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Lush life: A Novel
Par Richard Price. 2008
New York, Lower East Side. Frustrated actor-writer Eric Cash claims two teens mugged him and his drinking companions as they…
stumbled home, shooting Ike, an aspiring writer. But when Ike dies, detectives Matty Clark and Yolonda Bello arrest Eric for homicide. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008Silks
Par Dick Francis, Felix Francis. 2008
London barrister Geoffrey Mason, an amateur steeplechase rider, defends an acquaintance, professional jockey Steve Mitchell, against the charge that he…
murdered a competitor, Scot Barlow. One of Mason's former clients muddies up the case with threats. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2008Off season
Par Anne Rivers Siddons. 2008
After her beloved husband Cam dies, Lilly takes his ashes to her family's beach cottage in Maine. Comforted by conversations…
with ghosts, Lilly thinks back over her marriage, her relationship with her parents, and long-ago tragedies--and learns about something that Cam kept from her. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Dashing through the snow
Par Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark. 2008
Regan Reilly, Alvirah Meehan, and their families come to Branscombe, New Hampshire, for a holiday festival. Although four local market…
employees won millions in a lottery, a fifth coworker who normally plays is missing. While searching for the missing man, Regan and Alvirah discover wrongdoing in the town. Bestseller. 2008Unaccustomed earth
Par Jhumpa Lahiri. 2008
Eight short stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author explore the nature of family and love. In the title story, a mother…
in Seattle nervously hosts her widowed father, who helps tend her garden but hides a secret. Bestseller. 2008The lucky one
Par Nicholas Sparks. 2008
While serving in Iraq, Logan Thibault finds a photo of a blonde woman wearing a "lucky lady" T-shirt. Oddly, the…
picture brings him luck--first with cards and then in battle. Still mystified about her five years later, Logan tracks down the lady--a single mom. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008Heart and soul
Par Maeve Binchy. 2009
While her philandering husband wants a divorce and her immature adult daughters still live at home, Dublin cardiologist Clara Casey…
opens and runs an underfunded heart clinic at St. Brigid's hospital. Clara assembles a compassionate staff, ultimately realizing their efforts are making a difference and people can change. Bestseller. 2008Slumdog millionaire: a novel
Par Vikas Swarup. 2008
Mumbai, India. Uneducated waiter Ram Mohammad Thomas wins a billion rupees on a quiz show but is accused of cheating…
and thrown into jail. In flashback-accounts to his lawyer, Ram explains his past adventures supplied him the winning answers. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2005Sizzle and burn (Arcane Society Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Jayne Ann Krentz. 2008
Raine Tallentyre's paranormal ability to hear voices leads her to her deceased aunt's basement. There she discovers a serial killer's…
latest victim-to-be. Raine falls for PI Zack Jones, who is using his mirror talent to investigate Raine's family. Explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Just after sunset: stories
Par Stephen King. 2008
Thirteen suspenseful short stories. In "The Gingerbread Girl" a grieving woman whose baby has died retreats to the Florida Keys…
only to encounter a serial killer. In "The Things They Left Behind" a man finds items belonging to his murdered coworkers in his apartment. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2008A most wanted man: a novel
Par John Le Carré. 2008
Issa Karpov, a Chechen Muslim who has entered Germany illegally, uses human rights lawyer Annabel Richter to obtain his late…
father's millions from a shady British bank. Meanwhile the English, German, and American intelligence agencies all pursue Issa. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Heat lightning (Virgil Flowers Ser. #2)
Par John Sandford. 2008
Minnesota investigator Virgil Flowers, from Dark of the Moon (DB 65421), puzzles over corpses left on veterans' memorials. The victims…
have lemons in their mouths--a tactic used in Vietnam War executions. Flowers pursues an elusive acquaintance of the victims. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel
Par Lauren Weisberger. 2008
New Yorkers Leigh, Emmy, and Adriana, friends since college, seek changes in their lives as they near thirty. Newly dumped…
Emmy wants to date lots of men, gorgeous Brazilian Adriana decides to pick a man to marry, and editor Leigh meets a brilliant author. Strong language. Bestseller. 2008The beach house
Par Jane Green. 2008
When sixty-five-year-old eccentric widow Nan Powell learns that she may lose her beloved nine-acre Nantucket home, she turns it into…
a summer boarding house. Her first guests include a gay married man, a single mom, and Nan's own unhappy son. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008The spies of Warsaw: a novel
Par Alan Furst. 2008
Warsaw, 1937. Colonel Jean-Franúois Mercier, French military attaché to Poland, spends his time socializing and recruiting spies. Mercier alerts his…
superiors to the threat of Nazi invasion but is ignored. Meanwhile he falls in love and rescues an agent. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008The story of Edgar Sawtelle: a novel
Par David Wroblewski. 2008
Wisconsin, 1970s. Gar and Trudy Sawtelle raise an intuitive and intelligent dog breed on their farm. One dog, Almondine, can…
communicate with the Sawtelle's mute son Edgar. After Gar's brother arrives, Gar dies and fourteen-year-old Edgar flees into the forest with three of the dogs. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Bulls Island
Par Dorothea Benton Frank. 2008
Two decades ago, Elizabeth "Betts" McGee canceled her engagement to Charleston golden boy J.D. Langley because of a family feud…
and moved to Manhattan. Now Betts returns home to South Carolina on business. She wants to reconnect with her family while guarding old secrets. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008Love the one you're with
Par Emily Giffin. 2008
Ellen has been happily married to her best friend's brother for one hundred days when she encounters Leo, who broke…
her heart eight years ago because he could not commit. As they get reacquainted, Ellen's desire for Leo resurfaces. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Where are you now?
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 2008
When she was sixteen, Carolyn MacKenzie's brother Mack disappeared but each Mother's Day Mack makes a brief call home. Ten…
years later Carolyn, now an attorney, interrupts the call to tell Mack that she will find him. Despite a warning from Mack, Carolyn persists--and finds herself in danger. Bestseller. 2008Phantom prey (Prey)
Par John Sandford. 2008
At his wife's request, detective Lucas Davenport agrees to look into the unsolved murder of her wealthy, widowed friend's daughter…
Frances Austin, who was a Goth. Now other Goths are being murdered. But a series of unusual bank transactions causes confusion. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. Bestseller. 2008