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The dark: new ghost stories
Par Ellen Datlow. 2003
16 new ghost stories, varied in locale, period, and style, including westerns, faux memoirs, and romance. In Glenn Hirshberg's "Dancing…
Men," the ghost is the shadow of the Holocaust, which haunts a survivor of the concentration camps. A grandfather clock is animated by the spirit of a murder victim in "The Ghost of the Clock", while the lingering influence of a madwoman who terrorizes a child appears in "Feeling Remains". Some descriptions of violence and strong language. 2003.The dark ground (The lost trilogy ; #1)
Par Gillian Cross. 2005
Robert finds himself alone and naked in the middle of thick jungle. He has no idea how he got there.…
The last thing he remembers is being in an airplane on his way back from holiday. As Robert struggles to stay alive, he slowly begins to realise he is not entirely alone. For junior and senior high readers. Followed by "The black room" (DC33237). 2005. (The lost trilogy ; 1)The complaints
Par Ian Rankin. 2009
Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their…
full title, but known colloquially as 'The Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. It's where Malcolm Fox works. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's a man with problems of his own. He has an increasingly frail father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship - something which Malcolm cannot seem to do anything about. But, in the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. The problem is, no one can prove it. 2009.The constant gardener: a novel
Par John Le Carré. 2001
After his young wife Tessa's murder in Kenya, British diplomat Justin Quayle investigates her death and the disappearance of her…
African colleague. He eventually discovers that Tessa had uncovered a scheme involving a multinational pharmaceutical company that unethically tests drugs on the local populace. Strong language. Bestseller. 2001.The cradle will fall
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1980
While in Westlake Hospital, Katie DeMaio sees a woman's body being carried to a car in the middle of the…
night. The next day the woman is found dead and declared a suicide. 1980.Le krach de 1979
Par Paul Erdman. 1977
The church of dead girls
Par Stephen Dobyns. 1997
A sleepy hamlet in upstate New York awakens to a nightmare when three young girls disappear in succession, inspiring a…
wave of suspicion among former friends as old rumours, old angers, and old desires rear their ugly heads. Descriptions of violence. 1997.The Da Vinci code: a novel (Robert Langdon Ser. #Bk. 2)
Par Dan Brown. 2004
Professor Robert Langdon from "Angels and Demons" 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. 2004, c2003.The day after tomorrow: a novel
Par Allan Folsom. 1994
American surgeon Paul Osborn is sitting in a cafe when he spots the man who killed his father in 1966.…
Without thinking, he attacks the man. This sets in motion a chain of events involving seven decapitated bodies, a massive train wreck, and an international conspiracy. Set in Paris in 1994. Violence, strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. c1994.The daughter of the manor
Par Betty Neels. 1997
Leonora Crosby was irritated to be always caught out in awkward moments by the new village GP, James Galbraith. She…
was engaged to Tony, but James's stalwart support as Leonora tried to keep her parents' decrepit manor house running smoothly made her doubt the wisdom of her engagement. Even so, there was little point in admitting she loved James, when he showed so little sign of caring for her. 1997.The day of the Jackal
Par Frederick Forsyth. 1971
The story of an anonymous Englishman who, in the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief…
of the OAS, to assassinate General de Gaulle and to change the course of history. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 1971.The dark tide (The ty Hauck Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Andrew Gross. 2008
New York hedge-fund manager Charlie Friedman is presumed dead in a train explosion. Meanwhile, Connecticut detective Ty Hauck investigates a…
hit-and-run accident whose victim had Charlie's name in his pocket. Ty works with Charlie's widow to uncover some startling connections. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008.The darkest evening of the year
Par Dean R Koontz. 2008
Amy Redwing recklessly risks everything in her chosen field of dog rescue. When she confronts a violent drunk in order…
to rescue Nickie, a beautiful golden retriever, Amy has no misgivings. Dogs always do their best, and so will she. Whatever it takes. 2008.The Crocus list (Harry Maxim ; #3)
Par Gavin Lyall. 1985
When three shots from a Russian rifle narrowly miss the American President at a Westminster Abbey memorial service, it is…
the assassin's bad luck that Major Harry Maxim is on duty just outside. 1985. (Harry Maxim ; 3)The culprits
Par Robert Hough. 2007
After Hank narrowly escapes being pushed in front of a subway train, he re-awakens to the world and finds Anya,…
a young Russian woman, on a web site. When a troubling letter from home arrives on their doorstep, Hank unwittingly finds himself funding a terrorist scheme. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2007.The convenient wife
Par Betty Neels. 1990
"You have no family, no home and no prospect of marrying". Professor Duert ter Laan-Luitinga's solution to Venetia's problems was…
for her to marry him; a marriage of convenience for both partners. Foolishly she agreed, and found herself wishing with all her heart that the stranger whom she had married would one day grow to care for her as much as she loved him. 1990.The coup
Par John Updike. 1979
Colonel Hakim, President of Kush, a small country on the southern fringes of the Sahara, talks of his adventures during…
the revolution and its manipulation by the USA and USSR. 1979.The covenant
Par Pauline Gedge. 1992
Newly widowed, Jessica visits her parents' former employers in England. Disturbing incidents remind Jessica of her sister's mysterious disappearance over…
20 years ago. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. c1992.The crocodile bird
Par Ruth Rendell. 1993
When her mother, Eve, tells Liza she must leave their remote home, the gatehouse of a country mansion, Liza is…
terrified. Although 17, she has never been on a bus or a train or played with a child of her own age. She has almost no knowledge of the world her mother describes as evil and destructive. Their strange, enclosed life together is over because Eve has killed a man and he is not the first. Liza is cast adrift but is not alone. She keeps her love affair secret from her mother, and from her lover she learns about the world and about herself. 1993.The color of night
Par David L Lindsey. 1999
Former spy and recent widower Harry Strand has a second career as an art dealer in Houston. When client Mara…
Song contacts him about a portfolio of drawings, Harry's life changes. Then a videotape in Mara's VCR reveals that his past is not yet behind him. Some violence and some strong language. c1999.