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1) Razor girl
Author
Series
Andrew Yancy novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an innocent accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of the offending car is Merry Mansfield--the eponymous Razor Girl--so named for her unique, eye-popping addition to what might be an otherwise unexciting scam. But, of course--this is Hiaasen!--the scam is only the very beginning of a situation that's going to spiral crazily out...
Author
Language
English
Description
Charles Vincent seems to have it all a beautiful wife, two successful children, and a well-paying career. Yet happiness remains out of reach. He is trapped in a loveless marriage and his job is simply a paycheck. But his life changes forever one night as he drives along the Normandy coast, heading to their lavish ćhteau for the weekend. In one terrifying moment, Charles falls asleep at the wheel and veers off the road, plunging thirty feet down the...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
The lives of 91-year-old Ira Levinson, young cowboy Luke, and Wake Forest College senior Sophia Danko converge in an extraordinary and unexpected way as Ira clings to his wife Ruth's words and his memories and Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1960, Jennifer Stirling wakes in the hospital and remembers nothing--not the car accident that put her there, not her wealthy husband, not even her own name. Searching for clues, she finds an impassioned letter, signed simply "B," from a man for whom she seemed willing to risk everything. In 2003, journalist Ellie Haworth stumbles upon the letter and becomes obsessed with learning the unknown lovers' fate--hoping it will inspire her own happy ending....
5) Blame
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Pr
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
601 pages [Large Print]; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott BLAME The crash that killed him...Two years ago, Jane Norton crashed her car on a lonely road, killing her friend David and leaving her with amnesia. At first, everyone was sympathetic. Then they found Jane's note: I wish we were dead together. A girl to blame... From that day the town turned against her. But even now Jane is filled with questions: Why were they on that road? Why was she with David?...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
142 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lyman Felt has it all. Wealth, success, power and the kind of good solid wife he needs. Oh, and he also has another wife, the kind of earthy, sexy woman he wants. Lyman juggles his artful lie until a car accident on the slippery slope of Mt. Morgan lands him in a hospital bed and the two wives in the waiting room. But really, is there any such thing as "just an accident?"
Includes an interview with Robert M. Collins, author of Transforming America:...
Author
Publisher
N.A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
415 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
It all begins in modest Rockford, Illinois, where Charlotte starts to plot her escape practically from birth. Spiky and elusive, she becomes a big-time fashion model, then nearly dies in a car crash on a spontaneous trip back to her hometown. Her famous face is so thoroughly smashed that 80 titanium screws are used to reconstruct it; the result is a visage no one recognizes and a life in shambles. Charlotte's groping for a new sense of self is paired...
Author
Publisher
Madison Park Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
[Book club ed.].
Physical Desc
404 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ryan James, a former minor-league baseball player turned sports radio host, receives an anonymous tip about the unsolved hit-and-run accident that killed his wife three years prior live on the air, but the information points to a powerful New England family, and puts Ryan, his wife's brother "Babes," and the case's prosecutor in danger.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead--and the son of the other parent charged with manslaughter." -- Publisher annotation.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief and guilt in the wake of her sister's recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. And when they...
11) The kiss
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Bookspan large print ed.
Physical Desc
610 p. (large print) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this novel of compassion and courage, a solitary kiss changes lives forever when a man and a woman traveling together are involved in a horrific accident. It takes all their strength and courage to begin the long journey to recovery and heal the pain in their bodies as well as their spirits.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"A small-town Texas Christmas story, where hearts are lost, love is found, and family always brings you back home. Griffin Holloway is desperate: the Maverick Ranch has been in his family for generations, but lately, it's a money pit. He'd sooner marry one of his horses than sell the ranch. Marriage, though, could be a solution. If he can woo a wealthy bride, he might save the ranch--just in time for Christmas. Jaxon O'Grady likes his solitude just...
13) Midnight sun
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
479 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of a kind. Kat Martin's heroes are as rugged and tough as they come, but honor rules no matter how hot the temptation...
Call Hawkins just wants to be left alone and leave the past where it belongs. The bleak beauty of Dead Horse Creek is a perfect place to get away from the world...a place where nothing exists to remind him of everything he's lost. His isolation is complete--until Charity Sinclair arrives fresh from New York City. Stunningly...
14) Wish you well
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2007, ©2000
Edition
1st trade ed.
Physical Desc
x, 420 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The lives of twelve-year-old Lou and her younger brother, Oz, change forever in 1940 when an accident involving their parents results in their being uprooted from their New York City home and moved to live with their great-grandmother in the mountains of Virginia.
15) Changing lanes
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A minor traffic accident turns two perfect strangers into vicious adversaries waging an all-out war of personal destruction.
16) Two Rivers
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
373 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
T. Greenwood's new novel is a powerful, haunting tale of enduring love, destructive secrets, and opportunities that arrive in disguise . . .
In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since the death of his wife, Betsy, twelve years earlier, Harper has narrowed his world to working at the local railroad and raising his daughter, Shelly, the best way he knows how. Still wracked with sorrow over the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
261 pages; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Eve and Teddy Morrison are Savannah's power couple. They're on every artistic board and involved deeply in the community. And they have the wealth and name that comes from being part of an old Savannah family. But things aren't as good as they look. Eve and Teddy are fighting about her work, their marriage, and their daughter most of all. Teenaged Gwen is rebelling and Teddy is blaming this on Eve's preoccupation with work. The Morrison marriage...
18) The Lookout
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An admired high school hockey player with a bright future, drives in the night with his girl friend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. He is unable...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 159
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
818 pages, 61 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Three key works by the early twentieth-century author include the 'prophetic journalism' experiment of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Death in the Family, and the novella The Morning Watch
20) Bleed for this
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The inspirational story of world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza, who, after a near-fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports' most incredible comebacks.
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