Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&Ne=7431&N=3+7454&N=7431&No=100 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732026 In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood. The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before...Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian--husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict--hold the keys to a solution. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time--to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744021 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698353 When small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson stumbles upon the body of Mike Glazer, a former resident and the loudmouth owner of a travel agency, she investigates with the aid of her cats, Owen and Hercules. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713731 Disgraced by her past employer, young governess Kate Walcott owes her loyalty to the only woman willing to hire her: the sought-after courtesan Mrs. Georgette Lawson. Georgette entrusts Kate with the care of her unruly children, and the writing of her shocking memoirs, which detail her affairs with famous gentlemen, including the rakehell who promised to marry her, then ruined her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715837 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734662 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675984 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727084 Scarred by the memories of the war, Captain Garrett Sinclair returns to England where he, dealing with powerful enemies who want him dead, comes to the aid of the penniless Lady Alexandra Langdon, who makes him forget his past and look forward to the future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695783 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711915 Mumbai has emptied under the threat of imminent nuclear annihilation; gangs of marauding Hindu and Muslim thugs rove the desolate streets; yet Sarita can think of only one thing: buying the last pomegranate that remains in perhaps the entire city. She is convinced that the fruit holds the key to reuniting her with her physicist husband, Karun, who has been mysteriously missing for more than a fortnight.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683701 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740480 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743543 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694151 Hoping to help her alcoholic brother, Nash, make a fresh start, Ruby McGavin returns to Cardinal, California, where she must confront her estranged mother and a terrible secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713986 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744038 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742780 Regency-era glamourists Jane and Vincent Ellsworth hope to bolster Melodys chances for a good marriage by accepting a commission from a prominent London family, a job that embroils them in an international crisis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731482 Charlie Hood struggles with the moral challenges of arresting his late loves cartel-connected son, Bradley Jones, while the enigmatic Mike Finnegan uses his unsettling knowledge to infiltrate both of their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705753 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740379 After gossip columnist and blogger Vanessa Valentinos forced back home to the sleepy town she thought shed left behind forever, she must face her sworn enemy Nathaniel Woodberry, who cant believe shes back to wreck havoc on their close-knit community. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743558 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743565 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731326 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738601 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694858 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739238 When archaeologist Chloe Broussard accepts the contract to lead a dig in Ornes, France, she has no idea she will uncover the Veil of Veronica. When she does, she discovers a danger far greater than the demonic presence stalking her at night. Azazel wants her, as well as the Veronica, and his chosen minion is her brother. Her hope lies with immortal Templar Knight Lucan. Her life depends on oaths she knows nothing about. For countless centuries, Lucan of Seacourt has lived with the knowledge that his brother killed their family. Now, as Azazels darkness eats away at his soul, old betrayal stirs suspicion. He trusts no one. Not even the seraph who can heal his dying spirit. With the fate of the Almighty hanging in the balance, Lucan must find faith in something more terrifying than the dark lords creations. He must learn to believe his heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738552 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743970 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729546 During a visit to Venice, Professor David Ullman--one of the worlds leading authorities on demonic literature--witnesses a terror in a tiny attic room. Then his 12-year-old daughter Tess disappears before his eyes, and he must find her while confronting an unspeakable darkness along the way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712219 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732506 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705430 Evie Windham and Lucas Denning strike a deal, each agreeing to be the others decoy in avoiding marriage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677512 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=1743506 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732484 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743953 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702007 In the social whirl of Regency England, Elizabeth Chudderley is at the top of every guest list, the life of every party, and the belle of every ball. But her friends and admirers would be stunned to know the truth: that the merriest widow in London is also the loneliest. Behind the gaiety and smiles lies a secret longing--for something, or someone, to whisk her away.... Raised in scandal, Lord Michael de Grey is convinced that love is a losing gamble--and seduction the only game worth playing. But when duty threatens to trump everything he desires, the only way out is marriage to a woman of his brothers choosing. Elizabeth Chudderley is delightful, delicious--and distressingly attractive. With such a captivating opponent, Michael isnt quite sure who is winning the game. How can such passionate players negotiate a marriage of necessity--when their hearts have needs of their own? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687046 The ladies of the Cumberland Scrapbook Crop are welcoming an eccentric newbie into their fold. A self-proclaimed witch, Cookie Crandall can whip up a sumptuous vegan meal and rhapsodize about runes and moon phases with equal aplomb. She becomes fast friends with her fellow scrapbookers, including freelance reporter Annie, with whom she shares shallow roots in a community of established family trees. So when Cookie becomes the prime suspect in a series of bizarre murders, the croppers get scrappy and set out to clear her name. Annie starts digging and discovers that the victims each had strange runic patterns carved on their bodies - a piece of evidence that points the police in Cookies direction. Even her friends begin to doubt her innocence when they find an ornate, spiritual scrapbook that an alleged beginner like Cookie could never have crafted. As Annie and the croppers search for answers, theyll uncover a shockingly wicked side of their once quiet town - and a killer on the prowl for another victim.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744025 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677529 Susan Lindley is adrift after her husbands death. Suddenly gifted her great uncles Pasadena mansion, she decides to restore his extensive collection of preserved animals. Meanwhile, a menagerie of uniquely damaged humans-- including a cheating husband and a chorus of eccentric elderly women-- joins her in residence. As Susan defends her inheritance from freeloading relatives and explores the mansions many mysterious spaces, she emerges from the sudden dissolution of her family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1737988 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702016 When Justine Hoffman was born her mother cast a spell to protect her from heartbreak, and as a result, she is incapable of falling in love. Eventually Justines irrepressible curiosity--and her wish to lead a normal life--get the better of her, and she finds a way to temporarily block the enchantment. However, when Justine meets the mysterious Jason Black, she accidentally unleashes a storm of desire and danger that will threaten everything she holds dear...and together Justine and Jason discover that love is the most powerful magic of all. 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=1737959 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715468 A retelling of Snow White set in the gritty gun-slinging west. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704390 When she takes the case of missing webcam performer Lula Belle, private investigator Brenna Spector, convinced that the woman has ties to her sister, who disappeared years earlier, becomes trapped in a web of obsession, sex, guilt and murder. 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=1743994 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732430 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739443 After a tragic accident maims her laboratory assistant, Dr. Sara Pollards career as a primate behaviorist lies in ruins. With nothing left to lose, Pollard, descendant of a Nantucket captain whose ship was sunk by a rogue whale, accepts an offer to join anti-whaling activists on a round-the-world racing yacht as the resident scientist, to sail from Argentina to the stormy Antarctic Sea. There theyll shadow, harass, and expose the Japanese fleet, which continues to kill and process endangered whales in internationally-declared sanctuaries. But everyone aboard Black Anemone has a secret, or something to live down. But no one aboard is prepared for what Nature herself has in store, when theyre targeted by a massive creature with a murderous agenda of its own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743475 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715660 When she agrees to pose as the future bride of Royden Napier, Scotland Yards most relentless police commissioner, Lisette Colburne finds herself in danger of losing her heart to the one man who has the power to destroy her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714172 My name is Calliope Reaper-Jones (Callie to my friends). Im Deaths Daughter and as of very recently,the (reluctant) head of my fathers company, Death, Inc. I was gradually learning how to be a businesswoman. Had the power suits and shoes down, though the day to day was slow going. Then I was blindsided by Enemies Unknown and sent off to I-dont-know-where. Not a good thing. Now not only must my friends and family be frantic, but without a CEO, Death, Inc., cannot function. With the newly deceased left free to roam the Earth, it is the zombie apocalypse come true. Ive got to get back both for my sake and the sake of, oh, all humanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715655 A young woman is discovered hanged in a room in a decrepit hotel, and Gothenburgs Chief Inspector Erik Winter must try to figure out what happened. As Winter looks around, he realizes that he was in the same hotel room many years earlier, when it was the last known location of a woman who subsequently disappeared and was never found. The two women seem to have nothing in common except for this hotel room, but Winter suspects that there may be other connections. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712129 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715825 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712890 Green returns to her service under the Lily Goddess in the city of Kalimpura, where she is hounded by gods that would render her a conduit for the supernatural while she attempts to rescue two Bittern Court hostages. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738081 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715756 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732276 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683491 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715436 When her boyfriend relationship collapses, Hannah Sugarman seizes the chance to do what shes always loved and launches an underground supper club out of her new landlords town house. Though her delicious dishes become the talk of the town, Hannah faces various romantic prospects that leave her guessing and confused, parents who dont support cooking as a career, and her own fears of taking a risk and charting her own path. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697984 Julies missing. You have to get her back. The minute he got the message, undercover agent Logan Quinn sprang into action. Getting Juliana James out of Mexico alive was the Elite Ops covert agents only priority. But once the senators daughter was safely back in their Mississippi hometown, Logan had a new mission: to get another chance with the woman he couldnt lose again. Juliana had never forgotten the day, ten years ago, when Logan left her heart in pieces. Now he was back in her life, sworn to protect her from the ruthless weapons dealer who wanted her dead. As passion blindsided her--and she was once again thrust into danger--Julie realized how much shed risk for one more day in Logans arms--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713007 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696102 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=1738750 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683303 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695812 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=1738059 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735838 All his life, Luther Gaunt has heard songs in his head songs of sweet evil and blue ruckus, odes to ghosts, drinking hymns. In search of his past, he hits the road with his band, the Long Gone Daddies, and his grandfathers cursed guitar. While his band mates just want to make it big when they get to Memphis, Luther retraces the steps of his father and grandfather, who each made the same journey with the same guitar years earlier. Malcolm Gaunt could have been Elvis that white man who could sing black except his rounders ways got him shot before he could strike that first note for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. At least thats what Luthers father--Malcolms son--always told him when fame came calling and he disappeared down south, too. As Luther discovers the truth about the two generations of musicians that came before him, he must face the ghosts of history, the temptations of the road, and the fame cravings of a seriously treacherous woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742192 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712136 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685239 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 the are willing to go. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1720678 When the Coptic community of Cairo is implicated in a series of child murders in the summer of 2001, Sudanese private investigator Makana fears an increase in religious tensions and identifies links to a woman with a dangerous secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712685 While treating themselves to a modest vacation in sunny Florida, newly unemployed Wisconsinites Patrick and Barbara McDougal get the ride of a lifetime when they, after being robbed of everything, are rescued by bighearted psychopath and happy tour guide Serge Storms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736355 Surviving the 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali, American adventure guide Jamie is haunted by traumatic memories, meets a range of colorful fellow survivors, and fears risking her heart when she finally reconnects with Gabe, the man who saved her from the blast. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731312 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738918 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=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=1731449 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749030 During World War II, teenager Evelyn Roe is sent to manage the family farm in rural North Carolina, where she finds what she takes to be a badly burned soldier on their property. She rescues him, and it quickly becomes clear he is not a man...and not one of us. The rescued body recovers at an unnatural speed, and just as fast, Evelyn and Adam fall deeply in love. The author reveals the exhilarating, terrifying mystery inherent in all relationships: No matter how deeply we love someone, and no matter how much we will sacrifice for them, we can only know them so well. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732420 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712999 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743533 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706395 In every war there are stories that do not surface. You can try to forget, but sometimes the past can return: in the scent of a bar of soap, in whispers darting through a village after mass, in the color of an undelivered letter. Jeanne Nerin and Marie-Angle Baudry grow up side by side in the Catholic village of Ste. Madeleine, but their worlds could not be more different. Marie-Angle is the grocers daughter, inflated with ideas of her own piety and rightful place in society. Jeannes mother washes clothes for a living. She used to be a Jew until this became too dangerous. Jeanne does not think twice about stealing food when she is hungry, nor about grasping the slender chances life throws at her. Marie-Angle does not grasp; she aspires to a life of comfort and influence. When war falls out of the sky, the forces that divide the two girls threaten to overwhelm those that bind them together. In this dizzying new order, the truth can be buried under a pyramid of recriminations -- from publishers web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734654 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713054 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728757 A follow-up to The Wards of Faerie places the fate of an innocent young girl in the hands of protectors who embark on a dangerous quest to protect a once-peaceful world from dangerous creatures imprisoned behind an eroding magical barrier. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712084 Fly fisherman and private detective Sean Stranahan tackles two assignments, including the theft of a valuable fly and the murders of two men who have been found on Sphinx Mountain, cases with possible ties to powerful adversaries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729626 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 thats 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=1743583 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732040 Fallon, the Marchioness of Mystery, is a celebrated courtesan with her finger on the pulse of high society. Shes adored by men, hated by their wives. No one knows anything about her past, and she plans to keep it that way. Warrick Fitzhugh will do anything to protect his compatriots in the Foreign Office, including seduce Fallon, who he thinks can lead him to the deadliest crime lord in London. He knows hes putting his life on the line. To Warricks shock, Fallon is not who he thinks she is, and the secrets shes keeping are exactly what make her his hearts desire -- from authors web page. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713806 Once Corine Solomon only had the touch: the ability to read an objects past by handling it. Then she inherited her mothers magick, and that ended up being a hell of a burden. But if Corine can wrestle a demon queen and win, she can bring back her lover Chance after hes made the ultimate sacrifice. Cant she? All Corine knows is that she cant leave Chance behind if theres anything she can do about it. But the clock is ticking, and she still has to deal with debt-collecting demons and a maniacal archangel whos running a recruitment drive. The stakes have never been so high, and this time its truly Corines last chance to save the love of her life. 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=1694757 A portrait of 1970s Botswana is told through the intertwined stories of three people, including a medical student who is forced to flee apartheid South Africa after witnessing a murder and an American Ph.D. student who abandons her studies to follow her husband to Africa. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738630