The bishop in the West Wing

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Susan Wittig Albert

Between the herb shop, the catering business, and a weekend paper- making class, China Bayles has her work cut out for her. And now China's half- brother is opening up old wounds, trying to investigate their father's supposedly accidental death, and her husband is taking on the case-meaning she's just bound to get involved.To put the unsavory business out of her mind, she's gathering supplies for making paper. But in a patch of yucca plants, she finds a body-cause of death unknown. Many residents of Pecan Springs live seemingly simple lives that hide complex and dangerous pasts, and it appears the victim was one of them. Now, while unraveling secrets that hit close to home, China must set the record straight-and find a killer.

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Fran and Lou Sabin

After working hard to get them painted in time for the big Easter egg hunt, the Maple Street Six discover some of the eggs are missing.

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Franklin W. Dixon

It's Career Week at Bayport Elementary, and Frank and Joe's school assembly turns up some interesting guests. One student's uncle is an animal trainer who brings a chimpanzee. Another girl's father is an anthropologist who brings in a mask decorated with feathers and shells from a Pacific island. But when the assembly is interrupted by a fire drill, the mask is stolen and the Hardys spring into action.

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Alexandra Frye

As a good-bye to the '80s mania for the high-stakes Big Deal, A Perfect Wife and Mother is a classic American nightmare of people who seem to have everything until the thing that matters most is taken away.