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Lush life: A Novel
Par Richard Price. 2008
New York, Lower East Side. Frustrated actor-writer Eric Cash claims two teens mugged him and his drinking companions as they…
stumbled home, shooting Ike, an aspiring writer. But when Ike dies, detectives Matty Clark and Yolonda Bello arrest Eric for homicide. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008Jumper: Griffin's story (Jumper)
Par Steven Gould. 2007
Nine-year-old Griff O'Conner causes his parents' murders in San Diego when he teleports himself to avoid a bully. Griff hides…
with friends until, at sixteen, he is ready to confront the killers. Sequel to Jumper (DB 37465, BR 9548). Violence and strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2007The pure in heart: a Simon Serrailler mystery
Par Susan Hill. 2007
Detective chief inspector Simon Serrailler investigates a schoolboy's abduction that has the town of Lafferton on edge. Meanwhile, Simon's handicapped…
sister battles illness, his other sister gives birth, his former lover keeps bothering him, and a Laffertonian recently released from prison runs into trouble. Some strong language. 2005Easy prey (Prey Ser. #11)
Par John Sandford. 2001
Minneapolis police detective Lucas Davenport investigates the murder of supermodel Alie'e Maison, which has eclipsed a second murder that occurred…
at the same party. Suddenly, others in Maison's life are dying--in quick succession. While Davenport sorts through his suspects, his love life develops complications. Violence and strong language. 2000The various haunts of men: a Simon Serrailler mystery
Par Susan Hill. 2007
Chief inspector Simon Serrailler's new detective, Freya Graffham, investigates the disappearance of a middle-aged woman who was last seen on…
her morning run. As Freya falls for Simon, another woman vanishes. Meanwhile, Simon's physician sister investigates suspicious alternative medicine practitioners. Some violence and some strong language. 2004Blood money: a mystery (Jessie Drake Mysteries Ser. #No. 3)
Par Rochelle Majer Krich. 1999
LAPD detective Jessie Drake investigates the murder of an elderly man in a park. Jessie learns he was Norman Pomerantz,…
a Holocaust survivor from New York City. As additional killings occur, Jessie uncovers a case of stolen identity leading to a philanthropic organization that reclaims Jewish property in Germany. 1999Dans le secret des dieux: roman
Par Pierre Billon. 2008
"David se retrouve un beau matin dans un ascenseur en compagnie d'un vieil homme qui, soudain, brandit un revolver pour…
se suicider. L'adolescent s'interpose spontanément, sans se douter que son geste va bouleverser le cours de sa vie. Embarqué dans une intrigue aussi surprenante que périlleuse, il renouera le mystérieux lien des origines entre l'être humain et son double - cette alliance sacrée dont parlent les textes les plus anciens de l'humanité. Mine de rien, David nous raconte sa saisissante histoire sans détour, avec une franchise troublante et un humour gentiment subversif. En chemin, il nous fera rencontrer Iris, petite prostituée de quatorze ans ; Guillaume, l'ami marginal et surdoué qui se console en écoutant le chant des étoiles ; et Gwen, la trop jolie psychologue qui ne sait plus où donner de la tête : doit-elle soigner David et le guérir de ses "hallucinations" ou bien l'accompagner, à ses risques et périls, dans une aventure à nulle autre pareille ?" -- 4e de couvLa femme du vampire
Par Nina Blazon. 2010
"Lhistoire se déroule en 1731, en Serbie actuelle, à lancienne frontière turco-autrichienne. Le titre original du livre, Die Totenbraut, fait…
écho à une ancienne coutume : lorsquun jeune homme mourait sans être marié, on lui choisissait une jeune fille qui lépousait sur sa tombe, afin que lâme du célibataire ne vienne pas hanter le village. La jeune Jasna, âgée de quatorze ans, vit avec ses six sœurs dans une cabane misérable, au crochet dun père alcoolique et brutal. Celui-ci la vend à un homme de passage qui cherche une épouse pour son fils Danilo. Une fois le mariage célébré et la nuit de noce passée, Danilo ne touchera plus jamais la jeune fille. Une rumeur court sur ce dernier : serait-il un vampire ? La jeune fille suit plusieurs pistes et découvrira la vérité en même temps que le lecteur. Tandis que le mystère plane, elle rencontre un jeune bûcheron, Dusan, dont elle tombe immédiatement amoureuse. Mais lui aussi cache un sombre secret..." -- 4e de couvThe chaos king
Par Laura Ruby. 2007
In this sequel to The Wall and the Wing (BR 16650), newfound fame and fortune have estranged friends Bug and…
Gurl--now called Georgie. But Georgie and Bug join forces again when a punk, vampires, and a giant sloth attack them in a future New York City. For grades 5-8. 2007Girl in landscape: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
Par Jonathan Lethem. 1998
When a global disaster blights the Earth's environment, fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh and her family escape to another planet where her…
father, a failed politician, hopes to restart his career. Pella assimilates into the alien society and discovers a terrible threat that could doom the Earthling colony. 1998Hollywood crows: a novel
Par Joseph Wambaugh. 2008
Nathan Weiss and Bix Ramstead, cops in Hollywood's Community Relations Office, help residents with quality-of-life issues like graffiti and panhandlers.…
Both men become entangled with Margot Aziz, who wants to get rid of her wealthy husband. Sequel to Hollywood Station (RC 65317). Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2008Art Mumby, his younger sister, and their mother accept a free holiday at the Starcross Hotel in the Asteroid Belt,…
but the luxury resort is not as it seems. Soon the Mumbys are dealing with French spies, Yankee rebels, and man-eating starfish. Sequel to Larklight...(BR 17285). For grades 6-9. 2007The warrior's apprentice (Vorkosigan Ser.)
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2001
Born of royal lineage on Barrayar, Miles Vorkosigan tries to join the military, but he is rejected because of his…
stunted growth and brittle bones. Then a visit to his grandmother on Beta Colony changes everything. Some violence. 1986In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur Mumby and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one…
of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system. For grades 6-9. 2006Shards of honor
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2000
While attacking an outpost planet, Barrayaran lord Aral Vorkosigan captures Betan astrocartographer Cordelia Naismith and holds her prisoner. They rely…
on each other to survive a trek across dangerous terrain, sparking a relationship that shares the struggles of culture and politics between their two worlds. 1986Light thickens (The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Ser.)
Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 2000
Members of a London acting troupe performing Shakespeare's Macbeth suspect the play is cursed after several pranks disrupt rehearsals. Their…
apprehension turns to horror when an actor is murdered onstage during a performance. Scotland Yard Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, who happens to be in the audience, investigates. 1982Howard who?: stories
Par Howard Waldrop. 1986
Twelve short stories. In "Heirs of the Perisphere" a robot dog, duck, and rodent spontaneously animated in a long-abandoned cartoon…
automaton factory find a world much different from their own. Also includes the Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning "The Ugly Chickens" and "Horror, We Got." 1986Borders of infinity
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 1989
Billy Pilgrim, adrift in time, randomly revisits past and present manifestations: senile widower stalked by an assassin, hopeful young newlywed,…
giraffe on the planet Tralfamadore--where time is an illusion--and, most crucially, American POW during the firebombing of Dresden in World War II. Strong language. 1969Diplomatic immunity (The vorkosigan Saga)
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2002
Diplomatic troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan interrupts his honeymoon with Ekaterin to solve a crisis at the Graf Station in Quaddiespace. The…
suspicious impoundment of a trade fleet quickly escalates into kidnapping and murder and threatens war. Sequel to A Civil Campaign (BR 17543). 2002