Large Print Books 2008 - Toronto Public Library

Large Print Books 2008 

Contents 

Introduction page 3 

Fiction page 7 

Mystery page 96 

Romance page 156 

Science Fiction page 175 

Short Stories page 177 

Western page 177 

Non Fiction page 181 

Canadian Large Print page 221

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Agincourt 

Albert Campbell 

Albion 

Barbara Frum 

Beaches 

Bendale 

Brentwood 

Bridlewood 

City Hall 

Cliffcrest 

Danforth Coxwell 

Dawes Road 

Deer Park 

Don Mills 

Downsview 

Eatonville 

Eglinton Square 

Evelyn Gregory 

Fairview 

Forest Hill 

High Park 

Highland Creek 

Jane Dundas 

Leaside 

Locke 

Long Branch 

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Malvern 

Maria Shchuka 

Maryvale McGregor 

Park 

Mimico 

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North York Central 

Northern District 

Oakwood Village 

Pape Danforth 

Port Union 

Richview 

Runnymede 

S. Walter Stewart 

St. James Town 

Weston 

Woodside Square 

Wychwood 

York Woods 

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Fiction 

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Adair, Cherry 

White heat 

The mysterious, supposed suicide of her mentor reunites 

Emily Greene with her mentor's son, T-FLAC agent Max 

Aries, who claims that his father's death may have been 

murder, as the two join forces to investigate a tangled 

web of intrigue, violence, and murder. 

Adler, Elizabeth 

Meet me in Venice 

Enjoying her whirlwind courtship with Bennett James, a 

businessman with ties to Shanghai, antiques dealer 

Precious Rafferty is stunned by a message from Lily Song, 

a cousin she has never met, who has a secret that she 

wishes to reveal during a face-to-face meeting in Venice, a 

fateful secret that leads Precious into a web of danger, 

seduction, and murder. 

Ahern, Cecelia, 

A place called here 

Tracking down missing persons as a way of purging 

lingering demons about a childhood friend who went 

missing, Sandy Shortt finds herself increasingly consumed 

by a growing obsession with understanding how and why 

people disappear. 

Ahern, Cecelia, 

Mrs Whippy 

Emelda's husband Charlie has left her for a dancer half her 

age. For comfort she turns to her only true friend - ice 

cream. But lately there's a handsome man driving the icecream 

van. Could romance be about to blossom? 

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Albert, Susan Wittig 

The tale of Hawthorn House : the cottage tales of 

Beatrix Potter 

After the popular Summer Fete in the village of Sawrey, 

Beatrix finds a baby left on her doorstep with a note, a 

scarab ring, and a sprig of hawthorn. As she tries to find 

Flora's parents, she learns that a mysterious gray-haired 

woman was the last person seen with the baby. 

Alexander, Robert 

Rasputin's daughter 

Interrogated by the provisional government of 

revolutionary Russia on the details of her father's death, 

Maria, the daughter of Rasputin, remembers her father's 

powerful influence over the throne and her struggles over 

the discovery of his true nature. 

Allen, Woody. 

Mere anarchy 

Features 18 witty, wild and intelligent comic pieces, this 

book is a collection which includes: tales of a body double 

- mistaken for the film's star - kidnapped by outlaws; a 

pretentious writer forced to work on the novelisation of a 

"Three Stooges" film; and, a nanny secretly writing an 

expose of her Manhattan employers. 

Amirrezvani, Anita. 

The blood of flowers 

Anticipating an arranged marriage only to discover that 

her father has passed away without leaving her with a 

dowry, a seventeenth-century Persian teen becomes a 

servant to her wealthy rug designer uncle in the court of 

the legendary Shah Abbas the Great, where her weaving 

talents prove both a blessing and curse. 

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Armstrong, Louise 

A change of heart 

Alexander wasn’t put off by Nikki’s attitude, but it wasn’t 

until the unexpected happened that he was able to show 

her that love is not an admission of weakness. 

Aston, Elizabeth. 

The true Darcy spirit 

Cassandra Darcy refuses to marry the man with whom she 

had run away with when she realizes that his affection was 

motivated by her potential fortune. Disowned by her 

family, she decides to earn a living by painting. 

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 

Lady Susan and love & friendship 

I long to be made known to your dear little children in 

whose hearts I shall be very eager to secure an interest. I 

shall soon have need for all my fortitude as I am on the 

point of separation from my own daughter. 

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Baer, Judy. 

Norah's ark 

Taking matters into his own paws, Bentley, a precocious 

mutt who is terrified of kittens, interferes in the love life of 

his owner, Norah Kent, by unleashing a hilarious 

matchmaking scheme to help her find Mr. Right. 

Baldacci, David 

Divine justice 

Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in Baldacci's most 

astonishing thriller yet when the assassinations Stone 

carries out prompt the highest levels of the government to 

unleash a massive manhunt 

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Baldacci, David 

Stone cold 

Protecting a con artist from vengeful casino king Jerry 

Bagger, Oliver Stone and his colleagues at the Camel Club 

find their efforts further challenged by a ruthless killer who 

targets Stone by threatening to reveal his mysterious 

past. 

Banerji, Sara, 

Blood precious 

Snobbish, aloof and 80 years old, Lady Arabella 

Cunnigham-Smythe wishes she were dead. Then she could 

join her late husband as they had planned so meticulously 

before he died. But a band of well meaning friends and 

relations are determined to thwart her wishes. 

Baring, Maurice 

Overlooked 

Anthony Kay, a blind man, meets a gathering of people 

and quickly becomes involved in their lives. One of these 

people is James Rudd, a novelist, who, taking it upon 

himself to write a new novel, decides to study the group. 

The story he ends up with is very different from the one 

Kay would have told. 

Barrett, Andrea. 

The air we breathe 

In fall 1916, Americans debate whether to enter the 

European war. But in an isolated community in the 

Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake 

the focus is on the sick. 

Barry, Brunonia 

The lace reader 

A young woman descended from a long line of mind 

readers and fortune tellers has returned to her hometown 

of Salem, Massachusetts, for rest and relaxation. Any 

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tranquility in her life is short-lived, however, when her 

aunt drowns under mysterious circumstances. 

Bates, Judy Fong, 1949- 

Midnight at the dragon cafe 

Su-Jen Chou, a Chinese immigrant growing up in 1950s 

Ontario, finds herself shouldering the weight of her 

mother's hopes and dreams as her isolated family 

attempts to forge a life for themselves in a small town. 

Bennett, Alan 

The uncommon reader 

The "uncommon reader" is none other than Her Majesty 

the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her 

corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham 

Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading 

naturally changes her world view and her relationship with 

people. 

Bennett, Anne. 

To have and to hold 

Set in Ireland and Birmingham, this is a saga of a nurse 

who only wants to do her duty in World War Two - and 

who ends up having to make an agonising choice. 

Berg, Elizabeth. 

The day I ate whatever I wanted : and other small 

acts of liberation 

Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary 

day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a 

small act of liberation. What would you do, if you were 

going to break out and away? Imagine that the people in 

these wonderful stories--who do all of these things and 

more--are asking you: What would you do, if nobody was 

looking? 

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Berlinski, Claire. 

Lion eyes 

When Claire, the author of a novel about love among 

young CIA trainees, receives an e-mail from an Iranian 

admirer who wants to obtain a copy of her work, she 

agrees to meet him, but soon learns that someone is 

intercepting their communications. 

Bernhardt, William, 1960- 

Capitol threat 

Appointed to the U.S. Senate by the governor of 

Oklahoma, Ben Kincaid is caught in the controversy over 

conservative Supreme Court nominee Thaddeus Roush, 

who reveals that he is gay shortly before a woman from 

his past is found murdered. 

Berry, Steve, 

The Charlemagne pursuit : a novel 

The fourth book featuring Cotton Malone, U.S. Operative 

turned antique book dealer, unfolds an adventure of 

cryptic clues, insanely rivalrous twin sisters, and a Nazi- 

Antarctic mission as Cotton journeys to discover what 

happened to his father who disappeared at sea in 1971. 

Berry, Steve, 1955- 

The Venetian betrayal : a novel 

Ex-secret agent Cotton Malone and his partner, the 

enigmatic Cassiopeia Vitt, are pitted against ruthless 

Central Asian dictator Irina Zovastina as they scour the 

globe in search of the final resting place of Alexander the 

Great, unaware that his grave holds the key to a deadly 

modern mystery that could save the lives of millions. 

Binchy, Maeve 

The builders 

When builders come to work on the deserted house next 

door, everyone expects the worst. But when Derek Doyle 

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arrives outside Number 12, Nan Ryan is intrigued. When 

the handsome builder looks to Nan to help unravel the 

mystery of the previous residents' disappearance, a 

special friendship begins to flourish. 

Binchy, Maeve. 

Firefly summer 

In Mountfern, life meanders as slowly as the river running 

through it. The pace has hardly changed since the great 

house burned down in the Troubles. But when Patrick 

O'Neil arrives from the States with grand plans to turn the 

ruins of Fernscourt into Ireland's finest hotel, ripples begin 

to appear on the surface calm of this backwater. 

Blair, Emma. 

Sweethearts 

A story of two sisters up against the odds, Sweethearts 

follows Lexa and Cordelia Stewart as they strive to find 

happiness in the tough Glasgow of the 1930s. 

Block, Lawrence. 

Hit and run 

A hit man accused of assassinating the governor of Ohio 

must clear his name and outwit the real killer who's out to 

gun him down. 

Bloom, Amy, 1953- 

Away 

Arriving in America alone after her family is destroyed in a 

Russian pogrom, Lillian Leyb receives word that her 

daughter Sophie might still be alive and embarks on a 

risky odyssey that takes her from New York's Lower East 

Side to Siberia to find the missing girl. 

Bohjalian, Christopher A. 

The double bind : a novel 

Laurel Estabrook life changes drastically after being 

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attacked. Her photography and work at a homeless shelter 

are now her life. Laurel meets Bobby, a mentally ill man, 

at the shelter with a box of photos he won't let anyone 

see. When he dies she discovers that he photographed 

celebrities. Laurel becomes obsessed and searches for the 

truth of his former life. 

Bohjalian, Christopher A. 

Skeletons at the feast : a novel 

As Hitler's Third Reich crumbles, an aristocratic Prussian 

woman and her child flee west away from the approaching 

Russian army. Eventually they form an unlikely alliance 

with a Jewish man escaping from the concentration 

camps. 

Booth, Faye L 

Cover the mirrors 

It is 1856 and Spiritualism is at the height of its 

popularity. Molly Pinner has left behind her childhood in 

the Preston slums and inherited her late aunt Florries 

mantle as Preston’s most successful medium. It soon 

becomes clear that her aunt was something far more 

cunning than a magnet for the spirits of the dead. 

Bostwick, Marie. 

On wings of the morning 

When he drops out of college to enlist as a Navy pilot, 

Morgan Glennon comes face-to-face with war and its 

consequences, leading him to an unusual woman who is 

the only one who can help him reclaim both his joy for 

living and for flying. 

Box, C. J. 

Blue heaven 

A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the 

run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men 

they have just watched commit murder--four men who 

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know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know 

exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news 

of her children's fate. 

Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933- 

The heir 

In the aftermath of World War I, new company head 

Edward Deravenel struggles between his loyal brother 

Richard and treacherous brother George while navigating 

the brutal politics of inheritance. 

Bradshaw, Gillian, 

Bloodwood 

Discovering that she has only six months to live, Antonia 

Lanchester decides to turn whistle-blower on her 

company, Masterpiece Home Design, which uses illegally 

obtained timber from rain forests, and reveal their 

involvement in the deaths of environmental protesters in 

Malaysia. 

Bradshaw, Rita 

Skylarks at sunset 

Hope's just a child when she's orphaned, and as she grows 

up, her dream is always to have a family of her own. And 

so when she meets and falls in love with Daniel Fallow, 

son of a successful businessman, she's quick to accept his 

proposal of his marriage. But tragedy is just around the 

corner, and worse is about to come. 

Bretton, Barbara. 

Just like heaven 

After a total stranger in a Grateful Dead t-shirt saves her 

life and then vanishes, Kate is determined to find this 

mystery man who is determined to start a new, faraway 

life devoid of romance, until fate intervenes. 

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Brewer, Sonny 

Cormac : the tale of a dog gone missing : based on a 

true story 

While Brewer is away, his golden retriever Cormac 

vanishes from their Alabama home. What follows is an 

extraordinary adventure, as Brewer travels door-to-door 

searching for information, only to discover the trail leads 

far beyond Alabama. 

Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 

A tale etched in blood and hard black pencil 

Are the characteristics of an adult killer or his victim 

visible in the playground or at the school disco? Or are the 

roots of a motive for murder seeded there? With 

characteristic brio and humour, Christopher Brookmyre 

investigates … 

Brockmann, Suzanne 

Forbidden 

Cal Bartlett can't deny his attraction for Kayla Gray, the 

woman who once betrayed his brother. But once he's 

tasted paradise, can he sacrifice the woman he loves? 

Brown, Benita. 

Fortune's daughter 

FeaturesJust for You"material - exclusive added extras 

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Brown, Dale, 

Shadow command 

General Patrick McLanahan, commander of the new 

Aerospace Battle Force, ignores directives from the White 

House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to 

attack secret Russian bases in Iran in an attempt to thwart 

Russian aggression. 

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Buchan, Elizabeth. 

The second wife 

Minty stole her best friend Rose's husband Nathan and 

made him her own. But now that she's got what she 

wanted - marriage, kids, a family home - she's discovering 

a few things she didn't bargain on: the cold shoulder from 

Nathan's other family, her husband's middle age and 

growing distance ...and accepting that first wives don't 

just go away. 

Buckley, Christopher 

Supreme courtship : a novel 

When a television judge ends up on the Supreme Court, 

romance and the fate of a presidential election take center 

stage in this comic political satire. 

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Camp, Candace 

Marriage wager 

When her benefactor transforms her into a ravishing 

beauty, Miss Constance Woodley, considered a "nobody," 

catches the eye of notorious Lord Dominic Leighton and 

decides to take a gamble on love. 

Castle, Jayne. 

Silver master 

Castle, a.k.a. Jayne Ann Krentz, sets off sexual fireworks 

laced with humor in the futuristic world of Hamony, in this 

novel of psychic intrigue, loyal dust bunnies, and hearts in 

turmoil. 

Cavanagh, Mary. 

The crowded bed 

Joe Fortune, a Jewish GP, has been married to Anna for 

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twenty years; they enjoy a passionate and happy 

relationship. But there are dark secrets in their lives. Joe 

has long nurtured a desire to murder Gordon, Anna's 

father: a motive born of past events and involving 

revenge, mutual hatred, and Gordon's deep prejudice 

against Joe's faith. 

Chabon, Michael. 

Gentlemen of the road : a tale of adventure 

A physician and an ex-soldier travel together making their 

way through the Caucasus Mountains, circa a.d. 950. They 

meet a prince of the Khazar Empire who was usurped by 

his uncle and he enlists their help to regain his throne. 

Challis, Sarah. 

Footprints in the sand 

What happens when you finish someone else’s journey? 

Challis, Sarah 

That summer affair 

When Jodie Roberts goes missing from a sleepy Dorset 

village, the repercussions are as far-reaching as they are 

devastating. Rachel begins to question her marriage for 

the first time after routine police enquiries reveal that her 

husband, Dave, lied about his whereabouts that evening. 

It seems that her loving family is about to be torn apart. 

Chiaverini, Jennifer. 

The New Year's quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel 

Having married on Christmas Eve, Sylvia and longtime 

family friend Andrew Cooper have to face the music and 

tell Andrew's children, especially his bitter daughter, Amy. 

Chiaverini, Jennifer 

The winding ways quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel 

The arrival of newcomers into the circle of quilters heralds 

unexpected journeys down pathways near and far as well 

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as capturing the spirit of friendship at the moment of its 

transformation. 

Chevalier, Tracy. 

Burning bright 

A sweeping and romantic tale set against the historical 

backdrop of William Blake's London. 

Clark, Mary Jane Behrends 

It only takes a moment 

Catching the attention of the entire country when her 

seven-year-old daughter is kidnapped, a news anchor 

becomes increasingly frustrated by authorities and enlists 

the help of her producer, cameraman, and psychiatrist to 

outwit the kidnappers. 

Coben, Harlan 

Hold tight 

Just how far parents will go to protect their kids? When 

their son Adam is implicated in the death of his classmate, 

Tia and Mike Baye install a sophisticated spy program on 

Adam's computer, and within days are jolted by a 

message from an unknown correspondent. 

Coelho, Paulo 

Brida : a novel 

The story of a young Irish girl who dives into sorcery and 

experiments with different magical traditions. She meets a 

wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her about 

overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the 

world; and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the 

music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. As she 

seeks her destiny, she struggles to find a balance between 

her relationships and her desire to become a witch. 

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Cole, Emma 

Every secret thing 

A thrilling mystery and intriguing love story that moves 

between fast-paced modern-day London and Canada to 

the dangerous, double-crossing streets of wartime Lisbon. 

Collins, Jackie. 

Drop dead beautiful 

Lucky Santangelo is back with a vengeance - still every bit 

as strong, sexy, and seductive as ever! But Lucky is older 

and wiser, and hot to reclaim her power position in Las 

Vegas. However, a deadly enemy from her past has 

resurfaced--a person determined to take everything from 

her, including the family she holds so dear. 

Cook, Claire, 

Life's a beach 

A romantic comedy about a relationship-challenged single 

woman, her quirky-to-put-it-mildly extended family, and 

the summer the shark movie came to town. 

Cook, Gloria. 

A whisper of life 

Life in the small Cornish village of Hennaford is still 

difficult in 1948. Several new characters have entered the 

scene, among them 16-year-old Kate, who limps owing to 

a childhood bout with polio that left one leg longer than 

the other and who has just been cruelly cast off by her 

unloving family because they want her room, miserable as 

it is. 

Cook, Robin, 1940- 

Critical 

New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery 

diligently investigates an abrupt rise in infection deaths – 

and all the deaths can be traced to three Manhattan 

hospitals owned by Angels Healthcare. 

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Cork, Vena 

Green eye 

Envy is the deadliest of sins….and a potentially lethal case 

of jealousy is about to rear its head. 

Cornwell, Bernard 

Sword song 

A saga of early England that includes Lords of the North 

finds Alfred of Wessex surviving the Danish invasion, only 

to find the Saxons targeted by Vikings, a conflict during 

which he harnesses the abilities of the formidable warrior 

Uhtred. 

Coulter, Catherine 

Wizard's daughter 

When Rosalind de la Fontaine, under the aegis of the 

Sherbrooke family, is introduced to the ton, she meets 

Nicholas Vail, the 7th Earl of Mountjoy, and is drawn into a 

centuries-old mystery that is linked to her past and to a 

sixteenth-century wizard. 

Court, Dilly. 

The cockney sparrow 

Turn-of-the-century London: a young girl gifted with a 

beautiful soprano voice who is forced to work as a 

pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother. 

Cox, Josephine. 

The loner 

After a tragic accident resulting in the death of his mother 

and the disappearance of his father, Davie Adams flees his 

hometown of Blackburn to escape his painful memories 

and the vicious rumors about his mother. 

Crossland, Glenice 

Christmas Past 

When seventeen-year-old Mary O'Connor collapses one 

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Sunday in church she is taken to live with Dr Roberts and 

his wife in a beautiful Yorkshire village for her health. 

Though initially employed as a maid, Mary soon becomes 

the daughter the couple were never able to have. 

Crouch, Katie. 

Girls in trucks 

Sarah Walters is a reluctant Camellia Society debutante. 

As Sarah grows older, moving north and navigating love 

and life in New York, she and her group of displaced deb 

sisters try to define themselves within the realities of 

modern life. Heartbreak, illness, addiction: this was not 

the happy future promised to them by their Camellia 

mothers. 

Crusie, Jennifer 

Agnes and the hitman 

Rescued during a break-in by an unlikely hit man who has 

been directed by the mob to protect her, food writer 

Cranky Agnes finds her situation further complicated by a 

missing cache of money that becomes a key factor in a 

Southern mafia wedding. 

Cussler, Clive 

Chase 

The 1950 discovery of four bodies inside a sunken steam 

locomotive in a Montana lake gives way to the story of a 

murderous 1906 bank robber whose ruthlessness 

challenged Isaac Bell, a talented detective struggling to 

identify and capture the killer. 

Cussler, Clive. 

The navigator : a novel from the Numa files 

NUMA team goes on an astonishing odyssey through time 

and space, one that encompasses no less than the lost 

treasures of King Solomon, a mysterious packet of 

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documents personally encoded by Thomas Jefferson, and 

a top-secret scientific project that could change the world 

forever. 

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Darwin, Emma. 

The mathematics of love 

1819. Stephen Fairhurst, a veteran of Waterloo, is weary 

of war. Wounded in body and spirit from battles both 

bloody and heartbreaking, he returns to Kersey Hall from 

a self-imposed exile in Spain. Amid the verdant beauty 

and quiet stillness of the countryside he yearns for 

solitude, but instead meets a most unexpected new 

acquaintance: the unconventional Lucy Durward. 

Davidson, Diane Mott 

Sweet revenge 

While catering a holiday breakfast feast, Goldy Schulz 

spots a woman who resembles Sandee Brisbane-the 

Sandee Brisbane who killed Goldy's ex-husband, the Jerk. 

But Sandee is supposed to be dead. Or so everyone 

believes. 

Davidson, MaryJanice 

Swimming without a net 

As Fred the Mermaid tries to fit in with her own kind, she 

finds herself hooked on both Artur, the High Prince of the 

undersea realm, and Thomas, a hunky marine biologist. 

De los Santos, Marisa 

Belong to me 

Cornelia Brown moves to the suburbs and struggles to 

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forge friendships. She develops an instant bond with Lake, 

a warm but elusive woman. 

Delinsky, Barbara. 

The secret between us 

Picking up her sixteen-year-old daughter Grace after a 

party, Deborah Monroe accepts responsibility for hitting a 

man with the car on the way home, even though Grace 

had been driving, a deception that threatens the bond 

between mother and daughter. 

Deveraux, Jude. 

Someone to love 

Still grieving three years after his fiancee’s mysterious 

suicide, Jace Montgomery discovers a clue about her death 

tat leads him to purchase an English fortress, where he 

encounters a headstrong ghost who died under similar 

circumstances. 

Dewar, Isla. 

The cherry sundae company 

You have to bide your time when you live a life of crime. 

Dickinson, Margaret 

Wish me luck 

Fleur Bosley didn't believe in love at first sight, at least not 

until she bumped into Robbie Rodwell on a railway station 

platform in the blackout of wartime Britain. 

Dickey, Eric Jerome 

Pleasure 

Having left a man who has failed to meet her intimate 

needs, a woman considers the morally challenging notion 

of pursuing relationships with more than one person and 

gives in to fantasies in her subsequent affairs with a 

married man and an unmarried stranger. 

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Dickey, Eric Jerome 

Waking with enemies 

A heated encounter in a London hotel room where 

powerful hit man Gideon was pursued by three beautiful 

women comes back to haunt him. Someone has taken out 

a hit on the hit man - but who? 

Dobbs, Michael, 

Churchill's triumph 

A fictionalized account of the pivotal meeting of the 

world's three most powerful leaders at Yalta near the end 

of World War II goes inside the thoughts of England's 

prime minister Winston Churchill as he sets out to 

negotiate with Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and, in the 

interest of peace, prepares to make an agreement that will 

change the destiny of Europe. 

Dowling, Clare 

No strings attached 

Judy is getting married on Saturday and it's a military 

operation. She knows it'll be worth it, though, because 

marriage is forever. But the night before, fiance Barry 

mysteriously goes missing and, to add insult to injury, his 

credit card shows up two days later in a nightclub in the 

south of France. Has he just got cold feet? 

Dunmore, Helen, 1952- 

House of orphans 

A story set in Finland in the year 1902, when the Russian 

Empire enforces a brutal policy to destroy Finland's 

freedom. Set in dangerous, unfamiliar times which 

strangely echo our own, this book reveals how terrorism 

lies hidden within ordinary life, as rulers struggle to hold 

on to power. 

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Edgar, Janet 

The Inn at Shadow Lake 

Special agent Zachary Marshall had tracked a deadly 

terrorist ring to a secluded resort - right to a woman he'd 

once loved. WasJulie Anderson a cunning traitor or an 

innocent victim of ruthless criminals. 

Edge, Arabella. 

The god of spring 

A tale inspired by the life of early nineteenth-century 

Romantic painter Théodore Géricault traces the creation of 

one of his most controversial and sensational works, Raft 

of the Medusa, a process during which he makes the two 

survivors of an infamous French frigate his muses. 

Edwards, Kim 

The secrets of a fire king : stories 

Eleven stories set in various parts of the world. In one, a 

girl in Malaysia escapes prostitution by becoming a mailorder 

bride; in another, a woman discovers her antiabortion 

mother is no saint herself. 

Eisler, Barry. 

Requiem for an assassin 

Blackmailed by a rogue CIA operative to carry out three 

assassinations or see his best friend murdered, reluctant 

killer-for-hire John Rain struggles with moral dilemmas as 

well as his growing certainty that the operative is hiding a 

more sinister agenda. 

Elgin, Elizabeth. 

Turn left at the Daffodils 

Set during WWII, this work tells two love stories - those of 

Nan and Carrie. Will either woman find happiness after 

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eing left alone at a time of war, loneliness and difficult 

decisions? 

Ellis, Julie, 

Fire Island summer 

Anne Evans wonders if she'll ever make a difference. Mark 

Cameron was convicted of a rape he did not commit. Anne 

and Mark meet on the beach and are instantly attracted, 

but reality intrudes when Mark realizes that Anne's 

stepmother is the woman who lied and put him behind 

bars. 

Emery, Joan. 

Petticoat Bay 

Tess Summers cannot believe she has been given a 

month's holiday in Mallorca. Not too happy to find she is 

sharing the beautiful villa with writer Jackson Luff, Tess 

resents his know-it-all attitude, though when she learns 

he is the villa's owner and he did not invite her, she is 

horrified. He persuades her to stay and help discover who 

did. 

Englander, Nathan 

The Ministry of Special Cases 

In the time of Argentina's "Dirty War" Kaddish Pozman, a 

Jewish resident of Buenos Aires, works for hire as a 

midnight eraser of names from tombstones of Jews whose 

living families do not want any connection to their dear 

departed's past dubious behaviour. When Pozman's son is 

taken by the military, Pozman fights to overcome his 

history and his name to put things right. 

Enright, Anne 

The gathering 

The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in 

Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It 

wasn't the drink that killed him - it was what happened to 

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him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 

1968. This novel is about love and disappointment, about 

thwarted lust and limitless desire. 

Erdrich, Louise 

The plague of doves 

The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, 

white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The 

vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent 

distortions of truth transform the lives of Ojibwe living on 

the nearby reservation and shape the passions of both 

communities for the next generation. 

Erickson, Carolly, 1943- 

The last wife of Henry VIII 

Courageous, romantic, intelligent: Catherine Parr became 

the sixth wife of Henry VIII and her story, as Erickson 

recreates it, is riveting drama. 

Evans, Richard Paul 

The gift 

Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For the rest of the world it 

was a day of joy and celebration; for Nathan it was simply 

a reminder of the event that destroyed his childhood until 

a snowstorm, a cancelled flight, and an unexpected 

meeting with a young mother and her very special son 

would show him that Christmas is indeed the season of 

miracles. 

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Farooki, Roopa 

Bitter sweets 

Shona who is forced to discover unpalatable truths about 

her loved ones, and come to terms with the lies which 

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superficially hold the three generations of her family 

together...and which are really keeping them apart. 

Faulks, Sebastian 

Devil may care 

Set in the Cold War, and follows the action of Bond across 

two continents and exotic locations. 

Feather, Jane. 

To wed a wicked prince 

Livia Lacey, the enchanting and witty daughter of a vicar, 

has been enjoying the 1771 social whirl while living in the 

London home she inherited from a distant relative. She is 

surprised when Prince Alex Prokov of Russia ardently 

pursues her. 

Feehan, Christine. 

Conspiracy game 

When Jack Norton, a genetically enhanced telepathic 

assassin on a mission in the Congo, is left vulnerable to 

rebel forces, he finds an ally in Briony, a strange beauty 

on a mission of her own that leads them both into a 

deadly global conspiracy. 


Dark celebration : a Carpathian reunion 

Carpathians are an immortal race of beings with animal 

instincts and the ability to shape shift. Mikhail Dubrinsky, 

Prince of the Carpathians, fears he can't protect his people 

from the extinction of their species - a fate that has 

become the wicked prayer of his enemies, who plot to 

slaughter all Carpathian females. 

Fleming, Leah 

The girl from world's end 

Is heartache here to stay or can Mirren find solace and 

inspiration in the only place she has ever felt truly safe. 

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Fletcher, Susan. 

Oystercatchers 

Maintaining a vigil at the bedside of her sixteen-year-old 

comatose sister, Moira confesses the secrets and 

indiscretions that caused the coma-rendering accident. 

Flynn, Katie 

Forgotten dreams 

Lottie Lacey and her mother share a house in Victoria 

Court with Mr Magic and his son Baz. Lottie is a child star, 

dancing and singing at the Gaiety Theatre to an 

enraptured audience, whilst Louella acts as Max Magic's 

assistant. But Lottie was in hospital for weeks after a road 

accident and has lost her memory. 

Flynn, Katie. 

Little girl lost 

It is a cold night and Sylvie is weeping as she walks by the 

Mersey. A figure approaches and dodging aside she finds 

herself struggling in the river. Constable Brendan, just 

coming off duty, sees the girl's plight and dives in to 

rescue her. He is dazzled by her beauty but the closeness 

Brendan longs for is impossible. 

Foley, Winifred, 

Two men and a maiden 

After a tragic incident, Laura returns home to the Forest of 

Dean, where she marries a promising young footballer. 

But after his untimely death, a surprise comes knocking. A 

surprise that signals a wonderful new life for her. 

Foreman, Stephen H. 

Toehold 

Struggling to make a living in a tiny and remote Alaskan 

community, cash-strapped hunting guide Mel takes on her 

first customer, a ruthless and bloodthirsty Hollywood 

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producer, a job that is complicated by her growing 

attraction to the local taxidermist. 

Forster, Margaret 

Keeping the world away 

An intimate painting of a quiet corner of an attic room, 

created by Gwen, Rodin's lover, has a profound influence 

on several women whose lives it touches, including Gwen 

and Charlotte, a dreamy Edwardian intellectual. 

Forster, Suzanne 

Arrangement 

Alison Fairmont Villard wakes in a hospital bed with a face 

she doesn't recognize and a husband she doesn't know. 

When the veil of amnesia lifts, it's too late. Alison is 

caught in a web of her own making. 

Foster, Lori 

Causing havoc 

Extreme fighter Dean "Havoc" Conor finds his heart taking 

quite a beating when he joins forces with his sister's 

outspoken best friend Eve to stop his sister from marrying 

a man who is not what he seems. 

Francis, Dick 

Dead heat 

Max Moreton is a rising culinary star, until nearly all the 

guests at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food 

poisoning. At his next exclusive luncheon a bomb blast 

rips through the private boxes, killing some of Max's 

trusted staff and many of the guests. Two close calls are 

too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name, 

and himself, before it's too late. 

Frank, Dorothea Benton 

Bulls Island 

Betts hasn't been back to Bulls Island since the tragic 

night that ended her engagement to Charleston's golden 

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oy. Twenty years later, she leaves her comfortable life 

and is back in contact with everything she's tried to hard 

to forget. 

Freeman, Brian, 1963- 

Immoral 

The disappearance of a teenage girl from the streets of 

Duluth, Minnesota draws Lieutenant Jonathan Stride into a 

conflict with evil as his search for a serial killer snares him 

in a web of secrets, lies, and illicit desire. 

Frey, Stephen W. 

The fourth order : a novel 

The chief financial officer of a leading energy company, 

Michael Rose is working overtime to acquire a global 

information technology company, unaware that the 

corporation serves as a cover for intelligence agencies. 

Fullerton, Alexander, 1924- 

Staying alive 

A group codenamed Countryman were briefed by London 

to get a certain German out of the Vichy's hands. What 

they didn't know was that they were being sold out to the 

Gestapo... 

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Gabaldon, Diana. 

Lord John and the brotherhood of the blade 

It's 1758 and Europe is in turmoil - the Seven Years War is 

taking hold and London is ripe with deceit. The enigmatic 

Lord John Grey, a nobleman and high-ranking officer in 

His Majesty's Army, pursues a clandestine love affair and a 

deadly family secret. 

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Ganek, Danielle 

Lulu meets God and doubts him 

In the aftermath of an emerging artist's untimely death on 

the night of his first opening, gallery receptionist and 

aspiring artist Mia McMurray witnesses a fierce competition 

for possession of the late artist's most-coveted painting. 

Garlock, Dorothy 

A week from Sunday 

Set in 1930s Louisiana, a young woman makes a new life 

for herself after she runs away from home. 

Garwood, Julie. 

Shadow music 

Betrothed to a stranger by King John, Gabrielle, the last of 

her royal line, is in possession of a powerful secret that 

could plunge the entire highland Scottish kingdom into 

anarchy, while her growing love for warrior Colm MacHugh 

could cost her everything. 

Gee, Sophie 

The scandal of the season 

A tale based on the early eighteenth-century scandal that 

inspired Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" finds an 

impoverished Alexander Pope gaining entry into society 

and following a forbidden affair between the rakish Lord 

Petre and the coquettish Arabella. 

Gee, Sue. 

Reading in bed 

Friends since university, Dido and Georgia have long been 

looking forward to carefree days of books and 

conversation, when each finds herself caught up in 

unexpected domestic drama. 

Geras, Adèle. 

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A hidden life 

A will, changed at the eleventh hour, leaves a family cut 

through with conflict, secrets and betrayals 

Gibbins, David J. L. 

Crusader gold 

Marine archeologist Jack Howard searches for an ancient 

gold menorah seized by Vespasian's army during the sack 

of Jerusalem. While Jack and his team of scientists and 

historians follow clues from Istanbul and England to the 

Arctic, Canada and Mexico, a group of neo-Nazis (who 

have co-opted an organization as old as the Crusades and 

dedicated to the relic's safety) conspire to find and use the 

menorah to destabilize the world's religions. 

Giffin, Emily 

Something borrowed 

What happens when you fall in love with the one guy you 

shouldn't? 

Gill, Elizabeth, 

The secret 

Like a pebble skipped upon the water, the ripples of a 

secret affect not only the children but also the adults. 

Gingrich, Newt 

Pearl Harbor : a novel of December 8th 

Examines the events, decision-making processes, and 

strategies that led to the Japanese attack on Hawaii from 

a Japanese perspective. 

Goodwin, Rosie 

Forsaken 

Sophie's father, drunkenly forces himself upon her. Left 

pregnant and ashamed she doesn't know where to turn. 

So when the charming Ben Lewis and offers her refuge at 

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his mother's hotel, she accepts. But there is little 

goodness in the Lewises' hearts. As she realises their dark 

intentions, a web of danger and deceit wraps itself around 

her. 

Goodwin, Rosie. 

The Mallen secret 

Even as members of the Mallen family struggle to rebuild 

their lives in the aftermath of WWI, secrets and lies from 

generations past will come to light - causing carnage of a 

different kind... 

Goodwin, Rosie 

Tilly Trotter's legacy 

Tilly Trotter seems to have finally found lasting happiness 

in her engagement to Steve McGrath. But just as 

everything falls into place for Tilly it seems to be falling 

apart for her loved ones! 

Gore, Kristin, 

Sammy's house 

Gore’s heroine is compelling and thoroughly lovable. 

Sammy Hill navigates the treacheries of Washington 

politics and her own love life. 

Goudge, Eileen 

Woman in red 

Colin McGinty returns to Grey’s Island following the death 

of his grandfather, a famous artist best known for his 

haunting portrait entitled "Woman in Red," which just so 

happens to be of Alice Kessler's grandmother. Alice and 

Colin are drawn into a fragile romance of their own, the 

strange destiny that connects them gradually comes to 

light. 

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Graham, Heather 

Blood red 

When a fortune-teller predicts her grisly death, Lauren 

Crow laughs it off, until she meets a self-proclaimed 

vampire hunter on a mission of vengeance, who plunges 

her into the middle of a vicious war between the living and 

the undead. 

Greeley, Andrew M., 1928- 

The senator and the priest 

Working hard in the U.S. Senate for the rights of the 

underprivileged, Tommy Moran is determined to restore 

compassion and civility to American politics, only to find 

himself the target of vicious personal attacks, false 

rumors, and assassination attempts. 

Green, Jane 

Second chance 

Green tells the story of a group of people who haven't 

seen each other since they were best friends at school. 

When one of them dies in a terrible tragedy, the reunited 

friends work through their grief together and find that 

each of their lives is impacted in ways they could have 

never foreseen. 

Gregory, Philippa. 

The Boleyn inheritance 

Wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry 

VIII, and the one woman who destroyed two of his queens 

Grey, Charlotte 

Tric-trac 

Farming life continues for John and Charlotte Grey with a 

move to a larger farm bounded by the River Don. The 

early months in their new farm are fraught with disaster of 

one kind or another. The instinct for survival must be a 

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primary weapon for all farmers, and now this 

Yorkshireman and his wife must prove they have it too. 

Griffin, W. E. B. 

The saboteurs : a Men at War novel 

As the Battle of the Atlantic rages, German U-boats are 

sinking U.S. vessels at will. Meanwhile, preparations are 

being made to invade Sicily and Italy. As the war heats 

up, "Wild Bill" Donovan and his secret agents find 

themselves battling on two fronts at once. 

Griffin, W. E. B. 

The shooters 

Delta Force officer Charley Castillo is pulled into the case 

of a missing DEA agent who disappeared while trying to 

interdict a drug shipment. For some reason no one is 

trying to get the agent back. 

Grange, Amanda. 

Stormcrow Castle 

Pretending to be her aunt’s replacement, Helena Carlisle 

enters the gloomy, foreboding Stormcrow Castle and vows 

to uncover what happened to her aunt. 

Grazebrook, Sarah. 

Crooked pieces 

When Maggie meets and begins 'walking out' with a 

handsome police officer, it seems like a whole new horizon 

has opened up for her. 

Grey, Zane, 

Majesty's Rancho 

Trouble seems to follow Madge wherever she goes, and, 

when she’s kidnapped by a gang of cattle rustlers, Lance 

Sidway must save her life. 

Grimes, Martha 

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Dakota : a novel 

Andi Oliver, an amnesiac and drifter, is hired by Klavan's, 

a massive pig farming facility that specializes in the dark 

art of modern livestock management. As Andi begins to 

uncover the truth about Klavan's, two men are on her 

trail, one a gunman hired to kill her, another who has 

followed her across three states demanding something 

from her forgotten past. 

Grippando, James 

When darkness falls 

Becoming suspicious when a homeless client produces a 

large amount of cash just before a murdered body is 

discovered in the car in which the client lives, Miami 

attorney Jack Swyteck finds himself racing the clock to 

save the life his best friend. 

Grisham, John 

The appeal 

In a courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking 

verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping 

toxic waste. The company appeals to the Mississippi 

Supreme Court, whose nine justices will either approve 

the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they 

vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately 

decided? 

Grisham, John. 

Playing for pizza 

All Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, 

Arnie, finds a team that needs him. Against enormous 

odds, Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs 

Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting 

quarterback. Great says Rick - for which team? 

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Groves, Annie 

As time goes by 

A stirring tale of women fighting together to do their bit 

for their country, keep their families together and finding 

love and fulfilment in the process. 

Groves, Annie. 

Goodnight sweetheart 

Molly Dearden is used to living in the shadow of her older 

sister, June. When their mother died when Molly was just 

7 years old, June helped their grief-stricken father look 

after her in their home in the tight-knit Edge Hill district of 

Liverpool. This saga is set on the eve of WW2 in Liverpool, 

where life is about to change forever for one girl. 

Groves, Annie 

The Grafton girls 

The new Liverpool-based WWII saga is a tale of four very 

different young women thrown together by war. A unique 

bond is formed as the hostilities take their toll on Britain. 

Gruen, Sara. 

Water for elephants 

Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers 

his time in the circus as a young man during the Great 

Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of 

the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave 

them hope. 

Guo, Xiaolu 

A concise Chinese-English dictionary for lovers 

This first English-language novel from Guo is a sometimes 

sad and sometimes funny tale of one young Chinese 

woman's attempt to learn a foreign language and 

assimilate into Western culture when she goes to London 

to study English. 

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Haigh, Jennifer 

The condition : a novel 

Unaware of the long-standing grievances harbored by their 

divorced parents, three adult siblings embark on a 

tumultuous summer when the oldest, a successful 

Manhattan doctor, investigates his sister's chromosomal 

disorder against his mother's wishes. 

Hamill, Pete 

North River 

A love story set during the Depression against the 

backdrop of some of New YorkCitys toughest streets 

Hammond, Gerald, 

Keeper turned poacher 

When her involvement in a violent incident causes her to 

leave Edinburgh quickly to avoid the police, Celia hides out 

in her ex-lover's country cottage, where she meets Ken, a 

handsome gamekeeper whose wife vanished a year earlier 

under suspicious circumstances. 

Hannah, Sophie, 

Hurting distance 

Det. Sgt. Charlie Zailer and her sidekick, Det. Constable 

Simon Waterhouse, pursue a serial rapist who preys on 

successful single career women and sells tickets to live 

rape parties. 

Harbison, Elizabeth M. 

Shoe addicts anonymous 

Lorna, Helene, Sandra, and Joss are four very different 

women; all addicted to shoes. When they come upon a 

advert, inviting shoe lovers to a weekly shoe-swap, each 

one jumps at the chance to meet fellow addicts, but none 

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of them realise that they will come away with much more 

than a new pair of kitten heels. 

Hardy, Charlotte. 

Sarah 

Set in Victorian Yorkshire, the tale's isolated mansion, 

brooding hero, is-she-or-isn't-she-homicidal housekeeper, 

and young woman in danger have all the ingredients of a 

classic gothic romance. 

Harris, Charlaine. 

An ice cold grave 

Called to tiny Doraville, North Carolina, Harper 

investigates the disappearance of several young boys. 

After finding them buried in a secluded wood, it becomes 

clear that a sadistic serial killer is stalking the town's 

children 

Harris, Jane, 1961- 

The observations 

An attempt to escape her past makes Bessy Buckley take 

a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working 

for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is puzzled by her 

employer's increasingly strange requests and her 

insistence that Bessy keep a journal of her most intimate 

thoughts. It seems that Arabella has a few secrets of her 

own. 

Harris, Joanne, 1964- 

The lollipop shoes 

Seeking refuge in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, 

Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live 

peacefully, if not happily, above their chocolate shop. 

Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by 

the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Then 

into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, and everything 

begins to change. 

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Harris, Robert, 1957- 

Imperium : a novel of ancient Rome 

A tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Cicero's confidential 

secretary, traces the life of the ancient Roman orator from 

his beginnings as a young lawyer through his competitions 

with Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus in the political arena. 

Harrison, Elizabeth 

Surgeon's call 

His heart was hers – if she could teach him to love again. 

Harrison, Sarah, 1946- 

The nightingale's nest 

Left a young widow by the Great War, Pamela accepts 

employment as amanuensis to the Jarvises, a charmingly 

eccentric couple whose elegant Highgate house is a Mecca 

for artists. She is particularly drawn to a powerful portrait 

of John Ashe. Ashe is a man of contradictions - handsome, 

but horribly disfigured; ruthless, but charitable; wealthy, 

but secretive. When she agrees to work for him, Pamela is 

only half aware that she is entering into a pact with the 

devil. 

Harry, Lilian. 

A song at twilight 

It is 1941 and at quiet Harrowbeer, in Devon, a new 

airfield has been built. Its noise and its population have a 

massive impact on the peaceful villages nearby - an 

impact that will affect some inhabitants for the rest of 

their lives. 

Harry, Lillian 

Storm over Burracombe 

Hilary is upset and angry when her father brings in a new 

manager for the family estate which she has been running 

of the past year. Even though she cannot help liking 

Travis, she resent his presence. But when her defences 

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are broken down by the illness of her brother’s horse, she 

realizes Travis’s strength and compassion. 

Harter, Karen, 

Autumn blue 

Struggling to help her troubled teenage son, Tyson, 

Sidney Walker must make a choice between following her 

own heart--her attraction to a local deputy--and doing 

what is best for her child when she is reunited with the 

boy's father, Jack. 

Hayes, Sam 

Blood ties 

It is January 1992. A baby girl is left alone for a moment; 

long enough for a mother to dash into a shop, and long 

enough for a child to be taken. Thirteen years later, 

solicitor Robert Knight's stepdaughter wins a place at a 

prestigious London school for the gifted. The only puzzle is 

his wife Erin's reaction. 

Henry, Sue, 1940- 

The refuge : a Maxie and Stretch Mystery 

Maxie McNabb, the 64-year-old Alaskan leaves home and 

her mini-dachshund Stretch, to help a widowed, injured 

acquaintance, Karen Parker Bailey, in Hawaii. 

Heyer, Georgette, 

April lady 

What with the concern over Lady Cardross’s heart and 

pocket, the much-tried Earl almost misses the opportunity 

to smooth the path of true love in his marriage. 

Heyer, Georgette 

Beauvallet. 

What happens when a pirate falls in love with his captive? 


Cousin Kate 

Kate Malvern is rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva. 

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Kate's uncle lives in one wing of the grand household, and 

handsome, moody cousin Torquil in another. And, when 

Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva's 

generosity, she has no one to confide in but cousin Philip - 

who appears to have taken her in instant dislike. 


My Lord John 

Turbulent, historical tale of England during the reign of 

King Richard II. His personal charm and artistic style did 

not prevent him from engaging in treachery, violence and 

murder against his own family. 

Higgins, Jack 

The killing ground 

Entreated for help by an English-Bedouin man whose 

thirteen-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and forced 

to marry a terrorist, intelligence operative Sean Dillon 

finds his willing assistance sparking a deadly chain of 

events. 

Hoag, Tami. 

The alibi man 

Finding her friend's killer will put Elena Estes at odds with 

her old life - and with herself. But she is determined to 

reveal the truth, a truth that will shock Palm Beach society 

to its core, and could very well get her killed. 

Hoag, Tami. 

Straight from the heart 

When Jace Cooper shows up in her physical therapy 

department needing medical attention after leaving her 

seven years ago, Rebecca Bradshaw finds herself falling 

for him again as she helps him repair his broken body and 

fractured past. 

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Hoblyn, Alison 

The scent of water 

Ellie, an artist in her middle age, needs to live her life in a 

new way after the death of her husband. Feeling fearful 

but doing it anyway, she enrolls on a garden course in 

Tuscany one spring. Here she begins relationships with 

fellow students Nerine - an eccentric character in her 

seventies - and the much younger Max. 

Hodgson, Ken 

The man who killed Shakespeare 

Not the bard, but a beleaguered New Mexico town that 

harbours fugitive hit man Sam Ransom and contains a 

supply of gold and silver; a deadly situation ensues. 

Holland, Travis 

Archivist's story 

In the recesses of the infamous Lubyanka prison, a young 

archivist is sent to verify the authorship of an unfinished 

story, confiscated from one of the many political prisoners 

there. The writer is Isaac Babel. This is a story of 

suspicion, courage and unexpected grace, and serves as a 

tribute to the enduring power of the written word. 

Hood, Ann, 1956- 

The knitting circle 

Grieving over the sudden loss of her only child, Mary 

Baxter joins a knitting circle in Providence, Rhode Island, 

whose members not only teach her a variety of knitting 

techniques but also valuable lessons about friendship, 

love, and redemption. 

Hood, Evelyn. 

Birds in the spring 

Paisley, 1920. In the post-war decade of peace, 

uncomfortable new conflicts are looming. Women no 

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longer take a back-seat in the business community and 

one, Fiona MacDowall, has made it clear she intends to 

inherit her father's furniture emporium. Her half-brother 

Alex, although born out of wedlock, has other ideas. 

Hooper, Kay 

The haunting of Josie 

Which holds more danger for Josie-- a house haunted by 

its own dark history, or the drop-dead gorgeous landlord 

she doesn't quite trust? 

Hosseini, Khaled. 

A thousand splendid suns 

Two women born a generation apart witness the 

destruction of their home and family in wartorn Kabul, 

losses incurred over the course of thirty years that test the 

limits of their strength and courage. 

Howard, Audrey 

A time like no other 

Set in the woollen mills of Halifax in the 1850s, Audrey 

Howard's enthralling new novel tells the story of a young 

widow's love for two very different brothers. 

Howard, Linda, 1950- 

Up close and dangerous : a novel 

Widow Bailey Wingate, left control of the family fortune by 

her late husband despite her scheming adult stepchildren, 

finds her life - and her heart - in the hands of handsome 

pilot Cam Justice. 

Hudson, Harriet 

The stationmaster's daughter 

Jennie Trent has three loves in her life: her family at the 

Station House; Applemere, the Fokingham familys 

mysterious great house; and Jack Colby, her father’s 

porter. When Jennie makes friends with Anna Fokingham, 

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she finds herself caught between her love for her home 

and Jack and the beckoning exciting world beyond them. 

When war breaks out in 1914, however, Jennie finds her 

own path through her dilemma. 

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Iggulden, Conn 

Lords of the bow 

Having risen from his tribal upbringing, Genghis now leads 

a horde of fellow countrymen on a mission of conquest 

throughout Asia. Escaping the Gobi Desert, he faces his 

greatest challenge, overtaking the empire of the China - a 

land protected by a massive, impenetrable wall. 

Iggulden, Conn. 

Wolf of the plains 

Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, 

was only eleven when his father died in an ambush. He 

was left alone. It was a rough introduction to his life, to a 

sudden adult world, but Temujin survived, learning to 

combat natural and human threats. Creating a new tribal 

identity, he became the khan of the sea of grass, Genghis. 

Iles, Greg 

Third degree 

Pregnant with another man's child, Elizabeth Pike returns 

home to find her husband, already distraught over an IRS 

audit, with a letter from her lover and a gun in his hands. 

Ironside, Virginia 

No! I don't want to join a book club : diary of a 60th 

year 

Approaching what she believes will be the most interesting 

period of her life, nearly sixty-year-old curmudgeon Marie 

Sharp eschews the trend-oriented activities of her peers in 

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order to enjoy her relationship with a new grandchild and 

a new gentleman friend. 

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Jacobs, Anna 

Bright day dawning 

Gwynna had fallen from grace once, bearing a stillborn 

child out of wedlock. Determined to have a respectable 

future, she finds a position for herself as a nursemaid at 

Hungerton House. But just as she begins to find her feet, 

the secrets of her past are revealed. 

Jacobs, Anna. 

The Corrigan legacy 

Maeve Corrigan, a successful and childless 

businesswoman, is dying. Her desire to ensure the 

continued success of all she's worked for induces her to 

try to get to know her nieces and nephews and decide 

which one is deserving of her estate. 

Jacobs, Kate, 

Comfort food 

After her husband’s death, Augusta "Gus" Simpson has 

carved a successful career out of her natural talents as a 

chef and hostess. But now she finds her turf may not be 

secure when a hot Latin beauty queen is threatening to 

steal her spot on the Cooking Channel. At 50, Gus 

struggles to remake herself for a new age of media and for 

another chance at romance. 

James, Henry 

The American 

Christopher Newman, an American millionaire, meets an 

aristocratic widow, Claire de Cintré, in Paris through his 

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friendship with the American couple the Tristrams. 

Although Mrs. Tristram warns Newman of the extreme 

pride and aloofness of Claire's family – the Bellegardes – 

he is determined to marry the widow, assuming that his 

wealth and dynamism will prove more powerful than 

European class conventions. 

Jarrar, Nada A. 

Dreams of water 

Aneesa reluctantly returns home, determined to uncover 

the truth behind her brother's disappearance, and rekindle 

the sense of belonging that she left behind. 

Jenoff, Pam. 

The kommandant's girl 

Becoming a spy for the resistance after the Nazi's invade 

Poland, Emma Bau, taking on a new identity as a gentile, 

becomes a high-ranking Nazi official's assistant and, 

leading a double life, compromises her marriage vows, her 

safety, and the lives of those she loves for the cause. 

Johansen, Iris 

Quicksand 

When Atlanta police lieutenant Joe Quinn tracks down 

elusive child predator to a small town in Illinois, Quinn 

alerts the local authorities and sets off a series of bloody 

events that lead Eve and Megan Blair to come face-to-face 

with a psychopath bent on killing and burying them all in 

unmarked graves. 

Johansen, Iris. 

A summer smile 

Abducted and held hostage by a terrorist group, young 

Zilah Dabala is rescued by security agent Daniel Seifert, 

but their growing feelings for each other are threatened by 

Zilah's harrowing past and by his perilous career. 

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Johnson, Jeannie. 

Loving enemies 

Bristol, 1939. As the war clouds gather over Europe, old 

passions are stirred and business rivalry is put aside. Mary 

Anne realizes she must seize what may be a last chance at 

true love... 

Jones, Christina 

Heaven sent 

Clemmie's dream job would be working for local 

entrepreneur Guy Devlin, owner of a pyrotechnics 

company. He'd also be high on her list of candidates for 

significant other too. But Guy has a whole veritable cargo 

hold of baggage - avaricious ex-wife, a host of monster 

ex-step children. He's not even looking for an assistant. 

K 

Kallos, Stephanie. 

Broken for you 

Funny, heartbreaking and alive with a potpourri of 

eccentric and irresistible characters, this fresh debut novel 

is about two women in self-imposed exile whose lives 

intersect, transforming both their worlds. 

Kava, Alex. 

Whitewash 

Investigating the disappearance of her boss, scientist 

Sabrina Gallows discovers a deadly secret that her 

employers will kill to keep hidden. Congressional aide 

Jason Brill suspects his boss' friendship with big business 

may be more of a liability than an asset. Together, 

Sabrina and Jason are drawn into a sinister plot. 

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Keillor, Garrison 

Pontoon : a Lake Wobegon novel 

In Lake Wobegon lives a good Lutheran lady who wishes 

for her ashes to be placed inside a bowling ball and 

dropped into the lake, no prayers, no hymns, thank you 

very much. Meanwhile, a wedding between a veterinary 

aromatherapist and her boyfriend, Brent is set to take 

place aboard a pontoon boat. 

Kelly, Cathy 

Lessons in heartbreak 

Kelly brings a strong voice and deft hand with character to 

this engaging story about repairing three generations of 

broken hearts. 

Kent, Alexander 

Heart of oak 

When the Nautilus becomes a sacrificial offering on the 

altar of Empire, and the hunt is on for a treacherous foe. 

Suddenly every man must discover for himself whether 

the brotherhood of the sea can transcend old hatreds and 

an ocean of blood. 

Kent, Kathleen 

The heretic's daughter : a novel 

Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, 

tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like 

her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, 

openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they 

live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter 

are forced to stand together against the escalating 

hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led 

to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people 

accused of witchcraft. 

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Kenyon, Sherrilyn 

Dream chaser 

Hades doesn't often give second chances. Xypher needs 

psychic Simone's help in opening a portal to the Atlantean 

hell realm to fight insatiable demons. 

Kessler, Leo 

Operation death watch 

This was Churchill's most daring mission. In a desperate 

attempt to force America into the war he and Roosevelt 

were to meet secretly off the coast of Canada, but German 

Naval Intelligence already knew of the meeting and their 

submarines were assembled in readiness for attack... 

Kessler, Leo, 

The Reich flies the flag 

A new mission for the hard bitten men of SS Assault 

Regiment Wotan - Russia, 1942. 

Keyes, Marian 

No dress rehearsal 

Lizzie hasn't realised that she's dead yet. She can't 

understand why everyone is ignoring her. Next day at 

work, she meets two spirits who've been sent to break the 

news. 

Khoury, Raymond 

The sanctuary 

Baghdad April 2003: elite elements of the First Cavalry 

stealthily surround the cement compound of a mysterious 

Westerner that terrified Iraqis call Hakeem, "The Doctor." 

After seizing the compound, U.S. troops find haunting 

evidence of unspeakable experimentation - but no sign of 

the ghastly doctor himself. 

King, Stephen 

Duma key 

Renting a house on the Florida coast after suffering a 

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crippling accident and ending his marriage, construction 

millionaire Edgar Freemantle creates works of art that lead 

him to discover unsettling elements from his landlady's 

enigmatic family history. 

Kingsbury, Karen. 

Like dandelion dust 

Jack and Molly Campbell enjoyed an idyllic life with their 

adopted 4-year-old, Joey. Then they receive the phone call 

that shatters their world: Joey's biological father has been 

released from prison and is ready to start a new life with 

his son. When a judge rules that Joey must be returned to 

his father, the find that desperation leads to dangerous 

thoughts. What if they could devise a plan to take Joey 

and simply disappear...like dandelion dust. . . 


A moment of weakness 

As Jade faces a custody battle with her unfaithful husband, 

she is forced into an uneasy alliance with her estranged 

childhood companion, Tanner, a man driven away from 

her by scandal and old secrets 


Summer 

Focuses on the lives of newlyweds Katy and her movie 

star husband, Dane Matthews Their marriage is now in 

crisis due to the tabloids and a lack of communication with 

each other. 

Kleypas, Lisa. 

Sugar daddy 

Liberty Jones has dreams and determination to take her 

far--if she can keep her heart from ruling her head. 

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Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945- 

The darkest evening of the year 

Amy Redwing risks her own well-being to come to the aid 

of Nickie, a very special golden retriever, unaware that 

she has drawn the attentions of an unknown and ruthless 

enemy whose attacks escalate with stunning ferocity. 

Kinsella, Sophie. 

Remember me? 

Awakening in the hospital after a car crash believing that 

it is 2004 and that she is a twenty-five-year-old, 

disorganized, single sales associate, Lexi is stunned to find 

that she has lost three years of her life, she is the boss of 

her department, and she is married to a handsome 

millionaire, but her perfect new life begins to go awry, 

especially when a man shows up claiming to be her secret 

lover. 

Koontz, Dean R 

Odd hours 

Haunted by dreams of a powerful red tide, Odd Thomas, 

accompanied by two otherworldly sidekicks--his dog Boo 

and the Chairman of the Board--is drawn to a small 

California coastal town, where nothing is at it appears and 

where he confronts overwhelming and sinister forces out 

to stop his quest. 

Koontz, Dean R. 

Your heart belongs to me 

One year after Ryan Perry receives a heart transplant he 

starts receiving unmarked gifts in the mail, a heart 

pendant, a box of Valentine candy, a heart surgery video 

and a chilling message "Your heart belongs to me". 

Krentz, Jayne Ann 

Sizzle and burn 

Lonely and reluctant psychic Raine Tallentyre finds a 

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young woman, bound and terrified, in a basement storage 

locker in her aunt's house. Raine teams with an 

investigator, fellow psychic Zack Jones, to try to track 

down the culprit, while a killer and a cabal of psychic 

criminals targets them! 

L 

Larkin, Mary A. 

Painful decisions 

Life in 1920s Belfast is hard for the working class people, 

but the McGuigans are more fortunate than most. But 

when eldest son Johnnie shatters the family's peaceful 

existence with a shocking and unwelcome revelation, 

opinions become divided. 

Lehane, Dennis. 

The given day 

A Spanish influenza epidemic has gripped Boston and a 

struggling police department's attempt to unionize results 

in a strike with far-reaching implications. 

Lehrer, James 

Eureka 

Approaching his 60th birthday, reliable Otis Holstead 

reflects on his past life as husband, father, and CEO of an 

insurance company. Determined to make the most of his 

remaining years, Otis runs away from home on a 1952 

Cushman, subliminally bought for that purpose. 

Lemarchand, Elizabeth. 

Suddenly while gardening 

DCS Pollard of New Scotland Yard visits a sleepy village in 

the English countryside for a quiet holiday, but his plans 

are ruined when some hikers discover a very modern 

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skeleton in an ancient Celtic gravesite. When the evidence 

points to murder, Pollard is asked to take charge of the 

investigation - an investigation that is hindered by the 

aggressively uncooperative villagers, who lead him to 

believe that someone has something worse than a mere 

skeleton to hide... 

Lennox, Judith 

A step in the dark 

It's 1915 when young Bess Ravenhart, recently widowed, 

leaves her baby son Frazer with her mother-in-law, Cora, 

while she sails from India to Britain to set up a home. But 

Cora has no intention of returning Frazer to his mother's 

care. 

Letts, Billie. 

Made in the U.S.A 

Billie Letts takes readers on an unforgettable journey 

through the best and worst of America's heartland as she 

tells a story of two abandoned children desperately 

searching for people to call family and a place to call 

home. 

Levine, Paul (Paul J.) 

The deep blue alibi : a Solomon vs. Lord novel 

Mismatched Miami attorneys Victoria Lord and Steve 

Solomon return for this second courthouse drama. As an 

explosive trial looms, Solomon and Lord are fighting 

against time, the law, and each other to expose a killer 

who came to paradise--and hasn't left. 

Lewis, Beverly 

The parting 

Unrest is stirring in Nellie's Pennsylvania Amish 

community. Some of their farmers are even demanding 

forbidden modern conveniences such as tractors. Nellie, 

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meanwhile, is distraught over the impediments set against 

her courtship to handsome Caleb Yoder. 

Lewis, Susan. 

A French affair 

When Natalie Moore is killed in a freak accident in France, 

her mother, Jessica knows instinctively there is more to it. 

However, Natalie's father, Charlie is so paralysed by the 

horror of losing his daughter, that he refuses even to 

discuss his wife's suspicions. 

Lightfoot, Freda 

Candy kisses 

Everyone on Champion Street loves Aunty Dot's 

homemade sweets and chocolates. And everyone loves 

Aunty Dot: the plump, smiling woman has provided a 

loving home for many a troubled child like Lizzie Pringle. 

Lizzie would do anything for her foster mother; even 

taking on local sweet manufacturer and bully, Cedric 

Finch. That is, until she falls for his son, Charlie . 

Lightfoot, Freda, 1942- 

Fools fall in love 

Life among the stallholders of Champion Street Market is 

never dull! When Patsy talks her way into a job on their 

millinery stall, the Higginson sisters get more than they 

bargained for. 

Lightfoot, Freda, 

That'll be the day 

Tales from Champion Street Market. Working on her busy 

flower stall in Champion Street Market, Betty has lots of 

opportunities to observe her customers, and to speculate 

on their lives. 

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Lingard, Joan 

After you've gone 

Willa, a polite and respectable young woman, lives in a 

small Edinburgh flat with her baby and mother-in-law. Her 

husband, Tommy, a navy officer, is away on a year-long 

world cruise with the Special Service Squadron. Through 

regular visits to the library she meets a man with a mutual 

fascination, Richard Fitzwilliam 

Lively, Penelope, 

Consequences 

A powerful story of growth, death, and rebirth and a study 

of the previous century - its major and minor events, its 

shaping of public consciousness, and its changing of lives. 

Lofts, Norah, 

Gad's Hall 

There were no screams in the night, no objects flying 

through the air, no murderous, disembodied voices – but 

Gad’s Hall was haunted just the same. 

Lofts, Norah 

Out of this nettle 

Wherever destiny or chance took him, Colin carried with 

him the dream of Braidlowrie, the home of the Lowries - 

the home from which he was forever exiled... 

Lorrimer, Claire. 

Infatuation 

The death of Lucy Godstow’s best friend, Vanessa, on the 

eve of Lucy’s marriage to Guy Weaver was a big enough 

blow; but then Vanessa’s aunt Joan is found murdered. 

Lucy and Vanessa’s brother, Tom, suspect foul play. 

Lord, Elizabeth 

To cast a stone 

Left alone in the world after their mother dies and their 

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father abandons them, Elizabeth and Dora Jay are offered 

a job and a place to live with Dr. Lowe - who had been 

unable to save their mother - and accept it in desperation 

to avoid starving on the streets. 

Lustbader, Eric 

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne sanction : a new Jason 

Bourne novel 

Bourne returns as the elusive double agent that must find 

the leader of the Black Legion. As he tries to track down 

this criminal genius, the CIA is tracking the every step of 

Bourne in hopes he'll be captured. It's a neverending cat 

and mouse game that has no winners but very high 

stakes. 

M 

Macomber, Debbie. 

74 Seaside Avenue 

Terri Miller has married chess champion Bobby Polgar, and 

now lives in a beautiful home with a view of Puget Sound. 

When Terri senses something is worrying Bobby, he tells 

her hes protecting his queen--and she feels hes not talking 

about chess. 

Macomber, Debbie. 

Back on Blossom Street 

When Susannah, the owner of a new flower store, and her 

employee, a young widow named Colette Blake, join the 

knitting class at A Good Yarn, they meet a group of 

unforgettable women who offer them life-changing advice, 

support, and friendship. 

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Macomber, Debbie 

Heart of Texas. Volume 2 Caroline’s Child & Dr. 

Texas 

Two stories from Promise Texas, a good place to live and 

raise a family. 


Ready for romance 

As a teenager, Jessica Kellerman had been infatuated with 

Evan Dryden, but now, nearly a decade later, she has 

fallen in love with his older brother. 


Twenty wishes 

Anne Marie Roche marks Valentine's Day by making a 

wish list with other widows. Following her wish list, Anne 

Marie begins volunteering and meets Ellen. Together, they 

work to complete Anne Marie's wish list. 

Mailer, Norman. 

The castle in the forest 

A mysterious SS man offers an insightful glimpse of the 

life and career of Adolf Hitler, offering a unique 

perspective on his family, his childhood and adolescence, 

and the evolution of the man who became the 

personification of evil. 

Malessa, Bryan Joachim 

The flight 

Set at the end of WW II, this is the story of a mother, who 

attempts to take her children from their village in East 

Prussia to the assumed safety of Berlin. Travelling across 

enemy lines, she discovers that their survival is dependent 

on her will to save them, and on overriding the tragedies 

they will face during the journey west. 

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Mansell, Jill. 

Thinking of you 

Ginny Holland's daughter Jem has headed off to 

university, leaving single mum Ginny with a severe case of 

empty nest syndrome. To make matters worse, the first 

gorgeous man she's clapped eyes on in years has just 

accused Ginny of shoplifting. So Ginny decides to 

advertise for a lodger but what she gets is lovelorn Laurel. 

Matthews, Carole 

The chocolate lovers' club 

Chocolate is the glue that holds together a disparate group 

of London ladies. 

McCaig, Donald 

Rhett Butler's people 

Chronicles the life and times of dashing hero Rhett Butler 

and the people who shaped his world - his unyielding 

father Langston, best friend and onetime slave Tunis 

Bonneau, former love Belle Watling, and the passionate 

Scarlett O'Hara. 

McCall Smith, Alexander 

The careful use of compliments 

Isabel becomes entangled in an art world mystery. At an 

auction, two paintings attributed to a deceased artist hit 

the market at the same time, and both paintings have 

unusual elements - such as the appearance of a person 

the painter could only have known after his supposed date 

of death. Could the works be forgeries? Or for that matter, 

might the artist still be alive? 

McCullough, Colleen 

Antony and Cleopatra 

Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the 

legendary love triangle between the three leaders of the 

Roman era: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian 

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McFarland, Dennis 

Letter from Point Clear 

Siblings Ellen and Morris Owen plan to rescue their 

youngest sister, Bonnie from a marriage to a handsome 

and charismatic evangelical preacher. The preacher has 

‘saved’ Bonnie from her self-destructive ways and then 

launches a campaign to save her gay brother Morris, as 

well. 

McIlvanney, William, 1936- 

Weekend 

A group of lecturers and students arrives on the Scottish 

island of Cannamore for a study weekend. But nothing 

turns out quite how anyone expected... 

McLaughlin, Emma. 

Dedication 

Thirteen years after the love of her life abruptly leaves 

town hours before the senior prom only to become the 

world's biggest recording star, twenty-nine-year-old Kate 

Hollis decides to resolve her lingering resentments by 

confronting him during a home visit 

McNab, Andy. 

Crossfire 

Bodyguarding a TV crew on the streets of war-torn Basra, 

Nick Stone seems certain to die when insurgent gunmen 

attack. Only the reporter's swift action saves his life. When 

the reporter vanishes within hours, presumed kidnapped, 

Stone is asked by the Intelligence Service to find him. 

Meltzer, Brad 

The book of lies 

An unexpected meeting with his long-lost father thrusts 

Cal Harper into a high-stakes pursuit of an enigmatic 

weapon linked to a pair of murders - the killing of Cain in 

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the Bible, and the murder that inspired the creation of the 

comic-book hero Superman. 

Merullo, Roland. 

Breakfast with Buddha 

Otto Ringling has been in a slump ever since his parents 

were killed. To settle the estate, he must drive to the 

family homestead in North Dakota. To his surprise, Otto 

finds himself chauffeuring his sister and her spiritual 

teacher, Volya Rinpoche, a Mongolian monk. On the 

journey, Otto soon regains not only his peace of mind but 

also his joie de vivre. 

Michaels, Fern. 

Free fall 

Yoko Akia's mother, a teenager whom a rich American 

tricked into joining a twisted prostitution ring, died young 

after giving birth to a baby girl, and Yoko now seeks the 

help of her friends in punishing her father and avenging 

her mother's mistreatment and death. 

Michaels, Fern 

Hide and seek 

The group of women vigilantes featured in the Sisterhood 

of revenge series become fugitives from justice and go on 

the run from the FBI. 


Hokus pokus 

After the members of the Sisterhood are exiled to a 

remote mountaintop, they get a panicked call from the 

Supreme Court Chief Justice Pearl Barnes requesting their 

help, so they must figure out how to sneak back into the 

United States. 

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The marriage game 

Having failed to gain entry into the CIA, Sam, Slick, and a 

trio of ex-wives set out to exact vigilante justice against a 

philanderer, an effort that is interrupted by their 

recruitment into a secret law enforcement agency that is 

covertly spying on the five women. 

Millett, David 

The perpetrator 

Detective Harry White, an ex member of a bomber crew 

from Hitler's war, comes out of retirement 55 years on to 

track down the mysterious perpetrator of ghastly crimes 

committed against his wartime colleagues. His trail leads 

him over much of Europe and into the murky realms of 

London's criminal underworld. 

Mills, Kyle, 

Darkness falls 

Living reclusively in the Arizona desert since the death of 

his girlfriend, Erin Neal suddenly finds himself back on the 

international stage when a number of important Saudi oil 

resources are threatened by a mysterious new bacteria 

with a voracious appetite for oil. 

Moore, Rachel, 

Prodigal daughter 

After a bitter disappointment, Sara has to return to try to 

win the forgiveness of her childhood sweetheart, the 

gentle painter Robbie Killaine. She hasn't reckoned on 

Miriam Roche, his new love, who is determined to hold on 

to her man, whatever it takes... 

Moore, Susanna 

The big girls 

Four narrators, each connected in some way to the 

Sloatsburg women's prison, take turns explaining their 

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circumstances and exploring their options as they struggle 

to make sense of their actions. The most compelling of 

these narrators are Helen, who has murdered her children 

(supposedly at God's request), and Louise, the therapist 

who attempts to treat her while also trying to acclimate to 

prison culture. 

Moriarty, Laura. 

The rest of her life 

A luminous, compassionate, and provocative look at how 

mothers and daughters with the best of intentions can be 

blind to the harm they do to one another. 

Morren, Ruth Axtell 

The healing season 

When beautiful stage actress Eleanor Neville meets former 

army surgeon Dr. Ian Russell, who devotes his life to 

ministering to London's underclass, she finally finds 

someone with whom she wants to spend the rest of her 

life, but fears that her colourful past will come between 

them. 

Morrison, Mary B. 

Sweeter than honey 

A survivor who's risked everything to reinvent herself 

must decide what kind of life - and love - she wants. 

Morrison, Toni. 

A mercy 

In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes 

on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her 

slave mother and who searches for love - first from an 

older servant woman at her master's new home, and then 

from a handsome free blacksmith. 

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Mosse, Kate, 

Sepulchre 

Conducting research in southwest France, American 

graduate student Meredith Martin finds the old hotel where 

she is staying eerily familiar and experiences strange 

dreams about a sister and brother who visited the same 

region a century earlier. 

Munro, Alice. 

The view from Castle Rock : stories 

A compilation of short fiction journeys from the Scotland 

of the author's own family heritage and a ship en route to 

the New World, to a family odyssey from Illinois to Canada 

and in and around Lake Huron. 

Murakami, Haruki, 

After dark 

Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a 

young man, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed 

the last train home. Shortly afterwards Mari will be 

interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville 

Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the 

girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her 

help. 

N 

Neale, Kitty 

Nobody's girl 

Can gentle giant Derek Lewis protect vulnerable Pearl from 

Kevin - and her own heart? 

Némirovsky, Irène 

Fire in the blood 

Set in a small village, an old man looks back on a 

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chequered life with secret regrets, concealing a truth he 

will not reveal until the end. 

Noble, Elizabeth 

Things I want my daughters to know : a novel 

Having received letters and a journal from their mother 

written at the end of her life, four sisters struggle through 

their first year without her, a time marked by their 

bereavement and efforts to achieve joy and passion. 

Norman-Bellamy, Kendra. 

Because of Grace 

When Dr. Gregory Dixon loses his first patient, he begins 

to doubt his confidence as a surgeon, putting his marriage 

in jeopardy, especially when his wife Grace becomes ill, 

and he must place his faith in God to help him make a 

tough decision and get through this difficult time. 


For love & Grace 

Lifelong friends Derrick Madison and Gregory Dixon find 

their relationship sorely tested by tragedy and betrayal 

when Derrick's mother is killed in a car accident and 

Gregory falls in love with the woman whom Derrick 

believes is responsible for his mother's death. 


More than Grace 

Dr Gregory Dixon, his wife Grace and their best friend, 

Derrick Madison, have weathered the storms of life and 

love together - but now secrets are threatening to tear 

them apart. 

North, Freya. 

Pillow talk 

By day, Petra Flint is a talented jeweller working in a lively 

London studio. By night, she sleepwalks. She has 40 

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carats of the world's rarest gemstone under her mattress 

but it's the skeletons in her closet that make it difficult for 

her to rest. 

Nowak, Pamela. 

Chances 

Thirtyish spinster and women's rights activist Sarah 

Donovan moves to 1876 Denver to be a Kansas Pacific 

telegrapher. After kids shoot the pet dog of two young 

girls, Sarah comes to the girls' aid, and meets their father: 

prim widower Daniel Petterman, an undertaker. 

O 

O'Brien, Patricia. 

Harriet and Isabella 

It is 1887, and Henry Ward Beecher lies dying. Reporters 

from around the world, eager for one last story about the 

most lurid scandal of their time, descend on Brooklyn 

Heights, their presence signaling the beginning of the 

voracious appetite for fallen celebrities we know so well 

today. 

O'Dell, Tawni. 

Sister mine 

Tough, former cop Shae-Lynn Penrose has spent years 

building a life for herself and her son in Jolly Mount, 

Pennsylvania, the tiny coal-mining town in which she grew 

up, but her life is thrown into complete disarray by the 

arrival of the younger sister she had thought dead, a 

desperate Connecticut housewife, a shyster New York 

lawyer, and a gun-wielding Russian mobster. 

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P 

Paige, Frances 

The learning curve 

Spending her nest egg on the country cottage of her 

dreams, Kate Armitage embarks on a new life, planning to 

write a novel. Putting pen to paper, she retraces the 

history of her parents' marriage and uncovers some truths 

about herself, and her lifelong search for love. 

Palmer, Michael 

The first patient 

Gabe Singleton is reunited with his former Annapolis 

roommate, President Andrew Stoddard. When asked to 

become his personal physician, Singleton discovers that 

Andrew is going insane and that the condition may not be 

the result of natural causes. 

Paretsky, Sara. 

Bleeding Kansas 

The pious late-twentieth-century descendants of antislavery 

emigrants worry about maintaining religious 

superiority over a rival family while launching an active 

harassment campaign against a Wiccan newcomer, an 

effort that is challenged by a young man's military service 

and the birth of a promising cow. 

Parker, Una-Mary. 

The Granville legacy 

The Second World War is over, but England is still a dark 

and gloomy place. As the members of the Granville family 

struggle to come to terms with their changed 

circumstances, family loyalties are strained and sibling 

relationships tested. 

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Parr, Delia 

Day by day 

Three women from different walks of life are in the same 

state of shock faced with the sudden responsibility of 

raising their grandchildren. Miraculously they find one 

another - a mismatched trio of middle-aged women with 

almost nothing in common, yet with so much to share. 

Patchett, Ann 

Run 

Tip and Teddy Doyle's mother died and their father is 

raising them. He wants the boys to be involved with 

politics, even though they don't want to. 

Patterson, James 

Sail : a novel 

Patterson's epic tale of the Dunne family, who find 

themselves trapped in paradise, fighting for their lives. 


Sundays at Tiffany's 

A woman meets her imaginary friend from childhood - and 

falls in love with him. 

Pawson, Stuart 

Grief encounters 

DCS Colin Swainby is to resign because certain allegations 

have been made against him. When MP Edward Gross 

finds himself similarly compromised, Priest knows there 

must be a connection. 

Pearse, Lesley. 

Hope 

It is Somerset, 1836, and baby Hope is cast out from a 

world of privilege as living proof of her mother's adultery. 

Smuggled away from the Harveys and Briargate House to 

a nearby village, Hope grows up in the arms of the warm 

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and loving Renton family, unaware of her true identity. 

But fate has harsh plans for Hope. 

Perry, Anne. 

We shall not sleep : a novel 

Matthew, of the British S.I.S., is bound for Ypres, to 

discover the identity of the Peacemaker - a dangerous 

figure, determined that a German Empire should rule. 

Matthew must track down the Peacemaker and put a stop 

to his schemes, or freedom and liberty could cease to exist 

for generations to come... 

Phillips, Carly 

Sealed with a kiss 

When Molly Gifford discovers her real father, she leaves 

town and the man she loves, Daniel Hunter. Now a year 

later, Molly returns, convinced that Daniel is the only 

attorney who can exonerate her father of murder. 

Phinn, Gervase. 

The heart of the Dales 

Presents tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire. 

This title features the staff at County Hall as well as the 

children themselves who find ways of embarrassing the 

school inspectors with innocent ease. It includes Christine 

Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School and now 

Gervase's wife and mother of their son. 

Picoult, Jodi 

Change of heart 

Your daughter will die without a heart transplant. The man 

who killed your husband and other daughter wants to give 

her his. What would you do? 

Pilcher, Rosamunde 

The shell seekers 

Set in England between WW II and the present, this epic 

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novel details the connections that bind the Keeling family 

together over three generations and the family's frailties, 

strengths, passions, and joys. 

Plumley, Lisa 

Let’s Misbehave 

Forced by her father to do a stint in a "shopaholic" rehab, 

notorious party girl Marisol Winston gets "maxed out" on 

love when she, as part of her therapy, gets a real job as a 

nanny/housekeeper for quarterback Cash Connelly. 

Powers, Richard, 1957- 

The echo maker 

On a winter night on a remote road in Nebraska, 27-yearold 

Mark Schluter's truck turns over in a near fatal 

accident. His older sister, Karin returns reluctantly to their 

hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head 

injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, 

Mark believes that this woman is really an identical 

impostor. 

Pradhan, Monica. 

The Hindi-Bindi Club 

Three families of Indian-American women find themselves 

dealing with a new world that blends the traditions of the 

past with modern American life, until the estranged 

daughter of one of the women returns to request that a 

marriage be arranged for her. 

Probert-Wright, Barbie 

Little girl lost 

In 1945, seven-year-old Barbie and her sister Eva were 

trapped, terrified, in wartorn Germany. With their father 

missing, and hundreds of miles from their mother, news of 

the approaching army left them confronted with an 

impossible choice: to face invasion, or to flee on foot. This 

work presents a true story of surviving the unimaginable. 

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Prose, Francine 

Goldengrove : a novel 

A young girl faces the consequences of sudden loss after 

the death of her sister. 

Putney, Mary Jo. 

A distant magic 

On a visit to Marseille to attend a Guardian wedding, Jean 

Macrae is kidnapped by Captain Zander, a handsome 

stranger who claims that her family owes him a blood debt 

and who threatens to sell her into slavery on the Barbary 

Coast, and her only chance is to use her Guardian magic 

to make him fall in love 

Q 

Quick, Barbara. 

Vivaldi's virgins : a novel 

Pairing the seductive appeal of a legendary composer with 

the coming of age of a violin prodigy, Quicks enthralling 

new novel recreates Vivaldis Venice at the height of its 

splendor and decadence. 

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Radish, Kris. 

Searching for paradise in Parker, PA 

Addy decides to revamp herself minus the ailing Lucky, 

and her pursuit of self-fulfillment sets the small town of 

Parker, Pennsylvania, on its ear as Addy becomes the 

poster child for the women trying to find paradise, or at 

least a partner who truly shares and listens. 

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Ragen, Naomi 

The Saturday wife 

Beautiful, materialistic Delilah Levy, married to a young 

rabbi, finds her life beginning to unravel because of the 

temptations of the modern world and the incessant 

demands of her husband's congregation, her faith, and her 

life. 

Reich, Christopher. 

Rules of deception 

Dr. Jonathan Ransom, world-class mountaineer and 

surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, wife is killed while 

they are climbing the Swiss Alps. Twenty-four hours later 

he receives an envelope addressed to his wife containing 

two baggage-claim tickets. When he goes to claim the 

baggage he is attached by the Swiss police, thus 

beginning his search for the truth and his being the 

subject of an international manhunt. 

Reynolds, Maureen, 

The Sunday girls 

It is the Great Depression and jobs are scarce. Like many 

others in Dundee, the Neill family are struggling just to 

make ends meet. Ann would love to stay at school, but 

takes up a job as a housemaid to support her family. But 

the spiteful housekeeper, Miss Hood, has a guilty secret 

and is determined to make Ann's life a misery. 

Rhea, Nicholas 

Constable on the coast 

From time to time, Constable Nick must leave his blissful 

rural beat at Aidensfield to assist his hard-pressed 

colleagues in busier places. At the height of the holiday 

season, therefore, he finds himself on patrol in the 

Yorkshire seaside resort of Strensford where a host of new 

problems await. There are crimes to solve and criminals to 

arrest. 

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Rice, Anne, 

Christ the Lord / out of Egypt : a novel 

Rice’s novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based 

on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament 

scholarship. 

Rice, Anne 

Christ the Lord : the road to Cana : a novel 

A fictional account of the life of Christ beginning prior to 

his baptism in the Jordan River and concluding with the 

miracle at Cana, as he leaves his everyday life in Nazareth 

to confront his destiny. 

Rice, Luanne. 

Last kiss 

Nearly a year after the death of her eighteen-year-old son, 

singer-songwriter Sheridan Rosslare still hasn't played a 

note of the music. Out of the past she summons a man 

she believes cares enough, and is tough enough, to 

uncover the truth, Sheridan's long-ago soul mate Gavin 

Dawson. 

Rice, Luanne. 

Light of the moon 

Feeling adrift in the wake of her mother's death and a 

failed love affair, anthropologist Susannah Connolly leaves 

Connecticut to travel to the French Camargue to see its 

fabled white horses and to investigate a saint linked to her 

family's history, but her life is changed forever by an 

encounter in the marshes with a lonely man and his 

wounded daughter. 

Richmond, Michelle, 

The year of fog 

Photographer Abby Mason's life is changed forever by the 

disappearance of the young girl, her desperate search for 

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the truth behind the child's vanishing, and her unwavering 

faith in the redemptive power of love. 

Rimington, Stella 

Illegal action 

MI5 intelligence officer Liz Carlyle learns of a Russian 

government plot to kill super-rich Nikita Brunovsky - a 

man who openly criticises the Putin regime from his 

London base. As she goes undercover, Liz discovers that 

an 'illegal' Russian agent has arrived in London. Is this the 

assassin she is seeking? 

Rimington, Stella. 

Secret asset 

While investigating a series of suspicious meetings that 

have been taking place at an Islamic bookshop, MI5 

Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is taken off surveillance to 

investigate rumors that a mole is at work within British 

Intelligence and that terrorists are plotting a massive 

strike. 

Robards, Karen 

Guilty 

Kate White, single mother and assistant Philadelphia DA, 

must fight for her life and the life of her son as the terrible 

events of her past return with a vengeance and the only 

hope she seems to have lies with homicide detective Tom 

Braga - a man she has no reason to trust. 

Robards, Karen. 

Obsession 

Recovering from a murder attempt with an uncanny 

conviction that everything in her life is profoundly wrong, 

National Security Agency assistant Katharine Lawrence is 

drawn into a dangerous investigation by CIA agent Nick 

Huston 

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Roberts, Nora 

Blood brothers 

Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh 

month, strange things happen, and three friends--Caleb, 

Fox, and Gage - must battle against evil with the women 

who love them by their sides. 

Roberts, Nora 

First impressions 

Fleeing from the advances of gold-digging women, 

wealthy businessman Vance Banning reinvents himself as 

an out-of-work carpenter in a rural town where he finds 

himself falling under the spell of his beautiful and 

persistent neighbor, Shane Abbott. 

Roberts, Nora 

Hidden star 

When a beautiful woman in possession of a bag full of 

cash and an enormous diamond - but with no memory of 

who she is - comes to him for help, private investigator 

Cade Parris takes her case to discover her true identity. 

Roberts, Nora 

Second nature 

Journalist Lee Radcliffe goes on a camping trip with 

reclusive author Hunter Brown to obtain an interview with 

him. 

Roberts, Nora. 

Tribute 

Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying 

work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her 

grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her 

side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache 

of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was 

pregnant when she died and that the father was a local 

married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of 

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intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her 

neighbor, graphic novelist Ford Sawyer, steps in to help 

her sort out who is targeting her and why. 

Rollins, James, 

The last oracle : a Sigma Force novel 

An ancient relic, bioengineered autistic children, and a plot 

to wipe out a quarter of the world's population have two 

men racing against time to solve a mystery that dates 

back to the first famous oracle of history--the Greek 

Oracle of Delphi. 

Rosnay, Tatiana de, 1961- 

Sarah's key 

On the anniversary of the roundup of Jews by the French 

police in Paris, Julia is asked to write an article on this 

dark episode and embarks on an investigation that leads 

her to long-hidden family secrets and to the ordeal of 

Sarah. 

Ross, Ann B 

Miss Julia paints the town 

When developers threaten to bulldoze the old courthouse 

to make way for condominiums, Miss Julia is dismayed. 

She enlists the help of Etta Mae Wiggins in a plot to scare 

off the money by exposing the town's many eccentric 

characters. 

Ross, Ann B. 

Miss Julia strikes back 

Miss Julia discovers that her Princess Diana ring replica 

and other jewelry pieces have been stolen, and she packs 

up Little Lloyd, Etta Mae Wiggins, and an inebriated 

private investigator in order to catch the thieves in Palm 

Beach. 

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Roth, Philip 

Exit ghost 

Nathan Zuckerman, the indomitable literary adventurer of 

Roths nine Zuckerman books, finds himself involved - as 

he never wanted or intended to be - with love, mourning, 

desire, and animosity. 

Rowland, Laura Joh 

The snow empress 

Rowland's mystery set in 17th-century Japan delves 

deeper into the politics of an empire ruled by a figurehead 

as the background for a compelling and thrilling whodunit. 

S 

Sale, Peter 

Tom Kipper's schooldays : memories of an Irish 

childhood in Liverpool 

Born into a poor Irish family in Liverpool in 1928, Tom 

Kipper is ten years old and full of mischief. A pupil at Saint 

Joseph's Academy of Hard Knocks, he spends his days 

dodging Spiderlady McCann's vicious pencil and engaging 

in a good scrap when school's out. But the arrival of war 

will shake Tom's world, bringing loss, confusion and 

adventure. 

Sallis, Susan. 

Searching for Tilly 

Three women came to the remote Cornish cottage that 

summer: Jenna, only 26 and grieving for the loss of the 

love of her life; her mother Caro, whose husband Steve 

had also died; and Laura, who had been married to Caro's 

beloved brother Geoff. The Widow's Cottage, the house 

where there were staying was called, and it was 

poignantly suitable. 

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Sanders, Annie 

Busy woman seeks wife 

Because she's too busy bringing home the bacon to cook 

it. 

Santiago, Danielle. 

Little ghetto girl 

Having managed to establish a thriving legitimate business 

by her twenty-first year, attractive Kisa Kane aspires to 

leave her crime-marked past behind, but when she falls in 

love with a powerful drug dealer, she places her lingering 

hopes on her new baby daughter. 

Saul, John 

The devil's labyrinth 

Saul is at his diabolical best in this thrilling new novel of 

an exorcist who has learned how to reverse the 

mysterious art - to summon evil instead of driving it out. 

Scanlan, Patricia. 

Second chance 

Bridie Feeney has just had a fight with her son-in-law and 

her daughter, Jean. Bitter words have been spoken. But 

she is not going to apologize... It's a day none of them will 

ever forget. But for Tony and Jean it's the day they get a 

second chance. 

Schlink, Bernhard. 

Homecoming 

As a child Peter Debauer finds a incomplete novel about a 

German prisoner of war who escapes from an Russian 

camp to return to his wife who believes he is dead. Years 

later the embarks on a search for the missing pages which 

turns into a search for his missing father, a German 

soldier he believed to have been killed in the war. 

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Sebold, Alice. 

The almost moon : a novel 

This searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties 

between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers; the 

meaning of devotion; and the line between love and hate. 

Sewell, Kitty. 

Ice trap 

His marriage in jeopardy and his career under threat, 

Dafydd returns to the frozen sub-Arctic to make sense of 

the impossible - and to discover why someone hates him 

enough to seek to destroy him. 

Shaara, Jeff 

The steel wave : a novel of World War II 

A fictional account of D-Day and the Allied invasion of 

Europe chronicles the events of the World War II 

campaign and the personalities who took part, from the 

ordinary soldiers on the land and in the air, to such 

leaders as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Omar 

Bradley, as their efforts changed the course of the war. 

Shafak, Elif, 1971- 

The bastard of Istanbul 

Turkish teen Asya is coming of age under the wing of her 

tattoo-parlor owner mother and her three aunts, 

befriending a cousin from America, and discovering a 

secret that links her family to the 1915 Armenian 

deportations and massacres. 

Shapiro, Dani. 

Black & white 

After years of estrangement from her famous 

photographer mother, Ruth Dunne, and the scandal and 

publicity of nude photographs taken of her as a child by 

her mother, Clara Brodeur returns to New York City when 

her mother falls ill and is forced to reconcile the challenges 

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of the past and the new life in Maine she has built for 

herself. 

Shaw, Rebecca, 

One hot country summer 

In the middle of a sultry summer heat wave, the 

inhabitants of Barleybridge find love, conflict and much 

more... 

Shulman, Sandra 

Francesca the Florentine 

The time is the Renaissance in Florence, Italy; and the 

heroine, Francesca de Narni, a beautiful and courageous 

girl. In order to survive Francesca masks her true identity 

and sets out to revenge herself on the powerful men who 

destroyed her former happiness. 

Siddons, Anne Rivers. 

Off season 

Siddons tells the beautiful, tragic, and redemptive story of 

a woman who searches for meaning after her husband 

dies. 

Silva, Daniel, 1960- 

The secret servant 

In the aftermath of an Amsterdam-based terrorism 

analyst's murder by a Muslim immigrant, Gabriel Allon 

investigates clues pertaining to the victim, in a case with 

ties to a secret terrorist organization and the abduction of 

an ambassador's daughter. 

Simpson, Helen, 

Constitutional : short stories 

One woman finds grief for her lost lover is assuaged by 

involvement in some carpentry repair work. Another grows 

increasingly angry as the grim reaper scythes through her 

circle, with farcical and tragic results. Dealing with time 

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and change, this collection of stories charts tantrums, 

funerals, pregnancy, war and love affairs. 

Singer, Judy Reene. 

Still life with elephant 

In this funny, heartwarming story, a memorable heroine’s 

life comes to a grinding halt after she learns that her 

husband has cheated on her. Desperate to win him back, 

Neelie Sterling follows her veterinarian husband to 

Zimbabwe to help rescue a badly abused elephant. 

Fighting to keep her life from unraveling while striving to 

gain an elephant's trust, she ultimately learns that healing 

can be mutual. 

Sizemore, Susan 

Primal desires 

This latest sizzling vampire romance features a powerful 

vampire warrior and his forbidden love - and the danger 

that threatens to destroy them both 

Smiley, Jane. 

Ten days in the hills 

In the wake of the 2003 Academy Awards, a group of 

friends and family gathers in the Hollywood hills for ten 

transformative days of love, memories, gossip, movies, 

and more, including Max, an Oscar-winning writer/director 

whose career is waning; his lover Elena; his ex-wife, film 

star Zoe Cunningham; their daughter Isabel; and others. 

Smith, Jess, 

Bruar's rest 

Bruar Stewart and the hot-blooded and beautiful Megan, 

fall in love. But when war is declared in 1914, it tears their 

lives apart. Bruar is reported missing in action, and Megan 

sets off on a long and perilous journey to find him... 

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Smith, Tom Rob. 

Child 44 

Leo Demiclov is a conscientious, idealistic Soviet war hero 

who lives in Moscow. Despite his loyalty to the Soviet 

Union, he is arrested, demoted, and denounced, and 

suspects that a serial killer is in the midst of this turn in 

events. Exiled from his home, with only his wife at his 

side, Leo must find and stop a criminal that the State 

won't admit even exists. 

Sparks, Nicholas. 

The lucky one 

U.S. Marine Logan Thibault believes he's found a lucky 

charm buried in the sands of Iraq: a photograph of a 

smiling woman. The chain of events that leads to him 

possessing the photograph and finding the woman 

pictured in it is the stuff of love stories. 

Stacey, Lyndon 

Six to one against 

Damien Daniels, a former steeplechase jockey-turnedhorse 

trainer, is riding with horse therapist Gideon Blake 

when Duncan is fatally shot off his horse. 

Steel, Danielle. 

Bungalow 2 

When Marin County mother and freelance writer Tanya 

Harris gets the chance to write a major Hollywood 

screenplay, she finds herself thrust into an unfamiliar 

world that forces her to reconcile her two lives as a 

suburban mom and award-winning screenwriter. 


A good woman 

Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a 

life of privilege. But everything changed on a cold April 

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day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her 

family and her privileged world forever. 


Honor thyself 

Steel’s latest fable of female courage, fortune, fame and 

fashion, features Oscar-winning actress Carole Barber, 

who, at age 50 and trying to write a novel, travels to 

Paris, scene of a tragic love affair 15 years before. 

Steel, Danielle 

Rogue 

For Maxine Williams, being married to Blake had been an 

amazing adventure. Brilliant, and unpredictable, Blake 

Williams made millions and grabbed headlines as a dotcom 

entrepreneur. His only shortcoming was as a husband 

first his work, and then his never-ending quest for fun 

kept him constantly on the move, far away from Maxine 

and his family. 


Sisters 

During an annual Fourth of July family gathering, the lives 

of four sisters--Candy, a supermodel; Tammy, a TV 

producer; Sabrina, a lawyer; and Annie, an artist--are 

changed by tragedy as they come together to support one 

another. 

Stein, Garth 

The art of racing in the rain : a novel 

Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a 

philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, 

pulled apart by a three year custody battle between 

daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father 

Denny, a race car driver. 

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Stirling, Duncan 

The Screaming eagles 

Iron Mike MacDonald was in charge of the squad they 

called the Bad Boys. None of them were the sort to be 

interested in history, but that is what they made... 

Stockwin, Julian. 

Kydd : the admiral's daughter 

1803. Commander Kydd is about to discover that the most 

dangerous waters can be the closest to home. 

Stuart, Anne 

Ice storm 

The powerful head of the covert mercenary organization 

The Committee, Isobel Lambert is a sleek, sophisticated 

professional who comes into contact with some of the 

most dangerous people in the world. But beneath Isobel's 

cool exterior a ghost exists, haunting her with memories 

of another life. 

T 

Tannahill, Reay. 

Having the builders in 

A delicious novel of medieval rivalry, chivalry and 

masonry. 

Tapply, William G. 

One-way ticket : a Brady Coyne novel 

When Boston restaurateur Dalton Lancaster is mugged but 

not robbed, he instructs his son, Robert, to call Brady 

Coyne, his lawyer and friend, rather than the police. 

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Tate, June. 

When somebody loves you 

Life is far from comfortable for Elsa Carter, working on a 

fruit and veg stall in the Southampton's docklands in the 

1930s. But, despite everything, Elsa is a cheery, spirited 

girl and she finds comfort in her fiance, Peter Adams. In 

her search for happiness, Elsa soon discovers that even 

those closest to her are not to be trusted. 

Taylor, Andrew, 1951 Oct. 14- 

A stain on the silence 

You can run from a guilty conscience, but you can't hide 

Twenty-four years later, Lily confesses to James that their 

affair led to a daughter, Kate. And Kate desperately needs 

her father's help: she's wanted for murder. 

Taylor, Patrick 

An Irish country village 

Delighted to be offered a permanent position with crusty 

Dr. O'Reilly, Dr. Barry Lavery confronts a crisis when his 

reputation is threatened by the unexpected death of one 

of his patients. 

Terrell, Heather. 

The chrysalis 

Hard-driving Manhattan attorney Mara Coyne is confronted 

by the case of her career when she is asked to defend a 

prestigious auction house against claims that a mysterious 

Dutch masterpiece about to be sold is a Nazi wartime 

theft. 

Thorne, Victoria 

The wilful heiress 

Lady Elisabeth Silverwood is young, beautiful and an 

heiress, but no fool. Fleeing the advances of Sir Maurice, a 

young farmer rescues her, and proves to be much more to 

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her liking. Unfortunately Robin Prior despises everything 

she stands for. 

Thornton, Margaret 

A true love of mine 

August 1900. Ten-year-old Maddy has made a new friend 

on the sands of North Bay, Scarborough. While the two 

girls and the two families get to know each other, trouble 

lies ahead for Maddy as secrets buried long before she was 

born return to Scarborough and the present. 

Tomalin, Ruth 

Away to the west 

The observer is a young girl, Rowan, whose eyes are on 

the people she meets: those with settled country homes, 

newcomers, men and women back from the war, 

"displaced persons" of all kinds. 

Torday, Paul 

The irresistible inheritance of Wilberforce 

A dazzling, haunting story of obsession and addiction, of 

loyalty and betrayal. 

Torday, Paul, 1946- 

Salmon fishing in the Yemen 

A meek, slightly pompous, middle-aged scientist working 

at London's National Centre for Fisheries Excellence, Dr. 

Alfred Jones takes on the outlandish--and ill-fated--task of 

introducing the sport of salmon fishing into the Yemen 

River at the behest of a mysterious sheikh, in a whimsical 

novel of administrative bureaucracy, political spin, and 

government dysfunction. 

Townsend, Sue 

Queen Camilla 

The Royal family have been living in exile on a bleak 

council estate for the past 13 years. Prince Charles is 

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happy - he has married the love of his life, Camilla, and 

has taken her to live in his tiny house. When the 

Conservatives promise to reinstate the monarchy in their 

election manifesto, Charles faces up to his destiny. 

Trevor, William, 

Cheating at canasta : stories 

One dozen tales follow such themes as regret, adultery, 

and aging, featuring stories about a chance encounter 

between two childhood friends, a newly widowed man's 

memories, and a family's struggle with the sale of 

ancestral land. 

Tsukiyama, Gail. 

The street of a thousand blossoms 

Raised by loving and traditionally minded grandparents, 

Japanese youths Hiroshi and Kenji are forced to put their 

dreams on hold in the wake of WW II and find their 

destinies intertwining with those of a famous sumo 

master's daughters. 

Trollope, Joanna. 

Second honeymoon 

Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the 

youngest of the family. His mother Edie, an actress, is 

distraught. His father Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather 

hoping to get his wife back, after decades of family life... 

Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-firstcentury 

style. 

Turner, Frederick W., 1937- 

Redemption 

Reporting to the local crime head in 1913 New Orleans, 

police officer Francis Muldoon endeavors to maintain the 

status quo among the region's saloons and bordellos 

before a rivalry over a beautiful dance hall singer 

culminates in a fatal shooting. 

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Turner, Lynn M. 

Adieu, my love 

Marie Jubert, a widow in the remote French Fortress of 

Louisbourg, is horrified to see the schooner Donna Rae put 

into port. The schooner, in which Marie is a secret 

investor, has been seized for smuggling, putting Maries 

business ventures and her ability to support her two 

children at risk. 

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VanLiere, Donna, 1966- 

Christmas promise 

Taking what he hopes will be his first long-term job, lonely 

department store security officer Chaz McConnell reaches 

out to a four-year-old child, while Gloria Bailey, a charity 

worker who has taken in a single pregnant woman and a 

cantankerous senior, struggles with ensuing personality 

clashes. 

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Waite, Elizabeth. 

Never say never 

A heart warming family saga set against the backdrop of 

the 1930’s Great Depression. 

Walters, Julie, 1950- 

Maggie's tree 

As their friend Helena is the toast of Broadway, 

comedienne Cissie O'Brien takes beautiful actress Maggie 

Salt to see her. But Maggie is troubled, & on arrival 

disappears into the winter night. 

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Walters, Minette 

The chameleon's shadow 

Returning from the war in Iraq a changed man due to 

serious head injuries, British lieutenant Charles Acland 

rejects his former life and grows increasingly reclusive, 

suspicious, and aggressive, until he finds himself the 

prime suspect in a series of recent killings. 

Wambaugh, Joseph 

Hollywood crows : a novel 

When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead find 

themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they 

think they're just having some fun. To them, Margot is a 

harmless socialite, stuck in the middle of an ugly divorce. 

What Nate and Bix don't know is that Margot's no helpless 

victim: the femme fatale is setting them both up. 

Webb, Charles Richard, 

Home school 

The Braddock household is in turmoil as the Westchester 

School Board attempts to quash their home schooling. 

They ask for help from the mother-in-law from hell. She is 

only too happy to provide her services - but at a price far 

higher than could be expected. 

Webb, Jacqueline 

Dragonsheart 

When Isabella Wyndham-Brown discovers that her father 

may have found the lost family treasure, the Dragonsheart 

diamond, Bella’s problems really begin… 

Weiner, Jennifer 

Certain girls 

Cannie Shapiro considers her husband Peter's request to 

have Cannie's flamboyant sister provide surrogate services 

so that they can have a second child. 

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Weir, Alison. 

Innocent traitor : a novel of Lady Jane Grey 

Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. 

Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, she 

lived a live in thrall to political machinations and lethal 

religious fervour. This book talks about the twists of Tudor 

power politics, her nine-day reign and its unbearably 

poignant conclusion. 

West, Jessamyn. 

The friendly persuasion 

The Birdwells are a pacifist Quaker family in southern 

Indiana during the Civil War. A quintessential American 

heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be 

austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to 

keeping her faith and caring for her family and 

community. She and her family, must negotiate their way 

through a world that constantly confronts them sometimes 

with candor, sometimes with violence and tests the 

strength of their beliefs. 

Whitaker, Tu-Shonda L. 

The Ex-factor 

This emotional, erotically charged novel follows three halfsisters 

and their complicated relationships with one anther 

and the men in their lives. 

Whiting, Charles 

Double cross 

1943. The British have discovered a Russian spy network 

operating from the neutral fortress of Switzerland. Ultra, 

the handpicked elite of British Intelligence, have taken 

advantage of their knowledge to plant a German double 

agent there to pass on signals to the Russians. However 

this perfect double bluff seems doomed to fail when 

German High Command begins to suspect false play 

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Whiting, Charles, 

Kill Patton! 

December 16, 1944 Nazi commandos disguised as 

American GIs operate behind the lines, disrupting supply 

convoys and communications, and preparing for a special 

VIP murder! Were they planning to kill the Supreme Allied 

Commander - or would it be the famous 'cowboy' general 

who led the tanks? 

Whitmee, Jeanne 

Wishes and dreams 

Having taken acting lessons Laura joins up with ENSA 

after the war comes. Her lover joins the RAF and is soon 

reported missing. Laura is devastated and on the rebound 

begins an affair with Max, the director of the troupe she is 

touring with. When she becomes pregnant and Max rejects 

her, she is forced to leave ENSA, and faces disgrace. 

Wick, Lori. 

Cassidy 

When her friend Meg has a baby, Cassidy Norton, a 

seamstress living in 1880s Montana, wants to change her 

priorities from having a church family to being a wife and 

mother, but to do so she must find someone who will not 

flinch at details from her past. 

Wick, Lori. 

White chocolate moments 

Growing up without a traditional family, Arcineh Bryant 

reaches out to friends to create her own kind of family. 

When she finally meets a man she feels she could love, 

she begins having doubts about trusting the love of 

another. 

Wiggins, Marianne. 

The shadow catcher 

Inspired by the life of legendary photographer Edward 

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Curtis, a series of tales about a photographer's developing 

relationship with the Native Americans he astonishes by 

showing them pictures of themselves is interspersed with 

parallel tales about an unsung soldier, a husband, and a 

father. 

Wilder, Gene, 1935- 

My French whore 

Recounts the tale of a midwestern World War I soldier 

whose capture by German forces prompts him to 

impersonate a famous German spy and pursue a romantic 

relationship with a beautiful courtesan. 

Wilson, Budge. 

Before Green Gables 

An authorized prequel to L.M. Montgomery's classic series 

about the irrepressible red-haired orphan follows Anne's 

early years before her adoption by the Cuthberts. 

Wilson, Derek A. 

Unquiet spirit 

Attempting to gauge whether a staircase at St. Thomas's 

College, Cambridge, is haunted leads to the death of a 

rather obnoxious professor. 

Winters, Logan. 

Dakota skies 

Della Adair hired Miles Donovan to help her safely cross 

the long Dakota plains. The whole town knows Della is 

carrying the gold made from the sale of her property. With 

news that the Cheyenne are roaming the plains as well, 

Miles will have to fight his way along every yard of the 

trail 

Woodman, Cathy. 

The boy next door 

When childhood sweethearts are reunited after twenty 

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years, will the same sparks fly? This work tells a story of 

how love can blossom when you least expect it. 

Woods, Stuart. 

Shoot him if he runs 

Stone Barrington and Holly Barker pursue a master spy 

and murderer in a tropical paradise where very little is as 

it seems. 

X 

Xinran, 

Miss Chopsticks 

The Li sisters don't have much education, but one thing 

has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure 

because she hasn't managed to produce a son, and they 

themselves only merit a number as a name. Yet when 

circumstances lead the sisters to seek work in distant 

Nanjing, the shocking new urban environment opens their 

eyes. 

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Young, Sara, 

My enemy's cradle 

Cyrla's neighbors have begun to whisper. Her cousin, 

Anneke, is pregnant and has passed the rigorous exams 

for admission to the Lebensborn, a maternity home for 

girls carrying German babies. But Anneke's soldier has 

disappeared, and the Nazis confiscate fatherless children. 

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Mystery 

A 

Albert, Susan Wittig. 

Spanish dagger 

China Bayles's demanding schedule is further complicated 

by her half-brother's and her husband's attempt to solve 

the mystery of her father's suspicious death, and by her 

discovery of a murdered body in the tranquil community of 

Pecan Springs. 

Alt, Madelyn. 

A charmed death 

While trying to master her newfound powers, witch Maggie 

O'Neill investigates the murder of a local teenage princess 

and, with some mystical intervention and help from her 

boss, casts a spell to trap a killer. 

Alt, Madelyn 

Hex marks the spot 

Maggie O'Neill finds mystical mayhem at the countywide 

craft bazaar when a hunky Amish furniture-maker, who 

has a special way with the ladies, is found dead with a 

strange hex symbol etched near his corpse. 

Anderson, James 

The affair of the bloodstained egg cosy 

The theft of the diamond necklace and the antique pistols 

might all be explained, but the body in the lake - that was 

a puzzle. 

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Andrews, Donna. 

The penguin who knew too much 

While digging a pool in the basement for a flock of 

penguins from the bankrupt local zoo, Meg Langslow's 

father accidentally stumbles upon a body buried beneath 

the floor, sending Meg on a desperate quest to find a killer 

before her generous father's offers to take in animals from 

the zoo leads to a personal zoo in Meg's backyard 

Andrews, Val. 

The Torment of Sherlock Holmes 

Our master detective has fallen into a state of deep 

depression and Watson is distressed to find that there is 

absolutely nothing that he can do to help Holmes shake off 

his dreadful malaise. 

Argula, Anne. 

Walla Walla suite : a room with no view 

Ex-cop-turned-P.I. Quinn is struggling to build a successful 

business when she is hired by mitigation investigator 

Vincent Ainge to track down his missing secretary. She 

finds herself deep in the middle of a complex murder case 

involving confessed rapist - and possible serial killer - 

Randy Merck. 

Atherton, Nancy 

Aunt dimity goes west 

Everyone's favorite sleuth heads to the Rocky Mountains 

in the 12th installment of Atherton's series. With Aunt 

Dimity's help, Lori Sheppard sets out to solve a 100-yearold 

mystery and discovers in the process that sometimes 

the strangest places seem the most like home. 

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Baker, Deb, 

Goodbye, Dolly 

While attending her first major doll show, Gretchen Birch 

is forced to investigate the murder of a sleazy reporter 

when the killer begins sending her boxes of Kewpie dolls 

with cryptic, threatening messages that contain the clues 

to cracking this case. 

Ball, Donna 

Rapid fire : a Raine Stockton dog mystery 

With her kennel business and her part-time job with the 

forest service, Raine Stockton is having a hectic summer 

when the FBI asks about her old flame Andy Fontana. 

Fontana disappeared from her life when he was connected 

with an act of sabotage that left several people dead. 

Now, he's a wanted eco-terrorist and the feds think Raine 

can help bring him to justice. 

Barer, Helen 

Fitness kills 

Nora Franke is a New York food writer stuck in a rut. 

Hoping to heal her broken heart, she accepts a job at a 

fitness ranch. However, life at the ranch is more stressful 

than she had thought - someone has put murder on the 

menu 

Barry, Maxine. 

Imposters in paradise 

Suspecting that her brother's death was not an accident 

but murder, Imogen Dacres travels to Bermuda, where 

she meets Morgan Dax, the man her brother worked with. 

She falls deeply in love with him ... but can she trust him? 

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Bass, Jefferson. 

Flesh and bone : a Body Farm novel 

Called in by Chattanooga medical examiner Jess Carter to 

investigate the death of a young man, forensic 

anthropologist Bill Brockton is subsequently framed for 

Jess's murder, forcing him to apply his investigative skills 

to prove his innocence. 

Beaton, M. C. 

Death of a dentist 

When Hamish Macbeth shows up for his dental 

appointment with Dr. Gilchrist, he finds the dentist not 

only dead but with all his teeth drilled. Searching for the 

killer, Macbeth gets help from a local seer who has 

information to share, from the spirits of course. 

Beaton, M. C. 

Death of a maid 

Less than delighted when he wins the maid services of 

Mrs. Gillespie, a notorious and malicious gossip, in the 

local church raffle, Hamish Macbeth suddenly finds himself 

investigating the death of the local cleaning woman. 

Beaton, M. C. 

Kissing Christmas goodbye 

Agatha Raisin is looking forward to Christmas this year 

because James, her ex, is invited to dinner. Her visions of 

a rekindled romance are quickly pushed aside when a 

wealthy widow is poisoned after sending Agatha a letter 

saying that someone in her family was out to kill her. 

Becka, Elizabeth 

Unknown means 

Evelyn James is called to investigate two different murders 

of women in very high-security penthouse suites. 

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Beckett, Simon 

Written in bone 

Forensic anthropologist David Hunter should be in London 

with the woman he loves and a past he can't quite shake. 

Instead, as a favor to a beleaguered cop, Hunter travels to 

a remote island in the Outer Hebrides to inspect a baffling 

set of remains. 

Bennett, R. A. (Richard Alan), 1946- 

Reason to murder 

Bingley, David 

A surfeit of soldiers 

Paris, 1944. War correspondent Harry Britwell chances 

across Jan van Vliet, a Dutch Resistance member and old 

acquaintance, who pleads for his help. 

Black, Cara, 1951- 

Murder in the Bastille 

Blinded by an attack that left a similarly dressed woman 

dead, AimTe Leduc doubts police claims that the killer was 

simply targeting women with their features and wonders 

whether she or the other woman was the intended victim. 

Black, Cara, 1951- 

Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis 

Parisian computer expert Aimeâe Leduc finds herself in the 

midst of murder and corruption after an anonymous 

telephone call leads her to an abandoned baby girl. 

Blake, Victoria. 

Skin and blister 

The cruellest secrets are carried in the blood... 

Blunt, Giles 

By the time you read this 

Algonquin Bay is rocked by an unusual number of suicides, 

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including the wife of Detective John Cardinal, but a string 

of hateful anonymous notes leads him to suspect that her 

death had been a homicide, despite the disbelief of his 

colleagues. 

Bowen, Rhys. 

Her royal spyness 

A penniless twenty-something member of the extended 

British royal family, Lady Victoria, the daughter of the 

Duke of Atholt and Rannoch, puts her sleuthing talents to 

work when an arrogant Frenchman, who is determined to 

gain control of her family's eight-hundred-year-old estate 

for himself, ends up dead in her bathtub. 

Bowen, Rhys. 

In Dublin's fair city 

Searching for the long-lost sister of an Irish-American 

impresario, P.I. Molly Murphy leaves turn-of-the-century 

New York to head back to her native Ireland, only to be 

confronted by the murder of her maid and the 

disappearance of a famed Irish actress. 

Brett, Simon. 

Death under the dryer : a Fethering mystery 

When Carole goes for a hair trim at 'Connie's Clip Joint', 

she doesn't expect to find herself at the scene of a 

murder. But sure enough, in the backroom, strangled by 

the lead of a hairdryer, sits Connie's young assistant Kyra. 

Brightwell, Emily 

Mrs. Jeffries and the best laid plans 

Inspector Witherspoon's housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, must 

once again employ her keen skills of detection when 

Lawrence Boyd, a banker with numerous enemies, is 

found dead in his burnt-out studio and all signs point to 

murder. 

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Brightwell, Emily 

Mrs. Jeffries and the feast of St. Stephen 

Assigned to investigate the murder of Stephen Whitfield 

during a Yuletide celebration in West Brompton, Inspector 

Witherspoon is none too happy when Scotland Yard insists 

that the case be solved before Christmas, and his busy 

household staff puts their sleuthing talents to work to help 

him find the killer. 

Bruce, Maggie. 

Gourdfellas 

As the town of Walden Corners goes to war over plans for 

a casino, gourd crafts maven Lili Marino discovers that she 

has been framed for the murder of an outspoken advocate 

for the casino project, and must prove her innocence 

before she is forced to take on a new hobby in prison. 

Buchanan, Edna. 

Love kills : a Brit Montero novel 

Attempting to recover from her lover's death on a 

Caribbean island, ace crime reporter Britt Montero teams 

up with the Cold Case Squad on a murder investigation 

while simultaneously tracking down a serial killer who is 

targeting honeymooners. 

Burke, Alafair. 

Angel's tip : a novel 

When fresh-faced college student Chelsea Hart is found 

murdered in East River Park, her wavy blond hair brutally 

hacked off, NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher catches the case - 

and finds herself under the watchful eye of a psychopath 

eager to add the prideful young female detective to his list 

of victims. 

Butler, Gwendoline 

Dread murder 

In the court of King George IV, Major Mearns is the 

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guardian of Windsor castle. Then Mearns receives a parcel 

containing a gruesome surprise: a pair of severed human 

legs. 

Byerrum, Ellen. 

Grave apparel : a crime of fashion mystery 

When a holiday sweater-hating diva is found beaten and 

left for dead wearing a hideous acrylic number that 

screams Christmas, "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey 

Smithsonian must unravel the mystery before she 

becomes the next fashion victim. 

C 

Cain, Chelsea 

Heartsick 

Police detective Archie Sheridan has been on sick leave for 

almost two years after being kidnapped and tortured by 

serial killer Gretchen Lowell. The appearance of a new 

killer brings Archie back to work 

Camilleri, Andrea. 

The patience of the spider 

When a local girl goes mysteriously missing, the whole 

community takes an interest in the case. Why are the 

kidnappers so sure that the girl's impoverished father and 

dying mother will be able to find a fortune? The everinquisitive 

Chief Inspector Montalbano steps in, to get to 

the heart of the matter in his own inimitable style. 

Cannell, Dorothy. 

Goodbye, Ms. Chips : an Ellie Haskell mystery 

Ellie Haskell leaves her family at Merlin's Court to travel to 

her old boarding school, St. Roberta's, at the request of 

her former headmistress, Mrs. Battle. Someone has stolen 

the Loverly Cup from St. Roberta's trophy case. 

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Carl, JoAnna. 

The chocolate jewel case : a chocoholic mystery 

While dealing with unwanted houseguests from hell and 

creating new, delectable concoctions for her chocolate 

shop, newlywed Lee McKinney Woodyard stirs up trouble 

when she investigates a jewelry heist and the appearance 

of a body in the lake. 

Carrell, Jennifer Lee 

Interred with their bones 

From London to Harvard to the American West, Kate 

Stanley races to evade a killer and solve a tantalizing 

string of clues hidden in the words of Shakespeare, which 

may unlock one of history’s greatest secrets. 

Chabon, Michael 

The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel 

In a world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become 

the homeland for the Jews following World War II, 

Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner 

Berko investigate the death of a heroin-addicted chess 

prodigy. 

Charles, Robert, 1938- 

Ancient sins 

When a fifty-year-old human skull was discovered, it came 

at an inconvenient time. However, the old wartime 

mystery could not be ignored. DS Judy Kane was assigned 

to unravel a tangled skein of ancient sins - but a tortuous 

trail would lead her into terrible danger. 

Child, Lee. 

Nothing to lose 

While walking the twelve miles between Hope and Despair 

Colorado, Jack Reacher mets with four deputies who try to 

run him out of town. The ex-military cop now wants to find 

out what the deputies are trying to hide. 

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Childs, Laura. 

Dragonwell dead 

Promoting her latest blend from within her Charleston tea 

shop throughout a blooming southern spring season, 

Theodosia Browning suspects foul play when broker Mark 

Congdon promptly dies after winning a bid for a rare 

monkey-face orchid. 

Childs, Laura. 

Frill kill 

Memory Mine shop owner Carmela Bertrand finds herself 

caught up in New Orleans Halloween mayhem. 

Church, James 

Hidden moon : an Inspector O novel 

Inspector O returns from a mission abroad to find his new 

police commander waiting at his office door. There has 

been a bank robbery - the first ever in Pyongyang - and 

the commander demands action, and quickly. But is this 

urgency for real? 

Clark, Carol Higgins. 

Laced : a Regan Reilly mystery 

Tracing their ancestry to a small Dublin town while 

honeymooning in Ireland, newlyweds Regan and Jack 

Reilly learn disturbing information about their families, a 

discovery with which they are aided by Jack's colleagues 

at the Major Case Squad. 

Clark, Clare. 

The nature of monsters 

It is 1718 and, in a small parish near Newcastle, Eliza 

Tally, a headstrong girl of 15, embarks on a reckless love 

affair that will prove her undoing. When her lover casts 

her off, denying their union, she is forced to travel to 

London, a city that attracts and alarms her in equal 

measure. 

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Clark, Mary Higgins 

I heard that song before 

Kay Lansing marries the son of her gardener father's 

wealthy employer, only to become increasingly disturbed 

by the suspicion surrounding her husband, Peter, in regard 

to the deaths of his first wife and a high-school senior. 

Clark, Mary Higgins 

Where are you now? 

As Carolyn MacKenzie unravels the mystery behind her 

brother's disappearance ten years ago, she confronts 

someone close to her that is equally determined to keep 

his whereabouts secret at any cost. 

Clarke, Brock 

An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New 

England 

New Englander Sam Pulsifer always insisted that burning 

down Emily Dickinson's Amherst home was an accident. 

After 10 years in prison, he is determined to get his life 

back on track: he gets married, has a couple of kids, and 

moves into a cookie-cutter Massachusetts suburb called 

Camelot. But the tranquility doesn't last. 

Cleland, Jane K. 

Deadly appraisal 

Antiques expert Josie Prescott's new life in New Hampshire 

is thriving, with a successful business and a romance with 

the police chief, until Maisy Gaylor drops dead at a benefit 

and Josie finds herself on the short list of suspects. 

Clement, Blaize 

Even cat sitters get the blues : a Dixie Hemingway 

mystery 

Pet-sitter Dixie, a former sheriff's deputy on leave after 

the death of her husband and daughter, finds a corpse in 

the gatehouse of a mansion, but leaves the body for 

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someone else to find. Traumatized by having killed 

someone recently, Dixie wants nothing to do with 

homicide, but fate decrees otherwise. 

Cohen, Jeffrey, 

Some like it hot-buttered 

Elliot socked all his savings into open the Comedy Tonight 

movie theater. But the dead guy in row S, seat 18, is no 

joke. 

Collins, Max Allan. 

Criminal minds : jump cut 

When the Behavioral Analysis Unit, an elite team of FBI 

profilers tasked with delving into the nation's most twisted 

criminal minds, is sent to Kansas to investigate a series of 

fatal stabbings, they must help solve a seemingly 

unrelated crime involving the kidnapping of an heiress. 

Conant, Susan 

All shots : a dog lover's mystery 

Holly Winter, Massachusetts malamute trainer and dog 

columnist, goes searching for a missing dog, a Siberian 

husky named Strike, and instead finds a woman's corpse. 

Connelly, Michael, 

The brass verdict : a novel 

Hoping to revitalize his career when he inherits a highprofile 

defense case after a fellow lawyer is murdered, 

Mickey Haller discovers that he may be the next target 

and reluctantly teams up with LAPD detective Harry Bosch 

to find the killer. 

Conway, Peter, 1929- 

Cryptic clue 

When her neighbor Professor Samra mysteriously 

disappears, sixteen-year-old Heather Reed tries to find out 

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what has happened to him and discovers a CIA agent 

involved with terrorists 

Copp, Rick. 

Fingerprints and facelifts 

Three well-accessorized female detectives come out of 

retirement when an enemy from their past begins 

targeting their children. 

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 

Body of evidence 

A reclusive writer is dead. And her final manuscript has 

disappeared ...Someone is stalking Beryl Madison. 

Terrified, Beryl flees to Key West - but eventually she 

must return to her Richmond home. The very night she 

arrives, Beryl inexplicably invites her killer in.... 


Book of the dead 

Relocating to Charleston after a particularly grueling case, 

Dr. Kay Scarpetta opens a private forensic pathology 

practice but is quickly targeted by local politics and a 

covert saboteur before a series of violent deaths bring her 

skills into high view. 


The front 

Winston Garano is the investigator for the case of a young 

British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Janie 

Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962, and assumed 

to be a victim of the Boston Strangler. Unbeknownst to 

Winston, this case will take him on a journey that will test 

his limits, uncover ancient secrets, and even endanger his 

own life. 

Coyle, Cleo 

Decaffeinated corpse: a coffeehouse mystery 

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When an old friend of her ex-husband develops the world's 

first botanically decaffeinated coffee bean and smuggles it 

into the country, Clare Cosi, manager of Village Blend, 

believes it's a business opportunity she needs to 

investigate...at least until the first dead body shows up. 

Craig, Philip R 

Third strike : J.W. Jackson mystery 

A late-August strike of the Steamship Authority at 

Martha's Vineyard had left thousands of vacationers 

without a ferry service back to the 'real world'. J.W. 

Jackson is called in to help. 

Crombie, Deborah 

Where memories lie 

Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, 

Duncan Kincaid, must navigate the shadowy and secretive 

world of London's moneyed society to discover a jewelry 

piece's connection to a murderer and a pair of refugees 

from Nazi Germany. 

Crispin, Edmund 

The moving toyshop 

Arriving late at night for a holiday in Oxford, poet Richard 

Cadogan stumbles across the body of a dead woman in a 

toyshop. When he returns with the police, the toyshop is 

a grocery store and there is no sign of the corpse. 

Crosby, Ellen, 

The Chardonnay charade : a wine country mystery 

A bizarre May frost threatens Lucie Montgomery's Virginia 

winery operation. After spending the night keeping her 

vines from freezing, the easily peeved Lucie is less than 

thrilled to find the pesticide-contaminated body of Georgia 

Greenwood, a local politician, at the edge of her fields. 

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Daheim, Mary 

The Alpine scandal : an Emma Lord mystery 

When an obituary is mailed to the town paper - by the 

subject himself - Emma Lord tracks him down only to find 

he has been murdered. 

Daheim, Mary. 

Vi Agra Falls : a bed-and-breakfast mystery 

Judith McMonigle Flynn has recently remarried her exhusband, 

Joe Flynn. Her personal life becomes even more 

complicated after the arrival of Joe's ex-wife, Vivian, with 

her trophy husband in tow. Vivian soon sends ripples 

through Heraldsgate Hill when she announces plans to 

build a huge condominium in the community. When the 

body of an unidentified man is found hanging from a tree 

behind Vivian's house, Judith reluctantly resumes her 

familiar role as amateur sleuth. 

Danziger, Carla. 

Hidden falls 

Kristina Kelly goes touring in the fjord region of Norway in 

the summer of 1995 with her beloved cousin Elsa Jenssen, 

a popular Norwegian journalist. Kris is seeking rest and 

revitalization but instead her trip turns into a nightmare 

when Elsa is found dead at the bottom of Hidden Falls. The 

authorities to conclude that her death was accidental, but 

Kris's gut feelings tell her otherwise. 

Davidson, Doris 

Jam and jeopardy 

Wealthy 87-year-old spinster Janet Souter takes pleasure 

in raking up scandal about her neighbours. She also 

relishes refusing her two nephews money they desperately 

need. So when she acquires some arsenic to deal with 

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ats in her garden, she decides to test them: whichever 

attempts to kill her will be her sole beneficiary. 

Davis, Lindsey. 

See Delphi and die : a Marcus Didius Falco novel 

Humor, surprises, and domestic irony await Roman sleuth 

Falco as he attempts to solve the disappearance of two 

newlyweds on their honeymoon trip to Ancient Greece. 

Dewhurst, Eileen. 

Death came smiling 

When Gwen goes to the country to visit her beloved twin 

sister, Elizabeth, she is found stabbed in the family home. 

The open verdict leaves their mentally deficient brother 

under suspicion, but Elizabeth refuses to accept it. 

Dietz, Denise. 

Throw darts at a cheesecake 

Ellie Bernstein joins forces with homicide detective Peter 

Miller to investigate the murder of Jeannie Dobson and the 

"accidents" that are befalling her fellow members of 

Weight Winners. 

Disher, Garry 

Chain of evidence 

Summed to the Australian Outback by his dying father, 

Challis investigates when his sister's husband's body is 

found. Meanwhile, Destry is investigating a ring of 

pedophiles near Melbourne. 

Disher, Garry. 

Kittyhawk down 

A toddler is missing. An unidentified man is fished out of 

the sea not far from Melbourne with an anchor strapped to 

his waist. Then a friend of Inspector Challis is murdered. A 

complex case for complicated policemen and women. 

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Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930. 

The sign of four 

A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as 

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful 

young woman to a sinister assignation. For Mary Marston 

has received several large pearls - one a year for the last 

six years - and now a mystery letter telling her she is a 

wronged woman. 

Dudley, Ernest. 

Dr. Morelle and the drummer girl 

A note is left in the girl's flat by her kidnapper. Her father, 

Harvey Drummer, turns to Dr. Morelle and Miss Frayle to 

help him secure his daughter's release. The case proves to 

be one of the most baffling and hazardous of the Doctor's 

career! 

Dudley, Ernest. 

Two-face 

Mouse-like Mitsi Linden arrives in Paris only to encounter 

tragedy and disaster - until Larry Curtis takes her life, and 

her heart, in the palm of his hand. Larry transforms Mitsi 

into a glamorous Parisian star, and launches her on 

London, where she faces the dazzling world of Mayfair, 

restaurants and night-club life 

Dunn, Carola. 

The bloody tower 

In 1925, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, a new 

mother of twins, resumes her career as a journalist by 

undertaking an article on the Tower of London, but during 

her research, she stumbles upon the corpse of one of the 

Yeoman Warders. 

Dunn, Sharon, 

Death of a garage sale newbie 

The ladies of the Bargain Hunters Network discover that 

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member Mary Margret has been murdered because of 

something she bought at a garage sale. They determine to 

find the killer. 

Dunnett, Kaitlyn 

Kilt dead : a Liss MacCrimmon mystery 

Adrift and depressed, Liss returns home to 

Moosetookalook, Maine, to help her aunt run a small store 

specializing in Scottish kitsch. Soon after she learns that 

the shop is in precarious financial shape, she discovers 

one of her former schoolteachers dead in the shop. 

Suspicions that Liss did the deed herself only grow when, 

much to Liss's shock, she turns out to be the woman's sole 

heir. 

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Edwards, Martin, 

Waterloo sunset 

No one expects to read their own obituary. Liverpool 

lawyer, Harry Devlin, never knew five short lines could be 

so menacing; someone wants him dead and he's only got 

seven days to find the killer. 

Eglin, Anthony. 

The water lily cross : an English garden mystery 

Searching for a missing botanist friend, Lawrence Kingston 

discovers that the missing man had been experimenting 

with aquatic plants and had been on the verge of 

announcing a horticultural breakthrough that could 

generate billions of dollars in revenue. 

Elkins, Aaron 

Little Tiny Teeth 

Forensics professor Gideon Oliver's supposedly peaceful 

Amazon riverboat jaunt turns deadly when one of the 

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scientists is killed by a deranged passenger who then 

leaps overboard in the darkness. 

Elkins, Aaron J. 

Unnatural selection 

A forensic expert and his wildfire expert wife have been 

invited to the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall for consortium on 

conservation. While visiting Neolithic sites, he find a notso 

Neolithic bone, and all signs point to murder. 

Estleman, Loren D. 

American detective : an Amos Walker novel 

Detective Amos Walker is hired by Darius Fuller, a former 

baseball pitcher, to bribe the fiancâee of his daughter, 

whom the athlete suspects of being after her trust fund, 

but when Darius' daughter is found murdered and the 

fiancâee becomes the main suspect Walker senses that 

something is wrong. 

Evanovich, Janet. 

Plum lucky 

Just after Valentine's Day, Diesel returns to once again 

turn New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's world 

upside down. 

F 

Fairstein, Linda A. 

Killer heat : a novel 

Successfully completing her latest rape trail, Assistant 

District Attorney Alex Cooper's victory is spoiled by the 

discovery of the bodies of two women who have been 

brutally murdered, and she embarks on a deadly pursuit of 

a serial killer. 

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Fearn, John Russell 

Climate incorporated 

When meteorologist Alvin Brook invents a means of 

controlling the weather, he imagines it will lead to his 

becoming a world benefactor, with riches for him and his 

family. Instead, Brook and his wife are murdered, and his 

invention is stolen and misused by industrialist Marcus 

Denham. 

Fearn, John Russell, 1908-1960. 

Death in silhouette 

Maria Black, headmistress-detective, is invited to the 

engagement celebrations of an ex-pupil - and becomes 

involved in the apparent suicide of the prospective 

bridegroom, Keith Robinson. The circumstances - death by 

hanging in a locked cellar - satisfy the coroner that 

Robinson took his own life. However, Maria thinks 

otherwise and sets out to prove how Keith really died. 


Except for one thing 

Scientist Richard Harvey believes he can rid himself of an 

unwanted fiancée without anyone discovering what 

became of the corpse. Yet though he lays a master- plan, 

he makes not one but several mistakes... 


The five matchboxes 

Not merely a description of a journey down the most 

wonderful river in the world, but the story of a brave 

gentleman wrongfully accused of a crime, and the 

schemes of a rascally adventurer to blackmail him and his 

family. 

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Fearn, John Russell, 1908-1960 

The lonely astronomer 

The great Metropolitan Observatory was the pride of 22nd 

century engineering and science. When the astronomer 

Dr. Henry Brunner was found there, battered and 

strangled to death, there were four suspects with reasons 

to hate him. 

Fearn, John Russell, 1908-1960 

Thy arm alone 

Betty Shapley was a local beauty, for whose charms three 

young men fell heavily. But her coquetry would lead to 

death for one of her admirers. Inspector Morgan and 

Sergeant Claythorne investigate the death, and suspect 

Vincent Grey. 

Ferris, Monica 

Knitting bones 

Former cop Betsy Devonshire, now proprietor of the 

Crewel World needlework shop, tries to solve a mystery 

from home while recovering from a horseback riding 

accident. 

Finch, Charles 

A beautiful blue death 

Wealthy Victorian gentleman Charles Lenox is asked by 

good friend Lady Jane to investigate the apparent suicide 

by poison of her former maid. 

Fluke, Joanne 

Carrot cake murder : a Hannah Swensen mystery 

with recipes 

It's summer time in Lake Eden which means picnics 

aplenty for bakery proprietress and amateur sleuth 

Hannah. Then Uncle Gus is murdered and the only clues to 

be found at the crime scene are two slices of Hannah's 

infamous carrot cake. 

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Fluke, Joanne, 1943- 

Key lime pie murder : a Hannah Swensen mystery 

with recipes 

While getting ready to judge the baking contest at the 

local town fair, Hannah Swensen stumbles upon the dead 

body of a fellow judge, along with a smashed key lime pie. 

Foley, Lorette. 

Dead for danger 

When a young Dublin woman is mugged and afterwards 

stabbed, the police look in vain for the attacker. But 49 

Organ Place, the seedy apartment house where she lived, 

holds the secret which links her fate with that of a 

desperate and hunted man... 

Forbes, Elena 

Die with me 

A young woman falls to her death from the balcony of a 

dusty London church. Det. Insp. Mark Tartaglia and his 

team quickly discover that Gemma Kramer was lured 

there to meet a man calling himself Tom, who then 

delivered murder rather than the romantic suicide pact he 

promised. 

Francis, Dick. 

Under orders 

It's the 3rd death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that 

troubles sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley 

was found with three bullets in the chest. Just moments 

before the discovery, Halley had been called upon by Lord 

Enstone to make discreet enquiries into why his horses 

appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races 

being fixed? 

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Franklin, Ariana 

The serpent's tale : Ariana Franklin 

Henry II has his wife Eleanor, imprisoned for fear she and 

their sons will overthrow him. When his mistress is 

poisoned he sends for Adelia Aguilar to investigate the 

murder. Eleanor has escaped from prison and someone is 

trying to frame her for the murder. Adelia saves the queen 

but learns that she is trying to overthrow the king. 

Fraser, Anthea 

Rogue in porcelain 

Writing an article on old family businesses, Rona Parish 

contacts Curzon, local manufacturers of fine bone china. 

Little does she realize that she will directly precipitate a 

terrible tragedy, a tragedy whose roots stretch back to 

George Curzon, son of the firms founder and known to his 

contemporaries as the Rogue in Porcelain... 

Frey, Stephen W. 

The successor 

With rumors flying about the death of Fidel Castro, 

Christian Gillette is called in for a meeting with President 

Jesse Wood at Camp David to take part in secret 

negotiations with Cuban capitalists to ensure that 

changing policies favor U.S. interests. 

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Galbraith, Gillian 

Blood in the water 

When one Edinburgh citizen after another is murdered, the 

newspapers buzz with talk of a serial killer. Battling 

disillusionment and loneliness, DS Alice Rice races against 

time and an implacable killer to solve this series of grisly 

murders among the professional elite in the city's well-todo 

New Town. 

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George, Elizabeth 

Careless in red : a novel 

Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley discovers the body of a 

young man who appears to have fallen to his death. It 

soon becomes apparent that a clever killer is indeed at 

work, and this time Lynley is not a detective but a witness 

and possibly a suspect. 

Gerritsen, Tess. 

The keepsake : a novel 

When a perfectly preserved "mummy" is discovered in the 

dusty basement of Boston's Crispin Museum and an 

archaeologist turns up missing, medical examiner Maura 

Isles and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli have 

precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before 

he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection. 

Glazer, Melissa. 

A murderous glaze 

When a dead body shows up in her shop, Carolyn 

Emerson, owner of a paint-your-own-pottery studio called 

Fire at Will, is accused of murder, which threatens her 

business, and turns to her studio's club, the Firing Squad, 

for help in piecing together the clues. 

Goff, Christine. 

Death shoots a birdie 

When her best friend Dorothy MacBean falls in love with 

renowned birder Guy Saxby, a man accused of murdering 

his protege, Rachel Wilder agrees to help prove his 

innocence, until some evidence comes to light that just 

might prove his guilt. 

Goldberg, Lee, 1962- 

Mr. Monk and the blue flu 

Horrified to hear about the blue flu affecting San 

Francisco's police department, until he discovers that it is 

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part of contract talks with the city, Monk is delighted when 

the situation gives him the opportunity to get back on the 

force to catch the killer of an astrologer. 

Glasby, John 

Death never strikes twice 

Ignoring warnings to drop his investigations, Charles 

Jensen is knocked unconscious, and wakes next to a 

woman's corpse - a woman who has been shot with his 

gun. Then the police arrive... 

Grafton, Sue 

T is for trespass 

Grafton focuses on the soul-wrenching trespasses of elder 

abuse and identity theft in her latest Kinsey Millhone 

mystery. 

Greeley, Andrew M., 

The bishop at the lake : a Blackie Ryan story 

When an attempt is made on the life of Bishop Malachai 

Nolan, Blackie Ryan, with the assistance of various Ryan 

family members, investigates a puzzling locked-room 

mystery. 

Greeley, Andrew M., 1928- 

Irish linen : a Nuala Anne McGrail novel 

When a young man from her Chicago neighborhood, 

vanishes in Iraq and the U.S. government denies 

knowledge of his whereabouts, Nuala launches a personal 

investigation to uncover the truth, while, in a parallel case, 

she stumbles upon the memoirs of the Irish ambassador 

to Nazi Germany, a man who risked his life for a beautiful 

German widow and a secret plot to kill Hitler. 

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Green, Christine 

Deadly Web : a Kate Kinsella Mystery 

When wealthy Victoria Decker-White asks PI Kate Kinsella 

to investigate the death of her husband, a well-known 

surgeon, Kate is reluctant to accept the case, since the 

police declared Decker-White's death accidental after a 

thorough investigation. But Victoria is sure her husband 

was murdered. 

Greenlaw, Linda, 

Slipknot 

The Maine harbor town of Green Haven is split over the 

issue of building a wind farm. When the body of the town 

drunk, who had violently opposed the project, is found 

under one of the docks, Jane Bunker, a former Miami 

senior homicide detective now working as a marine 

insurance investigator in the town where she was born, 

suspects foul play. 

Gross, Andrew 

The dark tide 

When her husband is killed in a tragic Grand Central 

Station accident, Karen Friedman struggles to rebuild her 

life with her two teenage children, until a pair of strangers 

arrives demanding large funds from her late husband's 

investment business. 

Groundwater, Beth 

A real basket case 

Claire Hanover is feeling lonely and unloved by her workobsessed 

husband. She flirts with having an affair with her 

aerobics instructor. When Enrique is shot and killed the 

police arrest Claire’s husband. Claire realizes that she has 

jeopardized her marriage and her husband, whom she still 

loves. 

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Hall, John. 

The Ardagh emeralds 

The eight stories in this book recapture the spirit of the 

Naughty Eighteen Nineties, when the gentleman burglar 

would put out his Sullivan cigarette, don a black mask, 

outwit a villain, and save a lady in distress - and all before 

going out to dinner! 

Hall, John. 

Death of a collector 

The police arrest a suspicious character lurking in the 

shrubbery. But Freddie alone believes the man to be 

innocent. And so, to save an innocent man from the 

gallows, Freddie himself must find the real murderer. 

Hall, John, 

The travels of Sherlock Holmes 

Secrecy surrounds the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes 

in 1891 - and his re-emergence three years later. What 

happened to him during the missing years of his life? 

Hamilton, Lyn 

The Chinese alchemist 

Targeted by ruthless criminals while attempting to recover 

an eighth-century Tang Dynasty silver box, antiques 

dealer Lara McClintoch stumbles on an ancient formula for 

immortality that reveals the truth about a museum 

curator's mysterious death and places Lara's own life in 

danger. 

Harris, C. S. 

When gods die : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery 

In Brighton, England, in 1811, when the beautiful wife of 

an aging marquis is found dead in the arms of the Prince 

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Regent, wearing an ancient necklace with mysterious ties 

to Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, Sebastian turns 

sleuth to investigate the woman's death and follows a 

deadly trail of murder and conspiracy that threatens his 

own identity and the monarchy itself. 

Harris, C. S. 

Why mermaids sing : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery 

September, 1811. Someone is slaying the wealth young 

sons of London's prominent familes, butchered and with 

objects stuffed in their mouths. St. Cyr soon finds a 

connection between the killer's calling card and a John 

Donne poem. 

Harris, Charlaine 

Sweet and deadly 

The story of a murder that embroils a small-town reporter 

in a mystery that hits close to home. 

Harrison, Cora. 

My lady judge : the first Burren mystery 

Mara, a judge in sixteenth-century Ireland, arrives in a 

small independent kingdom on the west coast of Ireland, a 

land that lives according to the ancient Celtic laws, to 

investigate the mysterious death of her assistant during a 

May Day festival. 

Hart, Carolyn G. 

Ghost at work : a Bailey Ruth mystery 

When the pastor's wife discovers a murdered body on her 

porch, ghost sleuth Bailey Ruth Raeburn applies her 

beyond-the-grave talents for solving puzzles to keep 

suspicion from falling on the innocent pastor. 

Hart, John 

Down river 

A thriller that tells the story of a river whose banks are 

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filled with lies and murder, and the man whose destiny lies 

deep below its surface. 

Hartman, Honor 

On the slam : a Bridge Club mystery 

After a vile woman in her new neighborhood in Houston is 

poisoned during a bridge game, Emma Diamon has a new 

identity: amateur detective. 

Harvey, Michael. 

Chicago way 

A former Chicago cop and tough, street-smart private 

detective, Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner, 

John Gibbons, to solve an eight-year-old rape and battery 

case, a crime that is complicated by Gibbons's own 

murder, the mob, a serial killer, the Chicago mean streets, 

and his own double-crossing friends. 

Harvey, John, 1938- 

Gone to ground 

When police detective Will Greyson and his partner, Helen 

Walker, investigate the violent death of Stephen Bryan, a 

gay academic, their fist thoughts are of an ill-judged 

sexual encounter or a fatal lovers' quarrel: The man's face 

was like a glove that had been pulled inside out. But after 

they notice Bryan's computer is missing, their focus soon 

widens. 

Hastie, Edmund 

Sherlock Holmes and the disappearing prince : and 

other stories 

Each problem in this collection of four short stories 

showcases Holmes’ well-honed skill so ingenious analysis 

and consequential deduction. 

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Heley, Veronica. 

Murder by bicycle 

Ellie Quicke is upset. Her quiche may be the cause of an 

outbreak of food poisoning after a lunch at her church. 

Some of her fellow parishioners believe the quiche affair 

was no accident. After another round of poisonings, one of 

which is fatal, Ellie is off to investigate, determined to 

clear her name. 

Heley, Veronica 

Murder of identity 

While out collecting laurel for formidable flower arranger 

Mrs Dawes, feisty widow Ellie Quicke comes across a 

corpse without an identity. 

Herkert, Gabriella. 

Catnapped : an animal instinct mystery 

Legal investigator Sara Townley's not feeling too good 

about her recent Vegas wedding to a Navy SEAL she 

barely knows, and her assignment to the case of a missing 

cat - despite the fur ball's multimillion dollar inheritance - 

only confirms that her life is in the litter box. 

Hill, Susan, 1942- 

The risk of darkness : a Simon Serrailler crime novel 

This novel follows up the child abduction and explores the 

crazy grief of a widowed husband, a derangement which 

turns to obsession and threats, violence and terror. 

Hill, Suzette A. 

A load of old bones 

A delightfully whimsical debut mystery that provokes 

nearly as much hilarity as whodunit. 

Hockensmith, Steve 

On the wrong track 

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Cowboy detectives Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer are 

railroad cops assigned to protect a train from the Give 

'em-Hell Boys. When a headless man comes bouncing out 

under the caboose, the action begins and never lets up 

until the train crash at the end. 

Holms, Joyce. 

Missing link 

With at least three people who could have been Amanda's 

killer, it seems there is more to the Montrose murder than 

first meets the eye. 

Hooper, Kay. 

Blood dreams. 

When the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator becomes 

the latest victim of a bloodthirsty serial killer, FBI agent 

Noah Bishop and his Special Crimes Unit must join forces 

with a rogue civilian agency, structured much like Bishop's 

team of psychics and originally founded by Bishop as a 

privately funded resource team, to stop the maniac before 

it is too late. 

Howell, Lis. 

The flower arranger at All Saints 

In picturesque Tarnfield in the north of England, feuds and 

rivalries between the villagers typically lie dormant. The 

local vicar decides to shake the community up, bringing 

together an unlikely alliance between Suzy Spencer, a 

working mother, part-time television producer and full 

time mess, and Robert Clark, a conservative, "Mr. Perfect" 

widower from the parish. But the deadly flower arranger 

has already struck. 

Hughes, Declan 

The colour of blood 

Ed Loy, a private investigator who knows the dark streets 

of Dublin better than most, finds missing Emily Howard 

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within twenty-four hours. Locating her though, turns out 

to be only the beginning. Within hours, Emily's exboyfriend 

is found murdered, and Loy finds himself in a 

race against time to catch a killer. 

Hughes, Mary Ellen 

String of lies 

When Jo McAllister stumbles upon the dead body of Parker 

Holt, she, needs all her creativity and cunning, to prove 

the innocence of her friend Dan and his construction crew, 

who stand accused of the crime. 

Hunter, Maddy. 

Norway to hide : a passport to peril mystery 

Emily Andrews begins to expect the worst when her 

transgender ex-husband Jackie is assigned to be her 

roommate for her Scandinavian tour with her favorite 

Iowa senior citizens, Jackie's new novel raises the ire of an 

ardent critic who turns up dead, and Emily must track 

down a killer. 

Hunter, Stephen, 

The 47th samurai : a Bob Lee Swagger novel 

Yano comes to America to honour the legacy of his heroic 

father by recovering the sword he used in the battle. Bob 

Lee finds the sword and delivers it to Yano in Tokyo. On 

inspection, they discover that it is not a standard WWII 

blade, but a legendary shin-shinto katana, an artifact of 

the nation. It is priceless but worth killing for. 

Hurley, Graham 

One under 

Buriton Tunnel, just north of Havant. A body is torn apart 

under the wheels of the first morning train to leave 

Portsmouth for London. The body was naked and chained 

to the rails. Was this a brutal murder or a grotesquely 

calculated suicide? 

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Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew 

The crime writer 

Awakening in a hospital with a scar on his head and no 

memory of being found holding a knife over his exfiancée's 

murdered body, crime novelist Drew Danner 

struggles to reconstruct clues to determine his own guilt 

or innocence. 

Hyzy, Julie 

State of the onion 

While going up against her nemesis for the executive chef 

position, White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras finds her 

goose cooked when she becomes the target of a worldclass 

assassin, after witnessing a murder. 

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Jackson, Lisa. 

Almost dead 

When a mysterious killer bent on revenge begins targeting 

members of her family, Cissy Cahill must unravel a deadly 

mystery linked to her family's secret past before she 

becomes the next victim. 

Jance, Judith A. 

Damage control 

Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady investigates the 

death of handicapped woman who had wandered away 

from a care facility with a suspicious track record and the 

deaths of an elderly couple who were presumably 

consenting partners in a suicide pact. 

Jance, Judith A. 

Hand of evil 

Still reeling from an emotionally trying failed marriage, 

former L.A. news anchorwoman Ali Reynolds just wants to 

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est in her Sedona, Arizona, home. Her recovery is 

interrupted when an old acquaintance comes calling. Little 

does she know the innocent task she is given will lead her 

into a world of secrecy and child abuse - and into the 

sights of a vicious killer. 

Jeffrey, Elizabeth. 

Mollie on the shore 

After the death of her mother, Mollie Barnes was lucky to 

be taken in by her Aunt Rose, even if her Aunt has never 

hidden her resentment towards her. But when she finds 

out the real truth about her parentage, Mollie decides she 

deserves a better life and sets out to get it, whatever the 

cost... 

Johansen, Iris. 

Dark summer 

Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a 

makeshift hospital at an island search and rescue site. 

When Jude Marrok arrives with his wounded black lab Ned, 

she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a 

whirlwind of terror, destruction, and unstoppable passion. 

Johnston, Linda O. 

The Fright of the Iguana 

When the pets of wealthy clients are pet-napped and held 

for ransom, and a fellow pet-sitter is murdered, the fur 

flies as Los Angeles attorney and part-time pet-sitter 

Kendra Ballantyne sniffs out the clues to catch a killer. 

Jordan, Richard Tyler 

Final curtain 

Polly, an actress of a certain age, is cast as the lead in a 

musical. Sharon Fletcher, one of Polly’s co-stars, is 

understandably distressed when Karen, the director, gets 

killed and Sharon is fingered for the crime. Along with her 

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devoted son and her maid, Polly sets out to find who really 

brought down the curtain on Karen. 

Jordan, R.T. 

Remains to be scene 

Polly Pepper is a living legend, straight from television's 

golden age. But that was 30 years ago, and these days, it 

seems her only time in the spotlight is accepting some 

yes-your-career-is-over Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Really would it kill someone to offer her a decent role 

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Kahn, Sharon, 1934- 

Out of the frying pan, into the choir : a Ruby, the 

Rabbi's wife mystery 

Polarized by a failed fund-raising attempt, the members of 

Temple Rita choir are dismayed by the untimely death of a 

star soprano whose demise is subsequently linked to a 

poisoning by one of her fellow singers, one of whom takes 

it upon herself to identify a killer during a haphazard train 

trip. By the author of Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped 

Liver? 

Kaminsky, Stuart M. 

The dead don't lie : an Abe Lieberman mystery 

When three prominent members of the Turkish community 

are brutally murdered, Lieberman must find out what, if 

anything, ties the deaths together. It doesn't help that the 

key to the puzzle might be an event that took place more 

than a century ago and an ocean away. 

Kaplan, Janice. 

Looks to die for 

When her prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon husband 

is falsely accused of murdering an aspiring young actress, 

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celebrity home decorator and mother of three Lacy Fields 

discovers a latent talent for solving crimes. 

Kellerman, Faye. 

The Mercedes coffin 

When a billionaire heiress connects a recent high-profile 

murder to an unsolved killing from fifteen years earlier, 

LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker schedules an interview with 

a detective from the first case, only to learn of the man's 

suspicious suicide, which prompts his collaboration with 

his wife and daughter to solve the case. 

Kellerman, Jonathan. 

Bones : an Alex Delaware novel 

When an anonymous tip leads to the skeletal remains of 

victims whose right hands have been removed and a box 

containing six human hands, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis 

calls in Alex Delaware, whose investigation takes them to 

a reclusive tycoon's mansion. 

Kellerman, Jonathan. 

Compulsion : an Alex Delaware novel 

Baffled by a serial killer who uses disguises to claim his 

victims, LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis teams up with 

criminal psychologist Alex Delaware to track down one of 

the most ingenious and ruthless monsters they have ever 

faced. 

Kent, Christobel. 

A Florentine revenge 

Celia lives and works in Florence as a tour guide. In the 

cold December weather a man's body is found in a disused 

swimming pool - a man who 15 years earlier was the chief 

suspect in an enquiry into the death of a six year old 

English girl. Soon, she finds she is by no means alone in 

remembering the gruesome details of that terrible murder. 

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Kerr, Peter, 

The Mallorca connection 

Bob Burns is an old-fashioned kind of Scottish sleuth, 

more interested in catching villains than creeping to get 

promotion. But, when his enquiries into a brutal and 

bizarre murder are blocked by his bosses, he wonders if 

he should risk losing his career by carrying on his 

investigations? 

Kruger, Mary 

Knit fast, die young 

Yarn shop owner Ariadne Evans once again finds herself in 

the middle of a murder investigation when the unpopular 

owner of a knitting magazine turns up dead at the 

Freeport Yarn and Wool Festival. 

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Lakin, Rita. 

Getting old is criminal 

Sleuth Gladdy Gold returns from her Fort Lauderdale 

vacation to find that the ladies of the Gladdy Gold 

Detective Agency are hot on the trail of a killer who is 

preying on some of Florida's most luxurious communities, 

going undercover to protect Gladdy's drama queen sister 

Evvie who has fallen for the killer. 

La Plante, Lynda. 

The red dahlia 

A young girl is found dumped on the banks of the Thames. 

Horrifically mutilated and drained of blood, her death is an 

ominous mirror image of an unsolved 1940s case in Los 

Angeles known as ‘The Black Dahlia’. DI Anna Travis must 

race against time to catch this copycat killer. 

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Lamb, John J. 

The crafty teddy 

When his wife's anniversary gift-a valuable, antique teddy 

bear-is stolen, retired cop Brad Lyon must discover the 

fur-fetched connection between the theft and the murder 

of a local museum curator. 

Lauben, Philip. 

Boogie was a gent 

Harold Boomgard had seemed a meek little man, working 

for a respectable company. So when he dies after 

collapsing in the washroom of a snackbar, there is nothing 

immediately suspicious about it. But his wife is certain her 

husband had never owned that flashy tie or dreadful hat... 

Lavene, Joyce. 

Poisoned petals 

When a fellow botanist and his brother die under 

mysterious circumstances, Peggy Lee, a botanist, 

detective's widow, and the owner of The Potting Shed, 

does some investigating on her own and discovers that 

murder is in full bloom. 

Lawrence, David 

Down into darkness : a Detective Stella Mooney 

novel 

The naked body of a young woman is found hanging from 

a tree on a London roadside. Scrawled across her back, 

the words Dirty Girl. Detective Sergeant Stella Mooney 

and the AMIP 5 squad are faced with a murder as baffling 

as it is chilling. 

Levine, Paul 

Kill all the lawyers : a Solomon vs. Lord novel 

The offbeat South Florida law firm of Solomon and Lord 

faces an all new challenge as the unlikely partners 

confront a former client who wants Steve Solomon dead, a 

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adio campaign against them, a celebrity shrink who wants 

to be Steve's new best friend, and a killer on the loose. 

Lewis, Susan 

Missing 

Miles Avery drives his wife, Jacqueline, to the station. At 

the station, she gets out, takes an overnight bag from the 

back seat, then turns towards the platforms. This is the 

last anyone sees of her. Three weeks later, Miles calls the 

police. 

Linaker, Michael R. 

The touch of hell 

The village of Shepthorne was being strangled by a 

blanket of snow and Arctic temperatures. The trouble 

began with a massive pile-up on frozen roads and a 

fireball of exploding petrol as a truck collided with a 

tanker. Then, from the sky, a huge military transport with 

its cargo of devastation crashed down towards the village. 

Hell was just beginning to touch Shepthorne. 

Lindsay, Jeffry P. 

Dexter in the dark 

Dexter is shocked, while working a crime scene, to 

discover that his Dark Passenger, the evil thing that 

makes him who he is, has abruptly vanished. Soon after 

that he learns that he's being stalked by someone more 

evil than anyone he's encountered in the past. 

Lippman, Laura 

Butchers Hill. 

Starting an official business as a private investigator for 

hire, Tess Monaghan helps a repentant vigilante who 

wants to make amends to a group of teens who witnessed 

his shooting of a boy five years earlier, an effort that is 

complicated when someone begins killing the kids. 

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Livesey, Margot 

The house on Fortune Street : a novel 

Forging an unlikely friendship that endures beyond their 

university years, actress Abigail and therapist Dara 

encounter challenges in the forms of an anonymous letter 

and a reconciliation with a distant parent. 

Lowell, Elizabeth 

Blue smoke and murder 

Protecting a river guide with ties to the art world, private 

information collector and reluctant bodyguard Zach Balfour 

realizes his charge is in more danger than previously 

known, a situation that pits them against the ruthless 

multi-million-dollar Western art circuit. 

Lutz, Lisa. 

Curse of the Spellmans 

Licensed P.I. Isabel "Izzy" Spellman has been arrested for 

the fourth time in two months, and no one from her 

oddball family of fellow investigators will bail her out. 

Lutz, Lisa 

The Spellman files 

Meet Izzy Spellman, a 28-year-old private eye working for 

her family's investigative business--a family that puts the 

RfunS in dysfunctional--in this irresistible, laugh-out-loud 

debut novel. 

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Maffini, Mary Jane. 

Organize your corpses 

Charlotte Adams is a professional organizer. Nothing is out 

of place in her closets--but her life's a mess. So she's 

dumped her cheating fianc, moved back home to 

Woodbridge, New York, and started making up to-do lists- 

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-some of which include solving the occasional murder. This 

first title of a new series featured tips on getting 

organized. 

Magnan, Pierre 

Death in the truffle wood 

When a body is found in the freezer of a local hotel, and 

more bodies are discovered in a family vault in the 

cemetery, it takes all of Commissaire Laviolette's 

considerable resources to unravel crimes whose origins 

can be traced to age-old secrets and superstitions. 

Marberg, Peg 

Faux finished 

Mother-and-daughter interior design team Jean and Jean 

Jr. find their unveiling of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club's 

new dining room marred by the death of the manager 

during his toast. 

Margolin, Phillip 

Executive privilege 

Private detective Dana Cutler is hired by a powerful 

attorney to follow a pretty college student named 

Charlotte Walsh. The unexpected happens when Cutler 

follows Walsh to a secret meeting with Christopher 

Farrington, the president of the United States. The 

following morning, Walsh's dead body shows up and Cutler 

has to run for her life. In Oregon, Brad Miller, is working 

on the appeal of a convicted serial killer. Clarence Little 

claims he was framed for the murder of a teenager who 

worked for the then governor, Christopher Farrington. 

Cutler and Miller find themselves in possession of evidence 

that suggests that someone in the White House is a 

murderer. 

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Maron, Margaret 

Hard row 

As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a 

barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments 

over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering 

just below the surface in the countryside. 

Marston, Edward. 

The painted lady 

During her first sitting for a portrait by Jean-Paul Villemot, 

Lady Culthorpe meets Christopher Redmayne. Before the 

portrait can be finished and revealed, Lady Culthorpe’s 

husband is murdered. Christopher joins forces with his 

friend, the Puritan constable Jonathan Bale, to discover 

the killer's identity, but with many suspects this will not be 

an easy case to crack. 

Marston, Edward. 

The iron horse 

A disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at 

Crewe - the first in a murky course of events that takes in 

murder, fraud and race-fixing. 

May, Peter 

The critic 

Gil Petty, the worlds number one wine critic, went missing 

during a tasting tour of the little-known wine region of 

Gaillac. Four years ago, his body was discovered strung up 

on a cross in the vineyards of southwest France. 

McCall Smith, Alexander, 

The miracle at Speedy Motors 

While Precious Ramotswe travels to a game reserve to 

investigate the death of an American tourist, trouble 

brews back home. 

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McInerny, Ralph M. 

Irish alibi 

Roger and Philip Knight become embroiled in a dangerous 

new case when the football rivalry between Georgia Tech 

and the University of Notre Dame ignites dark memories 

of the Civil War past that lead to modern-day murder. 

McInerny, Ralph M. 

The widow's mate : a Father Dowling mystery 

When Wallace Flanagan disappeared after receiving a 

large gift of money from his father, everyone thought he'd 

left his wife and run off with another woman. Some years 

later, his body is found, mangled by a cement mixer 

belonging to the Flanagan family business. Now people 

from Wally's past are asking questions. 

McKevett, G. A. 

Fat free and fatal : a Savannah Reid mystery 

Beloved P.I. Savannah Reid rubs elbows with the rich, 

famous, and deadly in this delicious new installment in 

McKevett's acclaimed cozy mystery series. 

McPherson, Catriona, 1965- 

After the Armistice Ball 

Dandy Gilver is bored to tears in the spring of 1922 and a 

little light sleuthing seems like harmless fun. She decides 

to track down the Duffy diamonds, stolen from the 

Esslemonts' country house after the Armistice Ball. 

Meade, Amy Patricia, 

Ghost of a chance 

In 1935, it's simply not ladylike for young women to 

involve themselves in matters such as murder. But fiercely 

independent mystery writer Marjorie McClelland can't 

resist when another killing strikes her small Connecticut 

town. 

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Meier, Leslie 

St. Patrick's Day murder : a Lucy Stone mystery 

Lucy Stone investigates the murder of a barkeep who not 

only cheated but was rumored to have connections with 

the Irish Republican Army. 


Lethal justice 

After spending a year wrongly imprisoned for fraud, Alexis 

calls on the Sisterhood to seek revenge on the real 

criminals, Arden Gillespie and Roland Sullivan. 

Mills, Mark, 1963- 

The savage garden 

Assigned to write a monograph about a famous sixteenthcentury 

garden, aimless young Cambridge scholar Adam 

Banting visits the enigmatic garden only to discover clues 

that the woman to whom the garden was dedicated may 

have been murdered, a finding that points to a related and 

more recent killing. 

Mina, Denise. | 

Slip of the knife 

Paddy Meehan is no stranger to murder but nothing has 

prepared her for this visit from the police. Her former 

boyfriend and fellow journalist Terry Patterson has been 

found hooded and shot through the head 

Moody, Bill 

Shades of blue 

When Evan Horne’s mentor, pianist Calvin Hughes, dies 

and names Horne his sole beneficiary, Evan inherits not 

only a cottage in the Hollywood Hills but also a pair of 

mysteries. Did Hughes have a child, and was he the 

uncredited composer of two tunes on the seminal Miles 

Davis recordings, Birth of the Cool and Kind of Blue? 

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Morgenroth, Kate 

They did it with love 

An avid mystery reader, Sofie is none too thrilled about 

the move, but the invitation to join the neighborhood 

mystery book discussion group goes a long way toward 

making her feel at home. When one of the least-liked 

womenin the club is found dead, an apparent suicide, 

Sofie decides to put her amateur detective skills to work. 

Mortimer, John Clifford 

Rumpole misbehaves 

His ire raised by a series of procedural abuses through 

which children have been imprisoned by neighborhood 

snobs without trial for innocent activities, barrister Horace 

Rumpole defends a youth who has been targeted for 

playing on a posh street, but his efforts are complicated 

by Rumpole's jokester colleagues. 

Myers, Beverle Graves. 

Iron tongue of midnight 

Puzzled when he and his brother-in-law, artist Gussie 

Rumbolt, are summoned to rehearse a new opera at an 

isolated villa in the hills overlooking Venice, opera singer 

Tito Amato finds the locale's bucolic atmosphere 

threatened when a notorious figure from his past turns up 

and a stranger is found beaten to death. 

Myers, Tamar 

As the world churns 

Magdalena Yoder is thrilled to emcee the first annual 

Hernia Holstein Competition. That is, until someone 

clobbers the contest originator and both Gabe and his 

daughter Alison go missing. Now Magdalena vows to track 

down clues until the cows and her family come home. 

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Myers, Tim. 

A mold for murder 

While hosting a celebratory event to boost sales, Benjamin 

finds himself in a slippery situation when his guest, 

soapmaking queen and author Contessa New Berne is 

murdered and a startling link between the victim and his 

girlfriend is revealed. 

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Neggers, Carla. 

Abandon 

Viciously assaulted at the lakefront home of her friend, 

federal judge Bernadette Peacham, Deputy U.S. Marshal 

Mackenzie Stewart fends off the assailant before he 

escapes, and joins forces with FBI Special Agent Andrew 

Rook to investigate the mysterious attack. 

Nolan, Frederick 

Sweet sister death 

The objective of PACT is to eradicate the perpetrators of 

political assassination and terrorist acts, and Charles 

Garrett is their best weapon. A bizarre series of murders 

plunges Garrett into a deadly conspiracy mounted by the 

terrorist Leila Jarhoun. Jarhoun always strikes where 

Garrett least expects, until finally she confronts him - 

three hundred and fifty feet above New York harbor... 

Norman-Bellamy, Kendra 

In Greene pastures 

When a beloved pastor is killed in a car crash, Hunter 

Greene, the owner of a successful Atlanta newspaper, 

helps his daughter, Jade, who believes her father was 

murdered, find the truth, as a community stands against 

them both. 

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O'Connell, Carol, 1947- 

Find me 

When a children's gravesite is found along Adams Street, 

dozens of parents come seeking their missing children, 

some gone a decade or more, and Kathy Mallory, a feral 

child adopted off the street, searches for answers about 

her past. 

O'Marie, Carol Anne 

A novena for murder 

Sister Mary Helen, a seventy-five-year-old recently retired 

nun, arrives at San Francisco's Mount St. Francis College 

for Women and finds herself investigating the murder of a 

history professor. 

P 

Page, Katherine Hall. 

The body in the gallery : a Faith Fairchild mystery 

Secretly assisting her museum president friend in a case 

involving a stolen piece of fine art, Faith Fairchild stumbles 

upon a murder scene near a controversial exhibit and 

becomes increasingly exasperated by the police's inability 

to recognize important clues. 

Parker, I. J. 

Island of exiles : a mystery of early Japan 

When the exiled Prince Okisada, the most illustrious 

prisoner of the penal colony on Sado Island, is poisoned, 

Sugawara Akitada is called upon by the emperor's envoys 

to investigate incognito. 

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Parker, Robert B., 

Now and then 

Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private 

eye Spenser finds himself in trouble when the case goes 

terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation 

that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist 

organization. 

Parker, Robert B., 

Stranger in paradise 

Apache hit man, Wilson "Crow" Cromartie returns to 

Paradise after ten years to take Amber Francisco back to 

her father in Florida, but before returning he is suppose to 

kill her mother Fiona. It's up to police chief Jesse Stone to 

provide protection to them. 

Parker, T. Jefferson 

L.A. outlaws : a novel 

Investigating the latest crime scene of a celebrity thief 

who has been staging lucrative heists and donating the 

spoils to charity, rookie deputy Charlie Hood is forced to 

make an ethics-testing decision when the thief is targeted 

by a professional killer. 

Paton Walsh, Jill, 1937- 

Debts of dishonour : an Imogen Quy mystery 

When Sir Julius Farran dies suddenly, followed shortly 

after by his unpleasant son-in-law, St Agatha's College is 

in real danger of bankruptcy. With Imogen Quy's one-time 

lover one of the prime suspects, she decides to find out 

what really happened 


Cross country : a novel 

When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is 

turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, 

the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a 

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horrible new breed of killer. When the elusive killer's trail 

turns up in Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. . 

Patterson, James, 

The quickie : a novel 

Plotting revenge against her unfaithful husband, NYPD cop 

Lauren Stillwell inadvertently triggers a series of events 

that spiral dangerously out of control and is forced to take 

a secret job that threatens everything she stands for. 

Patterson, James, 

7th heaven : a novel 

Investigating the arson deaths of a wealthy couple, San 

Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant DA Yuki 

Castellano find the case further complicated by the 

disappearance of a former governor's son, internal 

pressure, and the media. 

Penney, Stef. 

The tenderness of wolves 

When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a 

brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her 

snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, 

an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the 

harrowing forces of nature. 

Perry, Anne 

Buckingham Palace gardens 

When scandal threatens the monarchy after a female 

guest turns up dead following one of the debauched stag 

parties of Edward, the Prince of Wales, the Palace calls in 

Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch to solve the murder with 

utmost discretion. 

Peters, Elizabeth 

The laughter of dead kings 

When her longtime significant other, John Tregarth, the 

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suave and dangerously charming international art thief, is 

accused of taking a world-famous, one-of-a-kind historic 

relic, it is up to Vicky Bliss to clear his name. 

Pronzini, Bill. 

Savages : a Nameless Detective novel 

Investigating the death of a woman that has been ruled 

accidental by the police but that her sister insists was a 

murder by a known perpetrator, a reluctant Nameless 

begins to suspect that the victim's sister is telling the truth 

when he learns unsettling facts about her life 

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Qiu, Xiaolong, 1953- 

A case of two cities 

Inspector Chen Cao of Shanghai Police Bureau is 

summoned by an official of the Party to lead a corruption 

investigation. The tentacles have spread through police 

force, civil service, vice trade and deep into criminal 

underworld. The principal figure and his family have long 

since fled to United States, beyond the reach of Chinese 

government. 

Quick, Amanda. 

The river knows 

The first kiss occurred in a dimly-lit hallway on the upper 

floor of Elwin Hastings' grand house. Louisa never saw it 

coming... Of course, Anthony couldn't possibly have had 

romantic intentions. The kiss was an act of desperation, 

meant to distract the armed guard about to catch the pair 

in a place they did not belong. 

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Rankin, Ian 

Exit music 

It's late autumn in Edinburgh and late autumn in the 

career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he tries to tie 

up some loose ends before retirement, a murder case 

intrudes. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in 

what looks like a mugging gone wrong. 

Rankin, Ian. 

A good hanging and other stories 

Twelve Inspector Rebus mysteries. 

Rankin, Ian 

The naming of the dead 

Political drama and street theater, and with egos on 

parade at every level, Rebus works the thorniest case he's 

ever encountered, with danger on a scale beyond his 

darkest imaginings. 

Reichs, Kathy 

Bones to ashes 

The cold case of a missing Quebec girl becomes a very 

personal quest for Brennan when she discovers that the 

bones in question probably belong to a childhood friend - a 

figure of fascination and sophistication who suddenly 

disappeared from Brennan's life at the age of 15. 

Richards, Ramona 

A murder among friends 

The death of author Aaron Jackson turned Maggie 

Weston's world inside out. Maggie stands to inherit from 

Aaron's estate. As former New York City cop Fletcher 

MacAllister piled up evidence against Maggie, only faith 

kept her strong. And Fletcher needed to rekindle his own 

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faith in time to prevent the killer from claiming another 

victim. 

Robb, J. D. 

Creation in death 

The serial killer known as "The Groom" has resurfaced in 

New York City nine years after his first murder. This time 

Lieutenant Eve Dallas is determined to finish him once and 

for all. 

Robb, J. D., 1950- 

Innocent in death 

Eve Dallas has a mysterious homicide to solve when a 

popular teacher at an exclusive school turns up dead in his 

classroom, apparently poisoned. Dallas is baffled as to 

who could possibly hold a grudge against this enthusiastic 

young teacher. It doesn't help when a beautiful exgirlfriend 

of Roarke's comes back into his life. 

Robb, J. D., 

Strangers in death 

Lieutenant Eve Dallas explores hidden connections among 

friends and lovers, enemies and strangers in this 

disturbing murder investigation. 

Roberts, Natalie M. 

Tapped out 

Jenny T. Partridge needs some money to repair the bad 

hair dye job a pushy dance mom inflicted on her. Luckily, 

an old flame offers her a job as instructor for a dance 

competition. But someone has made it clear they want 

Jenny out of the way. 

Roper, Gayle G. 

See no evil 

My home-decorating business was booming, thanks to 

that new account for model homes in a posh 

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neighbourhood. Of course, it didn't seem quite so posh 

when I came face-to-face with a man escaping the scene 

of his crime - a murder right next door to the house I was 

decorating. 

Rosenfelt, David. 

Play dead 

Rescuing a golden retriever from euthanasia, wisecracking 

New Jersey defense attorney Andy Carpenter learns that 

the dog was involved in a previous owner's murder 

conviction and is persuaded by the man's sister to reopen 

the case. 

Rowland, Laura Joh. 

Red chrysanthemum : a thriller 

In 1698 Japan, samurai detective Sano Ichiråo finds his 

role as the shogun's trusted advisor threatened when the 

shogun's heir, Lord Mori, is found murdered, with Sano's 

pregnant wife, Reiko, lying beside him, naked and covered 

in blood. 

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Sandford, John. 

Dark of the moon 

In the small town of Bluestem, where everybody knows 

everybody, a house way up on a ridge explodes into 

flames, its elderly owner trapped inside. Following up 

rumours of financial scams plus some very dodgy activities 

with other men's wives, Flowers discovers several reasons 

why the victim was so hated. 

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Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23- 

Invisible prey 

In a rich neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly 

women lie murdered, killed with a pipe, the rooms 

ransacked, only small items stolen. It's clearly a random 

break-in by someone looking for money to buy drugs. As 

he looks more closely, Davenport begins to wonder if the 

items are actually so small or the victims so random. 

Saums, Mary 

Thistle and twigg 

Two widows living in sleepy Tullulah, Alabama, newcomer 

Jane Thistle and lifelong resident Phoebe Twigg quickly 

bond after they stumble upon a corpse during a walk in 

the woods near Jane's new house, discover that someone 

may be threatening Jane's reclusive neighbor, and a 

firebomb explodes in Phoebe's kitchen. 

Sefton, Maggie. 

A killer stitch 

When an alpaca sheep rancher with a reputation as a 

unrepentant playboy turns up dead in Bellevue Canyon, 

ardent knitter and occasional sleuth Kelly Flynn launches a 

personal investigation into the murder and discovers that, 

among the ladies of Fort Connor, there are all too many 

suspects who may have had a motive for killing the victim. 

Smiley, Patricia 

Short change 

Tucker Sinclair takes on an investigator role to search for 

a for a client who has disappeared. Her sleuthing brings 

her into a world of corrupt business, identity theft, and 

long-held family secrets-and, of course, puts her own life 

at peril. 

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Smith, April 

Judas horse : an FBI special agent Ana Grey mystery 

Emotionally vulnerable after a shooting incident, Ana has 

just returned to the job when she learns that a fellow 

agent has been murdered by a group of hard-core 

anarchists operating behind the façade of FAN (Free 

Animals Now). 

Smith, Barbara Burnett 

Beads of doubt 

Kitzi Camden has the family manse ready for a charity 

event. But the mood abruptly changes when a crafty 

cousin threatens to kick Kitzi and her mother out on the 

street. Then her cousins partner is found dead in a 

dumpster. There are plenty of suspects--and Kitzis one of 

them. 

Smith, Barbara Burnett. 

Bead on trouble 

When a young beader is killed at a beading retreat, Kitzi is 

faced with almost as many suspects as there are beads in 

her bag. 

Spillane, Mickey 

Dead street 

NYPD detective Jack Stang receives word that his old 

fiancee, Bettie, who supposedly died in a kidnappinggone-wrong 

20 years earlier, is still alive and residing in a 

small Florida coastal community. She has lost her eyesight 

and all her memories. The men who had kidnapped her 

are still looking for her and willing to kill for the 

information locked in her damaged brain. 

Stanley, J. B. 

Chili con Corpses : a Supper Club mystery 

Members of the rural Virginia culinary society conduct 

some students on a field trip to the Luray Caverns. The 

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unlucky spelunkers are horrified to find a dead body, one 

of a striking pair of twins. 

Stanley, J. B. 

A deadly dealer 

When she stumbles upon the dead body of a medical 

antiques dealer while covering the famous Heart of Dixie 

antique show, reporter and amateur sleuth Molly Appleby 

follows this breaking story, which could be her last. 

T 

Taylor, Andrew. 

Naked to the hangman 

As a young police officer in Palestine during closing 

months of Mandate - the cradle of Middle Eastern 

terrorism - Richard Thornhill saw and did things which still 

haunt his dreams and make him fear for his sanity. Is he 

himself a killer? 

Templeton, Aline. 

The darkness and the deep 

'Aline Templeton has demonstrated that, just when we 

thought Scotland was saturated with detectives, a strong 

woman can elbow her way in and find a unique niche' 

Scotsman 

Thompson, E. V. 

Though the heavens may fall 

Set in 1856, Det. Constable Amos Hawke of Great 

Scotland Yard goes undercover to try to catch the killer of 

schoolteacher Edward Kernow and two excise officers who 

got too close to a smuggling ring in Cornwall. 

Thomson, June 

Going home: a DCI Jack Finch Mystery 

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Solitary widower Alex Lambert, protective of his beloved 

deaf daughter Charlotte, prefers to keep himself to 

himself. That is until the charismatic and smooth Noel 

Murray moves into the neighbourhood and Charlotte goes 

missing while walking home from school. 

Truman, Margaret, 1924- 

Murder on a K Street 

When Illinois senator Lyle Simmons returns from a 

political fundraiser to find his wife murdered, Detective 

Charles Chang is assigned to the investigation, in a case 

that draws him into the dangerous world of political 

lobbyists with whom the senator hasa close relationship. 

Tope, Rebecca 

A Cotswold mystery 

The opportunity to explore the lost Cotswold villages, with 

only the minor hindrance of checking up on the client's 

mother, in the adjoining house, promises to be the perfect 

get away. But Granny Gladys Gardener, with her 

conveniently erratic memory and series of ailments that 

disappear as quickly as they arrive, is a force to be 

reckoned and is soon arousing Thea's suspicion. 

Turnbull, Peter, 1950- 

Sweet humphrey 

When Dr Maurice Simnal interviews the charming 

psychopath Humphrey Sweet, he thinks he may be on to 

something: an entirely new kind of serial killer. But as he 

and his colleague Ruth Day follow up the clues Sweet 

dangles about all his hitherto unknown crimes, a dark 

network of manipulation becomes clear. Is Sweet a unique 

psychological study or dangerously sane? 

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Underwood, Blair 

Casanegra : a Tennyson Hardwick story 

Follows the adventures of Tennyson Hardwick, a 

handsome, sexy actor and former gigolo, living on the 

fringes of the good life in Hollywood. 

Ure, Louise 

The fault tree 

When blind Cadence is almost run down by a speeding car 

on the way home from work, at first she thinks that she is 

the victim of road rage. But that's not the case. In fact, 

she is the only witness to the murder of her elderly 

neighbour, and now the killer believes that she's seen the 

getaway car. 

V 

Valentine, Katherine. 

The county fair 

With the Lichfield County Fair just around the corner, 

Dorsetville is a beehive of activity. But is there still time 

for faith and compassion to help a failing carnival, an aged 

debutante, and a disillusioned teen? 

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Wells, Shirley. 

Into the shadows 

Forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy leaves her highpowered 

job and moves to a sleepy village and is called on 

to solve the murder of the vicar's wife. 

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Westlake, Donald E. 

What's so funny? 

Turns the world of crime and criminals upside down. This 

work presents a perennially depressed master thief, John 

Dortmunder, who finds himself involved an impossible 

crime, one he doesn't want and doesn't believe in and 

which he'd rather avoid if possible... but a little blackmail 

goes a long way. 

White, Kate, 1950- 

Lethally blond 

A sizzling mystery that sends celebrity journalist and 

sleuth Bailey Weggins behind the scenes of the hot new TV 

show "Morgue." When the show's gorgeous star calls 

Bailey, Chris Wickersham isn't thinking about rekindling 

their old flame. His friend and fellow actor on the show 

has gone missing, and Chris can't believe he'd just run off 

while on the brink of stardom 

Whitelaw, Stella 

Turn and die 

The lovely Holly Broughton has been acquitted of trying to 

murder her husband, but she hires Lacey Jordan to find 

out who framed her and why. 

Wilson, Robert 

The hidden assassins 

In the aftermath of a terrorist bombing of a Seville 

basement mosque, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón sifts 

through the ensuing panic and destruction to explore 

growing suspicions about a terrible conspiracy with ties to 

an imminent attack of greater proportions. 

Woods, Stuart 

Beverly Hills dead 

A top-ranking executive of a Hollywood movie studio finds 

his starlet wife and associates under investigation when a 

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screenwriter friend is targeted by witch hunters from the 

House Un-American Activities Committee. 

Woods, Stuart. 

Fresh disasters 

When a managing partner takes on a sleazy con man as a 

client, attorney Stone Barrington finds himself forced to 

aid the man's inept efforts to take down an infamous 

mafia boss, a case in which he teams up with former 

partner Dino. 

Woods, Stuart 

Santa Fe dead 

Ed Eagle finds the tables turned when he testifies as a 

witness for the prosecution in the trail of his ex-wife, who 

has been a very, very bad girl. 

Worrall, Shirley. 

The Mystery at Kingsley Hall 

Landscape designer Laurie Summerfield lived at Kingsley 

Hall until she was eight, when her father was wrongly 

convicted of the murder of Edward Davis, owner of the 

Hall. Now, eighteen years later, Toby Davis, Edward's son, 

unaware of her identity, has hired her to redesign the 

grounds. Seeing this as an opportunity to clear her 

father's name, Laurie begins to ask questions, and 

discovers that two other men disappeared around the time 

of the murder. 

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Romance 

A 

Abbott, Karen. 

A change of heart 

Abigail Norton's dream of owning her own beauty salon 

seems to be coming true when she finds the ideal location 

in a Merseyside village. But someone is determined to 

thwart her plans... 

Abbott, Karen 

Illusions of love 

Jo Mattison is angry when her guardian decides to 

bequeath his property to whichever of her three cousins 

she chooses to marry. Jo has a choice to make - but will it 

be the right one? 

Allan, Kate 

The restless heart 

Isabella is traveling to her relations who are to sponsor 

her for the London season, when her aunt is taken ill en 

route. However, she meets the attractive Anthony, and his 

scheming sister Pamela, who take Bella to London in their 

private coach. Will Bella and Anthony overcome the 

machinations of his relatives and find love? 

Anders, Toni. 

Rivals in love 

Bryony becomes private secretary to Justin. She finds him 

attractive - until she meets Rowan, his charming cousin. 

The two men have been estranged for years over the love 

of a woman. Bryony attempts to bring about a 

reconciliation between the cousins. But then she faces a 

dilemma - which man does she really love? And will 

history repeat itself? 

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Balogh, Mary 

Simply perfect 

Having resigned herself to life without love, Claudia Martin 

is drawn to Joseph, the Marquess of Attingsborough, who 

is willing to defy convention and break every rule in 

society to make her his. 

Bohnet, Jennifer 

Where the sun shines brighter 

Nicola is blackmailed into moving to France with Oliver, 

her son, for the sake of his inheritance. Full of 

reservations as she leaves behind her long-term friend 

Andrew. Nicola finds getting to know her French relatives 

a challenge. And, attracted to Gilles Bongars, how will she 

react to Andrew's plan to start a new life in France with 

her? 

Brown, Sandra, 1948- 

A whole new light 

Tired of playing the romantic field, rapacious playboy 

Worth Lansing turns to his long-time best friend, the 

widowed Cyn McCall, for love and companionship, and 

their passion blazes hotly on the sands of romantic 

Acapulco over the course of a getaway weekend. 

C 

Carr, Robyn. 

Virgin river 

When recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees an ad for a 

midwife-nurse practitioner, she quickly decides that the 

remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect 

place to escape her heartache. Instead, she finds a home. 

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Chamberlain, Janet 

Dance with me 

Line dance instructor Lisa desperately needs a new venue, 

and has her heart set on the Cliff Hotel. The new owner, 

businessman Ken, has plans to revamp the building, and is 

adamant Lisa's classes won't fit its elite new image. 

However, he agrees to accommodate her for a brief period 

- on the proviso that he works as her DJ. What can she do 

but agree...? 

Cullen, Anne 

Love in Lugano 

Sculptor Suzannah Lloyd manages the Di Stefano estate 

and orchid collection. Working closely Dante Candurro, she 

falls in love with him - but overhears his plans to steal the 

Di Stefano art collection. Feeling betrayed by further 

deception, can she ever learn to trust him? 

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Deane, Sonia 

The Doctor's secret 

Nigel Blake is a busy and popular doctor, who finds it 

easier to communicate with his patients than with his wife 

Carolyn. Having given up her nursing career, she is 

frustrated by domesticity and the lack of emotional 

warmth in her marriage, so when Nigel takes on Max 

Faber as a partner in his practice Carolyn responds to 

Max's obvious admiration. It becomes clear that Nigel and 

Max knew each other in the past, and when Dr Anita 

Benson arrives in the neighbourhood the mystery 

deepens. It seems as though Nigel and Carolyn's marriage 

may not survive the secrecy... 

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DeLancey, Diney. 

Kiss and tell 

When Ginny agreed to take her sister's place as au pair to 

two children on a skiing holiday, she wondered what she'd 

let herself in for. She'd been warned that Gareth Chilton, 

the children's uncle and guardian, was an arrogant - if 

good-looking - man! 

DeLancey, Diney. 

The secret of Shearwater 

When Zoe Carson inherits a cottage in Cornwall, she takes 

a holiday from her job in London to stay at the cottage. 

There, she makes friends with the local people, including 

the hot-tempered Gregory Enodoc. Zoe is glad of their 

friendship when events take a sinister turn and the police 

become involved. 

Dennis, Mary Ellen 

The landlord's black-eyed daughter 

When Rand Remington falls in love with Bess Wyndham, a 

successful author of Gothic romances, he ignores the 

suspicion that she'll betray him - again. 

Deveraux, Jude. 

Velvet song 

In sixteenth-century England, Alyx Blackett flees from her 

father's murderers to the camp of Raine Montgomery and 

becomes caught up in a bloody family feud. 

Drake, Angela 

Not quite a lady 

Caroline Brooke is bereft when her father dies, leaving her 

his fortune. Whilst trying to cope with running her father's 

estate she attracts the interest of two admirers - Edward 

Seymour and Robert Parker, a blunt-speaking mill master. 

But when she discovers a devastating secret, which 

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threatens her heritage and reputation, how can she 

consider the attentions of either? 

Drake, Angela 

Snapshots from the past 

When young widow Helen meets Ed her future at last 

seems bright. Her newfound happiness seems complete 

until a terrifying new shadow falls across her life. 

Someone is watching her, tracking her movements and 

sending her chilling photographs through the post. Soon 

Helen can trust no one, and when her suspicions finally fall 

on Ed, their relationship is shattered. 

E, F 

Edwards, Cassie 

Savage intrigue 

When her father, a white doctor known for treating Native 

Americans, is murdered, Sheleen is rescued by Chief 

Midnight Wolf and finds solace in his peaceful, hidden 

village and safety in his arms, until two very determined 

men track her down. 

Falkiner, Zelma 

Mother of the bride 

Then her impetuous daughter surprises Kay with wedding 

plans she knows it will mean the return of her estranged 

husband. Will Kay be able to hide her unchanged love for 

him? 


Deadly game 

Ken Norton, an expert assassin and a GhostWalker 

warrior, must rescue a fellow GhostWalker when she is 

taken hostage, but his mission takes a deadly turn when 

they both become pawns in a game of life-and-death. 

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Feehan, Christine 

The twilight before Christmas 

Novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing 

powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a rundown 

California mill. Contractor Matt Granite doesn't mind 

helping – and getting closer to Kate. But when an 

earthquake exposes a crypt in the mill's foundation, a 

centuries-old evil threatens to destroy Christmas and 

Kate’s new passion. 

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Gadsby, June. 

Precious moments 

The heartbreak was all behind her, but hearing her name 

mentioned on the radio, and that song - their special song 

- brought bittersweet memories rushing back through the 

years. It had to be a coincidence, and was best forgotten - 

but then Lara opened the door to find her past standing 

there. 

Graham, Heather 

Seance 

A Oujia board summons the spirit of detective Beau Kidd 

who wants to clear his name in the "Interstate-Killer" 

murders. Christina Hardy must convince Jett Braden, a 

cop-turned-writer, that she holds the key to catching the 

real killer. 

Gregory, Kay. 

Reluctant desire 

Laura was furious. It was bad enough having to share her 

home with a stranger for a month - but being forced to 

live under the same roof as the notorious Adam Veryan… 

His midnight-dark eyes challenged Laura to forget about 

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her fiancé Rodney, and she knew instinctively that Adam 

would be a dangerous, disruptive presence in her life. 

Grieve, Roberta 

The comfort of strangers 

When Carrie Martin's family falls on hard times, she 

struggles to support her frail sister and inadequate father. 

While scavenging along the shoreline of the Thames for 

firewood, she stumbles over the unconscious body of a 

young man. As she nurses him back to health she falls in 

love with the stranger. 

H 

Hawkins, Karen. 

To Scotland, with love 

This saucy battle of the sexes pits a hard-headed Scottish 

lord with an unusual family curse against a headstrong 

heiress who has a solution for every problem...except her 

own wayward heart. 

Heaton, Shirley. 

Chance encounter 

When her fiancé cancels their forthcoming wedding, 

Sophie books a holiday in Spain to overcome her 

disappointment. After wrongly accusing a stranger, Matt, 

of taking her suitcase at the airport, she is embarrassed to 

find he is staying at her hotel. 

Heaton, Shirley. 

A lesson in love 

Attractive widow Carol meets Paul on a campsite in 

France. After her return from holiday she discovers that he 

is the new tutor at her art class. Their friendship develops 

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ut, suspecting Paul may already have a partner, she is 

reluctant to make a commitment. 

Hewland, Anne. 

To trust a stranger 

While investigating Sid Carlson's possible adultery on 

behalf of his wife, Julie, Mac McQuarry becomes attracted 

to his beautiful client, stumbles into the middle of a mob 

assassination gone wrong, and finds himself on the run 

with Julie. 

Holman, Anne. 

The golden dolly 

When Titus thinks he is dying in a church in Spain, he 

confesses he has lived the life of a rake, and vows to 

reform if he lives. Overheard by an imprisoned heiress, 

she frequently reminds him of his vow after he rescues 

her. 

Holmes, Valerie 

The captain's creek 

Maggie's solitary life is interrupted when she discovers an 

exhausted stranger on the beach, hiding from the press 

gang pursuing him. With her father away at sea, she 

trusts her own intuition, and risks sheltering the man. 

Little does Maggie realise that this rash act will jeopardise 

her plans to open up a school with her trusted friend, 

Hester. For the handsome stranger, Montgomery, is a man 

led by his own private mission... 

Holmes, Valerie. 

Rebecca's revenge 

Rebecca Hind's life is thrown into turmoil when her brother 

mysteriously disappears and she cannot keep up rent 

payments for their humble cottage. Help is offered by Mr 

Paignton of Gorebeck Lodge, although Rebecca is reluctant 

to leave with him and his mysterious companion. 

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However, faced with little choice and determined to 

survive, Rebecca takes the offered position at the Lodge - 

and enters a strange world where she finds hate and love 

living side by side... 

Hooper, Kay. 

C.J.'s fate 

When her friends resolve to find her a true soulmate while 

on a trip to Aspen, librarian C.J. Adams enlists the help of 

a handsome stranger to pose as her lover. 

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James, Beth. 

Unbreak my heart 

Despite her broken heart, artist Roberta Armstrong has 

put everything into rebuilding her business and her life. 

Whilst her friend Lee wants to take their friendship 

further, she is determined not to let anyone become close 

to her again. 

James, Linda 

Folly to love 

Lucy starts her new life with her uncle in Cornwall, 

unaware that she will stumble on some dangerous secrets. 

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Kleypas, Lisa 

Blue-eyed devil 

Returning to town two years after marrying a man of 

whom her family disapproves, a rebellious heiress is 

determined to never again fall for the wrong man, until 

she meets a sexy Texan from the wrong side of the tracks 

and who is an enemy of her family. 

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Kleypas, Lisa. 

Mine till midnight 

Amelia Hathaway is the oldest of 4 sisters and has only 

one brother to drive her mad. They live a gentle but 

impoverished life until they come into an unexpected 

inheritance. Amelia tries her best to rein in her colourful 

and unmanageable siblings to match society's 

expectations. Until the mysterious, wealthy half-gypsy 

Cam Rohan appears. 

L 

Lewis, Sheila 

Shadow in red 

A false charge of kidnapping a child brings together Cate 

Lindsay and Detective Inspector Adam Stone. Unsure of 

who to trust, she tries to prove her innocence, but finds 

she needs Adam's professional help - and also the love 

and support he offers... 

Llewellyn, Julia 

Amy's honeymoon 

A five star honeymoon in Rome - what more could a girl 

want? In Amy's case, a husband might come in handy... 

but, with the cost of a cancelled wedding to mop up and 

no chance of a refund on the honeymoon, she's jetting off 

to bask in the Italian sunshine alone. Except no one seems 

willing to leave her alone. 

Long, Jean M. 

Return to Heathercote Mill 

Reluctantly, Annis returns to Heathercote Mill and 

discovers many changes occurred during her absence. She 

finds herself confronted with an set of problems - not the 

least of them being Andrew's cousin, Ross Hadley... 

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Loveday, Chrissie 

Doctor, doctor 

The arrival of a new doctor in a small Cornish hospital 

causes a stir, especially among the female members of 

staff. Lauren has worked hard to build her career, along 

with a protective shell to keep her emotions intact. She 

won't risk being hurt again, but Tom has other ideas... 

Loveday, Chrissie 

Hidden places 

Lauren and her son Scott have emigrated to New Zealand, 

where they inherit an unusual home set in a thermal park. 

Lauren keeps the park running, but struggles with the 

huge task. Her advertisement for assistance is answered 

by hunky Travis, and she believes her problems are 

solved. Both love and deception will play a part in her 

dramatic new life. 

Loveday, Chrissie. 

Too close for comfort 

Emily has shut herself away to work in the family's old 

holiday cottage in remotest West Cornwall. Her two Jack 

Russells are all the company she needs...until the night 

she rescues a stranger injured in a raging storm. Cut off 

by bad weather, and with no telephone, they have to sit it 

out. Emily begins to warm to Adam. But who is he - and 

why does he want to stay with her once the storm has 

passed 

M 

Mallery, Susan. 

Tempting 

When Dani discovers that her biological father is a 

Washington senator running for president, his campaign 

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manager, Alex Canfield will do anything to stop her from 

causing a scandal that could jeopardize everything. 

McCuaig, Catriona 

At Seagull Bay 

When Florence and her sister Edie inherit houses at 

Seagull Bay they decide to set themselves up as seaside 

landladies, catering to summer visitors. There, Florence's 

daughters become mixed up with two wildly unsuitable 

young men. Flattered by the attention, Vicky tries to 

elope, but is brought back in time. Having learned that 

holiday romances seldom last, her prim sister, Alice, 

wonders if true love will ever come her way. 


Dark moon 

When her aunt dies, Jemima is offered a home with her 

stern uncle, but vows to make her own way in the world 

by working at a coaching inn. She falls for the handsome 

and fascinating Giles Morton, but he has a menacing 

secret that could endanger them both. 


Ghost writer 

When Fiona Flint loses her job as a reporter at the Marston 

Chronicle she becomes a ghost writer, helping senior 

citizens to publish their memoirs. Fiona persuades Jeremy 

Dean, a former colleague, to help her. Jeremy hopes to 

rekindle their romance, but can she ever forgive the 

mistake he made in the past? 

McCuaig, Catriona. 

In a Welsh valley 

When Ruth Greene's cousin Dora has to go into hospital, 

Ruth's family rallies round by going to look after the 

grocery shop she runs in her Welsh mining village in 

Carmarthenshire. This gives them a respite from the 

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London blitz, but other dangers and excitements await 

them in their temporary home. 

McCuaig, Catriona. 

Romany Rose 

When Lucy Lee's grandparents reveal a shocking secret 

from her childhood, her world changes dramatically. She 

begins a new life, far removed from the outdoor living that 

is a Romany's, and is separated from her beloved Jasper 

Petulengro. 


To love again 

Jenny Doyle had always loved her brother-in-law, Jake 

Thomas-Harding, but when he chose to marry her sister 

instead, she knew it was a love that had no future. Now 

his wife is dead, and he asks Jenny to live under his roof 

to look after his little daughter. 


When the daffodils bloom again 

As the new century dawns in the Welsh mining village of 

Cwmbran, the Rees family faces many difficulties. 

McDonagh, Margaret 

Portrait of love 

Three generations of the Metcalfe family are settled and 

successful - professionally and personally. Or are they? A 

secret is exposed, unleashing a journey of discovery, 

combining past memories, present tensions, the promise 

of lost love and new hope for the future 

Miller, Fenella-Jane. 

Return of Lord Rivehall 

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Miller, Linda Lael. 

McKettrick's luck 

Rancher Jesse McKettrick goes up against Cheyenne 

Bridges, who, haunted by her painful past, has arrived in 

Indian Rock, Arizona, to convince him to sell his land. 

Miller, Linda Lael. 

A wanted man : a Stone Creek novel 

Determined to ignore the attraction between them, 

schoolteacher Lark Morgan and Marshal Rowdy Rhodes, 

both of whom are hiding dark secrets, form a tentative 

alliance when the past collides with the present. 

Monroe, Mary 

Deliver me from evil 

When Christine married Jesse Ray Thurman, she thought 

she had found her lifetime love. Together, they worked 

hard to build his fledgling video store business, but now 

12 years into the marriage, Christine feels an unbridgeable 

distance has grown between them. 

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Neels, Betty. 

Esmeralda 

Esmeralda has never imagined marriage as part of her 

future, but now she can dream of little else. 

Neels, Betty 

Grasp a nettle 

Love and then hate It was a seesaw Jenny sighed. If only 

Toby hadn't been so complacent believing that marrying 

him was the best thing that could happen to any girl. He 

was a nice enough man, but dull. 

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P 

Palmer, Diana. 

Heart of winter 

Nicole White accompanies her boss to his brother's home 

in Montana, where she encounters bitter yet compelling 

Winthrop Christopher, and reporter Carla Maxwell has 

difficulty investigating Mayor Bryan Moreland because of 

her feelings for him. 

Palmer, Diana 

Man in control 

DEA agent Alexander Cobb joins forces with Jodie 

Clayburn, a beautiful woman from his past, to crack a 

drug-smuggling case. 

Pardoe, Heather. 

Finding the Snowdon Lily 

The attractive photographer Philip Meredith and his sister 

arrive, competing to be first to photograph the 'Snowdon 

Lily' in its secret location. His arrival soon has Catrin 

embroiled in the race, and she finds her life, as well as her 

heart, at stake. 

Posner, Patricia 

Prescription for happiness 

From their very first meeting, sparks fly between Rose and 

Matthew. But they soon discover they have a lot in 

common. But even though Rose and Matthew help each 

other through tough times, neither of them are sure they 

can get over their past hurts to love again... 

Potter, Alexandra 

Me and Mr Darcy 

After a string of nightmare relationships, Emily Albright 

has decided she's had it with modern-day men. So when 

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she is invited to Mexico for a week of margaritas and men, 

Emily decides to book a guided tour of Jane Austen 

country instead. She quickly realises she won't find her 

dream man here. Until she finds herself face-to-face with 

Darcy. 

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Roberts, Nora 

Captive star 

Someone had set them both up. Now, handcuffed 

together, bounty hunter Jack Dakota & bail jumper M.J. 

O'Leary were on the run from apair of hired killers. M.J. 

wasn't talking - not even when Jack found a gigantic blue 

diamond hidden in her purse. 

Roberts, Nora 

MacGregors Daniel and Ian 

Self-made millionaire Daniel MacGregor always gets his 

way, but convincing Anna Whitfield to marry him may be 

the challenge of his lifetime, while Minuteman Ian 

MacGregor has a real battle on his hands to win the heart 

of Irish spitfire Allanna Flynn. 


One summer 

Photographer Bryan Mitchell spends her summer on 

assignment with arrogant photojournalist Shade Colby 


The perfect neighbour 

Preston McQuinn is satisfied with his functional and quiet 

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new apartment, but his effervescent neighbour threatens 

to ruin his reputation as a loner. 

S 

Smith, Debra White 

Northpointe Chalet 

In Kathy's life, the line between the mysteries she reads 

and reality sometimes blurs. Discovering that Ben's 

mother died mysteriously, Kathy investigates. Tension 

mounts as suspicion interferes with her relationship with 

Ben. 

Sparks, Nicholas 

The notebook 

An elderly man reads from a notebook to his wife, who has 

Alzheimer's disease. Gradually he unfolds the story of a 

couple who fell in love - but will his wife recognize her own 

story? 

Swart, Ginny. 

Heart of Africa 

Helen McLeod is devastated when her long-term boyfriend 

announces he is in love with her younger sister. Her 

grandfather suggests she visit the South African farm 

where Amelia Smit, a distant relation, lives. The Smit 

family welcomes her with open arms. Before long, Helen 

becomes deeply involved with life on the farm - and in 

romantic complications with the two Smit brothers... 

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Taylor, Dorothy, 

Keep safe the past 

When darkly attractive Leo Cooper enters Jenny’s life, his 

upbeat personality is like a breath of fresh air. But as their 

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elationship develops, she questions her judgement of 

him. Are her dreams of true love about to be dashed? 

W 

Werner, Patricia 

Jenny's star 

Jenny Knight, director of the Cherry Valley Retirement 

Home, works hard to make her residents happy. But this 

Christmas it's difficult pretending to be joyful. Still 

smarting over a failed romance, Jenny just wants 

Christmas to be over. 

Whitehead, Janet 

Patterns in the snow 

Peter Clark had taken Nicci's heart and broken it in the 

cruelest way imaginable. So when Nicci and her best 

friend Karen treated themselves to a skiing holiday in 

Switzerland it should have been a happy interlude. 


A time to run 

When Nurse Lynn Crane finds employment at an isolated 

manor house, all is not what it seems. As she nurses her 

attractive patient, Serge Varda, Prince of Estavia, an 

alarming truth emerges: her employers, Max Ozerov and 

the sinister Dr Miros, his countrymen, plan to wrest 

control of the country from him. 


Winterhaven 

Annabel Tyler's boss sent her to the Scottish Highlands to 

save Winterhaven, the estate of a valued client. But at 

every turn Annie found a mystery to unravel. 

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Winter, Beverley 

A bride for Jason 

Ace reporter Jason Edwards wants to marry Carly Smith, 

but Carly is a career girl and their families have been 

feuding for years. When she takes a job with Jason's 

family her aim is to safeguard her livelihood by exposing 

their unsavoury dealings. But Jason's instincts compel him 

to question her motives. When Carly discovers his 

reasons for doubting her, can she forgive him? 

Winter, Beverley. 

Save your tears 

Donna McGuire is trying to run the ranch she inherited 

from her Texan grandfather. But she is black-listed in the 

community, unable to obtain any credit. Someone is 

sabotaging her business. 

Winters, Rebecca. 

The Lazaridis marriage 

Tracey Von Axel is determined to shed her party girl image 

and show she has what it takes to run her family's 

empire... Nikos Lazaridis agrees to help Tracy and he tests 

her resolve at every opportunity, but he begins to find it's 

his own resolve that's being tested... 

Wood, Carol, 

A dedicated vet 

After an accident two years ago, medical opinion was that 

Gina Travers would end up in a wheelchair. Against the 

odds Gina had recovered and, determined to resume the 

veterinary career she loved, had been taken on as locum 

at the practice owned by the attractive Ben Cassell. Gina 

had something to prove - to herself, and to Ben. 

Woodiwiss, Kathleen E. 

Everlasting 

Follows the relationship between Berengaria, who is forced 

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into marriage with a nefarious squire, and her beloved 

Raven, a Scottish soldier determined to save her from an 

evil fate. 

Woods, Sherryl. 

Mending fences 

For ten years, Emily Dobbs and Marcie Carter have been 

the closest of friends. But when Marcie’s son is arrested 

for date rape, the bond between the families could be 

shattered forever. 

Science Fiction 

Bradbury, Ray, 

Fahrenheit 451 

Bradbury’s vision of the worlds most unforgettable 

dystopian futures. Thinking is dangerous; trust only the 

state; turn in your neighbours; and, most important, burn 

all books. 

Brooks, Terry 

The elves of Cintra 

In a devastated world in which only a few imbued with 

magical gifts stand against the forces of evil, one hero 

flees Seattle with a group of orphaned street kids, while 

another leads a group to the Oregon wilderness to meet 

the long-hidden Elves of Cintra. 

Fforde, Jasper 

Thursday next : first among sequels 

Fourteen years after the 1988 SuperHoop, Thursday finds 

herself entangled in cases involving the murders of 

Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple before receiving a death 

threat of her own. 

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Hamilton, Laurell K. 

Swallowing darkness : a novel 

In the sequel to A Lick of Frost, Meredith Gentry, whose 

rightful place on the throne of Faerie is dependent on 

being able to produce an heir, is overjoyed when she finds 

herself pregnant after many failed attempts, but her 

triumph is overshadowed by court plots against her life 

and those she loves. 

MacAlister, Katie. 

Ain't myth-behaving 

A modern woman and a god from ancient legend? Surely 

an epic love mismatch...or maybe it's the "myth match" of 

the century? The irrepressible MacAlister brings us heroes 

who are more than mere mortals in two sparkling new 

novellas of the Otherworld. 

Meyer, Stephenie 

The host : a novel 

The earth has been invaded by a species that take over 

the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies 

intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie 

Stryder refuses to fade away. 

Moning, Karen Marie. 

Bloodfever 

For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted 

with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are 

coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands 

between them. 

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Short Stories 

Elrod, P. N. 

My big fat supernatural wedding 

An original anthology of romantic tales of marital bliss and 

the supernatural. 

Western 

Benson, Tom, 1929- 

The stage to Cooper's Creek 

Carrying two passengers and money for the local bank, 

the stage to Cooper's Creek left Tombstone and never 

arrived - it just vanished. 

Bingley, David, 1920- 

The coyote kids 

Billy's determined vendetta against Long John Carrick - a 

veteran renegade and gang leader - made him an ally of 

the Coyote Kids. 

Brand, Max 

Outlaw's code 

Lawrence Grey is called El Diablo the devil though hes fairhaired 

and has a boyish grin. But no jail can hold him, and 

some swear that he is the fastest gun alive. Both sheriffs 

and outlaws get out of his way when he comes to town. 

Brandvold, Peter 

Staring down the devil 

Bounty hunter Lou Prophet is escorting a Russian 

noblewoman through Arizona on the trail of her missing 

sister - and a buried treasure that is being sought by a 

gang of desperadoes. 

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Claymaker, Dan 

Buried guns 

Nobody rode into Mission Rock without it being known to 

Sheriff Prinz. And nobody ever left - alive! The town was 

held in a grip of terror by the lawman and his sidekicks, 

from whom there seemed no escape. Or was there? 

Graham, Dale. 

Vengeance at bittersweet 

Always a loner, Largo reckoned it was the reason for his 

survival as a bounty hunter. But things change when he 

has to join forces with Colonel Sebastian Kyte in the hunt 

for a band of desperate killers. 

Hall, Billy. 

Hard as nails 

It was a trap. The knot in Tucker Flint's gut tightened at 

his desperate situation. Two more gunmen stepped out to 

face him - the odds now eight to one. Knowing death was 

imminent and unavoidable, he figured to take down as 

many with him as possible. 

Holt, Conrad G. 

Outlaw's revenge 

When Len Corbett and his gang held up a stage, the 

passengers were surprised that Corbett then sent the 

coach on its way - unmolested. Was it the presence of 

Caleb Brock, or his beautiful fiancée Lucy Lee that 

prompted Len's behaviour? 

Holt, Jack 

Hard ride to Largo 

Financier Spencer Bonnington offers Danner fifteen 

hundred dollars to escort his niece to her father's ranch in 

Largo. However, their journey is fraught with danger and 

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Danner is being watched, but by whom? An easy fifteen 

hundred becomes the hardest money he's ever earned. 

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. 

The collected short stories of Louis L'Amour. Volume 

5, The frontier stories 

A collection of 35 frontier tales. 

L'Amour, Louis, 

Galloway 

Two brothers must struggle to survive in a wild and 

beautiful land to build themselves a ranch and a future. 

Their plan angered the Dunn clan, who had decided that 

the vast range would be theirs alone. 

L'Amour, Louis 

Showdown at Yellow Butte 

Tom Kendrick earned his stripes during the Civil War, 

fought Apaches, and even soldiered overseas. But in the 

high desert country of New Mexico, the battle-hardened 

Kedrick is caught up in a different kind of war a war fueled 

by greed and deception. 

More, Clay 

A rope for Scudder 

Jake Scudder hauled Hank Lassiter from the jaws of death 

three times in twenty-four hours. Yet within a couple of 

days he had been found guilty of murder, sentenced to 

death and set en route to the penitentiary to be hanged. 

However, Scudder was given a chance for redemption - 

but it meant he would have to rescue the victim's niece, 

and discover who had set him up. 

O'Keefe, Chap. 

Misfit Lil gets even 

While Silver Vein's citizens watch 'Misfit Lil' shine in a gala 

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shooting match, Yuma Nat Hawkins and his gang rob the 

bank and gun down the depleted opposition in cold blood. 

Paine, Lauran. 

Saddle Mountain 

Smoke Lunceford and Nathan Trumbull hauled freight 

northward from down around Spanish Wells to Meridian 

and on over the mountains. They were smack in the 

middle of their run when they realized that the country 

was a quiet and empty like it had never been settled. 

Thats when they saw the Strongheart Indians. There were 

hundreds of them. 

Taylor, Gillian F. 

Two-gun trouble 

Heads turn when Jonah Durrell rides into Motherlode. A 

handsome, charming man, he is also a successful 

manhunter, as good with his fists as with his guns. 

Tetlow, L. D. 

Murder of Los Cahuillas 

When Brogan McNally arrives in the sleepy border village 

of Los Cahuillas he intends to have his horse re-shod and 

then be on his way. Instead, he finds himself embroiled 

with a local landowner, James Brindley, who is intent on 

taking over the village at all costs - even if it means 

slaughtering all the inhabitants. 

Wyler, Richard. 

Brigham's Way 

Brigham, Seth and Jacob Tyler came to the Colorado 

badlands in search of gold. They found it alright - but they 

also found it took a deal of holding onto. There were 

violent killers ready to take it from them...and the three 

brothers would have to match bullet for bullet for each of 

them to retain his wealth, and forge his own way in life. 

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Youngblood, Carlton 

The range shootout 

Buck Armstrong’s problems are just beginning: after 

stumbling onto a bunch of rustlers, he's accused of being a 

rustler himself, and is kidnapped and left to die. 

Non Fiction 

Prevention's the sugar solution : your symptoms are 

real and your solution is here 

Outlines a one-month program for rebalancing the body's 

sugar levels without medication, in a lifestyle guide that 

explains how to assess the risk for blood sugar problems, 

provides daily menus, and recommends specific exercises. 

Abagnale, Frank W., 

Stealing your life : the ultimate identity theft 

prevention plan 

Examines the growing problem of identity theft, explaining 

how easy it is for anyone to assume someone else's 

identity, the devastating impact of such a crime, ways 

identity thieves work, and concrete ways to protect 

oneself against the crime. 

Ackerman, Diane 

The zookeeper's wife : a war story 

Jan Zabinski, the innovative director of the Warsaw Zoo, 

and Antonina, his empathic wife, lived joyfully on the zoo 

grounds during the 1930s with their young son, Ryszard 

(Polish for lynx), and a menagerie of animals needing 

special attention. Resourceful and courageous, the 

Zabinskis turned the decimated zoo into a refuge and 

saved the lives of several hundred imperilled Jews. 

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Acorah, Derek 

Derek Acorah's amazing psychic stories 

Acorah shares incredible real-life tales of dramatic 

rescues, dream visitations and near-death experiences 

from his own experience and many of the people he has 

worked with. 

Allen, Pam, 

Knitting for dummies 

Knitting pro Pam Allen demonstrates basic knitting stitches 

- and shows you how to decipher patterns, work with 

multiple colors, get creative, and much more! 

Allende, Isabel 

The sum of our days 

In this memoir, Allende reconstructs the painful reality of 

her own life in the wake of tragic loss: the death of her 

daughter, Paula. Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts 

on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, 

infidelity, addiction, and memory. Here, too, are the 

stories behind Allende's books, the superstitions that guide 

her writing process, and her adventurous travels. 

Andrews, Julie. 

Home : a memoir of my early years 

A personal account of the iconic actress's pre-fame life 

traces the time between her birth in 1935 and her 

discovery by Walt Disney during her 1962 Broadway 

performance in Camelot, a period marked by her 

relationships with a vaudevillian mother and teacher 

father, the World War II London Blitz, and her work as a 

Royal Command Performance child soloist. 

Appleyard, Bryan. 

How to live forever or die trying : on the new 

immortality. 

A dazzling, funny, alarming, entertaining and thought- 

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provoking look at immortality and how some believe it will 

soon be within our reach 

Armstrong, Karen 

The Bible : the biography 

As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the Bible is 

the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the 

world. 

Bakewell, Joan 

The view from here : life at seventy 

Presents an account of life at 70 and beyond. This work 

includes all of life, including the taboos of old age, - work, 

family, love, sex, body and death. 

Bardsley, Barney. 

A handful of earth : a year of healing and growing 

When Barney’s husband dies, she feels alone and 

exhausted. She took to tending her small, scruffy garden 

allotment. Fresh air, wildlife, exercise, nature's cycles of 

growth and decay; she found solace in it all. 

Bass, William M., 

Beyond the body farm : a legendary bone detective 

explores murders, mysteries, and the revolution in 

forensic science 

Bass, a forensic anthropologist, tracks the field's 

increasing sophistication in an account that describes such 

newer technologies as DNA processing, electron 

microscopy, and MRI while reopening past cases in which 

new developments proved pivotal. 

Beah, Ishmael, 

A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier 

The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in 

the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy 

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Benedict XVI, Pope, 

Let God's light shine forth : the spiritual vision of 

Pope Benedict XVI 

Presents a collection of spiritual writings by Pope Benedict 

XVI, along with an introduction to his life and work, in a 

volume that includes the pope's teachings on how to 

develop a loving relationship with God. 

Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927- 

Jesus of Nazareth : from the baptism in the Jordan 

to the transfiguration 

When Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI in 

April 2005, he became the most accomplished theologian 

to ascend to the Papacy. Over fifty years of his life he had 

written scores of theological works; even his critics have 

acknowledged his erudition and intellect. This is an 

antidote to the academic search for the 'historical' Jesus. 

Benson, Richard 

Farm: the story of one family and the English 

Countryside 

Richard Benson was never cut out for life on the family 

farm, yet when his father chose to sell up he decided to 

return to Yorkshire. This is his account of being outwitted 

by even the dimmest of animals whilst trying to make 

ends meet. 

Bernstein, Carl 

A woman in charge : the life of Hillary Rodham 

Clinton 

Reveals the trajectory of Hillary Clinton's life and career. 

This book provides an account of the complex human 

being and political meteor who has helped define one 

presidency. 

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Bernstein, Harry, 1910- 

The invisible wall : a love story that broke barriers 

In an evocative memoir of forbidden love and social divide 

set on the eve of World War I, the author describes 

growing up in a mill town in northern England, in a 

working-class neighborhood in which the Jewish families 

were strictly divided from the Christian families on the 

other side of the street, until his older sister fell for a boy 

across the street. 

Bhaskar, Sanjeev 

India with Sanjeev Bhaskar 

Sanjeev Bhaskar, the comedian and writer behind The 

Kumars at No. 42 embarks on an epic and highly personal 

journey through modern India. 

Bhutto, Benazir. 

Reconciliation : Islam, democracy, and the West 

Writing a few months prior to her assassination, Bhutto 

explores the complicated history between the Middle East 

and the West. She speaks out not just to the West, but to 

all Muslims who are at a crossroads between the past and 

the future. Democracy and Islam are not incompatible, 

and the clash between Islam and the West is not 

inevitable. 

Blech, Susan. 

Confessions of a carb queen : the lies you tell others 

& the lies you tell yourself : a memoir 

Susan Blech knew drastic action was called for. She was 

38 years old, and a life-threatening 468 pounds. Her 

inspiring story - a blend of memoir, advice, and delicious, 

health-conscious recipes - is a testament to her personal 

strength and willpower. 

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Bragg, Rick. 

The prince of Frogtown 

The author details his quest to uncover the truth about the 

father he had never known and his unseen influence on 

the author's life and the choices he has made, inspired by 

his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson. 

Briscoe, Constance 

Ugly 

Constance's mother systematically abused her daughter, 

both physically and emotionally, throughout her childhood. 

When Constance was thirteen, her mother simply moved 

out, leaving her daughter to fend for herself: there was no 

gas, no electricity and no food. But somehow Constance 

found the courage to survive her terrible start in life. 

Brokaw, Tom. 

Boom! : voices of the sixties 

Brokaw redefines the tumultuous and history-making 

decade of the 1960s, a decade that saw the rise of the 

rebellious children of the greatest generation, to reveal 

how American social, political, economic, and cultural 

institutions were transformed by an era of dramatic 

change and upheaval. 

Browne, Sylvia 

Psychic children : revealing the intuitive gifts and 

hidden abilities of boys and girls 

Children are naturally more connected to Home than to 

earth when they arrive. They've just made a trip from one 

dimension to another, after all, so it makes all the sense in 

the world that they're still tuned to the higher frequency of 

the Other Side. 

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Browne, Sylvia 

Secret societies – and how they affect our lives 

today 

A look at the clandestine world of secret societies. Brown 

shares her knowledge of the conspiracies, cover-ups, longheld 

secrets, misinformation, and power manipulations of 

these societies in both the past and present. 

Bryson, Bill. 

Shakespeare : the world as stage 

With his trademark wit, Bill Bryson reveals the man 

himself. Bryson documents the efforts of earlier scholars, 

and, emulating the style of his travelogues, records 

episodes in his own research. His Shakespeare is like no 

one else's - the beneficiary of Bryson's genial nature, his 

engaging skepticism, and an unrivaled gift for storytelling 

Brzezinski, Matthew 

Red moon rising : sputnik and the hidden rivalries 

that ignited the space age 

Matthew Brzezinski, through interviews and documentary 

sources, explains the race between the United States and 

Russia to send a satellite to space. 

Bstan-dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 

How to see yourself as you really are 

Teaches through step-by-step exercises how to get to 

shatter your false assumptions and ideas and see the 

world as it actually exists. Describes also how harness the 

power of meditative concentration to the service of love, 

and vice versa, so that true altristic enlightenment is 

attained. 

Buchwald, Art 

Too soon to say goodbye 

As he proves in this delightful and poignant book, 

Buchwald was put on this earth to make people laugh. He 

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walks readers down the memory lane of his life with a 

twinkle in his eye, and shares his plans to meet death on 

his own terms. 

Carter, Jimmy, 

Beyond the White House : waging peace, fighting 

disease, building hope 

President Jimmy Carter has had one of the most admired 

and productive post-presidencies in our nation's history. 

Carter recounts how and why he spent the last 25 years in 

the service of humanity, and in the process won a Nobel 

Peace Prize. 

Carter, Jimmy 

A remarkable mother 

This is former President Carter's loving, admiring, wry 

homage to Miss Lillian Carter, who championed the 

underdog always, even when her son was president. 

Chandler, Charlotte. 

Ingrid : Ingrid Bergman a personal biography 

Charlotte Chandler knew Ingrid Bergman well and has 

based her new biography upon Ingrid's own words and 

those of her fellow actors, film professionals, friends and 

family to reveal the woman behind the myth. 

Cheever, Susan. 

American Bloomsbury : Louisa May Alcott, Ralph 

Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel 

Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau : their lives, 

their loves, their work 

A group portrait of five Corcord, Massachusetts, writers 

whose works were at the center of mid-nineteenth-century 

American thought and literature evaluates their 

interconnected relationships, influence on one another's 

works, and complex beliefs 

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Cloud, Henry. 

The one-life solution : reclaim your personal life 

while achieving greater professional success. 

Addresses the challenge of how to maintain a healthy 

work-life balance, offering advice on how to successfully 

integrate the increasing demands of a career and family. 

Collins, Judy, 

The seven T's : finding hope and healing in the wake 

of tragedy 

Draws on the author's experiences with losing a child to 

suicide to counsel readers on the grieving process 

associated with a tragic death, in a seven-step guide that 

shares compassionate advice on managing emotions, 

pursuing therapy, and remembering loved ones. 

Darnton, Kate 

Peter Jennings : a reporter's life 

A collection of personal reminiscences, reflections, and 

observations celebrating the life of journalist Peter 

Jennings. It documents his Canadian upbringing, lifelong 

pursuit of knowledge, devotion to family, seminal 

journalism career, and untimely death from cancer in 

2005. 

Davidson, Sara. 

Leap! : what will we do with the rest of our lives? 

A no-holds-barred, look at the choices and challenges the 

boomers face. True to character, boomers will approach 

these years differently from previous generations and they 

will not fade into the sunset. 

Dear, Helen-Alice. 

My family is all I have : a British woman's story of 

escaping the Nazis and surviving the Communists 

The extraordinary true story of how one British woman 

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was trapped in Eastern Europe for 50 years, first by the 

Nazis and then by Communism. When the Berlin Wall fell, 

Helen was finally able to fulfil her dream of returning to 

her homeland. 

De Blasi, Marlena. 

The lady in the palazzo : at home in Umbria 

Touching and humorous, Marlena de Blasi's account of 

moving with her husband, Fernando, to Orvieto, the 

largest city in Italy's Umbria, is a story that will appeal to 

anyone who delights in travel and shares the fantasy of 

beginning a new life in a very different place. 

De Courcy, Anne 

Debs at war, 1939-1945 : how wartime changed 

their lives 

Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected 

stratum of 20th-century society. This book records the 

extraordinary diversity of challenges, shocks and 

responsibilities they faced. It is an account - from 

firsthand sources - of upper class women and the active 

part they took in the War. 

DeStefano, Anthony. 

Ten prayers God always says yes to : divine answers 

to life's most difficult problems 

Addresses ten important prayers designed to offer 

solutions to life's most difficult situations and find 

meaningful answers to troubling questions, from accepting 

the existence of God or surviving terrible suffering to 

coping with everyday stress and finding one's destiny. 

Dickson Wright, Clarissa. 

Spilling the beans 

Clarissa lived her life on a grand scale. Her mother was an 

Australian heiress, her father a brilliant surgeon. When her 

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mother died, grief led to a decade of drinking and partying 

away her inheritance. It was a long road to recovery - 

cooking brought her success, sobriety and peace. 

Didion, Joan. 

The year of magical thinking 

In this intensely personal, deeply moving account, the 

author exposes the layers and facets of her life over a 

year of dramatic and unexpected events - her daughter's 

serious illness and her husband's sudden death. 

Douglas, John E. 

Inside the mind of BTK : the true story behind thirty 

years of hunting for the Wichita serial killer 

A former FBI agent and pioneer in the field of criminal 

profiling describes his involvement in the hunt for the 

notorious BTK killer who terrorized Wichita, Kansas, from 

his first exposure to the case in 1980, as well as his 

exclusive interview with convicted murderer Dennis Rader 

and others to offer a shocking journey inside the mind of a 

serial killer. 

Douglas, Kirk 

Let's face it : 90 years of living, loving, and learning 

In this poignant and inspiring new memoir, Douglas 

contemplates what life is all about, weighing current 

events from his present frame of mind while summoning 

the passions of his younger days. A born storyteller, he 

shares wonderful tales, favorite jokes,and hard-won 

insights. 

Drake, Elizabeth 

50 plus one questions to ask your doctor 

You are in a hurry to get to the doctors office. The doctor 

too, is pressed for time. Under pressure, you forget to ask 

the questions or seek further advice that you have been 

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meaning to ask. Drake’s book is a simple, clear, practical 

reminder of what you need to discuss. 

Dudgeon, Piers with Josephine Cox 

Child of the North : memories of a northern 

childhood 

This insight into the life of an author marries her work 

with her extraordinary life, looking at her rise to fame and 

fortune against all the odds. 

Dwyer, Kevin 

True stories of Law & Order : Special Victims Unit : 

the real crimes behind the best episodes of the hit 

TV show 

Focuses on twenty-five of the scandalous true stories that 

real detectives have grappled with. 

Edmonds, Noel. 

Positively happy 

Drawing on his own experiences, the author tells you how 

to: make your own luck, stay focused when things are 

getting tough, be positive in a negatively oriented world, 

play to your strengths, step outside your comfort zone and 

ultimately develop practical strategies that enable you to 

get the most out of your life. 

Ephron, Nora. 

I feel bad about my neck : and other thoughts on 

being a woman 

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, 

and dry sense of humor, Ephron shares her ups and 

downs in a candid, hilarious look at women who are 

getting older and dealing with the tribulations of 

maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself. 

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Feinstein, John. 

Living on the black : two pitchers, two teams, one 

season to remember 

Pitchers are the heart of baseball, and John Feinstein tells 

the story of the game today through one season and two 

great pitchers working in the crucible of the New York 

media market. 

Flynn, Kevin, 1957- 

Relentless pursuit : a true story of family, murder, 

and the prosecutor who wouldn't quit 

This story of a dedicated prosecutor seeking justice for the 

grisly murder of a young girl and her mother is an 

intensely gripping, beat-by-beat reconstruction of the 

events as they unfold. 

Gater, Paul 

The magic of flowers 

Includes such topics as the history of flowers, mythology, 

flowers as healers, the language of flowers, flower faeries, 

flower names, invocations, traditional prayers and rhymes, 

and in general the symbolic meaning and long relation 

with mankind. 

Gerth, Jeff. 

Her way : the hopes and ambitions of Hillary 

Rodham Clinton 

A biography of the controversial former first lady, senator, 

and presidential candidate examines her early years, her 

marriage, her role in her husband's career, possible ethical 

lapses, and related topics. 

Gill, Michael 

How Starbucks saved my life : a son of privilege 

learns to live like everyone else 

Gill had all the trappings of success - money, possessions, 

a prestigious job - and then lost it all. This story of how he 

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is finally redeemed by his new job at Starbucks focuses on 

the lessons learned, and the value of hard work. 

Gladwell, Malcolm 

Outliers : the story of success 

Gladwell identifies the qualities of successful people, 

posing theories about the cultural, family, and 

idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a 

resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software 

billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better 

academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their 

fame. 

Goodall, Sarah 

The palace diaries : a story inspired by twelve years 

of life behind palace gates 

Sarah Goodall spent 12 years working for Prince Charles 

as a Lady Clerk from 1988 to 2000. Inspired by her 

experiences, this is a hilarious story of a naive and rather 

accident-prone young woman whose dreams all came true 

when she was given the opportunity to work for the heir to 

the throne. 

Goodyear, Julie 

Just Julie 

For twenty-five years, Julie Goodyear became part of 

everyone's family when she played Bet Lynch, the loveable 

brassy barmaid of the Rovers Return in "Coronation 

Street". Now, at sixty-four (the age her mother was when 

she died), Julie feels the time is right to tell her amazing 

life story. 

Graaff, Nell van de. 

We survived : a mother's story of Japanese captivity 

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Greenspan, Alan 

The age of turbulence : adventures in a new world 

Greenspan shares the story of his life with an eye toward 

doing justice to the extraordinary amount of history he 

has experienced and shaped. His other goal is to draw 

readers along the same learning curve he followed, so 

they accrue a grasp of his understanding of the underlying 

dynamics that drive world events. 

Grey, Charlotte 

Doon the road 

Grey has now got to grips with the harsh realities of 

agricultural life on Bithnie farm in Aberdeenshire, but, 

when retirement threatens, then beckons, John and 

Charlotte set about the bittersweet task of selling Bithnie 

and moving themselves 'doon the road' to a new life 

Grey, Charlotte. 

No fancy life 

John Grey leaves an established career and moves with 

his wife to a farm high in the hills of Aberdeenshire. He 

and his wife Charlotte face many challenges, including the 

cussedness of animals and of people, and the strangeness 

and charm of the Doric tongue. 

Gore, Albert 

The assault on reason 

Al Gore explains politics and why the American people 

need to be more aware of what is happening in the 

government. 

Gupta, Sanjay, M.D. 

Chasing life : new discoveries in the search for 

immortality to help you age less today 

Gupta examines the latest discoveries in the field of 

functional aging to make counter-intuitive 

recommendations for how to extend a healthy and active 

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life, in a guide that discusses such strategies as eating 

less, avoiding nutritional supplements, and enjoying 

chocolate and coffee 

Hansen, Mark Victor. 

How to make the rest of your life the best of your 

life 

Baby Boomer Alert! Get ready for the next prime of your 

life. Today we're living so much longer and more 

productively that age sixty has truly become the new age 

forty-the prime of life when our careers are in full swing, 

our minds are at their most creative, and our passions 

burn their hottest. 

Harper, Rex. 

An otter on the Aga : and other true tales from an 

animal sanctuary 

Harper brings to life the story of the incredible animal 

sanctuary that he and his family spent over forty years 

building. 

Hamill, Dorothy. 

A skating life 

A memoir by the Olympic gold medalist shares the secrets 

of her private life, from her difficulties with her alcoholic 

father and her emotionally distant mother to her own 

struggles with depression and bankruptcy. 

Hart, Marjorie, 

Summer at Tiffany 

New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best 

friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house 

at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions 

as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department 

stores, they miraculously find jobs as pages at Tiffany 

#38; Co., becoming the first women to ever work on the 

sales floor - a diamond-filled day job replete with Tiffany 

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lue shirtwaist dresses from Bonwit Teller's-and the envy 

of all their friends. 

Heavey, Bill. 

If you didn't bring jerky, what did I just eat? : 

misadventures in hunting, fishing and the wilds of 

suburbia 

A collection of humorous observations about outdoor 

sports, including stories about chasing mountain lions in 

the southwest, ice fishing in central Minnesota, and 

hunting for caribou above the Arctic Circle. 

Hiaasen, Carl. 

The downhill lie : a hacker's return to a ruinous 

sport 

Author Hiaasen presents an account of his return to golf 

after a thirty-two-year absence. 

Hodge, Anton. 

The great wall of Britain 

From the Tyne to the Solway, Hodge takes us on a 

geographical and historical tour of the Roman Wall area, 

which is highly informative, yet at the same time 

irreverent and hilarious. 

Hoggard, Liz 

How to be happy 

Combines the very latest research with advice and 

exercises from the experts to give you the truth about 

happiness and practical ways to increase your own 

happiness quota. 

Hollander, Nicole 

Tales of graceful aging from the planet denial 

The creator of the comic strip "Sylvia" offers a 

wisecracking look at aging and the important decisions 

that one must confront in one's mature years, covering 

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such topics as senior citizen discounts, plastic surgery, and 

living forever. 

Homes, A. M. 

The mistress's daughter 

On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given 

up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes 

was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, 

and they began to correspond; her biological father 

contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their 

effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. 

Hutchison, Kay Bailey 

Leading ladies : American trailblazers 

Mixing historical portraits with modern success stories, 

Hutchison shows how American women from all periods of 

history have contributed to the strength and progress of 

the United States 

Hyman, Mark 

The ultrasimple diet : kick-start your metabolism 

and safely lose up to 10 pounds in 7 days 

In this indispensable guide, Hyman delivers an accelerated 

plan for quick, safe, and healthy weight loss that allows a 

person to lose up to ten pounds in seven days. 

Iacocca, Lee A. 

Where have all the leaders gone? 

The 82-year-old management legend can say what he 

wants--and does, in this far-reaching commentary on 

everything wrong with leadership today. From the current 

U.S. presidents many failures to corporate and 

international shortsightedness, he gives priceless insider 

views of many of the business and political disasters weve 

read about over the past forty years 

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Irwin, Terri. 

Steve & me : life with the crocodile hunter 

A gifted naturalist, Steve Irwin was first and foremost 

dedicated to rescuing endangered animals and educating 

everyone he could reach about the importance of 

conservation. Terri Irwin recounts the adventures they 

shared - wrangling snakes, saving crocodiles from 

poachers, swimming among whales. 

Isaacson, Walter. 

Einstein : his life and universe 

A narrative portrait based on the complete body of 

Einstein's papers offers insight into his contributions to 

science, describing the influence of his discoveries on his 

personal views about morality, politics, and tolerance. 

Jacobovici, Simcha. 

The Jesus family tomb : the discovery, the 

investigation, and the evidence that could change 

history 

Were the remains of Jesus's body found over 25 years ago 

and the truth hidden? Now, 'The Jesus Family Tomb' tells 

the shattering story of what may very well be the greatest 

archaeological find of all time. 

Jacobs, A. J 

The year of living biblically : one man's humble 

quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible 

Documents the author's quest to live one year in literal 

compliance with biblical rules, from being fruitful and 

multiplying to growing a beard and avoiding mixed-fiber 

clothing. 

Jakes, T. D. 

Reposition yourself : living life without limits 

The renowned preacher and spiritual leader shares his 

thoughts on the spiritual principles of prosperity and 

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success, explaining how to reassess one's life and one's 

attitudes toward giving, sharing, and achieving the 

rewards of life from a Christian perspective. 

Jamieson, Wendell. 

Father knows less, or, "Can I cook my sister?" : one 

dad's quest to answer his son's most baffling 

questions 

The author traces his efforts to seek out answers to 

questions posed by his precocious young son, describing 

his interviews with countless experts to discern truths 

about such topics as the reason why police officers like 

doughnuts. 

Johnson, G. Timothy, 1936- 

Finding God in the questions a personal journey 

An editor of ABC News describes his own spiritual journey 

that led him, as a man of science, to his own answers 

about God and Jesus, and encourages others to confront 

their own questions of faith to further the search for God. 

Jones, Griff Rhys. 

Semi-detached 

Emmy award-winning comedian Griff Rhys Jones recreates 

his suburban childhood and adolescence in precise and 

evocative detail. 

Katz, Jon 

Dog days : dispatch from Bedlam Farm 

Katz continues his odyssey from suburban New Jersey dog 

lover to owner of Bedlam Farm in rural, upstate New York, 

profiling the four dogs, cows, donkeys, sheep, barn cat, 

chickens, and other animals who share his life, and 

capturing the experience of life with animals, the rhythm 

of daily chores, the pleasures of the country, and more. 

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Kellow, Brian. 

Ethel Merman : a life 

An authoritative portrait of the iconic Broadway star traces 

her Queens childhood through her sensational threedecade 

career, offering insight into her larger-than-life 

personality, her relationships with fellow celebrities, and 

her secret struggles with loneliness and vulnerability. 

Kelly, Susie. 

A perfect circle: a 10,000 kilometre journey around 

France 

Keen to discover some of France's lesser-known 

attractions, the author embarked on a 10,000 kilometre 

journey, where she encountered gherkins, killer waves, 

chilli-flavoured chocolates, sinister submarines, and 

pitchforks grown in fields. 

Kerasote, Ted 

Merle's door 

Describes how the author adopted a wild dog by installing 

a dog door so that the dog could live both inside and 

outside, in a study of the human-dog partnership, animal 

consciousness and behavior, and how dogs might live if 

they can make some of their own decisions. 

Kerr, Graham. 

Recipe for life : how to change habits that harm into 

resources that heal 

The Legendary "Galloping Gourmet," partners with his wife 

to share the transforming details of a truly good life that 

trades constant consumption and self-serving for creative 

simplicity and healthy self-denial to benefit others. 

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Kiernan, Stephen P. 

Last rights : rescuing the end of life from the 

medical system 

Explores the dichotomy between how patients want to live 

the end of their lives--pain free, functioning mentally and 

physically, and surrounded by loved ones--and the 

medical establishment's extreme interventions, performed 

at immense cost and with little regard to pain, human 

comfort, or the wishes of family and patients. 

Klein, Edward 

Katie : the real story 

A candid portrait of a folksy charmer, loving single 

mother, cunning businesswoman, feminist icon, and 

notorious diva. A truthful, unflinching look at a 

remarkable woman and the media kingdom she’s sought 

to rule. 

Kurzman, Dan. 

A special mission : Hitler's secret plot to seize the 

Vatican and kidnap Pope Pius XII 

September, 1943. Hitler sends German troops into Rome 

and outlines "a special mission" to SS General Karl Wolff: 

to seize the Vatican and kidnap Pope Pius XII. Kurzman 

tells an extraordinary tale of intrigue and betrayal. 

Le Breton, Binka 

The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and 

Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang 

A portrait of an extraordinary nun describes how Sister 

Dorothy Stang came to Brazil as a missionary in 1966, her 

work in the Amazon to protect small farmers from ruthless 

logging and development interests, and her 2005 murder. 

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Lennon, Cynthia. 

John 

The international bestselling memoir of the most idolised 

Beatle, John Lennon - by his first wife Cynthia 

Levin, Mark R 

Rescuing Sprite : a dog lover's story of joy and 

anguish 

A stunningly intimate look at the love between a family 

and a dog - the two years of joy and anguish they had 

with a rescue dog called Sprite. 

Liponis, Mark 

Ultra-longevity : the seven-step program for a 

younger, healthier you 

Dr. Liponis shatters the many myths about today’s 

medicine and gives listeners the blueprint for healing and 

longevity 

Longden, Deric, 

Paws in the proceedings 

Londgen’s gentle tales of life in Huddersfield with his wife 

Aileen and their menagerie of playful cats. 

Lorrimer, Claire. 

You never know 

Armed with an old typewriter, a vivid imagination and a 

passion for life, Claire Lorrimer started writing books 

during the war whilst in the WAAF. In this autobiography, 

she paints images of her childhood when her mother, the 

famous author Denise Robins, entertained pre- and postwar 

literati at her weekend country house parties. 

Lyons, Sarah Glendon 

Reverse mortgages for dummies® 

Reverse mortgages are a great way for you to keep your 

home. But with so many loan options, where do you start? 

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This friendly guide covers all the basics so you and your 

adult children can understand and take advantage of these 

handy loans - and keep the home you love. 

Marnham, Patrick. 

Wild Mary :The Life of Mary Wesley 

Through hours of interviews with Mary and access to her 

personal papers, Marnham discovered her story. It is a 

story of near-suicide and reckless courage, and tells of 

how a passionate and headstrong woman turned her back 

on her privileged position and succeeded in living life on 

her own uncompromising terms. 

Martin, Steve 

Born standing up : a comic's life 

Martin reflects on his over 30 years in the comedy 

business, from writing to performing and everywhere in 

between. 

McCarthy, Jenny, 

Louder than words : a mother's journey in healing 

autism 

Describes the frustrations and joys of raising an autistic 

child and creates a road map for concerned parents. This 

book also shows how, with love and determination, 

parents may be able to shape their child's destiny and 

their future happiness. 

McGinniss, Joe. 

Never enough : A Shocking True Story of Greed, 

Jealousy and Murder 

The story of Robert and Andrew Kissel, who wanted to 

own the world but instead wound up murdered half a 

world apart; and of Nancy Kissel, a riddle wrapped inside 

an enigma, for whom having it all might not have been 

enough. 

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Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 

Rigged : the true story of an Ivy League kid who 

changed the world of oil, from Wall Street to Dubai 

Tells the real life, rags-to-riches story of a twenty-six-year 

old kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way 

through Harvard to take on the world of high stakes oil. 

Michaud, Stephen G., 

The devil's right-hand man : the true story of serial 

killer Robert Charles Browne 

Describes how a letter from Robert Charles Browne, a man 

serving a life sentence for the killing of a young girl, 

sparked an investigation into unsolved murders in six 

states in an effort to uncover the story of a serial killer. 

Moore, Beth 

A Heart Like His: Intimate Reflections on the Life of 

David 

From shepherd, to refugee, to king of Israel, David 

exhibited the purest virtues and the most heinous 

sinfulness. But through it all, his relationship with the Lord 

continued to grow. 

Mortenson, Greg. 

Three cups of tea : one man's mission to promote 

peace - one school at a time 

Traces Mortenson's decade-long odyssey to build girls 

schools throughout the region that is home to the Taliban. 

Murray, Jenni, 1950- 

Is it me, or it it hot in here? 

An authoritative yet light-hearted guide for women 

nearing or experiencing the menopause, featuring case 

studies. It covers what happens to both body and mind, 

how people react socially, diet and exercise, and personal 

appearance 

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Myss, Caroline M. 

Entering the castle : an inner path to God and your 

soul 

Draws on the mystical writings of St. Teresa of Avila to 

explore how to maintain a connection with the divine, in a 

guide that compares the human soul to a crystal castle 

with rooms representing various stages of spiritual 

development. 

Naftali, Timothy 

George H. W. Bush 

A portrait of America's forty-first president looks at the 

distinguished political career of a statesman known for his 

foreign policy, fiscal discipline, successful orchestration of 

the reunification of Germany, and leadership during the 

first Gulf War. 

Obama, Barack. 

The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the 

American dream 

The rising democratic star and "New York Times" 

bestselling author of "Dreams From My Father" invokes 

the hopes and ideals that have made "our improbably 

experiment in democracy" work and proclaims his vision 

for more authentic politics. 

Obama, Barack. 

Dreams from my father : a story of race and 

inheritance 

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the 

son of a black African father and a white American mother 

searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black 

American. 

O'Connor, Karen 

Walkin' with God ain't for wimps 

Readers will chuckle as they read these funny, 

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heartwarming experiences for themselves and then share 

them with friends. Each humorous tale concludes with a 

biblical principle to encourage people in their spiritual 

walks. 

O'Hurley, John. 

Before your dog can eat your homework, first you 

have to do it : life lessons from a wise old dog to a 

young boy 

After years of parenting pets, O'Hurley became a father to 

his first child. Along with the joy, there's a new set of 

challenges - and it was a wizened Maltese who pointed the 

way. 

O'Hurley, John. 

It's okay to miss the bed on the first jump : and 

other life lessons I learned from dogs 

The host of The National Dog Show presents a whimsical 

and reflective collection of life lessons that can be 

imparted by one's canine companions, sharing such pithy 

examples as "Every 15 Minutes Is a New Day," "Never 

Miss a Nap," and "A Cold Can of Meat Is Still a Feast." 

O'Leary, Jeffrey. 

Footprints in time : fulfilling God's destiny for your 

life 

Dares readers to live a life that is worthy of remembrance 

due to its unwavering devotion to God. 

O'Reilly, Bill. 

A bold fresh piece of humanity 

O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, 

and experiences that launched him on his journey from 

working-class kid to immensely influential television 

personality and bestselling author. 

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Osteen, Joel. 

Become a better you : 7 keys to improving your life 

every day 

Charismatic pastor Joel Osteen guides readers to look 

within themselves to find their authentic soul 

Pagels, Elaine H., 

Reading Judas : the Gospel of Judas and the shaping 

of Christianity 

Two leading, bestselling experts on the Gnostic Gospels 

weigh in on the meaning of the controversial newly 

discovered Gospel of Judas. 

Parker-Pope, Tara. 

The hormone decision : untangle the controversy, 

understand your options, make your own choices 

Hormone drugs may be the most effective therapy for 

easing hot flashes and other common menopause 

symptoms. But their long term effects have been the focus 

of intense scrutiny and debate. 

Patoski, Joe Nick 

Willie Nelson : an epic life 

Traces the rise of the iconic country-music artist from 

humble Depression-era roots to one of the genre's most 

famous figures, in a profile that covers such topics as his 

first performance at age four, his education in a series of 

Texas bars, and his brushes with the law 


Against medical advice : a true story 

The true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle 

for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a 

maddening medical establishment. 

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Philbrick, Nathaniel 

Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war 

As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying new history of the 

Pilgrims, the story of Plymouth Colony was a fifty-five year 

epic that began in peril and ended in war. New England 

erupted into a bloody conflict that nearly wiped out the 

English colonists and natives alike. These events shaped 

the existing communities and the country that would grow 

from them. 

Poitier, Sidney. 

Life beyond measure : letters to my greatgranddaughter 

One of America's great actors, multiple award winner 

Sidney Poitier, offers lessons from his own remarkable life 

in the form of letters to his great-granddaughter. 

Pollan, Michael. 

In defense of food : an eater's manifesto 

Cites the reasons why people have become so confused 

about their dietary choices and discusses the importance 

of enjoyable moderate eating of mostly traditional plant 

foods. 

Preston, Douglas J. 

The monster of Florence 

New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston teams 

up with Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to 

present a gripping account of crime and punishment in the 

lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy. The Monster of 

Florence is a remarkable and harrowing story involving 

murder, mutilation, and suicide - and at the center of it, 

Preston and Spezi are caught in a bizarre prosecutorial 

vendetta. 

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Quindlen, Anna 

Good dog, stay 

Heartening and bittersweet, this book honours the life of a 

cherished and loyal friend and offers listeners a valuable 

lesson: Sometimes an old dog can teach a person new 

tricks. 

Ramsland, Katherine M., 

Beating the devil's game : a history of forensic 

science and criminal investigation 

Ramsland traces the development of forensic science from 

Chinese studies of decomposition rates through the 

flowering of science during the Renaissance and its 

veritable explosion during the era of Newtonian physics, 

up to the marvels of the present day and beyond. 

Randall, Will, 1966- 

Another long day on the piste 

An engaging and witty account of life - and skiing - in an 

Alpine community 

Rice, Joan, 1919- 

Sand in my shoes : wartime diaries of a WAAF 

A moving and personal account of a young woman's 

experiences of the Second World War from the mother of 

Sir Tim Rice. 

Rickles, Don. 

Rickles' book 

An internationally popular comedian describes his youth as 

a disadvantaged Jewish boy from Queens, the obstacles 

he overcame in order to achieve success, and his fourdecade 

stage and screen career. 

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Robbins, John. 

Healthy at 100 : the scientifically proven secrets of 

the worlds healthiest and longest-lived peoples 

New York Times bestselling author and expert on the link 

between diet, environment and health, transforms how we 

think about health, longevity and ageing. 

Robison, John Elder. 

Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's 

When he was forty, Robinson found that he had the form 

of autism called Asperger's syndrome. 

Rodriguez, Deborah. 

Kabul Beauty School : an American woman goes 

behind the veil 

Deborah Rodriguez arrived in Afghanistan in 2002 with a 

desire to help and a beauty degree. When she arrived she 

learned that the Afghan beauty salons had been destroyed 

by the Taliban. With her knowledge of both beauty and 

enterprise, Rodriguez helped found the Kabul Beauty 

School and opened a modern salon in Kabul. 

Roizen, Michael F. 

You, staying young : the owner's manual for 

extending your warranty 

Roizen explains why the body ages and how readers can 

master their genes, bad habits, environmental pollution 

and stress while igniting the body's ability to stay fit, 

strong and healthy. 

Rule, Ann 

Smoke, mirrors, and murder : and other true cases 

A compilation of real-life crime stories includes the tales of 

a counterfeit priest, a serial rapist, a victim burned beyond 

recognition, and a con artist whose activities lead to 

murder. 

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Rule, Ann. 

Too late to say goodbye : a true story of murder and 

betrayal 

An account of the case of Dr. Barton Corbin, a dentist who 

was sentenced to life in prison after admitting to 

murdering his wife, Jennifer, in 2004, as well as his 

girlfriend Dolly Hearn fourteen years earlier. 

Schroeder, Alice. 

The snowball : Warren Buffett and the business of 

life 

A portrait of the life and career of investment guru Warren 

Buffett sheds new light on the man, as well as on the 

work, ideas, business principles, strategies, and nononsense 

insights that have guided his phenomenally 

successful business endeavors. 

Sedaris, David 

When you are engulfed in flames 

From armouring the windows with record covers to protect 

the house from neurotic songbirds, Sedaris uses life's 

most bizarre moments to reach new heights in 

understanding love and fear, family and strangers. 

Shapiro, Laura. 

Julia Child 

Traces the life and career of the beloved "French Chef" 

from her youth as a California party girl and her clerical 

work in a World War II spy station to her marriage to Paul 

Child and her revolutionary choice to work as a television 

cooking instructor. By the author of Perfection Salad. 

Silverstein, Amy. 

Sick girl 

Silverstein was age 25 when she received a heart 

transplant. Her autobiography draws readers inside her 

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mesmeric human drama of living life as a heart transplant 

recipient. 

Sonnenberg, Susanna 

Her last death : a memoir 

A memoir illuminating the author's resolve to forge her 

independence, to become a woman capable of trust and to 

be a good mother to her own children after being raised 

by a mother who was a compulsive liar and a drug user. 

Sorensen, Theodore C. 

Counselor : a life at the edge of history 

In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor 

recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling 

Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American 

history.... from the decision to go to the moon to the 

Cuban Missile Crisis. 

Stewart, Katharine 

A croft in the hills 

Stewart captures what it was really like trying to make a 

living out of a hill croft near Loch Ness 50 years ago. 

Strobel, Lee 

The case for the real Jesus : a journalist investigates 

current attacks on the identity of Christ 

Explores provocative questions about modern scholarship 

and conspiracy theories that debunk the traditional Christ, 

inviting readers to evaluate the arguments and evidence 

presented by Muslim scholars, liberal theologians, and 

atheists, and reach their own verdict. 

Streissguth, Michael. 

Johnny Cash : the biography 

A portrait of an enduring musical icon explores the 

turbulent life and accomplishments of the successful 

country singer known as the rebellious "Man in Black" who 

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struggled with a guilt-ridden childhood, addictions, and 

self-doubt despite his great acclaim. 

Talty, Stephan. 

Empire of blue water : Captain Morgan's great pirate 

army, the epic battle for the Americas, and the 

catastrophe that ended the outlaws' bloody reign 

Chronicles the real-life adventures of Welsh pirate Henry 

Morgan and his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of 

the English, from his attacks on Spanish merchant ships to 

his final assault on Panama that ended Spanish 

domination of the New World. 

Tenberken, Sabriye 

My path leads to Tibet : the inspiring story of how 

one young blind woman brought hope to the blind 

children of Tibet 

Defying everyone's advice, armed only with her 

rudimentary knowledge of Chinese and Tibetan, 

Tenberken set out to do something about the appalling 

condition of the Tibetan blind, who had been abandoned 

by society and left to die. 

Teresa, Mother 

Mother Teresa : come be my light the private 

writings of the Saint of Calcutta 

Enriched with photographs, this is an inspirational 

selection of prayers, meditations, and devotions on such 

topics as finding Jesus in your heart, seeking guidance 

from Mary, and understanding Jesus's love for each 

individual. 

Thomas, Dana 

Deluxe : how luxury lost its luster 

Luxury goods have been transformed by a shift away from 

quality-minded family businesses to mass production. 

Thomas reveals the secrets of top designers while 

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examining the ways in which today's methods have had a 

negative impact. 

Thomas, Evan, 1951- 

Sea of thunder : four commanders and the last great 

naval campaign, 1941-1945 

An account of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 is 

told through the commands of four naval leaders, 

including two American commanders and two Japanese 

admirals, and offers insight into how the war reflected 

profound cultural differences. 

Thompson, Brian 

Clever girl : a sentimental education 

Thompson excelled at school and met a girl who 

recognised his ambition to escape the miserable lives his 

parents had made for each other. With her he set himself 

the task of discovering the healing waters of pure 

ordinariness. 

Titchmarsh, Alan 

Nobbut a lad 

In this warm, wonderfully evocative and often hilarious 

memoir one of the best-loved men in Britain, Titchmarsh 

brilliantly recalls his childhood in 1950s Yorkshire. 

Tomalin, Claire. 

Thomas Hardy : the time-torn man 

This biography covers Hardy's extraordinary life from 

illegitimate birth and rural upbringing, escape to London in 

the 1860s, his marriages, his status as a bestselling 

novelist, and his supreme achievements as a poet. 

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Turner, Kathleen, 

Send yourself roses : thoughts on my life, love, and 

leading roles 

Turner's unique blend of beauty, intelligence, and raw 

sexuality has driven her personal and professional life. 

Turner, Ted 

Call Me Ted: The Autobiography of the Extraordinary 

Business Leader and Founder of CNN 

The outspoken business maverick and philanthropist 

shares the story of his successful life, from the surprise 

success of CNN and the drama of the AOL/Time Warner 

deal to his ownership of the Atlanta Braves and his 

relationships with wife Jane Fonda and his children. 

Velez-Mitchell, Jane 

Secrets can be murder : what America's most 

sensational crimes tell us about ourselves 

Draws on the author's experience as a courtroom and 

television reporter to analyze some of recent history's 

most sensational trials and cases, including those of O.J. 

Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey, and Robert Blake, to reveal 

how the darkest secrets of killers, as well as the 

vulnerabilities of high-profile victims, are shared by 

everyday people. 

Wagner, Robert, 

Pieces of my heart : a life 

Well-known actor Robert Wagner presents his 

autobiography, candidly discussing a life engulfed by 

Hollywood. 

Wale, Michael 

View from a shed 

The warm and engaging story of a year tending a London 

allotment - from the plants and wildlife to the gardeners 

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and bureaucrats. It is not a book about gardening. It is a 

book about people who garden. 

Walkden, Christine 

A year in Christine's garden 

Recounting stories from her hectic life in horticulture, 

Walkden's diary is a heart warming account of 

octogenarian neighbours, living with a film crew and 

helping friends with their gardening needs. 

Walsh, Michael 

Brothers in war 

As the WW I raged, eight brothers were swept up into its 

devastating path. Tragedy followed tragedy as, one after 

another, the Beechey boys fell. It was a family sacrifice 

almost without parallel, and one that has remained 

forgotten and unmarked - until now. 

Walters, Barbara 

Audition : a memoir 

After more than forty years of interviewing world leaders, 

movie stars, criminals, inspriational figures, and all kinds 

of celebrities, Barbara Walters examines the forces that 

shaped her life. 

Wedman-St. Louis, Betty. 

Fast and simple diabetes menus 

Featuring more than 125 recipes, this diabetes-friendly 

guide to good nutrition presents menus that are designed 

to help sufferers manage the disease, as well as the 

various health issues that complicate diabetes, such as 

high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and kidney disease. 

Weiner, Eric. 

The geography of bliss : one grump's search for the 

happiest places in the world 

In a survey that includes profiles of such locales as the 

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American shores, glacial Iceland, and the Bhutan jungles, 

Weiner evaluates more than three dozen countries for 

their happiness potential. 

Wheeler, Hazel. 

Huddersfield at war 

Wheeler looks at life in Huddersfield during the Second 

World War. From rationing and the extra work that this 

involved for her shopkeeper father, to the working lives of 

men and women, this is an absorbing look at how the 

people of Huddersfield coped with the war. 

Weldon, Fay. 

What makes women happy 

A delicious treat of wisdom for better self-awareness and 

satisfaction. Tackle anxiety, envy, guilt, while giving in to 

sex, food, friends, family, shopping -- and chocolate. 

Wheal, Donald James, 

White city : growing up in war and peace 

Menaced by the V-bombs and rockets that were the last 

stage of London's war, the author's family were re-settled 

in a anonymous London suburb where later his 

adolescence was to began amidst post war privation. This 

autobiography tells of his quest for new experiences that 

took him all around Britain and France. 

Wills, Garry, 1934- 

What Paul meant 

A synthesis of the apostle's thought and influence 

evaluates the disparate qualities attributed to his 

character in the Bible and throughout history, arguing that 

Paul's intentions were consistent with the teachings of 

Jesus and sought to manage controversy throughout the 

early days of Christianity. 

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Wilson, Valerie Plame 

Fair Game: My Life As a Spy, My Betrayal by the 

White House 

The woman at the center of the Bush administration's CIA 

leak scandal breaks her silence as she describes her role 

as an undercover CIA operative, her training and 

experiences, her efforts to protect her children, and her 

battle with the CIA to reveal the truth. 

Winchester, Simon. 

The man who loved China the fantastic story of the 

eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of 

the Middle Kingdom 

A portrait of the mid-twentieth-century scientist and 

adventurer traces his British government mission to China, 

his love affair with visiting student Lu Gwei-Djen, and his 

pivotal influence on the Western world's understanding of 

China's culture and history. 

Winston, Robert M. L. 

The story of God : a personal journey into the world 

of science and religion 

This modern age, so dominated by science, is also the age 

in which belief in God or an afterlife is more vigorous than 

ever. In this groundbreaking book, the author, a respected 

scientist, examines this relationship across time, beginning 

with the primitive worship of our early ancestors, and 

concluding with a vivid portrait of faith in the modern 

world. 

Woodruff, Lee. 

In an instant : a family's journey of love and healing 

ABC's "World News Tonight" co-anchor and his wife share 

their never-before-told story about the attack in Iraq that 

left Bob seriously injured. This honest, frank account is a 

love story of two people and how they have recovered and 

renewed their lives. 

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Wood, Victoria, 

Victoria's empire 

A journey through the British Empire to all those places 

named after Queen Victoria, a grumpy-looking monarch 

who never went further than the Isle of Wright. 

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Snow believes she has everything she wants – then her 

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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- 

Alias Grace 


Murder -- Canada -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. 


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Bluebeard's egg 



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Good bones and simple murders 

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Oryx and Crake 

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Balogh, Mary. 

A certain magic 

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A Christmas promise 

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Dancing with Clara 

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More than a mistress 


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One night for love 


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The secret pearl 

A tale of temptation and seduction, of guarded hearts 

and 

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breath away.... 

Balogh, Mary 

Simply love 

Anne Jewell is a teacher haunted by a scandalous 

past…until she meets a man who teaches her the most 

important lesson of all: nothing is simple when it comes 

to love.… 

Balogh, Mary 

Simply perfect 

Having resigned herself to life without love, Claudia 

Martin is drawn to Joseph, the Marquess of 

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Attingsborough, who is willing to defy convention and 

break every rule in society to make her his. 

Balogh, Mary. 

Simply unforgettable 

The heroine and the man who seduces her with a 

passion 

no woman could possibly forget.… 

Balogh, Mary 

Slightly Dangerous 

Christine Derrick is intrigued by a handsome duke…all 

the 

more so when he invites her to become his mistress. 

Balogh, Mary. 

Slightly sinful 

Alleyne Bedwyn is cut off from his past--only to find his 

future with a sinfully beautiful woman he will risk 

everything 

to love. 

Balogh, Mary. 

Slightly tempted 

Morgan Bedwyn discovers that true love is a temptation 

no 

woman can—or should—resist. 

Balogh, Mary 

Thief of dreams 


Bates, Judy Fong, 1949- 

Midnight at the dragon cafe 

Su-Jen Chou, a Chinese immigrant growing up in 1950s 

Ontario, finds herself shouldering the weight of her 

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attempts to forge a life for themselves in a small town 

Beresford-Howe, Constance 

The book of Eve 


Beresford-Howe, Constance. 

The marriage bed 

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Berton, Pierre, 1920- 

Klondike : the last great gold rush, 1896-1899. -- 

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Blunt, Giles 

By the time you read this 

Algonquin Bay is rocked by an unusual number of 

suicides, including the wife of Detective John Cardinal, 

but a string of hateful anonymous notes leads him to 

suspect that her death had been a homicide, despite 

the disbelief of his colleagues. 

Brock, Veronica Eddy, 1926- 

The valley of flowers a story of a TB sanitorium 

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Callaghan, Morley, 1903- 

The loved and the lost 

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Cameron, Anne, 1938- 

Daughters of Copper Woman 

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Cheetham, Mark A. (Mark Arthur), 1954- 

Alex Colville : the observer observed 

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Painters -- Canada Biography 

Chiasson, Anselme. 

The seven-headed beast and other Acadian tales from 

Cape Breton 

Island collected by Anselme Chiasson ; translated by 

Rosie Aucoin Grace. 

Tales -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island. 

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Christiano, Kevin J. 

Pierre Elliott Trudeau : reason before passion 

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Dagg, Mel, 1941- 

The women on the bridge. 


Darnton, Kate 

Peter Jennings : a reporter's life 

A collection of personal reminiscences, reflections, and 

observations celebrating the life of journalist Peter 

Jennings. It documents his Canadian upbringing, 

lifelong pursuit of knowledge, devotion to family, 

seminal journalism career, and untimely death from 

cancer in 2005. 

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Davies, Robertson, 1913- 

The cunning man 



Leaven of malice 

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Murther & walking spirits 

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De la Roche, Mazo, 1879-1961. 

The building of Jalna 


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Centenary at Jalna 


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Finch's fortune 



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De la Roche, Mazo,. 

Mary Wakefield 



The master of Jalna 


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Morning at Jalna 


Doyle, James, 1937- 

Stephen Leacock : the sage of Orillia 

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Field, Sandra. 

The right man 

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Don't cry now 



The first time 



Kiss Mommy goodbye 

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Missing pieces 


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The other woman 



Puppet 

The life of a young defense attorney is thrown into 

turmoil 

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mother. 


See Jane run 



Tell me no secrets 


Findley, Timothy. 

Famous last words : a novel 


Forrester, Helen. 

By the waters of Liverpool 

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The latchkey kid 

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The moneylenders of Shahpur 

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Three women in Liverpool 


Twopence to cross the Mersey 



Yes, mama 


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Frey, Cecelia. 

The love song of Romeo Paquette 


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Gillen, Mollie. 

The wheel of things : a biography of L.M. Montgomery, 

author of Anne of Green Gables 

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Green, Grace. 

A bittersweet promise 

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Green, Grace. 

Brannigan's baby 


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The wedding promise 


Gruen, Sara. 

Water for elephants 

Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers 

his time in the circus as a young man during the Great 

Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of 

the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave 

them hope. 

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Haffner, Margaret. 

Snowblind 

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Hailey, Arthur. 

Airport 

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Detective 

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The evening news 



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Hotel. 



In high places 



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Overload 



Strong medicine 


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Wheels 


Hébert, Anne. 

Les chambres de bois : roman 

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Hospital, Janette Turner, 1942- 

Oyster 

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Houston, James A., 1921- 

Spirit wrestler James Houston. -- 

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Jiles, Paulette 

Stormy weather 

In desperation, the Stoddard women place their last 

hopes for salvation in a wildcat oil well that eats up 

what little they have left . . . and on the back of late 

patriarch Jack's one true legacy, a dangerous racehorse 

named Smoky Joe. And Jeanine, the fatherless 

"daddy's girl," must decide if she will gamble it all . . . 

on love. 

Jones, Dennis, 1945- 

Rubicon One Dennis Jones ; [maps by John 

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Kelly, Nora. 

In the shadow of King's 


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Born Indian 


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Dance me outside 

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Laurence, Margaret. 

The diviners 

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The stone angel 

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Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944. 

Sunshine sketches of a little town 

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MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958- 

Fall on your knees 


MacLennan, Hugh, 1907- 

Barometer rising 

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MacLennan, Hugh, 1907- 

Two solitudes 


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MacLeod, Alistair 

The lost salt gift of blood: collected stories 


MacLeod, Alistair 

No great mischief 


MacNeil, Robert, 1931- 

Burden of desire 

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World War, 1914-1918 -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- 

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McKinnon, K. C. 

Dancing at the Harvest Moon 

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Michaels, Anne, 1958- 

Fugitive pieces 

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Mitchell, W. O. (William Ormond), 1914- 

According to Jake and the kid: a collection of new 

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Jake and the kid 



Who has seen the wind 


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Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942. 

Anne of Avonlea 

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Anne of Green Gables 



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The colour of blood 

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Lies of silence 



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No other life 


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The statement 


Morgan, Bernice 

Random Passage 


Morrell, David. 

Fireflies 

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Mowat, Farley. 

And no birds sang 



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Born naked 

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Mowat, Farley -- Childhood and youth. 

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Never cry wolf 


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The view from Castle Rock : stories 

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en route to the New World, to a family odyssey from 

Illinois to Canada and in and around Lake Huron. 

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Nadel, Ira Bruce. 

Leonard Cohen : a life in art 

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Oke, Janette, 1935- 

The bluebird and the sparrow 

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A gown of Spanish lace 



Heart of the wilderness 



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Love's enduring promise : the sequel to Love comes 

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Love's enduring promise 



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Love's unending legacy 



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Nana's gift 



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When comes the spring 

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Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- 

Anil's ghost 

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Divisadero 

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Elimination dance = La danse eliminatoire 

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The english patient 

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Farley Mowat : writing the squib 


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Farley Mowat : writing the squib 

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Page, P. K. (Patricia Kathleen), 1916- 

Hologram : a book of glosas 

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Canadian poetry -- 20th century. 

Penny, Louise. 

Dead cold 

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache unravels a dead 

woman's past and discovers a history of secrets and 

enemies. But Gamache has enemies of his own. As a 

bitter wind blows into the village, something even more 

chilling is sneaking up behind him... 

Penny, Louise. 

Still life 

Locals are convinced a murder was no more than a 

tragic hunting accident, but Inspector Armand 

Gamache uncovers something more sinister. 

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Proulx, Annie. 

The shipping news 

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Family -- Newfoundland -- Fiction. 

Pullinger, Kate. 

The last time I saw Jane 

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Reichs, Kathy 

Bones to ashes 

The cold case of a missing Quebec girl becomes a very 

personal quest for Brennan when she discovers that the 

bones in question probably belong to a childhood friend 

- a figure of fascination and sophistication who 

suddenly disappeared from Brennan's life at the age of 

15. 

Reichs, Kathy. 

Break no bones 

Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is spending two 

weeks in May on a barrier island where, excavating a 

prehistoric site, she finds one of the bodies isn't so 

ancient. 


Cross bones 

Tempe plunges into an international mystery as old as 

Jesus, and centered on the controversial discovery of 

Christ's tomb. 


Déjà dead 

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Richards, David, 1953- 

Soldier boys 

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Riel Rebellion, 1885 -- Fiction. 

Rooke, Leon. 

Shakespeare's dog : a novel 

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Fiction. 

Ross, Catherine Sheldrick. 

Alice Munro : a double life 

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Rubio, Mary, 1939- 

Writing a life : L.M. Montgomery 

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Sapergia, Barbara, 1943- 

Foreigners 

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Shields, Carol. 

The box garden 

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Dressing up for the carnival 


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Jane Austen 

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Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography. 


Larry's party 



The republic of love 



Small ceremonies 



The stone diaries 



Various miracles 



Symons, R. D. (Robert David), 1898-1973. 

Many patrols : reminiscences of a game officer 

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Wilson, Ethel 

Swamp Angel 

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Wright, Eric, 1929-. 

Always give a penny to a blind man : a memoir 

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Wright, Eric, 1929- 

Buried in stone 



Buried in stone : a Mel Pickett mystery 



Death of a hired man 



Death of a Sunday writer 


Wright, Eric, 1929- . 

Death on the rocks 



A fine Italian hand : an Inspector Charlie Salter nove 


Wright, Eric, 1929 

The kidnapping of Rosie Dawn : a Joe Barley mystery 



The night the gods smiled 


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A question of murder 



A sensitive case 


Wright, Laurali, 1939- 

Acts of murder : a Karl Alberg mystery with Cassandra 

Mitchell 

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Among friends 

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A chill rain in January 



Fall from grace 



Sleep while I sing 



The suspect 


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