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The custom of the army (Lord John Grey novel. #6.)
By Diana Gabaldon. 2012
London, 1759. After a high-society electric-eel party leads to a duel that ends badly, Lord John Grey feels the need…
to lie low for a while. Conveniently, before starting his new commission in His Majesty's army, Lord John receives an urgent summons. An old friend from the military, Charlie Carruthers, is facing court-martial in Canada, and has called upon Lord John to serve as his character witness. Grey voyages to the New World where he soon finds that he must defend not only his friend's life but his own. Sequel to “Lord John and the haunted soldier”, followed by “The Scottish prisoner”. 2012.The Elephant Man
By Frederick Drimmer. 1985
The emperor of Ocean Park
By Stephen L Carter. 2002
Judge Oliver Garland has just died - or was he murdered? His son, Tal, left with Oliver's cryptic last words,…
must unravel his father's life in order to solve the puzzle of his death. Unaccustomed to being a man of action, Tal must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life to follow the clues. 2002.The eleventh commandment: A Novel
By Jeffrey Archer. 1998
Connor Fitzgerald has worked for the CIA for twenty-eight years, although his family thinks he works for Maryland Insurance. Now…
his boss, Helen Dexter, is out to destroy him. After Connor manages to eliminate a Colombian presidential candidate, he is sent to Russia--supposedly at the president's request--to assassinate a candidate there. But Connor is the one scheduled to die. 1998.The hellfire club
By Jake Tapper. 2018
Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor died mysteriously, Charlie is…
struggling to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, DC, alongside his young wife Margaret, a zoologist with ambitions of her own. But when Charlie discovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of governance, he has to fight not only for his principles and his newfound political career, but for his life. 2018.The highwayman (Walt Longmire mystery.)
By Craig Johnson. 2016
When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred to the beautiful and imposing landscape of the Wind River Canyon, an…
area the troopers refer to as no-man's-land because of the lack of radio communication, she starts receiving "officer needs assistance" calls. The problem? They're coming from Bobby Womack, a legendary Arapaho patrolman who met a fiery death in the canyon almost a half-century ago. With an investigation that spans this world and the next, Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear take on a case that pits them against a legend: the Highwayman. Bestseller. 2016.The host: a novel
By Stephenie Meyer. 2009
The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their…
bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Includes strong language, sex and violence. 2009.The house gun
By Nadine Gordimer. 1998
Harald and his doctor wife Claudia are faced with a son who has committed the unimaginable, who has disregarded the…
sanctity of human life. The parents and Duncan find themselves in the hands of a flamboyant black advocate, in a country where the death penalty is still on the statute book. 1998.The house by the sea
By Nicola Thorne. 2003
To Clare Trafford, busy working on a biography of Joan of Arc, the charming coastal town of Port St Pierre…
seems the perfect place to continue her research. Overlooking the bay stands the dominating Chateau des Moulins, home of the de Frigecourts, an aristocratic French family plagued by misfortune. When Clare discovers that the estate is built on the site of St. Joan's prison, an ancient curse she had long dismissed as legend looms as deadly fact. 2003.The hot zone: A Terrifying True Story
By Richard Preston. 1994
Preston chronicles human encounters with the Marburg and Ebola viruses, among the most lethal viruses known. He discusses the effects…
of the viruses on people infected with them, and suggests that they have emerged as the world's jungles and rain forests have been destroyed. He also describes outbreaks of the viruses, particularly an outbreak of a strain of Ebola among monkeys imported to the United States, and how the outbreak was contained. Strong language and explicit descriptions of violence. 1994.The hot rock
By Donald E Westlake. 1970
Thieves make five separate attempts to steal a sacred emerald and succeed each time. The hilarious capers include raids on…
the New York Coliseum, the Utopia Park prison, an insane asylum, and a vault in a Fifth Avenue bank. Followed by "Bank shot." Some strong language. 1970.The house in Amalfi
By Elizabeth Adler. 2005
Lamour Harrington decides to leave her Chicago home and career behind to return to the Italy of her childhood. Nico…
Pirata, the heir to the Castello Pirata, sweeps her off her feet. But why does his father Lorenzo hate a woman he only ever knew as an innocent child? As Lorenzo plots to make Lamour leave Amalfi forever, long-hidden secrets come to dangerous life again. 2005.The hours (Picador Modern Classics Ser.)
By Michael Cunningham. 1998
The spirit of Virginia Woolf permeates the lives of several American readers as evidenced in this trio of tales about…
the author Woolf, a New Yorker planning a party to honour a writer, and a young mother reading Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Some strong language. Bestseller. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 1998.The hour of the Lily
By John Kruse. 1987
Soviet intelligence officer Andrei Yakushev is pledged to destroy the leader of an underworld network in Afghanistan. CIA agent Mike…
McCabe is dropped behind the lines and is destined to play a crucial role in the series of events that unfold. 1987.The hate u give
By Angie Thomas. 2017
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school…
she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police officer - and Khalil was unarmed. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.The heir (Recorded Books inspirational)
By Paul Robertson. 2007
When New England's premier powerbroker dies, his 28-year-old son Jason is surprised to find he is the sole heir. At…
first, Jason angrily rejects this billion-dollar bequest. But he's gradually seduced by the very power and prestige he despises. When he finally starts to right past wrongs, however, a series of murders sends him fleeing for his life. 2007.The Holland suggestions
By John Dunning. 2001
A mysterious photograph unlocks a Pandora's Box of Jim Ryan's memories, and lures him on a terrifying journey toward the…
shocking truth about the mother of his daughter, about himself, and about a past experiment in terror. 2001.The hit list
By Chris Ryan. 2000
When Robert Maxwell is assassinated at sea by an unknown agency, it can only be a matter of time before…
the dark secret at the heart of the British Establishment is exposed to the light of day. SAS soldier Neil Slater has left the army. While trying to make a new life for himself as a teacher, terrorists attempt the kidnap of one of his pupils. Slater intervenes, and the episode ends violently. Dismissed from the school, it seems that he is to be drawn back into the covert world. Includes sex. 2000.The honourable schoolboy
By John Le Carré. 1977
The hand of Robin Squires
By Joan Clark. 1981