Keith Szarabajka
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English
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There was always something slightly dangerous about Joan. So, when she turns up at private investigator Henry Kimball's office asking him to investigate her husband, he can't help feeling ill at ease. Just the sight of her stirs up a chilling memory: he knew Joan in his previous life as a high school English teacher, when he was at the center of a tragedy. Now Joan needs his help in proving that her husband is cheating. But what should be a simple...
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English
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Badly wounded, fleeing from his enemies, Trace Jordan takes refuge at an isolated homestead where Maria Cristina nurses him back to health. Trace's enemies eventually find him so now Trace must decide whether to leave Maria behind or take her with him.
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English
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"Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Dimitri watched helplessly as his son, Jay, transformed from a gentle boy to a soldier in training, wearing traditional robes and following a strict diet. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. Too late, Dimitri learned that their country, Belgium,...
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English
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Poet Christopher Snow, a man who cannot stand daylight, teams up with his genetically engineered dog, Orson, to investigate the abduction of children in Moonlight Bay, California. The children are believed to be prisoners in an army base populated by intelligent animals that were produced by scientific experiments. Snow and Orson penetrate the base to search for them. A sequel to Fear Nothing.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A devoted housekeeper embarks on a quest to find the truth behind her employer's murder. A washed-up Hollywood actor gets one last, high-stakes chance to revive his career. A man makes an impulsive visit to his hometown, and learns more about his past than he bargained for. Two Olympic track hopefuls receive terrorist threats. And Deaver's beloved series characters Lincoln Rhyme, Kathryn Dance, and John Pellam return in stories now in print for the...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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A behind-the-scenes, sixtieth anniversary commemoration of the thirty-seventh President's famous "Checkers" speech demonstrates how it salvaged a psychologically troubled Nixon's position on Eisenhower's Republican ticket, set the tone for the 1952 campaign, and reflected period politics and culture.
7) Jail coach
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Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First e-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
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English
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Loss prevention specialist Jay Davidovich joins with ex-marine and ex-con Katrina Thompson to prepare a Hollywood actor convicted of a DUI how to survive jail time in order to fulfill a series of movie contracts.
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Gus Murphy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Former Suffolk County cop Gus Murphy returns to prowl the meaner streets of Long Island's darkest precincts with a Russian mercenary at his back. Gus and his girlfriend, Magdalena, are put in harm's way when Gus is caught up in the distant aftershocks of heinous crimes committed decades ago in Vietnam and Russia. Gus's ex-priest pal, Bill Kilkenny, introduces him to a wealthy businessman anxious to have someone look more deeply into the brutal murder...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 362 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins delivers the long awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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English
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On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that's going stale and that he's sure his wife Miranda is cheating on him. But Lily has a dark history that she's not sharing...and soon sex and deception lead to murder.
11) Andre
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Paramount
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A Maine harbormaster witnesses the impact of a playful and appreciative seal on his hometown, his family and especially on his shy nine-year-old daughter.
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[2024]
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English
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Martha Ratliff conceded long ago that she'd likely spend her life alone. She was fine with it, happy with her solo existence, stimulated by her job as an archival librarian, constantly surrounded by thought-provoking ideas and the books she loved. But then she met Alan, a charming and sweet-natured divorcee with a job that took him on the road for half the year. When he asked her to marry him, she said yes, even though he still felt a little bit like...
13) Stormland
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"They call it Stormland: a sprawling, largely abandoned region of the southeastern coast of the USA, where climate change's extreme weather conditions have brought about a ''perfect storm'' of perpetual tempests; where hurricane-strength storms return day after day, 365 days a year. The heart of Stormland is Charleston, South Carolina, a flooded ruin where hundreds of people remain for their own peculiar reasons; where thugs prey on the weak, and...
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Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Darby's past rises up to do more than haunt him. You can run, but in the information age you can only hide for so long. Midnight Rider Productions is a dark web nightmare machine, headed by the one man who years ago drove Darby to hide in the seamy environs of Old Town and make his life there. But Darby left his own mark back in the day, and the shadowy head of production has a grudge to settle. Rider has found him at long last and plans to make...
15) The shell game
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Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xxii, 487 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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English
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September Eleventh . . . war in Iraq . . . turmoil in the Middle East . . . an impending war with Iran. They have one thing in common: oil. And the world is running out.
The Shell Game is a thrilling novel that faces the end of oil and the next big attack on American soil. This fictional tale resonates with chilling facts from real-life informants in the oil industry and the U.S. government, piecing together the terrifying truth about a nation...
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Pub. Date
1954
Physical Desc
266 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
Description
Smoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the open range, he is free to go where he wants to and do what he wants to. And he knows what he has to do to survive.
Smoky can beat any enemy, whether it be a rattlesnake or a hungry wolf. He is as much a part of the Wild West as it is of him, and Smoky can't imagine anything else.
Then he comes across a new enemy, one that walks on two legs and makes funny sounds. Smoky can't beat this enemy...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 259 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"In the wake of tragic events in Charlottesville, VA, and Donald Trump's initial refusal to denounce the white nationalists behind it all, the 'antifa' opposition movement is suddenly appearing everywhere. But what is it, precisely? And where did it come from? As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism--also known as 'antifa.' Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and '30s, the antifa movement...
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Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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Edgar and Macavity Award nominee Timothy Hallinan's Simeon Grist private-eye novels have become cult favorites. This sixth series installment takes place in the West Hollywood of 1995, where the community is shaken by the brutal killing of an older man who was widely loved for his generosity and kindness. In a time when the police were largely indifferent to crimes against gay people, Simeon is hired to catch the murderer-and finds himself up against...
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Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
542 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
Description
"Maury Terry's investigation into the Son of Sam murders"--
On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the Son of Sam murders that had terrorized New York City for over a year. Berkowitz confessed to shooting sixteen people and killing six with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver, and the case was officially closed. Journalist Maury Terry was suspicious of Berkowitzs confession. Spurred by conflicting witness descriptions of the killer...