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Pub. Date
2023.
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"At a Texas county fair, amidst carousels and a bustling midway, children's book author Elle Portman is enjoying a rare night out with her favorite cowboy: her two-year-old son, Charlie. But just as they're about to head home, the unthinkable happens- a shooter opens fire into the crowd, causing widespread panic to erupt all around them. Also caught in the melee was corporate consultant Calder Hudson. Arrogant, self-centered, and high off his latest...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home, the Civil War was over, but tragedy awaited. John's beloved sister and her family had been brutally murdered. Their killer goes by many names. He fought for the North in the late unpleasantness, and wore a badge in the name of the law. But the man John...
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A DCI Evan Warlow crime thriller volume 3
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"While beach combing on MOD property, two young boys stumble across a reeking mound of tangled kelp. But it isn't the seaweed that stinks. It's the decomposing corpse beneath it. Called in to investigate, DCI Evan Warlow's team are faced with finding out how and why the body of a struck-off doctor ended up on a lonely beach within sight of Laugharne's famous Boathouse. But this is no innocent victim. This is a man with more enemies than friends. A...
5) Near miss
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Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 64
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the baggage of a persistent ex-boyfriend intent on retribution. As Stone skillfully dodges each disturbance, it soon becomes clear that there is potentially an even more treacherous game being played behind the scenes. And when long-standing grudges resurface,...
6) Nemesis
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Series
Courtney novels volume 20
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
460 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm.
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"Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. He joins Napoleon's army and is taken to Egypt, but with the world at war and traitors in every...
7) Free fall
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Pub. Date
c2007
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202 p. ; 23 cm.
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Sooner or later, the sisterhood always gets their man ... The loyal friends who make up the Sisterhood have gathered at Myra Rutledge's beautiful Virginia home for the first time in a year, eager to talk, laugh, and share their joys and heartaches. For one of their number, it's an evening filled with anticipation. Because tonight, over delicious food and in the company of those she trusts most, it will finally be time to tell her story -- and for...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family. Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her. Then an enemy's iron bullet kills her mother, Venus's life implodes. Keeping her reckless little sister...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
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387 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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"Impossible doesn't belong in Riley Wolfe's vocabulary. He's a master of heists and disguises, whose life's work is swindling the rich out of their undeserved treasures. Now rumors surrounding a dangerous new figure of international crime are spreading through the underworld. And this ruthless collector, the Cobra, has a personal vendetta against Riley ... No matter--with the aid of his new partner, Caitlin, Riley prepares to take on the most powerful...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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272 pages ; 22 cm
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Growing up in suburban New York, Dylan lived through three years as a victim of sex trafficking at the hands of Vincent, who promised to marry Dylan when he turned eighteen. Years later-- long after a police investigation that went nowhere, and after the statute of limitations for the crimes perpetrated against him have run out-- the long shadow of Dylan's trauma still looms over the fragile life in the city he's managed to build with his fiancé,...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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331 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
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Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when...
12) My favorite scar
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Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Fifteen-year-old Ámbar has never known any parent other than her father, Víctor Mondragón, nor any life other than his - the life of a criminal. On any given Friday night, Ámbar longs to be at the arcade or a rock concert, but she's more likely to be patching up Víctor's latest bullet hole in a dingy motel or creating a new set of fake identities for the both of them. Although she has come to terms with the realities of her life and enjoys...
13) A long time dead
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Somewhere foggy, 1837 . . .Poppy had always loved the night, which is why it wasn't too much of a bother to wake one evening in an unfamiliar home far from London, weak and confused and plagued with a terrible thirst for blood, to learn that she could no longer step out into the day. And while vampirism presented several disadvantages, it more than made up for those in its benefits: immortality, a body that could run at speed for hours without tiring,...
14) Skip-beat!: 47
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Series
Skip beat! volume 47
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
137 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 19 cm.
Description
"Kyoko and Moko are finally going to Dayjowey Land to have tea with a princess! A chance encounter with show biz royalty interrupts Kyoko's dreams of a sweet afternoon in an enchanted castle though. Now she and Moko are putting their English skills to the test as they escort an excited American around the park. But as Kyoko well knows, nothing is ever exactly as it seems in show biz, and their new friend is no exception!
15) Make me a liar
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"It's an open secret at Harvey Davis High School that Tia Dante can solve all your problems (for a fee, of course). As one of the few blessed with the genetic gift of transferable consciousness, she can slip inside your mind and do your dirty work--humiliate your cheating boyfriend, bring a bully to his knees, tell your boss where to stick it--and then return your body with no one the wiser. No task is too awkward, and unlike the competition, she...
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Series
Witch and hunter duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Fritzi is a witch. The lone survivor of a brutal attack on her coven, she's determined to find her only remaining family member and bring the hexenj̃gers--zealot witch hunters--to justice for the lives they ended. To do this, she will need to take down their leader, the merciless and enigmatic Kommandant Dieter Kirch. Otto is a hexenj̃ger--but that's just his cover. Years ago, the hexenj̃gers burned his innocent mother alive, and he has been plotting...
17) Skip-beat!: 46
Author
Series
Skip beat! volume 46
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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"Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! Ren Tsuruga loves Kyoko Mogami! It would be the news of the century, but they have to keep it quiet to protect their privacy and their careers. While the happy couple is content to focus on their professional...
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