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
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,...
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
Series
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
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
Series
Beyond the circle volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
15 sound discs (17 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews is about to find out just how wrong. When a procedure meant to restore Rachelle's sight goes awry, she begins to dream of another world so real that she wonders if...
9) 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
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...
11) 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...
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
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) A grave talent
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"THE FIRST BOOK IN THE KATE MARTINELLI MYSTERY SERIES
In Laurie R. King's Grave Talent, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless. For lesbian Detective Kate Martinelli, just promoted to Homicide and paired with a seasoned cop who's less than thrilled to be handed a green partner, it's a difficult case that just keeps getting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the midst of a Christmas blizzard: A baby on the doorstep. It's taken a long time and a little heartache, but Annie Sutton is finally following her dream of living on Martha's Vineyard. She fell in love with the island's singular beauty while using it as a setting for two of her novels. In her cozy rented cottage on Chappaquiddick, she's settling in for her first Vineyard winter--complete with a fierce nor'easter on the way, forecast to bring...
16) Warbreaker
Author
Series
Warbreaker volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
By using "breath" and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
17) Winter house
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Carol O'Connell's last novel, Dead Famous, made multiple best-of-year lists and won critical acclaim nationwide. "O'Connell brings a hard edge of greatness to the crime thriller," wrote the San Jose Mercury News. "A tough and brilliant action-, wit-, and surprise-packed novel."
But never has Mallory faced as many surprises as in the case before her now. It seems cut-and-dried at first: a burglar has been caught in the act and killed by an ice pick-wielding...
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...
19) A darker place
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
384 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Theology professor Anne Waverly is sent undercover by the FBI to infiltrate a religious cult in California. Initially ill-disposed to cults--her husband and daughter died in a mass suicide in Texas--Waverly discovers an organization genuinely devoted to rehabilitating troubled youth and even finds love. But as she rises to a top post in the cult's administration, an unpleasant surprise awaits her. By the author of With Child.
Author
Series
Cup of the world trilogy volume 1
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
418 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Phaedra, the willful daughter of a baron, sets off an unforeseeable chain of events and a battle between good and evil when she announces her intention to marry for love.