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Author
Series
Van Shaw novels volume 5
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
542 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An invitation addressed to his long-dead mother sparks Van Shaw's curiosity about the woman he barely knew. As he digs into young Moira Shaw's past, he uncovers startling details about her life, including her relationship to a boy named Sean Burke, a boy Moira may have been seeing when she became pregnant. Could this Burke be the biological father who abandoned Van before he was born? Although Van knows all too well that some doors shouldn't be opened,...
22) Rizzio
Author
Publisher
Polygon
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
118 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the evening of March 9th, 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered. Dragged from the chamber of the heavily pregnant Mary, Rizzio was stabbed fifty six times by a party of assassins. This breathtakingly tense novella dramatises the events that led up to that night, telling the infamous story as it has never been told before. A dark tale of sex, secrets and lies, Rizzio looks at a shocking historical...
23) Blackwater Falls
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Description
"Girls from immigrant communities have been disappearing for months in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls, but the local sheriff is slow to act and the fates of the missing girls largely ignored. At last, the calls for justice become too loud to ignore when the body of a star student and refugee--the Syrian teenager Razan Elkader--is positioned deliberately in a mosque. Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Seif of the Denver Police are recruited...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A story inspired by the Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou finds a woman reconnecting with her heritage when her missing husband reappears in the form of a charismatic preacher who does not recognize her.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
St. Martin's paperback edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 294 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, Scotland to start a job at The Cracked Spine. She doesn't know much about what she's gotten herself into, other than that the work sounds exciting, and that her new boss, Edwin MacAlister, has given her the opportunity of a lifetime. Edwin has promised that she'll be working with "a desk that has seen the likes of kings and queens, paupers and princes," and...
26) A dowry of blood
Author
Publisher
NYX Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband's dark secrets. With the lives of everyone she loves...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Zach Wells, a laconic geolist-slash-paleobiologist, has the trappings of a comfortable life, yet is not contented. He's expert in the geological history of a cave in the Grand Canyon, but less so where his wife and daughter are concerned. And when his daughter develops unusual vision problems and has a seizure, the world of this family of three crumbles. Powerless in the face of his daughter's slow deterioration, Wells finds a note asking for help...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1990], c1985
Physical Desc
145 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
From one of the country's most acclaimed and popular novelists comes a selection of a dozen short stories set in James Lee Burke's most beloved milieu, the Deep South. James Lee Burke has become a dedicated voice for the people of Louisiana, especially post-Katrina. This collection demonstrates the depth of his feeling for the state that has always been such a study in contrasts: rural and urban, old and new, wild and civilized. In this moving collection...
Author
Series
Jeeves and Wooster volume 12
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1990, c1954
Edition
First Perennial Library edition
Physical Desc
246 p. : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jeeves comes to the rescue when Bertie Wooster finds himself in possession of a stolen necklace, a possible trip to the altar with Lady Florence Craye, and facing the ire of Lady Craye's former admirer.
30) Phantom game
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Jove mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two predators collide with unbridled passion in this intoxicating GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. Jonas "Smoke" Harper has watched his brothers find their perfect mates, never imagining he'd actually meet someone who complements every part of him-even the monster that lurks within. But his instant connection with Camellia goes far beyond wanting the intelligent, beautiful, and lethal woman in his bed....
31) Vlad
Author
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
122 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
After centuries of war and blood shortages in Eastern Europe, an undead Vlad the Impaler moves to Mexico and offers eternal life to the only child of Yves and Asuncin̤ Navarro in exchange for their legal and real estate services.
32) Sword of destiny
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Revised trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Revised trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Geralt the Witcher has fought monsters and demons across the land, but even he might not be prepared for what is to come. The kings and their armies are maneuvering for position, each fearing invasion from across the river, each fearing their neighbors more. And after decades of oppression, the elves and other races are fighting back and fighting one another. With growing numbers preparing for battle, the threat of a devastating war looms ever greater....
34) Dead beat
Author
Series
Kate Brannigan mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Bloody Brits Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
232 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dead Beat introduces Kate Brannigan, a Thai boxing, rock-and-roll female private detective from Manchester. As a favor to her rock journalist boyfriend, Kate agrees to track down a missing song-writer Moira Pollock, a search that takes her into some of the seediest parts of Leeds and Bradford. But little does she realise that finding Moira is only a prelude to murder. Juggling her other cases, including a search to uncover the source of counterfeit...
35) Once dishonored
Author
Series
Rogues redeemed volume 5
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Zebra Books Mass-Market Paperback Printing edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"A man who has lost his honor has nothing ... London, 1816. As a Royal Navy officer, Lucas Mandeville, Lord Foxton, has fought his share of battles on the high seas, followed by long years of imprisonment. But on this night, he'd rather be on the burning deck of a ship than in a ballroom, where it is just a matter of time before someone challenges him because of what happened on the Continent. A woman who has lost her reputation is nothing ... When...
Author
Series
Lords of the Armory volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve years ago, brigadier Brandon Pearce, had to give up the girl he loved, Amelia Howard. Now he's the Earl of Sandhurst, but committed to stopping a criminal group that's threatening the lives of innocent people - including blackmailing Amelia's brother Frederick. Amelia is a grown woman with a past she desperately needs to keep hidden in order to save her brother Frederick's reputation. In an effort to avoid blackmail, Frederick needs to place...
37) Book boyfriend
Author
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A secret crush leads to a not-so-secret romance in this delightful romantic comedy from Kris Ripper. There are three things you need to know about Preston "PK" Harrington the third: 1) He's a writer, toiling in obscurity as an editorial assistant at a New York City publishing house. 2) He is not a cliché. No, really. 3) He's been secretly in love with his best friend, Art, since they once drunkenly kissed in college. When Art moves in with PK following...
38) Winterkill
Author
Series
Dark Iceland volume 6
Publisher
Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
225 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjörður, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. Ari Thór Arason is now a police inspector, but he's separated from his girlfriend, who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son. A family reunion is planned for the holiday, but a violent blizzard is threatening and there is an unsettling chill in the air. Three days before...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 14
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Summer has come to Scotland Street. The long days have prompted its denizens to engage in flights of fancy. Some, like the Duke of Johannesburg's plan to create a microlite seaplane, are literal flights, and some, like the vain Bruce Anderson's idea of settling down with one of his many admirers, are more metaphorical. With the domineering Irene off pursuing academic challenges, Stuart and Bertie are free to indulge in summer fun. Stuart reconnects...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021,
Edition
First Atria paperback edition
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence as a sin-eater, a sunned woman, brutally marked, whose fate is to hear the final confessions of the dying, all because she stole some bread.
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