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Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things…
out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims under false pretenses, murder or rape, and escape safely. And then he sets up others to take the fall for his crimes, planting incontrovertible evidence. Rhyme, Sachs and the rest of the team have to find out who at the huge, ominous data mining company is getting access to this information. Meanwhile the villain - known only by a number to us - realizes he's being pursued and turns his knowledge of data and information into a weapon. Sequel to "The cold moon"; followed by "The burning wire". Includes strong language. 2009. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 8)
A wealthy benefactor dreams of restoring a vast Montana grassland to its natural state, where wolf and buffalo can roam…
freely. But his noble dream threatens the local ranchers and farmers, who oppose the plan in order to protect their traditional way of life. 1998.
Detective Joe Cashin has returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the…
nightmares fade from his last case. His quiet life is interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent community member. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community but Cashin's not so sure, as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice. Strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.
The secrecy that surrounds Freemasonry has traditionally been its greatest strength. However, it has become its greatest enemy as recent…
scandals concerning police and local authority corruption have brought certain aspects of Masonic influence into question. 1983.
Examines the writings and public roles of three French intellectuals - Léon Blum, Albert Camus, and Raymond Aron - to…
explore the importance of moral integrity and personal responsibility in the political debates of the twentieth century. Concludes that, unlike many others, they have won public respect by addressing anti-Semitism, decolonization, and communism. 1998.
A collection of stories hinged on the deep human thirst for contact, for emotional reciprocity amid fracture and disconnect. In…
one story, a man goes through five possible versions of a day to find the right ending; in another, pubescent boys in sumo wrestler costumes sweat it out in a suburban backyard. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2002.
Set in Leningrad in 1941 against Hitler's invasion of Russia, this story tells of the impossible love between a Russian…
girl, Tatiana, and a young officer named Alexander. It is a love that could tear Tatiana's family apart and it carries a secret that could mean death for anyone who hears it. Followed by "The bridge to Holy Cross" (DC33402). 2000.
A look at what makes a bully, a victim, and a bystander, and what can be done to stop each…
of these from happening. Possible points of change include parents, teachers, and community. 2002.
Pasricha is back with a collection of hundreds more awesome things from his website, as well as never-before-seen extraordinary moments…
that deserve celebration. Some include: when your windshield wipers match the beat of the song you're listening to, letting go of the gas pump perfectly so you end on a round number, and when a baby falls asleep on you. Bestseller. c2011.
A journalist's report on the 1979-80 season of the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team. A revealing look at the world…
of professional basketball--players, coaches, owners, media, money, fans, pressures and animosities. 1981.
Lydia Fairmont will lose everything if she doesn't honour her betrothal to a heartless banker. Unless she marries someone else…
instead, whether it's a love match or not. Determined to honour his own decade-old promise to help Lydia, undercover agent Gideon Yarbro carries her off to Stone Creek, Arizona, and makes her his reluctant wife. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. c2009. (Stone Creek novel)
Lady Irene Wyngate has sworn she'll never marry, keeping suitors at bay with her caustic tongue. But there is one…
man she can't scare: Gideon, long-lost heir to the Earl of Radbourne, who was kidnapped as a child and grew up tough on the London streets. Matchmaker Francesca Haughston asks for Irene's help to civilize Gideon for marriage, and as she reluctantly begins to yield to love, wicked family secrets come to light, with devastating consequences for the reluctant lovers. Strong language, descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. 2008.
Events manager Sylvie Smith is organizing a glittering fund-raising event: a wedding show in a stately home. She has even…
been roped into pretending to be a bride. A bride who's five months pregnant. It should be every girl's dream to design a wedding with no expense spared, but it's not Sylvie's. 2008.
The Briar King is waking from his slumber to an unknown but cataclysmic end. Dark agents are afoot in the…
land, stirring war and edging an ancient prophecy closer to fulfillment. In destiny's path are a king's woodsman, his headstrong lover, a bookworm priest, a cocksure swordsman, and the embattled kingdom of Crotheny. Explicit descriptions of violence. Followed by "The charnel prince" (DC26181). 2003. (The kingdoms of Thorn and Bone ; 1)
Not even her own recent nuptials can keep Sarah Deane from probing a local mystery. The happy event is marred…
by the morning-after discovery of a corpse in the stable, and it becomes apparent that Sarah and Alex may have seen the killer dancing at their wedding. 1994.
An old-fashioned historical romance first published in 1939. Charles II, barely eighteen and in exile in the Hague, attempts to…
rally the remaining royalists after his father's execution by Cromwell. Meanwhile Louise, a lovely cousin of the new king, falls passionately in love with the Marquis of Montrose, a gallant Scottish general. As Louise waits impatiently in Holland, her beloved Montrose dares to return home to avenge the old king's death. 1984, c1939.
He'd saved the mysterious beauty from drowning and Trevor Marlowe knew his life would never be the same. The celebrated…
restaurateur couldn't have predicted how passionately he'd fall for his beautiful catch - a woman who couldn't tell him who she was. She couldn't remember her life before the compelling stranger rescued her. She only knew that this kind, sexy man made her feel they had a future together - even if she had no clue about her past. 2009.
Marianne had been thrilled when Hudson de Sance proposed. But she'd also been haunted by a secret scandal that could…
hurt Hudson. Marianne was determined to protect her new fiance - even if that meant disappearing from his life. But Hudson had found her, still determined to make her his bride. Marianne found her resolve weakening, but what would happen once the wedding was over? 1998.
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and…
flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. For Senior High readers. 2009.
Philip Wardman falls for a beautiful, enigmatic woman he meets at his sister's wedding. Philip abhors any depiction of violent…
death, but Senta believes they should each kill someone to prove their love for each other. Some descriptions of sex. 1989.