Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=6594+4294960319 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703521 Returning to the insular Galveston home town of her youth in the wake of a family tragedy, photographer Clare Porterfield is drawn into a century-old mystery involving a woman who drowned during the Hurricane of 1900. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749204 The Morels--Arthur, Penny, and Will--are a happy family of three living in New York City. So why would Arthur choose to publish a book that brutally rips his tightly knit family unit apart at the seams? Arthurs old schoolmate Chris, who narrates the book, is fascinated with this very question as he becomes accidentally reacquainted with Arthur. A single, aspiring filmmaker who works in a movie theater, Chris envies everything Arthur has, from his beautiful wife to his charming son to his seemingly effortless creativity. But things are not always what they seem. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699590 Trying to keep the death of their parents a secret, Marnie and her little sister Nelly are on their own until several residents in Glasgows Hazelhurst housing estate suspect that something is not right. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699662 Returning to the insular Galveston home town of her youth in the wake of a family tragedy, photographer Clare Porterfield is drawn into a century-old mystery involving a woman who drowned during the Hurricane of 1900. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703529 Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple. Happily married for 15 years, they have a wonderful daughter, successful careers, and a beautiful house. They also have a shocking secret: a dangerous addiction to drugs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748611 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749124 Leaving her successful job after the unexpected death of her famous father, photojournalist Serena Stone risks her life to save a former lover and discovers an archive of her late fathers work in war-torn Libya that reveals a shocking truth about her parents marriage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748941 When I died two months ago, my killer told my twin sister to become me--or else. Now Emma has it down to a T. She tosses her hair with the signature Sutton Mercer flip and can lead a Lying Game prank with the best of them. Shes even repairing my relationship with my adoptive family. The only thing she hasnt done is solve my murder. Then our birth mother, the woman who abandoned us, showed up in Tucson. Emma hasnt seen Becky in twelve years, but Becky recognizes Emma immediately--as Emma. Is it a mothers intuition--or does Becky know Im already gone? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749210 Emmie Wilcox was only six when her sister, Roxy, was thrown out. Their stern father left no room for rebellion, and Roxy was continually defiant and rebellious. Emmie is obedient, respectful. Two sisters, total opposites--yet Emmie is secretly obsessed with the mystery and imposed silence surrounding Roxy: What had she finally done to deserve being cast out of her home? Sometimes she fantasizes that she is more like Roxy than she appears... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748676 Almost overnight, Arthur Wise has become one of the most powerful attorneys in America. His first big purchase is a simple beach house in a place called Bluepoint. Its in Bluepoint, during the summer of 1952, that Arthurs teenage son, Hilly, makes friends with Lem Dawson, a black man whose job it is to take care of the house. When Hilly finds himself falling for Lems niece, Savannah, his affection for her collides with his fathers dark secrets. The results shatter his family, and hers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748684 Fourteen-year-old Carey and six-year-old Jenessa have lived in the woods with their mother for as long as they can remember. Abandoned, they must fend for themselves, until theyre found by Careys father and forced into a new world of comfort. Carey desperately wants to believe in this new reality but is held back by loyalty to her mentally ill mother, and the other piece of her past that haunts her: the story of what happened to her and Jenessa that night in the woods. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749172 When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the familys vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748276 Grace Alban has spent twenty years away from Alban House, but when her mothers unexpected death brings Grace and her daughter home, she finds more than her own personal demons haunting the halls. Soon Grace is plunged into a decades old mystery about a scandalous party at Alban House during which a famous author took his own life and Graces aunt vanished. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748605 As a member of the thoroughbred horse-racing set in California, Conn was well-respected. But Honor was about to discover the real man beneath the controlled exterior. Too late she realized she was falling for someone who was seeking to avenge a legacy of murder and betrayal. A piece of her past was mysteriously linked to Conn, and now they were tangled together in the web of deception and desire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748133 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer continues his beloved Clifton Chronicle series as Harry and Emma finally begin building a happy life--but a dangerous family enemy is about to resurface. Best Kept Secret opens a moment after the end of The Sins of the Father, with the resolution of the trial and the triumphant marriage of Harry Clifton and Elizabeth Barrington, finally uniting their family. Harry, now a bestselling novelist, Emma, their son Sebastian, and orphaned Jessica make a new life for themselves, but all is not as happy and secure as it could be. Emmas brother, Giles, is engaged to a woman who may be more interested in Barringtons fortune and title than in a long and happy marriage. And Sebastian, though he is bright, isnt quite the hard worker that his father was at school, and finds a hard time resisting the temptations that his somewhat unsavory friends provide.It all comes to a head when a new villain is uncovered, a face from the past with grudges against both Harry and Giles--Fisher, who tortured Harry at school and later took credit for Giles heroics during the war. Fisher teams up with Giles now ex-wife to wreak havoc on Giles latest election as well as meddle with affairs inside Barringtons, while Harry and Emma must deal with a new scheme that Sebastian has unwittingly fallen into with a supposed friend. The drama continues for Harry Clifton and his family, bringing this mesmerizing saga into the 1960s. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749112 Fleeing home from his military service in Afghanistan when his wife dies in an apparent freak household accident, Dr. Mike Scanlon struggles with the tragedy, his inability to bond with his new baby daughter, and a downsizing in his medical practice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699277 When her minister mother gets her to join an abstinence group at church, seventeen-year-old ex-Minnesotan Natalie, still adjusting to the fast life in Los Angeles, feels like a total hypocrite, as she tries to keep a painful secret from everyone, including gorgeous teenaged television star Brett Goldstein. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699775 Starting a new life in Cedar Key, Florida, Berkley Whitmore, plagued by self-doubt, is delighted when her new store, Berkleys Chocolates & Gems, draws a wide circle of new friends and the admiration of English mystery author Saxton Tate III, giving her the courage to find the truth about her past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642686 With her recording career on the slide, Deanna Hart heads home to Cleveland to search for new inspiration. What she finds is a man who has never stopped thinking about her. Eric Bell is now the principal at their former school, and hes never been shy about trying to get her attention. Down-to-earth and downright sexy, Eric is about to open Deanna up to new possibilities. But just as soon as they find each other, a crushing Hart family secret could end Deannas dream of starting over. Will she be able to capture the kind of love she has never believed in, the kind that lasts forever? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561722 Travel to a German settlement in Sauers, Indiana, and meet Regina Seitz. Her sisters were allowed to marry for love, but Regina has been told by her father she must marry a man she has never met--just so Papa can have a German son-in-law to inherit the family homestead. Diedrich Rothhaus is as reluctant as she is, until her striking beauty and deep faith stir emotions he hadnt expected. Against both their wills, love claims their hearts. Then a cruel family secret is revealed, and Diedrich must fight to save the most precious thing in his life--Reginas love. -- Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707163 Amanda Gleasons infant son Justin suffers from a rare immune deficiency. His best chance for survival died with his father, Paul, who was murdered before Justin was born. But when a recent photo surfaces of a man who looks like a very-much-alive Paul, Amanda hires Forensic Instincts to investigate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643627 Happily married and pregnant with her first child, artist Kali Miller probes Lillian Campbell, her ninety-three year old grandmother, for information about her roots and her mothers accidental death when Kali was a child. But the impact on her grandmother and the answers that Kali gets are anything but what she expected. Kalis questions intensify the profound paranoia that has dominated her grandmothers adult life -- that someone from the past has found her and with Kalis demand for the truth, Lillian sinks into a life of nightmares and paralyzing fear. Will her life in 1930s Berlin ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561953 Set in Buenos Aires, Perla is a coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643060 A moving, multi-generational family story centered around a womans return to her late grandmothers lake cottage, and the long-buried secrets she uncovers there. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646677 Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband, Mason Bayless. Theyve been divorced for four years, shes engaged to a new, terrific guy, and shes ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has absolutely no problem attending his wedding to the beautiful, intelligent, delightful Celia. But when fate intervenes and the wedding is called to a halt as the bride is literally walking down the aisle, Annajane begins to realize that maybe shes been given a second chance. Maybe everything happens for a reason. And maybe, just maybe, she wants Mason back. But there are secrets afoot in this small southern town. On the peaceful surface of Hideaway Lake, Annajane discovers that the past is never really gone. Even if there are people determined to keep Annajane from getting what she wants, happiness might be hers for the taking, and the life she once had with Mason in this sleepy lake town might be in her future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727339 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573744 This story is a tale of riches lost and found, and beneath the surface lie the greatest treasures. A wave of hope carries Olivia Frost back to her small New England hometown nestled in the beautiful Swift River Valley. She is transforming a historic home into an idyllic getaway; picturesque and perfect, if only the absentee owner will fix up the eyesore next door. Dylan McCaffreys ramshackle house is an inheritance he never counted on. It also holds the key to a generations-old lost treasure he cant resist any more than he can resist his new neighbor. Against this breathtaking landscape, Dylan and Olivia pursue long-buried secrets and discover a mystery wrapped in a love story, past and present. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641918 When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be--until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her fathers past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the listeners belief in the power of love to move mountains. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699428 Stalked by a man bent on revenge, Quinn fears her past has ruined all hope for a peaceful life--and plunged everyone she loves into danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646771 When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories that arise as she sorts through her grandmothers belongings, Erica thinks back to the summer her cousin Henry vanished mysteriously from the estate, an event that tore their family to pieces. It is time, she believes, to lay the past to rest, bring her sister some peace, and finally solve the mystery of her cousins disappearance. But sifting through remnants of a bygone time is bringing a secret family history to light--one that stretches back over a century, to a beautiful society heiress in Oklahoma, a haunting, savage land across the ocean. And as past and present converge, Erica and Beth must come to terms with two shocking acts of betrayal... and the heartbreaking legacy they left behind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643950 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699783 Foreign exchange student Olivia Grant is stabbed to death after a party, and the prime suspect is her best friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642229 My friends and I used to play lying games. Now my twin sister is living one. When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, were both learning just how flawed my family really is. Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret-could it be the reason Im dead? How far would they go to keep the truth buried? No one can harm me now, but Emma is still fair game. And if shes not careful, shell end up buried, too...--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710270 18-year-old Meg Davenport is in New York City after her father dies. Never close to the man--having been raised in an exclusive prep school--Meg is surprised to learn he was not a wealthy businessman but an accomplished thief. Determined to succeed on her own, Meg decides to take up her fathers trade--but at what cost? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641375 Lord Remnants eccentric parties on his privately owned Caribbean island of Grenadin are the stuff of legends, but then the 12th Earl suddenly dies in the course of an amateur production of The Murder of Gonzago, the play within a play in Hamlet. The Times obituary gives the cause of death as heart attack. However, an anonymous video tape showing Lord Remnants final moments makes it clear that the noblemans demise was far from natural. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642558 A young architect at a prestigious Chicago firm, Bethany Quinn has built a life far removed from her trailer park teen years. Until an interruption from her estranged mother reveals that tragedy has struck in her hometown and a reluctant Bethany is called back to rural Iowa. Determined to pay her respects while avoiding any emotional entanglements, she vows not to stay long. But the unexpected inheritance of farmland and a startling turn of events in Chicago forces Bethany to come up with a new plan. Handsome farmhand Evan Price has taken care of the Quinn farm for years. So when Bethany is left the land, he must fight her decisions to realize his dreams. But even as he disagrees with Bethanys vision, Evan feels drawn to her and the pain she keeps so carefully locked away. For Bethany, making peace with her past and the God of her childhood doesnt seem like the path to freedom. Is letting go the only way to new life, love and a peace shes not even sure exists? -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748479 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748505 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641361 Odd Thomas confronts deadly adversaries in a decaying estate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643221 A grand old manor house deep in the English countryside will open its doors to reveal the story of an unexpectedly dramatic day in the life of one eccentric, rather dysfunctional, and entirely unforgettable family. Set in the early years of the twentieth century, award-winning author Sadie Joness The Uninvited Guests is, in the words of Jacqueline Winspear, the New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs mysteries A Lesson in Secrets and Elegy for Eddie, a sinister tragi-comedy of errors, in which the dark underbelly of human nature is revealed in true Shakespearean fashion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748765 On a warm June evening, the students of Nantucket High gather for the traditional graduation bonfire on the beach. But the celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother, Hobby, in a coma. The key to understanding the accident lies in what Penny learned that evening on the beach-but will it also destroy the survivors fragile peace? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644329 How far will faith and love go when an ambitious man finds himself in the fight of his life--with a woman who knows the other side of goodness all too well. Fifty-year-old Alabama congressman Lawrence Rudolph Simmons will do whatever it takes to get re-elected--even switch parties from Democrat to Republican. With the political tide turning, Lawrence feels its his best shot--along with his charisma, solid twenty-nine year marriage, and three great kids. But a buried secret from his past is about to be resurrected. Its been eight years since Gabrielle Mercedes gave up her baby for adoption. But when she learns the child desperately needs a bone marrow transplant, she doesnt hesitate to contact the congressman. Like Lawrence, Gabrielle will fight for what she wants, even if it means the truth could ruin someone elses life and career.--Back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573306 A young aspiring musicians life is turned upside down when she begins to learn the truth about her long-dead parents. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748648 Marguerite Beale, former chef of culinary hot spot Les Parapluies, has been out of the public eye for over a decade. This all changes with a phone call from Marguerites goddaughter, Renata Knox. Marguerite has not seen Renata since the death of Renatas mother, Candace Harris Knox, fourteen years earlier. And now that Renata is on Nantucket visiting the family of her new fiance, she takes the opportunity, against her fathers wishes, to contact Marguerite in hopes of learning the story of her mothers life--and death. But the events of the day spiral hopelessly out of control for both women, and nothing ends up as planned. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703389 A grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfathers past and the story behind his numbered tattoo; a Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage; a Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations; a striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America; a university professor yearns for knowledge that he cant find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference. Drawn to what lies beyond the range of reason, they all reach for the beautiful and fleeting, whether through humor, music, poetry, or unspoken words. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646707 Shine, Shine, Shine is a shocking, searing, breathless love story, a gripping portrait of modern family, and a stunning exploration of love, death and what it means to be human. Discover the singular world of Sunny, a woman searching for the perfect life, and Maxon, an astronaut on his way to colonize the moon. Theirs is a wondrous, strange relationship formed of dark secrets, decades-old murders and the urgent desire for connection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646692 Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968, an episode shes managed to keep secret for more than forty years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, shes about to let the world in on that shocking secret, as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643190 Anyone worried that life in a small town could get boring certainly hasnt lived in Henry Adams: With a pig on trial, the towns foster children still trying to find their place, and new love blossoming...there is plenty to occupy our favorite residents. Preston Miles is the only one of the original foster children with no information about his biological family, but an email from his maternal grandmother will change that. Former town mayor, Riley Curry is convinced his pet hog Cletus acted in self-defense when he sat on and killed Morton Prell, and its Rileys plan to prove that in a court of law--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748984 Everything seems backwards with this case: a lawyer falls victim to a crime, the police seem to be advocating for the wrong side of the law, and young attorney Leo Maxwell is forced to do an investigators job in pursuit of the man who tried to kill his brother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641497 More than anything else, thirty-something Holly Fisher longs for family. Growing up in Seattle without a dad or grandparents, she wonders what it would be like to have a heritage, a place of belonging. Holly is furious when her mother, Esther, reveals a long-kept secret: Hollys grandmother and uncles are still alive and begging Esther to return. And Holly is shocked when she learns that the family shes never known lives on a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, farm--as part of an Amish community her mother once abandoned. Guilt-ridden Esther, terrified to see her mother and siblings, begs Holly to accompany her on a visit to Esthers mother before she dies. But can their journey to a conflicting world heal their emotional wounds and finally bring them home? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643196 The year is 1985, and twenty-two-year-old Galen, a New Age believer, lives with his emotionally dependent mother in a suburb of Sacramento, surviving on the family trust fund--old money that his aunt and seventeen-year-old cousin are determined to get their hands on. When the family takes a trip to a cabin near South Lake Tahoe, tensions cause Galen to discover the shocking truth of just how far he will go to attain the transcendence he craves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574705 A successful lawyer suddenly disappears leaving behind his wife and daughter. Neither have any idea where he might be until they discover an old love letter written years ago to a woman in Burma. Daughter Julia takes it upon herself to solve the mystery of her fathers past as she uncovers a tale that will reaffirm the listeners belief in the power of love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646662 Bellamy Lyston was only 12 years old when her older sister Susan was killed on a stormy Memorial Day. Bellamys fear of storms is a legacy of the tornado that destroyed the crime scene along with her memory of what really happened during the days most devastating moments. Now, 18 years later, Bellamy has written a sensational, bestselling novel based on Susans murder. Because the book was inspired by the tragic event that still pains her family, she published it under a pseudonym to protect them from unwanted publicity. But when an opportunistic reporter for a tabloid newspaper discovers that the book is based on fact, Bellamys identity is exposed along with the family scandal. Moreover, Bellamy becomes the target of an unnamed assailant who either wants the truth about Susans murder to remain unknown or, even more threatening, is determined to get vengeance for a man wrongfully accused and punished. In order to identify her stalker, Bellamy must confront the ghosts of her past, including Dent Carter, Susans wayward and reckless boyfriend -- and an original suspect in the murder case. Dent, with this and other stains on his past, is intent on clearing his name, and he needs Bellamys sealed memory to do it. But her safeguarded recollections -once unlocked-pose dangers that neither could foresee. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640549 An unsolved mystery separates ex-privateersman Captain Brogan Talvis from his lost son-his only living relation, his only family. Shortly before her tragic demise, his wife abandoned their infant to strangers, refusing to reveal the childs whereabouts. Now, three years later, Brogan has discovered the boy at the home of a shipbuilders daughter, Lorena Huntley. Lorena guards a dark secret about her young charge. She finds herself falling for the heroic captain who has come to claim his newly built ship, unaware his motive for wooing her is to befriend the boy he plans on reclaiming as his own-until the day anothers evil deceit leaves her helplessly shipbound, heading toward England. As the perfect opportunity to reclaim his son unfolds, Brogan is haunted by thoughts of Lorena in her dire circumstance, and he is forced to make a heartrending choice between his child and the woman who has begun to capture his heart. But only his unselfish sacrifice can win him the greatest prize of all-love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639772 Gavin Sasaki is a promising young journalist in New York City, until hes fired in disgrace following a series of unforgivable lapses in his work. Its early 2009, and the world has gone dark very quickly; the economic collapse has turned an era that magazine headlines once heralded as the second gilded age into something that more closely resembles the Great Depression. The last thing Gavin wants to do is return to his hometown of Sebastian, Florida, but hes drifting toward bankruptcy and is in no position to refuse when hes offered a job by his sister, Eilo, a real estate broker who deals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574791 Paris, France: 1860s. Whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will alter the face of Paris, molding it into a modern city. The reforms will erase generations of history - but in the tumult, one woman will take a stand. Rose Bazelet refuses to leave, taking refuge in her basement, where she passes the time by writing letters to her late husband. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644101 In this novel the author takes us to Telegraph Avenue. It is a story that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families, one black and one white. Here he creates a world grounded in pop culture: Kung Fu, 1970s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music, and an epic of friendship, race, and secret histories. Longtime band mates Archy and Nat preside over Brokeland Records, a used-record emporium. All is well until a former NFL quarterback, one of the countrys richest African Americans, decides to build his latest Dogpile megastore on nearby Telegraph Avenue. Not only could this spell doom for the little shop and its cross-race, cross-class dream, but it opens up past history regarding Archys untethered dad and a Black Panther-era crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643916 Meet the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women-an unbroken line of daughters-living together in the same house on a secluded olive grove in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. Anna, the family matriarch, is 112 and determined to become the oldest person in the world. An indomitable force, strong in mind and firm in body, she rules Hill House, the family home she shares with her daughter Bets, granddaughter Callie, great-granddaughter Deb, and great-great-granddaughter Erin. Though they lead ordinary lives, there is an element of the extraordinary to these women: the eldest two are defying longevity norms. Their unusual lifespans have caught the attention of a geneticist who believes they hold the key to breakthroughs that will revolutionize the aging process for everyone. But Anna is not interested in unlocking secrets the Keller blood holds. She believes there are some truths that must stay hidden, including certain knowledge about her origins that she has carried for more than a century. Like Anna, each of the Keller women conceals her true self from the others. While they are bound by blood and the house they share, living together has not always been easy.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699780 Their family farms devastated by a Minnesota drought in 1987, a father searches for answers after his son commits a heinous murder, while a pastors wife returns to the town for mysterious reasons of her own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639159 Alex, Alice and Alistair think they are just three ordinary mice, until Alistair mysteriously vanishes. Then Alex and Alice learn a secret about their family: a secret which means Alistairs life is in danger - unless Alex and Alice can find him first. So begins a hair-raising journey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562507 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646658 Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. After his ship is sunk, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past by assuming the identity of an American officer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641766 Raised in an exclusive boarding school among Fifth Avenues finest, Meg Davenport has all shes ever needed . . . but none of the things shes wanted most, like family, or dreams of a future that includes anything other than finding a suitable match. So when her distant father dies, she seizes the chance to throw etiquette aside and do as she pleases. Especially when she learns that John Davenport wasnt the wealthy businessman she thought, but one of the Gilded Ages most talented thieves. Poised to lead those loyal to Megs father, Ian Maguire knows the last thing his mentor would have wanted is for his beloved daughter to follow in his footsteps. Yet Meg is determined, and her connections to one of New Yorks wealthiest families could help Ian pull off his biggest heist yet. But are they both in over their heads? And in trying to gain everything, will they end up losing it all? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727299 When single father Ty Garoland hires Maddie Wallace as nanny for the duaghter he just discovered, its only temporary. He thinks shes just a glamorous city girl in borrowed cowgirl boots, He knows the type and expects her to hightail it back to For Worth the minute she sorts out her family secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644514 Max Maguire, a twenty-nine-year-old female detective with the New York Police Department, flies to France to attend the wedding of her friend, Chloe Marceau, at a grand estate east of Paris in the Champagne region. There Max meets an older man, the urbane Olivier Chaumont, and experiences a fairy-tale evening. But when Chloes widowed aunt, the beautiful and successful Lea de Saint-Pern, is found murdered, Max and Olivier are snapped back into their professional roles. To Maxs chagrin, she is banned from an official investigative role, while Olivier, a magistrate, is put in charge of the investigation. She insinuates herself into the victims family until their long-held secrets begin to surface like bubbles in a glass of champagne. After another family member is found dead on the day of Leas funeral however, Max puts her career and her tentative relationship with Olivier in jeopardy as her determination to find the murderer--and prove herself in the process--takes over. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641972 A novel spanning four decades, from pre-World War II Transylvania to contemporary New York, looks at the cause and effect of both belief and non-belief within the Jewish religion, in a tale that focuses on the relationship of two sisters within a Hasidic sect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642139 Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968, an episode shes managed to keep secret for more than forty years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, shes about to let the world in on that shocking secret, as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699061 Abandoned at the age of eleven by her beautiful, capricious mother, Theodora Cairns, twenty years on and with a painful divorce behind her, is still struggling to get over her childhood abandonment. With the urging of her new love interest, Fergus Costello, and a chance discovery, Theo becomes determined to find her mother and demand answers to the questions she should have asked years ago. Her search for answers leads her to Vermont, USA--but will she be able to handle the disturbing truth? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643204 When Ruth returns home to the South for the summer after her freshman year at college, a near tragedy pushes her to uncover family truths and take a good look at the woman she wants to become. Growing up in Alabama, all Ruth Wasserman wanted was to be a blond Baptist cheerleader. But as a curly-haired Jew with a rampant sweet tooth and a smart mouth, this was an impossible dream. Not helping the situation was her older brother, David, a soccer star whose good looks, smarts, and popularity reigned at school and at home. College provided an escape route and Ruth took it. Now home for the summer, shes back lifeguarding and coaching alongside David, and although the job is the same, nothing else is. Shes a prisoner of her low self-esteem and unhealthy relationship with food, David is closed off and distant in a way hes never been before, and their parents are struggling with the reality of an empty nest. When a near drowning happens on their watch, a storm of repercussions forces Ruth and David to confront long-ignored truths about their town, their family, and themselves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646708 Ivorie Walker discovers that someone has been stealing from her garden: a feral, dirty-faced boy who disappears into the hills, and something about him haunts Ivorie. She cant imagine what would make him desperate enough to steal and eat from her garden. Who is he? How did he come to live in the hills? Where did he come from? Can she save him? As Ivorie steps tries to uncover the answers, she unleashes a firestorm in the town, a community that would rather let secrets stay secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646584 In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her familys salt farm, while Claire is popular, pretty, and yearns to flee the salt at any cost. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640264 Tommie McClouds life is alread in turmoil. Her mother has dementia and her father has just died, leaving Tommie a multi-million dollar energy business in Texas. When a letter arrives from Adriana Marchetti, it explodes a bomb in Tommies life that she never could have anticipated. The letter claims that Adriana Marchettis baby was kidnapped thirty-one years earlier, and that this baby grew up to become Tommie McCloud. The investigation starts when Tommie discovers that her social security number doesnt add up--it claims that she was born in Chicago. It deepens when Tommie is approached by a man who claims to be a reporter but is actually an FBI agent, and when Tommie discovers that he is there to protect her from the man whom the letter claims is her father--violent mobster Anthony Marchetti--imprisoned for thirty years and now up for parole. She cannot trust anyone. Seeking her identity will take Tommie to the edge of reason and into the murky past of the people shes called family her entire life. Getting to the bottom of her identity will uncover explosive secrets and the darkest of crimes, and Tommies biggest challenge may be not only to discover who she really is, but to survive-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703454 A grand old manor house deep in the English countryside will open its doors to reveal the story of an unexpectedly dramatic day in the life of one eccentric, rather dysfunctional, and entirely unforgettable family. Set in the early years of the twentieth century, award-winning author Sadie Joness The Uninvited Guests is, in the words of Jacqueline Winspear, the New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs mysteries A Lesson in Secrets and Elegy for Eddie, a sinister tragi-comedy of errors, in which the dark underbelly of human nature is revealed in true Shakespearean fashion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703416 Finn Maguire becomes the prime suspect after he finds his own father bludgeoned to death and, as he scrambles to provehis innocence, Finn uncovers dark families secrets hidden in Londons brutal underworld. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707390 Dallas novel traces the experiences of three generations of women who live in a Victorian Colorado house, from Nealie, a hired girl torn between two suitors; to motherless Pearl, whose grieving father sabotages her happiness; to proud Susan, who resolves to protect the houses secrets and legacy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574004 Amy and Dan Cahill thought they knew everything about their familys history and the only ones who knew about the 39 Clues. However, the Vespers have made themselves known, and the Cahill clan now faces its most dangerous enemy yet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1607054 Sheila McGann is estranged from her complicated family. But when her older brother Art, pastor of a large suburban parish, finds himself at the center of a scandal, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him. Her strict mother lives in a state of angry denial; her younger brother Mike has already convicted his brother in his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheilas questions and refuses to defend himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641628 Philippa Smith is in her forties and has a beautiful newborn baby girl. She also has no husband, and nowhere to turn. So she turns to the only place she knows: the beginning. Retracing her life, she confronts the daily obstacles that shaped her very existence. From the tragic events of her childhood abandonment, to the astonishing accomplishments of those close to her, Philippa learns of the sacrifices others chose to make, and the outcome of buried secrets. Philippa discovers a celebration of life, love, and the Golden era of television. A reflection of everyday people, in not so everyday situations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542032 On the eve of World War I, three Italian immigrants--Julietta, Annamaria, and Luciana--dream of love, but each harbors a secret from their families and from each other that could destroy their hopes of finding happiness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646567 A moving, multi-generational family story centered around a womans return to her late grandmothers lake cottage, and the long-buried secrets she uncovers there. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708740 For years, Memory Patterson has been running away from her problems and conning her way through life. Then a chance encounter with Pastor Landris pregnant wife Johnnie Mae puts her on the path toward meeting the mother she never knew. But a storm is brewing on the horizon, and soon Memory, Johnny Mae, and Pastor Landris will find their faith tested. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574595 Something about his childhood photos has always puzzled Matt. Is that really him? Why does he not remember those clothes and toys? And where, in the photos, is his sister Imogen? Imogen, meanwhile, is living with her husband and their baby in a rented cottage. Since her childhood she has loved the Summer House, a charming folly in the grounds of an ancient house on Exmoor, and now they have the chance of buying it. But the Summer House provides the key to the strange and tragic secret which has affected Matts whole life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252784 Willa Jacksons family was once a family of means in Walls of Water, North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Madam which was built by her great-great-grandfather and now is being turned into an inn by Willas former classmate Paxton Osgood after years standing as a lonely monument of misfortune and scandal. Willa and Paxton form an unlikely friendship when a skeleton is found beneath the propertys lone peach tree. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708080 Members of the Barrington family are shocked at the arbitrary and vindictive nature of their wealthy matriarchs will. While the palatial home goes to her prodigal step-grandson, hardworking Louise receives onlt the copyright to her grandfathers musty novels--long out of print and never popular. When she peruses one of these volumes, she discovers stories her beloved grandfather once read to her. But as she looks more closely, Louise becomes convinced the books Japanese POW camp episodes are more fact than fiction--and could contain clues to secrets long since hidden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708613 Ever since Harper Connelly was struck by lightning as a child, shes been able to see and hear the last memories of the dead. Grave Secret finds Harper and her brother Tolliver on the trail of a particularly gruesome killer, and the pair must act quickly before more lives are lost. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708756 Fifteen years ago Kate Summers adopted a little boy in secret and fled to a small town in Oregon. Today, she has a wonderful life and believes she has outrun her past. But a mysterious figure is searching for her and threatens to destroy her happiness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748843 The dryly precocious, soon-to-be-fifteen-year-old hero of this engagingly offbeat debut novel, Oliver Tate lives in the seaside town of Swansea, Wales. At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world surrounding him, and a budding, hormone-driven emotional explorer, Oliver is stealthily (and perhaps a bit more nervously than hed ever admit) nosing his way forward through the murky and uniquely perilous waters of adolescence. His objectives? Uncovering the secrets behind his parents teetering marriage, unraveling the mystery that is his alluring and equally quirky classmate Jordana Bevan, and understanding where he fits in among the pansexuals, Zoroastrians, and other mystifying, fascinating beings in his orbit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707959 Dalton Lindquist is forced to make difficult choices about the future when dark family secrets threaten the tranquility of his life, and to complicate matters, Dalton and his best friend, Yuri, seek the attention of the same woman, Phoebe Robbins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1607078 Sheila McGann is estranged from her complicated family. But when her older brother Art, pastor of a large suburban parish, finds himself at the center of a scandal, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him. Her strict mother lives in a state of angry denial; her younger brother Mike has already convicted his brother in his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheilas questions and refuses to defend himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1428512 In this book, the author tells the story of a womans homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her fathers unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces the hallways of her familys rambling lakeside house, she discovers, locked in a window seat, a collection of objects that first appear to be useless curiosities. But soon they reveal a deeper and more complex family past. As Lucy discovers and explores the traces of her lineage from an heirloom tapestry and dusty political tracts to a web of allusions depicted in stained glass windows throughout upstate New York, the family story she has always known is shattered. Lucys quest for the truth reconfigures her familys history, links her to a unique slice of the suffragette movement, and yields dramatic insights that embolden her to live freely. With surprises at every turn, this is a saga in which every element emerges as a carefully place piece of the puzzle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251092 Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for the deathless man, a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tigers wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573786 When Rakhee Singh is ten years old, her mother takes her from their Minnesota home to visit relatives in India. There she discovers a family secret that will haunt her. Only as a woman on the verge of marriage does Rakhee find the strength to confront the events of that summer and face the price of secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573669 Nicholas Monroe, widowed Prince of Ravenscar, is feeling pressure from his family to remarry. But the mysterious death of his first wife, Lily, still hangs over his head. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539223 Sylvie Bates-McAllister finds her life upended by a late-night phone call from the headmaster of the prestigious private school where her adopted son Scott teaches. Allegations of Scotts involvement in a hazing scandal cause a ripple effect, throwing the entire family into chaos. For Charles, Sylvies biological son, it dredges up a ghost from the past who is suddenly painfully present. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709638 Maddie Duprees mother was once the other woman in a love triangle with Mick Hennessys parents. It ended tragically. When Maddie returns to Truly, Wyoming, after a long absence, sparks fly between her and Mick. But can white-hot passion erase their painful family histories? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709950 A disturbed, vindictive woman escapes prison and launches a murderous spree of revenge upon her family. Cissy Cahill, a member of that family, must do everything in her power to protect the lives of her loved ones. Her own life, however, may be in the greatest danger of all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562704 Every family has a secret, but Uncle Maxs could wreak havoc on the world. Dr. Bruce Starkman, chief ER resident at Chicagos Cook County Hospital, is plucked from total immersion in his profession by the mysterious death of his Uncle Max. Its only when Bruce finds his uncles hidden journal detailing Maxs ordeal some fifty years before in Theresienstadt concentration camp that the situation begins to make sense. Deciphering clues his uncle left behind, he has to decide whether to seek the truth about something from the past, or move forward with his medical career. The young physician soon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1606996 Sheila McGann is estranged from her complicated family. But when her older brother Art, pastor of a large suburban parish, finds himself at the center of a scandal, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him. Her strict mother lives in a state of angry denial; her younger brother Mike has already convicted his brother in his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheilas questions and refuses to defend himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542543 Three years after her husband Maxs death, Paolo, an Italian editor of American coffee table books, shows Shelley some childhood photos. Paolo tells her that the man in the photos, the bearded man who Paolo says is his grandfather though he never seems to age, is Max. Her Max. And he is alive and well. As outrageous as Paolos claims seem--how could her husband be alive? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540547 I was a blonde eating an avocado, in a country where avocados were plentiful and blondes were not...So begins the story of a woman haunted by memories of the months she spent in Mexico in her early twenties and the wealthy Americans she fell in with there...Two decades later in rural England, facing a terminal illness, Frances discovers a letter to her husband from a younger woman. When she follows him to London and spies on his interactions with the girl, she knows beyond a doubt hes been unfaithful. As she writes out her story in three notebooks, Frances must at last confront her traumatic past...--Dust jacket flap.