that her new friend didn’t commit the crime, but the evidence paints an unflattering picture. Now this librarian and her furry friend have to put the investigation in high gear and catch the real killer before someone else checks out.