Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+4294967035+4294966740 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694357 California billionaire Jonah Shacknais eight-year-old son dies falling off a balcony in his mansion. Several days later, Jonahs live-in girlfriend, Rebecca, is found hanging, nude, with her hands tied behind her. A police investigation rules her death a suicide-however, this seems unlikely to everyone who knew her. There are several suspects in this case: Jonahs brother, Adam, who arrived the day after Jonahs son fell. There are Jonahs two ex-wives; the second being Maxs mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715283 On a sunny May morning in 1998 in Cortez, Colorado, three desperados in a stolen truck opened fire on the town cop, shooting him twenty times; then they blasted their way past dozens of police cars and disappeared into 10,000 square miles of the harshest wilderness terrain on the North American continent. This is the first in-depth account of this sensational case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694274 Rory Devereaux has been living in Bristol under the close watch of her parents. So when her therapist suddenly suggests she return to Wexford, Rory jumps at the chance. But Rorys brush with the Ripper touched her more than she thought possible: shes become a human terminus, with the power to eliminate ghosts on contact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733247 For more than 300 years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, but to Eli Landon, its home. Eli has had an intense year of public and police scrutiny after being accused of the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife. Local resident Abra is a woman of many talents, including helping Eli take control of his life and clear his name. As they become entangled in each other, they find themselves caught in a net that has ensnared a man intent on reaping the rewards of destroying Eli Landon once and for all -- from vendor record. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679067 LAPD cop Max Kent is not doing so well. Eight months ago, a shocking nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Allie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged. Shunned and shunted to the side, Max and his new partner Maggie set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch. Whether they will make it out again, no one can say. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705374 A centuries-old bust of an evil, demonic man was stolen from a New Orleans grave. Its current owner shows up at Danni Caffertys antiques shop, but before Danni can buy the statue, it disappears and the owner is found dead. Michael Quinn, a private investigator, believes that the right thing to do is to find and destroy this object weighted with malevolent powers. He and Danni follow it through sultry nights to hidden places in the French Quarter and secret ceremonies on abandoned plantations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622291 Long thought of as a haven for gambling, gangsters and sultry vice, the City in the Desert has drawn strangers to it over time. Strangers to our world, to our very existence. Quentin Draith specializes in investigating the impossible. Riding with a witness while he questions him, the drivers body suddenly fills with sand. The gut, the lungs and the throat expand with dry, sifting grains from the desert floor. The driver tries to tell Draith how his own impossible murder was accomplished, but they crash first. Draith awakens in a private sanatorium which he isnt allowed to leave. Alone, he must find out what is happening and why it revolves around him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580471 The FBI doesnt usually consult with music therapists to solve their cases. But Kendra Michaels astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a favorite of law enforcement agencies all across the country. Blind for the first twenty years of her life, she cares little for investigative work but cant deny her unique skill, or the results shes been able to facilitate. Now former FBI agent Adam Kyle needs Kendras special brand of help for a murder investigation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613528 The Burning Man. Its the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of Londons parks. And now theres a fifth. Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. Her male colleagues believe Maeves empathy clouds her judgment, but the more she learns about the latest victim, Rebecca Haworth, from her grieving friends and family, the more determined Maeve becomes to bring her murderer to justice. But how do you catch a killer no one has seen when so much of the evidence has gone up in smoke? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1632582 1777: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Landon Mansion is commandeered by British Lord Butcher Bedford. He stabs Lucy Tarelton--who spurned his king and his love--leaving her to die in her fathers arms. Now: After the days final tour, docent Allison Leigh makes her rounds while locking up...and and finds a colleague slumped over Bedfords desk, impaled on his own replica bayonet. Resident ghosts may be the stock-in-trade of stately Philadelphia homes, but Allison--a noted historian--is indignant at the prospect of ghost hunters investigating this apparent murder. Agent Tyler Montague knows his haunting and his history. But while Allison is skeptical of the newcomer, a second mysterious murder occurs. Has Butcher Bedford resurfaced? Or is there another malevolent force at work in Landon Mansion? Wary, yet deeply attracted, Allison has to trust in Tyler and work with him to discover just what uninvited guest--dead or alive--has taken over the house. Or their lives could become history! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580357 For her eighteenth birthday, Alice Bonham takes a vacation to Australia only to have her trip cut short by an unexpected murder. While Alice tries to understand what happened, she regrets some of the choices shes made, especially the more permanent ones. On top of that, the child vampire is running loose, and its attracting some very unwanted attention. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532077 In room 207 at the Longhorn Saloon, in the long shadow of the Alamo itself, a woman renowned for her beauty was brutally murdered. Her killer was never found. One year ago: In that same historic room, another woman vanished without a trace. Her blood was everywhere, but her body was never recovered. Now: In the last month, San Antonio has become a dumping ground for battered bodies. All young women, all long missing, almost all forgotten. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554858 Daughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking at a nightclub and allowing a strange mans seductive Russian accent lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her life forever. Twelve years later, the woman known as Abigail Lowery lives on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance programmer, she designs sophisticated security systems--and supplements her own security with a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. But Abigails reserve only intrigues police chief Brooks Gleason. Her logical mind, her secretive nature, and her unromantic viewpoints leave him fascinated but frustrated. He suspects that Abigail needs protection from something--and that her elaborate defenses hide a story that must be revealed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1648502 Having ended Shelter with a jaw-dropping cliffhanger, Coben picks up Mickeys story right where it left off in this suspenseful new adventure. Mickey and his loyal new friends, sharpwitted Ema and adorkably charming Spoon, once again find themselves in over their heads on the hunt for missing pieces to a puzzle they have yet to understand. As the mystery surrounding Mickeys dads death unfolds, he soon learns that they may be in more danger than they could have ever imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621698 While investigating the suicide of sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire, whose famous parents believe that she was murdered, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher discovers that Julia was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1567382 As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from her life. Shes pulled into a suffocating grief until she receives a peculiar call from Washington D.C. On the end of the line is an old boyfriends mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son. Eddie Donovan is officially the victim of a vicious carjacking, but the forensics tell a darker story. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670826 When foreign exchange student Olivia Grant is stabbed to death at a party, the accusations fly through Port Gamble faster than Twitter trending. Fingers point at party host Brianna, who found the body, and her dim-witted boyfriend, Drew. But there had also been a monster blowout between Olivia and her roommate earlier that night.Twins Hayley and Taylor Ryan set out upon a twisted path to find out exactly what happened, only to discover a tangled web of shocking secrets about all of them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583270 The 1940s: Hard-boiled detectives and femmes fatales are box-office gold. In one iconic scene, set in a deserted museum, the private eye arrives too late, and the buxom beauty is throttled by an ominous Egyptian priest. Now: The Black Box Cinema immortalizes Hollywoods Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless. He walks-- and a young starlet dies a terrifying death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1632580 While visiting Julian Rat Perkins, the 16-year-old boy with whom she survived a terrible ordeal, Maura Isles is startled to learn that all the students at Evensong are survivors of violence. Isolated in the Maine wilderness, the boarding school teaches its students the science and investigative skills needed for a high-level crimefighting career. Meanwhile in Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli investigates the murder of Teddy Clocks foster family, a slaughter that only Teddy survived. When Teddy is also threatened, Rizzoli hides him at Evensong. But she and Maura discover that even the secluded school cannot shut out a gathering threat, and that the key to the murders is within its gates. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615524 A high-end prostitute is found brutally murdered on the London docks, and Monks quest to discover the truth behind her death leads him down a shocking path, littered with secrets that have been buried since the infamous Opium Wars. Monk must unravel the victims link to the widow of a dead doctor, and the doctors vanished report on the misuse of opium, before the killer strikes again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613555 Now an Army Ranger, he returns to a place overrun by corruption, and finds his uncle, the county sheriff, dead, a suicide, hes told, but others whisper murder. In the days that follow, it will be up to Colson to discover the truth, not only about his uncle, but about his family, his friends, his town, and not least about himself. And once the truth is discovered, there is no turning back. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580191 The 1940s: Hard-boiled detectives and femmes fatales are box-office gold. In one iconic scene, set in a deserted museum, the private eye arrives too late, and the buxom beauty is throttled by an ominous Egyptian priest. Now: The Black Box Cinema immortalizes Hollywoods Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless. He walks-- and a young starlet dies a terrifying death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442937 While housesitting for her Uncle Nicco, policewoman Micayla Lange catches Jason Davis in the act of stealing money from her uncles locked safe. But when they both find incriminating photos that that implicate Nicco in the murder of a city councilman, Mick and Jason hurtle into a race for their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1335631 Plantation heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators who blend hard forensics with rare, often inexplicable intuition. Among them is Jake Mallory, a gifted New Orleans musician with talent that stretches beyond the realm of the physical, and a few dark ghosts of his own. The evil the team unveils has the power to shake the plantation to its very core. Jake and Ashley are forced to risk everything to unravel secrets that will not stay buried. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392321 Dr. Jennifer White, recently widowed and a newly retired orthopedic surgeon, is entering the beginning stages of dementia where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. As the story opens, Jennifers lifelong friend and neighbor, Amanda, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed. Dr. White is the prime suspect in the murder and she herself doesnt know if she did it or not. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1365413 The details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body, a promising starlet, has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattans oldest graveyards. One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau: a re-creation of Jack the Rippers gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat. Something more dangerous, and unexplainable. As the city seethes with suspicion, Jude calls on Whitney Tremont, a member of the countrys preeminent paranormal investigating team, to put the speculation to rest. Yet when Whitney and Jude delve deeper, what they discover is more shocking than either could have predicted, and twice as sinister. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1379732 Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1374561 The folk songs recounts a tragedy in the North Carolina mountains after the Civil War. Laura Foster, a simple country girl, was murdered and her lover Tom Dula was hanged for the crime. With the help of historians, lawyers, and researchers, Sharyn McCrumb visited the actual sites, studied the legal evidence and uncovered a missing piece of the story that will shock those who think they already know what happened, and may also bring belated justice to an innocent man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350088 Its late April in South Dakota and 8 months have passed since Mercy Gunderson returned home to the family ranch. After spending the better part of two decades in the Army, shes had difficulty adjusting to civilian life. So when her best buddy asks her to fill in a couple nights a week as a bartender at Clementines, Mercy jumps at the chance. When a dead body is found in the parking lot one night, Mercy starts investigating and will stop at nothing to find out the truth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363550 For as long as it has stood overlooking New Englands jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness--and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims. Until now--a member of the nations foremost paranormal forensic team, Jenna Duffy has made a career out of investigating the inexplicable. Yet nothing could prepare her for the string of slayings once again plaguing Lexington House--or for the chief suspect, a boy barely old enough to drive, much less kill. With the young mans life on the line, Jenna must team up with attorney Samuel Hill to pinpoint who--or what--is taking the lives of those who get too close to the past. But everything they learn brings them closer to the forces of evil stalking this tortured ground. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378911 For as long as it has stood overlooking New Englands jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness--and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims. Until now--a member of the nations foremost paranormal forensic team, Jenna Duffy has made a career out of investigating the inexplicable. Yet nothing could prepare her for the string of slayings once again plaguing Lexington House--or for the chief suspect, a boy barely old enough to drive, much less kill. With the young mans life on the line, Jenna must team up with attorney Samuel Hill to pinpoint who--or what--is taking the lives of those who get too close to the past. But everything they learn brings them closer to the forces of evil stalking this tortured ground. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510577 Lady Celia Sharpe hopes that if she can garner offers of marriage from several eligible gentlemen and show her grandmother she is capable of gaining a husband, she can convince Gran to rescind the marriage ultimatum for her. But Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter seems determined to ruin her plans by disapproving of every suitor she asks him to investigate. Its only when she and Jackson work together to solve her parents murders, that she realizes the only man he wants her to marry is himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296761 The weather-beaten sign on the gate of the Magic Forest says closed for the season. But when the boys ride up to the gate on their bikes, Arthur tells his new friend, Logan, that the old amusement park hasnt been open for years. Kudzu vines have grown over everything, making the park look sinister even in broad daylight, so Logan is reluctant to go inside, but Arthur urges him on... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1248739 A secret government unit is formed under the oversight of Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The six members hes gathered know a little of the otherworldly: each has honed a psychic talent of their own. Jackson Crowe, part English, part Cheyenne, heads the group. Haunted by his experience with an ancestral ghost who saved his life as a child, and the recent murders of two previous teammates, Jackson cant tell if Adams demoted him or given him an extraordinary opportunity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251276 A secret government unit is formed under the oversight of Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The six members hes gathered know a little of the otherworldly -- each has honed a psychic talent of their own. Jackson Crowe, part English, part Cheyenne, heads the group... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113963 Everyone thought the young woman was just another Vegas victim when she plunged from a Las Vegas tour helicopter, landing in the Pirates lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle the 8:30 Pirate Show. But Lucky OToole, the wise-cracking Head of Customer Relations at the Babylon, the newest, most over-the-top mega-resort on the Strip, smelled a rat. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1184997 A league of international warriors with extraordinary abilities rises up to save mankind from supernatural terrorists. For centuries, mythical gods have roamed our world, Celtic, Greek, Castillian, Hindu5the list is long and frightening. When these predators began using Earth as their private hunting grounds, VIPER emerged as a multinational coalition of supernatural warriors to protect us. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350116 There are those who are no longer alive, but not yet crossed over. They seek retribution, vengeance, and to warn. Among the living, few intuit their presence. Katie MacDonald is one who can. As shes drawn deeper into a gruesome years-old murder, whispered warnings from a spectral friend become more insistent. But Katie must uncover the truth: could David Beckett really be guilty of his fiancees murder? And, the danger increases as Katie finds herself irresistibly drawn to David. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113966 Tall, lean, and headstrong, FBI agent Kilraven lives by his own rules. And one of those rules includes keeping his hands off Jacobsvilles resident sweetheart, Winnie Sinclair, no matter the temptation. However, this small town may hold not only the woman he fights to resist, but the answers to a cold case that is very personal to Kilraven. When he makes the disturbing discovery that Winnies familys unsavory past might have a bearing on his case, Winnie decides to help him crack it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349650 Yale professor Dr. Edward Kenders father is undergoing chemotherapy when the supply of a critical accompanying drug suddenly runs out. Unwilling to accept the drug companys disingenuous excuse of production line problems, Dr. Kender hires private investigator Erin Pulask to prove there is something more sinister going on at Schiffer Engels manufacturing facility in Indiana. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1200142 Callie is at an October keg party in the woods when she notices that her friend Katherine has gone missing. The kids spread out to look for her and Callie finds her, lying on a path, with a big, bloody fake knife in her. She reaches for the knife and raises it, only to discover, to her horror, that it is real. At that moment, another of the search party stumbles on them, and takes a photo of Callie holding the bloody knife. Now she is the suspect in a brutal murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212657 Police officer Kirby Wayland is on his way home late one day when he sees a stray dog along the highway -- a Belgian sheepdog with no collar -- so he brings it home for the night. From that moment on, Kirby experiences a continuing strangeness about this canine. Man and dog quickly develop a bond, though there is always something very unsettling about it... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194840 Atlanta has become the battlefield between human and demon. All her life, Evalle Kincaid has walked the line between the two. Her origins unknown, shes on a quest to learn more about her past . . . and her future. When a demon claims a young woman in a terrifying attack and theres no one else to blame, Evalle comes under suspicion. Now shes on a deadly quest for her own survival... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350003 The Special Crimes Unit finds itself targeted by a monster intent on destroying both Noah Bishop and his people. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350235 Lucky OToole, head of customer relations at the Babylon, premier mega-resort on the Vegas strip, thinks its just another night in Las Vegas. The next day, Lucky discovers Ms. Neidermeyer was tossed into the shark tank at the Mandalay Bay Resort as a snack for the tiger shark. When the police show up at the Babylon and Jeremy lands in the hot seat, Lucky realizes her previous night was far from routine. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127678 As a teenager, Chloe Marin was lucky to be spared when a party at a Florida beachside mansion turned into a killing spree and she was one of the few to survive. Ten years later, Chloe works as a psychologist specializing in art therapy with traumatized victims. However, when a killer is using the modeling agency to stalk his prey, a ghost of the model appears and asks Chloe for help. Now on the investigation, Chloe is forced to face her harrowing past in an attempt to stop a deranged killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229101 When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1205500 In the late summer of a long-ago year, a killer arrived in a small city. In the space of a few months, Alton Turner Blackwood brutally murdered four families. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family. Two decades later, someone is murdering families again, re-creating Blackwoods crimes. Homicide detective John Calvino, who stopped Blackwood when he was fourteen, knows his family is the copycats next intended target. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1387057 It is Samhain -- the Blood Harvest. Nonbelievers call it Halloween. The night when eight Nashville teenagers are found dead, with occult symbols carved into their naked bodies. Its a ritual the killers believe was blessed by Death himself. When children are victimized, emotions always run high, and this case has the public both outraged and terrified: a dangerous combination. Recently reinstated homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson knows she has to act quickly, but tread carefully... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1205616 A disturbing tape has made its way to British intelligence and from them to the new President of the United Sates: battlefield chatter from an ambush in Afghanistan, in which twelve U.S. Army Rangers and a British medical team died. The idea that one of their own could be responsible for such a massacre is appalling, and Sean Dillon is put in charge of hunting down the traitor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350062 The story of Dreyer, a wealthy and boisterous proprietor of a mens clothing emporium. Ruddy, self-satisfied, and thoroughly masculine, he is perfectly repugnant to his exquisite but cold middle-class wife, Martha. Attracted to his money but repelled by his oblivious passion, she longs for their nephew instead, the thin, awkward, myopic Franz. Newly arrived in Berlin, Franz soon repays his uncles condescension in his aunts bed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212874 When Callie Carson discovers ice queen Katherine Remington-Day sprawled on the ground one night, she bends down to help her. Its only natural -- the partys been a bit wild, after all. And its only natural for her to pull out the fake knife she discovers, irritated at one more example of Katherines callous disregard of other peoples feelings. But the knife is real . . . and bloody. And then Callie hears the click of one cell phone, followed by another, and another... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349932 Awaiting trial in the Tombs, Manhattans infamous criminal detention complex, is Sharif Jabbar, the demagogic founder of a Harlem mosque. Charges against his terrorist attack on the city were dismissed once, and now that the Islam convert is being held on new allegations, New York District Attorney Roger Butch Karp is determined to bring him down. He faces formidable competition. Attorney Megan ODowd, a radical activist enthralled with revolutionary rhetoric, is going to the mat with the uncompromising conviction that Jabbar is being railroaded by the NYPD. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1348694 A young woman is haunted by her roommates murder; a man and his daughter-in-law confess their sins in the unlikeliest of places. In one quartet of interlocking stories, two middle-aged friends, married to others, find themselves surprisingly drawn to each other, risking all while never underestimating the cost. In another linked set of stories, readers follow a mother and son for thirty years as their small and uncertain family becomes an irresistible tribe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194830 They were young, popular, the perfect couple -- an all-American boy and a beautiful cheerleader. But the youthful passion that led them to Lookout Park that terrible evening would prove fatal. For Richie Walters the end came swiftly, as death descended upon him in a savage orgy of horrific violence. Elaine Murray would live long enough to learn just how lucky her boyfriend had been . . . Two brutal slayings have rocked a stunned city... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113973 When Bonnie finds her secret lover dead on the floor of his apartment, her first panicky thought is to cover it up, hide the body, straighten the scene, and remove every trace of her presence. However, nothing ever goes according to plan and Bonnie is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194719 With more than 200 million copies of his novels sold, Dean Koontz is an undisputed master. And in The Vision, he once again displays the talent that led the Chicago Sun-Times to call him brilliant--and the San Diego Union-Tribune to praise his always riveting writing and his wonderfully fiendish plots. The Vision--one of Dean Koontz early novels--is a chilling look into the paranormal and what occurs when a psychic channels the mind of a crazed killer... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1350097 Exploring the baffling culture of mysticism and witchcraft, Taylor is immersed in a darkness that threatens to unbalance the order of her world, and learns how unchecked wrath can push a killer to his limits. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=981274 Jessy Sparhawk has seen firsthand how gambling can ruin peoples lives. One night, desperate for money, she places the bet that will change her life forever. Just as shes collecting her winnings, a man stumbles through the crowd, a knife protruding from his back, and crashes into her, pinning her to the craps table. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1347666 In the sixth installment of the Society series, Lucinda Bromley has had an unusually large number of lovers. On the other hand, whenever she grows tired of a lover, she poisons them. However, Lucinda is about to fall for a man who uses psychic powers to solve crimes, putting her murder spree in serious jeopardy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1348140 When Sarah McKinley is finally able to buy and restore the historic Florida mansion that she has always loved, she dismisses the horror stories of past residents vanishing and a long-dead housekeeper who practiced black magic. Then, in the midst of renovations, she makes a grim discovery. Hidden within the walls of Sarahs dream house are the remains of dozens of bodies, some dating back over a century. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=992373 Betrayal in death: At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown-- and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. Hes Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite. And Lt. Eve Dallas knows him well. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=986490 When a wrecked car belonging to Evan Delaneys father is found at the bottom of a hundred-foot drop, the police suspect suicide, but theres no body. Evans suspicians are confimed by a phone call, with a ransom not for money but a puzzle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=986459 While in New York, former FBI agent Sloane Burbank learns that a friend from her youth has been reported missing. Vowing to look into it, she finds her old flame Derek Parker in charge of the case. Working together - reluctantly - they find that Sloanes friend isnt the only one who has disappeared, and a serial killer may be to blame. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=986439 Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett is hired by the SFPD to investigate the suicides of several people from a sociey known as the Dirty Secrets Club. This is a group of A-listers with nothing but money and plenty to hide http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=986441 Using his neighbors temporarily empty house to spend some private time with his girlfriend, Derek Cutter becomes the prime suspect in a murder case when the neighbors return from their vacation early and are killed--with Derek still hiding in their basement. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=986449 Lieutenant Eve Dallas explores hidden connections among friends and lovers, enemies and strangers in this disturbing murder investigation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=986460 They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred and fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California. At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease. But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=992429 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1348872 Settling into a peaceful life in Key West, Reachers world is turned upside down when a stranger comes looking for him, a man who turns up dead in the Old Town cemetery and who leads him on a perilous trail to New York, where he confronts an elderly couple mourning a dead son, an alluring woman from his past, and a deadly opponent. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767572 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767552 Olivias parents had been one of Hollywoods golden couples--until the night the monster came, the monster with the face of her father. Now, Olivias father is in jail for killing her mother and she wants no reminders of the horror she saw as a child. But reporter Noah Brady is persistent, having been asked by Olivias father to clear his name, and his persistence leads to justice for one and love with the other.