Alyssa Bresnahan
Author
Language
English
Description
Susie Salmon is speaking to us from heaven. It looks a lot like her school playground. There are counsellors to help newcomers adjust, and friends to room with. Everything she wants appears as soon as she thinks of it except the thing she wants most: to be back with the people she loved. From heaven, Susie watches her happy suburban family implode after her death, as they try to come to terms with their grief. Over the years, her friends and siblings...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Towner Whitney, a dazed young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers, has survived numerous traumas and returned to her hometown of Salem, Mass., to recover. Any tranquility in her life is short-lived when her beloved great-aunt Eva drowns under circumstances suggesting foul play. Towner's suspicions are taken with a grain of salt given her history of hallucinatory visions and self-harm. The mystery enmeshes local cop...
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1954
Physical Desc
382 p. illus., ports. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Story of My Life," first appeared in installments in "Ladies' Home Journal" in 1902. This book is truly one of the great American autobiographies: an inspiring story of a courageous individual who overcame tremendous odds. Keller writes about many things: her childhood in Alabama; her relationship with her beloved teacher, Anne Sullivan; her attendance at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York City; and meeting such eminent figures...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
6) Lyddie
Author
Language
English
Description
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
Author
Series
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series volume 7
Jane Rizzloi and Maura Isles volume 7
Rizzoli and Isles volume Bk. 7
Jane Rizzloi and Maura Isles volume 7
Rizzoli and Isles volume Bk. 7
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
9 sound discs (11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Medical examiner Maura Isles and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli investigate when a murderer begins placing his victims in the Crispin Museum and a young archaeologist goes missing.
Author
Series
Naomi Cottle novels volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three years ago Madison Culver went missing at the age of five while looking for a Christmas tree with her family. Private investigator Naomi Cottle continues the investigation and believes that Madison's disappearance can only be the result of an abduction. Naomi's personal journey from foster child to adulthood parallels her search for Madison, and as her fears and sources of determination come to light, the narrative also dips into Madison's mind,...
9) Mercy
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Formats
Description
Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life when his own cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses outright that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy. Now, a heated murder trial plunges the town into upheaval, and drives a wedge into a contented marriage: Cameron. aiding the prosecution in their case against Jamie, is suddenly at odds with his devoted wife, Allie- seduced by the idea...
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a short road trip turns into a crazy adventure, Ira and Maggie Moran have a chance to review their lives, renew their love, and reaffirm a marriage that has room enough for realists and dreamers.
11) Hot blooded
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
A prostitute lies strangled in a seedy French Quarter hotel room. Miles away, in a rambling plantation house on the sultry shores of Lake Ponchartrain, popular late-night radio host Dr. Samantha Leeds receives a threatening crank call. All in a day's work for a celebrity. Who would think to link the two?
12) The ten-year nap
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
351 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amy and her friends, college educated women who pursued satisfying careers before taking time off for marriage and children, are forced at the age of forty to reassess the choices they have made after Amy befriends a charismatic and successful working mother of three who seems to really have it all.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
389 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Driving home one night Peyton Shields is run off the road. She fears ahe is being stalked, but no one believes her, not even her husband who accuses her of having an affair with an ex-boyfriend. Peyton begins to wonder if her jealous husband might be the one who wants her dead..
14) Find me
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Route 66, as word travels that children's grave sites are being discovered along the road, the parents of missing children form a silent caravan. They are being shepherded by NYPD Detective Kathleen Mallory, who seeks a killer like none she has ever known-and a child unlike the others: herself.
15) Wicked lovely
Author
Series
Wicked lovely (Manga) volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see fairies, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle by Keenan, the terrifying but alluring Summer King, who determines that she must become his queen and save summer from perishing.
16) Eileen
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of life in the city while caring for her alcoholic father and working in a 1960s boys' prison, a disturbed young woman is manipulated into committing a psychologically charged crime during the holiday season.
Author
Series
Rarities Unlimited volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
385 p. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an art buyer decides to put her grandfatherś impressionist works painted in the 20ś on sale, she discovers that the paintings are messages from murder victims and someone wants to keep the voices from being heard.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the highly praised author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted comes The Butterfly Girl, a riveting novel that ripples with truth, exploring the depths of love and sacrifice in the face of a past that cannot be left dead and buried. A year ago, Naomi, the investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children, made a promise that she would not take another case until she finds the younger sister who has been missing for years. Naomi...
Author
Series
Kate Martinelli mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
358 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling new crime novel that ingeniously bridges Laurie R. King's Edgar and Creasey Awards-winning Kate Martinelli series and her bestselling series starring Mary Russell, San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli crosses paths with Sherlock Holmes-in a spellbinding dual mystery that could come only from the "intelligent, witty, and complex" mind of New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King. Kate Martinelli has seen her share...
20) With child
Author
Series
Kate Martinelli mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"THE THIRD BOOK IN THE KATE MARTINELLI MYSTERY SERIES
In Laurie R. King's With Child, adrift in mist-shrouded San Francisco mornings and alcohol-fogged nights, homicide detective Kate Martinelli can't escape the void left by her departed lover, who has gone off to rethink their relationship. But when twelve-year-old Jules Cameron comes to Kate for a professional consultation, Kate's not sure she's that desperate for distraction.
Jules is worried...