Catalog Search Results
13721) In the Onyx Lobby
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A respectable young attorney in New York City, Otis Landon has barely settled into his new living quarters when an incident occurs in a neighboring apartment that he cannot, in good conscience, ignore. Robert Pembroke, a vicious, miserly man, has been murdered behind locked doors. The only people who had access to the victim were his servant and his niece. The latter, Miss Janet Pembroke, seems the suspect most likely to have eliminated her uncle...
13722) The Come Back
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
After his son, Peter, is lost and presumed dead in the wilds of the Labrador coast, Benjamin Crane turns to spiritualism for solace and comfort. So profound is his belief in the medium, that he writes a successful book about his experiences. But when one of his son's companions on the ill-fated expedition is poisoned, at least some of those surrounding him begin to question the honesty of the medium, Madame Parlato. To find the murderer, the famous...
13723) Deep in the heart: a novel
Author
Series
Publisher
Integrity Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
391 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
13724) A dream of freedom
Author
Publisher
Bonneville Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
286 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Great Terror of the late 1930s is raging in the Soviet Union, and Misha Kostrin lives in constant fear and spiritual emptiness. Shortly after the secret police arrest his best friend, Misha himself comes under suspicion. As he waits for his own inevitable demise, he finds a book his uncle left him years ago, and in it he discovers the key to saving himself from the evil that surrounds him.
13725) The vanishing point
Author
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of Philippa Gregory's smart, transporting fiction comes this tale of dark suspense, love and betrayal, featuring two star-crossed sisters, one lost and the other searching. Bright and inquisitive, Hannah Powers was raised by a father who threatened her as if she were his son. While her beautiful and reckless sister, May pushes the limits of propriety in their small English town, Hannah harbors her own secret: their father has given...
Author
Series
Enola Holmes mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and themysterious appearance of a black barouche.
13727) Die with the outlaws
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
On the lawless frontiers of the American West, there is one rule every outlaw should remember: Never cross a mountain man like Matt Jensen. Not if you want to keep breathing. No gun. No horse. No water or food. And worse yet: No idea how he ended up in the middle of a desert with a bullet in his leg and a bump on his head. That's the sorry situation Matt Jensen wakes up to--dazed and confused--until he slowly pieces together what happened. The last...
13728) The Woodlanders
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thomas Hardy's "The Woodlanders" was first published serially in 1887. The tale takes place in the woodland village of Little Hintock and is centers around the romantic dramas of its inhabitants. The story begins with Giles Winterborne, an honest woodsman, who wishes to marry his childhood sweetheart, Grace Melbury. While the two have been informally betrothed to each other since they were young, Grace gains an education through her father's persistent...
13729) Cry of the Raven
Author
Series
Ravenwood saga (Morgan Busse) volume 3
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lady Selene Ravenwood has come into her full power as a dreamwalker just as the war with the Dominia Empire begins. Working with the other Great Houses, Selene and Damien use their gifts to secure the borders and save those devastated by the war. But conflict, betrayal, and hatred begin to spread between the Great Houses, destroying their unity as the empire burns a path across their lands. At the same time, Damien Maris starts to lose his ability...
13730) A Son at the Front
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edith Wharton's A Son at the Front (1923) is a stirring rumination of family, art, and the shortcomings of possession. The story, which is set on the eve of the First World War reflects the author's own experience living in France when the "Great War" broke out. The delineation of Wartime Paris is one of great power and evocation, yet it is the immensely personal father-son relationship that is at the heart of this tragic novel.
The novel begins in...
13731) The one who waits for me
Author
Series
Carolina moon novels volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the months following the end of the Civil War, Beth Jornigan, her sister Joanie, and their friend Trella try to start a new life away from their evil uncle and cousin but encounter trouble at every turn and find help from a trio of weary soldiers returning from battle.
13732) Noir: a novel
Author
Series
Sammy and the Cheese volume 1
Language
English
Description
San Francisco, 1947. It's not every afternoon that an enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin tends bar. It's love at first sight, but before Sammy can make his move, an Air Force general named Remy arrives with some urgent business. 'Cause when you need something done, Sammy is the guy to go to. He's got the connections on the street. Meanwhile, a suspicious flying object...
13733) Hate thy neighbor
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
They risked their lives to make a home in the heart of West Texas. Now the Kerrigan family must face the deadliest challenges of the land they love-and the evil that men do.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER . . .
After a two-year drought, the Kerrigan ranch is dry as a bone and as dusty as a honky-tonk bible. On the brink of ruin, Kate Kerrigan hires the rainmaker Professor Somerset Lazarus, who promises...
13734) The wild birds
Author
Publisher
A Rare Bird Book
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cast adrift in 1870s San Francisco after the death of her mother, a girl named Olive disguises herself as a boy and works as a lighthouse keeper's assistant on the Farallon Islands to escape the dangers of a world unkind to young women. In 1941, nomad Victor scours the Sierras searching for refuge from a home to which he never belonged. And in the present day, precocious fifteen year-old Lily struggles, despite her willfulness, to find a place for...
13735) Letters from war: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From platinum-selling singer Mark Schultz comes a novel based on his award-winning song 'Letters from Home,' about a mother's unwavering hope and steadfast prayers for her son to return from war.
INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL HIT SONG
When Beth Thompson's only son, James, goes missing in action in Afghanistan, she is left with her prayers, hopes, fears . . . and letters.
Mother and son have been writing since boot camp. James writes of his struggle...
13736) The new kingdom
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 7
Publisher
Bonnier Publishing Fiction
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favored son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façade a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Isetnofret, and Hui's own brother, Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city. Cast out and alone, Hui finds himself...
13737) Every Rogue Has His Charm
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Love, intrigue, and a fresh spin on historical romance make a sexy and suspenseful mix in the latest novel in Susanna Craig's Regency-set series—as the wife one man left behind becomes the woman he can't live without . . .
Caroline, Marchioness of Chesleigh, has been married for six years—at least in name. In fact, Caro has hardly seen her husband since the early days of their union. Scarred and reclusive, Maxim wasn't...
Caroline, Marchioness of Chesleigh, has been married for six years—at least in name. In fact, Caro has hardly seen her husband since the early days of their union. Scarred and reclusive, Maxim wasn't...
13738) A Hope Divided
Author
Series
The Loyal League volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Her prose is flawless. Her historical research is absorbing, and her characters are achingly human. This book is fantastic." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A Library Journal Editors' Pick
Buzzfeed's The Ultimate Buzzfeed Books Gift Guide
Bookish "Autumn 2017's Most Swoon-Worthy Romance Books" List
For all of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped...
A Library Journal Editors' Pick
Buzzfeed's The Ultimate Buzzfeed Books Gift Guide
Bookish "Autumn 2017's Most Swoon-Worthy Romance Books" List
For all of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped...
13739) Traitors among us: a novel
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Following the end of World War II, Ukrainian sisters Krystia and Maria reunite in a displaced persons camp, where they are falsely accused of collaboration with the Nazis and face interrogation by the Soviets for crimes they never committed. SoviaIncludes bibliographical references.
Author
Series
John Hay mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt is a historical thriller from award-winning political journalist Burt Solomon, featuring Teddy Roosevelt's near death...accident or assassination attempt?
Theodore Roosevelt had been president for less than a year when on a tour in New England his horse-drawn carriage was broadsided by an electric trolley. TR was thrown clear but his Secret Service bodyguard was killed instantly. The trolley's motorman pleaded...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request