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Taggerung (Redwall Abbey. #14.)
Par Brian Jacques. 2003
A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe…
and goes off to seek adventures of his own. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "Lord Brocktree", followed by "Triss". Bestseller. 2003.Tea time for the traditionally built (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. #10.)
Par Alexander McCall Smith. 2009
Mr. Leungo Molofololo, proprietor of a local soccer team, believes a saboteur is to blame for a recent losing streak.…
He hires Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency to investigate the players. Meanwhile Mma Ramotswe tries to salvage her trusty, but ailing, little van. Bestseller. 2009.Sun and candlelight: Alethea Thomas is more than grateful when Dr Sarre van Diederijk saves her pride from being crushed…
by another man. So when Sarre asks her to marry him and become a mother to his children, Alethea accepts. Only when she gets to Holland does she realise the enormity of the task. A star looks down: Professor Alexander van Zeust's four young nieces and nephews need someone to care for them temporarily. As soon as he meets Beth, the professor knows she's the one to help him. Beth is kind, loving and gets on well with the children, so everyone's happy. Except Beth - who's fallen in love with her employer! 2003.Sleeping in the ground: an Inspector Banks novel (Inspector Alan Banks mystery. #24.)
Par Peter Robinson. 2017
After a massacre outside a picturesque Yorkshire church, Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team must unravel a baffling mystery,…
and corner a killer hiding in plain sight. Bestseller. Winner of the 2018 Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award. 2017.Secrets of the tulip sisters
Par Susan Mallery. 2017
Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine. But everything changes one sun-washed summer with two dramatic homecomings:…
Griffith Burnett--Tulpen Crossing's prodigal son, who's set his sights on Kelly--and Olivia, her beautiful, wayward, and, as far as Kelly is concerned, unwelcome sister. Tempted by Griffith, annoyed by Olivia, Kelly is overwhelmed by the secrets that were so easy to keep when she was alone. Bestseller. 2017.Spymaster: a thriller (Scot Harvath. #17.)
Par Brad Thor. 2018
Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity…
of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules-all of them. In Spymaster, Scot Harvath is more cunning, more dangerous, and deadlier than ever before. Bestseller. 2018.Strange weather: four short novels
Par Joe Hill. 2017
"Snapshot" is the disturbing story of a Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself threatened by "The Phoenician," a tattooed thug…
who possesses a Polaroid Instant Camera that erases memories, snap by snap. A young man takes to the skies to experience his first parachute jump, and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero’s island of roiling vapour that seems animated by a mind of its own in "Aloft." Short horror stories that deftly expose the darkness that lies just beneath the surface of everyday life. Bestseller. 2017. Uniform title: Novels.Someone to love (Westcott novel. #1.)
Par Mary Balogh. 2016
Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath, knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers…
that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. But the new earl's guardian is interested in Anna. Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady. As London society and Anna's newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm her, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well for so long. Followed by "Someone to hold". Bestseller. 2016.Sting
Par Sandra Brown. 2016
When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard locked eyes across a run-down bayou bar, something definitely sparked between them. Shaw was…
the kind of tall, dark, and ruthless man who was bad news to women and stunning, elegant Jordie definitely shouldn't have been in a dive like this. Unfortunately, romance wasn't in the air; Shaw Kinnard was there to kill her. As Shaw's partner takes aim at the New Orleans party planner, she's certain her time has come, but Shaw has other plans. The hit man abducts Jordie hoping to get his hands on the thirty million dollars her brother has stolen. Now on the run from the FBI and her brother's crooked boss, they'll have to work together to stay alive, but staying together might be the most dangerous thing they could do. Bestseller. 2016.Still Alice
Par Lisa Genova. 2009
As she turns fifty and begins experiencing odd lapses of memory, Harvard psychology professor Alice Howland gets the life-altering diagnosis…
of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Her lecturing and traveling for work, and her relationships with her scientist husband and grown children, morph along with the disease. Bestseller. 2009.Stone cold (Camel Club. #3.)
Par David Baldacci. 2007
Ex-CIA agent Oliver Stone gathers Camel Club members to help con artist Annabelle Conroy escape an enemy. But Stone soon…
learns he, too, is on a hit list--comprised of those involved in a long-ago assassination. Bestseller. 2007.Song of my heart (Recorded Books inspirational)
Par Kim Vogel Sawyer. 2012
When Thad McKane, the new sheriff of Goldtree, Kansas, uncovers a connection between the crime he's investigating and singer Sadie…
Wagner, the woman he's courting, he wonders if she's as innocent as she seems. 2012.Stay close
Par Harlan Coben. 2012
Soccer mom Megan hides--and misses--her former stripping career. The cause of Megan’s identity change still torments her ex-boyfriend Ray. Meanwhile,…
detective Broome continues searching for Megan’s long-vanished customer. The three are brought together by a new missing-person case. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012.Squirrel seeks chipmunk: a wicked bestiary
Par David Sedaris. 2010
A collection of sharply observed animal-themed tales. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear…
an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of our own everyday interactions. Includes strong language. 2010.State of wonder
Par Ann Patchett. 2011
Vogel Pharmaceutical sends pharmacologist Marina Singh to Amazonian Brazil to locate elusive employee Dr. Annick Swenson, who was once Singh’s…
professor. While investigating the status of Swenson’s fertility-drug research, Singh also hopes to uncover the fate of colleague Anders Eckman, whom Swenson reported dead. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011.So comes tomorrow
Par Essie Summers. 1995
Brodie Nicol returns to New Zealand to visit her friend Una. While driving to Una's home, Brodie is caught in…
a snowstorm and seeks refuge at a nearby farmhouse - only to find that the farm is being looked after by her ex-fiance, Guthrie. Clearly Una had planned a little matchmaking. But what Una doesn't know is why Brodie had ended her engagement to Guthrie two years ago. 1995.Stalker: a novel (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery. #12.)
Par Faye Kellerman. 2000
Detective Peter Decker's outspoken, Ivy League-educated daughter Cindy joins the LAPD, but has trouble fitting in with the blue-collar work…
force. During a rash of serial carjackings, Cindy realizes she is being stalked and suspects the danger comes from within the department. Bestseller. 2000.Something in the water: a novel
Par Catherine Steadman. 2018
If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin is a documentary filmmaker…
on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water...? Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events...? Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? Wonder no longer. Bestseller. 2018.Son of a trickster (Trickster trilogy. #1.)
Par Eden Robinson. 2017
Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary…
mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer, and now she's dead. Bestseller. 2017.Soul mountain
Par Xingjian Gao, Mabel Lee. 2000
A semi-autobiographical, philosophical novel by the Chinese Nobel laureate. The protagonist, in reprieve from death, wanders through the Chinese landscape…
in search of Lingshan (Soul Mountain), describing his interior and exterior quests. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2000. Uniform title: Ling shan.