Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=7107&N=3+7494&N=7431&No=90 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678823 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=1740209 When Clayton Campbell shows up on her doorstep, Olivia Swift is stunned. For long ago, Clayton was the boy who stole her heart. Hes also the man her betrayal had sent to the gallows. A man she believed dead, now standing before her, looking leaner, harder, more powerful than ever, his haunted eyes filled with a lust she had never seen--for vengeance...He has more than once faced death and escaped unscathed. Yet Clayton Campbell cannot deny that the sight of Olivia rouses in him something more than a thirst for revenge. Or that the bold beauty would lure him once more into a dangerous game. Only this time, Clayton plans to be the victor--with the tempting Olivia in his bed as his prize. But once passion ignites between them, the hard-hearted agent will face his greatest battle yet--for his heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696625 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1752862 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738727 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732163 Remnants of humanity have managed to regroup after a global nuclear showdown that decimated the planet. But life in Deathlands is a far cry from actual living. And the survivors must believe theyll find something better, because surrendering to the inhospitable forces of a nuked world means giving in to death, or worse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715288 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713333 The Last Chance bar was Veronica Lanes last hope. Desperate to find her missing brother, the sheltered computer programmer turned to Jasper Adams--the man shed been warned to stay far away from. Veronica knew she was putting her life into the hands of the former Army Ranger, who aroused desire she had to resist at all costs. Posing as a ruthless mercenary was a cover for what Jasper was really doing: hunting a killer. And Veronica was in the line of fire. The soldier-turned-elite-ops-agent knew he was playing a dangerous game--trying to win her trust while deceiving her about his true mission. What would happen once Veronica discovered that everything about him was a lie ... everything except his passion for her?--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750451 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1751049 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750463 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742189 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=1750498 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705822 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750468 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715319 When a murdered body is discovered in the sacred Temple in 29 C.E. Jerusalem, ranking rabbi Gamaliel teams up with the physician Loukas to solve the crime and restore peace, a situation that is further complicated by additional killings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705433 Being in The Night Stalkers is Connie Daviss way of facing her demons head-on, but mountain-strong John Wallace is a threat on all fronts. Their passion is explosive, but their conflicts are insurmountable. When duty calls them to a mission no one else could survive, theyll fly into the night together -- ready or not. 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=1732426 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759307 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759258 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759322 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759655 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713749 In sixteenth century England, Joanna Stafford matches wits against powerful men when she is caught up in a shadowy plot targeting Henry VIII. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695930 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753660 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744333 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759639 Constable Alexander Dawes meets ladys maid Effie Pengelly during his investigation of an unidentified mans death, and as his feelings for her grow, so does his knowledge that their different social statuses will not allow them to be together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715833 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703748 At La Maison des Sorcieres, the window display is an enchanted forest of sweets, a collection of conical hats delights the eye and the habitues nibble chocolate witches from fanciful mismatched china. While in their tiny blue kitchen, Magalie Chaudron and her two aunts stir wishes into bubbling pots of heavenly chocolat chaud. But no amount of wishing will rid them of interloper Philippe Lyonais, who has the gall to open one of his world famous pastry shops right down the street. Philippes creations seem to hold a magic of their own, drawing crowds of beautiful women to their little isle amidst the Seine, and tempting even Magalie to venture out of her ivory tower and take a chance, a taste...a kiss.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758328 Two motherless sisters--Bean and Liz--are shuttled to Virginia, where their Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion thats been in their family for generations. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754455 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742784 David Lindholm is found naked on his bed with bullets through his head and stomach. All the homicidal evidence points in the direction of his wife Julia. Julia, who is suffering from shock and trauma, rambles on about a woman who she claims entered the house, killed her husband, and ran off with her son. When journalist Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the case, she must work against the clock to clear Julias name and find the missing child, before its too late.--Publishers website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753772 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759364 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=1712193 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750457 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1751231 Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at Hopes Daughters Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherines nursemaid, now acting on behalf of the girls mother to reunite them. Unwilling to simply hand Catherine over to a complete stranger, Sarah asks Malloy to investigate. But when he goes to interview the woman at her tenement in Chelsea, he finds she has been murdered. Though her death leaves Sarahs claim to Catherine unchallenged, her sense of justice compels her to work with Malloy to find the killer. Their search takes them from the marble mansions of the Upper West Side to the dilapidated dwellings of lower Manhattan and into the deepest and darkest secrets of Catherines past. And while Malloy helps Sarah determine the fate of the child she loves, he faces a challenge of his own--and his decision could change both their lives forever..-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754479 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739432 Eagerly visiting New York to escape her suffocating family, young Englishwoman Sophie clashes with her hostesss arrogant grandson, who follows her back to England with an unconventional proposal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759023 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743947 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698066 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686145 When a disreputable dealer starts swindling aged and ailing comic-book creators out of their wealth--and their high-valued comics and artwork--the daughter of one victim comes to ex-insurance investigator Nathan Ford and his team of counter-crooks for help. Their scheme: run a con at the Comic-Con International, where the crook intends to sell the goods. But there-s more going on than simple theft. An arson plot is in motion that will not only destroy countless rare collectibles, but may end up costing lives. With time short, the team must take down a ruthless mark whose true motives have yet to be revealed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754385 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753981 When the daughter of North Carolinas former governor is murdered deep in the Appalachian woods and her body mutilated with disturbing symbols, attorney Mary Crow is sought after by the cases prime suspect to help clear his name. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713171 Lara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas Ranger James Beck arrives on her doorstep with shattering news: The Strangler is back. And this time, hes in Austin--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736029 Formerly an up-and-coming magazine editor, Jenny Lipkin is now your average, stretched-too-thin Brooklyn mom, tackling the challenges of raising two children in a cramped Park Slope walk-up. All she really wants is to survive the sweltering New York summer with a shred of sanity intact. But when her husband, Harry, vanishes one evening, Jenny reaches her breaking point. And in a moment of despair, a split-second decision changes her life forever, and Jenny is forced to rethink her ideas about success, motherhood, romance, and relationships. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736016 For former Navy SEAL Dare ORourke, Section 8 was legendary. The son of one of its missing members, he grew up in the shadow of its secrets. All he knew was that it was a cabal of operatives discharged from branches of the military and reassigned to extremely dangerous, off-the-books international missions. And that their handler was as shrouded in mystery as the missions themselves. Now the handler of Section 8 has given extreme orders to kill any remaining members, along with their families. Dare must save his long-lost half sister, Avery, whom he was never meant to meet. Determined to fight for their lives and find their missing father, Dare and Avery bring together those who are in danger because of their relationship to Section 8 for one last mission--to avenge their families and to survive.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759493 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753616 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1755354 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1751055 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742978 Israeli detective Avraham Avraham must find a teenage boy gone missing from the suburbs of Tel Aviv in this first volume in a new literary crime series. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738916 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736006 Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to aging out out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse.... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian arent as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life--answers that will ultimately free them both. Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.--from publishers description http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732032 When seventeen-year-old Linsey Hart disappears, her entire neighborhood confronts long-buried secrets and prejudices as her social outcast mother goes door-to-door in search of her missing daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754361 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715665 Blake Harrison is in need of a wife by Wednesday. Samatha Elliot is the owner of a matchmaking firm and not on the martial menu...that is, until Blake offers her ten million dollars for a one-year contract. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743970 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743932 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759438 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698368 The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people began to develop terrifying powers, summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Overnight the rules changed, .but not for everyone. Colonel Alan Bookbinder is an army bureaucrat whose worst war wound is a paper-cut. But after he develops magical powers, he is torn from everything he knows and thrown onto the front-lines. Drafted into the Supernatural Operations Corps in a new and dangerous world, Bookbinder finds himself in command of Forward Operating Base Frontier, cut off, surrounded by monsters, and on the brink of being overrun. Now, he must find the will to lead the people of FOB Frontier out of hell, even if the one hope of salvation lies in teaming up with the man whose own magical powers put the base in such grave danger in the first place, Oscar Britton, public enemy number one. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744014 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=1738546 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=1753711 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753828 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753743 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705528 The discovery of an Earth-sized planet 30 light years from Earth sparks a race to develop a telescope to create a photographic record of the new world. The far side of the moon, with its clear view of space, seems an ideal location, but the projects planners must contend with rivalries from the existing moon colony of Selene. Sent from Earth to assist Dr. Ulrich, director of Angel Observatory, Dr. Trudy Yost immediately becomes involved in the web of politics, sabotage, and physical obstacles that mark life on Farside.--Library Journal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696591 On a rainy November day police detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to a mysterious traffic accident: A woman has fallen from a pedestrian bridge onto a car driving underneath. According to a witness, the woman may have been pushed. The investigation leads Pia and Oliver to a small village, and the home of the victim, Rita Cramer. On a September evening eleven years earlier, two seventeen-year-old girls vanished from the village without a trace. In a trial based only on circumstantial evidence, twenty-year-old Tobias Sartorius, Rita Cramers son, was sentenced to ten years in prison. Bodenstein and Kirchhoff discover that Tobias, after serving his sentence, has now returned to his home town. Did the attack on his mother have something to do with his return?-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729391 Felicity, a minstrel sworn to the truth, tells the ill-fated love story of the stubborn and indulged Princess Caution and the stableboy Lostler, a former Chalcedean slave and the piebald horse bound to him by the magic of Wit, which gives him the power to communicate with animals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759231 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707286 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743612 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750536 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754443 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=1703709 Celia Wird and her three sisters are just like other 20-something girls--with one tiny exception: theyre products of a backfired curse that has given each of them unique powers that make them, well, weird. The Wird sisters are content to avoid the local vampires, werebeasts, and witches of the Lake Tahoe region--until one of them blows up a vampire in self-defense. Everyone knows vampires arent aggressive, and killing one is punishable by death. But soon more bloodlust-fueled attacks occur, and the community wonders: are the vampires of Tahoe cursed with a plague? Celia reluctantly agrees to help Misha, the handsome leader of an infected vampire family. But Aric, the head of the werewolf pack determined to destroy Mishas family to keep the region safe, warns Celia to stay out of the fight. Caught between two hot alphas, Celia must find a way to please everyone, save everyone, and oh yeah, not lose her heart to the wrong guy--or die a miserable death. Because now that the evil behind the plague knows who Celia is, its coming for her and her sisters. This Wird girl has never had it so tough. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694154 While staking out a New Jersey hotel to catch a cheating husband, private eye Stanley Hastings instead finds the man murdered and becomes the prime suspect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744036 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735898 Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738728 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753800 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698351 Spring has sprung in Tinkers Cove, and Lucy Stone has a mile-long to-do list from painting eggs with her grandson, to preparing the perfect Easter feast, to reviving her garden after a long, cold winter, she hardly has time to search for a killer with a deadly case of spring fever. Lucy has always loved covering the annual Easter egg hunt for the Pennysaver. Hosted by elderly socialite Vivian Van Vorst at Pine Point, her luxurious oceanfront estate, its a swanky event where the grown-ups sip cocktails while their children search for eggs that are as likely to contain savings bonds as they are jelly beans. But when Lucy arrives with her three-year-old grandson, VVs normally welcoming gates are locked, and a man dressed as the Easter Bunny emerges only to drop dead moments later. Lucy discovers that the victim is Van Vorst Duff, VVs grandson, and soon learns that not all is as it seems at idyllic Pine Point. As Lucy gathers a basketful of suspects, shes convinced that someones been hunting for a lot more than eggs. And shell have to chase the truth down a rabbit hole before the killer claims another victim. 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=1734896 A brilliant and dangerous group of scientists are determined to save the world from the perils of overpopulation by releasing into the world a brutal virus. Having just arrived at the research station at the earths southernmost tip, returning hero Hallie Leland has seven days to stop them from putting their plan into action-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744029 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697970 Blending historical facts with imaginative fiction, interweaves the story of George Mallorys ill-fated 1924 attempt to be the first man to conquer Mount Everest and a single day in the life of his wife as she waits at home in England for news of his return. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750452 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1751050 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750464 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705415 Six short stories with subjects ranging from a dejected teenager who discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagulls nest to two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove who try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742190 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714081 Jane Boyle has long since known that her mother-in-law is a witch, but shed never imagined Lynne Doran was actually the embodiment of a powerful, ancient, body-snatching evil! Now that Jane and her friends have uncovered Lynne and 666 Park Avenues dark truth, they must race against the clock to find a way to destroy the ancient witch before she finds her next unwilling host. And as Jane attempts to tap into power stronger than her enemys, her estranged husband Malcom arrives in time to join the fight...but can she grow to trust him before its too late?-- 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--