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Before I say goodbye
Par Mary Clark. 2000
Just as Nell MacDermott has decided to run for her grandfather's New York congressional seat, her architect husband's yacht blows…
up with him on board. When a medium claims to be in touch with the dead man, Nell, psychically gifted herself, is drawn into an investigation of conspiracy and murder. Bestseller. 2000Passion play
Par Sean Stewart. 1992
It is the future and fundamentalism rules. Diane Fletcher works with the police as a shaper--one who uses psychic abilities…
to hunt criminals. After arresting a deacon for stoning an adulteress to death, Fletcher turns her attention to the murder of a powerful actor. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sexHannibal
Par Thomas Harris. 1999
Clarice Starling's career in the FBI has soured, but when Hannibal Lecter's case is revived, she rejoins Jack Crawford to…
track him down. Also searching is one of Hannibal's victims--wealthy, disfigured Mason Verger. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to The Silence of the Lambs (BR 13149, RC 27020). BestsellerThe dealings of Daniel Kesserich: a study of the mass-insanity at Smithville
Par Fritz Leiber. 1997
In this posthumously published story, originally sketched in 1936, a scientist is obsessed with the notion of time travel. He…
conducts an experiment going back to the moment of a woman's death, hoping to change the outcome. When the townspeople discover her empty grave, they become incensedHe sees you when you're sleeping
Par Mary Clark. 2001
Sterling Brooks has been waiting to enter heaven for forty-six years. He finally gets a chance to redeem his life…
by returning to Earth and helping someone. He chooses Marissa, a seven-year-old desperately missing her father and grandmother, who are in the Witness Protection Program. Bestseller. 2001Wildside
Par Steven Gould. 1996
Charlie Newell, eighteen, inherits an unusual ranch. The back door of the barn opens into an alternate world containing extinct…
animals and mineral deposits. Charlie entrusts his secret to four friends, and together they begin mining gold. All is well until the government discovers their secret. For senior high and older readersThe ship avenged
Par S. M Stirling. 1997
This sequel to The City Who Fought (BR 9865) occurs ten years after Simeon and his space station SSS-900-C defeated…
space pirates from Kolnar. Now the Kolnar leader plans revenge with a kidnapping and a scheme to infect humans with a brain-killing virus. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sexThe locket: a novel
Par Richard Evans. 1998
Following his mother's death, Michael Keddington takes a job at a nursing home to pay off his growing debts. He…
meets the quiet and withdrawn Esther Huish, and as he wins her trust, she encourages him to pursue his relationship with the well-to-do Faye Murrow. Then Michael is accused of murdering a resident. BestsellerBittersweet
Par Danielle Steel. 1999
India Taylor left a successful photojournalism career to settle down as a soccer mom. Seventeen years and four children later,…
she longs for some excitement. She meets and befriends tycoon Paul Ward, who encourages her to take risks. When Paul is suddenly free, India must make some choices. BestsellerThe partner
Par John Grisham. 1997
Four years ago, attorney Patrick Lanigan faked his own death and ran away with ninety million dollars belonging to his…
partners and a client. Now he's been found, tortured, sued by numerous parties including his wife, and charged with murder. Strong language and violence. BestsellerThe skies of Pern
Par Anne McCaffrey. 2001
Thanks to AIVAS, which has allowed Pern inhabitants to alter the orbit of Red Star and eliminate the Thread, Pern…
is now undergoing its last Threadfall. Therefore dragonriders must find new occupations. But before they do, Pern endures a new threat. Follows Dragonseye (BR 11187). 2001Embers
Par Sándor Márai. 2001
Hungary, 1940. The old general, Henrik, entertains his closest childhood friend, whom he has not seen in forty-one years. As…
he talks and questions Konrad, a complex history of friendship, passion, and betrayal is untangled. First published in Budapest in 1942. Translated by Carol Brown Janeway. Bestseller. 2001Juneteenth: a novel
Par Ralph Ellison. 1999
Senator Sunraider lies in the hospital struggling to survive a gunshot wound. The apparently white politician asks to see Reverend…
Hickman, the African American minister who raised him. In the course of their conversations, the senator recalls his childhood and begins to understand his own complex racial identity. Some strong language. BestsellerShopgirl
Par Steve Martin. 2000
Artistic Mirabelle has an uninspiring job behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus in Los Angeles, but what she really…
craves is love. Then smitten Seattle millionaire Ray Porter sends Mirabelle the gloves he purchased from her, beginning an unconventional relationship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2000Jessie: roman (Romans, Nouvelles, Recits (domaine Etranger) Ser. #Vol. 6027379)
Par Stephen King. 1993
Une situation qui n'est pas sans évoquer Misery mais dans un cas de figure inverse. Avec une stricte économie de…
moyens - une grande partie du livre composée d'un monologue intérieur - le conteur nous envoûte et nous retient. [SDMOn the street where you live
Par Mary Clark. 2001
Because lawyer Emily Graham is being stalked, she changes jobs and moves to New Jersey. She buys the house that…
once belonged to her great-great-grandaunt Madeline Shapley, whose skeleton turns up in Emily's back yard. Suddenly Emily finds herself being followed again. Some violence. Bestseller. 2001The red tent
Par Anita Diamant. 1997
Dinah, the only daughter of Leah and Jacob in Genesis, departs from the biblical saga to recount her story and…
that of the women around her. The red tent is where women retreat for childbirth and young girls learn about adulthood. But Dinah is unprepared for her brothers' cruelty. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1997"O" is for outlaw
Par Sue Grafton. 1999
When P.I. Kinsey Millhone buys items from a storage salvager, she is surprised to find an old letter exonerating her…
ex-husband, vice cop Mickey Magruder, of murder. Now Mickey has been shot and lies in a coma. Kinsey investigates the shooting and becomes the next target. Some violence. BestsellerAll through the night
Par Mary Clark. 1998
It has been seven years since Sondra Lewis left her newborn baby in front of a church; simultaneously Lenny Centino…
was stealing a chalice from it. Now as amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan tries to help the church's priest and nuns save their afterschool haven, she uncovers a connection between those events and a child at the center. BestsellerDrowning Ruth
Par Christina Schwarz. 2000
In March 1919, nurse Amanda Starkey, seeking refuge, returns to her family home to live with her younger sister Mathilda…
and Mathilda's three-year-old child, Ruth. Within a year, Mathilda is dead and Amanda is raising Ruth as her own. But both Amanda and Ruth are hiding memories of the night Mathilda died. Bestseller. 2000