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The Golden Phoenix
By Charles Mossop. 2016
The Golden Phoenix, a priceless objet d’art, has been the subject of mystical stories and legends for nearly three hundred…
years. British sinologist Dr. Gillian Howard is commissioned by Stephen Yang, a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, to find the Phoenix, or prove its existence to be a myth. Her search takes her from London to Beijing and back as she scours ancient manuscripts, diaries and history books following a twisting trail of intrigue, deception and violent death. As her work continues, she is drawn ever deeper into Yang’s dangerous scheme with nearly a hundred million dollars at stake. Her job finished, she faces the choice of walking away or revealing the truth about Stephen Yang and The Golden Phoenix. 2016.The guardian (O'Malley family series. #2)
By Dee Henderson. 2001
U.S. Marshal Marcus O'Malley tries to protect a beautiful woman from the unknown killers who want her dead because she…
has witnessed a murder. Sequel to "The negotiator", followed by "The truth seeker". 2001.The guest list
By Fern Michaels. 2000
After their parents died mysteriously, young Abby and Mallory Evans were adopted by their uncle. Shortly afterwards, Mallory was institutionalized…
because of her behaviour. Now as adults, the sisters are reunited, but someone wants the past kept hidden. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. c2000.The Gulf conspiracy
By Ken McClure. 2004
When a vaccine designed by British scientists becomes contaminated in a freak accident, military leaders decide that it must remain…
a secret. Twelve years later veterans are dying from a 'Gulf War Syndrome'. Dr George Sebring, the British scientist responsible for the vaccine, has been found murdered. Yet doubts about the existence of the syndrome still exist even though thousands of veteran troops are continuing to die in their own homes. The pressure on those that know the truth is growing. 2004.The great train robbery
By Michael Crichton. 1975
The gripping beast
By Margot Wadley. 2001
When Isabel Garth's father dies, she travels to the Orkney Islands to illustrate the journals of his early life there.…
On Isabel's arrival, local 'witch' Thora warns her of grave danger. After a series of personal mishaps, the menace escalates with trouble over a Viking treasure and Thora's murder. An old fashioned mystery with lots of atmosphere. 2001.The Goodfellow chronicles: book one : The sacred seal (Goodfellow chronicles. #1.)
By Judith Mills. 2001
Sam and his small companion Mr. Goodfellow embark on a journey to find a missing professor and a legendary scroll.…
Their adventures soon find them fighting off the evil Fen, the devious Professor Mandrake, and his nasty son Basil, all the while attempting to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Grades 4-7. (The Goodfellow chronicles ; 1) 2001.The good daughter: a novel
By Karin Slaughter. 2017
Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their…
family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father--Pikeville's notorious defense attorney--devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night. Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself--the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again--and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized--Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Bestseller. 2017.The dying crapshooter's blues (Southern voices audio)
By David Fulmer. 2007
On the same night a drunk cop shoots a gambler, a haul of priceless jewels is stolen - setting the…
stage for a mystery as complex and steeped in the blues as the city of Atlanta itself. 2007.The dogs
By Allan Stratton. 2015
Cameron and his mom have been on the run for five years. His father is hunting them. At least, that’s…
what Cameron’s been told. When they settle in an isolated farmhouse, Cameron starts to see and hear things that aren’t possible. Soon he’s questioning everything he thought he knew - including his own sanity. What’s hiding in the night? Buried in the past? Cameron must uncover the dark secrets before they tear him apart. For junior high and older readers. Winner of the 2016 Red Maple Fiction Award. Winner of the 2017 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. 2015.The eight
By Katherine Neville. 2006
For centuries a secret has been carefully hidden from those who would abuse its power. One daring and enigmatic woman…
gives her life to defy the rules and protect history from changing course forever. With France aflame in revolution, and the power of her king checked, the nuns of Montglane Abbey are forced to unearth a secret buried for a thousand years within their fortress walls. As the women scatter across the world they take with them the pieces of a mythical chess set given to Charlemagne by eight mysterious Moors. Embedded in each piece of the chess service is a code. 2006.The eagle's conquest (Eagle series ; #2)
By Simon Scarrow. 2002
43 AD. Centurion Macro and his young subordinate, Optio Cato, arrive on British soil as one of Emperor Claudius's invasion…
force. In a series of bloody skirmishes, Macro and the desperately outnumbered Roman army must find and defeat the enemy before he grows strong enough to overwhelm them. When rumours of an assassination attempt coincide with the Emperor's arrival in Britain, the soldiers realise they are up against another force - one more ruthless than their acknowledged enemy. Sequel to "Under the eagle" (DC37658), followed by "When the eagle hunts" (DC39137). Some descriptions of sex and violence, explicit strong language. 2002. (Eagle series ; 2)The devil's light
By Richard North Patterson. 2011
August 2011. Terrorist operative Amer Al Zaroor masterminds and executes the theft of a Pakistani military weapon: a 200-pound nuclear…
warhead, capable of causing destruction on a mass scale. A chilling transmission is then broadcast to the world, in which Osama Bin Laden pledges to attack a major US city on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Includes violence. 2011.The duplicate
By William Sleator. 1988
When David finds a machine that duplicates, it solves his immediate problem of being in two places at the same…
time. However, the duplicates are enemies from the start, and their enmity increases when David realizes that the duplicate has a mad, vicious side. For junior and senior high readers. 1988.The drop: a novel (Harry Bosch series. #15.)
By Michael Connelly. 2011
Detective Harry Bosch and his partner David Chu have DNA evidence implicating a sex offender in a 1989 rape and…
murder--but the suspect was eight at the time. They also investigate the mysterious death of a councilman's son. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Sequel to "Nine dragons", followed by "The black box". 2011.The Druperman tapes
By John Goodger. 2005
Emmett "Droopy" Druperman, big boss at the Galaxy Casino and president of a secret consortium of Las Vegas casinos, at…
first dismisses a strange package that includes a movie clip of someone being poisoned - until a real poisoning makes him sit up and take notice. When a second package contains video of an electrocution - and a demand for millions of dollars - Druperman, still determined not to give in to 'Thanatos', the mysterious extortionists, calls in Galaxy security chief Steve Forrester. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.The diamond hunters
By Wilbur A Smith. 1992
The Van der Byl diamond company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, is a bequest of hatred, couched…
in terms to offer him the means to destroy his bitterest rival. "Destroy Johnny" is the old man's implacable message and so, consumed with envy for his own foster-brother, Benedict sets out in pursuit of this goal and Johnny is plunged into a maelstrom of greed, vengeance and murder. 1992.The devil's workshop: a novel
By Stephen J Cannell. 1999
Suspecting a cover-up when told that her microbiologist husband has committed suicide, microbiology doctoral student Stacy Richardson goes undercover to…
find out about the work he was doing at Fort Detrick, Maryland. She links up with a former war hero, alcoholic hobo Lucky Cunningham, to stop a bio-weapons scheme. Strong language and violence. 1999.The devil's teardrop: a novel of the last night of the century
By Jeffery Deaver. 1999
New Years Eve, 1999 and Washington D.C. is under siege by a madman. If 20 million dollars is not paid…
by midnight, random massacres will proceed every four hours. It is up to bookish document analyst Parker Kincaid to decipher the clues in the ransom note to identify and defeat the killer. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.The doll's house
By Evelyn Anthony. 1992
With the Cold War over Harry Oakham, experienced spy, is out of a job, bitter at what the service has…
done to him after a lifetime of danger, and at the erosion of his personal life. Contacting colleagues, enemies, killers and moles, he builds up a syndicate of ruthless professionals for hire to anyone who can pay, but he hasn't reckoned with Rosa, a bright new Foreign Office talent, reeling from a broken marriage and seconded to check on an old spy. Neither wants their future changed, or emotional complications, but after they meet things begin to go wrong for Harry, the syndicate, and most of all for Rosa. Strong language, violence and descriptions of sex. 1992.