Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6642&N=3+7454&N=7431 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1752873 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=1743893 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695536 As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Roberts wife Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the ladys maid who orders the life of her mistress. Lord Robert can see no financial relief to an already mortgaged estate, and, though the Season is over, his thoughts turn to securing a suitable wife (and dowry) for his son. The arrival on the London scene of Minnie, a beautiful Chicago heiress with a reputation to mend, seems the answer to all their prayers.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1757228 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743894 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738721 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695538 Reminiscent of Downton Abbey, this first novel in a new series follows two sisters and their maid as they are suddenly separated by the rigid class divisions within a sprawling aristocratic estate and thrust into an uncertain world on the brink of WWI...Rowena and Victoria, daughters to the second son of the Earl of Summerset, have always treated their governesss daughter, Prudence, like a sister. But when their father dies and they move in with their uncles family in a much more traditional household, Prudence is relegated to the maids quarters, much to the girls shock and dismay. The impending war offers each girl hope for a more modern future, but the ever-present specter of class expectations makes it difficult for Prudence to maintain a foot in both worlds.Vividly evoking both time and place and filled with authentic dialogue and richly detailed atmosphere, Summerset Abbey is a charming and timeless historical debut-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711679 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.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743895 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754159 From the No. 1 bestselling author of Shatter the Bones and Birthdays for the Dead, a new crime thriller featuring DS Logan McRae. The first body is chained to a stake: strangled, and stabbed, with a burning tyre around its neck. But is this a gangland execution or something much darker? Someones leaving little knots of bones outside Detective Inspector Logan McRaes house, but hes got more pressing things to worry about. Rival drug gangs are fighting over product and territory; two teenage lovers are missing; someones crippling Asian immigrants; and Logans been lumbered with an ambitious new Detective Sergeant, a mountain of paperwork, and the unwelcome attention of his superiors and the local crime boss. When another body turns up, it looks as if the similarities between these murders and the plot of a bestselling novel are more than just a coincidence. And perhaps those little knots of bones are more important than they look... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738636 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685787 Photographer Rebecca Isles is finally ready to leave her native Jamaica. Since her mothers death, Rebecca has become a force of nature, escaping her grief with work and craving adventure. Now, with a new project in the States, she plans to discover what awaits her beyond her island paradise... Bryce Richardson knows exactly what he wants: family life in the burbs with the right woman. But the woman he imagines is nothing like the one he meets in South Carolina. Rebecca is spontaneous and irresistible. After a steamy encounter, neither can forget the other. And when they meet again months later, it seems they wont have to. But their second chance turns risky once Rebecca tries to end things with another man. With danger following them, theyll have to decide whether to take opposite paths--or take a chance on a future together...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695874 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754483 The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714074 Remaining on the virtually abandoned island of Britannia after centuries of Roman rule, two cousins pursue very different efforts to unite disparate tribes and factions, including throne-seeking Dinas and reluctant leader Cadogan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738090 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754374 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759426 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713002 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743954 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753703 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696145 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743896 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750498 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753781 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1718283 Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are sent to evacuate the Omega sector frontier colony Vesbius--a pioneer settlement that is on the brink of an extinction-level event threatening not only all of the colonists, but biological products that are vital to Starfleet. However, rescue efforts are being thwarted by the colonists themselves, who refuse to abandon Vesbius, claiming that their lives depend upon staying, while giving no reason why. It is after these irrational decisions that First Officer Spock makes a radical suggestion: Perhaps an unexpected ally could aid the colony and help complete the mission...--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653971 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729540 A collection of short fiction offers a disquieting portrait of infidelity, faith, and family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743917 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738748 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759327 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687056 In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link human together, mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it. When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, hes thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage -- for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695508 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=1735903 Emily Portsman has a secret, and three years ago she decided the best way to keep it would be to work at the Tantalus Club, a notorious gaming establishment for gentlemen. Its not the sort of work a beautiful, well-bred governess would ever consider--unless shes hiding from her past and a man who wants to destroy her present...Nate Stokes, Earl of Westfall, is a supremely accomplished former spy more at home on Londons seedy streets than in any glittery ballroom. His peers know him only as a bookish fellow who can find anything--or anyone. When the Marquis of Ebberling hires him to find a murderess, Nates search leads him to the Tantalus Club and Emily Portsman. In a game where no one is who they seem and when every conversation is a deadly dance of trust and desire, the only thing Nate knows for sure is that once he gets Emily in his arms, he will never let go...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695543 Robert Westfalls life is falling apart--everywhere but in math class. Thats the one place where problems always have a solution. But in the world beyond high school, his father is terminally ill, his mother is squabbling with his interfering aunts, his boyfriend is unsupportive, and the career path thats been planned for him feels less appealing by the day. Roberts math teacher, Andrew McNelin, watches his best student floundering, concerned but wary of crossing the line between professional and personal. Gradually, Andrew becomes Roberts friend, then his confidante. As the year progresses, their relationship--in school and out of it--deepens and changes. And as hard as he tries to resist, Andrew knows that he and Robert are edging into territory that holds incalculable risks for both of them.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738886 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758229 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738091 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754375 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759427 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713003 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743956 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754470 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744048 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753704 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704418 When a series of blond, pregnant teens go missing from the Magdalene Laundry in 1929 Melbourne and a pushy woman reporter disappears while investigating, Phryne and Dot uncover a dark plot involving piracy, convents, and creepy cellars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738919 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684675 When her husband leaves her for a younger, blonder woman, overwhelmed single mother Molly Hagan takes a copywriting position at a new bakery where she, after meeting a sexy British pastry chef, just might get her own happily ever after. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713337 When one of her famous Red Velvet cupcakes is thought to have caused the death of her rival--a scandalous Lake Eden legend who was trying to steal her boyfriend--Hannah Swensen becomes the unlikely suspect in a murder investigation and must whip up the real killer before someone else gets iced. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1720369 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759119 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=1754343 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696147 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759244 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743897 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750499 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753765 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695754 A story about a self-help author confronting lifes ultimate question: can love survive anything? Even death? A novel about an unforgettable love, this book asks big questions about love with a surprise twist at its end. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694797 In the summer of 1985, teenaged Reggies mother was the victim of a serial killer called Neptune, who left his victims severed hands on the police department steps. Her body was never found; the killer was never caught. Twenty-five years later, Reggie is a successful architect who has left her hometown. But when she gets a call revealing that her mother has been found alive, Reggie must confront the ghosts of her past-- and find Neptune before he kills again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759328 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759386 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712205 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744915 After a painful divorce, Savannah White wants nothing more than to find her happy place. So when she gets the chance to pack up her life--and her son--and move to the idyllic town where she spent childhood summers, she jumps at the opportunity. Last Chance is just as charming as she remembered. Shes even invited to join the local book club, where talk soon turns to Savannahs plan to bring the ramshackle downtown movie theater back to life. A new challenge is just what Savannah needs to move forward...Dash Randall wants to put his fortune to good use, but he remembers Savannah as the bratty princess who descended upon him each June, causing no end of trouble. But the teenager he remembered has grown into a gorgeous and generous woman, and it isnt long before Dash finds himself wanting to make brand new memories with Savannah. But first, Dash and Savannah will need to make peace with their pasts to find a new chance for love.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759441 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704304 Some say Demiel ben Yusef is the worlds most dangerous terrorist, personally responsible for bombings and riots that have claimed the lives of thousands. Others insist he is a man of peace, a miracle worker...even the Son of God. His United Nations trial in New York City for crimes against humanity attracts mobs of protestors, as well as media from around the world. Feisty reporter Alessandra Russo is covering the tribunal and hoping for a story. But when ben Yusef approaches her in the crowd, he does something so bizarre it stuns the world and hurls Alessandra into a murderous conspiracy of apocalyptic proportions. Running for her life, she must elude assassins, unearth the hidden bond between the shadowy Cathars and the Knights Templar, and uncover a mysterious relic stained with the blood of Christ. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743479 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735904 Determined to prove himself to an elite team of professional manhunters, bounty hunter Ben Mercy sets out to capture the most wanted man in America - a search that leads him to Zoey, the gorgeous daughter of one of the most powerful men in California who dares him to take a gamble on love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687074 Nestled on a lonely stretch along the Pacific coast, quaint roadside outpost Harmony Corner offers everything a weary traveler needs. But when Odd Thomas and company stop to spend the night, they discover that theres more to this secluded haven than meets the eye. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694678 Motherlunge is an eloquent and irreverent novel about first sex, true love, chronic sibling rivalry; its about the deepest fear of young (and not-so-young) adulthood: the fear of inheriting a disappointing live. Its motherly advice, too--featuring wigs, dogs, road trips, and medicine--a guide to the essential experiences of being female, born unto a librarian, named for the goddess of sight, waiting for the future to arrive. With sly wit and surprising joy, Motherlunge considers the flaws in the family line and celebrates the promise that staggers alongside--Front flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1632663 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738930 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738887 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743550 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759254 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=1744359 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687520 Faced with her disintegrating family life, Dr. Ruby Cardillo enlists her daughter to accompany her on a trip up the East Coast to discover her familys ties to a long-rumored Edison cylinder recording of jazz musician Buddy Bolden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759392 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713039 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753652 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728755 Sophie Brinkmann had no idea her former patient was an international crime lord, so she agreed to a date. Jens Vall is in Paraguay facilitating a delivery of weapons when hes attacked by angry Russians who think he stole their drugs. Lars Vinge is a beat cop given an important assignment that soon turns into deadly obsession. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732426 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738092 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754376 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713061 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759428 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738559 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713006 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743957 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754471 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744049 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742775 Iraq, 2005. Seven mercenaries hear an enticing rumor: somewhere, in the swirling desert sands, lies an abandoned Republican Guard convoy containing millions of pounds of Saddams gold. The mercenaries form an unlikely crew of battle-scarred privateers, killers and thieves, veterans of a dozen war zones, each of them eager to make one last score before their luck runs out. After liberating the sole surviving guard member from U.S. capture, the team makes its way to the ancient ruins where the convoy was last seen. Although all seems eerily quiet and deserted when they arrive, the men soon find themselves caught in a desperate battle for their lives, confronted by greed, betrayal, and an army that wont stay dead.--From cover p. [2] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754361 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759353 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713746 Roughneck detectives Hap Collins and Leonard Pine take on an apparently straightforward assignment -- discourage a man from harassing his estranged wife -- that is, until the husband is murdered and more bodies turn up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712210 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754433