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Conjoined twins Rose and Ruby Darlen, born in the midst of a tornado and abandoned by their mother, are raised…
by Aunt Lovey, who refuses to see them as deformed. At age 29, Rose, the more verbal and bookish twin, begins writing their story. Rose shares her darkest memory and her deepest regret, while Ruby, the prettier, more practical twin, offers critical details, such as what prompted Rose to write their life story. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2006.
Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate…
the death of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler, Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962. With no DNA and sketchy police records, this is a case that will test Garano to his limits. 2008. (Win Garano novels ; 2)
Quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is in North Carolina for experimental surgery, when he and his colleague Amelia Sachs are recruited…
for a local case. An odd teen nicknamed "Insect Boy" has killed a youth and kidnapped two young women, and the cops can't find him. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to “The coffin dancer”, followed by “The stone monkey“. 2000.
Sixteen-year-old Libby is disabled by cerebral palsy. She writes a fantasy novel called The Discovery of Flight as a present…
for her sister Sophie's thirteenth birthday, in which Libby takes the form of a hawk telepathically linked to a girl who resembles Sophie. Interwoven with Libby's novel is Sophie's diary, in which she discusses the deteriorating condition of her older sister. 2018.
Caney Paxton, a Vietnam vet who has lost the use of his legs, runs a small roadside cafe in Sequoyah,…
Oklahoma. The regulars at the Honk and Holler are surprised when Caney hires first a Native American waitress and later a Vietnamese cook. The two newcomers soon bring life to the cafe's humdrum routine. 1998.
John Singer, a deaf-mute whose only friend has been committed to an insane asylum, is forced to listen and not…
"talk." He becomes the confidant of several people, but they do not recognize his problems.
New Years Eve, 1999 and Washington D.C. is under siege by a madman. If 20 million dollars is not paid…
by midnight, random massacres will proceed every four hours. It is up to bookish document analyst Parker Kincaid to decipher the clues in the ransom note to identify and defeat the killer. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.
Fifteen-year-old George Ma, a recently adopted Asian, is crippled by loss of memory, the result of a horror-filled escape from…
his war-torn country. He becomes friends with "Hook", a paraplegic; Amy, a blind computer whiz; and Heather, who is deaf. Together they face the challenge of a motorcycle trip to Algonquin Park. For junior and senior high readers. c1988.
On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. Only…
the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues. But that's just the beginning of the mystery. Because the more they learn about the man and the baffling circumstances of his death, the less they understand. 2005.
A high school athlete, frustrated at being handicapped after an accident, runs away from home and is helped back to…
mental and physical health by a black benefactor and the people in a special school where he enrolls. Junior and Senior High. 1987.
New York Police Department criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his student Amelia Sachs lead the hunt for a serial killer who…
changes his appearance with each murder, except for a tattoo of the Grim Reaper waltzing in front of a coffin. Descriptions of violence. Sequel to “The bone collector“, followed by “The empty chair“. c1998.
Sheilagh Fielding - a striking, unconventional, six-foot-three Newfoundland columnist - has holed up on the island of Loreburn after her…
mother dies. There, Fielding senses the presence of her mysterious "Provider," who has shadowed her all her life and whom she has never met face-to-face. As Fielding tells her life story and keeps her secrets, her Provider draws closer. Sequel to "The colony of unrequited dreams" (DC17664). 2006.
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but…
still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2010.
Quadriplegic New York criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs search for a sadistic serial killer called the Watchmaker who…
leaves clocks beside his victims. Amelia is also involved in proving a businessman's suicide is actually a homicide and finds herself targeted for murder. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to “The twelfth card“, followed by “The broken window“. 2006. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 7)
When his mother is accused of stealing jewelry at a charity dinner, Orville and his friend Agatha team up to…
find the real thief - and their prime suspect is a famous soap opera actor. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2005. (Wright & Wong ; 4)
Agatha and Orville love to hang out with Nana Wong, but when they arrive at her house one day, they…
find that Agatha's fun, photo-snapping granny is nowhere to be seen. It appears that Nana Wong has been kidnapped! Luckily, Wright and Wong are on the case. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2005. (Wright & Wong mystery ; 2)
In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo, his brother, and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in…
a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople they thought they knew. Grades 5-8. 2005.
Silicon Valley computer genius--and sociopath--Jon "Phate" Holloway plays deadly real-life video games: he hacks into computers and kills their owners.…
The state police Computer Crimes Unit turns to imprisoned hacker Wyatt Gillette, who traces his former colleague's moves. But a traitor exists. Strong language and some violence. 2001.