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Hannibal
Par Thomas Harris. 1999
Clarice Starling's career in the FBI has soured, but when Hannibal Lecter's case is revived, she rejoins Jack Crawford to…
track him down. Also searching is one of Hannibal's victims--wealthy, disfigured Mason Verger. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to The Silence of the Lambs (BR 13149, RC 27020). BestsellerHe sees you when you're sleeping
Par Mary Clark. 2001
Sterling Brooks has been waiting to enter heaven for forty-six years. He finally gets a chance to redeem his life…
by returning to Earth and helping someone. He chooses Marissa, a seven-year-old desperately missing her father and grandmother, who are in the Witness Protection Program. Bestseller. 2001The locket: a novel
Par Richard Evans. 1998
Following his mother's death, Michael Keddington takes a job at a nursing home to pay off his growing debts. He…
meets the quiet and withdrawn Esther Huish, and as he wins her trust, she encourages him to pursue his relationship with the well-to-do Faye Murrow. Then Michael is accused of murdering a resident. BestsellerBittersweet
Par Danielle Steel. 1999
India Taylor left a successful photojournalism career to settle down as a soccer mom. Seventeen years and four children later,…
she longs for some excitement. She meets and befriends tycoon Paul Ward, who encourages her to take risks. When Paul is suddenly free, India must make some choices. BestsellerThe partner
Par John Grisham. 1997
Four years ago, attorney Patrick Lanigan faked his own death and ran away with ninety million dollars belonging to his…
partners and a client. Now he's been found, tortured, sued by numerous parties including his wife, and charged with murder. Strong language and violence. BestsellerEmbers
Par Sándor Márai. 2001
Hungary, 1940. The old general, Henrik, entertains his closest childhood friend, whom he has not seen in forty-one years. As…
he talks and questions Konrad, a complex history of friendship, passion, and betrayal is untangled. First published in Budapest in 1942. Translated by Carol Brown Janeway. Bestseller. 2001Juneteenth: a novel
Par Ralph Ellison. 1999
Senator Sunraider lies in the hospital struggling to survive a gunshot wound. The apparently white politician asks to see Reverend…
Hickman, the African American minister who raised him. In the course of their conversations, the senator recalls his childhood and begins to understand his own complex racial identity. Some strong language. BestsellerShopgirl
Par Steve Martin. 2000
Artistic Mirabelle has an uninspiring job behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus in Los Angeles, but what she really…
craves is love. Then smitten Seattle millionaire Ray Porter sends Mirabelle the gloves he purchased from her, beginning an unconventional relationship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2000On the street where you live
Par Mary Clark. 2001
Because lawyer Emily Graham is being stalked, she changes jobs and moves to New Jersey. She buys the house that…
once belonged to her great-great-grandaunt Madeline Shapley, whose skeleton turns up in Emily's back yard. Suddenly Emily finds herself being followed again. Some violence. Bestseller. 2001The red tent
Par Anita Diamant. 1997
Dinah, the only daughter of Leah and Jacob in Genesis, departs from the biblical saga to recount her story and…
that of the women around her. The red tent is where women retreat for childbirth and young girls learn about adulthood. But Dinah is unprepared for her brothers' cruelty. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1997"O" is for outlaw
Par 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. BestsellerAll through the night
Par Mary Clark. 1998
It has been seven years since Sondra Lewis left her newborn baby in front of a church; simultaneously Lenny Centino…
was stealing a chalice from it. Now as amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan tries to help the church's priest and nuns save their afterschool haven, she uncovers a connection between those events and a child at the center. BestsellerDrowning Ruth
Par Christina Schwarz. 2000
In March 1919, nurse Amanda Starkey, seeking refuge, returns to her family home to live with her younger sister Mathilda…
and Mathilda's three-year-old child, Ruth. Within a year, Mathilda is dead and Amanda is raising Ruth as her own. But both Amanda and Ruth are hiding memories of the night Mathilda died. Bestseller. 2000Basket case
Par Carl Hiaasen. 2002
Florida news reporter Jack Tagger is demoted to writing obituaries. So he attempts to revive his career by proving that…
the death of a has-been rock star was not accidental. Jack's investigation uncovers multiple murders, kidnapping, and an assault with a frozen lizard. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2002Girl with a pearl earring
Par Tracy Chevalier. 2000
A fictional account of how the seventeenth-century artist Vermeer came to paint a portrait of a young woman wearing a…
pearl earring. When sixteen-year-old Griet, a Protestant, becomes a maid in Vermeer's Catholic household, the drudgery of her duties is offset by working in the artist's studio. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1999The cat who smelled a rat
Par Lilian Braun. 2001
Moose County awaits the first snowfall, hoping it will end the drought that may be the cause of a rash…
of fires. Columnist Jim Qwilleran suspects arson when his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum demand his attention with catfits. Then a murder occurs, and the local bookstore goes up in flames. Bestseller. 2001The bad beginning
Par Lemony Snicket. 1999
The Baudelaire siblings--Violet, fourteen; Klaus, twelve; and Sunny, a teething toddler--are charming and clever, but "magnets for misfortune." In short…
order, they are orphaned, denied access to their inheritance until Violet comes of age, and sent to live with a repulsive relative, Count Olaf. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 1999Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress
Par Sijie Dai. 2001
Two privileged teenage boys are sent to a remote village for reeducation during China's Cultural Revolution. When they procure a…
supply of French books, they read novels to a pretty but uneducated seamstress, with surprising results. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001Shore thing
Par Judy Katschke. 2001
The diary entries of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen describe their trip to Camp Coral Reef in Florida during summer…
vacation. Mary-Kate looks forward to scuba diving, until she tries on the mask and reads Ashley's book The Worst That Can Happen. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001The Garden of Eden
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1987
Salvaged from three manuscript versions, this early novel is set in the 1920s in France and Spain. Young and successful…
writer David Bourne is honeymooning with his wife, Catherine. She has her hair cropped as short as a boy's and tells David of her yearning to play sex-role games. David temporarily acquiesces, but trouble begins to brew. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986