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Jack Morgan is a war hero. Returning home from Afghanistan after being wounded, Jack restarted his father's private investigation firm…
called 'Private'. Private's services are much sought-after and Jack has clients ranging from movie stars to politicians. On a rare night off accompanying a client to the Golden Globe awards, Jack receives a phone call from school friend Abbie Cushman. Abbie's wife has been murdered and he desperately needs Jack's help. The murder is brutal and with no apparent motive; fingers begin pointing towards Abbie. Jack is certain that Abbie didn't kill his wife, but he will have to work night and day to prove it. Followed by "Private London". 2010.
This brutally honest memoir takes a probing look at a very unusual and turbulent mother-daughter relationship. In 2002, Priscila Uppal…
summoned the courage to contact her mother, who had abandoned her family two decades earlier. The emotional reunion was alternately shocking, hopeful, humorous, and devastating. c2013.
At Private Berlin, agent Chris Schneider has disappeared. The Private team is led to an abandoned Nazi slaughterhouse where all…
hope vanishes. As Private digs further into Chris's past, a terrifying history is revealed, and they begin to suspect that someone very dangerous and very depraved is responsible for Chris's disappearance. Sequel to "Private games", followed by "Private L.A.". 2013.
With the best detectives in the business, cutting edge technology, and offices around the globe, there is no investigation company…
quite like Private. Now, at a glittering launch party overlooking the iconic Opera House, Private Sydney throws open its doors. Craig Gisto and his newly formed team have barely raised their glasses, however, when a young Asian man, blood-soaked and bullet-ridden, staggers into the party, and what looks like a botched kidnapping turns out to be a whole lot more. Within days the agency's caseload is full. But it is a horrific murder in the wealthy Eastern Suburbs and the desperate search for a motive that stretches the team to the limit. Sequel to "Private L.A.", followed by "Private India". 2014.
For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, a particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack…
Morgan, owner of Private the world's most exclusive detective agency, saved her from a horrific death. She has fled her country, but can't flee her past. The terror has followed her to London, and now it is down to former Royal Military Police Sergeant Dan Carter, head of Private London, to save her all over again. Sequel to "Private", followed by "Private #1 suspect". 2012.
The 2012 Olympics are hours away when a high-ranking member of the Games' organizing committee and his mistress are killed.…
A man calling himself Cronius writes a letter to newspaper reporter Karen Pope, claiming responsibility for the murders and threatening that more will die unless he can restore the Olympics to their ancient glory. Now, with private investigator Nigel Steele, Pope sets out to uncover the madman's real identity before more die. Sequel to "Private #1 suspect", followed by "Private Berlin". 2012.
When a former lover is found murdered in Jack's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While the police…
are investigating Jack, the mob strong arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals, and the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to quietly investigate a spree of murders occurring on their properties. Fighting for his life on both sides of the law, Jack realizes that he may not be able to save himself this time. Sequel to "Private London", followed by "Private games". 2012.
Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds--especially those…
with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women to five-star restaurants, splashy shows, and limo rides--and then he teaches them how to kill. Private's Jack Morgan spends most of his time in Los Angeles, where his top investigation firm has its headquarters. But a hunt for two criminals leads him to the city of sin--and to a murder ring that is more seductively threatening than anything he's witnessed before. Sequel to "Private India", followed by "Private Sydney". 2015.
Newford, 1972. After a childhood of abuse and drug addiction, Jilly Coppercorn (from "Widdershins", DC28984), is on her way to…
being a normal art school student when she runs into Donna Birch, her only friend from the bad old days. Donna takes Jilly into a realm similar to this world, but where things have a way of working out better. It's almost a paradise, a place where dreams are almost too easily realized, until Jilly realizes that the inhabitants are actually dead, souls whose lives were unfulfilled. Some strong language. 2007. (Newford series ; 22)
1857. When his daughter experiences a life-changing conversion to Christianity, a celebrated New York attorney takes the Holy Spirit to…
court in an attempt to win her back. With a hand-picked jury and a sympathetic judge, the atheistic attorney sues the church in which his daughter was saved, accusing them of teaching fictional religious concepts that will undermine America. A young defense attorney - boyfriend to the daughter and former intern to the celebrated lawyer - defends the church by attempting to prove the Holy Spirit exists, only to discover that the Holy Spirit is fully capable of proving himself. 2005.
Since her divorce, Elaine Zimmerman mistrusts men and has no interest in romance. Even though she and two friends have…
been vacationing together for years, she is not thrilled when they drag her on a romantic Caribbean cruise. Her qualms disappear when she meets appealing tablemate Sam Peck, but return when she learns that either she or one of her friends has been targeted for murder by an ex-husband. Some strong language. 1997.
Psychological police procedural set in Florence, Italy which features Salvatore Guarnaccia, Nabb's unpretentious marshal of the carabinieri who has a…
gift for dealing with difficult people. American-born Countess Olivia Brunamonti has been kidnapped. As the victim gives a graphic account of her ordeal, the reader shares her pain and fear. 2001.
This sequel to "To Know Her by Name" (DC18815) relates the story of Katherine, daughter of Jackie and Clayton Taggart.…
Katherine is working at an orphanage when she meets widower Chase McCandles. He chaperones her when she delivers two children to their new home. On the return trip, Katherine becomes ill and spends time at Chase's home where she meets his young son, Quintin, who needs a mother. c1997.
Since the early twentieth century, some of the fiercest and most eloquent critiques of Israel and Zionism have been made…
by Jewish thinkers, proposing solutions to the question of Palestine that range from a two-state solution to socialist internationalism. What links them is their belief that Israeli policies have been a disaster not only for Palestinians, but for Jews as well. 2004.
A collection of high-energy poems jolted by the philosophy and science of time. Sailing through the rhythms of a world…
made concrete by Samuel Johnson, before it was undone by Niels Bohr, Tierney uses his wit and legerdemain to grapple with the gap between what's seen and what's experienced. Winner of the 2013 Trillium Book Award for Poetry. c2012.
Princess Caroline, third in line to the British throne, needs Jack Morgan's skills. A close friend of the princess has…
gone missing, and she needs to be found before the media become aware of it. Morgan knows there is more to the case than he is being told. But what is the princess hiding? Sequel to "Private Delhi". 2018.
Examining official data from the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization, political commentator Johan Norberg traces…
just how far we have come in tackling the issues that define our species. While it's true that not every problem has been solved, we do now have a good idea of the solutions and we know what it will take to see this progress continue. 2017.
The sparks flying between Agent Caden Cooke and chef Mia Martin are undeniable. But when a drug dealer puts their…
lives in danger, they realize a love deeper than either expected. 2017.
When Posey's grandpa announces that he's marrying Posey's neighbor, Mrs. Romero, Posey is thrilled! She LOVES Mrs. Romero and she's…
going to be the flower girl! But then she learns that Mrs. Romero will be moving away, and her dog Hero, too. That is just about the worst news ever and Posey wants nothing to do with the wedding. Now no one is happy. Then Mrs. Romero has an idea-what if Hero stays with Posey? Posey jumps at the idea, but it turns out that makes Hero even more miserable than she was. Is Posey strong enough to do what will make everyone happy again? Grades K-3. 2018.
Hannah's world is in pieces and she doesn't need the school counsellor to tell her she has deep-seated psychological issues.…
With a seriously depressed mum, an injured dad and a dead sister, who wouldn't have problems? Hannah should feel terrible but for the first time in ages, she feels a glimmer of hope and isn't afraid anymore. Is it becaues the elusive Josh is taking an interest in her? Or does it run deeper than that? In a family torn apart by grief and guilt, one girl's struggle to come to terms with years of torment shows just how long old wounds can take to heal. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.