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Ariel Hart is approaching the big Five-O, and two husbands and a brilliant acting career have not made her happy.…
Now she is on the skids, and her "wish list" is growing. If only she could recapture the way she felt at sixteen when she and Felix Sanchez were secretly married in Tijuana. Perhaps if she returns to her childhood home of Chula Vista, life will improve. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller
Cajun cop Dave Robicheaux gets a call for help from redneck Aaron Crown, who after twenty-eight years is convicted of…
killing a prominent civil rights activist. Though he is warned off the case, Robicheaux decides to buck the power structure and take some personal risks to prove Crown's innocence. Includes strong language, violence, and sex. c1996.
A rash of petty thievery, newcomers, and a wedding all threaten the holiday spirit in Pickax. A local newspaper man…
is charged with the thefts. Qwilleran, who has bought a condo for the winter, and his cats, KoKo and Yum Yum, have their own ideas about who the guilty party is, and work to set things right. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who said cheese”, followed by “The cat who sang for the birds”. 1997.
Los Angeles journalist Joe Carpenter is devastated by the loss of his wife and two daughters, who died in a…
plane crash. A year later, Carpenter is shocked to meet a mysterious woman who claims to have been on that flight. She appears to bring great joy to the crash victims' loved ones, but then they each inexplicably kill themselves. Violence. Bestseller
Seven years ago Frank Bascombe, Sportswriter (DB 37166), got divorced, yet he is still in his "existence period." Perhaps things…
will change this Fourth of July weekend. After a brief trip to see his longtime girlfriend, who may take him into a "permanent period," Frank plans to take his son, Paul, fifteen and recently arrested for shoplifting, to visit several sports halls of fame. But fate steps in along the way. Strong language. Bestseller
A team of scientists, hired to conduct a geophysical survey on a Caribbean island, is embroiled in a conspiracy to…
establish a multinational criminal enterprise. Members of the team encounter interference by local residents and British Intelligence as they pursue professional and romantic interests. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller
Lawyer-turned-novelist Abby Chandlis has penned a sure bestseller, but the market for women authors is tight. When she attributes authorship…
to a cute male model, things go awry and her scam turns sour--then lethal. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller
Thirty-year-old novelist Tommy Phan arrives home one day to find a mysterious rag doll at his front door. That night…
Tommy hears strange noises coming from the doll, which springs to life and turns its diabolical powers on him. Tommy flees in desperation to escape the fiend's clutches. Bestseller
The author of A Year in Provence (DB 33617) presents the autobiography of the "mutt" Boy, who was abandoned at…
an early age by his mother, mistreated by his master, and eventually adopted by the Mayles. Boy tells how he learned to please and manipulate "the management" and mixes a lighthearted account of his adventures with advice on dealing with the human species. Bestseller
In twelfth-century Scotland, Lady Brenna is on her way to an arranged marriage with Laird MacNare when her party is…
attacked by Laird MacAlister. MacAlister, to whom she proposed when she was just a child, forces Lady Brenna to marry him. Explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence. Bestseller
As Anna Batory and her TV camera crew patrol the nocturnal streets of Los Angeles, the night turns deadly. Following…
the filming of a drugged teen's suicide and the mysterious death of her cameraman, Anna realizes that she is the next target of a psychotic killer. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller
As a district attorney, Rita Fiore won a murder conviction for convicted sex offender Ellis Alves. Two years later, now…
as part of a major law firm, Fiore has doubts about Alves's guilt, and convinces her firm to hire Spenser to investigate his claims of innocence. But soon after Spenser begins work, a "man in gray" takes him down with three shots. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 1997
History professor and Winston Churchill confidant Alfred Vicary is enjoying success as head of England's counterintelligence unit during World War…
II. On the eve of the Normandy Invasion, he learns that a Nazi "sleeper" spy has been activated in London to discover the location of the planned D-Day campaign. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller
Dream-like tale of a young morphine-addicted woman who becomes Vincent van Gogh's lover. She steps through a wall and forward…
in time to explore the alien world of late-twentieth- century New York. But a lingering concern about van Gogh returns her to him. Strong language and violence. Bestseller
In this sequel to Rosie (RC 20356), young tennis star Rosie Ferguson is beset by the anxieties of early adolescence…
and the unwanted attentions of a menacing, middle-aged, court-side spectator. When tragedy strikes close to her family, Rosie rises to confront her fears. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Bestseller
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, new residents of a charming old dream house, find a chilling message about the murder of…
a former resident stuck in a book. The solution to the ancient crime lies behind a dreaded gate known as the Postern of Fate. Bestseller
History professor Roseleen White is trying to get her exam papers graded before she leaves for a long weekend trip,…
but the package sitting beside her desk is tempting her to open it. Inside is the sword known as Blooddrinker's Curse, which she has gone to great lengths to obtain. Quite a surprise awaits Roseleen when she does open the box. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller
Death-row supervisor Paul Edgecombe thinks back to 1932 when John Coffey is brought to the penitentiary and placed on the…
"Green Mile." Coffey is accused of the rape and murder of twin nine-year-old girls. But Coffey seems to be an unusual kind of human being. Strong language and violence. Bestseller
In this sequel to Before the Storm (DB 44589), Lando is abducted aboard an unidentified spacecraft, while Leia contends with…
a threat to the stability of the New Republic. Han departs on a deep-space voyage, where he engages a fleet of warships in a battle that could doom civilization. Bestseller
A story of class struggle, family crisis, and coming of age in Kerala, India. Born to prosperity, twins Estha and…
Rahel are isolated from the squalor and political unrest around them. The events of a single day in 1969 alter their lives and relationships forever. Descriptions of sex. Bestseller