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Sneakers: a novel
Par Dewey Gram. 1992
In 1969, college student Martin Bishop escapes being arrested for politically motivated computer crimes. But in 1992, the feds catch…
up with Bishop, who is running a security consulting firm. They offer him immunity if he and his group will commit a crime for them. Strong language and some violenceThe hunt club: a novel
Par Bret Lott. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Huger Dillard and his blind uncle Leland discover a murdered man on their land. The two run a hunt…
club for the wealthy men of Charleston to patronize on weekends. Within days the Dillard family is threatened and kidnapped by men who want to possess what the Dillards own. Some violence and some strong languageDon't scream
Par Joan Nixon. 1996
Jess and her friend Lori are thrilled when two new boys enroll in their small-town high school. Mark has moved…
in next door to Jess, and Lori quickly strikes up a friendship with Scott. What the girls don't realize is that one of the two is a sociopath and in the Federal Witness Protection Program. For junior and senior high readersThe immoralist
Par André Gide. 1970
Michel, the protagonist, explains how his personality and attitudes toward life disintegrated under the influence of a tropical climate and…
illness. In this psychological study, Gide examines the conflict between self-development and self-sacrifice. The author was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1947Keeper
Par Greg Rucka. 1996
While accompanying his girlfriend to an abortion clinic, bodyguard Atticus Kodiak is approached by Dr. Felice Romero. She wants to…
hire Kodiak and his colleagues to protect her and her daughter (who has Down's syndrome) from an increasingly threatening group of antiabortionists. Strong language and violenceHigh crimes: a novel
Par Joseph Finder. 1998
When the FBI tries to arrest Tom Chapman, his wife, Claire Heller, a Harvard law professor, learns that Tom is…
really army sergeant Ron Kubik, a fugitive for thirteen years. Claire defends her husband at his court-martial because she is determined to know the truth about him. Some strong language and some violence. BestsellerPerfect harmony: a novel
Par Barbara Wood. 1998
Three deaths have been attributed to tainted herbal medicines produced by the biotech company Charlotte Lee inherited from her Chinese…
grandmother. Charlotte suspects rivals within the company. Her ex-boyfriend, a computer genius, arrives from England to assist in catching the infiltrators before the FDA closes the businessReckless homicide
Par Ira Genberg. 1998
Since his daughter's painful death, Charlie has needed pills in order to cope. When a failed drug test gets him…
fired from his pilot's job, he begs his brother Michael, the airline's attorney, for help. A horrible plane crash occurs, and Michael is charged with reckless homicide for helping Charlie. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexThe haunting
Par Joan Nixon. 1998
When Lia's great-grandmother dies, she leaves an old family plantation home to Lia's mother. An ancestor's diary describes the house…
as haunted. But Lia's parents are determined to fill the place with adopted children. Timid Lia, then, feels it her responsibility to drive the ghost away. For junior and senior high readersNow or never
Par Elizabeth Adler. 1997
A serial killer carefully stalks and murders young women. When Boston police detective Harry Jordan finally gets a partial description,…
he desperately turns to a national television figure for help. Mallory Malone's show has been the downfall for many criminals, but oddly, Malone refuses to profile Jordan's case. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexSacrifice
Par Mitchell Smith. 1997
After seven years in a Kansas prison, Tyler Pierce has just pulled off the bank heist of his career when…
he learns that his park-ranger daughter has been killed in Florida. Tyler uses his windfall from the robbery to fund his search for her murderer, a serial killer whose victims are women in uniform. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexCatch your breath
Par Jessica Auerbach. 1996
Recently separated from her policeman husband, Rosie Sloan panics when their two-year-old son, Jason, begins having trouble breathing. Because her…
first child died of SIDS and her father was a doctor, Rosie is very careful to follow Jason's doctor's advice to the letter. So why has someone reported her as an unfit mother? Some strong languageCimarron rose: a novel
Par James Burke. 1997
Texas ranger-turned-attorney Billy Bob Holland agrees to defend teenager Lucas Smothers, who was found unconscious at the murder scene of…
a female acquaintance and arrested for the crime. Holland has a compelling reason to take the case--Smothers is his illegitimate son. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexSee how they run
Par Bethany Campbell. 1996
Teacher Laura Stoner and her twin autistic students witness a driveby shooting. The eight-year-old boys' ability to reel off the…
license number and describe the shooter puts them in grave danger because the victim is a Mafia don. The trio reluctantly go into protective custody but soon learn that may not help them. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexVindicta
Par Cédric Sire. 2023
"On entre, on prend le fric, on ressort. Personne ne sera blessé". Damien, Élie, Audrey et Driss étaient certains d'avoir…
trouvé la réponse à tous leurs problèmes : braquer un bijoutier véreux, qui ne risquerait pas de porter plainte. Mais maintenant, l'irréparable a été commis, et un monstre vengeur est lâché à leurs trousses. Olivier Salva, policier placardisé dans un groupe de surveillance, devient malgré lui le témoin clé du cyclone meurtrier. Il se retrouve plongé dans le sillage d'un assassin aussi glacial que méthodique. Des contrées désertiques aux méandres des rues toulousaines, quand la vindicte est en marche, plus rien ne peut l'arrêter... Un nouveau thriller hautement addictif, qui confirme Cédric Sire comme l'une des grandes voix du polar français ! « Fort, violent, hyper efficace. [...] Une pure merveille. [...] Un coup de poing ! » Gérard Collard, Sud Radio « Un polar diabolique [...] et sans concession. Excellent ! » Le Parisien « Stephen King teinté d'Hitchcock ! » Olivier NorekThe engagement party
Par Finley Turner. 2023
Kass Baptiste is newly engaged to her fiancé Murray Sedgemont after a whirlwind romance. Before they even get to share…
the news, an invitation arrives via messenger—to an engagement party hosted by Murray's parents. When Kass and Murray arrive at the Sedgemont Estate, she is astonished to learn that Murray's family is one of the most powerful families in North Carolina. As Kass's future mother-in-law, Beatrice, whips herself into a frenzy over the perfect party for the state's elite, Kass begins to receive anonymous threatening social media messages. On the night of the event, as champagne is popped and the celebrations begin, a body is found in the lavish home. All eyes are on Kass, the interloper amongst the rich and powerful guests. Over the course of the party, Kass's dark past unexpectedly becomes intertwined with the murder, and in order to prove her innocence, she must finally come to terms with her secrets. As Murray's family secrets are revealed, Kass must prove herself innocent while evading the anonymous threats that haunt her every moveThe whispering wall
Par Patricia Carlon. 1996
Middle-aged widow Sarah Oatland is paralyzed and mute from a stroke. Although her doctor, home nurse, and greedy niece Gwenyth…
don't realize it, Sarah is awake and cognizant, and she can hear through the wall at her headboard. When Gwenyth rents out Sarah's lower rooms, Sarah is horrified to hear the tenants plotting a murderSmithereens
Par Susan Chehak. 1995
Sixteen-year-old May Caldwell lives a dull life with her Iowa family, waiting for something to happen. And happen it does…
with the unexpected arrival of Frances (Frankie) Crane, a slightly older girl from Appalachia whom the family has financially sponsored. Amoral and vibrant, Frankie unlocks the latent wildness in May's troubled psyche. Strong language and descriptions of sexStress
Par Loren Estleman. 1996
Companion to Edsel (BR 10156). It is New Year's Eve 1972 when a Detroit cop moonlighting at a posh party…
shoots and kills three intruders. On the case is officer Charlie Battle, who knows the department is protecting its own yet doggedly pursues the truth up to the startling courtroom climax. Strong language and descriptions of sexFast forward
Par Judy Mercer. 1995
A woman wakes up in a torn-apart house, wearing bloody clothes, and with no idea who she is. The face…
in the mirror is unfamiliar and her overweight body repulses her. Eventually learning she is television producer Ariel Gold, she attempts to hide what must be amnesia while she searches for clues to what happened. Some violence