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Skeleton crew
Par Stephen King. 1985
Stories primarily collected from magazines, written by a master of horror. Includes such tales as "The Jaunt," a science fiction…
horror hybrid; "The Monkey," a familiar tale of a demonic toy; and "Big Wheels," a humorous and macabre account set in rural Maine. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerHidden fires
Par Sandra Brown. 1982
Lauren Holbrook, daughter of a preacher, leaves her North Carolina home and comes to Texas to work for Ben Lockett.…
But when she arrives, she learns that Ben died that very morning. Now what is she to do? When Ben's wife, Olivia, asks Lauren to enter an in-name-only marriage with son Jared, Lauren agrees but suspects the motives behind the request. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violenceCoffey's hands
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the third installment of a serial novel, inmate John Coffey heals death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's vicious urinary infection…
just by touching him. This and Coffey's gentle nature make Edgecombe question his guilt. Sequel to The Mouse on the Mile (BR 10649). Strong language and violence. BestsellerNight journey
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the fifth installment of a serial novel, death-row supervisor Paul Edgecombe sneaks inmate John Coffey out of prison to…
test his healing powers on the warden's ill wife. Sequel to The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (BR 10651). Strong language and violence. BestsellerThe mouse on the mile
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the second installment of a serial novel, elderly Paul Edgecombe continues his tale of death row in 1932. A…
mouse that has befriended a condemned man angers a hard-nosed guard, and a new inmate stirs up trouble from day one. Strong language and violence. Sequel to The Two Dead Girls (BR 10648). BestsellerThe bad death of Eduard Delacroix
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the fourth installment of a serial novel, inmate John Coffey again proves his miraculous healing powers to death-row supervisor…
Paul Edgecombe, this time by coming to the rescue of Mr. Jingles, the mouse. Meanwhile, Edgecombe plots to get rid of a cruel guard. Sequel to Coffey's Hands (BR 10650). Strong language and violence. BestsellerCoffey on the mile
Par Stephen King. 1996
The final installment of a serial novel. At 104, former death-row supervisor Paul Edgecombe finishes telling the story of huge…
inmate John Coffey, little mouse Mr. Jingles, and the other characters introduced in the first five parts. Sequel to Night Journey (BR 10652). Violence and strong language. BestsellerThe two dead girls
Par Stephen King. 1996
In this first installment of a serial novel, death-row supervisor Paul Edgecombe thinks back to 1932 when John Coffey was…
brought in for the rape and murder of nine-year-old twin girls. Prequel to The Mouse on the Mile (BR 10649). Strong language and violence. BestsellerFive days in Paris: a novel
Par Danielle Steel. 1995
Peter Haskell, president of a major pharmaceutical company, is in Paris awaiting test results on a drug that could revolutionize…
cancer care. Olivia Thatcher, who lost her son to cancer, is also in Paris. While Peter's family means everything to him, Olivia feels she no longer knows her husband, a renowned United States senator. One night Peter and Olivia meet, and their lives are changed forever. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller"L" is for lawless
Par Sue Grafton. 1995
Following "K" Is for Killer (RC 39664, BR 9880), P.I. Kinsey Millhone has a week off to help with the…
wedding of her landlord Henry's elderly brother. But Henry has another favor to ask. Neighbor Johnny Lee has passed away, and his relatives are trying to get the army to pay for the funeral, but the army has no record of Mr. Lee. The case takes Kinsey on a cross-country chase for a hidden treasure. Some strong language and some violence. BestsellerRedemption: a novel
Par Leon Uris. 1995
In this sequel to Trinity (RC 9046, BRA 14326, BRA 15339), Uris continues his account of the Larkins, the Hubbles,…
and the Fitzpatricks. Liam Larkin settles in New Zealand and begins a family, while his brother Conor remains behind to fight for Irish freedom. Liam's son Rory follows in his uncle's footsteps, returning to Ireland with a mission of vengeance. Strong language and some violence. BestsellerThe hundred secret senses
Par Amy Tan. 1995
Although Olivia is disappointed and often embarrassed by her Chinese-born half sister, she tolerates Kwan's eccentric, brassy, meddlesome ways and…
even her incessant discussions with nineteenth-century Chinese ghosts. Olivia is also disappointed with her marriage and its own ghost. Eventually Kwan helps Olivia to understand loyalty and unconditional love. Some violence, some descriptions of sex, and some strong language. BestsellerChildren of the Jedi
Par Barbara Hambly. 1995
After an old friend tries to murder Han Solo on the jungle world of Ithor, Luke Skywalker sets out for…
a distant star system to learn the reason for the assassination attempt. Meanwhile Han Solo and Princess Leia investigate the rumor of a lost enclave of Jedi children on the isolated world of Belsavis and come up against an old evil from the days of the Empire. A Star Wars novel. BestsellerOnce upon a more enlightened time: more politically correct bedtime stories
Par James Garner. 1995
In the sequel to Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (RC 38598, BR 9870), Garner once more provides fairytales without biases. Hansel…
and Gretal become ecoheroes who turn their tree butcher father into a beaver. In "The Little Mer-Persun," the air breather sacrifices his peopleness and becomes half prawn to be with his mer-person underwater. BestsellerBeauty from ashes
Par Eugenia Price. 1995
St. Simons Island, Georgia, 1845. Anne Couper Fraser has had to face the death of her parents, her beloved husband…
John, and a daughter. Now she must face the loss of her much loved plantation on St. Simons Island. With the rest of her children, Anne moves to Marietta, Georgia, and begins to put her life back together--until war clouds begin to hover over her and the South. Sequel to Where Shadows Go (RC 37209, BR 9375)Now face to face
Par Karleen Koen. 1995
1721. Financially ruined by her late husband's involvement in a scandal, Barbara Devane, twenty, flees to Virginia to grow tobacco…
on her grandmother's plantation. Meanwhile, George I and James III battle for control of the British crown. When a more mature Barbara returns to England, she becomes caught up in the Jacobite plots. Sequel to Through a Glass Darkly (RC 23921, BR 6696). Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe cat who said cheese
Par Lilian Braun. 1996
It is autumn in Pickax City, and Qwill, along with other residents, is preparing for the Great Food Explo--a festival…
of all kinds of happenings related to food. There is also a mysterious female guest at the New Pickax Hotel whose presence is causing quite a stir. But things really get hectic when a bomb explodes in the hotel and the intended victim seems to be the mystery guest. As usual Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum help solve the crime. BestsellerThe house of thunder
Par Dean Koontz. 1982
When Susan Thorton, thirty-two, awakes in a hospital room she has no recollection of why she is there. At first…
all she remembers is her name and age. Then slowly her memory returns and she dreams she is lying in a pool of blood in the House of Thunder. Violence. BestsellerPolitically correct bedtime stories
Par James Garner. 1994
In eliminating sexist, racist, culturalist, ageist, ableist, and other biases from well-known fairy tales, Garner has created an Esmeralda who…
refuses to negotiate her reproductive rights in "Rumplestiltskin," a grandmother who is capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult in "Little Red Riding Hood," and a Chicken Little with logically underenhanced conclusions. Some strong language. BestsellerTunnel vision
Par Sara Paretsky. 1994
Investigator V.I. Warshawski (Guardian Angel--RC 34303) agrees to find out why low-income housing planned by a women's trade collective is…
blocked. She also worries about a homeless family living in the basement of her condemned office building. When a shelter board member is found murdered in V.I.'s office after offering to help the family, all three concerns merge into one. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller