Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=7523&N=7282+7322+3+6634 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735289 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735886 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730973 When Sophie Brinkmann meets Hector Guzman, her life is perfectly uneventful. Shes a nurse and a single mother, living with her son in a sleepy Stockholm suburb. She likes Guzmans quiet charm and easy smile; she likes the way he welcomes her into his family. She quickly learns, though, that his smooth faade masks something much more sinister, hes the head of an international crime ring that is at war with a rival organization. Before she can fully grasp the extent of his dangerous world, her life starts to come undone, her family is at risk, a long-lost friend mysteriously resurfaces, and she realizes that she can trust no one. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735305 Becoming friends with Josef Weber, an old man who is particularly loved in her community, Sage Singer is shocked when one day he asks her to kill him and reveals why he deserves to die, causing her to question her beliefs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730963 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741848 In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of historys most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dantes Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science -- vendor summary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735543 When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesnt remember what happened the previous evening, he doesnt begin to worry. She had been out drinking, after all, and hed prefer not to be bothered with such an arrogant and annoying woman. But when her body is discovered, Hamish is forced to investigate a crime that the only known witness--now dead--had forgotten http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735762 After journalist Spencer-Wendel learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrigs disease, she embarks on several adventures. This includes taking her fourteen-year-old daughter, Marina, to New York Citys Kleinfelds Bridal to shop for Marinas future wedding dress-- an occasion Spencer-Wendell knows she will never see. This is her account of living a full life with humor, courage, and love, accepting death with grace and dignity, and showing the people we love and care about how very much they mean to us. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735536 A wild journey through Dennis Hoppers many lives as one of Americas most unconventional actors who staged one of the greatest Hollywood comebacks of all time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730853 When a chance encounter with a stranger in a hotel results in murder, Wendy Gould, framed for the crime and desperate to clear her name, forms an unlikely alliance with the only witness--a woman who knows a shocking secret that could get them both killed. 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=1731011 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735691 Nurse Sean Doran returns from Africa and assumes the parental burden of caring for his aunt and nephew, a responsibility for which he is ill equipped. Soon, he reconnects with Becky, his childhood friend, but their budding romance is threatened by Seans pathological reluctance to put down roots, and he has to finally decide whats most important to him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735541 When her ex-boyfriend asks her to investigate a stolen Civil War artifact, Tai tries to unravel the mystery while facing off against a modern-day killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730878 Selling her home and taking time off from her career as a successful motivational speaker, Cecilia Ross moves into a beautiful old house in St. Paul and bonds with three roommates, including one who would reconnect with a daughter she gave up for adoption, one who would visit her long-absent ex and a professional chef who would find inspiration from other restaurants. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735905 London, 1933. Two months after the body of an Indian woman named Usha Pramal is found in the brackish water of a South London canal, her brother, newly arrived in England, turns to Maisie Dobbs to find out the truth about her death. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, evidence indicates that they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735265 Environmental conservancy advocate Shayne and big city cop Tanner join forces to uncover the truth behind Tanners uncles death. When Shaye becomes a killers target, Tanner realizes hed give up anything to protect her -- including his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735538 Draws on new archival research to examine Pope Pius XIs effort to reject Nazism, discussing how he enlisted the assistance of John La Farge, a virtually unknown American Jesuit, to craft a papal encyclical condemning Hitlers campaign against the Jews. 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=1735257 From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps through centuries as it weaves the tales of families whose fates are forever entwined with the City of Lights. The breathtaking multigenerational saga takes listeners on a journey through thousands of years of glorious Parisian history, through intimate and vivid tales of characters both fictional and true, and with the sights, scents, and tastes of Paris come to sumptuous life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735554 As the lone female in a houseful of men, Merrill Krause dedicates her life to caring for her family and their business, as her dying mother asked. Besides, it suits her; shes never felt like she fits what most people expect in a girl. Shed rather work with her fathers horses and assist with the ice harvest. And though shes been mostly content up to this point, a part of her wonders if there will ever be anyone who will notice her amid the bevy of brothers determined to protect her from any possible suitors. When Rurik Jorgenson arrives in their small Minnesota town to join his uncles carpentry business, he soon crosses paths with Merrill. But unlike other men, Rurik isnt intimidated by Merrills brothers or by her strength and lack of femininity. The attraction between them begins to build, until Ruriks former fiancee shows up with wild claims that bring serious consequences to Rurik. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732106 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement and presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735763 The only thing more troublesome than a Cynster man is a Cynster lady who believes love is not her destiny. Famously known in London society as the Matchbreaker, Henrietta Cynster has an uncanny skill in preventing ill-fated nuptials, not in falling victim to Cupids spell. But when she disrupts one match too many, she feels honor bound to help dashing James Glossup find a suitable bride for a marriage-of-convenience--a task infernally complicated by the undeniable, unquenchable attraction that flares between James and Henrietta, who continues to believe she will never fall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735329 In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Projects secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the South. Their jobs were shrouded in mystery, but they were buoyed by a sense of shared purpose, close friendships, and a surplus of handsome scientists and Army men. But against this wartime backdrop, a darker story was unfolding. The penalty for talking about their work, even the most innocuous details, was job loss and eviction. One woman was recruited to spy on her coworkers. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb Little Boy was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb. Though the young women originally believed they would leave Oak Ridge after the war, many met husbands there, made lifelong friends, and still call the seventy-year-old town home. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today. 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=1731010 What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735540 When an old friend opens his own detective agency, PI Cat DeLuca sees a train wreck. Everything Billy Bonham knows about being a private dick he learned from Humphrey Bogart. The bungling detective is in way over his head on a case involving murder and a stolen pair of dazzling diamond earrings. His outrageous client is pursued by men who want her dead. Five minutes after meeting her, Cat would cheerfully kill her too. Then Billy is gunned down on the street, and its up to Cat to save his crazy client and nail a murderer. With a cast of zany characters and a pace thats unrelenting, this laugh-out-loud mystery is best served hot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735275 Alexandra Horowitzs brilliant On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary - to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, the observation of trifles. It is structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes with experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, a well-known artist, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. She also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, and how they see it, reveals the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer. Alexandra Horowitz is charmingly adept at explaining the mysteries of human perception as she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735537 Returning to Ashuant Point to escape from the chaos of rapidly changing times, Helen Porter and her son Charlie soon discover that the Point has not remained unscathed from events unfolding beyond its borders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732102 One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a flight risk, and her medical records--chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all--showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Cahalan tells the astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didnt happen. A team of doctors would spend a month--and more than a million dollars--trying desperately to pin down a medical explanation for what had gone wrong. Then, at the last minute, celebrated neurologist Souhel Najjar joined her team and, with the help of a lucky, ingenious test, saved her life. He recognized the symptoms of a newly discovered autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks the brain, a disease now thought to be tied to both schizophrenia and autism, and perhaps the root of demonic possessions throughout history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736413 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=1735328 Robin Monarch is not your ordinary spy. As an orphan in the worst slum of Buenos Aires, he became a thief to survive until a near-fatal injury changed the course of his life forever. Now, after abruptly walking out on the CIA in the middle of a mission, he is back to his old ways. But when he becomes a pawn in an intricate plot to finish the mission he abandoned, those who thought they knew him best discover the truth about Robin Monarch. And about just how far he is willing to right the wrongs of his own past. -- from cover p. [4] 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=1735273 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735774 Betsy Devonshire, full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, investigates the murder of yarn maker Hailey Brent who had a penchant for stealing others property for her own use. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735546 While assessing the military potential of a new intelligence device, Covert-Ones Colonel Jon Smith realizes the technology must never fall into the hands of Americas enemies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698402 Shares insights into the iconic rock-and-roll performers life, from his substance abuse challenges and his bisexual history to his connections to the British royal family and the secret attempt on his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1689647 With nothing but brains, ambition and sheer nerve, Charlotte Hale built a career as a tough, do-anything-to-succeed real-estate developer. Shes at the top of that mountain, but her life is empty. Her friends are as grasping and insincere as she has become. Far worse, shes alienated her family so completely that shes totally lost touch with her only daughter. One terrifying day, facing her own mortality, she realizes that her ambition has almost destroyed her chance at happiness. So Charlotte vows to make amends, not simply with her considerable wealth, but by offering a hand instead of a handout. Putting in hours and energy instead of putting in an appearance. Opening her home and heart instead of her wallet. With each wrenching, exhilarating decision, Charlotte finds that climbing a new mountain, one built on friendship, love and forgiveness, will teach her what it truly means to build a legacy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697890 Ranch owner Cane Kirk lost more than his arm in the war. He lost his way, battling his inner demons by challenging any cowboy unfortunate enough to get in his way. No one seems to be able to cool him down, except beautiful Bodie Mays. Bodie doesnt mind saving Cane from himself, even if he is a little too tempting for her own peace of mind. But soon Bodies the one who finds herself in need of rescuing - only shes afraid to tell Cane. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734707 Follows a young Italian innkeeper and his almost-love affair with a beautiful American starlet, which draws him into a glittering world filled with unforgettable characters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739383 Dr. Elena Burroughs life is spiraling out of control. Her controversial stance on dream interpretation has cost her a job, a romance, and all credibility in academic circles. Her literary agent tries to leverage the outcry into a publicity tour, which soon attracts a quirky following. Among the skeptics and mystics is a condescending scientist. But Elena finds his research holds ominous parallels with her own. A certain dream pattern has foretold every major catastrophe stretching back to the dawn of civilization. And now this dream is repeating itself in countless nightmares across the globe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733111 In THE ADVENTURE OF WISTERIA LODGE, Holmes is visited by a perturbed, proper, English gentleman, John Scott Eccles. Hes immediately followed by Inspector Baynes, who questions him regarding the murder of Aloysius Garcia at Wisteria Lodge the previous night ... Consequently, in THE TIGER OF SAN PEDRO, a country house owner is discovered to have been a feared and hated dictator. Whilst in THE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVE, a small ivory box is significant when Holmes lies gravely ill in bed, and dying ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714824 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715650 The stories in Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes relate how the famous detective investigates the criminal goings on in Victorian England. In SILVER BLAZE, Holmes contemplates a case of murder, and the disappearance of the eponymous racehorse, Silver Blaze, on the eve of an important race. And in THE CROOKED MAN, Holmes invites Watson to be a witness to the final stage of an investigation, where a Colonel of The Royal Mallows is dead, apparently by violence, his wife Nancy, the prime suspect. In every case story, the great detectives mind is more than a match for the miscreants.--Publishers note. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733102 The RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES relates several of Holmes adventures where he confronts many an odious character ... The eponymous blackmail artist in THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON, is requested to call at 221B Baker Street, where we find that Holmes has been hired by Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve some compromising letters ... And in THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ, Inspector Stanley Hopkins visits Holmes and tells him of the murder of Willoughby Smith, where the victim had not an enemy in the world and there seems to be no apparent motive. A perplexing case which defies solution ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698397 Set in Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia, this story follows seven-year-old Raami and her family as civil war forces them from their beloved home in Phnom Penh. With starvation, labor camps, and death now part of her everyday life, Raami finds comfort only in the beauty and hope of her fathers mythical tales and poems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730984 Follows the efforts of Chicky who, with the help of Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business), turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges. John, the American movie star who thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian, forced into taking a holiday together; Nuala and Henry, husband and wife, both doctors who have been shaken by seeing too much death; Anders, the Swedish boy, hates his fathers business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired school teacher, who criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyones relief; the Walls who have entered in 200 contests (and won everything from a microwave oven to velvet curtains, including the week at Stone House); and Freda, the psychic who is afraid of her own visions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696841 Driven from Washington, D.C. by political back-stabbing, scandals, and personal heartbreak, Maggie Malone is now starting a new life in the place she swore shed never come back to. Mollys politico niece, Karen, has set her up with a position in the office of a freshman senator. As the former wife of a congressman, Molly is alarmed to hear that Karen is having an affair with her boss. Just days later, she finds Karen shot to death. Discovering that Karens boss ransacked her apartment, Molly investigates further . . . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730985 Theres silver out there, Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on her piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is PI Alex Justice - former Navy pilot and current pain in the neck. When mysterious accidents start to plague their search, it seems Rinas multi-acre inheritance might be more a curse than a blessing. And if they dont watch their backs, the desert sun could be the last thing Rina and Alex ever see. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734872 On a hot, muggy evening, the last thing Hannah Swensen wants to do is squeeze into pantyhose for the Grand Opening of the refurbished Albion Hotel. But with her famous Red Velvet cupcakes being served in the hotels new Red Velvet lounge, she cant back out. The party starts off with a bang with the unexpected arrival of Doctor Bev on the arm of a wealthy investor - and comes to a screeching halt when a partygoer takes a dive off the rooftop garden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730986 A music student working in Prague cataloging Beethovens manuscripts discovers clues that her deceased mentor may not have committed suicide and becomes involved with a time-travel drug, a 400-year-old dwarf, a handsome Prince and a powerful U.S. senator. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734966 While on the trail of a stolen relic, P.I. Dana Cutler is called back to Virginia where she must stop Charles Benedict, a criminal defense lawyer, amateur illusionist and professional hit man, from framing a millionaire for the murder of his much younger wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696835 Lindsey is enjoying her second year in Briar Creek as the library director, meeting with the crafternoon club, and happily dating tour boat captain Mike Sullivan. But when a salvage company arrives in town to dig up treasure buried on Pirate Island over three hundred years ago, the locals are torn between protecting the island and welcoming the publicity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730997 When Marta Dickenson, a well-off accountant and a beloved wife and mother, is murdered, Lieutenant Eve Dallas immerses herself in her billionaire husband Roarkes world of big business to discover who arranged a hit on an innocent woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730991 After witnessing a terrible coal mining accident, Detective Isaac Bell hunts for the high-level saboteurs he believes are responsible. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706118 The Bookworlds leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When Thursdays former SpecOps division is reinstated, she assumes shes the obvious choice to lead the Literary Detectives. But our banged-up heroine is no spring chicken, and her old boss has a cushier job in mind for her: chief librarian of the Swindon All-You- Can-Eat at Fatsos Drink Not Included Library. But where Thursday goes, trouble follows . . . (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687941 Nick and her cousin, Helena, grew up in the glow of good fortune, running around Nicks familys estate, Tiger House. Years later, at the brink of their sixties, they have returned to Tiger House with Ed and Daisy, their respective children. While wandering on the island, Ed and Daisy discover the victim of a brutal murder. Soon everything starts to unravel as secrets come to light, and nothing about their lives will ever be the same. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735689 With her peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief but spacious and timeless stories, Alice Munro illumines the moment a life is shaped - the moment a person turns out of an accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with her clarity of vision, Munros stories paint a vivid and lasting portrait of how extraordinary the ordinary life can be. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735539 Called to the French Riviera for business under mysterious circumstances, Michelle Hallam meets handsome young psychiatrist Daniel Reiner, whose warm personality stands in contrast to her aura of cool cynicism. In New York, they reconnect when she sends Daniel a referral. Michelles client has asked her to look into the disappearance and possible death of her husband. The complex case involves them both in espionage, international intrigue, murder, and places both their lives in jeopardy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735552 Since her fiancs death, Nela Farley has been plagued by the sense that she understands the thoughts of cats. Nela knows its irrational, and decides that shes just transferring her own thoughts. Then her sister, Chloe, goes on a trip and asks Nela to fill in at her job. Arriving at the place Chloe arranged for her to stay, Nela sees the previous tenants cat and thinks: . . . dead and gone . . . she loved me . . . board rolled on the second step . . . And as Nela researches the previous tenants life, strange events begin to occur. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735327 Enjoy her wedding shower, or receive a cold dunking? In addition to running her flower shop, planning her wedding, and juggling two mothers who both want to host an elaborate bridal shower, Abby Knight is facing another complication. Her ditzy cousin Jillian asks her and her longtime beau, Marco, a private detective, to find a woman whos gone missing from the exclusive beach house belonging to Jillians in-laws, the Osbornes. The missing woman is also the fiance of Pryce Osborne, a wet noodle with a big bank account who dumped Abby just before their wedding several years ago. Merely being anywhere near Pryce makes Abbys insecurities grow like kudzu. Then a womans drowned body surfaces, and Pryce becomes a prime suspect in her death. Unless Abby and Marco can get a killer to come clean, their bridal shower will turn into a complete washout, and Pryce will be exchanging a sunny beach for a prison cell. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735489 When the government comes for her mother, Emmeline embarks on a plan to save her family and expose the truth behind the objectives of the United Nations agenda 21. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730987 Based on extensive research into the life and times of Judas Iscariot, this triumph of fiction brings the world he inhabited vividly to life. Iscariot is the story of Judas from his tumultuous childhood to his emergence as the man known to history as the betrayer of Jesus. But even more, it is a singular and surprising view into the life of Jesus that forces us to reexamine everything we thought we knew about the most famous - and infamous - religious icons in history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735545 It is 1973 and Watergate is on everyones lips. Lucy Painter is a childrens book illustrator and a single mother of two. She leaves New York and the married father of her children to live in a tightly knit Washington neighborhood in the house where she grew up-and where she discovered her fathers suicide. Lucy hopes for a fresh start, but her life is full of secrets: her children know nothing of her fathers death or the identity of their own father. As the new neighbors enter their insular lives, her familys safety and stability become threatened. You Are the Love of My Life is a story of how shame leads to secrets, secrets to lies, and how lies stand in the way of human connection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731973 On a luxury yacht off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Aleksandr Kasianenko, a billionaire Russian oligarch, his supermodel girlfriend, and their guests--five famous couples--are all held hostage by a pirate who is working for a Russian mobster with a grudge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735565 As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns, and can see no relief to an already mortgaged estate. 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. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735330 Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had big plans for her first and only son, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, and level-headed, but fun. Then Ronan was diagnosed at nine months old with Tay-Sachs disease. Not expected to live beyond three, Ronan would be stalled at a developmental level of six months. In this story of a mothers journey through grief and beyond it, Rapp shares the wisdom to be gained from parenting without a future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730990 The Elementals is the story of a young woman named Ariel, who is facing the challenges of being away at college for the first time while her mother battles cancer at home. Ariel is also deeply haunted by the disappearance of her best friend, and to uncover the truth of what happened, she is going to find herself lured into a group of strange and mysterious characters - and forced to make the most chilling decision of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735551 Daniel Klein was in his seventies when his dentist said hed need a denture plate, implants, and major restrictions in what he could eat. Instead, he headed to a Greek island to see if one of his favorite philosophers, Epicurus, could teach him something about the pleasures available only later in life. Travels with Epicurus is a travel book, a witty and accessible meditation, and an optimistic guide to living well. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735326 Beloved and bestselling memoirist Julie Klam examines everything from the curious world of online friendship to the intersection of friendship and motherhood. With a mix of brand-new and time-tested wisdom, she finds that friends really can grow up without growing apart, and that friendship is one of lifes great, free sources of happiness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735271 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735690 Life at the Heralds Collegium in Haven, the capital city of the kingdom of Valdemar, has definitely improved for Mags. The Kings Own Herald has decided to train him as a spy in order to uncover the secrets of a mysterious new enemy who has taken an interest in Mags himself. Why is the even deeper mystery. The answers can only be found in the most unexpected corners of Mags past . . . assuming he can live long enough to find them. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735670 Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness . . . He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as Id never been to anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didnt tear us apart . . . (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735252 Desiring a home, Cassies promised herself to a rancher already living on the land she inherited, but is her heart leading her toward another?--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730989 Vowing to meet eleven years after sealing letters they wrote to each other in an old metal box, best friends Ellie and Nolan both have reservations about seeing each other again as loneliness, personal tragedies, and a lack of faith haunt both of them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735550 In a Reykjavik flat, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood. With Detective Erlendur away in a remote part of Iceland, Detective Elinborg, who is already struggling to juggle family life and the relentless demands of her job, is assigned the case. Her investigation into the murdered mans past soon uncovers a squalid tale of double lives, drug dealers, and the unsolved disappearance of a young girl. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735553 Emily, the local librarian, has started a writing group, but as the group stumbles through both the fiction and reality of their lives, theyre learning much more than how to write. Emily suddenly has other things on her mind when a friend from her past shows up in Harmonys library. Now she must deal with a secret shes kept for fifteen years, a secret that changed her life and threatens to shatter her future. Meanwhile, new lawyer Rick Matheson thinks hes in charge of his world until accidents start happening all around him. Just when he realizes someone is trying to kill him, he meets a beautiful U.S. Marshal named Trace Adam. Now that the marshal has given him an even stronger reason to go on living, he must learn to take a chance on life to dream bigger and love better than he ever has before . . . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735251 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730988 Imaginary friend Budo narrates this heartwarming story of love, loyalty, and the power of the imagination--the perfect read for anyone who has ever had a friend . . . real or otherwise.Budo is lucky as imaginary friends go. Hes been alive for more than five years, which is positively ancient in the world of imaginary friends. But Budo feels his age, and thinks constantly of the day when eight-year-old Max Delaney will stop believing in him. When that happens, Budo will disappear... Max is different from other children. Some people say that he has Aspergers Syndrome, but most just say hes on the spectrum. None of this matters to Budo, who loves Max and is charged with protecting him from the class bully, from awkward situations in the cafeteria, and even in the bathroom stalls. But he cant protect Max from Mrs. Patterson, the woman who works with Max in the Learning Center and who believes that she alone is qualified to care for this young boy. When Mrs. Patterson does the unthinkable and kidnaps Max, it is up to Budo and a team of imaginary friends to save him--and Budo must ultimately decide which is more important: Maxs happiness or Budos very existence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735549 Theyve been laid off, theyre broke, and their faith is really being tried. But dedicated Mount Kneel Down Baptist Church members Patience Kash and Joy Karry figure now is the perfect time to pursue their other true calling as private detectives. And if that means putting up with their thug-wannabe cousin Porkys delusions while hilariously interfering with their famous detective godson Percys investigations, its still a heaven-sent opportunity. . . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735548 Escaping haunting memories, J. D. Jessup travels to Tucson and volunteers on an organic farm. The landowner has one rule: If J.D. sees an illegal, call the border patrol. A ride along the fence line leads him to a beautiful young woman near death. Longing to atone for the choices that drove him to Tucson, J.D. hides her and unleashes a chain of deadly events he could never have imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735547 The murder of a very old woman in a housing project rocks the town of Lafferton. The murderer left a distinctive sign on the body. A couple of weeks later a similar murder occurs, and then another. Investigations reveal that the sign was the calling card of a suspect in several murders in the northwest of the country. Tried but acquitted due to insufficient evidence, this person has vanished. Now Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler is obliged to delve deeper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731974 An actor in the twilight of his career reflects on a poignant first love affair at the age of fifteen with his best friends mother and inexplicably lands a role opposite a famous but fragile actress who helps him come to an astonishing realization.