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The goldfinch: [a novel]
By Donna Tartt. 2013
Aged 13, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise…
tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. Bestseller. Pulitzer Prize winner. 2013.The games (Private series. #12.)
By James Patterson, Mark T Sullivan. 2016
Also published as "Private Rio". Two years ago Jack Morgan - the head of the renowned worldwide investigation firm Private…
- was in charge of security for the World Cup in Bazil. During the championship final, the action nearly spilled from the field into the stands. Fortunately, Jack and his team averted disaster on football's biggest stage. Now he has returned to Rio to secure the Olympics. But before the torch is lit, the threats come fast and furious as Jack discovers that someone is trying to sabotage the games. A lethal plan put in motion during the World Cup is set to decimate Rio, and turn the Olympics from a worldwide celebration into a horrifying spectacle. Bestseller. 2016.The great alone
By Kristin Hannah. 2018
Lenora Allbright is 13 when her father convinces her mother, Cora, to forgo their inauspicious existence in Seattle and move…
to Kaneq, Alaska. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. Locals want to help out, especially classmate Matthew Walker, who likes everything about Leni. Yet the harsh conditions bring out the worst in Ernt, whose paranoia takes over their lives and exacerbates what Leni sees as the toxic relationship between her parents. Bestseller. 2018.The gods of guilt (Mickey Haller. #5.)
By Michael Connelly. 2013
Defense attorney Mickey Haller learns that a former client - a prostitute he thought he had put on the straight…
and narrow path - had returned to her old life in L.A. when she was murdered. Haller blames himself for her death. Bestseller. 2013.The future without hope (The world without end. #3.)
By Nazarea Andrews. 2014
Separated from Finn, captive of the Order, Nurrin has no hope left. But she has survived twenty years of zombies,…
and she has the unshakable faith that Finn will find her. But Finn is a long way away. The Order's influence runs deeper than was ever suspected, and politics are shifting--and zombies may not be the most dangerous thing she's facing. Finn always thought the war stripped him of all he had to lose. But with Nurrin missing and doors closing in his face, he realizes there is always more for the world to take--and he will drag the remains of civilization down with him before he gives up on the only promise that matters. Sequel to "The horde without end", followed by "The ruin of the world". 2014.The gifted: a Joanne Kilbourn mystery (Joanne Kilbourn mysteries. #14.)
By Gail Bowen. 2013
Jo and Zack are both proud and a little concerned when their youngest daughter Taylor has two paintings chosen for…
a high-level fund-raising auction. One they've seen; the other, Taylor has carefully guarded in her studio. When the hidden painting is finally revealed it sparks a new kind of relationship between Taylor and her model, and becomes the centre of a series of troubling incidents. Includes sex and violence. c2013.The gathering storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time (Wheel of time. #12.)
By Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson. 2009
Rand al’Thor struggles with internal conflict while seeking to unite the fractured kingdoms for Tarmon Gai’don, the last battle. Meanwhile…
Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, tries to mend the divisions. Sequel to “Knife of dreams”. Followed by “Towers of Midnight». 2009.The gingerbread girl
By Stephen King. 2008
In the emotional aftermath of her baby's sudden death, Em starts running. Soon she runs from her husband, to the…
airport, down to the Florida Gulf and out to the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key, where her father has offered the use of a conch shack he has kept there for years. Em keeps up her running'barefoot on the beach, sneakers on the road'and sees virtually no one. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. 2008.The girl who loved tom gordon
By Stephen King. 1999
While her brother and mother argue up ahead on the Maine hiking trail, nine-year-old Trisha stops to relieve herself and…
becomes lost for days in the wilderness. Her imaginary conversations with Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon help her cope with the evil thing that's following her. 1999.The great and secret show
By Clive Barker. 1989
Armageddon begins quickly. It is 1971. In the small Californian town of Palomo Grove four girls go swimming in a…
mysterious and haunted lake. Nine months later several children are born. Their prize is the Art, the greatest power known to mankind. Dreams will be made real. At last the grove will see the Great and Secret Show. It will never be the same again; nor will the world. Strong language. Followed by "Everville" (DC17398). 1989. (Book of the art ; 1)The girl who was Saturday night
By Heather O'Neill. 2014
Gorgeous twins Noushcka and Nicolas Tremblay live with their grandfather Loulou in a tiny, sordid apartment on St. Laurent Boulevard.…
Hopelessly promiscuous, wildly funny and infectiously charming, they are also the children of the legendary Québécois folksinger Étienne Tremblay, who was as famous for his brilliant lyrics about working-class life as he was for his philandering bon vivant lifestyle and his fall from grace. Known by the public since they were children, the two siblings have never been allowed to be ordinary. On the eve of their twentieth birthday, the twins’ self-destructive shenanigans catch up with them when Noushcka agrees to be beauty queen in the local St. Jean Baptiste Day parade. The media spotlight returns, and the attention of a relentless journalist exposes the cracks in the family’s relationships. Bestseller. 2014.The ghosts of Sleath (The david Ash Ser. #Bk. 2)
By James Herbert. 1994
When sightings of ghosts are reported in Sleath, a small and usually peaceful village in the Chiltern Hills, David Ash,…
a psychic investigator, is sent to investigate. What he uncovers there drives him to the very edge of insanity and in the final night of horror, awesome and malign forces are unleashed in the supernatural storm that threatens to consume the village. Sequel to "Haunted", followed by "Ash". 1994.The force
By Don Winslow. 2017
Denny Malone is the "King of Manhattan North," a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of "Da…
Force," an elite special unit. Only a few know that Malone is a dirty cop. Now he's in a trap and must walk the thin line. Bestseller. 2017.The Fuller memorandum (Laundry files novel. #3.)
By Charles Stross. 2011
Covert agent Bob Howard is learning about a top-secret dossier that vanishes with his boss. Determined to discover the contents…
of this memorandum, Howard runs afoul of Russian spies, ancient demons, and apostles of a hideous cult planning to raise the Eater of Souls from the undead. Sequel to "The Jennifer morgue", followed by "The apocalypse codex". 2011.The forgotten: a Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery. #13.)
By Faye Kellerman. 2001
Hate crime leads to murder after a small synagogue is vandalized. As Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD detective Peter…
Decker, investigate, they learn their son, Jacob, knows the teenage suspect, Ernesto Golding. Then Golding and his therapist are found dead. Some strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to "Stalker", followed by "Stone kiss". 2001.The fortunate brother
By Donna Morrissey. 2016
Kyle is still mourning his dead older brother, Chris. But soon the murder and drowning of a local bully, Clar…
Gillard, proves more than distracting as the police cordon off the Now house. The victim's blood was found on the family's pier, and suspicion falls first on Clar's alienated wife, then in the Now family. Behind the turmoil is the quieter but no less intense drama of the aftermath of Chris's death. Father Sylvanus Now drowns his sorrow in a bottle, and mother Addie is facing breast cancer. Tension exists between Kyle and Sylvie Now, unresolved as long as Kyle fails to confront his anger over his sister's role in getting Chris a job on the oil rig. As the mystery of who killed Clar Gillard unfolds, other deeper secrets are revealed. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award and the 2017 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.. 2016.The fire dragon (Dragon mage. #3.)
By Katharine Kerr. 2001
In the year 850, Prince Maryn prepares to assume the throne. The ill-fated love affair between the prince and the…
magical Lilli comes to an end. Raena and Rhodry continue their rivalry two centuries later. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The Black Raven". c2001. (Dragon mage ; 3)The fireman: [a novel]
By Joe Hill. 2016
When a bizarre virulent plague breaks out in the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse…
resolves to survive until her baby is born, and receives protection from a mysterious infected man who uses his fire symptoms to help others. Bestseller. 2016.The feast of All Souls
By Simon Bestwick. 2016
Alice Collier moves back to the suburb of Crawbeck, on a hill outside the English city of Manchester, following the…
end of her marriage and loss of her daughter. Her new house looks ordinary, but sometimes, the world outside the windows isn’t the one you expect to see. John Revell, an old flame of Alice’s, reluctantly comes to her aid when the house begins to reveal its secrets. The hill on which it sits is a place of legends – of Old Harry, the Beast of Crawbeck, of the Virgin of the Height and of the mysterious Red Man – and home to the secrets of the shadowy Arodias Thorne. And now Alice and John are all that stand between him and rest of our world. 2016.The fallen (Amos Decker. #4.)
By David Baldacci. 2018
There's something going on in Baronville, Pennsylvania, that might be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of…
the country. Decker and Jamison must pull out all the stops to solve their latest case. Bestseller. Sequel to "The fix". 2018.