Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7431&N=3+8033&No=90 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256508 After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a psychiatric unit, private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roys lawyer--an old friend of Sean King--to look into the case. But en route to their first meeting with the lawyer, King and Maxwell discover his dead body. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1282279 After a mountainside massacre yields a grim message, Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force, must join with Commander Grayson Pierce and an unlikely ally if he is going to get to the root of a conspiracy that stretches back to a lost prehistoric colony in America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392233 Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his gorgeous girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts--until he realizes that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him wont stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1234700 When he falls in love with Sarah Daniels, the woman he has been hired to protect from her murderous half brother, KGI agent Garrett Kelly will do anything to keep her safe, despite her dark past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1361465 His name is Rafer Callahan. He was a kid from the wrong side of the tracks who fought through life the only way he knew how: with his fists. But Rafer never meant to bring any harm to Cambria Flannigan, the girl--the lover--whose sister hed been unable to save ... Cami lost her sister in the brutal murders that rocked her hometown so many years ago. Some still believe that Rafe, along with his friends Logan and Crowe, were involved. But how could Rafe--who haunted her girlish dreams, then her adult fantasies be a killer? That is the question that keeps her up at night. Now a prosperous ranch owner, Rafe is trying to build a new legacy for himself. Its finally time to settle the score with Cami, and make her his. But old wounds open up with a series of new murders ... and each of the victims has a connection to Rafe, Logan and Crowe. With suspicion, fear, and loyalty tearing her apart, Cami is once again at risk of losing her heart--or her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1353679 While screening eligible bachelors for a romance reality competition being filmed in Fools Gold, Dakota Hendrix is drawn to Finn Anderssen, a sexy stranger who, arriving in town with a chip on his shoulder, will do anything to keep his twin brothers off the show. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251158 Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too, and hes certain hes on the right trail. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1335543 A bonding trip for Pendergast and his brother-in-law, Judson Esterhazy, turns violent. Before abandoning a mortally-wounded Pendergast, Esterhazy announces his sister, Pendergasts long-dead wife Helen, is alive--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1282082 Georgia Bureau of Investigations Detective Faith Mitchell, her partner Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton join forces to find Faiths mother, missing after a deadly hostage situation that leaves Faith a murder suspect -- and the scapegoat for police corruption, bribery, and murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1245829 Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother and her training to become a Zelandoni -- one of the Ninth Cave communitys spiritual leaders and healers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1401346 A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores- when it bursts into flames. A gang of pirates speeds to take advantage of the disaster-when their boat explodes. What is happening in this part of the world? As Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team rush to investigate, they find themselves drawn into the extraordinary ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of almost mythical power, and an unimaginably audacious plan to extort the worlds major nations. The penalty for refusal? The destruction of their greatest cities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1224259 Peabody, Eve, and her husband Roarke are trying to get the hard evidence they need to bring two dirty cops down -- knowing all the while that the two are willing to kill to keep their secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1283729 Follows Connor Creed who, promising to carry on his Uncles legacy, struggles with identity issues when his estranged identical twin brother returns. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372936 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1260452 Now sober, Atlanta homicide detective Patrick Tick Kelly, still haunted by the murder of his wife and children, gets an unexpected second chance at happiness when he works with former DEA agent Kate Rush to expose a local human trafficking ring. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1353687 Brooding and sexy Rafe Di Luca has returned to his familys luxurious vineyard resort for one reason: to find out who attacked his beloved grandmother. His homecoming stirs up a decades-old feud, forcing him to work with Brooke Petersson, the woman he once seduced and betrayed...but never forgot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277981 When an airplane crashes into the village gazebo, killing the pilot and Tricias friend Deborah, Tricia has reason to believe the crash was more than an accident. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1342918 Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby she witnesses the fatal shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals. She is targeted by a shadowy criminal couple called the Landrys, and, as the only person to see the shooters face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation. After Agent Max Daniels takes over the Landry case he pledges to protect Ellie until she takes the witness stand. The two of them find their close quarters leading to passionate feelings. Hes definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet shes attracted to him in a way she cant explain. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1471109 A New Jersey bounty hunter with attitude, bail-bonds apprehension agent Stephanie Plum pursues a former vice cop, now on the run, with whom she shares a sordid history and a powerful chemistry. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1432833 Once the center of madness, suicide, mass murder, and whispers of things far worse, the 1800s Gilded Age palace known as the Pendleton, has been re-christened in the 1970s as a luxury apartment building. But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, and elevators plunge into unknown depths. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1202225 After surviving a werewolf attack and becoming a werewolf, Eva Roman rescues a shapeshifter who has been stripped of his memory and powers after a similar attack, and together they work to find out who is trying to destroy them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1242957 When a pregnant tennis star reports that her rock-artist husband has gone missing amid scandalous rumors, Myron Bolitar is forced to confront deep secrets about his clients past while struggling with fatherhood roles in his personal life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277254 An adventure set in the violent world of modern piracy and terrorism follows the kidnapping of an oil heiresss daughter for a multi-billion-dollar ransom and the efforts of Cross Bow Security head Hector Cross to secure her release. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1234813 Car mechanic and shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has never known any others of her kind. Until now. As Mercy comes to terms with this new information, an evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River--and if Mercy and her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam, are to have any hope of surviving, they will need all the resources the shifters can offer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294268 When Nel learns that his former flame is terminally ill and pregnant with a child she claims is his, he agrees to take care of the baby girl once shes born. But as a recovering alcoholic whose demons are barely under control, he cant do it alone. Luckily, he has an amazing network of family and friends who are ready to help. A tale of joy, heartbreak and hope in a close-knit Dublin community. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1423782 Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she is knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she is flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now he is dead, in a garbage can, waiting for curbside pickup. His killer could be anyone. And a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph the dead man was supposed to be carrying. Only one other person has seen the missing photo,Stephanie Plum. Now she is the target, and she does not intend to end up in a garbage can. With the help of an FBI sketch artist Stephanie re-creates the person in the photo. Unfortunately the first sketch turns out to look like Tom Cruise, and the second sketch like Ashton Kutcher. Until Stephanie can improve her descriptive skills, she will need to watch her back. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256755 Thirty-two year old Alexandra Moreland is a rising star in the architectural world and lives in Manhattan. But when she is plagued by identity theft, her successful life is turned upside down. Someone has gained access to her bank accounts, credit cards, personal background, and is now impersonating her. Then, with overwhelming circumstantial evidence stacked against her, Alexandra is arrested for the murder of a woman she claims shes never met. Or has she? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1259461 Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter, Annie, and her former mother-in-law, Ruth. Theyre driving to Florida for Ruths 50th high school reunion. A long-time widow, Ruth would like very much to reconnect with Royce, the love of her youth. Bethannes ex-husband, Grant, would like to reconcile, so she also has a major life decision to consider. And Annie is out to prove to her onetime boyfriend that she can live a brilliant life without him. But even the best-laid plans can take an unexpected turn-- or even be completely derailed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302674 As a former Navy seal turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen the face of evil and knows just how deadly it can be. When he first met Eve Duncan, he never expected to fall in love with a woman whose life would be defined by her dual desires to bring home her missing daughter and discover the truth behind her disappearance- no matter how devastating. With the help of CIA agent Catherine Ling, they make a shocking discovery that sheds new light on young Bonnies abduction and puts Quinn squarely in the cross hairs of danger. Eves first love, John Gallo, a soldier supposedly killed in the line of duty, is very much alive- and very much a threat. Emotionally charged, with one shock after another, Quinn reveals the electricity of Joe and Eves first connection, and how they fell in love in the midst of haunting tragedy. As their search takes them deeper and deeper into a web of murder and madness, Joe and Eve must confront their most primal fears...and test their resolve to uncover the ultimate bone-chilling truth.--Book jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1236630 When single attorney Steven Creed becomes guardian of an orphaned five-year-old boy, he trades his big-city law firm for a ranch near his McKettrick kin in the close-knit community of Stone Creek, Arizona. Steven takes on the pro bono defense of a local teen and meets his match in the beautiful county prosecutor Melissa OBallivan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392134 Combat veteran John Puller, now working as an investigator for the Armys Criminal Investigative Division, tries to solve the murder of an Army man and his Pentagon contractor wife in their isolated rural home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1310966 Valerie Wyatt is at the top of her game--she has parlayed her talent for entertaining and home decorating into a multimedia empire, and her name is synonymous with class and exquisite taste. And yet, though she has achieved enviable professional success, her ambition and hard work have given her little room for a personal life. She is divorced, and though she has a strong relationship with her daughter, she finds herself alone as her 60th birthday approaches. Valeries daughter, April, is also a dynamo in her chosen field. A top-notch chef, she owns her own restaurant--a cozy place that dishes up both comfort food and rare delicacies. The restaurant is a smashing success, and April devotes herself to it body and soul. Like her mother, she values professional success more than romance, and she cannot find any room for a man in her life as her 30th birthday grows nearer. The closest she has come to a relationship in years is an ill-advised one night stand. Jack Adams is a famous former NFL player, who is now an immensely successful sportscaster. He is also an incorrigible womanizer, who makes a habit of bedding models who are half his age. Nearing age 50 he begins to wonder if his wild ways still suit him, or if its finally time to grow up. These three driven professionals share the same birthday. And this year, the day that they share will prove to be one that changes their lives forever. Their birthday will set into motion a dramatic series of events--danger, adventure, laughter, heartbreak, and joy...and, ultimately, the most fulfilling birthday gift of all-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1204613 Stone Barringtons undercover dealings with MI6 have brought in a big new client for the Woodman & Weld law firm, and the firm is willing to pay Stone a huge bonus and make him a partner. But a murder close to home and a request from the CIA to help transport a fugitive, Erwin Gelbhardt, from Spain to the U.S., bring him back to earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294260 Animosity between the genetically engineered Elites and their human subjects is fierce, and many rebels fight back against Elite rule. Hays Baker is a high-ranking agent in the Elite forces and at the forefront of keeping the humans under control. However, Hays is unknowingly hiding a secret that will make him the greatest threat to the Elite regime, and their number one target. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372882 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251034 Caterer and amateur sleuth-extraordinaire Goldy Schulz digs into a deadly smorgasbord that includes a heaping helping of murder, a double dose of arson ... and nine adorable beagle puppies! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1368978 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294277 To pull off their latest mission, Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must survive a devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth-century China ... a daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border ... a woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar ... for Cabrillo and company, all of these events will come together -- leading to the greatest threat against US security that the country has ever known. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261406 Detective Lindsay Boxers long awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals, but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life, a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yukis career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct? Lindsays every move is watched by her new boss, Lieutenant Jackson Brady, and when the pressure to find the baby begins interfering with her new marriage to Joe, she wonders if shell ever be able to start a family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393398 This is the story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they have taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made, and ask whether love can truly rewrite the past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261433 When Sarah Boudreaux finds a dead body in the Louisiana bayou near her home, her first instinct is to go to the police. But theres a problem--it looks like the victim may have been killed by a big cat, and her brothers are all shape-shifting leopards. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1336076 In his life, Harrys been shot, stabbed, sliced, beaten, burned, crushed, and tortured. And after someone puts a bullet through his chest and leaves him to die in the waters of Lake Michigan, things really start going downhill. But even trapped in the realm between life and death, Harry cant catch a break. He learns that three of his friends are destined to experience unbearable torment and agony. Only by bringing his murderer to justice can he save his friends and move on to what comes next--a feat that would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers. Instead, Harry must work as a ghost, unable to interact with the physical world, invisible and inaudible to almost everyone. Unfortunately hes not the only specter roaming Chicago. There are malevolent shadows who havent forgotten Harrys predilection for putting evil in its place while he was alive. And now that Harrys on their turf, they are looking for some serious payback. So the late Harry Dresden will have to pull off the ultimate trick without using any magic--or face an eternity as just another lost soul-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1205692 Charleston, 1799: A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family. But Cays adventurous spirit, fostered by growing up with her three brothers, is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina. Bedridden with a broken leg, he asks Cay to fill in for him on an urgent task: on her way to a fancy dress ball, she must deliver a packed horse to an old friends son--who also happens to be an escaped convict charged with murdering his wife! Cay agrees to the plan, which doesnt go at all as planned . . . whereupon she finds herself fleeing Alexander McDowells captors, riding blind into the night with the fugitive Scotsman. Though she should fear him, Cay finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to Alex, and drawn into his tale of misguided justice and his innocence as they seek refuge in the steamy Florida everglades. Will trusting him be the worst mistake of her life? Or will falling in love be the salvation both of them have been looking for? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1430130 Coming out of retirement to run for president, Jack Ryan finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes attack from his opponent as his close comrade, John Clark, is the subject of treacherous charges, at the same time Jack Ryan, Jr. and other members of Campus struggle to stop terrorists. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1246035 Psychologist Alex Delaware and his girlfriend Robin are making a farewell visit to an LA hotel bar when one patron in particular grabs their attention -- a beautiful but aloof young woman dressed all in white. Two days later, Alex is called in on a murder case and is shocked when he recognizes the victim as the woman in white. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1401344 Detective Alex Cross is thwarted at every turn while he attempts to investigate the abduction of the presidents son and daughter and also discovers a deadly contagion released in the capitals water supply that foreshadows a larger, more devastating attack. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1282278 Facing homelessness and a loss of social standing after her husband cheats rich investors out of billions of dollars, Meredith and her best friend, Connie, who has troubles of her own, escape to Nantucket to heal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1284208 After they survive a deadly fever and the worlds worst musical performance, Honoria Smythe-Smith, a really bad violinist, and Marcus Holroyd, her older brothers best friend, fall desperately in love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1478909 Young Mitch Rapp sets out on a deadly mission to hunt down the men responsible for the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1234777 A hero called Cate, whos not at all effeminate, and a heroine called Prudence, who isnt particularly prudent. They meet one dark night in Yorkshire, both impoverished and at their limit, so how do they end up as Earl and Countess of Malzard. And can they survive the trouble that brings?--from authors website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1312400 Rodeo cowboy Brody Creed likes life on the move. Until a chance encounter with his long-estranged twin brother brings him home for the first time in years. Suddenly Brody is in Creed territory--at thirty-three, hes a restless bad boy among family with deep ties to the land and each other. And a secret past haunts him as he tries to make plans for his future. Carolyn Simmons is looking for Mr. Right in Lonesome Bend, as the ticktock of her biological clock gets ever louder. Then she falls for gorgeous Brody Creed, the opposite of everything she wants. Until lassoing his wild heart becomes everything both of them need. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1254846 Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark warrior cloth as her brother. Because she is a fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side...and no role for her on the front lines of the war, either. When she suffers a paralyzing injury, human surgeon Dr. Manuel Manello is called in to treat her as only he can--and he soon gets sucked into her dangerous secret world. Although he never before believed in things that go bump in the night--like vampires--he finds himself more than willing to be seduced by the powerful female who marks both his body and his soul. As the two find so much more than an erotic connection, the human and vampire worlds collide...just as a centuries-old score catches up with Payne and puts both her love and her life in deadly jeopardy-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1278290 Kate Daniels is beset by a vast array of supernatural problems after starting her own business, as she struggles to deal with potential clients who are afraid of her mate while helping the Master of the Dead stop a rogue vampire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1253034 Montana wildfire fighter Rowan has a strict rule: never get romantically involved with anyone she works with. But the moment she meets new recruit Gull Curry that rule is severely tested. And when it becomes clear that someone blames Rowan for her jump partners death, and is determined to get revenge, Rowan finds that she needs Gulls help and support more than ever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1276156 On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, China, Italy, and Siberia, the Fargos find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, an ancient Tibetan kingdom, a lost landmass in the North Sea, Stone Age ostrich egg shards inscribed in a cryptic language, a pair of battles separated by thousands of miles and hundreds of years ... and a skeleton that could just turn the history of human evolution on its head. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1263856 Back in 1985, two girls disappeared, and fledgling cop Lucas Davenport couldnt get over it, even when his boss declared the case closed. Now a house has been torn down, the bodies of two girls wrapped in plastic have been found, and Davenport is back on the case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1342919 Facing daunting challenges in the form of political threats against the OSS and the early stirrings of the Cold War, Cletus Frade and his colleague conduct a secret operation to counter the growing ambitions of Joseph Stalin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1271096 Jess OBrien has overcome a lot--the challenges of attention deficit disorder, the near bankruptcy of her beloved Inn at Eagle Point and her self-perception as a screwup in a family of overachievers. Now shes ready to share the future with a man. Her friends persuade her to join a dating service--but she gets no takers! Which is fine with her childhood friend, psychologist Will Lincoln, whos already chosen the perfect man for Jess: himself...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1250599 While in the heart of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to take down terrorist leader Zahed, Captain Scott Mitchell and his Ghost Recon team must navigate through a minefield of carnage and politics to accomplish their mission. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1234811 Who could be driven to kill by books and sweets? While school psychologist Skye Dennison eagerly anticipates the grand opening of a new bookstore called Tales and Treats, many of Scumble Rivers most outspoken citizens want to shut down the owners before they even open- and one is angry enough to commit murder... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372797 When his wife Rachel, who is pregnant, leaves him, Bruce Peyton, while dealing with his spoiled thirteen-year-old daughter Jolene, is determined to get her back with a little help from his Cedar Cove friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1310685 A serial killer is on the loose, and its up to FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock to bring him down. They soon discover that the killer has blood ties to the infamous and now long-dead monster Ted Bundy. Savich and Sherlock are joined by agents Lucy Carlyle and Cooper McKnight, and the chase is on... -- Jkt. flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1282281 Where theres smoke theres fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. The bail bonds office has burned to the ground, and bodies are turning up in the empty construction lot. To make matters worse, Stephanie is working out of a motor home she shares with a dancing bear, and Joe Morellis old-world grandmother has declared a vendetta against her. And just when Stephanie decides it might be time to choose between the two men in her life, Morelli and Ranger, a third man from Stephanies past moves back to Trenton... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1201876 In a Regency novel told in three parts by three different authors, Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, throws the party of the season at his sisters country home, with the aim of finding a suitable wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1234773 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427492 Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1381690 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1211331 When Brenda Riley, a colleague from Alis old news broadcasting days in California, shows up in town with an alcohol problem and an unlikely story about a missing fianc, Ali reluctantly agrees to help. The man posing as Brendas fianc is revealed to be Richard Lowensdale, a cyber-sociopath who has left a trail of broken hearts in his virtual wake. When he is viciously murdered, the police soon focus their investigation on Brenda. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1289674 Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli is already at the crime scene when medical examiner Maura Isles arrives on the Chinatown rooftop. Rizzolis gut says theyre on the trail of a twisted predator and when a monkey hair is found on the body, other clues point Rizzoli and Isles in the direction of the fable of the Monkey King. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1228236 After collapsing at work, sous-chef Kelly Matlock retreats to her sisters home in Virgin River where she meets Lief Holbrook, a widower, and as romance blossoms between them, Liefs stepdaughters antics threaten to tear them apart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1279346 Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1297923 A young archivist working in the National Archives and his childhood crush accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact--a 200-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington--hidden inside a desk chair. Eager to discover why the President is hiding this important national treasure, the two soon find themselves entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder that will reveal the most well kept secret of the U.S. Presidency. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1375604 Theyre one of the countrys most telegenic couples: beloved TV journalist Sara Lowell and New Yorks hottest basketball star, Michael Silverman. In a Manhattan clinic, a doctor has dedicated his life to eradicating a devastating disease. One by one, theyre being targeted by a serial killer. And now Michael has been diagnosed with the disease. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1241966 Suzette is not like other heiresses; she wants a poor husband. A gentleman who will be so grateful for her dowry that he will allow her access to her dowry so she can help pay off her fathers gambling debts. When this alluring beauty encounters Daniel Woodward--handsome, titled, single...and even more impoverished than she could have hoped for--it seems Suzettes wildest dream has come true. But Daniel has not been truthful. Tired of being accosted by an endless stream of vapid coquettes and their fortune-hunting mothers, Daniel has decided to plead poverty to stop them in their tracks. Yet here is a most refreshing and delectable lady who claims to be thrilled by his penury. Now all Daniel has to do to find true happiness is to keep a little white lie alive...while avoiding a dastardly villain whos determined to prevent this union by any means necessary.--from cover, p. [4]. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1242509 A hero among men, meet Captain Jordan Malone. For years he has been a silent warrior and guardian, operating independent of government protocol or oversight, leading his team of Elite Ops agents to fight against terror at all costs. A legend in the field, Jordans true identity has remained a mystery even to his own men, until now. A magnet for one woman, Tehya Talamosi, codename Enigma, is a force to be reckoned with. A woman this striking spells nothing but trouble for Jordan.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1284117 A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life shes built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she cant let him pay for the real killers crimes. Ninas secret life began nineteen years ago. She had looks to die for, a handsome police-officer husband, and a carefree life in Key West. When she learned she was pregnant with their first child, her happiness was almost overwhelming. But Ninas world is shattered when she unearths a terrible secret that causes her to run for her life and change her identity. Now, years later, Nina risks everything shes earned to return to Florida and confront the murderous evil she fled... -- Jkt. flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1278497 Cassandra Palmer recently defeated a god, which youd think would buy a girl a little time off. But when your job is being Pythia--the worlds chief clairvoyant--you dont get a lot of R & R. Cassie is busier than ever, discovering her power, figuring out her complicated relationship with the enigmatic and sexy vampire Mircea, and preparing for her upcoming coronation. But someone is dead set against Cassies becoming Pythia, and will go to any lengths to stop the coronation ceremony from happening--including making sure that Cassie is never born. Now Cassie has to save herself--and the world, if she can find the time...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1236015 Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter? As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break the case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1424172 Three men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier. But once in the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1203735 Clay Tahoma, Virgin Rivers new veterinary assistant, is welcomed by everyone in town except Lilly Yazhi, who believes that his down-to-earth attitude and rugged sex appeal is an act to charm wealthy women like his ex-wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1425942 LAPD detective Harry Bosch simultaneously investigates a killer who has been operating undetected for thirty years and a political conspiracy that has its origins in his police department. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1401342 California PI Kinsey Millhone investigates the death of Audrey Vance, a woman she helped arrest for shoplifting, and antagonizes just about everyone, including Audreys fianc, several loan sharks, a stone-cold killer, and a hapless burglar who knows more than is healthy for him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393383 When protests about a superstore chains plans to build a location in a Minnesota river town escalate into bombing attacks at the construction site and the companys headquarters, Virgil Flowers races against time to find and stop the bomber. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294254 At age 12, Gideon Crew witnessed the brutal murder of his father. More than 20 years later, Gideon gets his revenge. But then a mysterious witness steps forward to confront Gideon on his crime--and offer him the chance of a lifetime--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392679 Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stones investigation of a violent series of car thefts is complicated by political pressures, the summer tourist season, and the questionable goals of an ambitious PR executive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1297939 Keeping a low profile after a painful divorce, Lacey Lancaster spurns the advances of her handsome neighbor, Jack Walker, in spite of their cats mutual attraction. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393382 Carter Crossing, Mississippi. 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover--to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1365439 From the popular author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Cliftons life begins in 1920, with the words, I was told that my father was killed in the war. A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once hes left school. But then his unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys school, and his life will never be the same again. As he enters into adulthood, Harry finally learns how his father really died, but the awful truth only leads him to question who was his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the first-born son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line? This introductory novel in The Clifton Chronicles includes a cast of colorful characters and takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitlers Germany. From the docks of working-class England to the bustling streets of 1940 New York City, Only Time Will Tell takes readers on a journey through to future volumes, which will bring to life one hundred years of recent history to reveal a family story that neither the reader nor Harry Clifton himself could ever have imagined-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261408 When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape and murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbos bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392677 Montana wilderness guide Angie Powell wants nothing to do with ex-soldier Dare Callahan, especially as she blames him for her failing business. But she has to put her feelings to one side when they are suddenly thrust together to stop an animal with a thirst for blood--of a human variety. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302360 When a murder suspect commits suicide after his arrest for killing a soybean farmer, Virgil Flowers uncovers a multi-generation, multi-family conspiracy involving a series of monstrous crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302364 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302196 When Travis Boyette is paroled because of inoperable brain tumor, for the first time in his life, he decides to do the right thing and tell police about a crime he committed and another man is about to be executed for. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1166261 When she starts experiencing strange urges after surviving an attack, Jenna Darraw takes refuge in Boston with the Order, an ancient race of vampire warriors, where she meets Brock, a sexy vampire with the power to heal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1298533 A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar and in just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. Before the Womens Murder Club can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Detective Lindsay Boxer to put her own life on the line--but is it enough to save the city? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1144967 Jaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner who loves her job -- usually. But helping Carrie Edwards with her Big Day has been an unrelenting nightmare. Carrie is a bridezilla of mythic nastiness, a diva whose tantrums are just about as crazy as her demands. But the unpleasant task at hand turns serously criminal when Carrie is brutally murdered and everyone involved with the ceremony is accusing one another of doing the deed. -- Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1175250 Lt. Eve Dallas of the New York Police and Security Department returns home from vacation to a string of bizarre murders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302199 Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnappers yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1192044 When Scarpetta examines a young mans body, she discovers stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the cooler of her new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts. Various 3-D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen. These suggest the possibility of a conspiracy to cause mass casualties, and she races against time to discover who and why before more people die.