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She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the case remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago....
2) White hot
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
688 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
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English
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When she hears that her younger brother Danny has committed suicide, Sayre Lynch relents from her vow never to return to Destiny, the small Louisiana town in which she grew up. She plans to leave immediately after the funeral, but instead soon finds herself drawn into the web cast by Huff Hoyle, her controlling and tyrannical father, the man who owns the town's sole industry, an iron foundry, and in effect runs the lives of everyone who lives there....
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
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198 p. ; 20 cm.
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English
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Dominic and Clarice Corde think they've come to Brunswick Gardens to replace the local vicar who is away on Christmas holiday. When the vicar is discovered brutally murdered and stashed in the cellar however, it puts a different spin on things altogether. Now they must solve his murder in what is becoming a dangerously snowbound village with an equally dangerous killer on the loose. As the killer is revealed, the true meaning of Christmas is also...
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Spenser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now she is a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him.
5) High noon
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2007
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467 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Savannah's chief hostage negotiator Phoebe MacNamara struggles to deal with the threats of an unknown assailant, who is intent on striking fear in her heart, her agoraphobic mother and precocious seven-year-old daughter, and a local businessman who wants to pursue a romantic relationship with her.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
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Doubleday large print home library ed.
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viii, 514 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
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English
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Marrying the son of her father's wealthy employer, twenty-eight-year-old gardener's daughter Kay Lansing becomes increasingly disturbed by the suspicion surrounding her husband, Peter, in regard to the mysterious deaths of his first wife and a high-school senior.
7) The séance
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date
c2007
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377 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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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.
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In the 1940s, former Beverly Hills police officer Rick Barron, now working as head of production at a film studio and directing a Oscar-worthy motion picture, learns that his wife, starlet Glenna Gleason, and screenwriter, Sidney Brooks, are suspected of communism by the U.S. government, setting in motion a series of scandals and murders.
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
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312 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Pitt investigates the murder of a maid at Buckingham Palace, narrowing his group of suspects down to several house guests who are meeting with the Prince of Wales to discuss the funding of a huge project: the Cape to Cairo railway. While the Prince might overlook the unfortunate loss of a maid, the Queen, who is due back soon, will likely veto any Royal support in the scheme if she finds out.
10) The ghost war
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
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383 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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When the CIA finds evidence of a surge in Taliban activity, backed by an unknown foreign power, CIA agent John Wells returns to Afghanistan to investigate.
11) Heart and soul
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English
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With the warmth, humor and compassion we've come to expect, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic, and agrees to take it on for a year. Before long it is an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave this place...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
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367 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Collects twelve short stories by Stephen King on the theme of relationships, including new stories and previously released material such as "The Gingerbread Girl," "The Things They Left Behind," and "The Cat from Hell."
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Large print edition
Physical Desc
507 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
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English
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On a bright Saturday afternoon on the Washington Mall, the daughter of presidential candidate Robert Colgate's closest friend is kidnapped. The abduction rocks the nation's capital, but no one is prepared for the bombshell about to hit the city, an explosive development that erupts when Detectives Hall and Jackson uncover a shocking connection between the kidnapping and the murder of a Washington, D.C. call girl--and a killer whom no one will see...
14) Tailspin
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are assigned to protect Dr. MacLean, a physician with frontal lobe dementia that could compromise his ability to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality. With a patient list made up of Washington movers and shakers, MacLean's role as a keeper of secrets is jeopardized as well. Is there someone out there so desperate that they'd kill the doctor for what he knows? It is up to Jackson, Savich, and Sherlock...
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Four young women haunted by unspeakable memories and losses, afraid to begin to hope, find salvation in the bonds of friendship and shared experience even as they confront the challenge of re-creating themselves in a strange new country. Based on the extraordinary true story of the October 1945 rescue of more than two hundred Jewish prisoners from the Atlit internment camp outside Haifa.
16) The help
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"With more than 3 million copies sold, the #1 New York Times bestseller is now available in a special gift edition. A modern classic, The Help has been a cultural touchstone for the millions of readers who have cheered on Skeeter, laughed with Minny, and hissed at Hilly. The noble and strong Aibileen has become a heroine for countless fans whose letters have poured in from all over the world. Now the bestselling and beloved book is available in a...
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Thorndike
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Large Print edition
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479 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Emily, one of three friends inseparable since childhood, becomes a pawn in a plan to save one life at the expense of another.
Emily Wallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor and heart-transplant recipient, is given a plum assignment--the murder trial of theatrical agent Gregg Aldrich, accused of murdering his wife. During the trial, Emily experiences sentiments that defy all reason and continue after Gregg Aldrich's fate is...
18) KnockOut
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English
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FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock travel to Virginia and Georgia in their search for a missing girl who has the ability to link telepathically with others, and, as they race to save the child, they encounter a vicious, controlling man known as Uncle Blessed who will stop at nothing to keep the agents away from his prey.
19) Little Bee
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English
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A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.
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Stone Barrington novels volume 16
Thorndike Press large print basic
A Stone Barrington novel volume 16
Sone Barrington volume 16
Thorndike Press large print basic
A Stone Barrington novel volume 16
Sone Barrington volume 16
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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Former New York police officer Stone Barrington is hired to search for a man in Key West whose father needs his signature to sell the family business, but when he finally tracks him down, Stone learns the man believes his father poisoned his brother and hired a hit man to kill him and has ulterior motives for wanting to sell, prompting Stone to do some further investigating.
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