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Poor but ambitious young Michael Rogers, the narrator of The Endless Night, is a chauffeur with little money, and big dreams. Foremost of these is building his dream house on the perfect piece of land. Michael gets his chance when his new girlfriend, Fenella Guteman, turns out to be a wealthy heiress. The two are wed and are soon living in a modern home on Gipsy's Acre, a seemingly idyllic place with sea views and dark fir trees. But rumors abound...
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Suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site intrigue the great Hercule Poirot as he investigates Murder in Mesopotamia, a classic murder mystery from Agatha Christie. Amy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined. Her patient's bizarre visions...
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Smooth-talking San Antonio detective Rick Marquez, who has never met a case he couldn't solve or a woman he couldn't charm, soons discovers that all that is about to change.
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2012.
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431 pages ; 22 cm.
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As she pours out her grief and questions to a tree in her backyard after her husband's death, reality show producer Hannah is astonished when the tree appears to respond, prompting Hannah's discovery that she can communicate with the dead.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
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A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders.
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2012
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350 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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After losing her job as a journalist at the age of 45, Lila Wilkins accepts an internship at A Novel Idea, a thriving literary agency in North Carolina. When a penniless aspiring author drops dead in the agency's waiting room--and Lila discovers a series of threatening letters--she's determined to find out who wrote him off.
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River Glen was at the edge of nowhere-- a tiny, sleepy town nestled on the shores of the Potomac River. It was perfect for Dana Brantley, who, following a couple of rocky years, was looking for a peaceful place to start over. The townspeople had other ideas for the new librarian. They thought she was perfect for their most eligible bachelor, Nick Verone-- and Nick and his ten-year-old son, Tony agreed. Intrigued by the mysterious woman, Nick is determined...
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The Kingdom of Childhood is the story of a boy and a woman: sixteen-year-old Zach Patterson, uprooted and struggling to reconcile his knowledge of his mother's extramarital affair, and Judy McFarland, a kindergarten teacher watching her family unravel before her eyes. Thrown together to organize a fundraiser for their failing private school and bonded by loneliness, they begin an affair that at first thrills, then corrupts each of them. Judy sees...
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2012
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213 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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For weeks, Lesley had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new neighbor. Since the house next door was the only other home in sight, she hoped that the new tenant would also become a friend. From the moment she saw him, Lesley knew Cole Daniels was an enigma. His dark, mesmerizing eyes didn't excuse his arrogance. His gentle concern for the wild deer in the woods out back didn't clear him of suspicion. There was definitely something mysterious...
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"Most people had no idea that successful young businessman Conrad Browning was the son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan. And that was a secret he planned to keep - until his beautiful wife, Rebel, was kidnapped by a group of deadly bandits. Liek father (deadly), like son (deadlier) ... In the heart of West Texas an ocean of troubles has come ashore, and the Loner is adrift in a sea of hungry sharks. A former ship captain, Owen Starbird has inherited...
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2012
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335 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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When the lead actress of Warren Shoemaker's new movie, which is being shot in their town, is found murdered and suspicion falls on a member of their sewing circle, Tori Sinclair must piece together to truth to catch a killer and keep their group from being ripped apart.
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Walk novels volume 3
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2012
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271 p. (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
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Now nearly halfway through his trek, Alan Christoffersen walks from South Dakota to Memphis, Tennessee. He covers more than 800 miles on foot, but it's the people he meets along the way who give the journey its true meaning.
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Prairie Pawn tells the story of Paul Torridon, called White Thunder by the Cheyenne Indians holding him hostage. They believe that he cured Whistling Elk's son from a menacing illness and brought rain when others had failed to do so. Though Paul has been rewarded with many riches, he still seems unhappy, and the Cheyenne chief decides to undertake a dangerous mission to kidnap Nancy Brett from Fort Kendry. The Cheyennes believe that will make White...
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Maura McKnight-Parker was a free spirit until her world was shaken to the core when her teenage daughter, Layla, died in a car accident. Nine months later, she's struggling to keep her bookstore and coffeehouse afloat and has become a recluse. Her only regular contact is with her oldest daughter, Sage, a sophomore in college. When Sage comes home for the holidays, she announces that she has found her birth father. Jackson Lange, Maura's first love,...
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