Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=3295&N=3+7449&N=7431 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732116 Psychotherapist Frieda Klein takes on a case involving the murder of conman Robert Poole who was found in the flat of a mentally disturbed woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675587 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704141 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698041 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732117 South Africa, 1880. Frances Irvine, destitute in the wake of her fathers sudden death, is forced to abandon her life of wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to the Cape. In this remote and inhospitable land she becomes entangled with two very different men, leading her into the dark heart of the diamond mines. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1692958 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740380 Damage Control displays Amber Dermonts remarkable gift for portraying characters at crossroads. In Lyndon, a daughter visits presidential landmarks following the death of her father. In Damage Control, a young man works at an etiquette school while his girlfriend is indicted for embezzlement. A widow rents herself to elderly women and vacations with them as a professional grandchild in Stella at the Winter Palace. And in The Language of Martyrs a couple houses a mail order bride on behalf of the husbands Russian mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735115 In this frightening novel about the future, a series of catastrophic events not only cripples the worlds economy, but also ushers in the return of slavery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694160 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735095 In a future world an elderly widow is moved by images of her dead husband, a policewoman finds herself in strange circumstances in an event zone, and a space freighter takes on an ancient alien artifact with dangerous consequences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706150 When Justin and Libby Denbe, along with their beautiful 15-year-old daughter, disappear, investigator Tessa Leone must race against time to expose the Denbes darkest secrets to discover who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family and just how far they are willing to go. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698093 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732118 A violent attack on Lady Giuliettas son forces Tycho from his new-found happiness and back into the treacherous intrigue of the court. For Giuliettas sake he would go to the worlds end to track down those responsible. As Venice teeters on the brink of civil war, its feuding families prepare to discover who is a player and who a pawn in the coming struggle for power. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1692960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675590 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735992 The year is 1975 and Reno--so-called because of the place of her birth--has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world--artists have colonized a deserted and industrial SoHo, are staging actions in the East Village, and are blurring the line between life and art. Reno meets a group of dreamers and raconteurs who submit her to a sentimental education of sorts. Ardent, vulnerable, and bold, she begins an affair with an artist named Sandro Valera, the semi-estranged scion of an Italian tire and motorcycle empire. When they visit Sandros family home in Italy, Reno falls in with members of the radical movement that overtook Italy in the seventies. Betrayal sends her reeling into a clandestine undertow. - from cover p. [2] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1722576 In this novel the author exposes a dark secret from a familys past that threatens the lives of two sisters, Kate and Hannah Connelly, when the family-owned furniture firm in Long Island City, founded by their grandfather and famous for its fine reproductions of antiques, explodes into flames in the middle of the night, leveling the buildings to the ground, including the museum where priceless antiques have been on permanent display for years. The ashes reveal a startling and grisly discovery, and provoke a host of suspicions and questions. Was the explosion deliberately set? What was Kate, tall, gorgeous, blond, a CPA for one of the biggest accounting firms in the country, and sister of a rising fashion designer, doing in the museum when it burst into flames? Why was Gus, a retired and disgruntled craftsman, with her at that time of night? What if someone is not who he claims to be? Now Gus is dead, and Kate lies in the hospital badly injured and in a coma, so neither can tell what drew them there, or what the tragedy may have to do with the hunt for a young woman missing for many years, nor can they warn that somebody may be covering his tracks, willing to kill to save himself. Step by step, the author once again presents the reader with a perplexing mystery, a puzzling question of identity, and a fascinating cast of characters, one of whom may just be a ruthless killer http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738643 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739219 In an era of bootlegged whiskey and muddled race relations, faith and medicine are failing the patients at the Waverly Hills tuberculosis sanatorium. Dr. Wolfgang Pike believes music could play a pivotal role in his patients care--but his bosss disapproval, rising racial tensions, and past memories tear at him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738550 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696090 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713022 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698048 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712134 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704318 After learning that she needs a liver transplant and that her time may be limited, Callie Vanetta decides to move out to her late grandparents farm, which hasnt worked in years. Callie fears that making the farm operational may be too much work; but things look up when a handsome, mysterious stranger offers to trade work for shelter. What initially seemed like an ideal temporary situation begins to look more permanent, and Callie has to try and keep from losing her heart to her housemate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738962 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743535 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712121 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698094 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727093 A young ski area owner is determined to use man made snow, an energy tycoon has his own reasons for promoting it, enviros and tribes may use any means to stop it. But the spirits of the mountain just might have the last say--From the authors web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1692961 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675591 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715808 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713988 Zora Adams leaves home and enrolls at a beauty school on the coast where she becomes fast friends with another stylist and falls in love with a young widower with a drinking problem. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743498 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698246 Esa Saari is a hockey player for the New York Blades with a bad-boy rep both on and off the ice. But when he suddenly becomes the guardian of his eight-year-old niece, Nell, he knows his excessive lifestyle is about to get body checked. So he hires a live-in nanny. Her name is Michelle Beck, and she gets along great with Nell. What surprises him, though, is that he instantly hits it off with her, too. Getting romantically involved would be a bad idea, but hes finding it impossible to ignore the intense connection between them. Michelle, however, takes her job very seriously, and must decide whether to listen to her head or her heart. And Esas got to decide if he can give up his bad-boy image for the love of a good woman.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715797 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695783 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734906 Smoke jumper Evan Donovan works a suspicious brushfire, during which he meets photographer Faye Duncan, who may have unwittingly taken a picture of an arsonist setting the blaze. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704550 When the clues in a hit-and-run investigation lead him to two families famous for producing and selling the worlds best Madeira wine, Scotland Yards Ian Rutledge is pitted against his new supervisor, who has his own suspect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695947 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736032 When long-buried mistakes of her youth begin to resurface, old hatreds are rekindled and Alexia De Vere, the conservative partys newest superstar, finds herself on the brink of losing everything: her power, her family, and even her own life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739220 Imagine a 32-year-old Nancy Drew whos seen a thing or two, has a sophisticated career as a wine magazine writer, is not interested in monogamy, and has the kind of sex appeal only an independent woman can possess. Jean Applequist boards an elegant yacht for the wedding of her friend Diane and wealthy developer Martin Wingo. But things go terribly wrong: the evening ends in tragedy when, after exchanging vows, Wingo disappears into San Francisco Bay. Diane asks Jean ot investigate, and the list of potential suspects is long. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738551 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735118 When Lucy Cartaret dies, her journalist son Dan returns to her hometown, Fort Jude, Florida, in search of his real father and claiming to be investigating the mysterious deaths of three elderly women. Spontaneous human combustion, experts say. But why? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731288 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694754 Aboard the Wheel, a ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn and home to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become enmeshed in a critical situation. Suspected of sabatoge, they soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743998 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739238 When archaeologist Chloe Broussard accepts the contract to lead a dig in Ornes, France, she has no idea she will uncover the Veil of Veronica. When she does, she discovers a danger far greater than the demonic presence stalking her at night. Azazel wants her, as well as the Veronica, and his chosen minion is her brother. Her hope lies with immortal Templar Knight Lucan. Her life depends on oaths she knows nothing about. For countless centuries, Lucan of Seacourt has lived with the knowledge that his brother killed their family. Now, as Azazels darkness eats away at his soul, old betrayal stirs suspicion. He trusts no one. Not even the seraph who can heal his dying spirit. With the fate of the Almighty hanging in the balance, Lucan must find faith in something more terrifying than the dark lords creations. He must learn to believe his heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735100 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713024 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695135 Hes Ruled by Loyalty...Every man knows that you dont date your best friends little sister, but Captain Jeremy Phillips cant seem to be convince Madison OShay to stay away. And he cant convince himself to stop thinking about her, either. Shes Ruled by Love...Madison knows exactly what she wants...and whom. But she wont give up her career in the Navy for any man, not even Jeremy. Theyre both about to learn that in the game of love, its all about breaking the rules -- Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731838 As the zombie plague spreads to other locations across the United States, Ashley Parker and her fellow wild cards are attacked from within and forced to travel to San Francisco - a city in full lockdown, where citizens are ignoring martial law. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694546 Gabe is wealthy, powerful, and accustomed to getting anything he wants. Anything-- and anyone. For Gabe, its one particular fantasy with a woman who was forbidden fruit. Now shes ripe for the picking... Mia was his best friends little sister... but shes not so little any more. Mia knows Gabe is way out of her league, but shes an adult now, and theres no reason not to act on her most secret desires. But she doesnt know how exacting his demands can be... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732451 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698054 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683593 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712135 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738732 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696104 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743536 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1737970 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734868 Possessing no memories of his life before entering an orphanage, young Duncan recites fantastical stories about his origins and is astonished when his singer mother claims him into an adult world of hazy bars and a salty Vietnam veteran lover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740374 Abraham Stirling, Lord Rothwell, was a fighter once, a soldier in the Colonies. But Bram returned to London with more nightmares than tales of glory. Now he drowns his senses in the arms of countless women, while his friends, the Hellraisers, ensure he neednt sin alone. Until, that is, the Devil himself grants them each a wish, undoing their camaraderie as they explore their wicked powers. Bram finds himself magically bound to Valeria Livia Corva, the sensuous priestess who raised the Devil the first time--and died to send the demon back. She may be a ghost, but Livia is no angel. The raw passion she witnesses in Brams memories isnt much different from her behavior when she had a body to enjoy. But it doesnt make it any easier to convince Bram to become a warrior again, lest all London burn. And the fierce desires reawakening within her might just start the blaze. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712122 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695807 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698097 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732120 The only thing more troublesome than a Cynster man is a Cynster lady who believes love is not her destiny. Famously known in London society as the Matchbreaker, Henrietta Cynster has an uncanny skill in preventing ill-fated nuptials, not in falling victim to Cupids spell. But then she disrupts one match too many, she feels honor bound to help dashing James Glossup find a suitable bride for a marriage-of-convenience--a task infernally complicated by the undeniable, unquenchable attraction that flares between James and Henrietta, who continues to believe she will never fall.-- p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1692963 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675594 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713961 Reclusive designer Victoria Andrews hasnt gone outside in five years, though she yearns to escape the prison of her house. She designs sensual lingerie for the most exclusive dressmaker in London, although she has never known a mans touch. Wounded and stranded in Scotland, Jonathan Nottoway, the Duke of Worthingstone, is avoiding the murderous scandal that darkened his family name. As his wounds heal, he spends several sensual nights with the beautiful seamstress who knows nothing of his true identity. Can Victoria abandon her safe world to embrace the life of a duchess? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738919 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744029 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715810 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713989 Nate Ford and his team must help Ashley Billington, who, after making a deal to borrow two exotic black rhinos from a priest in Angola to save her familys zoo, is on the hook for big money when the animals never arrive--a case that brings about the arrival of Nates nemesis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743499 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698247 Includes stories that detail Alphabet series heroine Kinsey Millhones origins, as well as true tales of the authors past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715798 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695784 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694348 This collection of novellas is Jim Harrison at his most memorable--a brilliant rendering of two men striving to find their way in the world, written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. In The Land of Unlikeness, sixty-year-old art history academic Clive--a failed artist, divorced and grappling with the vagaries of his declining years--reluctantly returns to his familys Michigan farmhouse to visit his aging mother. The return to familiar territory triggers a jolt of renewal--of ardor for his high school love, of his relationship with his estranged daughter, and of his own lost love of painting. In Water Baby, Harrison ventures into the magical as an Upper Peninsula farm boy is irresistibly drawn to the water as an escape and sees otherworldly creatures there. Faced with the injustice and pressure of coming of age, he takes to the river and follows its siren song all the way across Lake Michigan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716210 When Henry Cooper sets out on his mail route on Arcadia Street one crisp spring morning, he has no idea that his world is about to change. He is simply enjoying the sunshine as he lights up a cigar and tosses the match to the ground, entirely unaware that he has just started a fire that will destroy a neighborhood and kill a young wife--Amazon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716080 Few know the tragedy and heartbreak that shaped The Loner. When the once happily married businessmans wife was murdered, Conrad Browning, son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, set off on a new course, complete with a new name: Kid Morgan. Bounty hunters are stalking the man known as Kid Morgan, which is how he learns theres a price on his head. A victim of mistaken identity, he had broken out of Hell Gate Prison in New Mexico to clear his name. When the right man had been brought to justice, The Kid was assured there would be no charges leveled against him, so this poster offering a 10,000 dollar reward, Dead or Alive, is a potentially deadly mistake. Riding into the little mining town of Las Vegas, The Kid plans to lie low while his San Francisco lawyer clears up the error. But theres a bank robbery going down, and The Kid cant ignore it. When he steps in to help the marshal, he becomes the town hero, until hes recognized and he finds himself behind bars again. Someone is blocking all attempts to clear The Kids name, and its uncertain that hell live long enough to ever be free again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738886 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732158 Lately, the gods are not smiling on Isis Magee. How else can she explain the bizarre events that have led her on a relentless high-stakes chase from Seattle to London to Cairo in search of the elusive tomb of historys beautiful and enigmatic queen Cleopatra? Isis has only two leads: a fragmented trail of clues offered in rare moments of lucidity by her father, a once-respected archaeologist whose last dig ended in disaster, and the unique sixth sense of sexy Lodestone agent Connor Thorne. Connor also encountered tragedy in the Egyptian desert not long ago, and as Isis pulls him deeper into her mission to restore her fathers reputation, he is secretly plotting a revenge of his own. Propelled across wild, untamed sands by vicious unknown forces, the duo is seduced into a labyrinth of secret chambers. When they fear they can go no further, they surrender to their incendiary desires and discover that the prize each separately seeks may be waiting at the end of the same dangerous road -- p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738908 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704551 In Jesus, Judas believes he has found the One-- the promised Messiah and future king of the Jews, destined to overthrow Roman rule. Galvanized, he joins the Nazarenes followers, ready to enact the change he has waited for all his life. But soon Judass vision of a nation free from Rome is crushed by the inexplicable actions of the Nazarene himself, who will not bow to social or religious convention. Judas must confront the fact that the master he loves is not the liberator he hoped for, but a man bent on a drastically different agenda. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738028 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704403 Four years after the horrific events in Leadville, a young woman from England, Victoria Dawes, sets into motion a series of events that will lead Cora and herself out into the New Mexico desert in pursuit of Anaba, a Navajo witch bent on taking revenge for the atrocities committed against her people. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738645 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695948 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698367 After eighteen years of marriage, Kathy Walker has settled into a pattern of comfortable routines--ferrying her two teenagers between soccer practice and piano lessons, running a film production business with her husband, Robert, and taking care of the beautiful Boston home they share. Then one day, Kathy discovers a suspicious number on her husbands phone. Six years before, Kathy accused Robert of infidelity--a charge he vehemently denied--and almost destroyed their marriage in the process. Now Kathy must decide whether to follow her suspicions at the risk of losing everything, or trust the man with whom shes entwined her past, present, and future. As she grapples with that choice, she is confronted with surprising truths not just about her relationship, but about her friends, family, and her own motivations.--from cover, p. [4] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703721 Breaking protocol and going on the run with a protected witness wasnt in U.S. Marshal Ryan Jacksons plans. And even though Jessica Delaneys testimony nearly put away a crime boss, Ryan cant afford to trust her. Still, the duty-dedicated marshal will do whatever it takes to protect Jessica and uncover the mole leaking her new identity. But staying seconds ahead of the ruthless killers on their trail is easier than keeping himself safe from Jessicas unexpected vulnerability and irresistible determination. Now, as the net around them tightens, Ryans deepest loss may be the one danger he never anticipated--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743612 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734773 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739221 In the small English village of Nether Monkslip, Max Tudor - Anglican priest, former MI5 agent, and village heartthrob - investigates two deaths at Chedrow Castle. But a growing attraction to Awena Owen complicates his case, as does the recent arrival at Chedrow Castle of a raucous group of long-lost, greedy relatives, any one of whom has a motive for murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731307 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694772 Condemned for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine Mick McFadden has spent the last six years in Velant, a penal colony in the frigid northern wastelands. Harsh discipline and oppressive magic keep a fragile peace as colonists struggle against a hostile environment. But the supply ships from Dondareth have stopped coming, boding ill for the kingdom that banished the colonists. Now, as the world s magic runs wild, McFadden and the people of Velant must fight to survive and decide their fate--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713761 Sherry Stratton has kept her heart on ice for years. Between her pediatric practice and her seven-year-old daughter, the accomplished physician believes she has no time for romance. But every time shes around Lucas Van Buren, her temperature starts rising. So why does she keep resisting the sexy chef? From the moment they meet at his brothers wedding, Lucas has eyes only for Sherry. The polished restaurateur has tried everything he can think of to become more than a friend. Now, after months of effort, Lucas and Sherry are finally heating up between the sheets, and the lovemaking is oh-so-sweet. Lucas thinks theyre solid, but when someone from Sherrys past suddenly resurfaces, their delicious relationship is put to the test. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738552