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Cherry Ames, veterans' nurse (Cherry Ames Nurse Stories Ser.)
Par Helen Wells. 2006
Army nurse Cherry Ames returns home to Illinois and begins a new assignment at a veteran rehabilitation hospital. While healing…
the bodies and spirits of wounded soldiers, Cherry meets Toby, a four-year-old boy with a life-threatening disease. Cherry wants to help but doesn't trust Toby's doctor. For grades 5-8. 1946Cherry Ames, senior nurse (Cherry Ames Nurse Stories Ser. #Bk. 2)
Par Helen Wells. 2005
Working in the children's ward during her senior year of nursing school, Cherry Ames meets Lex Upham, a young doctor…
with a questionable reputation. When someone steals a new drug that could help the war effort, everyone suspects Lex. Cherry sets out to prove he's innocent. For grades 5-8. 1944Cherry Ames, visiting nurse (Cherry Ames Nurse Stories Ser.)
Par Helen Wells. 2006
Cherry Ames lands a visiting nurse position in New York and moves into a Greenwich Village apartment with her girlfriends.…
Cherry treats the new patients in her district but becomes especially concerned with the welfare of a mysterious recluse who may need her help. For grades 5-8. 1947Set in darkness: an Inspector Rebus novel
Par Ian Rankin, Sherry Conway Appel. 2000
Inspector John Rebus is assigned to a bogus task force for the new Scottish parliament. He contends with inexperienced--but noble…
class darling--Inspector Derek Linford, while determining whether a newly discovered corpse, a homeless man's suicide, and a murdered politician are connected. Some violence and some strong language. 2000And then I found out the truth
Par Jennifer Sturman. 2010
Delia discovers that her mother, an environmentalist, is alive and hiding from evildoers in South America and tries to help…
remotely. Meanwhile she manages her school, boyfriend, and aunts. Sequel to And Then Everything Unraveled (DB 70160). Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2010Hold fast
Par Blue Balliett. 2013
Chicago. One January day, eleven-year-old Early's dad disappears without a trace from their neighborhood. Soon after Early, her mom, and…
her brother must flee their apartment and seek safety in a shelter, and it is up to Early to find her father. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2013The dead and buried
Par Kim Harrington. 2013
Seventeen-year-old Jade's dream comes true when her family moves into a big house in an upscale Boston suburb. But the…
house is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful, mean girl who ruled Jade's new high school. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2012Les cahiers noirs de l'aliéniste: 1, Dans le quartier des agités (GF (Alire (Firme)))
Par Jacques Côté. 2010
« Paris, juillet 1889... À vingt-sept ans, Georges Villeneuve a terminé ses études en médecine. Désireux de se spécialiser en…
médecine légale des aliénés, il quitte le Québec pour se rendre à Paris où il aura la chance d’étudier avec les plus grands aliénistes de l’époque, Valentin Magnan à l’asile Sainte-Anne et Jean-Martin Charcot à la Salpêtrière... Mais dès la première journée du Congrès international de médecine mentale de Paris, qui se tient à l’asile Sainte-Anne, Villeneuve est témoin de l’admission dramatique d’un patient atteint d’une sévère intoxication à l’absinthe. Quand Magnan apprend que la police croit ce malade dangereux et veut s’en emparer pour l’accuser de meurtre – ce serait le fameux « coupeur de nattes » dont la presse parle tant depuis des mois –, il demande à son jeune élève de veiller sur lui, mais aussi de mener sa propre enquête... » -- 4e de couvAnd then everything unraveled
Par Jennifer Sturman. 2009
When the ship that Delia's mother is aboard disappears in Antarctica, Delia goes to live with her two aunts in…
Manhattan. Refusing to believe her mom is dead, Delia searches for clues and discovers that her mother was the victim of a conspiracy. For junior and senior high readers. 2009The missing girl
Par Norma Fox Mazer. 2008
A middle-aged man secretly stalks the Herbert family's five sisters, ages eleven to seventeen, as they carry out their everyday…
activities in the small town of Mallory, New York. Then the stranger makes his move, luring Autumn, the youngest girl, into his house. For junior and senior high readers. 2008The case of the food fight (A Jigsaw Jones Mystery)
Par James Preller. 2005
Jigsaw walks into the school cafeteria during a food fight and gets hit in the face with Jell-O. When one…
of the lunch aides blames Joey Pignattano, Joey asks Jigsaw to prove that he's innocent and thus save Joey from being banned from the cafeteria. For grades 2-4. 2005Predator (Kay Scarpetta Ser. #No. 14)
Par Patricia Cornwell. 2005
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, last seen in Trace (DB 59172, BR 15588), now freelances for Florida's National Forensic Academy. In this…
case she enlists the help of Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, and Lucy Farinelli to track a killer up and down the East Coast. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2005Swept Away: Ruth Mornay and the Unwanted Clues
Par Natalie Hyde. 2023
Suspicious of her neighbour Beatrice’s untimely death, Ruth Mornay teams up with Bea’s godson Saul to figure out what happened…
that night on the flooded banks of the Teeswater River. Ruth, Saul, and Ruth’s pet chicken Dorcas scour the box of seemingly random junk that Bea left behind for clues.Creep
Par Eireann Corrigan. 2019
"Teenager Olivia Danvers knows that the previous residents at 16 Olcott Place moved out in the middle of the night,…
but nobody really knows why; the new family, the Donahues, have three children including a daughter, Janie, Olivia's age, and the two become close friends--but when the threatening letters start arriving from the "Sentry of Glennon Heights" the two girls realize that the house and town are hiding sinister secrets, which could tear their whole world apart."--Provided by publisherAlphabet
Par Kathy Page. 2014
"Simply an epiphany."-Kirkus, starred reviewSimon Austen has the names people have called him tattooed all over his body. Waste of…
Space. Bastard. A Threat to Women. Murderer. Facing a lifetime behind bars and subjected to new therapies for sexual reprogramming, Simon finds himself plunged into a terrifying process of self-reconstruction. But how much, in the end, can a man really change? Darkly compelling and deeply moving, Alphabet is a psychological exploration of one man's uncertain and often-harrowing journey towards rehabilitation."Intense, revealing, challenging and above all riveting ... I kept saying to myself, how could she know this?"-Erwin James, convicted murderer, author of A Life Inside: A Prisoner's Notebook"Sometimes novelists go too far-and sometimes they manage to demonstrate that too far is the place they needed to go."-Time Out UKPraise for Kathy Page"Her unforgettable prose is moody, shape-shifting, provocative and always as compelling as a strong light at the end of a road you hesitate to walk down...but will."- Amy Bloom, author of Where the God of Love Hangs Out"Marvellously well-crafted ... I can't remember the last time I was so compelled, impressed and unsettled by the emotional world of a novel."- Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the VelvetAmerica’s New Order
Par S. D. Johnson. 2018
This is a fictional story about wealthy entrepreneur, Henry Riley, and his obsessive need to control the United States of…
America. Backed by his political New Order Party, are members determined to create a new society, a new order for the working class. From his three children, Henry plans to have his eldest son at the helm. Supported by their family’s private firm, NUKE Security, and a privatized U.S. military, by 2037, he will control the U.S. under unlimited unilateral power, enacting new decrees and laws, while using technological advancements to control the American people. Truth is in the fiction.Entanglement
Par Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Zygmunt Miloszewski. 2007
Praise for Entanglement:"An exquisite contemporary crime story. Polish literature boasts a real master."--Jerzy Pilch, author of The Mighty Angel"A tightly…
plotted mystery novel, dark humor and contemporary Warsaw perfectly rendered."--Przekrój MagazineThe morning after a group psychotherapy session in a Warsaw monastery, Henry Talek is found dead, a roasting spit stuck in one eye.Public prosecutor Teodor Szacki, world-weary, suffering from bureaucratic exhaustion and marital ennui, feels that life has passed him by. But this case changes everything. Because of it he meets Monika Grzelka, a young journalist whose charms prove difficult to resist, and he discovers the frightening power of certain esoteric therapeutic methods. The shocking videos of the sessions lead him to an array of possible scenarios. Could one of the patients have become so absorbed by his therapy role-playing that he murdered Telak? Szacki's investigation leads him to an earlier murder, before the fall of Communism.And why is the Secret Police suddenly taking an interest in all this? As Szacki uncovers each piece of the puzzle, facts emerge that he'd be better off not knowing, for his own safety.Zygmunt Miloszewski, born in Warsaw in 1975, is an editor currently working for Newsweek. His first novel, The Intercom, was published in 2005 to high acclaim. Entanglement followed in 2007, and the author is now working on screenplays based on The Intercom and Entanglement as well as on a sequel to the latter, also featuring Teodor Szacki.The Search for Grandma Sparkle
Par Darlene Miller. 2016
When granddaughter Sarah learns that her grandmother Opal and niece Jessica are missing, she decides to search for her. When…
the car is found with two flat tires, Sarah and her boy friend from college, travel up and down the rural roads and creeks of southern Iowa to look for her missing relatives. Because of the storm that Saturday night, would they seek shelter in an abandoned barn, house or maybe even a coal mine whose opening has been uncovered? Were they abducted? Who would have a grudge against the gentle woman who only tried to help people through her church's SPARKLE Club?How to be Nowhere
Par Tim MacGabhann. 2020
Life is finally on the right track for reporter and recovering addict Andrew: he is slowly coming to terms with…
the murder of his photographer boyfriend Carlos, pursuing sobriety and building a new home with a new partner. Andrew has almost forgotten about the story that ruined his life - but that story hasn't forgotten about him, and a series of deadly threats forces him into helping the very man whose gang murdered his boyfriend and left him homeless.A literary take on the classic chase movie, HOW TO BE NOWHERE is the sequel to Tim MacGabhann's genre-busting and critically-acclaimed debut CALL HIM MINE, and a blistering thrill-ride deep into the fog of Central America's murky present and tragic future.'Crownover writes cowboys that make you want to pack your bags in search of a small-town ranch! Alpha and broody,…
they hit all the right buttons' Melissa Foster, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men series comes Jay Crownover's latest steamy romance. Can Hill and Kody find their way back to each other, or will they be torn apart for good.... 'Crownover delivers the goods' Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling authorHill Gamble is a model lawman: cool and collected, with a confident swagger to boot. Too bad all that Texas charm hasn't gotten him anywhere in his personal life, especially since the only girl he ever loved has always been off-limits. But then Hill is assigned to investigate her father's mysterious death, and he's forced back to the town - and the woman - he left behind. When Hill left Loveless, he broke Kody Lawton's already battered heart. And now that he's working on her father's case, avoiding him is impossible. Kody can handle Hill and her unwanted feelings - until he puts his life on the line to protect her. Suddenly, Kody realizes that Hill could be taken away from her...for good.An suspense-filled, irresistible romance between a rugged Texas Ranger and his stubborn first love.Includes the bonus novella Cowboy to the Rescue by A.J. Pine!Readers are loving Jay Crownover's latest!'This is a humdinger of a read. With over-the-top, non-stop action, it's a page turner you simply can't put down' 5* reader review'Thick with emotion, smoulderingly sexy with a heart-pounding suspense story that kept me glued to my Kindle, Unforgiven was quintessential Jay Crownover, but with a fresh twist' 5* reader review'There's plenty of action and danger as the murder investigation moves along. And there's plenty of heat to entertain readers too!' Harlequin Junkie Filled with heart, intrigue and cast of characters you'll fall for, don't miss out on the other titles in the Loveless, Texas series! Praise for Jay Crownover and the Loveless, Texas series:'I'm in love with Loveless, TX!!' 5* reader review'I always recommend any books written by Jay Crownover' 5* reader review'I've never read a Jay Crownover book that I have not loved' 5* reader review'Off the charts attraction, dramatic suspense, heartbreaking betrayal, deep emotion, and unforgettable romance will keep you turning the pages to the climactic end. Fans and new readers will devour this fantastic story. I couldn't put it down!' Jennifer Ryan, New York Times bestselling author'Once again, Jay Crownover proves why her words are so addictive! Her characters bleed life so tangibly, you feel like you're drowning in the emotions: in the best way possible. Five big huge stars for Justified! Don't miss this page turner!' Harper Sloan, New York Times bestselling author