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Falling man: a novel
Par Don DeLillo. 2007
On September 11, 2001, businessman Keith emerges from the World Trade Center rubble and makes his way to the apartment…
of his estranged wife, Lianne. She tries to understand their apparent reconciliation, while Keith reaches out to fellow survivor Florence. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2007The janissary tree: a novel (Investigator Yashim #1)
Par Jason Goodwin. 2006
Istanbul, 1836. Court eunuch Yashim Togalu has orders from Sultan Mahmut II to find out who is killing military cadets.…
He scours the city, suspicious that the outcast Janissary corps soldiers are planning an insurrection. Violence and strong language. Edgar Allan Poe Award. 2006The crimes of Jordan Wise: a novel
Par Bill Pronzini. 2006
1977. Gold-digger Annalise Bonner tempts mild-mannered San Francisco accountant Jordan Wise into embezzling funds from his company and fleeing to…
the Virgin Islands. Annalise's constant demands drive Jordan to commit two additional crimes. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006The rise of Lubchenko
Par Michael Simmons. 2006
Sixteen-year-old Evan Macalister, from Finding Lubchenko (BR 16399), learns that his father's business partner is flying abroad to sell a…
smallpox virus to terrorists. Evan takes friends Erika and Ruben back to Europe to find freedom fighter Lubchenko and foil the plot. For senior high readers. 2006Blindsight
Par Peter Watts. 2006
It is 2082. Thousands of luminous alien probes surrounding Earth intercept a radio signal from an unknown source. Aboard the…
spaceship Theseus a misfit crew of explorers--a bionic biologist, a linguist with multiple personalities, a pacifist warrior, and their vampire leader--prepares for first contact. Strong language and some violence. 2006Blue screen
Par Robert B Parker. 2006
It is Sunny Randall's job to protect starlet Erin Flint, the lover of sleazy movie producer Buddy Bollen. After Erin's…
sister Misty is murdered in Buddy's mansion, Sunny helps Jesse Stone, chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts, expose a killer. Descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence. 2006At some disputed barricade: a novel (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2007
The Western Front, 1917. British intelligence officer Matthew Reavley tracks a traitor called Peacemaker. Meanwhile, his brother Joseph, a chaplain,…
and sister Judith, an ambulance driver, experience ambivalence when twelve British soldiers face execution for killing an incompetent officer. Sequel to Angels in the Gloom (DB 61869, BR 16291). Some violence. 2007When Madeline was young: a novel
Par Jane Hamilton. 2006
Aaron Maciver's wife, Madeline, suffers brain damage in an accident. Aaron remarries and the couple cares for Madeline along with…
their children Mac and Louise. Mac recalls growing up in the 1960s and becoming a conscientious objector, while his cousin Buddy enlists. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2006If morning ever comes: A Novel
Par Anne Tyler. 1996
Columbia law student Ben Joe Hawkes rushes home to Sandhill, North Carolina, when he learns that one of his six…
sisters has left her husband. Restless, Ben Joe renews his acquaintance with the townspeople and spontaneously asks his high school girlfriend to marry him. 1964Endgame
Par Nancy Garden. 2006
Having been bullied throughout middle school, Gray Wilton is happy to start high school in a new town. But Greenford…
High has bullies too, and Gray's domineering father only adds to his suffering. Gray snaps--and brings a gun to school. Strong language and some violence. For senior high readers. 2006The accidental tourist: a novel
Par Anne Tyler. 2002
After his son is murdered and his wife of twenty years leaves him, travel writer Macon Leary returns to his…
family's home. He settles in with his sister, two brothers, and Welsh corgi until dog trainer Muriel Pritchett disrupts his routine and changes his outlook. Some descriptions of sex. 1985The island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin classics)
Par H. G Wells. 2005
Late Victorian fantasy classic in which scientific arrogance leads to horrifying consequences. In 1887 Edward Prendick is shipwrecked, rescued, and…
later abandoned on a mysterious island inhabited by grotesque creatures under the control of Dr. Moreau. Includes 2005 introduction by Margaret Atwood. Some violence. 1896No safe place
Par JoAnn Ross. 2007
Chicago homicide detective Kate Delaney begins her own investigation into the death of her estranged twin in New Orleans after…
the local cops fail to pursue the truth. She enlists the help of a private investigator, ex-cop Nick Broussard. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2007Frantastic voyage (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Ser. #5)
Par Jim Benton. 2006
When Franny's dog Igor accidentally swallows her Doomsday Device, she must act quickly before the contraption explodes inside him. She…
activates her shrinkerizer to make herself small enough to go up Igor's nostril and races against time to bring out the bomb. For grades 2-4. 2005A slipping-down life
Par Anne Tyler. 2004
North Carolina, 1960s. Shy, pudgy, seventeen-year-old Evie Decker becomes infatuated with nineteen-year-old local rock singer Drumstrings Casey. One night at…
the Unicorn, where Drum is performing, Evie makes a bizarre gesture to get his attention. 1969The light of evening
Par Edna O'Brien. 2006
On her death bed in a Dublin hospital, Dilly recalls her brief immigration to America in the 1920s and the…
accompanying love affair, her return to Ireland, her marriage, and motherhood. Meanwhile her daughter Eleanora, a divorced writer living in England, regrets her own missed happiness. 2006Hannibal rising: a novel (Hannibal Lecter Ser. #Bk. 4)
Par Thomas Harris. 2006
Children Hannibal Lecter and his sister Mischa experience unbearable horrors in Lithuania during World War II. Finding refuge in France,…
the teenaged Hannibal is tormented by memories and begins to develop his own grim, monstrous nature. Prequel to Silence of the Lambs (BR 13149). Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2006Things not seen
Par Andrew Clements. 2002
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and can't see his body, his relationship with the physical world and his parents changes.…
He confides his invisibility situation to a new friend, Alicia, blinded two years before, and they try to figure out what happened to him. For grades 6-9. Schneider Family Book Award. 2002Shadow prey
Par John Sandford. 1990
As a rookie cop, FBI director Lawrence Clay raped a young Native American woman. Years later, an assassin seeking vengeance…
lures him to Minneapolis, where homicide detective Lucas Davenport and New York policewoman Lily Rothenburg investigate a series of ritual killings. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 1990A student of living things
Par Susan Richards Shreve. 2006
A future Washington, D.C., during civil unrest. Siblings Claire and Steven Frayn, both graduate students living at home, are leaving…
the university library when politically active Steven is assassinated. Claire and Victor--who claims to have been Steven's friend--seek the reason Steven was targeted. The truth implicates the Frayn family. 2006