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Asylum for Nightface
Par Bruce Brooks. 1996
Fourteen-year-old Zimmerman's parents are always mocking him for his religious beliefs until they join a cult while vacationing in Jamaica.…
When their minister decides to use him as a "poster boy" for his church, Zimmerman steals a valuable trading card in order to tarnish his reputation. For junior and senior high readersSneakers: 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 languageThe girl who loved Tom Gordon: a novel
Par Stephen King. 1999
While her brother and mother argue up ahead on the Maine hiking trail, nine-year-old Trisha stops to relieve herself and…
becomes lost for days in the wilderness. Her imaginary conversations with Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon help her cope with the evil thing that's following her. Some strong language. BestsellerThe Lüneburg variation
Par Paolo Maurensig. 1993
Dieter Frisch is found dead in his garden on a giant chessboard, apparently a suicide. But to those who can…
read the clues, Frisch's obsession with chess and his hidden Nazi past suggest the possibility of a belated executionDon'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 readersTotale: nouvelles érotiques (Roman érotique)
Par William St-Hilaire. 2007
"Dans Totale, on découvre [...] une littérature libertine qui va bien au-delà du sexe torride. En fait, on est d'abord…
frappé par la profondeur de la réflexion sur l'âme humaine, ses excès, ses contradictions, ses quêtes. Les relations amoureuses, les rapports de force, les passions dévorantes et la dépendance affective sont au cœur d'un texte puissant qui pourra en choquer certains, il est vrai, mais en ravir plusieurs." -- 4e de couvHeroes: a novel
Par Robert Cormier. 1998
Francis Cassavant returns from World War II so terribly mangled that no one recognizes him. His only goal is to…
kill his personal enemy, Larry LaSalle, for a crime committed before the war. Everyone mistakenly considers the two men war heroes. For senior high and older 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 businessHavana Bay: a novel
Par Martin Smith. 1999
Last seen in Red Square (RC 35879), depressed Russian detective Arkady arrives in Cuba to investigate the murder of a…
fellow countryman. The Cubans, including policewoman Ofelia Osorio, resent the few remaining Russians on their communist island, so Arkady is the only one interested in finding the culprit. Some strong language and some violence. BestsellerReckless 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 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. BestsellerThe 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 sex