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Author
Series
Aloysius Archer volume 2
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Aloysius Archer travels to 1950s California to apprentice with a legendary private eye and former FBI agent but immediately finds himself involved in a scandal"--
The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City. So Archer hops on a bus and begins the long journey out west to California, where rumor has it there is money to be made if you're hard-working, lucky, criminal or all three.
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Author
Language
English
Description
"22-year-old Olivia has been missing for one day...and counting. She was last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again. Julia, the detective heading up the search for Olivia, thinks she knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But she has no idea just how close to home this case is going to get. Because the criminal at the heart of the disappearance...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
390 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Terrific pace, surprises galore….Move over Jack Reacher, here comes The Bricklayer."
-James Patterson There is a brand new master on the thriller scene. Noah Boyd makes a truly spectacular entrance with The Bricklayer-the first in an explosive new series featuring former FBI agent Steve Vail that recalls the #1 bestsellers of John Sandford and Lee Child. An ex-FBI agent himself, Boyd adds gritty insider knowledge and color to this stunning novel,...
Author
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
How would you react in a life-or-death situation?
It’s a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard’s school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is...
5) Jackpot
Author
Series
A Teddy Fay novel volume 5
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teddy Fay goes to Macau to resolve an issue with a film festival and winds up in a web of international deals and private vendettas in the glittering city’s underbelly, in the latest addition to the series following Bombshell.
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a girls' weekend in Vegas, she's prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But after a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn't come back to the hotel room. And then Rainy gets the text message, sent from Braithe's phone: someone has her. But Rainy is who they really want, and Rainy knows why. What follows is a twisted, shocking journey on the knife-edge of life and death. If she wants to save Braithe--and...
7) Copper beach
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Within the pages of very rare books some centuries old lie the secrets of the paranormal. Abby Radwell's unusual psychic talent has made her an expert in such volumes--and sometimes taken her into dangerous territory. After a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessive collector, Abby receives a blackmail threat, and rumors swirl that an old alchemical text known as The Key has reappeared on the black market. Convinced that she needs an...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Language
English
Description
Struggling comedienne Ruby Bridge confronts the legacy of her mother's abandonment as a secret from the past of Nora Bridge, now a syndicated columnist known for her moral advice, draws the two women together in a reunion that transforms both their lives.
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Wounded in combat and honorably discharged nine years ago, Jack Daley still suffers nightmares from when he served his country as a sniper, racking up sixteen confirmed kills. Now a struggling author, Jack accepts an offer to write a near-future novel about a serial killer, based on a Hollywood script outline. It's an opportunity to build his writing career, and a future with his girlfriend, Kit Majors. But Jack's other talent is also in demand....
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood. Carl needs cash, however, so he rents the upstairs room and kitchen to the first person he interviews, Dermot McKinnon. That was colossal mistake number one. Mistake number two was keeping his father's bizarre collection of homeopathic "cures" that he found in the medicine cabinet, including a stash of controversial diet pills. Mistake number...
11) The good girl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company. For she has a mission that drives her—to avenge herself against Gregory Torval, the powerful drug and arms dealer who murdered her mother and vowed to eliminate everyone in her family. Then Joe Grantham arrives at her door and, for the first time, Rowan lets her guard down—a dangerous mistake when he blackmails...
13) Guilty
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Physical Desc
408 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen years after participating in a robbery that left a police officer dead, Kate, a Philadelphia prosecutor and single mom, is shocked when she learns that she is to prosecute one of her co-conspirators, who threatens to expose her if she does not prevent his conviction.
Author
Series
The herald spy volume 3
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Herald Mags, the King of Valdemar's Herald Spy, has been developing a network of young informants who operate on the streets and also in the halls and kitchens of the wealthy and highborn. His wife Amily is King's Own Herald and finds it useful to be underestimated for there are dark things stirring in the shadows of Haven. Someone has discovered many secrets of the women of the Court and the Collegia and is using those secrets to terrorize and...
15) Seed on the wind
Author
Series
Hard Case Crime book volume HCC-161
Publisher
Hardcase Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Hardcase Crime edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The lawyer, the jeweler, the art critic, and the oil-company man...self-possessed, independent Lora Winter has had a child with each of them. But when one of these men drives up to her house with a fifth man in the car, Lora runs to hide...a masterful psychological jigsaw puzzle that is miles from a traditional crime novel, but whose desperate characters nevertheless resort to kidnapping, blackmail and possibly even murder"--
16) Fade away
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sports agent Myron Bolitar had once aimed for a career in the NBA, until an injury cost him his chance to go pro, but when the star player for the New Jersey Dragons disappears without a trace, Bolitar takes the undercover assignment of his dreams--a position on the team.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure.
Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there.
The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride...
18) Don't look down
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A CIA analyst makes a split-second decision that endangers her country but saves her son--and now she must team up with an answer-hungry journalist she's not sure she can trust in this electrifying thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know. Nothing gets by Jill Bailey. As a CIA analyst, she's in charge of investigating and vetting new sources. Sources like FALCON, who's been on the fast-track to recruitment. He says he's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amy Webber and her new husband Richard Muir are settling into married life--and a new project. Richard is choreographing a suite based on folk music and tales, while Amy scours the library's resources for background information on the dance's source material. But the mellifluous music comes to a halt when an unknown woman's body turns up in Zelda Shoemaker's backyard gazebo. Chief Deputy Brad Tucker puts Zelda at the top of his suspect list, thanks...
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