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Restitution
Par Lee Vance. 2007
Wall Street businessman Peter Tyler becomes the main suspect after his wife is murdered during a home robbery. Tyler flees…
and searches for his friend, Russian business tycoon Andrei Zhilina, who might help Tyler clear his name. Strong language. 2007The tenderness of wolves
Par Stef Penney. 2007
Canadian wilderness, 1860s. The day her adopted seventeen-year-old son Francis disappears, Mrs. Ross discovers her neighbor's murdered corpse. The community…
suspects Francis of the crime. Mrs. Ross leaves her husband and sets out with half-Indian William Parker to find the teen. Some violence. Costa Book of the Year. 2006Recipes for a perfect marriage: a novel
Par Morag Prunty. 2006
Two months after her wedding, New York food writer Tressa fears that her husband, Dan, may not be the love…
of her life. Plagued by uncertainty, Tressa finds comfort in the journals and recipes of her Irish grandmother, Bernadine, who had the perfect marriage--or so Tressa thought. Includes recipes. 2006The last noel
Par Heather Graham. 2007
Craig Devon joins two crooks who abandon him, wounded, during a robbery gone wrong on Christmas Eve. When their car…
gets stuck in a blizzard, the robbers hold the O'Boyle family hostage. Kat O'Boyle escapes and encounters Craig, her ex-lover, before she hides. Some violence and some strong language. 2007Beyond reach (Grant County Ser. #Bk. 6)
Par Karin Slaughter. 2007
Detective Lena Adams, last seen in Faithless (BR 16326), spends her vacation checking on her drug-addicted uncle Hank. When Lena…
is wrongly arrested for murder, her police-chief boss Jeffrey Tolliver and his medical-examiner wife Sara Linton help solve the bigotry-filled mystery. Violence and strong language. 2007The wheel of darkness (Pendergast Ser. #No. 8)
Par Douglas J Preston. 2007
FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast and his ward Constance Greene are studying at a Tibetan monastery when Pendergast is asked to…
recover a stolen relic that could wipe out mankind. His search leads to a luxury cruise ship where a murderer awaits. Some violence and some strong language. 2007The madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel
Par Debra Dean. 2006
Decades after surviving World War II in the basement of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad, Marina--now in Seattle--no longer experiences…
the present. Marina's mind retreats to 1941, when only the love of her future husband and memorizing the paintings kept her alive. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006The mayor of Casterbridge: the life and death of a man of character (Penguin classics)
Par Thomas Hardy. 2003
Michael Henchard, an English farm worker, gets drunk at a country fair and sells his wife and child to a…
sailor for five guineas. His wife and daughter reappear eighteen years later, after Henchard has become the wealthy and respected mayor of Casterbridge. 1886The 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. 2007Land of the blind
Par Jess Walter. 2003
Burned-out Spokane police detective Caroline Mabry is puzzled by the man in her interview room. Attorney and failed politician Clark…
Mason insists he's responsible for a murder, but his statement is taking him hours to write, and it starts with his childhood. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2003Where are you now?
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 2008
When she was sixteen, Carolyn MacKenzie's brother Mack disappeared but each Mother's Day Mack makes a brief call home. Ten…
years later Carolyn, now an attorney, interrupts the call to tell Mack that she will find him. Despite a warning from Mack, Carolyn persists--and finds herself in danger. Bestseller. 2008Phantom prey (Prey)
Par John Sandford. 2008
At his wife's request, detective Lucas Davenport agrees to look into the unsolved murder of her wealthy, widowed friend's daughter…
Frances Austin, who was a Goth. Now other Goths are being murdered. But a series of unusual bank transactions causes confusion. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. Bestseller. 2008Afterlands: a novel
Par Steven Heighton. 2005
When members of the Polaris expedition become stranded on an ice floe off the coast of Greenland in 1872, Lieutenant…
Tyson takes charge. Initially well supplied, the crew waits for the ship's return and then, for any ship. Morale suffers and discipline erodes as chances for survival dwindle. 2005Snakehead (Alex Rider #7)
Par Anthony Horowitz. 2007
Alex reluctantly agrees to the Australian Secret Service's request to travel to Bangkok to infiltrate the southeast Asia Snakehead gang,…
who smuggle drugs, weapons, and people. While working on this dangerous mission, he uncovers information about the murder of his parents. For grades 6-9. 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. 2008The night ferry: a novel
Par Michael Robotham. 2007
London. Sikh detective constable Alisha Barba, recovering from a broken back sustained in Lost (RC 62125, BR 16407), responds when…
a childhood friend needs assistance. Alisha recruits retired inspector Vincent Ruiz's help investigating an Amsterdam gang that steals babies to sell to adopting couples. Violence and strong language. 2007In her absence: A Novel
Par Antonio Muñoz Molina. 2006
Spain. Mario López, a dutiful civil servant and husband, arrives home from work to find his beautiful artsy wife Blanca…
and her suitcase missing. When Blanca--or someone identical to her--returns, Mario's obsessive love is replaced by suspicion of this possible imposter. Translated from Spanish by Esther Allen. 1999The Da Vinci code: a novel (Robert Langdon #2)
Par Dan Brown. 2003
Professor Robert Langdon from Angels and Demons (DB 51799) investigates the crime scene of the Louvre's murdered curator. Joining him…
is French cryptologist Sophie Neveu. The clues left behind pit two Catholic societies against each other in search of the Holy Grail. Some violence and some strong language. 2003Art 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. 2007