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Final two mysteries in the original fifty-eight titles of the detective series. In The Sting of the Scorpion, Joe and…
Frank witness an explosion in the sky. Intrigued, their investigation takes them to an animal park where a trap awaits them. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1978
Weezie, from The Little Book (DB 67540), returns to New England. Guided by Wheeler's book, which records major events in…
Weezie's life and America's future, Weezie navigates the tumultuous early twentieth century and fights to ensure the survival of Arnauld Esterhazy. Some descriptions of sex. 2012
Gladdy and her gang return from their New York trip to find the case of the grandpa bandit waiting for…
them. But then a Florida hurricane unearths an old skeleton, putting the sleuths on a much more dangerous mission. Meanwhile, Jack and Gladdy try to find privacy. Some strong language. 2008
Broke and depressed, Ben takes a Fundamentals of Caregiving course and goes to work for Trev, an angry teen with…
severe muscular dystrophy. His own personal tragedies haunt Ben as he pushes Trev to demand more from life. A madcap road trip offers both some relief from hopelessness. Strong language. 2012
Miami-Dade. Female detective Joe Frye tells her lover PI Louis Kincaid about a case that has haunted her since her…
rookie days in Michigan. The discovery of human bones led Joe and her colleagues to a serial killer who then set his sights on Joe. Violence and strong language. 2007
When the Secretary of the Navy’s nephew tells him that two colleagues at a naval base are committing fraud, he…
is skeptical and reluctant to start an official investigation. So he asks Speaker of the House John Mahoney to send his fixer, Joe DeMarco, to check out the story. DeMarco and his friend Emma, a semi-retired intelligence agent, soon realize that what they thought was a low-stakes government swindle is something far more terrifying. Soon they’re mixed up in a deadly conflict with Chinese spies, and not only is Emma’s life in danger, but Mahoney’s is as well.
Key West, Florida; 1935. To cover her family's expenses, nineteen-year-old Mariella disguises herself as a boy and bets on a…
boxing match refereed by Ernest Hemingway. She is hired as a maid by the author and falls in love with boxer Gavin Murray, a WWI veteran. Strong language. 2012
England, 1600s. Orphan John Saturnall, the son of a proclaimed witch, rises in the kitchen ranks at Buckland Manor and…
becomes the estate cook. As the English Civil War begins, he falls in love with the daughter of the house, Lady Lucretia. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2012
Thirty-year-old Emma Bailey, a preacher's daughter, is tired of enduring her family's matchmaking attempts and hearing their concerns about her…
single state. She announces that she has permanently stopped dating--but her former boyfriend Steve and her neighbor Brian distract Emma from her plan. 2010
A history of Bonapartists who, after Napoleon's 1815 defeat at Waterloo, fled to the Western Hemisphere. Describes plots, led by…
Napoleon's brother Joseph, to rescue Napoleon from exile and create a Bonapartist empire in America. Presents accounts of former French generals and disgruntled Englishmen who joined South American revolutionaries. 2009
A fictionalized account of the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello through the eyes of three of…
his slaves--two of them his sons by his servant Sally Hemings. The children grapple with their father's contradictions. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2011
To comfort his soul mate Meredith, Sam Elling creates a software program that emulates the online communications of Meredith's recently…
deceased grandmother. He and Meredith start a company with the program and have to deal with the consequences. Strong language. 2012
Shelter Bay, Oregon. When Irish movie star Mary Joyce agrees to attend the town's first film festival, former marine J.T.…
Douchett reluctantly falls in love with the star as he protects her from overzealous fans. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
When Sinclair Hotels cuts its promised funding for Saving Grace, a residential home for young women, Lucy Wiltshire is outraged…
and heartbroken. Then aspiring politician Alex Sinclair proposes a plan--he will fund Saving Grace if Lucy helps his campaign by accepting his marriage proposal. 2011
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2012 summary of benefits provided to eligible individuals. Covers health care, service-related disabilities, pensions, education…
and training, home loans, life insurance, burial and memorial benefits, transition assistance, and dependents and survivors. 2012
With their house in foreclosure, siblings India, Mouse, and Finn go to live with their uncle Red in Colorado until…
their mother can join them. But when the plane lands, the children find themselves in a very strange place and wonder how--or why--to get back. For grades 5-8. 2011
A frozen-food delivery driver finds a suitcase containing a woman's corpse in his van. Examining the crime scene, detective Nikki…
Heat realizes the luggage was stolen from her mother a decade ago--the night she was murdered. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2012
Final installment of the trilogy that began with Child 44 (DB 67117) and The Secret Speech (DB 70701) spans decades…
in the life of former Moscow secret policeman Leo Demidov. After a goodwill mission to Manhattan ends in tragedy for his family, heartbroken Demidov is determined to investigate. Violence. 2012
Paradise, Massachusetts. Police chief Jesse Stone is determined to make Courtney Cassidy a safe driver after watching the privileged teen…
cause a bad accident while texting. Meanwhile, an actress filming a movie in Paradise needs protection from her abusive estranged husband. Strong language and some violence. 2012
Selection of thirty essays that originally appeared in Condé Nast Traveler between 1988 and 2011. In "The Peak of My…
Desire" Russell Banks--author of The Lost Memory of Skin (DB 74780)--reminisces about his attempt to climb the Andes in Ecuador. 2011