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By V. C Andrews, V. C. Andrews. 1999
As the OWPs (Orphans with Parents) continue their sessions with Dr. Marlowe, Cat explains how she has been treated by…
her parents, her discovery that she is adopted, and why she has become so withdrawn from the outside world. Sequel to Jade (DB 48805). Some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. BestsellerBy V. C Andrews, V. C. Andrews. 1999
In this session with therapist Dr. Marlowe, Jade, a member of the OWP (Orphans with Parents) relates her story. Jade,…
whose family is well-to-do, has become the contested trophy in a bitter divorce battle. Sequel to Star (DB 48795). For senior high and older readers. BestsellerBy Stephen King. 1999
Five interconnected stories about a set of youngsters from the 1960s, followed through 1999. In the first tale, when an…
elderly boarder regretfully imparts special sight to eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield, the boy is shocked to glimpse his mother's private side. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerBy Tim F LaHaye, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim Lahaye. 1999
Thirty-eight months have passed since the Rapture, and the Tribulation Force continue their resistance against Nicolae Carpathia, the Antichrist. As…
they await the sixth judgment, in which they expect two hundred million horsemen to slay a third of the world's population, Rayford plots to assassinate the Antichrist. Sequel to Apollyon (DB 48151). Bestseller. 1999By Sue Grafton. 1999
When P.I. Kinsey Millhone buys items from a storage salvager, she is surprised to find an old letter exonerating her…
ex-husband, vice cop Mickey Magruder, of murder. Now Mickey has been shot and lies in a coma. Kinsey investigates the shooting and becomes the next target. Some violence. BestsellerBy Judith McNaught. 1998
Policewoman Sloan Reynolds never knew her father and has no desire to see him when he begs her to join…
him in Palm Beach. A few days later Sloan is persuaded to accept the invitation by FBI agent Paul Richardson, who says her father is suspected of several crimes. Some strong language. BestsellerBy Robert B Parker, Robert Parker. 1999
Ex-cop Sunny Randall works as a Boston private detective while she completes her BFA and paints. She recently divorced her…
husband because of his family mob ties, but still cares for him. In her current case, Sunny is suspicious of the wealthy couple looking for their runaway daughter. Strong language and violence. BestsellerBy Scott Turow. 1999
Greedy personal-injury attorney Robbie Feaver is caught bribing judges in corrupt Kindle County. The FBI assigns agent Evon Miller to…
pose as his paralegal in the ensuing sting operation. Feaver's lawyer, George Mason, recounts events preceding the trial that leads to the eventual cleanup of the bench. Some strong language. BestsellerBy Sena Jeter Naslund. 1999
Una recounts her life story in mid-nineteenth-century America when whaling and slavery were prevalent. She has firsthand adventures at sea…
disguised as a boy before her second marriage to Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod. And as a widow, she finds a new role for herself in New England. BestsellerBy James Patterson. 1999
British Embassy employee Geoffrey Shafer, posted in Washington, D.C., is a player in a dangerous fantasy game. Detective Alex Cross,…
from Cat and Mouse (DB 45155), unknowingly puts himself in the game and endangers his fiancée by noting the pattern of Shafer's killings. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1999By Tom Clancy, Steve Pieczenik, Jeff Rovin. 1999
Op-center head Paul Hood, facing retirement, takes his family on a vacation to New York, where his daughter is scheduled…
to perform in a violin ensemble before the United Nations. When terrorists infiltrate the U.N., Hood and his family are in the building. Violence and strong language. BestsellerBy Joyce Carol Oates. 1999
In the small town of Willowsville, New York, a sixteen-year-old newcomer, John Reddy Heart, becomes the center of attention when…
he is tried for the shooting death of his mother's lover. He unintentionally attains a mythic status that still persists at a class reunion thirty years later. Some strong language. BestsellerBy Leon Uris. 1999
Colorado governor Quinn Patrick O'Connell, an Irish Catholic adopted at age three, is running for president of the United States,…
and it looks as if he will win. Then a week before the election, O'Connell's past suddenly rushes forth to reveal long-hidden secrets that could cost him the election. Strong language. BestsellerBy Nora Roberts. 1999
Two stories of MacGregor family ancestors. In "For Now, Forever" Scotsman Daniel MacGregor, a wealthy Bostonian, tries to convince unconventional…
medical student Anna Whitfield to marry him. "In from the Cold" portrays widow Alanna Flynn nursing minuteman Ian MacGregor's wounded shoulder but refusing to love another fighting man. Some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerBy Nora Roberts. 1999
Two stories portray Campbell-MacGregor marriages. In "All the Possibilities" Shelby Campbell almost misses out on love by refusing to date…
any politician--until she meets Senator Alan MacGregor. In "One Man's Art" recluse Grant Campbell meets artist Genviève Grandeau when she stumbles into his lighthouse during a storm. Some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerBy Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Patricia Cornwell. 1999
Richmond medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates a decomposed body found on a freighter. Evidence leads her to Interpol in Paris,…
where she learns of a serial killer who calls himself a werewolf. Back in Virginia, Kay and policeman Peter Marino find more victims. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerBy J. K Rowling, J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré. 1999
Harry is relieved to be back at Hogwarts for his third year with his friends Ron and Hermione even though…
he isn't completely safe. The escaped convict Sirius Black, a staunch supporter of Voldemort, is after Harry. Sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (DB 48437). For grades 4-7. BestsellerBy Jackie Collins, Marvin Kalb. 1999
Lucky Santangelo seeks revenge when her husband and sister-in-law are victims of a violent carjacking. Lucky tries to keep the…
family together as old flame Alex Woods appears to offer his support. She also discovers secrets about her husband. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerBy David Lagercrantz. 2022
INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER • Inspired by Sherlock Holmes, an exhilarating new thriller from the best-selling author of The Girl in…
the Spider&’s Web —a murder investigation in which two unlikely allies race to uncover a shadowy international conspiracy. Professor Hans Rekke is a world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of dizzying feats of logic and observation. He was born into wealth and power and has a picture-perfect wife and daughter. But he also has a fragile psyche that falls apart under pressure. Micaela Vargas is a street-smart police officer, the daughter of Chilean political refugees, who grew up in the projects on the outskirts of Stockholm and has two brothers on the wrong side of the law. She is tenacious and uncompromising, and desperate to prove herself to her fellow cops. Micaela needs Hans&’s unique mind to help her solve the case of a murdered asylum-seeker from Afghanistan. Hans needs Micaela to save him from himself. Together, they need to find the killer before they&’re both silenced for goodBy John Updike. 1996
When Foxy and Ken Whitman move to an outer suburb of Boston, they are taken in by a social set…
who indulge in partying, drinking, and adultery. Over time, Foxy succumbs to the advances of one of her neighbors, Piet Hanemas. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller