Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=3295&N=7431+4294966793 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685043 When Detective Inspector Bill Reid is found murdered, Chief Inspector Alan Banks, suspecting police corruption, handles the investigation with the utmost discretion until he discovers that Reids murder is linked to the disappearance of a young English girl six years earlier. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687166 An unlikely group of campers including a woman, her two oddball friends, her teen daughter and her exs fiance embark on a trip in the Adirondacks only to be targeted by a pair of teenage killers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687167 Tom Harry has a streak of frost in his black pompadour and a bar called the Medicine Lodge, the chief watering hole of the northern Montana town of Gros Ventre. Tom also has a son named Rusty, whose mother deserted them years ago. An odd kind of family, they manage just fine. Until the summer of 1960, when Rusty turns twelve. Change arrives in the person of Proxy, a taxi dancer Tom knew back when, and her beatnik daughter, Francine. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696548 The Berlin office of the worlds most renowned investigation firm looks into the disappearance of an agent, Chris Schneider, whose last case involved an unfaithful billionaire, a cheating soccer player and a seedy nightclub owner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715693 When Detective Logan Riske goes undercover to find Pepper Yates, a potential link to his best friends unsolved murder, he vows to gain cooperation by any means necessary. But the elusive beauty is more suspicious - and in far more danger - than he expected. Pepper has spent the past five years dodging the corrupt club owner who will stop at nothing to keep her silenced. She can trust no one, not even her handsome new neighbor. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693088 For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart. Edie is obsessed with food - and if she doesnt stop, she wont have much longer to live. When Richard abandons his wife, its up to the next generation to take control. Robin, their schoolteacher daughter, is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie. Benny, an easy-going family man, just wants to smooth things over. And his wife Rachelle, a whippet-thin perfectionist, is intent on saving her mother-in-laws life. Through it all, they wonder: do Edies devastating choices rest on her shoulders alone, or are others at fault, too? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712062 When Harry and Madeleine Winslow meet Claire, they are drawn to her youth, quiet intelligence, and naivete, and over the course of the summer, reverence transforms into dangerous desire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704666 As China plans to invade Taiwan, and launches a cyber attack on the U.S., President Jack Ryan, his son, and the team at the Campus have to act fast if they are going to stop the increasingly rogue nation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702014 A young New York lawyer and his wife link their destinies forever in a follow-your-dream move to rural Wyoming. Thirty-eight years later a Manhattan publisher and a young Amish woman become irresistibly drawn together through her writing. Somehow these two remarkable relationships come together in unexpected and surprising ways as lovers are lost, and find each other again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729621 In Second World War Poland, a young prisoner closes his eyes and pictures going to bat on a sunlit English cricket ground . . . Across the yard of a Victorian poorhouse, a man is too ashamed to acknowledge the son he gave away . . . In a 19th-century French village, an old servant understands - suddenly and with awe - the meaning of the Bible story her master is reading to her . . . On a summer evening in the Catskills in 1971, a skinny girl steps out of a Chevy with a guitar and with a song that will send shivers through her listeners skulls . . . A few years from now, in Italy, a gifted scientist discovers links between time and the human brain and between her lovers novel and his life. Throughout the linked masterpieces of fiction that make up A Possible Life, exquisitely drawn and unforgettable characters risk their bodies, hearts, and minds in pursuit of human connection. Between soldier and lover, parent and child, servant and master, and artist and muse, important pleasures and pains are born of love, separations and missed opportunities. Provocative and profound, Sebastian Faulkss dazzling new novel journeys across continents and centuries and entertains with superb stories of five unforgettable lives, linked across centuries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693141 When three elderly men are gunned down over coffee at a local diner, the town of Ackers Gap is shaken. But a pattern of violence is taking shape that prosecutor Bell Elkins is becoming all too familiar with. Bells daughter, Carly, a witness to the crime and desperate to prove that she is an adult, decides to help her mother work the case. As Bells investigation unfolds, one thing is certain: the very idea of a simple way of life is coming to an end. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687169 Love is in the air in the colorful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo, where Dr. Fingal Flahertie OReilly has finally proposed to the darling of his youth, Kitty OHallorhan. Theres a wedding to be planned, but he and colleague Barry Laverty must deal with the usual round of eccentric patients and crises large and small. Much has changed in the village, but the lives and practices of these Irish country doctors remain as captivating as ever. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733150 Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that is linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684972 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711928 Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and hes made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer, hes called to investigate a second crime. All of Washington, D.C., is in a panic, and when a third body is discovered, rumours of three serial killers send the city into an all-out frenzy. Alexs investigations are going nowhere, and hes too focused on the cases to notice that someone has been watching him--and will stop at nothing until hes dead. 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=1733295 Charles Lenox is at the pinnacle of his political career and is a delighted new father. His days of investigating the crimes of Victorian London are now years behind him. He plans a trip to his uncles estate, Everley, in the expectation of a few calm weeks to write an important speech. When he arrives in the quiet village of Plumley, however, what greets him is a series of strange vandalisms upon the local shops: broken windows, minor thefts, threatening scrawls. Only when a far more serious crime is committed does he begin to understand the great stakes of those events, and the complex and sinister mind that is wreaking fear and suspicion in Plumley. Now, with his protg, John Dallington, at his side, the race is on for Lenox to find the culprit before he strikes again. And this time his victim may be someone that Lenox loves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693089 Inheriting their late grandmothers sprawling, book-filled home in London, siblings Grace and Andrew Easton move in together and initially enjoy a shared life that is complicated by Andrews gay relationship with a strident novelist, the shattering murder of a friend, and Graces discovery of a long-lost manuscript. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697516 A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes its hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living. But when the nations economy tanks, taking the construction business with it, all it takes is one phone call to drag him back into the game. It may say Nicholas Edwards on his drivers license and credit cards, but hes back to being the man he always was: Keller. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729364 Gill Underwood and his jewel-heisting partner Trudy Elwell have been set up, and Trudy has paid the ultimate price. Now Underwood, a former Naval intelligence officer, is holding $150 million worth of hot sparks, running from ruthless gangs of Serbians, Chinese, Israelis, and Cubans - and the Feds are closing in. With speed, technology, brains, and brawn, Underwood must turn the tables in a heart pounding game of cat-and-mouse that leads to the most deadly enemy of all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687362 In 1962, Jackie Hart moves from Boston to Florida, with her family. Wanting something fulfilling to do, she starts a reading club and hosts a local late-night radio show as Miss Dreamsville. The conservative, segregated town loves Miss Dreamsville, but doesnt know what to make of Jackie. Her book club welcomes everyone - even a black woman, a gay man, and a convict - who found there what had so far eluded them: a place in the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687353 Three days before Christmas, Matt Jensen is traveling the Denver and Pacific railway when an avalanche slams down onto the train, trapping it in desolate Trout Creek Pass. But it wasnt an act of nature that caused the accident; it was a gang of outlaws attempting to rescue their leader, who is being taken to Red Cliff to be hanged. As Smoke Jensen and Duff MacCallister frantically try to make their way to the scene, Matt struggles to save the survivors, among them a beautiful young woman with a dark past, a merchant seaman turned rancher, and a senator with his very ill young daughter. Starving under a bitter, driving snow in the brutal, unforgiving Rocky Mountains, and surrounded by armed and desperate outlaws, Matt still dreams of making it home for Christmas. But unless fate lends a hand, nobody will. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716085 After her husbands death, Susan Lindley moves into her late great-uncles Pasadena mansion and restores his taxidermy collection while being joined in the residence by an equally strange human menagerie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713805 Four friends, recent college graduates, travel to Kenya to work at a giant refugee camp for Somalis; needing a break after twelve weeks on the job, they pile into a Land Cruiser for an adventure but wake up in a hut, hooded, bound, no food or water. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716087 Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries across Vermont. Meanwhile, in Boston, an elderly woman surprises thieves in her Beacon Hill home and is viciously murdered. The police find that the loot is similar to whats been stolen in Vermont, and it may have the same destination. Word is that someone powerful is purchasing the items in the Paradise City of Northampton, Mass. Now Gunther, the Boston police, and the old ladys vengeful niece converge on the city. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693226 When Cryptessa Muldoon, a Hollywood has-been who spends her days making enemies with everyone on the street, is found murdered on Halloween night, Jaine Austen, to prove her own innocence, must unmask a killer among a neighborhood filled with suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687336 Zookeeper Teddy Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay-area Renaissance Faire. When she discovers the body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel, dressed in his royal robes as Henry the Eighth, it appears as if Aljandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look reveals a crossbow dart in the mans back. And the reverend is really an escaped convict, and every marriage hes performed in the past twenty years is null and void! When Teddys mother Caro becomes the chief suspect, Teddy puts her crime solving skills to work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687170 A tale inspired by the lives of famous twentieth-century female photographers traces the progression of feminism and photography in various world regions as each woman explores private and public goals while balancing the demands of family and creativity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682503 An adrenaline-fueled thriller debut in the tradition of Three Days of the Condor from the famed creator of TVs Law & Order, featuring NYPD Special Agent Jeremy Fisk, who is New York Citys last hope against an ingenious, multi-pronged terrorist attack-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687373 Reggie, a successful architect who left her hometown and the horrific memories of a long ago summer behind, gets a call revealing that her mother has been found alive--a call that forces Reggie to confront the ghosts of her past and find the serial killer known as Neptune before he kills again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705386 During a tumultuous period in the Four Lands, young Druid Aphenglow stumbles on a dangerous secret about an Elvan girls heartbreak and the vanished Elfstones. Set seven years after the High Druid series. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694781 After a shocking discovery in Masada, Israel, Sergeant Jordan Stone, Father Rhun Korza and Dr. Erin Granger, racing against time to recover a book written by Christs own hand, must contend with a force of ancient evil with impossible ambitions and a secret sect within the Vatican called the Sanguines. 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=1698358 Lizette Henry, possessing unusual detection skills but struggling with a memory disorder, accepts help from the mysterious and seductive Xavier - - a stranger who triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732100 For much of her life, Anne Morrow has stood in the shadows of those around her. Then Anne, a college senior, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family. There she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Charles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. Hounded by adoring crowds and hunted by an insatiable press, Charles shields himself and his new bride from prying eyes, leaving Anne to feel her life falling back into the shadows. In the years that follow, despite her own major achievements, Anne is viewed merely as the aviators wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, lifes infinite possibilities for change and happiness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739434 Suffering an intense year of public and police scrutiny after being wrongly implicated in his soon-to-be-ex-wifes murder, Boston lawyer Eli Landon takes sanctuary in a centuries-old family home and falls in love with resident housekeeper Abra Walsh, with whom he is entangled in an old, life-threatening mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732982 China, 1957. Chairman Mao declared Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend, to encourage a new openness in society. However, for many outspoken intellectuals, this turned out to be a trap. Kai Yings husband, Sheng, was one of them. A year later, Sheng remains imprisoned in a labor camp, while Kai Ying and her family struggle to find a sliver of peace and hope in a world full of guilt and secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696579 Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749035 Victoria McQueen has a knack for finding things. Riding her bicycle through an old covered bridge, she always emerges where she needs to be. Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He takes children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate and they slip away to an astonishing playground he calls Christmasland. But the journey through Charlies twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor. And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble--and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic, the only kid to ever escape Manxs unmitigated evil, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx is on the road again, and he wont slow down until hes taken his revenge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712061 Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself-fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth. Though they are one with the farm and with each other, the land on which Tike and Ella May live and work is not theirs. Due to larger forces beyond their control - including ranching conglomerates and banks - their adobe house remains painfully out of reach.--back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693140 When Dr. Georges Moutte is found murdered, Judge Antoine Verlaque is stumped. Moutte, the director of theology at the Universit d Aix, was just about to name the recipient of an elite fellowship as well as his own successor - a highly coveted position that includes a lavish apartment in a seventeenth-century mansion - when his lips were sealed permanently. Yet Verlaque isnt convinced that any of the academics are capable of murder. Turning Provence upside down, he uncovers a world far more complicated than universiy politics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684986 The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poiters and French King John II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687371 Three stories tell what it takes to get a bride to the altar. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733136 Ruby never thought shed return to Cardinal, but shes hoping the place and people who gave her so much can give her brother Nash, whos been drowning in drink in Nashville, the fresh start he so desperately needs. Saddlemaker Lucas McGavin is thrilled that Ruby has come back. He hasnt given up on his love for her, despite the awkward fact that she is his brothers widow, and hes well aware that this may be his last chance to win Rubys heart. When Nash starts drinking again and ends up in a devastating accident, Ruby decides she must find her estranged mother to help with an intervention. Two states away, Etta Walker harbors a horrible secret that keeps her from reconnecting with the children she deserted so many years ago. As they struggle with the present and confront the past, Ruby, Lucas, and Etta learn the power of forgiveness, and reach for a new future filled with hope, grace, and love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732017 Kat may be new in her faith, but shes embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited a homeless mother and her son to move into the apartment she shares with two other housemates. And shes finally found a practical way to channel her passion for healthy eating by starting a food pantry at the church. But not everyone thinks the food pantry is a good idea. When the woman she thought would be her biggest support just wants to pray about it, Kat is forced to look deeper at her own motives. Only when she begins to look past the surface does she see people who are hungry and thirsty for more than just food and drink and realizes the deeper significance of inviting them to come to the table. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712059 Sheriff Boone Taylor has his job, friends, a run-down but decent ranch, two faithful dogs and a good horse. He doesnt want romance. The widowed Montanan has loved and lost enough for a lifetime. But when a city woman buys the spread next door, Boones peace and quiet is in serious jeopardy. With a marriage and a career painfully behind her, Tara Kendall is determined to start over in Parable. Re-inventing herself and living a girlhood dream is worth the hard work. Sure, she might need help from her handsome, wary neighbor once in awhile, but shes overjoyed to be a rancher in her own right! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704663 Taking a year off from her medical studies and leaving New York City, Pia Grazdani accepts a job at Nanobots, a nanotechnology institute, where she is quickly warned not to investigate the other work done at the facility and not to ask questions about their source of funding. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716084 Red Cross nurse Nina Borg risks her marriage to assist her friend Peter at a camp of mysteriously ill Roma refugee children whose circumstances prove more complicated and dangerous than originally believed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716086 Appointed to the unwanted position of Great Royal Scribe, peasant boy Ptah-hotep finds himself surrounded by envious rivals while the zealous monotheist Akhnaten plots to suppress the worship of all other gods in the Black Land. 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=1715485 While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698248 Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker who moves to Ohio in 1850, is drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad; when she befriends two women who embody the remarkable power of defiance, she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal cost. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705410 When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant remains at a neglected Tudor mansion, psychologist Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unspeakable cruelty. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716090 A tenacious reporter turns to a handsome private detective to help her solve a mysterious disappearance the police say never happened--but someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704662 In the aftermath of the surrenders of Germany and Japan in October 1945, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS are given the life-threatening task of maintaining security during a covert U.S. deal with Germany for intelligence about the identities of Soviet spies in the American atomic bomb program. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739228 Wanting to remarry when her health-care costs eat up all of her money, widow Cassie Jones enlists the grudging help of reclusive fellow patient Jack and devises a pragmatic but unconventional solution when dating proves unsuccessful. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729579 Hoping to bring some Tinseltown money to the Valley, the mayor lures a movie studio to town to shoot their next production, a big-budget classic Western. The star is none other than ruggedly handsome - and notoriously badly behaved - Thad Perry. When the mayor decides that someone needs to keep an eye on Thad, P.I. Bernie Little and his canine sidekick Chet are handpicked for the job. The money is good - but something smells fishy. (Bestseller) 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=1694399 Newly appointed as territorial marshals, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch step into a whirlwind of danger as they climb aboard a train traveling through the Indian Territories. A simple mission to escort Mexican prisoners to the border grows a lot more complicated when the Texas governor boards the train with his entourage and they must strive to fend off a pack of ruthless bandits. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729597 In 20th century Princeton, New Jersey, a powerful curse, which besets the wealthiest of families, causes the disappearance of a young bride, and when her brother sets out to find her, he crosses paths with the towns most formidable people, including Grover Cleveland and Upton Sinclair. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712810 Recently returned from the experience of a lifetime in fin de sicle Vienna, where she met and tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden has no choice but to marry and settle into her expected place in society. Her story is not unlike those of the other privileged young women she grew up with in 1890s Boston, with one exception: Eleanors unshakable belief that she has advance knowledge of every major historical event to come in her lifetime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716082 Within the FBI, there exists a team of psychics whose powers cannot be denied. Months ago Sarah Gallagher woke from a coma with psychic abilities she couldnt control. Now, someone is playing games with Sarahs mind. It begins with Sarahs home being destroyed by fire, an act of arson that draws novelist Tucker Mackenzie into Sarahs confidence. But he has other reasons for pursuing a woman who can see what others cannot. So does a mysterious enemy intent on eliminating Sarah, and everyone she cares about. Because it is only a matter of time before her visions lead her and Tucker to a secret many will kill to hide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695532 A nation is obsessed with a hot nightclub waitress accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter. The shocking verdict creates an immediate uproar. But when an innocent, young woman ends up dead in a riot, there may be something bigger at work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735890 For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career, her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking reality: Shes been let go and must rebuild her entire life...starting now. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712809 A man about to leave his marriage is poisoned to death while his wife, the logical suspect, is hundreds of miles away. Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi and his assistant agree to disagree about the guilty party: was it his wife, his girlfriend, his business associate, or a random crime? They call on physics professor Manubu Yukawa, and even the brilliant mind of Detective Galileo is challenged by a crime that is implausible, methodical - and perfect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739226 Librarian Phoebe ODunn deals in stories, but her passion for history has taught her that happy endings are rare. Her life in Knights Bridge, Massachusetts, is safe and uneventful until she discovers the hidden room. Among its secrets is a cache of vintage clothing, including a spectacular gown perfect for a gala masquerade in Boston. In the guise of a princess, Phoebe is captivated by a handsome swashbuckler whos also adopted a more daring persona. Noah Kendricks wealth has made him wary, especially of women: everybody wants something. When Noah and Phoebe meet again in Knights Bridge, at first neither recognizes the other. And neither one is sure they can trust the magic of the night they shared until an unexpected threat prompts them to unmask their truest selves. After all, it takes more than just the right costume to live out your personal fairy tale. It takes heart and the courage to be more than you ever dreamed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716081 A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that hed once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career. More than two decades later, Cage, now a lonely, disillusioned PR man, receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687315 Sister Jane Arnold tracks clues during an outbreak of crimes related to the world of competitive hunting and the tobacco industry. 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=1732045 When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis with the hallmarks of a killing hes investigating on the mainland, Edinburgh detective and native islander Fin MacLeod is dispatched to see if the two deaths are connected. His return after nearly two decades not only represents a police investigation, but a voyage into his troubled past. Every step in solving the murder takes him closer to a dangerous confrontation with the tragic events that shaped his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646912 While Butch and Marlene work to convict the parents of a deceased boy whose health was neglected in favor of a charismatic faith healer, Karp struggles to prevent a violent attack on New York City with the help of an imprisoned Russian assassin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1556212 Presents the story of a man who initiates a world-spanning effort to achieve spiritual renewal and human connection, a journey during which he reconnects with a woman from an earlier life while transcending time and space. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646913 Two days after their daughter is born, Kari Vaara drops a bombshell on his American wife, Kate. He has a brain tumor ... and hes been handpicked to run a rogue black-ops unit, using crime to fight crime. After recovering from surgery, he gets to work. The black-ops unit is small, and they have secrecy, autonomy, and cash. Soon the unit is robbing Helsinkis mobsters blind. But Karis team is too good, and their actions have unintended consequences... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646074 When a visiting actress becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse and the rest of the Paradise police department go on high alert. And when Jesse witnesses a horrifying collision caused by a distracted teenage driver, the political repercussions of her arrest bring him into conflict with the local selectmen, the DA, and some people with very deep pockets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685001 New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns in a blaze of glory with a gripping, action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie ODell, who is leading the search for a serial arsonist whose crimes threaten Maggie dangerously close to home. When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in D.C., investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent fires in the area. There is one difference, however: This one has a human casualty. The local team insists theyre looking for a young white male, suffering from an uncontrollable impulse to act out his anger or sexual aggression. But when special agent Maggie ODell is called in, everything she sees leads her to believe that this is the work of a calculating and controlled criminal. Jeffery Cole, a reporter looking for his big break, is also at the scene of the crime and decides to make Maggie part of his news piece, digging up aspects of her past that she would rather forget. Maggies brother Patrick is also back in DC where he is working for a private firefighting company and is frequently called in as these fires continue to light up around the city. As the acts of arson become more brazen, Maggies professional and personal worlds begin to collide dangerously. The killer may be closer than she imagines.-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1525773 Capitalism comes to the American West -- and the Copper Kings of Butte, Montana, wrestle each other and Montanas fledgling government for control of the richest hill on earth. When newsman John Fellowes Hall arrives in Butte, he sees a mess of smoky mine boilers and makeshift sheds. Its ugly as sin, but its the best place to get rich. Its also a city full of stories. As an employee of mining titan William Andrews Clark, Hall finds himself involved in the best story of them all: the fight among the Copper Kings. The Richest Hill on Earth tells the stories of Marcus Daly, an immigrant mine owner; his rival William Andrews Clark, who has bought himself a U.S. Senate seat; and Augustus Heinze, who used lawyers and judges to try to steal the mines only to be crushed by the Rockefellers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657161 The early death of a small town councilman reveals deep-rooted conflicts in the seemingly idyllic community of Pagford, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes, and a volatile election. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685392 Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her life, she did. Using the journals left behind by her aunt and grandmother, she wrote a novel based on a very real generation-old love story that ended in tragedy. Across town, Emily is about to set fire to her life. With nowhere to go, she finds herself on the run. Without knowing each other, with lives that couldnt be more different, Kate and Emily head to the same point on the map. Owned for generations by Birdie Burkes family, idyllic Heart Island has a terrifying history of its own -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1520938 Recounts Miami detective John Ashleys murder investigation of a woman whom he recognizes as a figure from recurring dreams before realizing that their ancestors were outlaws who shared love and violent deaths. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647931 Summer 1943. Two of the Allies most important plans for winning World War II are at grave risk - Operation Overlords invasion of France, and the Manhattan Projects race to build the atomic bomb. A furious FDR turns to OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan - and Donovan turns to his top agent, Dick Canidy, and his team. Their work is cut out for them. In the weeks to come they will fight not only the enemy in the field - but also the enemy within. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646922 In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying newlyweds Grace Winter and her husband Henry across the Atlantic mysteriously explodes. Henry secures for Grace a seat in a lifeboat, which its occupants quickly realize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements and each other, Grace remembers the unorthodox way she and Henry met and ponders the life of privilage she thought shed found. Will she pay any price to keep it?-- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675694 Visiting sixteen-year-old Rat Perkins at isolated Evenson boarding school, Maura Isles is astonished to learn that all of his classmates are survivors of violence and are being instructed in scientific detective skills, a discovery that coincides with Jane Rizzolis investigation into the murder of a boys foster family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582404 When telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates the body of a woman discovered in vampire Eric Northmans yard, she has no idea the murderer is an enemy out to get her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678933 The Riordan brothers may have a reputation for being rough-and-tumble, but Patrick has always been the gentle, sweet-natured one. These days, his easygoing manner is being tested by his high-octane career as a navy pilot. But for the Riordan brothers, when the going gets tough ... the tough find the love of a good woman. Except the woman who has caught Patricks attention is Jack Sheridans very attractive niece. Angie LeCroix comes to Virgin River to spend Christmas relaxing, away from her well-intentioned but hovering mother. Yet instead of freedom, she gets Jack Sheridan. If her uncle had his way, shed never go out again. And certainly not with rugged, handsome Patrick Riordan. But Angie has her own idea of the kind of Christmas she wants--and the kind of man! Patrick and Angie thought they wanted to be left alone this Christmas--until they meet each other. Then they want to be left alone together. But the Sheridan and Riordan families have different plans for Patrick and Angie--and for Christmas, Virgin River-style! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694765 A mysterious ornithologist staying at Mrs. Lattimores Victorian home and doing research on Southern vultures seems familiar to Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriffs Deputy Dwight Bryant, especially after a murderer strikes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630234 All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear. With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races to warn world leaders before it is too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615560 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624513 Centering around Harvards Red Book, a collection of personal triumphs and failures from graduates, this tongue-in-cheek novel follows a group of roommates from the class of 1989 as they prepare for their twentieth reunion weekend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522437 Two friends stand at the foot of the glacier, looking up to Anarchy Ridge. They cant see the summit of the mountain, only its heaving shoulders; the snow whipping off the thin blade of the ridge making arabesques against an impossibly blue sky. As they stand in awe for a long time, gazing up at the stark challenge of their trek, the mountain awaits in silence. But one of the friends is destined never to return from the ridge alive. And the survivor, plunged into a life of deception, must run for his life from a vengeful father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638633 In the exquisite setting of Friday Harbor, Zoe Hoffman, an innkeeper who has all but given up on love, is attracted to Alex Nolan, a bitter and cynical man battling his demons with the help of a whiskey bottle, until he is visited by a mysterious ghost who is stuck in the Nolans Victorian house. All the ghost knows is that he loved a girl once. And Alex and Zoe hold the key to unlocking the mystery that keeps him trapped there. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557945 When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, Ali Reynolds classmate from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows theres much more to it, and soon Reyes and his pregnant wife are both under suspicion of wrong-doing. Ali Reynolds owes Jose Reyes a debt of gratitude, and when shes summoned to his hospital bedside, its impossible for her to turn away. Ali finds her good friend, Sister Anselm, working as a patient advocate on behalf of another seriously injured victim. Ali becomes determined to seek justice in both cases-- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682362 Tracking down a porn star-turned-psychic who has promised to reunite an eccentric billionaire with her dead child, a suspicious Sarah Booth goes undercover as a maid at the billionaires estate, where she discovers multiple murders and a host of suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582269 Catherine Ling was abandoned in the streets of Hong Kong at the age of four, and was schooled in the art of survival. As a teenager, she came under the tutelage of the mysterious Hu Chang - a skilled assassin and master poisoner. As a young woman, she was recruited by the CIA and is now one of their most effective operatives. Then her old friend Hu Chang creates something deadly and completely untraceable - and the chase is on to be the first to get it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675695 Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And whats-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, and chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the growing army of cops trying to run them down. But even he doesnt realize whats about to happen next. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669297 Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie finds herself tested as a parent, philosopher, sleuth, and friend in the ninth book of her mystery series. When a wealthy art collector seeks her help when a valuable painting is stolen from him, she discovers that the thieves are closer to the owner than he would have expected. At the same time, Isabel must decide what to do with her son when she discovers hes a budding mathematical genius. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684694 Madison is my woman. She needs me. This is the mantra Granville Washington constantly repeats to others, including the friends and family who beg him to respect Madison Tylers demand that he leave her alone. The construction worker is sure that this beautiful woman who runs her own multi-million-dollar company will realize they belong together. Forever. Granville was fine for burning up the sheets, but when the stalking begins Madison files a police report. And when she moves on for real, Granville has a surprise for her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545262 The weather is cooling down in Park County, Tennessee, but crime is heating up. The countys loan shark dies, and the body count begins. Sheriff Tony Abernathy is soon up to the top of his bald head in murder and mayhem. Even Tonys very pregnant wife, Theo, leading what should be a relaxing quilting retreat up at The Lodge, discovers a dead body. And as if Tony didnt have enough to deal with, a celebrity murder puts Park County on the national news. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582405 Laura Leigh, a Hollywood starlet whose main talent seems to be landing in trouble, is missing. Toots daughter, Abby, has both a personal and professional stake in the story. Not only is she editor-in-chief at gossip magazine The Informer, but entertainment attorney Chris Clay, Abbys would-be beau, was the last person to see Laura. And now hes missing, too.