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The 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. BestsellerThe legacy
Par Linda Miller. 1994
Jacy Tiernan returns to South Australia when her father, Jake, has a heart attack. Ian Yarbro is not happy to…
see her: ten years ago Jacy broke Ian's heart by fleeing to America when his ex-lover announced she was pregnant by him. Now Jake wants Jacy and Ian to marry and take over his land. But their lust for each other may not be enough to sustain a marriage. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. BestsellerJedi search
Par Kevin Anderson. 1994
In the wake of the Republic's victory over the evil Empire, Luke Skywalker wants to reinstate the order of Jedi…
knights. He begins a precarious mission to find descendants of the nearly exterminated Jedis. Meanwhile, Han Solo and Chewbacca discover a remnant base of the Empire under the command of a ruthless woman who has at her disposal a weapon more destructive than the Empire's death stars. A Star Wars novel. BestsellerBorder music
Par Robert Waller. 1993
Texas Jack Carmine is a wandering man who spends very little time on his one-horse ranch in Texas. He happens…
to be in Dillon, Minnesota, one autumn night in 1986, when a man rips off Linda Lobo's G-string instead of putting money in it. Jack attacks the man, and he and Linda run out the back door and keep on going. Thus begins an odyssey that takes Jack back into his troubled past. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller"K" is for killer
Par Sue Grafton. 1994
P.I. Kinsey Millhone is hired by Janice Kepler to investigate the death of her daughter Lorna after the police all…
but give up on the baffling case. The body is so badly decomposed that it is impossible to determine if Lorna has been murdered. Kinsey shifts to night hours to find a motive when she learns that Lorna's part-time job and crude cabin belied a high-dollar hooking career and large savings account. Some strong language. BestsellerDark apprentice
Par Kevin Anderson. 1994
Despite their past victories, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia are faced with increasing losses in the ongoing war…
with scattered remnants of the Empire. Luke knows that lasting peace can be achieved only through the creation of a new generation of Jedi knights, but when one of his students delves into the dark side of the Force, the greatest evil of all is unleashed. Sequel to Jedi Search (BR 09768, RC 38884). Bestseller