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8561) True Believers
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968, an episode she's managed to keep secret for more than forty years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, she's about to let the world in on that shocking secret, as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions.
8562) Revolver
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Three generations torn apart--by bullets fired fifty years ago...Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops--one black, one white--are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy. Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth. Philadelphia,...
8563) Rupture
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Hailed for combining the darkness of Nordic Noir with classic mystery writing, author Ragnar Jonasson’s books are haunting, atmospheric, and complex. Rupture, the latest Ari Thór thriller, delivers another dark mystery that is chillingly stunning with its complexity and fluidity. Young policeman Ari Thór tries to solve a 50-year-old murder when new evidence surfaces. But the case proves difficult in a town where no one wants to know the truth,...
8564) The Outsider
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Things aren't going well for Grayson Hernandez. Just graduated from a fourth-tier law school, he's drowning in student debt. The only job he can find is as a messenger at the Supreme Court, where he's forced to watch the best and the brightest from the outside--the elite group of lawyers who serve as the justices' law clerks. When Gray intervenes in a violent mugging, he finds himself in the good graces of the victim: the Chief Justice of the United...
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Bone Island trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"Reclusive collector Cutter Merlin is seldom seen in Key West--lately, not at all. Officer Liam Beckett visits Merlin's curious house and discovers the gentleman in his study. In his death grip: a volume of occult lore and a reliquary. His eyes are wide with fright, his mouth a horrified rictus where spiders now dwell. Kelsey Donovan returns to the old house to catalog her estranged grandfather's collection of artifacts and antiquities, vowing to...
8566) Quiet teacher
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"Torn by memories of a warrior life in ancient China, by voices in his head that he's not sure are real and by unresolved urges, celebrated neurosurgeon Xenon Pearl struggles with a serial killer in some of South Florida's grittiest cityscapes"--P. [4] of cover.
8567) The girl in 6E
Author
Series
Deanna Madden novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"I haven't touched a human in three years. That seems like it would be a difficult task, but it's not. Not anymore, thanks to the internet. I am, quite possibly, the most popular recluse ever. Not many shut-ins have a 200-member fan club, a bank account in the seven-figure range, and hundreds of men lining up to pay for undivided attention. They get satisfaction, I get a distraction. Their secret desires are nothing compared to why I hide... my...
8569) Gretchen: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2019].
Description
"The new tenants have a terrible secret. So do the landlord and his daughter … Ever since Lucy was two, she's been on the run alongside her mother. She's never understood the reason for a lifetime of paranoia, aliases, and lies. All she understands are the rules: never lock eyes with strangers, never let down your guard, and always be ready to move on. Finally, after thirteen years and eleven states, their next hideaway seems perfect. An isolated,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Captain Dan Lenson is under fire both at sea, and in Washington. His command of the first antiballistic-missile-capable cruiser in the Fleet, USS Savo Island, is threatened when he's called home to testify before Congress. There, he must defend his controversial decision to prevent a massive retaliatory missile attack by Israel against civilian targets in the Mideast. Shaken by the near-end of his career, Lenson returns to command uncertain of his...
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Series
Strain trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Description
From the authors of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Strain" comes the second volume in the trilogy. The vampiric virus has taken over New York City. Eph Goodweather, head of the Centers for Disease Control's team, leads a small band to stop the bloodthirsty monsters. But it may be too late.
8572) Lord of Falcon Ridge
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
Cleve of Lord of Raven's Peak and Chessa of Lord of Hawkfell Island first meet when Chessa is the Princess of Ireland." -- Cover.
Author
Series
Henry Farrell novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"The lone policeman in a small township on the sparse northern border [of Pennsylvania], Henry Farrell expected to spend his mornings hunting and fishing, his evenings playing old-time music. Instead, he has watched the steady encroachment of gas drilling bring new wealth and erode neighborly trust. The drug trade is pushing heroin into the territory. There are outlaws cooking meth in the woods, guys Henry grew up with. When a stranger turns up dead,...
8574) On the prowl
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A collection of paranormal romances, including Patricia Briggs' "Alpha and Omega," in which a beautiful werewolf uncovers her true powers with the help of a werewolf prince.
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Series
Jack McClure volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Jack McClure, Special Advisor and closest friend to the new President of the United States, takes on a personal mission along with his official one: keeping safe from harm his two incompatible companions-- Annika Dementieva, a rogue Russian FSB agent, and Alli Carson, the President's daughter-- and finding the people responsible for murdering an American senator who was supposedly on a political trip to the Ukraine.
8576) Secrets & sunsets
Author
Pub. Date
[2010, c1986]
Description
In Risky business, after one of her employees is found dead, dive business owner Liz Palmer finds herself embroiled in the criminal underworld of the Caribbean. In Mind over matter, when documentary film maker David Brady asks her client to appear in a film on paranormal phenomena, theatrical agent Aurora Fields stays on the set to protect the woman, but David is sure Aurora is trying to hide something, and he finds himself attracted to her and her...
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Series
Veiled Isles trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Jianna Belandor's home lies in ruins. Jianna's only happiness resides in her growing attraction to Falaste Rione, a brilliant nomadic physician whose compassion and courage have led him to take dangerous risks. Jianna, stronger and more powerful than she knows, has a role to play in the unfolding destiny of her world. But a wave of madness is sweeping across the land, and time is running out--even for magic.
Author
Series
Brides of Lehigh Canal volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Widowed lock tender Sarah Turner is determined to get her children away from the dangers of canal life. Can she do it before another tragic accident occurs? Facially marred canal-boat captain Elias Brooks has fallen for Sarah. Can he find the key to unlock her heart, or will she accept the proposal of a handsome blacksmith?
8579) One last lie: Book 11
Author
Series
Mike Bowditch novels volume 11
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"The disappearance of Mike Bowditch's beloved mentor reveals an ominous connection to a 15-year-old cold case in One Last Lie, the new thriller from bestselling Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron. "Never trust a man without secrets." These are the last words retired game warden Charley Stevens speaks to his surrogate son, Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch, before the old man vanishes without explanation. Mike suspects his friend's mysterious departure...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
For Basha Argeneau, anything is better than facing her estranged family. Even hiding out in sweltering southern California. But when a sexy immortal in black shows up determined to bring her back to the clan, she'll do anything to keep far, far away from the past she can't outrun.