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NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY Books By Mail Rural Services Large Print Catalog (Updated 1/2009) NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES We are now offering our Books By Mail patrons Gale Group InfoTrac Resources! In an effort to bring electronic information resources to as many New Mexicans as possible, the New Mexico State Library is providing databases of magazines and journals to libraries and patrons via the Internet. The New Mexico State Library has chosen InfoTrac, a highly regarded resource of content-rich authoritative information through the Internet. The InfoTrac databases contain over 4,277 magazines and journals, 2,969 of them with full-text and full-image with the remainder offering abstracts to the articles. InfoTrac is a product of Gale Group, a major vendor of library magazine and journal subscriptions to libraries. Access to the databases is controlled through specific usernames and passwords which are established for constituent libraries and patrons throughout New Mexico. Each library is authorized to provide these usernames and passwords to its clients, students or patrons, thus giving access to any New Mexico citizen with Internet access. The Gale logon screen for NMSL Direct and Rural Services patrons is http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nmlibdrsb (The password is: cactus) Copyright requirements are covered by the arrangements that the Gale Group makes with the journals and magazines it includes in the databases. *We ask that you mention you are a Books By Mail patron when contacting the following numbers. For information or help contact either: Mark Adams 1-800-477-4401 or Teresa Martinez (505) 476-9781 or 1-800-395-9144 For information on how to use the database contact: Reference 1-800-876-2203 For information from the New Mexico State Library visit the web site at http://www.nmstatelibrary.org. NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES HOW TO ORDER: Send us your NAME and ADDRESS and the Catalog Numbers of the books you wish to read. Mail to: BOOKS BY MAIL New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507-5166 or use the yellow order card included with your last order of books or Email to: [email protected] [email protected] CALL TOLL FREE OR 1-800-395-9144 DAY OR NIGHT ***Due to U.S. Postal Service practices your order may take up to 2 weeks to reach you and to return to us. Your books, a new order card, and the return postage will arrive in a special canvas bag to be used when returning materials to the BOOKS BY MAIL office. The due date for the books to be returned will be stamped on the back inside cover of each book. If you are unable to return your books by the due date, please send a note or call 1-800-3959144 giving us the Title, Author, and Due Date. These books will be renewed for an additional three weeks. For any reference questions you may have, you can direct them to our Reference Bureau at [email protected]. We ask that you mention you are a Books By Mail patron when contacting them. You can visit the New Mexico State Library web site at http://www.nmstatelibrary.org. Under the Books By Mail tab, you will be able to access our 4 latest catalogs. If you would prefer not to receive the paper version of the quarterly catalog and would rather access it online, please let us know so we can adjust our records. Thank you for using Books By Mail. NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES * HIGH DEMAND TITLES !!! Some delays in filling orders are unavoidable when a new catalog or supplement is sent out to several hundred households, so if a book is not available at the time of your request, it will be put on reserve and mailed to you when it becomes available. You will not need to reorder the book(s). Reordering the book(s) will only delay orders that much longer. We appreciate your patience. SPANISH BOOKS Books in Spanish are available for children and adults. Some editions are bilingual. LARGE PRINT BOOKS When ordering titles with the prefix “LP” (Large Print) please specify that you only want the titles in Large Print, otherwise, if the title is available in regular print, it will be substituted, and if it is not, we will send you the “LP” title. We hope this will minimize the waiting time on high demand titles and also save the Large Print for patrons who can only read Large Print, which is a smaller collection. Thank You. BOOKS-BY-MAIL provides library services to those who are not reached by public libraries. Call our toll free number 1-800-395-9144 and leave your requests on the 24 hour recording. Give us your name, mailing address, the catalog numbers of the books you wish to read. If calling to renew a book, give us the same information mentioned above along with the original due date of your book(s). This program was funded with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which administers the Library Services and Technology Act. NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES RURAL BOOKMOBILES: EAST WEST P.O. Box 1163 Tucumcari, NM 88401 505-461-1206 Counties: Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel 1000 Main Street NW, Bldg. 16-A NORTHEAST P.O. Box 97 Cimarron, NM 87714 505-376-2474 Counties: Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Taos, Union Los Lunas, NM 87031 505-841-5250 Counties: Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance,Valencia SOUTHWEST 3130 B. Hwy 180 East Silver City, NM 88061-7704 505-534-4617 Counties: Catron, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra The Bookmobiles are a part of the Rural Services Program. Contact the Bookmobile headquarters in your area for the Bookmobile schedules. Users of the Rural Services Program may also take advantage of the Talking Book Library, which provides audio material for the blind, reading disabled, physically handicapped and some homebound people. For more information about this program call 1800-456-5515. CATEGORY CODES What is the 3 letter code at the beginning of each book description? 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Any comments or suggestions about our service?___________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 8 ADVENTURE larger story of corruption and intrigue reaching deep into the heart of the occupation. ADV Against Cold Steel Hoyt, Edwin P. LP-2588 When Stephen Decatur received his commission to captain after the firing of the Philadelphia, he had little time to bask in glory. The spring of 1804 saw the bloody continuation of the Tripolitan Wars, and the bashaw of Tripoli was not about to give up Mediterranean piracy and forced tributes without a battle. And battle was precisely what the U.S. Navy had in store for him. Before the merciless summer sun surrendered to an arid Barbary autumn, Captain Stephen Decatur would lead one of the most brilliant gunboat attacks ever logged in the annals of naval history. ADV Stonewall's Gold Mrazek, Robert J. LP-2274 It is the final winter of the war, and in the wake of an infamous order issued by General Grant, Union armies have laid waste to the majestic Shenandoah Valley. It is then that a stranger arrives in the small village of Port Republic. When someone begins desecrating the graves of soldiers buried near Jackson's former headquarters, Jamie Lockhart uncovers an incredible secret that could very well cost him his life. Pursued by men who would kill for what he possesses, fifteen-year-old Jamie embarks on a quest that will test the limits of his courage and endurance. ADV The Good German Kanon, Joseph LP-2509 With World War II finally ending, Jake Geismar, former Berlin correspondent for CBS, manages to wangle one of the coveted press slots for the Postdam Conference. His assignment: a series of articles on the American occupation of postwar Berlin. His personal agenda: to find Lena, the German mistress he left behind at the outbreak of the war. When he stumbles onto a murder, an American soldier, he things he has found the key that will unlock his Berlin story. What he finds instead is a ADV Drop Zone Salazar, Michael LP-2589 Elite Air Force Special Forces Para rescue Team operative Jason Johnson is teamed with a hotshot Marine for a perilous mission. Johnson must drop in war-torn Bosnia to find evidence of the ethnic cleansing of thousands of civilians through the use of a deadly nerve toxin, and bring back a sample so an antidote can be created. But there are those who will do anything to see his mission fail. 1 ADV The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark LP-2134 Mark Twain's story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice. Recounts the adventures of a young boy and an escaped slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft. ANI Marley & Me Grogan, John LP-2944 John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow fur ball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound steamroller of a Labrador retriever. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, and stole women's undergarments. Obedience school did no good, Marley was expelled. But just as Marley joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. Marley remained a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit's end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms. ANIMALS ANI The Lost Pet Chronicles Albrecht, Kathy LP-2771 Kat Albrecht is the only lawenforcement based pet detective in the United States. Since 1997, Albrecht and her search dogs have located lost cats, dogs, ferrets, turtles, horses, and other species using techniques that are normally used to solve missing person investigations. Full of heartwarming and inspiring tales of rescue, The Lost Pet Chronicles tells the story of Kat's unlikely career path and of how discovering the work she loved transformed her from a dissatisfied cop into a woman with a true personal and professional calling. ANI Let Sleeping Vets Lie Herriot, James LP-0117 The trials and anecdotes of a Yorkshire veterinarian as he ponders the questions of who is more difficult, animals or their owners. ANI Vets Might Fly Herriot, James LP-0164 The intrusion of World War II and his sudden call to duty in the RAF leave James herriot musing whimsically over the simpler days in the Yorkshire Dales he left behind. 2 ANI Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild Roberts, Monty LP-2142 This moving book tells a story of how famed horse gentler Monty Roberts met and eventually tamed his beloved horse Shy Boy. Their unique relationship began when Shy Boy was a wild mustang. Monty trekked for three days across 100 miles of high desert, working his magic across the shimmering heat, until he connected with this wild horse on the open range. The mustang came home with Monty, until one year later, when they returned to the plains and Monty set Shy Boy free and gave him a choice: return to his herd or stay with Monty. BIO Jackie After Jack Andersen, Christopher LP-2143 Jackie Kennedy was only thirty-four when Camelot ended with a blaze of gunfire on November 22, 1963. Here Christopher Andersen draws on previously sealed archival material and newly declassified documents to paint a sympathetic, yet often startling portrait of Jackie in all her complexity. Alone after Dallas, Jackie summoned the strength and dignity to go on. BIO Sweet Caroline: Last Child of Camelot Andersen, Christopher LP-2811 Through it all, the sole surviving member of Camelot's First Family, Caroline Kennedy, has remained largely a mystery. Until now. Christopher Andersen draws on important sources to provide a full, compelling portrait of Caroline, the young wife and mother left to carry on in her legendary family's name. BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY BIO Tuesdays with Morrie Albom, Mitch LP-2769 Upon learning of his former college professor and mentor's impending death, Mitch Albom, award-winning sportswriter, "New York Times" bestselling author, and TV commentator, visited Morrie Schwartz every week. "Tuesdays with Morrie" is Albom's extraordinary chronicle of their time together, a book filled with laughter, sadness, joy, and peace. BIO The Day Diana Died Andersen, Christopher LP-2227 The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is a defining benchmark in history. More than a year after the fatal car crash, millions around the world still remain in shock. During the sixteen years since her wedding to Prince Charles, she had evolved from "Shy Di" to the most famous person in the 3 BIO All Over but the Shoutin' Bragg, Rick LP-2103 A haunting memoir by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, "All Over but the Shoutin'" presents a gripping account of people struggling to make sense and solidity of life's capricious promises. As he tells the wrenching story of his own family's life in the dirt-poor Alabama hills, where he got out, but has never been quite about to leave, Bragg attempts to both atone for and to avenge the mistakes and cruelties of his past. world. For all her fame, much of the human drama that swirled around her death remains veiled in intrigue. The author draws upon important sources, many of whom have agreed to speak here for the first time, to re-create the events leading up to that fateful night. BIO The Day John Died Andersen, Christopher LP-2372 Retracing the life and tragic death of John Kennedy, Jr., this illustrated biography of an American icon begins in the Kennedy White House and covers his romances with Madonna and Daryl Hannah, his relationships with family members, his magazine, and much more. BIO Marilyn: The Last Take Brown, Peter LP-0209 Two veteran Hollywood journalists join forces to tell the complete story of Marilyn Monroe's final days. Based on thousands of newly discovered documents, hours of footage from her last film, and over 300 revealing interviews, this is an astonishing account of what really happened during the last 14 weeks in the life of Hollywood's legendary sex goddess. BIO Princess Grace Bradford, Sarah LP-2079 Princess Grace will be remembered as a fairy-tale heroine, the shy convent girl from Philadelphia who achieved stunning success as an actress, then abandoned her career in films, at age twenty-six, to marry the ruler of a tiny principality perched high above the Mediterranean Sea. Only a woman trained and devoted to duty could have given it all up for an even greater role: Her serene Highness, Princess Grace of Monaco. 4 BIO Sharing Good Times Carter, Jimmy LP-3022 In this wonderfully evocative volume, former United States president and Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter writes about the things that matter most, the simple, relaxed days and nights that he has enjoyed with family and friends through the years and across generations. BIO Memories: The Autobiography of Ralph Emery Emery, Ralph LP-0162 Here is Ralph Emery's uplifting and true tale of his rags-to-riches life, from a farm in Tennessee to the star-studded world of Nashville. BIO Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne LP-2002 Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic, a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. BIO Turning Point Carter, Jimmy LP-0210 It has been said that Jimmy Carter is the only man ever to have used the presidency as a stepping-stone to greater service. This is the story of why Carter first sought office in 1962, and what he has accomplished since then. BIO Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin LP-2003 This book is the straight-forward life story of a typically American character endowed with the great powers developed by self education, who exerted vast influence as a citizen and statesman for his own day and for the future of his country. BIO I Am What I Ate. . .and I'm Frightened!!! Cosby, Bill LP-2705 (Also available in regular print (AP-0361)). Bill Cosby wants food lovers to know that they are not alone. Here, Cosby reflects back on his own sixty-five years of dining at the banquet of life. 5 BIO A Lotus Grows in the Mud Hawn, Goldie LP-3205 In this candid and unconventional memoir, Goldie invites us to join her in a look back at the remarkable people and events that have touched her. It is a joyous spiritual journey of the heart in search of enlightenment. With the effervescent humor and generosity that are familiar to everyone, Goldie talks about the lessons she's learned and the wisdom she feels she's been given, in the hope of giving something back. BIO Bob Hope: My Life in Jokes Hope, Bob LP-2704 Bob Hope celebrated his 100th birthday, and to mark the occasion he collaborated with daughter Linda on this extraordinary collection of his best jokes and anecdotes. The result is a compelling and hilarious portrait of the twentieth century's greatest entertainer and a true national treasure. BIO Don't Shoot it's Only Me Hope, Bob LP-0114 The great entertainer's memoirs of the personalities he has known along with his personal triumphs. BIO Me Hepburn, Katherine LP-0161 Katherine Hepburn breaks her silence in this absorbing memoir. BIO Nancy Reagan: Unauthorized Biography Kelley, Kitty LP-0096 The daring behind-the-scenes look at the former First Lady. BIO Seldom Disappointed Hillerman, Tony LP-2410 (Also available in regular print (AH-0403)). This is a splendid memoir, an affectionate and unvarnished recollection of the life of one of America's best-loved writers today. Beginning with his upbringing in Depression-era Oklahoma, this book spans Hillerman's tour of duty in France in World War II, his newspaper career, and his now legendary entry into publishing. Photo inserts. BIO Education of a Wandering Man L'Amour, Louis LP-0208 From his decision to leave school at 15 to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo, a cattle skinner, a merchant seaman, and a bare-knuckled prize fighter, here is Louis L'Amour's memoir of his life-long love of learning, a love that shaped him as a story teller and as a man. 6 BIO West with the Night Markham, Beryl LP-2045 "West with the Night" is a fascination and a mystery. Briefly, the book is an episodic account of some thirty Africa years, from childhood to 1936, in the life of an amazing woman. BIO John Paul the Great Noonan, Peggy LP-3261 The author brings her sharp observations, acute sensibility, warmth, and wit to the life of the pope and shows the personal effect his journey had upon her and millions of others. Written with heart and depth, this is at once a moving elegy and a brilliant celebration of a man whose life taught others how to live. BIO My Life with Groucho: Growing Up with the Marx Marx, Arthur LP-0163 The remarkable, sometimes tragic story of this Hollywood legend is told here with gritty, compelling, but honest detail by Groucho's son, Arthur. BIO Leap of Faith Noor, Queen LP-2945 This is the story of a young American woman who became wife and partner to an Arab monarch. It provides a compelling portrait of the late King Hussein and his lifelong effort to bring peace to his war torn region, and an insider's view of the growing gulf between the United States and the Arab nations. It is also the refreshingly candid story of a mother coming to terms with the demands the king's role as a world statesman placed on her family's private life. But most of all it is a love story, the intimate account of a woman who lost her heart to a king, and to his people. BIO 'Tis: A Memoir Mc Court, Frank LP-2110 The sequel to the Pulitzer Prizewinning "Angela's Ashes, " McCourt's glowing memoir chronicles his story from impoverished immigrant to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher, a tale of survival as vivid, harrowing, and often hilarious as its bestselling predecessor. BIO Mornings on Horseback Mc Cullough, David LP-2057 From the diaries and letters of the Roosevelt family, David Mc Cullough sketches a brilliant and intimate portrait of the young Teddy Roosevelt and his growth to manhood. 7 BIO 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life Piper, Don LP-3163 Recounts the extraordinary experience of a Baptist minister, Don Piper, who was pronounced dead at the scene of a tragic car accident and experienced the glories of Heaven for 90 minutes, but who miraculously came back to life, where he endured a long and painful recovery. Family/Marriage FAM Every Woman's Marriage: Igniting The Joy and Passion You Both Desire Ethridge, Shannon LP-3273 Across the country, countless women live as "desperate housewives," committed to marriage yet longing for a deeper more intimate connection with their husbands. The latest release in the bestselling Every Woman's series offers hope and help for those ready to stop the blame game and pursue the marriage of their dreams. Drawing on real-life stories from both men and women, as well as lessons from their own less-than-satisfying early years of marriage, authors Shannon and Greg Ethridge offer penetrating insights about what it takes to nurture a dynamic marriage. On every page, readers will find practical tools and wise biblical counseling for transforming a listless marriage into a vibrant, exciting relationship. BIO Make Room for Danny Thomas, Danny LP-0115 Danny Thomas shares the laughter and tears from his early days in Chicago nightclubs to his successful television career. COOKING CKG Easy Elegant Dining Alkire, Gratia LP-2073 A collection of elegant recipes especially created for the physically challenged and visually impaired and for anyone who wishes to make memorable dinners with ease. FANTASY FAN Sweet Starfire Krentz, Jayne Ann LP-2500 She is Cidra, an ethereal beauty, sheltered by a spiritual race but belonging to another people. He is Teague Severance, a rugged adventurer used to taking and getting what he wants. Side by side on a dangerous quest, they will soar from the shimmering towers of Cidra's home to the mining towns of the galaxy's outback, to the deadly jungles of the planet Renaissance. CKG Weight Watchers Healthy Life-Style Cookbook Weight Watchers Int. LP-0120 An exciting new cookbook with over 250 new health recipes that taste great but without all the calories and fat. 8 FAN Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince Rowling, J. K. LP-2946 (Harry Potter, Book 6) (Also available in regular print (AS-0052)). Sixthyear Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses. FAN Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. LP-2247 (Harry Potter, Book 2) (Also available in regular print (BB-2986)). In the second book of the Harry Potter series, the author takes up where she left off with Harry's second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, an outrageously conceited professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, and a mysterious force that turns Hogwarts students to stone. FAN Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. LP-2634 (Harry Potter, Book 5) (Also available in regular print (AO-326)). The phenomenal bestseller is now in paperback. In his fifth year at Hogwart's, 15-year-old Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-BeNamed to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. FAN Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. LP-2305 (Harry Potter, Book 3) (Also available in regular print (BB-3125)). The third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig. 9 FAN Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. LP-2432 FAN Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. LP-3249 (Harry Potter, Book 7) The heart of Book 7 is a hero's mission, not just in Harry's quest for the Horcruxes, but in his journey from boy to man, and Harry faces more danger than that found in all six books combined, from the direct threat of the Death Eaters and you-know-who, to the subtle perils of losing faith in himself. Attentive readers would do well to remember Dumbledore's warning about making the choice between "what is right and what is easy," and know that Rowling applies the same difficult principle to the conclusion of her series. (Harry Potter, Book 4)(Also available in regular print (AE-0086)). The 4th book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry, he's not normal, even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly. GENERAL FICTION FAN Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. LP-2170 FIC Invitation to Provence Adler, Elizabeth LP-2970 (Also available in regular print (AR-1220)). Invited to attend a family reunion in Provence, Franny Marten leaves behind her unfaithful boyfriend to enjoy the region's beautiful landscapes and partake in its exotic cuisine, but her visit is rendered dangerous by someone who would prevent her discovery of family secrets. (Harry Potter, Book 1) (Also available in regular print (BB-2836)). Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. All that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger, an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed, there he finds friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner. 10 FIC The Traveler's Gift Andrews, Andy LP-2942 FIC A Little Less Than Kind Armstrong, Charlotte LP-2761 At fifty, David had everything he ever wanted: the presidency of a large corporation, a luxurious mansion, and marriage to Abby, all made possible by the death of his best friend, Abby's husband. But Abby's son, finding the arrangement less than ideal, was determined to prove his stepfather a murderer. David Ponder feels like a total failure. Once a Fortune 500 company executive, he now works for minimum wage while his wife out-earns him cleaning houses. Just when he thinks he's hit bottom, David has an extraordinary experience. Traveling back in time, he meets leaders & heroes at crucial moments in their lives. From some of the wisest people who ever lived, he receives seven secrets for success, and a second chance. Elizabeth, Countess of Dansmere, has to contend with the attentions of two handsome gentlemen. The dashing count, Oswald Gulbridge, who wants to marry her. But her sister's neighbor, the wealthy Mr. Dominick Markham, wants only revenge, for he shares a secret with Elizabeth which could ruin them all. FIC Blooming All Over Arnold, Judith LP-2820 While Manhattanite Susie Bloom, the owner of Bloom's deli, contemplates marrying Casey, the bagel master from Queens, her cousin Rick, an aspiring filmmaker, features her in an infomercial, which launches a surprising career, forcing Susie to make a difficult decision. Sequel to "Love In Bloom's," (LP-2779). FIC Vinegar Hill Ansay, A. Manette LP-2234 Oprah's Book Club. Dutifully accompanying her unemployed husband back to her in-law's cold and loveless house, Ellen Grier finds that she must struggle to keep her passionate spirit alive as she searches for the inner strength to endure an allpervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves. FIC Love in Bloom's Arnold, Judith LP-2779 The Blooms have run the family deli for generations, and Grandma Ida isn't about to let anything change that. So when her son, the president, meets an untimely demise, the iron-willed matriarch appoints her granddaughter, Julia, who enters the inner sanctum of Bloom's, family rivalries, outrageous discoveries, and piles of delicious food. FIC A Scandalous Secret Andrews, Beth LP-2814 11 FIC Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. LP-0097 Ayla's saga continues as she and Jondalar set out on horseback across the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe. FIC Fallen Woman Barker, Ann LP-2762 When Fay Prescott travels to Old Drove House to take up a position as duenna to Rachel Proudfoot, she settles in happily and even arouses the romantic interest of the local vicar. But Fay has a past from which she cannot escape, and the arrival of Sir Jackson Hooper as a houseguest throws everything she was trying to achieve into jeopardy. FIC The Simple Truth Baldacci, David LP-2097 John Fiske is a hard-driving former cop who defends the very people he once put away. Sara Evans is the sharp young attorney with a cottage on the Potomac and everything going her way. Brought together by the case of a convicted killer, they desperately try to unravel a secret that reaches into Washington's power base: one simple truth that is killing everyone who gets too close to it. FIC Altered Images Barry, Maxine LP-3176 Everything is not as it seems at one of Oxford's most prestigious colleges. On the hunt for an art forger, Lorcan Greene is bedazzled by talented student Frederica Delacroix, but what is the secret she is hiding? And Morgan is everything Annis isn't looking for in a man, so why is she so attracted to him? FIC The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Bank, Melissa LP-2121 As a teenager, Jane Rosenal wonders who makes the rules for love. As an older sister, wiser woman, she turns to a book called, "How to Meet and Marry Mr. Right." In a series of smartly comic, affecting, and insightful episodes, this book follows the life lessons of Jane as she maneuvers her way through love, sex, and relationships, and learns when to fish, and when to bait. FIC The Devil's Bones Bass, Jefferson LP-3323 Investigating a suspicious death in which the victim's remains were found in a burned car, forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton engages in an unorthodox experiment to better understand the case, which is further complicated by psychotic nemesis Garland Hamilton's escape from custody. 12 FIC Scarhill Beeson, Jane LP-3033 Kate Merlin has farmed Scarhill, on the remote Devon Moors, for more than fifteen years. Now, abandoned by her husband, with two children to raise, she has no choice but to sell. After initially accepting a neighboring farmer's offer, Kate sells to a rich London family. But the arrival of the Deneuves has a devastating effect on the local community. FIC Copper Beech Binchy, Maeve LP-0169 Carved on the Copper Beach that embraces the school yard in Shancarrig are declarations of love, hope, and identity, the youthful dreams of children who played there. FIC Echoes Binchy, Maeve LP-0094 Divided as children by Ireland's rigid class structure. Clare and David meet again as adults and rediscover their lost love. FIC Beast Benchley, Peter LP-0123 Bermuda becomes the scene of horrific death and blood-chilling terror when human abuse of marine life leads to deadly disaster. FIC Light a Penny Candle Binchy, Maeve LP-0130 A story of two very different families and one very special friendship. FIC Open House Berg, Elizabeth LP-2447 Oprah's Book Club. A woman recreates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart. Samantha's husband has left her, and after a spree of overcharging at Tiffany's, she settles down to reconstruct a life for herself and her eleven-year-old son. Money is tight and to meet her mortgage payments, Sam decides to take in boarders. It is a love story about what can blossom between a man and a woman. FIC Quentins Binchy, Maeve LP-2578 (Also available in regular print (AK-0093)). While filming a documentary about Quentins, a famed Dublin restaurant, Ella Brady explores the changing face of the city from the 1970s to the present day as she captures the stories of the people who have made Quentins a center of their lives. 13 FIC Tara Road Binchy, Maeve LP-2242 FIC A Sudden Change of Heart Bradford, Barbara T. LP-2459 Best friends since childhood, Laura Valiant and Claire Benson find solace in each other as Claire struggles to cope with sudden tragedy and Laura's investigation into artwork stolen by the Nazis suddenly leads to Claire's divorced husband's family. Oprah's Book Club. A million-copy bestseller, is the story of two women, one from Dublin, the other from England. For one fateful summer, they exchange houses and lives, discovering deep secrets about each other and themselves. FIC Dances with Wolves Blake, Michael LP-0090 FIC Emma's Secret Bradford, Barbara T. LP-2940 On her deathbed Evan Hughes's grandmother tells her to go to London, where Emma Harte holds the key to her future. But Emma Harte has been dead for 30 years. In London, Evan turns up at a flagship store in Knightsbridge looking for a job. Everyone notices the resemblance between owner Paula O'Neill, Emma Hart's granddaughter, and the young American. When a cousin of Paula's is smitten with Emma, it becomes imperative to find out Evan's lineage. As Bradford lets the story unfold in the present and the past, Kate Reading divulges Emma's family secrets one by one in a soothing, languorous voice and soft accents. Reading performs each scene with practiced aplomb and lets the multifaceted story gradually reveal itself. Lt. John Dunbar is sent to an abandoned army post on the western frontier and gradually befriends and learns to respect the Comanche Indians. FIC All the Flowers are Dying Block, Lawrence LP-2912 (Also available in regular print (AR-2182)). A man in a Virginia prison awaits execution for three hideous murders he swears, in the face of irrefutable evidence, he did not commit. A psychologist, who claims to believe the convict, spends hours with the man in his death row cell, and ultimately watches in the gallery as the lethal injection is administered. His work completed, the psychologist heads back to New York City to attend to unfinished business. FIC Bridge Over the River Kwai Boulle, Pierre LP-2008 The magnificent story of Colonel Nicholson, who built a perfect bridge, for the enemy. 14 FIC Where You Belong Bradford, Barbara T. LP-2183 Val Denning is a young American photojournalist on the frontlines of Kosovo, where she and two colleagues are covering the war. In a nightmarish ambush, all three are shot, leaving Val's lover Tony dead. Soon Val realizes she was lied to by the man she loved and that another man, a friend, has loved her for years. Val must start unraveling mysteries of a man's life and of her own childhood. out into a world where she must learn to survive, and thrive on her own. FIC Jane Eyre Bronte, Charlotte LP-2022 One of the most popular books for readers of all ages, this timeless and compassionate story of an orphan girl who became a governess in a doomed household, may well be the most reread novel in the English language. FIC Closed Eye Brookner, Anita LP-0167 The story of a woman whose powers of submissiveness and self-denial are suddenly tested by the dizzying prospect of sexual awakening. FIC Heartswap Brayfield, Celia LP-2592 Flora drinks herbal tea, meditates, and believes in the abundance of the universe. Georgie drinks black coffee, drives a car called Flat Eric and believes in hard work. But they agree about a lot of things. They're both getting married. They know all men are victims of their own biology, but they're not choosing Hillary Clinton for a role model. Which means they've got the biology thing sorted out. So when their old boss bets them they can't seduce each other's fiancés, they're up for it. Will it all go horribly wrong? FIC The Da Vinci Code Brown, Dan LP-2810 (Also available in regular print (AO0095)). Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society. FIC French Silk Brown, Sandra LP-0127 A successful lingerie entrepreneur is suspected of murdering a televangelist in this sultry contemporary southern tale. FIC Parting Shots Bright, Freda LP-0178 Parting shots traces a forty-something woman's journey through divorce and 15 FIC The Alibi Brown, Sandra LP-2166 A Saturday night encounter with a mysterious woman is the start of a living nightmare for would-be D.A. Hammond Cross, especially when she turns out to be the prime suspect in a high-profile murder case. Cross now faces a moral dilemma, and a haunting question: Is she innocent of the crime, or was he set up as the perfect alibi? furry little paws around your heart and hold on. FIC Leaving Cold Sassy Burns, Olive Ann LP-0175 Readers will treasure this final glimpse of Will Tweedy and feisty young school-teacher who captures his heart; of a town that so movingly captured the heart and imagination of America; and of Olive Ann Burns, a writer who didn’t get a chance to finish her tale. FIC White Hot Brown, Sandra LP-3090 (Also available in regular print (AR-1268)). Returning to her Louisiana hometown after the suicide of her younger brother, Danny, Sayre Lynch examines the turbulent relationship between Danny and their favored older brother and begins to suspect that Danny was murdered. FIC Four Blondes Bushnell, Candace LP-2474 Four very different women endure romantic intrigues, betrayals, liaisons, and victories as they seek love amid the playgrounds of the rich and powerful. FIC Shadow of a Doubt Caughlin, William J. LP-0099 FIC Letters from Cleo and Tyrone Browne, L. Virginia LP-2277 From dreaming of catnip fields and tummy rubs to driving their mommies crazy, Cleo and Tyrone keep a busy schedule. This is a love story, with Cleo and Tyrone playing the starcrossed lovers kept apart by their owners. They're vain, self-centered, and manipulative, but somehow, in spite of all their scheming ways, Cleo and Tyrone still manage to wrap their A once spectacular lawyer, now an alcoholic has-been, tries one last case in hopes of redeeming his once illustrious career. FIC Circle of Quilters Chiaverini, Jennifer LP-3262 When the departure of two Elm Creek Quilts founding members prompts an influx of new applicants, the artists' retreat considers several candidates, including a history lover, a chef, and a gifted teacher. 16 FIC Patriot Games Clancy, Tom LP-0133 After saving the Royal family from a terrorist attack, Jack Ryan earns a knighthood, and the undying enmity of the terrorist group responsible. FIC Lady Boss Collins, Jackie LP-0095 Santangelo is back and ready to take on Hollywood. FIC Nurse on Trial Converse, Jane LP-2257 FIC What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day Cleage, Pearl LP-2099 Oprah's Book Club. After more than a decade of living the high life, Ava Johnson returns to the sleepy little community in Northern Michigan where she grew up. But what Ava perceives as an end is only the beginning, because there is too much happening in her small hometown to ignore. A highly readable fiction debut in the tradition of Terry McMillan and Connie Briscoe. Jennifer Mellin, R.N., is on trial, before the world, before her own conscience. For she was the last person to see her mother, ex-movie star, alive. Exhausted by caring for her hypochondriac mother, her professional senses numbed by a never-ceasing tirade of hysterical demands, had Jennie in fact given her mother Angela the wrong pills from the vast array of bottles in the medicine cabinet? Was Angela's death the result of foul play? FIC Blindsight Cook, Robin LP-0124 Under a haunting aura of suspense, forensic pathologist Dr. Laurie Montgomery discovers a darkly corrupt scheme of murder, high-level cover-ups, and inescapable fear. FIC Dangerous Kiss Collins, Jackie LP-2212 When a member of her family is gunned down in a random holdup, Lucky Santangelo hunts for the killer throughout Los Angeles. But her quest for revenge tests her relationship with her husband. Then suddenly into her life comes a man from her past, a man with a dangerous kiss. 17 FIC Toxin Cook, Robin LP-2109 On a special night out, a father/daughter outing for burgers and fries turns into tragedy as the girl becomes fatally ill and dies as a result of E. coli poisoning. Taking a leave from his practice, Dr. Kim Regis is determined to find out who is responsible for his daughter's death. Not only does he hit a brick wall of silence, he soon meets with violence as thugs attempt to stifle his inquiry. FIC Last of the Mohicans Cooper, James F. LP-2025 At the center of the novel is the celebrated 'Massacre' of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper built a romantic fiction of captivity, sexuality, and heroism, in which the destiny of the Mohican Chingachgook and his son Uncas is inseparable from the lives of Alice and Cora Munro and of Hawkeye the frontier scout. FIC Vector Cook, Robin LP-2150 Forensic pathologists Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery match wits with New York City cab driver Yuri Davydov, a former technician with the Soviet biological weapons program and disgruntled émigré, who unleashes a deadly reign of terror on the streets of Manhattan. FIC Roses Will Bloom Again Copeland, Lori LP-2633 Fifteen years ago, Lully broke up Sam and Emma's intended marriage, and Sam watched Emma go without a fight. Now the same woman's dying wish has thrown Sam and Emma back into each other's lives. As they work together to restore the crumbling Mansi Mansion, can they find the will to finish what they started so long ago? FIC Vital Signs Cook, Robin LP-0100 Marissa Blumenthal uncovers a bizarre international conspiracy that uses the latest reproductive technology to render women infertile. . .and worse! FIC Timeline Crichton, Michael LP-2177 When archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site, they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Then the group gets the chance to not only study the past but also to enter it. 18 FIC Sahara Cussler, Clive LP-0181 In this action-packed thriller, Dirk Pitt finds himself in the African Desert, saving a beautiful woman in distress and trashing the bad guys. FIC Versailles Davis, Kathryn LP-2498 Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette is traveling from Austria to France to meet her fiancé, the mild, abstracted Louis. He will become the sixteenth Louis to reign in France, and Antoinette will be his queen, although neither shows a strong inclination toward power, politics, or the roles that they have been summoned to play. Antoinette gives birth to four children, two of whom will outlive her; she falls in love; and she dies at the guillotine. FIC Shifting Calder Wind Dailey, Janet LP-2703 (Also available in regular print (AO-0129)). After recovering from a brutal attack, Chase Calder arrives at the Triple C Ranch to find out who wants him dead and places his trust in his daughter-in-law Jessy Calder, swearing her to secrecy about his true identity. FIC Forms of Shelter Davis-Gardner, Angela LP-0126 Beryl Fonteyn chronicles her years growing up in Virginia and North Carolina. FIC The Royal Pain Davidson, Mary J. LP-3260 In a world nearly identical to ours, where Russia never sold Alaska to the U.S., the rough, beautiful country is ruled by the famously eccentric Baranov family. Oldest daughter Princess Alexandria, whose acid wit and chronic insomnia have turned her into a tabloid darling, is a palace problem. Now Miss Royalpants is insisting that marine biologist Dr. Shel Rivers, who just wants to be left alone in his lab, wait on her hand and dimpled foot. FIC Life with Father Day, Clarence LP-2027 Clarence Day's father stories are enduringly established among the beloved classics of American Literature. 19 FIC Flirting with Pete Delinsky, Barbara LP-2718 (Also available in regular print (AN-0306)). Three years after a tragic accident leaves her mother comatose, Casey Ellis loses the psychologist father she barely knew and is astonished to learn he has left her his posh Boston townhouse, a situation that leads her to discover her father's harrowing experiences with a mysterious woman named Jenny. FIC The Woman Next Door Delinsky, Barbara LP-2350 FIC Looking for Peyton Place Delinsky Barbara LP-3148 (Also available in regular print (AS-0068)). The death of her mother brings writer Annie Barnes back to the New Hampshire mill town of her youth to investigate the pollution caused by the local paper mill, a contamination that may have been the cause of her mother's fatal illness. Among the inhabitants of Dogtown are Black Ruth, an African woman who dresses as a man and works as a stone mason; Mrs. Stanley, an imperious madam; Oliver Younger, who survives a miserable childhood; and Cornelius Finson, a freed slave whose race denies him everything. At the center of it all is Judy Rhines, a fiercely independent soul, deeply lonely, who nonetheless builds a life for herself and inspires those around her to become more generous and tolerant themselves. A poignant novel of deception, betrayal, love, and faith follows three couples whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their beautiful and much younger neighbor, who has been widowed for a year, announces that she is pregnant, forcing each of the wives to reevaluate their marriages and relationships. FIC The Last Days of Dogtown Diamant, Anita LP-3178 FIC The Summer I Dared Delinsky, Barbara LP-3088 (Also available in regular print (AR-0930)). The only survivors of a devastating boating accident off the coast of Maine, Julia, Noah, and Kim struggle with their brush with death, their feelings of guilt, and their changed perspectives on their lives. FIC A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles LP-2038 The two cities, a lethal, vengeful Paris during the French Revolution and a leafy, tranquil London, are only one of the novel's stark dichotomies, which are continued as Syndey Carton and Charles Darnay are drawn toward their separate destinies, their lives touched by the same woman. 20 FIC Out of Africa Dinesen, Isak LP-2055 Dinesen's love for Africa and the Africans who worked on her land is brought to life in this version of her best-selling book. love she has never known before, and the realization that motherhood and independence are not mutually exclusive. FIC House of Sand and Fog Dubus, Andre LP-2351 (Oprah's Book Club) House of Sand and Fog opens with a highway crew composed of several nationalities picking up litter on a hot California summer day. Massoud Amir Behrani, a former colonel in the Iranian military under the Shah, reflects on his jobsearch efforts since arriving in the U.S. four years before. FIC The Mercy of Thin Air Domingue, Ronlyn LP-3207 In 1920s New Orleans, smart and fearless Raziela Nolan is in the throes of a magnificent love affair when she suddenly dies in a tragic accident. Immediately after her death, she chooses to stay between, a realm that exists after life and before whatever lies beyond it. From this remarkable vantage point, Razi narrates the story of her lost love, as well as the relationship of Amy and Scott, a young couple whose house she haunts seventy years later. FIC With Your Crooked Heart Dunmore, Helen LP-2096 In powerful and diamond-sharp prose, Helen Dunmore writes a Dickensian story of two brothers who come from nowhere and want everything. Paul and Johnnie are born twelve years apart in a one-bedroom flat in Barking. Their ascent to money and power looks easy from a distance, but it burns those who get too close. When Paul marries Louise, Johnnie is part of the contract. Their daughter Anna, is tangled in it from birth. FIC Millstone Drabble, Margaret LP-2054 At a time when sex is de rigueur, this is the 60s, after all, in newly energized London, and illegitimacy taboo, Rosamund Stacey finds herself pregnant after her only sexual encounter. Despite her fierce independence and academic brilliance, Rosamund is naive and unworldly and the choices before her are terrifying. But in the perfection and helplessness of her baby she finds an unconditional 21 FIC People Like Us Dunne, Dominick LP-0134 When a journalist and confidant of New York society's elite puts his plan into action, high society finds out the hard way what happens when its intricate rules are broken. FIC Island Interlude Edwards, Jane LP-2215 Denise O'Shea and Natalie Engstromm both have the same destination: the Hotel Caribe Azure, a luxury hotel in the Caribbean. Once there, they are to supervise the sports program, along with handsome Roger Gates. Once there, the women are both affected by the poverty of the natives and the power that voodoo still holds over them. Then, disaster strikes the hotel when valuable jewelry starts disappearing from hotel rooms, and evidence points to an inside job. FIC Tuscany for Beginners Edward-Jones, Imogen LP-3086 Having abandoned a dreary cheating husband and an even drearier English town, Belinda Smith has found her very own Tuscan valley in the sun. Running Casa Mia, her own too, too divine bedand-breakfast, La Contessa of the Valley finds that life couldn't be more perfecto! Until, that is, the arrival of Lauren, a beautiful, feisty Wall Street ballbreaker who intends to open a place just like Belinda's, only much more glamorous. FIC Susannah is Missing Edwards, Jane LP-2133 One day Andrea Collins and her 15-yearold sister Susannah are living happily with their mother and grandfather, and the next Susannah is kidnapped. The kidnappers are cunning enough to make it look like no crime has been committed, but they hadn't counted on Anna's tenacious and resourceful spirit. Teamed up with Jim Faraday who's also on the criminals' trail, they find Susannah, only to discover that their nightmare has just begun! FIC Ghost of Castle Kilgarrom Edwards, Jane LP-2125 Mixing business with pleasure, genealogist Tara Delevan goes to Ireland to look up the ancestors of a client and to find out why her fiancée Neal Riordan has extended his visit with relatives at Castle Kilgarrom. Tara's arrival there causes quite a stir. She bears an uncanny resemblance to an 18th-century woman who is said to haunt Kilgarrom's halls. But Tara soon discovers that Kilgarrom is teeming with mystery and secrecy, and at its core are Neal and his cousin Eileen. 22 FIC The Memory Keeper's Daughter Edwards, Kim LP-3219 Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son is perfectly healthy, but his daughter has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect his wife, he asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, the nurse disappears into another city to raise the child herself. FIC A Perfect Day Evans, Richard P. LP-2812 (Also available in regular print (AP-0237)). Laid off from his sales rep job, Robert Paul decides to pursue his dream of becoming a writer and unexpectedly pens a best seller, but when his new world compromises his marriage, he receives unexpected guidance from a stranger. FIC The Locket Evans, Richard P. LP-2448 Michael Keddington develops a special bond with Esther, a woman who lives in the nursing home where he works when he loses his lover, and she will teach him lessons about love and forgiveness when he is falsely accused of abusing residents of the home. FIC The Quiet Rebel Erle, Joanna LP-2713 Escaping from scandal to Elswick, Elise Hilliard is dismayed to find out how small and quiet is this Sussex village. Worse is the discovery that landowner Nicholas Mariott, the most influential man locally, knows of the scandal and is prejudiced against her. FIC The House of the Scorpion Farmer, Nancy LP-3212 In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrâon, the 142year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. FIC The Loop Evans, Nicholas LP-2086 The Loop opens when a pack of wolves makes a sudden and savage return to Hope, Montana, where a century before they were slaughtered by the thousands. Now an endangered species, they reawaken the hatred that will tear a town apart. At the center is a dangerous liaison between wolf biologist Helen Ross and Buck Calder, son of the rancher who is Helen's most powerful opponent. 23 FIC The Girl at the Lion D'Or Faulks, Sebastian LP-2195 In mid-Thirties France, seeking asylum from her past, a penniless orphan turns up as a waitress at a tatty hotel by the sea. Befriended by the local landowner, the girl entrusts him with the highly charged scandal that in the Great War left her parentless. Her longing to be loved seduces him into tackling his own problems. A powerful story of love and conscience in a small French town. homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become. FIC Mama's Bank Account Forbes, Kathryn LP-2051 This is one of the most beguiling and best loved books ever to appear on the American Literary scene. Full of wisdom, affection, warmth and humor it established "Mama" as everybody's favorite wife and mother. FIC Saratoga Trunk Ferber, Edna LP-2034 The alluring Clio Dulaine travels from Paris to New Orleans in the 1880'S, hoping to find a rich man to marry. Instead, she falls in love with Texas cowboy Clint Maroon. The ambitious pair set out for Saratoga, home of the fabulous racetrack where fortunes are quickly made and as easily lost. Intrigued, Clint decides to make his fortune in railroads in Texas, with the help of Clio's fabulous beauty, the couple goes on to greater things than even they imagined. FIC Death to the French Forester, C. S. LP-2711 It is the Peninsular War, and Wellington's outnumbered army must retreat before the invading French. Separated from his regiment, Rifleman Matthew Dodd finds himself alone in the Portuguese hills. Hunted down by a group of French infantry, he stumbles across a band of guerrillas and sees a way to turn the tables on his pursuers. FIC White Oleander Fitch, Janet LP-2217 (Oprah's Book Club) (Also available in regular print (AC-0209)). This is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster 24 FIC The Phantom of Manhattan Forsyth, Frederick LP-2233 With the help of the woman who had originally freed him from torment, the Phantom of the Opera escapes by ship to America to begin a new and secret life that leads him to power and wealth, until a mysterious death-bed message transforms his life once again. navigated through her turbulent childhood with humor, spunk, and characteristic Southern sass. But years later, she is a conflicted woman with an unfaithful husband, a sometimes resentful daughter, and a heart that aches with painful memories. As Susan faces an uncertain future, she realizes that she must go back to her past, the only place she can truly call home. FIC Passing By Samaria Foster, Sharon E. LP-2818 The date is 1919, a time of unrest and drastic change. For Alena, though, life in Mississippi is perfect, and she prays she will never leave her home. But a horrible discovery leads her to challenge all she believes. Sent to Chicago, the outspoken young woman struggles to find herself and the one true thing that will save her. FIC The Corrections Franzen, Jonathan LP-2473 After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have fun. Unfortunately, her husband, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the perils of their own lives. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home. FIC Field of Thirteen Francis, Dick LP-2165 Four-time Edgar Award winner Dick Francis presents a "fast-paced" collection of thirteen tightly-plotted tales featuring murder, mystery, and mayhem in the horseracing world. FIC A Question of Guilt Fyfield, Frances LP-2760 When Eileen Cartwright becomes obsessed with her lawyer, she plots to murder his wife, hiring a hospital janitor to do the job. Bumbling and remorseful, he is quickly caught. But Eileen's wealth and cunningly meticulous planning make involvement harder to prove. FIC Sullivan's Island Frank, Dorothea LP-2246 Born and raised on the idyllic Sullivan's Island, Susan Hayes 25 FIC The Prodigy Gansky, Alton LP-2680 Toby, born to an unwed teenager in North Carolina, demonstrates miraculous powers to heal people and control weather at an early age, but when a radio talk-show host profiles Toby as a Messiah figure, events spin out of control. bullying, she realizes that her true duty is to protect her aunt. FIC Stranger in Paradise Goudge, Eileen LP-2401 (A Carson Springs Trilogy, #1) In the first volume of a new Carson Springs trilogy, a woman falls in love with a much younger man, igniting a storm of disapproval and dismay among the inhabitants of this unique California valley in which families have deep and tangled roots and hide dangerous secrets. FIC Shapes in the Mist Gater, Dilys LP-2763 Tania Forrester, a drama student in London, is amused when her roommate decides to join a coven. But events take a sinister turn with the appearance of a disturbingly charismatic woman called Opal. What does she want? And why is Tania experiencing visions of doom and disaster on some ancient seashore lost in the mists of the past? FIC Taste of Honey Goudge, Eileen LP-2558 (A Carson Springs Trilogy, #2) (Also available in regular print (AJ-0067)). Gerry Fitzgerald confronts a painful secret when the daughter she gave up for adoption twenty-eight years earlier comes into her life, seeking answers, while her best friend, Samantha Kiley, embarks on a scandalous love affair with a much younger man. FIC Divining Women Gibbons, Kaye LP-2943 Autumn, 1918: Rumors of peace are spreading across America, but not as fast as Spanish influenza. Maureen Ross, well past a safe childbearing age, is experiencing a difficult pregnancy. Her husband, Troop, cold and careless of her condition, has battered her spirit throughout their marriage. Into this loveless marriage comes Troop's niece to help in Maureen's last weeks of confinement. Horrified by Troop's FIC Wish Come True Goudge, Eileen LP-2559 (A Carson Springs Trilogy, #3) When a beloved Carson Springs woman fights a murder charge, all the residents in this lush California valley rush to her aid. 26 FIC The Fourth Perimeter Green, Tim LP-2565 Former secret service agent Kurt Ford is elated when his son Collin follows in his footsteps, but is shattered when Collin is found dead. When his son's death is ruled a suicide by police, Kurt uncovers evidence that his son was murdered, and the president of the United States is involved. FIC Sisterchicks do the Hula! Gunn, Robin J. LP-2948 Wherever there's chocolate, there's sure to be a sisterchick celebrating, and this trip to Hawaii is no exception. Best friends Hope and Laurie are on an audacious mission to commemorate their fortieth birthdays in style. Surfing and sailing, sushi and snorkeling, these two macadamia nuts from the mainland sample it all, unhindered by a surprise little stowaway. FIC The Hostage Griffin, W. E. B. LP-3279 Presidential Agent Charley Castillo investigating the death of an American diplomat in Argentina, the kidnapping of the diplomat's wife, and a scandal tying the United Nations to Iraq. FIC East of the Mountains Guterson, David LP-2152 A retired doctor who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer decides to travel one last time into the wild country of Washington state and then to end his life on his own terms. But, as with all quests, the Fates intervene. FIC Driven Griffiths, W. G. LP-2679 Imagine a serial killer who has been slaying for decades, centuries, millennia. Whose greatest delight is claiming as many innocent victims as he can, and whose weapon is a car. Gavin Pierce is a Long Island detective who loses his grandfather in a drunk driving accident. As he probes the case, what he finds chills him to the bone. FIC The Big Sky Guthrie, Alfred B. LP-2005 The Big Sky is a story as great as the land that inspired it, sweeping westward from Kentucky, up the Missouri River into Indian Country. Towering above the novel is Guthrie's unforgettable hero, Boone Caudill, a true mountain man driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of the big, wild places. A legend before he turns 20, Boone becomes a powerful White Savage, an untamed life force that only one woman, the beautiful daughter of a Blackfoot chief, would dare to love. 27 FIC Disobedience Hamilton, Jane LP-2318 opportunist joins forces with her unconscionable mother to dig up Basil's most guarded secrets. Henry Shaw, a high school senior, is as comfortable with his family as any seventeen-year-old can be. His father teaches history with a socialist tinge at the Chicago private school Henry and his sister attend. His mother, who plays piano in an antique music group, is a loving, attentive wife and parent. When he stumbles on his mother's email account, however, Henry discovers undeniable evidence that she is having an affair. FIC The Charmstone Harrison, C. C. LP-3324 After her archaeologist father is killed in a mysterious car crash on the Navajo Indian Reservation, lapsed socialite and museum designer Amanda Bell travels to the remote deserts of Monument Valley to fulfill his last wish, deliver and archive his Southwest literary collection, a gift to the fledgling Navajo Cultural Center. But to Durango Yazzie, the Center's intensely driven director, her arrival is unexpected and intrusive. FIC The Dream Chasers Hammond, Melinda LP-2796 When Vivyan Lagallan decides it's time to settle down, Fate has other ideas for him, in the form of spirited Miss Eustacia Marchant. Eustacia is determined to marry Rupert Alleyne, while Vivyan is engaged to the beautiful and highly respectable Helen Pensford. Then, into the mix, comes Vivyan's adventuring colleague, intent on making a respectable alliance. FIC Afterburn Harrison, Colin LP-2593 Charlie Ravitch is an international corporate tycoon, a former Vietnam POW and husband and father on the hard side of 50 who's on a quest for immortality, and for a woman who can make every dream come true. Christina Welles is a prison parolee, cunning and well-schooled in the art of manipulation. In a moment of chance, two lives are about to intersect, and two obsessions are about to be indulged. FIC Not a Day Goes By Harris, E. Lynn LP-2396 John "Basil" Henderson has always played the field, on the pro football circuit and as an equal-opportunity lover. Now retired and a sports agent, he decides to settle down with the beautiful Broadway star, Yancey Harrington Braxton. But this insatiable 28 FIC The Reconstructionist Hart, Josephine LP-2336 Jack is a psychiatrist, dedicated to others, to the examination of other people's pasts and the reconstruction of their lives. He has so absorbed himself in the problems of other people that he has not quite come to grips with his own, to the detriment of his marriage and his own unexamined past. When he and his sister Kate are summoned to Ireland for the sale of the family home, the burden's of the family's heritage return in full force as terrible truths emerge. New England, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet A (for adultery) for giving birth to an illegitimate daughter. The child's father, the minister Arthur Dimmesdale, knows peace only after he has been shamed into confessing. Hester, however, acknowledging no sin, cannot find such peace. Here is a masterful account of religious and sexual oppression, hypocrisy, and intrigue by one of the giants of American fiction. FIC Mother of Pearl Haynes, Melinda LP-2214 Oprah's Book Club. The story revolves around twenty-eight-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Vaulable Korner, a fifteenyear-old white girl who is the daughter of the town whore and an unknown father. Both Even and Valuable are seeking the family, love and commitment they never had and their search ultimately takes both of them to places they never dreamed they'd go. FIC House of the Seven Gables Hawthorne, Nathaniel LP-2020 This 1851 classic novel, centering on an ancient New England mansion and its inhabitants, concerns the expiation of the sins of the fathers through the love and goodwill of succeeding generations. The evil takes root when greedy, piratical colonel Pyncheon obtains the property for the House of the Seven Gable by accusing Matthew Maule of witchcraft. Years later, a visiting country causing and an enigmatic young boarder reverse the tide of misfortunes surrounding the house. FIC Freefall Heitzmann, Kristen LP-3304 When a young woman stumbles out of the Hanalei Mountains on the island of Kauai with no memory of who she is or how she got there, Cameron Pierce reluctantly agrees to investigate. Now known as Jade, the woman begins to recall fragments of what led her to this place, and she realizes the danger isn't over. FIC Scarlet Letter Hawthorne , athaniel LP-2050 In the puritan atmosphere of colonial 29 FIC Twilight Heitzmann, Kristen LP-2690 Cal Morrison was the best firefighter the town of Montrose had seen, until a tragedy left him with a fear he couldn't shake. When Laurie Prelane arrives with two small children in tow, Cal's memories of a love once lost are stirred, even though he's no longer the person she knew. But why has she returned? Laurie thought marriage would give her everything she longed for, but that dream's been shattered. Can Cal still be the hero she so desperately needs? FIC True Devotion Henderson, Dee LP-2950 (Uncommon Heroes, #1) Lifeguard Kelly Jacobs knew time for her rescue was running out as the sea surged and pulled, stinging her with cold. When she had nearly given up hope, Kelly's best friend Navy SEAL Joe "Bear" Baker plucked her from the sea. Then, in Joe's arms, Kelly said the wrong thing, and now their friendship hangs in the balance. But the man who killed her husband is closer than Kelly or Joe realizes, and they're both about to discover that God is a refuge. FIC True Courage Henderson, Dee LP-2949 (Uncommon Heroes #4) FBI agent Luke Falcon has a dead woman on his hands, a fresh victim from his old adversary, Frank Hardin. But even that case will have to wait when Luke's extended family disappears over Labor Day weekend. Fifth-grade teacher Caroline Lane cares deeply for Luke, but she's not certain she can handle the pressures of dating someone in his line of work. When foul play strikes his family, she gets a far closer view of those pressures than she ever wanted. FIC True Honor Henderson, Dee LP-3172 (Uncommon Heroes, #3) Darcy St. James retired from the CIA two years ago with an Intelligence Star for Valor. Then September 11 happened. Friends died. And her nation needed her back. Now Darcy is hunting down a man who knew September 11 would happen. Her intelligence is keeping Sam "Cougar" Houston's SEAL team deploying around the world. But Sam can't afford to take Darcy's contacts at face value, one of them wants her dead. 30 FIC True Valor Henderson, Dee LP-3166 (Uncommon Heroes, #2) Lieutenant Grace "Gracie" Yates spent her deployment catapulting off the deck of the USS George Washington in an F/A-18 Hornet. Major Bruce "Striker" Stanton, Air Force Pararescue Jumper, had been pulling pilots and Special Forces soldiers from behind enemy lines for twelve years. Deployed to different locations, they kept their relationship alive with love letters. Then Gracie's fighter jet went down in a dogfight, and now Bruce has one mission: get Gracie out alive. to stop an unidentified assassin, a woman who walks the streets of Manhattan, stalking the members of a secret political organization, and killing them, one by one. FIC At Risk Hoffman, Alice LP-0121 After she contracts Aids, 11-year-old Amanda, her family, and her friends struggle with the bitter truth of her illness and the hysteria it creates in their small community. FIC Local Girls Hoffman, Alice LP-2184 This is about a family torn apart by tragedy and divorce. Told in alternating voices, these stories are both disturbing and healing, each a lesson of survival and a reminder of the ties of blood and the power of friendship. FIC Eagle has Flown Higgins, Jack LP-0093 A Soviet general attempts to rescue the failed assassin of Winston Churchill. FIC Eye of the Storm Higgins, Jack LP-0173 A deadly cat-and-mouse game between a master terrorist and a special forces agent unfolds in this heart-stopping thriller. FIC Daughter of Deceit Holt, Victoria LP-0170 The coming of World War I and a bizarre twist of fate lead beautiful Noelle back to her past, into unsolved mysteries, and finally to her true love. FIC The White House Connection Higgins, Jack LP-2167 The master of intrigue and suspense reunites the unforgettable team of his bestseller "The President's Daughter" 31 FIC Now You See Her Howard, Linda LP-2230 Up-and-coming painter Paris Sweeney finds herself painting a vivid murder based on a series of disturbing dreams. But when her friend Chandra is killed in a similar fashion, Paris and her lover become the prime suspects. of grief. When a research foundation offers to restore her loss through a medical marvel, Diana sees the answer to her family's anguish, never dreaming that healing might prove more destructive than hurt. FIC The Cider House Rules Irving, John LP-2321 Raised from birth in the orphanage at St. Cloud's, Maine, Homer Wells has become the protégé of Dr. Wilbur Larch, its physician and director. There Dr. Larch cares for the troubled mothers who seek his help, either by delivering and taking their unwanted babies or by performing illegal abortions. Meticulously trained by Dr. Larch, Homer assists in the former, but draws the line at the latter. Then a young man brings his beautiful fiancée to Dr. Larch for an abortion, and everything about the couple beckons Homer to the wide world outside the orphanage. FIC Hellfire in Tripoli Hoyt, Edwin P. LP-2127 Lt. Stephen Decatur, U.S.N., was the captain of one of two small American ships anchored off the seaport city of Tripoli on a February night in 1804. For years, the Barbary Pirates had been based here, a plague to shipping. Now they had captured an American frigate, imprisoned her captain, and planned to use the ship against the Americans! But Decatur had planned well for this mission. Here is the true, exciting and dramatic story of Decatur's exploits that cold winter night, exploits which Lord Nelson called the most daring of the Barbary War. No one thought he could achieve his goals and live to fight again. FIC Exit Wounds Jance, J. A. LP-2466 Sheriff Joanna Brady probes the macabre death of a loner and her 17 dogs and discovers that secrets of the past can run deeper and darker than she's ever imagined. FIC The Pearl Hunt, Angela LP-2801 Diana Sheldon, a professional radio counselor, had it all: lovely family, successful career, nice home. Then a freak accident changes everything, and she views the world through new eyes 32 FIC L'Affaire Johnson, Diane LP-2800 Amy Hawkins, who has made her fortune at the top of the NASDAQ, sets off to Europe to find culture, her roots, and maybe a cause to devote her considerable fortune to. A few days into her trip, Amy is nearly swept away by an avalanche. Two of the hotel guests were not so fortunate. Already suspect as an American, Amy finds that her nationality freezes the social climate as she steps in to assist the family. circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities. FIC Love Me Keillor, Garrison LP-2781 When Larry Wyler's first novel becomes a hit, he leaves his wife, Iris, behind, buys a fabulous Manhattan apartment and moves into an office at "The New Yorker." But Wyler's follow-up novel bombs badly and then comes a long spell of writer's block. Then comes an invitation to write a newspaper advice column. As he doles out wisdom he slowly, painfully finds a measure of clarity for his own life. FIC Le Divorce Johnson, Diane LP-2676 Divorce follows this smart, sexy American abroad as she arrives in Paris to visit stepsister Roxy, a poet whose marriage into an aristocratic French family assured her of a coveted place in Parisian society. But all is not as it should be in the Persand household: Roxy's husband has just left her for the Czechoslovakian wife of an American lawyer. Could "le divorce" be far behind? FIC On Every Side Kingsbury, Karen LP-3296 After the loss of his mother and separation from the girl he loved, Jordan Riley fills the holes in his soul with anger. He decides to reject the God he leaned on in his youth and sues his hometown to have a popular statue of Jesus removed. FIC The Known World Jones, Edward P. LP-2821 Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never 33 FIC Where Yesterday Lives Kingsbury, Karen LP-3314 Ellen Barrett is a noted journalist with an uncertain marriage, a forgotten faith, and haunting memories of the hometown and love she left behind. She returns, trying to make peace with the people who still live there, with change, and with the future God offers. FIC Estella Knight, Alanna LP-2151 In this tale of love, loss and redemption, Estella has become a woman consumed by a love she sought to deny. As ward to the eerie Miss Havisham, Estella passed her childhood amidst the decaying splendors of Satis House. Though born with breathtaking beauty, she was schooled in cruel pride. FIC The Poisonwood Bible Kingsolver, Barbara LP-2114 Fiery evangelist Nathan Price takes his wife and four daughters to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them all they believe they will need but soon find that all of it, from garden seed to scripture, is transformed on African soil. This is the remarkable story of one family's undoing and transformation. FIC Black Dog Laird, Thomas LP-2795 Black Dog lives in the deep pit of the human soul, where desolation and depression also hang out. Chicago detective Jimmy Parisi is fighting against fatigue and homicide burnout as he tracks a killer who is using a crude needle to drain the blood from young women before leaving them to die. FIC The Tribune Larkin, Patrick LP-2574 FIC Captains Courageous Kipling, Rudyard LP-2010 Lucius Aurelius Valens, a soldier in the service of Rome, was once a tribune of the Sixth Legion, but he has angered those who can take his position, and his life. To avoid further trouble, he accepts the command of the Third Gallic Cavalry Regiment stationed in far-off Galilee. There Lucius expects a life of long, tedious patrols through the outlying province. No sooner has he arrived, than he stumbles on a massacre of soldiers and the man they were protecting, a Roman senator and ally of the emperor. The classic story of a spoiled rich boy who is lost overboard on a transatlantic crossing and saved by the men aboard a fishing boat. After much protest, Harvey Cheyne finally learns what it means to work for a living. This novel has delighted readers of all ages since the day of its publication and ranks with the best books ever written about the sea and those who sail upon it. 34 FIC Where the Heart Leads Laurens, Stephanie LP-3320 consultant with a reputation for rescuing candidates from their own bungling. She's 45, twice divorced, and a closet romantic who can't understand why love continues to elude her. As she enters the critical phase of a campaign for a candidate who may not be all he appears to be, H. A. grapples with her mother's sudden stroke. Wealthy Cynster connection Penelope Ashford has devoted herself not to making a perfect society match, but to rescuing young orphans from London's streets. But when her charges start disappearing, she turns to attractive Barnaby Adair for help. A deadly avenger in an elegant guise, Barnaby has solved crimes before, and can go where few others in society can. FIC Leaving Patrick Leith, Prue LP-2251 Patrick and Jane are a husband and wife who increasingly live in different worlds. Patrick is not abusive nor is he unfaithful, but is this it? Forever? Jane is terrified that it is, so at 36, she walks out on her marriage, embarks on a passionate affair, and makes a bid for the top in her firm. Patrick, meanwhile, falls for baby-faced Stella, who could lose him more than his restaurant business. But has Jane mistakenly thrown away true love? FIC Absolute Friends Le Carre, John LP-2681 This epic tale of loyalty and betrayal spans the lives of two friends, ex-spies, from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe to the present day of terrorism and new alliances. FIC To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper LP-2040 "To Kill a Mockingbird" is about conscience-how it is instilled in two children, Scout and Jem Finch; how it operates in their father, Atticus, a lawyer appointed to defend a negro on a rape charge; and how conscience grows in their small Alabama town." FIC The Mercy Rule Lescroart, John T. LP-2089 Vowing to spend more time with his wife and kids, Dismas Hardy is hesitant to take on the case of Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player indicted for the murder of his father, Sal. Everyone knows that Sal was dying and had to be Wen morphine injections for his suffering, but Graham insists he wasn't the one who administered the fatal overdose. Was it suicide, mercy, or murder? FIC When They Took Away the Man in the Moon Lehrer, Kate LP-0184 Reese is a high-powered political 35 FIC The Preacher's Daughter Lewis, Beverly LP-3029 (Annie's People #1) Annie Zook, the preacher's eldest daughter, is expected to join the Amish church, but at 20 she is 'still deciding. Because of the strict rules that guide the Plain community, she must continually squelch her artistic passion, although it has become her solace. FIC Beneath the Sun Lorrimer, Claire LP-2714 It was a routine flight to Africa, but the passengers, including a honeymooning couple, were destined never to arrive. Hijacked at gunpoint, the pilot is forced to land in the desert where, in blistering heat and with remote chance of rescue, the passengers face imminent death. FIC Call of the Wild London, Jack LP-2009 Having been stolen away from his comfortable life with his loving family, Buck, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, is forced to work on a dog sled team in the fierce conditions of the Klondike, where he must forget his happy past and turn to his animal instincts in order to survive in his new surroundings. FIC Beautiful Dreamer Lowell, Elizabeth LP-2411 The Nevada ranch that Hope Gardener loves is dying thanks to the worst drought in the state's history. Hope needs a miracle, and one day it comes in the form of Rio, a man who seems out of time in the modern-day West. He brings with him a reputation for finding water in any desert, but he finds something in Hope, whose passion tempts him to defy his own rules. FIC A Night to Remember Lord, Walter LP-2052 At 11:40 p.m. on April 4, 1912 the "Unsinkable" Titanic struck an iceberg and began to sink. By 8:50 a.m. on April 15 it was all over. The great ocean liner was lost on its maiden voyage, the last of 705 survivors had been pulled out of the freezing sea. In the nine hours in between, 2,207 people faced together the supreme crisis in their lives. 36 FIC Lost Lake Margolin, Phillip her mother dies she inherits a truck, an old barrel-racing mare, and a lifetime supply of Mary Kay cosmetics. Rainey packs it all up and heads off, leaving Valentine, Oklahoma in her rearview mirror. Then, somewhere outside Abilene, she finds him, a man as lost as she is. LP-2941 Vanessa Kohler is a tabloid reporter living and working in Washington, D.C. She writes fantastic stories about a vast government conspiracy to cover up a secret military unit headed by General Wingate, a popular presidential candidate. Most dismiss her as a crackpot. But a few powerful men know better, and they've gone to great lengths to discredit her. By chance Vanessa discovers that a key player, long assumed dead, may be living under a new identity. She knows he holds the key to proving her theory, and demonstrating General Wingate may not be the man he appears to be. FIC Compelling Evidence Martini, Steve LP-0125 FIC The Touch Mc Cullough, Colleen LP-3027 At its center are Alexander, who fled poverty in Scotland to make his fortune in the American and Australian gold fields; his wife Elizabeth, a sixteen-year-old cousin sent from Scotland; and his mistress, Ruby, who is unknown to Elizabeth and is a partner in Alexander's rapidly growing company. Brilliant defense attorney Paul Madriani wrestles with the toughest case of his career. FIC At Weddings and Wakes Mc Dermott, Alice LP-0122 A moving novel about the times and trials of a close-knit Irish-Catholic family, as seen through the eyes of two young girls and their brother. FIC Loving Daughters Masters, Olga LP-0176 Set at the end of World War I, this is a remarkable story of love, disappointment, frustration, and desire, as two sisters fall in love with the same man. FIC A Day Late and a Dollar Short Mc Millan, Terry LP-2412 FIC Lost Highways Matlock, Curtiss A. LP-3208 Meet Rainey Valentine: thirty-five, twice divorced, a woman with broken dreams but irrepressible hope. When McMillan's high-spirited novel introduces the Price family: matriarch Viola, her sometimes-husband Cecil, and their four adult kids, each of whom sees life, and one another, through thick and thin and entirely on their own terms. 37 FIC The Interruption of Everything Mc Millan, Terry LP-3084 (Also available in regular print (AS-0185)). The perfect wife and mother of three grown children, Marilyn Grimes struggles to deal with the problems of midlife, an empty nest, wildly fluctuating hormones, too many demands on her time, and too little room for herself, as she struggles to recall some of her own postponed dreams and reinvent her marriage, friendship, family, and herself. FIC Night Whispers Mc Naught, Judith LP-2458 In this gripping tale of murder and betrayal, Sloan Reynolds is invited to meet the father she never knew. Fear and resentment keep her away until she learns that he and several of his associates are being investigated for everything from fraud to murder. A dedicated policewoman, Sloan soon finds herself infiltrating her own family. FIC The Zero Game Meltzer, Brad LP-2682 Bored and disillusioned with their jobs as senior staffers to a respected congressman, Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler become involved in the clandestine Zero Game, but when someone close to them turns up dead, they discover the sinister intent of the "game" and realize that they are intended to become the game's next victims. FIC Waiting to Exhale Mc Millan, Terry LP-0139 Robin Stokes is a successful insurance professional recovering from a deadend love affair. "They say love is a two-way street. But I don't believe it, because the one I've been on for the last two years was a dirt road." After months of depression, shopping, and dating all the wrong men, she's getting by with a little help from her friends, and still determined to fine the Real Thing. FIC Sleeping Beauty Michael, Judith LP-0136 When Anne returns to her hometown for her grandfather's funeral, she discovers forgotten connections, repressed hate, and a family battle that could end or save her chances for love. FIC Evening Star Mc Murtry, Larry LP-0172 The further adventures of Aurora Greenway are examined in this stunning sequel to "Terms of Endearment." 38 FIC Annie's Rainbow Michaels, Fern LP-2084 Stumbling upon a bag filled with a half-million dollars in cash on her graduation day, Annie Daisy Clark decides to use the money to secure her future, but vows to pay back every penny, but a ten-year college reunion embroils her with a decade-old robbery and an enraged thief out to reclaim his loot. FIC Lethal Justice Michaels, Fern LP-3315 (Also available in regular print (AS0725)). A one-time successful securities broker who has spent a year behind bars for a crime she did not commit, Alexis Thorn enlists the aid of the Sisterhood to bring to justice the real criminals, her former employer, Roland Sullivan, and his lover, Arden Gillesie, who continue to make millions by scamming the innocent. FIC Crown Jewel Michaels, Fern LP-2920 (Also available in regular print (AR-0346)). The "New York Times" bestselling author delivers an emotionally charged and surprising tale of two very different brothers and the one woman who loves them both and holds the key to a family secret. FIC Pretty Woman Michaels, Fern LP-3177 (Also available in regular print (AR-2178)). Three years after she marries womanizing gold-digger Kent Bliss, against the advice of her best friend Vickie, Rosie Gardener Bliss kicks her husband out of the house, only to discover that she has in her possession the winning ticket for a $302 milliondollar lottery, and sets out to lose weight, regain her self-esteem, reconcile with Vickie, and fall in love again. FIC Hey, Good Looking Michaels, Fern LP-3318 (Also available in regular print (AS1041)). The tragic death of thirty-threeyear-old Russ forces his girlfriend and wily aunts to confront painful truths about his father's abandonment, stepmother's blackmailing practices, and brother's unwillingness to forgive the past. FIC The Jury Michaels, Fern LP-3258 (Also available in regular print (AR2607)). When Paula Woodley has had enough of the broken bones and shattered self-esteem caused by her abusive husband, she turns to the women of the Sisterhood, an organization where women right wrongs and bring about justice, for help. 39 FIC Vendetta Michaels, Fern LP-3127 (Also available in regular print (AR-2072)). The Sisterhood, a group of friends who will do anything for each other, helps one of their own, Myra Rutledge, seek revenge against the playboy son of an ambassador who, after killing Myra's pregnant daughter in a hit-and-run accident, was never punished for the crime. FIC Tales of the South Pacific Michener, James A. LP-2039 Enter the exotic world of the South Pacific, meet the men and women caught up in the drama of a big war. The young Marine who falls madly in love with a beautiful Tonkinese girl. Nurse Nellie and her French planter, Emile De Becque. The soldiers, sailors, and nurses playing at war and waiting for love in a tropic paradise. FIC Weekend Warriors Michaels, Fern LP-2813 (Revenge of the Sisterhood, #1) (Also available in regular print (AO-0220)). Angry and depressed that justice was not served for her daughter's death, Myra recruits a group of female vigilantes to help women who have been victimized by the legal system, beginning with a woman who was raped. FIC While I Was Gone Miller, Sue LP-2157 (Oprah's Book Club). The author delivers an exquisitely suspenseful novel about how casually a marriage can be destroyed and how a good wife can place all she holds dear at risk. FIC The Sinister Swaps Minshull, Evelyn LP-2817 Welcome to Willow Bend, the home of feisty red-headed widow Gracie Lynn Parks, choir member, master chef, and sleuth. With the help of her friends in the choir of Eternal Hope and her cat, Gracie unravels mysteries while cooking and praying to God. Everyone at Eternal Hope is mystified by strange ransom notes for lollipops and flowers and Christmas in the summer, and Gracie tries to get to the bottom of it. FIC Mexico Michener, James A. LP-0132 Mexico is the magnificent story of an American journalist who travels to report on two great matadors, and is swept up in the story of his Mexican ancestors. 40 FIC A Theory of Relativity Mitchard, Jacquelyn LP-2413 (Also available in regular print (AB-0379)). When his beloved sister and brother-in-law are killed in a car accident, Gordon McKenna assumes he will help raise their orphaned baby daughter, until the child's paternal grandparents launch a scandalous custody battle. FIC Girl in the Mirror Monroe, Mary A. LP-2759 Born with a horribly disfigured face, Charlotte Godowski spends her first 20 years shunned by her peers and controlled by her mother until a settlement from a sexual harassment suit permits her to change her life forever. A jaw transplant and reconstructive surgery transforms Charlotte into a ravishing beauty, which leads her to Hollywood and instant stardom. There, she trades her controlling mother for a controlling agent, but finds romance with a handsome Mexican landscape designer, Michael Mondragon. When Charlotte's body begins to reject the implants, she learns that she will die if they are not removed. But Charlotte prefers death to losing her looks, her career and the man she loves. FIC Christmas, Present Mitchard, Jacquelyn LP-2803 David Connors had it all, a promising career, a beautiful wife, and a loving family, until a tragic accident on the holiest night of the year, Christmas Eve, changes his life forever. For David, Christmas is no longer a season of hope and good cheer. Instead it becomes one of grief and despair. Even three years later, it is a grief he can no longer live with. However, an unexpected visit from St. Nicholas and the magical adventure that follows can change everything! FIC Jordan's Star Morris, Gilbert LP-2744 Bound for the Oregon frontier, Jordan Bryce and her new husband, Colin, face danger from both man and nature. All that separates them from disaster is seasoned leadership, skillful guidance, and the hand of God. For Jordan, the journey is a passage from the romantic ideas of a teenager to the wisdom and character of womanhood. But nothing can prepare her for the test that awaits beyond the journey's end. FIC Man Trap Moffat, Gwen LP-2712 In a remote Highland glen, single mother Ruth Ogilvy is losing the battle to keep her daughter focused on schoolwork rather than on the laird's student son. The laird himself is set on outshining Balmoral when he opens his castle and grounds to the public. Then the young lovers disappear, and the day ends on a spectacular note of horror. 41 FIC Time Lottery Moser, Nancy LP-2583 Three people will be chosen to use the Time Lottery to make history, and to change their own. These three winners will receive a second chance at life. They will be transported back in time, into an Alternate Reality, their Alternity, armed with only their hopes and dreams. One person will kill to take the place of one of the winners. FIC Mutiny on the Bounty Nordhoff, Charles LP-2030 The story of H. M. S. Bounty, which set sail from England in 1787, bound for Tahiti. In charge was Lieutenant Bligh, a harsh taskmaster. Interminable storms lengthened the voyage, rations ran low, and as his temper increased, Bligh raged at his underfed and embittered crew. The halcyon days that followed their eventual arrival in Tahiti, the soothing influence of the women, and the fresh food, quieted the men. But shortly after the return voyage had begun, Bligh's tyranny once more brought rebellion to the breaking point, and with the island still fresh in their memory, the men suddenly rose in mutiny. FIC Bailey's Café Naylor, Gloria LP-0166 Welcome to Bailey's Café, a magnet for a variety of society's drifters, each with a story to tell. FIC Tea & Tiramisu Nelson, Karen LP-2481 Miranda is house-sitting for her daughter and her Italian son-in-law in Venice on the edge of the Grand Canal. The Palazzo Bobolino seems to have attracted a selection of British waifs and strays, all determined to experience the "real" Italy. Miranda has fallen once before for Venice's false charms, and she's not about to make the same mistake twice. Venice may have passion and a flair for melodrama, but Miranda would much rather settle for tea and toast than a cappuccino any day of the week. FIC Beasts Oates, Joyce C. LP-2710 Set in an apparently idyllic New England college town, "Beasts" is the story of Gillian Brauer, a student who falls in love with her professor, his Bohemian lifestyle, and antiestablishment attitudes, and what happens when she falls under his spell. 42 FIC Back Roads O'Dell, Tawni LP-2414 FIC The Happy Room Palmer, Catherine LP-2535 Sent off to boarding school at a tender young age, each of the Mossman children believed their parents had abandoned them. Now, drawn together by their sister's tragic illness, they must face the truth of their past. As Peter and Julia make peace with each other and with their parents, they discover the God who never left them. (Also available in regular print (BB-2938)). Oprah's Book Club. With his abusive father dead (at the hands of his mother), and his mother in jail (for a crime most people seem to regard as a good deed), 19-year-old Harley Altmyer's family is somewhere beyond dysfunctional. College is out, he's got three needy younger sisters on his hands. Can he rise to the occasion? More important, will the sexy mom of his baby sister's best friend provide a muchneeded tumble in the hay? FIC Blue Screen Parker, Robert B. LP-3286 (Also available in regular print (AS1355)). Hired to protect a spoiled actress, Boston private investigator Sunny Randall teams up with chief of police Jesse Stone when the actress's sister is murdered, a partnership that reveals seedy complications behind the actress's lifestyle. FIC How to Make an American Quilt Otto, Whitney LP-0129 Otto interweaves stories of a California quilting group with seven sets of instruction in the quilting process, ultimately conveying the significant passages in women's lives. FIC Man and Boy Parsons, Tony LP-2334 Harry Silver has it all, a beautiful wife, a wonderful son, a great job in the media, but in one night he throws it all away. Just yesterday, Harry gave himself a shiny red sports car for his thirtieth birthday. Today he faces the baffling questions of a suddenly single dad. How do you wash a four-yearold's hair? Should he eat green spaghetti for breakfast? Man and Boy is by turns funny, sharp, warm and heart-wrenching. FIC The Dive from Clausen's Pier Packer, Ann LP-2579 Carrie Bell has lived in Wisconsin all her life. At twenty-three, she's beginning to feel suffocated by her good but unexceptional life. She longs for a change, an upheaval, a chance to begin again. That chance is granted to her, terribly, when her fiancé is injured in an accident. Now Carrie has to question everything she thought she knew about herself. 43 FIC Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas Patterson, James LP-2345 Katie Wilkinson has found the perfect man at last, but one day, he disappears from her life, leaving no explanation but a diary for her to read. The diary was written by a new mother as a keepsake for her baby son. In it she touchingly recounts her romance with his father, and the unparalleled joy that having a family has brought her. As Katie reads on, it becomes clear that the baby's father is the lover who has just left her. assistant county prosecutor Stella Marz discovers, the victims and their deaths may be connected in ways that no one would ever suspect. FIC Silent Witness Patterson, Richard N. Patterson's most stunning novel to date offers a powerful portrayal of the complexities of male friendship, of the darkest recesses of love, and of the ways in which the past stakes it claim upon the present. When attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend his former high school best friend who's been accused of murder, Tony is plunged into the unfinished business of his past. FIC When the Wind Blows Patterson, James LP-2122 Frannie O'Neill is a talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered. Shortly after she comes across an amazing discovery near her animal hospital, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent arrives on Frannie's doorstop. Reluctant partners, the pair pursues clues that lead to danger, and murder. FIC Dark Lady Patterson, Richard N. LP-2111 FIC A Christmas Beginning Perry, Anne LP-3319 Spending his Christmas holidays on the remote island of Anglesey, off the north coast of Wales, Superintendent Runcorn is called in to investigate when the sister of the local vicar is found murdered and draped over a gravestone in her brother's churchyard. FIC Guardian of the Horizon Peters, Elizabeth LP-2702 Recounts the adventures of Amelia Peabody and the Emerson family in 1907 and 1908, a period following their banishment from the Valley of the Kings, during which Ramses, hopelessly in love with Nefret, finds his plans interrupted by a plea for help from Prince Tarek from the Lost Oasis. LP-2172 In a steel-mill town on the verge of an economic comeback, two prominent men are found dead within days of each other. In each case, the known character of the man seems grossly more contradicted by the circumstances of his death. But, as 44 FIC Ain't She Sweet? Phillips, Susan E. LP-2648 (Also available in regular print (AR-0223)). The girl everybody loves to hate has returned to the town she'd sworn to leave behind forever. As the rich, spoiled princess of Parrish, Mississippi, Sugar Beth Carey had broken hearts, ruined friendships, and destroyed reputations. But fifteen years have passed, now she's come home, broke, desperate, and too proud to show it. FIC Fortune's Hand Plain, Belva LP-2126 Rob McDaniel, a teacher with noble intentions, comes into some money enabling him to go to law school. Upon graduation he lands a job with a prestigious firm and marries the daughter of the senior partner, leaving behind the hometown girl he had planned to wed. His career skyrockets but then takes a shocking turn that changes his life, his family's life and reverberates into the next generation. FIC Another View Pilcher, Rosamunde LP-2179 FIC Treasures Plain, Belva LP-0183 A reckless act and an unpredictable twist of fate threaten everything the Osborne siblings hold dear. Now they must choose to walk alone and watch their dreams die, or work together to salvage what they treasure. There are only two men in Emma's life, her father, a remote artist who leaves her in boarding school and sees her every few years, and Christo, who has been her stepbrother for a few months and now wants to get to know her. But until Emma can understand what she means to them, there can be no room for love. FIC The Neighbor's Wife Purser, Ann LP-2158 FIC Winter Solstice Pilcher, Rosamunde LP-2306 Andrew and Annie Bishop and their four children have long dreamed of a place like the Old Rectory in Round Ringford, of a village in the heart of England with timeless rituals like church fetes, bonfire night, conquer fights and pub gossip. But they don't understand the delicate web of relationships which holds such a place together, and that sets in motion a tragic train of events that will test the village to its heart. Retired London stage actress Elfrida Phipps never anticipated going off with a man, but after a devastating tragedy, Oscar Blundell asks for her companionship. Joining them at a Victorian house in Scotland are a broken hearted young woman, a teenage runaway, and a stranger who arrives during a snowstorm. 45 FIC The Paid Companion Quick, Amanda LP-3087 (Also available in regular print (AR-0650)). In order to pursue his quest to catch a killer while keeping the high-society husband-hunters at bay, the Earl of St. Merryn hires the sensible Elenora Lodge to pose as his fiancée during the upcoming London season. expects nothing from men but betrayal. She survives by keeping her hatred alive and what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father's heart in everything. Michael obeys God's call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. FIC The Atonement Child Rivers, Francine LP-2507 In one horrific, terrifying moment, Dynah Carey's perfect life is shattered by rape, her future irrevocably altered by an unwanted pregnancy, her doting family torn apart. Her seemingly rocksolid faith is pushed to the limits as she faces the most momentous choice of her life, to embrace or end the untimely life within her. FIC Dream Country Rice, Luanne LP-2379 Years ago, Daisy Tucker traveled to Wyoming's Wind River Mountains to find inspiration for her art. Instead she found rancher James Tucker. Their life together was paradise until their threeyear-old son, Jake, vanished. Heartbroken, Daisy left with Jake's twin sister, Sage. Now, 13 years later, Sage runs away, and Daisy turns to James to mend her family, and her heart. FIC The Prince Rivers, Francine LP-3321 Each novella in this new series from beloved author Rivers tells the story of one of five biblical men who stood behind the great heroes of the faith: Aaron the priest, Caleb the warrior, Jonathan the prince, Amos the prophet, and Silas the scribe. FIC Redeeming Love Rivers, Francine LP-3179 Francine Rivers skillfully retells the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea as a tale set against the romantic backdrop of the California Gold Rush. The heroine, Angel, is a young woman who was sold into prostitution as a child. Michael Hosea is a godly man sent into Angel's life to draw her into the Savior's redeeming love. Angel 46 FIC The Prophet Rivers, Francine LP-3322 Behind the men who shaped history are the heroes who forever changed it. In The Prophet Francine Rivers tells the story of Amos, a man of solitude who felt at home among the hills, a man of conviction who heard when God called, a man of fortitude who spoke to a nation unwilling to listen. Before the Israelites rebelled against God and were devoured by war, they were warned by Amos, a prophet who refused to turn away. transforming Icy into a new person and forever changing her view of the world. FIC The Ground Beneath Her Feet Rushdie, Salman LP-2185 Vina Aspara, a famous and muchloved singer, is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. This is her story, and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who finds, loses, seeks, and again finds her over and over throughout his own extraordinary life in music. FIC Carolina Moon Roberts, Nora LP-2244 Returning as an adult to her South Carolina hometown, Tory Bodeen plans to put the past behind her and open a home-design shop. Following the murder of her friend, Hope, unsolved to this day, she is determined to find a measure of peace. But her return will be more difficult than she expected because Hope's killer is nearby as well. FIC The Ancaster Demons Russell, Norman LP-2815 To the folks of late-Victorian Ancaster, the ancient figures of angels carved on the cathedral tower are guardians. But the stubborn Dean Girdlestone sees them as idols and orders their destruction. Resentments come to the surface, and on the night of the Ancaster Revel, the Dean's murdered body is discovered. FIC The Reader Schlink, Bernhard LP-2115 Oprah's Book Club. Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. FIC Icy Sparks Rubio, Gwyn LP-2488 (Oprah's Book Club) After years of living in a children's asylum for having spontaneous jerks and spasms, Icy returns home and is quickly befriended by Miss Emily, who cares for her and teachers her the ways of life, 47 FIC Killer Smile Scottoline, Lisa LP-2808 (Also available in regular print (AR-1152)). When she receives personal threats and an associate is murdered, young lawyer Mary DiNunzio realizes that her latest case, involving a World War II internment camp suicide, may have deadly modern-day ties. when their husbands are killed in separate "accidents." An important link between the victims rises up from their ashes: each was employed by Kingsley International Group (KIG), the world's largest think tank. FIC The Last Time They Met Shreve, Anita LP-2480 At a literary festival, Linda Fallon meets Thomas Janes for the first time in years. But this is no chance meeting, Thomas has planned this reunion with the woman he once had a passionate affair with. It had ended disastrously, so what good could come from rehashing the past. FIC The Lovely Bones Sebold, Alice LP-2722 (Also available in regular print (AS-0187)). As Susie Salmonshe looks down from heaven she tells us, in the spirited voice of a fourteen-yearold, a tale that is both haunting and full of hope. Susie watches life continuing after her brutal death: her loved ones holding out hope she'll be found, her killer covering his tracks. As months pass without leads, she sees her family contorted by loss. With compassion, longing, and a growing understanding, she sees them face the worst, then, in time, pass through the grief and begin to mend. FIC The Pilot's Wife Shreve, Anita LP-2454 When her husband, a pilot, dies in an airplane crash off the Irish coast, Kathryn Lyons finds herself in the media spotlight as rumors abound of her husband's shocking secret past. FIC Colony Siddons, Anne River LP-0168 Maude arrived at "Retreat" that first summer a 19-year-old bride whose Southern origins and gypsy-like beauty mark her as an outsider. Years later, now a confident matriarch, she attempts to preserve the elite colony's future. FIC Are You Afraid of the Dark? Sheldon, Sidney LP-2724 (Also available in regular print (AR1099)).Two women become reluctant allies in a game of cat-and-mouse 48 FIC Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations Smith, Alexander LP-2819 Journeying from Portugal, to Australia, to southern Africa and other exotic settings, this irrepressible collection of short fiction by the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency explores a wide range of romantic encounters, in all their diverse forms. FIC The Healing Quilt Snelling, Lauraine LP-2581 When her Aunt Teza faces a second bout with breast cancer, Kit Cooper resolves to raise money for a new mammogram unit by creating a magnificent king-sized quilt to be sewn and auctioned by the women of Jefferson City. The women hold quiet suffering triggered by painful circumstances in common. Together they experience the curative powers of The Healing Quilt. FIC Red Square Smith, Martin C. LP-0179 Arkady Renko returns to Moscow and begins an investigation that will lead him down the corridors of corruption, dirty dealing, and to the new lords of Russia. FIC A Walk to Remember Sparks, Nicholas LP-2140 During his senior year, the last thing Landon Carter anticipates is Jamie Sullivan, the sweet, pious daughter of the town's Baptist minister. What he undergoes is a change of heart that will forever alter the course of his life. FIC The Brushstroke Legacy Snelling, Lauraine LP-3274 Although everything in her life seems to be falling apart, Ragni Clauson agrees to fix up her greatgrandmother's cabin out in the Badlands. As Ragni and her rebellious teenage niece, Erika, work together, they begin to uncover the art, and the life of Nilda, Ragni's greatgrandmother who lived in the cabin in the early 1900s. FIC Message in a Bottle Sparks, Nicholas LP-2087 Thrown to the waves and to fate, the bottle could have ended up anywhere. But it found its way to Theresa Osborne, divorced and the mother of a twelve-year-old son. The letter inside is signed "Garrett," and is an expression of his love for a woman he has lost. Challenged by the mystery, Theresa searches for Garrett, and takes the reader along on a hunt about love. 49 FIC The House on Hope Street Steel, Danielle LP-2261 When Liz Sutherland's husband is tragically killed on Christmas morning, she is suddenly alone and facing painful questions in the wake of an unbearable loss. Over the next year, Liz learns what it means to live again, not only for herself but for her children, and about cherishing small miracles and believing in big ones. in the new land, the colonists had to make peace with the often warring Indian nations if their colony was to survive. FIC Gulliver's Travels Swift, Jonathan LP-2016 The unusual voyages and travels of Englishman Lemuel Gulliver carry him to such strange locales as Lilliput, where the inhabitants are six inches tall: Brobdingnag, a land of giants: an island of sorcerers and a nation ruled by horses. FIC Pearl Steinbeck, John LP-2032 For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream, that wealth erases all problems, Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence. FIC Saving Fish from Drowning Tan, Amy LP-3247 On an ill-fated art expedition into Burma, 11 Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmasmorning tour and disappear. Through twists of fate, they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of a leader and the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages of the Myanmar military regime. FIC The Fair Vision Stewart, Eleanor LP-2260 FIC The Bonesetter's Daughter Tan, Amy LP-2353 Most of the 102 passengers on the "Mayflower" traveled in one main cabin that measured 25 x 80 feet. They were Separatists, whose goal was to attain freedom, personal, social, economic and spiritual. They had financed their passage by indenturing themselves to the London merchants who paid their fare. With little understanding of the local wildlife, little skill at hunting, fishing, or growing food As a child, Ruth was subjected to her mother's notions about curses and ghosts and her repeated threats to kill herself. But now LuLing Young seems happy. Struggling to hold onto the past, LuLing begins to write all that she can remember of her life as a girl in China. When Ruth discovers the papers, she finds each page reveals secrets about a mother's heart that LuLing cannot tell her daughter. 50 FIC The Joy Luck Club Tan, Amy LP-2915 In 1949 four Chinese women drawn together by the shadow of their past, begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club. Nearly forty years later, one of the members has died. When her daughter comes to take her place, she learns of her mother's lifelong wish, and the tragic way in which it has come true. FIC Tennyson's Gift Truss, Lynn LP-3171 This book is an imaginative cocktail of Victorian seriousness and farce that reimagines the world of the nineteenthcentury English poet laureate, placing him in the midst of eccentric company that includes dodgy Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll). FIC The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Twain, Mark LP-2108 Come along with Wishbone as he sniffs out hidden treasure with Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical background of the story. FIC The Widows of Wichita County Thomas, Jodi LP-2628 (Also available in regular print (AJ-0259)). Five women gather at a West Texas hospital after an oil rig accident kills four men and burns the one survivor beyond recognition. As they wait together to find out which husband survived, the women come to know each other and learn how to cope with the tragedy. FIC Digging to America Tyler, Anne LP-3283 A chance encounter between two families, the Donaldsons, and the Iranian-born Yasdans, at the Baltimore airport, as both couples await the arrival of an adopted daughter from Korea, prompts an examination about what it means to be an American while the lives of the two families intertwine over the years. FIC Walden Thoreau, Henry D. LP-2049 "I went to the woods," Thoreau said, "Because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." 51 FIC Frangipani Vaite, Celestine LP-3210 Israel. At the foot of the cross, as he died, was a woman, raised as his sister, who had grown, learnt and taught with him throughout his ministry. You will never have heard of her. This is her story. In Tahiti it's a well-known fact that women are wisest and mothers know best. But it's Materena Mahi who really knows best of all. Everyone, everyone except Materena's daughter, that is, seems to think so. Materena is determined that her girl will grow up to be a smart, considerate, take-no-nonsense young woman. But when Leilani meets Hotu, a handsome boy and a heartbreaker for sure, Materena must figure out what's best for her daughter , and for herself. FIC Singing Stones Whitney, Phyllis A. LP-0182 Disturbances from the past menace the present as a child psychologist finds herself drawn to her ex-husband's daughter. FIC A Thousand Country Roads Waller, Robert J. LP-2567 Robert Kincaid finds himself left with little but memories; memories of a lonely existence lived mostly on the road, and memories of Francesca Johnson, the woman whose passion he stirred so briefly and so powerfully. Searching for something he can't define, something to give meaning to the rest of his life, Kincaid takes to the road again. In an old truck named Harry, with his dog Highway beside him, he begins a long winding run back to Roseman Bridge. FIC Star Flight Whitney, Phyllis A. LP-0137 A woman searches for the truth about her movie star grandmother's mysterious death. FIC Bridge of San Luis Rey Wilder, Thorton LP-2007 "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" opens in the aftermath of an inexplicable tragedy, a tiny foot-bridge in Peru breaks, and five people hurtle to their deaths. For Brother Juniper, a humble monk who witnesses the catastrophe, the question in inescapable. Why those five? Suddenly, Brother Juniper is committed to discover what manner of lives they led, and whether it was divine intervention or a capricious fate that took their lives. FIC The Book of Deborah Whitehouse, Maggy LP-2816 Two thousand years ago a man was crucified for revealing ancient and wondrous knowledge to the House of 52 Health/Diet/Exercise Historical Fiction HEA 10 Golden Rules for Good Health de Vries, Jan LP-2333 Designed to help readers maximize the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, this book combines a routine of healthy eating and exercise with an understanding of the environment and the hidden hazards caused by pollution. In today's society, the effect of diet and environment on well-being is becoming increasingly clear. Stress and lack of exercise are now recognized as significant factors in the development of cancer and many degenerative disorders. Here the author, who has ten clinics throughout the UK and Ireland, offers a step-bystep guide to good health. HIF White Doves at Morning Burke, James Lee LP-2620 (Also available in regular print (AN-0313)). Despite their misgivings about "the Cause," Willie Burke and his best friends, three young men from New Iberia, Louisiana, enlist in the Confederate Army and head off to war, in a novel drawn from the author's own family history. HIF The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War Carter, Jimmy LP-2822 A novel of the American South during the Revolutionary War follows Ethan Pratt, his wife Epsey, and their neighbors, Kindred and Mavis Morris, as they become caught up in the conflict and the problems confronting local Indian tribes. HEA Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves Lansbury, Angela LP-0119 The popular star shares her approach for living life to its fullest! "My personal plan for fitness and wellbeing." HIF Doomsday Rider Compton, Ralph LP-2699 (Also available in regular print (AL-0090)). A senator's daughter has joined a doomsday cult and it'll take a man like Buck Fletcher to get her back. To find her, Buck must elude a band of Chiricahua Apaches on the warpath and bring the cult leader madman a little doom of his own. 53 HIF Sword Song Cornwell, Bernard LP-3325 Alfred of Wessex survives the Danish invasion only to find the Saxons targeted by Vikings, a conflict during which he harnesses the abilities of the formidable warrior Uhtred. HIF Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Larson, Erik LP-2245 Isaac Cline was a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage his home city of Galveston, Texas, was to him "an absurd delusion," so he ignored the unusual weather patterns, ominous signs, and warnings from Cuban meteorologists about an approaching storm. Within hours, at least 8,000 people would lose their lives in what is still the nation's deadliest natural disaster, and Isaac would suffer his own unbearable loss. HIF Siena Summer Crane, Teresa LP-2163 In 1918 as the Great War comes to a close, a young girl named Poppy Brookes lightens the heart of a wounded soldier with her friendship. But it is her older sister, Isobel, who captivates Kit Enever and ensnares him. A decade later, arriving in Siena to nurse her pregnant sister, Poppy finds a disturbing undercurrent in their relationship, and an equally disturbing third party on the scene: an enigmatic Frenchwoman as calculating as she is beautiful. In the verdant Tuscan landscape, Poppy's own venture into love is overshadowed by bitterness from the past and a tragic desire for revenge. HIF The Wolf of Wierdmoor MacKie, Mary LP-2164 As governess to the undisciplined Alexander, Georgiana Forrest's life is a constant battle. Red-haired, outspoken, and chafing against the rules of Victorian society, she dreams of a more pleasant future. After a final battle with her young charge, Georgiana is summarily dismissed, with little hope of finding another post. But it is then, with her fortunes at their lowest ebb, that the handsome Piers Cheviot steps in. From London Georgiana is transported to Moorhollow, the Cheviots' country house in the wilds of Yorkshire. Her dreams appear to be coming true, but all is not as it seems. HIF Morning Tide Gunn, Neil LP-2063 Hugh MacBeth is twelve years old and lives in a small Scottish fishing village. It is at that tender age that Hugh begins to realize his mother's sadness and fear that he and his brothers will follow their father to the sea. This is the story of a young boy learning to be a man. 54 HIF Morgan's Run Mc Cullough, Colleen HIF Ogilvie at War Mc Cutchan, Philip LP-2223 After six years in northwest India, Captain James Ogilvie and his regiment assume that their long stint overseas has come to an end. Then they are informed that instead of heading for home, they are bound for South Africa to aid the Kimberley Relief Force in the Boer War. No sooner have they arrived than Ogilvie is involved in a daring project to rescue a precious diamond known as the "Red Daniel" from the heart of besieged Kimberley. LP-2395 Following the disappearance of his only son and the death of his beloved wife, Richard Morgan is wrongly convicted of a crime and exiled to England's 18thcentury penal colony in Australia. Morgan refuses to surrender to his fate, and begins a soul-trying test to survive in this hostile new land where, against all odds, he would find a new love and a new life. HIF Captain at Arms Mc Cutchan, Philip LP-2141 The Pax Britannica has become a very fragile thing on the Northwest Frontier. Armies of Pathan warriors stand ready to annihilate Peshawar as a first step to driving the British out of the Indian sub-continent. But if an officer could infiltrate their ranks, danger might yet be averted. Being a spy is something James Ogilvie, now a captain in the Queen's Own Royal Strathspeys, hasn't tried before. Disguised as an arms dealer, he sets out across the Indus to talk his way into the confidence of the Pathan leaders and their fanatical holy men, the sadhu. HIF Beyond the Gathering Storm Oke, Janette LP-2228 After following his father's footsteps to become a Canadian Mountie, Henry discovers that his job comes at a high emotional cost, while his sister, Christine, leaves their family home to seek a new life in Edmonton, only to find herself torn between love and faith, in two love stories set in the Canadian West. HIF The Winter Queen Stevenson, Jane LP-2698 Seventeenth-century royal-in-exile Elizabeth of Bohemia pursues a clandestine relationship with Pelagius, an African prince and former slave, against the politically unstable and war-threatened climate of the period. 55 HIS Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 Philbrick, Nathaniel LP-2919 America's greatest frontier was not the West; it was the sea. In 1838, an enormous expedition headed by the young, brash Lieutenant Charles Wilkes set out for the Pacific Ocean with six ships and hundreds of sailors on what would turn out to be a widereaching journey of adventure, discovery, and controversy. Using diaries kept on board, historian Nathaniel Philbrick uncovers the dark saga that the official reports never told. History HIS The Gangs of New York Asbury, Herbert LP-2530 Looking at the lurid side of organized crime from the 1800's to Prohibition, this is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence. Asbury presents the definitive work on this subject, an illumination of the gangs of old New York that ultimately gave rise to the modern Mafia. HIS Night Lives On Lord, Walter LP-2053 New thoughts, theories, and revelations about the Titanic. Horror HOR Dawn Andrews, V. C. LP-0092 In her fine new Virginia school, Dawn Langchamp feels happy and safe. But nothing is what it seems. Now Dawn and her older brother Jimmy have a chance for a decent, respectable life, and Dawn's precious secret, hope to study singing can come true. Then Dawn's mother suddenly dies. HIS 1776 Mc Cullough, David LP-3206 This is the story of the Revolutionary War during the nation's tumultuous beginning, and those who fought for what we assume to be our rightful heritage and precious ideals. This is a narrative history at its best, bringing to life an extraordinary period and a vast array of extraordinary characters on both sides of the conflict. HOR Midnight Whispers Andrews, V. C. LP-0177 Christie struggles to break the cruel bonds of the past, and to defy the curse that has haunted Cutler's Cove for generations. 56 HOR Twilight's Child Andrews V. C. LP-0138 Can Dawn finally realize her dreams in Cutler's Cove, or will her family destroy her happiness? established Lisey's supernatural belief systems, on which she eventually comes to depend for survival. HOR The Dark Half King, Stephen LP-0091 The master of horror returns with another toe curling gem. Evidence indicates that Thad Beaumont whose novels seem to be the product of a twisted imagination, may just be guilty of a series of monstrous murders. HOR Cell King, Stephen LP-3277 (Also available in regular print (AS0728)). Mayhem and violence are unleashed around the world when a pulse from a mysterious source transforms all cell phone users into savage, unthinking, homicidal maniacs, and only a small band of "normies" who somehow avoided the technological attack can stop the rampage. HOR The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon King, Stephen LP-2189 Lost in the Maine woods, a nine-yearold girl keeps hope alive by listening to Red Sox pitcher Tom Gordon on her walkman radio while the sun sets and a dangerous stalker draws nearer. HOR Hearts in Atlantis King, Stephen LP-2193 Here, in five interconnected narratives that span from 1960 to 1999, King draws a stunning portrait of the darker sides of American life after the Vietnam War. HOR False Memory Koontz, Dean LP-2181 (Also available in regular print (BB-3030)). It's a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It's the one fear you cannot escape, no matter where you run, no matter where you hide. It's the fear of yourself. It's real. It can happen to you. And facing it can be deadly. "Fear for your mind". HOR Lisey's Story King, Stephen LP-3285 (Also available in regular print (AS1468)). Two years after losing her husband of twenty-five years, Lisey looks back at the sometimes frightening intimacy that marked their marriage, her husband's successes as an award-winning novelist, and his secretive nature that 57 HOR Forever Odd Koontz, Dean LP-3248 (Also available in regular print (AS-0513)). In the unique world of Pico, Odd, an unforgettable hero who lives between the living and the dead takes a stand against evil in a battle where there are no innocent bystanders. HOR Seize the Night Koontz, Dean LP-2117 Moonlight Bay, California is a peaceful, picturesque small town until children begin disappearing. The police aren't much help since they've been corrupted behind the shuttered walls of adjacent military base, Fort Wyvern. Christopher Snow is convinced that the children are alive and that their disappearances have to do with secret research conducted deep within Fort Wyvern. But there are extremely violent and powerful forces protecting Fort Wyvern, and they will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden. HOR One Door Away from Heaven Koontz, Dean LP-2516 (Also available in regular print (AE-300). When Micky Bellsong encounters Leilani Klonk, a disabled girl with a fierce spirit, and Leilani's stepfather Preston Maddoc, who believes that aliens will heal Leilani by her tenth birthday or take her with them, she finally finds the meaning, hope, and purpose in her troubled life, but when the family disappears, Micky, along with a detective drawn to her courage and passion, embarks on a arduous mission, filled with evil and danger, to find them. HOR Violin Rice, Anne LP-2188 The demonic ghost of a Russian aristocrat uses his magic violin to enchant the exquisite Triana and transport her to a terrifying realm where they join a battle of wills, in an evocative tale of seduction. Humor HUM Cat and the Curmudgeon Amory, Cleveland LP-0116 The continuing saga of how Amory, a self-described curmudgeon, copes with his cat, Polar Bear. 58 HUM Big Trouble Barry, Dave LP-2231 HUM Sleeping Beauties Cheek, Mavis LP-2292 Tabitha's Beauty Parlor is a haven. The women who cross its portals enter a perfumed world where never a harsh note is struck. To Tabitha, beauty is a broad canvas from which she will draw out what she can. But when Chloe, Tabitha's trainee, sets out to prove that she can give her clients the makeover of a lifetime, the quest for feminine perfection achieves hilarious consequences. The scene is Miami. In ritzy Coconut Grove, the teen son of Eliot, a newsman turned adman, sneaks up to spritz a cute girl with a Squirtmaster 9000 to win a high school game called Killer. Meanwhile, two hit men sneak up to kill the girl's abusive step dad, Arthur. Arthur cheated his bosses at corrupt Penultimate, Inc., which equipped a Florida jail with automatic garage-opener gates that accidentally freed prisoners in a lightning storm. HUM Cosbyology: Essays and Observations from the Doctor of Comedy Cosby, Bill LP-2437 The national bestseller from the funniest man in America, who looks back at his life, bit by bit. In this wonderfully funny collection of standup material that touches on everything from childhood and marriage to school, sports, and work, Cosby returns to his early days of comedy to give readers a look at the funny side of life. HUM Dave Barry is not Taking This Sitting Down! Barry, Dave LP-2371 (Also available in regular print (AC-0328)). Dave Barry Turns 50 takes on the dangers of improperly sized brassieres, low-flow toilets, day trading, school science fairs, the IRS, the airlines, pine sap transfusions for tired Christmas trees, and more. HUM Tricky Business Barry, Dave LP-2647 A cash cow, top-heavy cruise ship whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida coast, take their money, then bring them back so they can find more money, gets into the biggest storm in years. What happens to the passengers in the midst of this is the story of this astonishing, wicked book. HUM Happy to be Here Stories and Comic Pieces Keillor, Garrison LP-2058 Garrison Keillor's comic observations on American life make everyone happy to be here. 59 HUM Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy. . .And Sometimes I Let Him Sleep Linamen, Karen S. LP-2619 If you feel stressed, disillusioned, or simply worn-out by life, take heart. The author delivers humor that will lift your spirits and insights that will help you experience true healing. left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor. JVI Secret Garden Burnett, Frances LP-3012 (Fiction) (Also available in regular print (BB-0887)). Nine-year-old Mary Lennox has no one left in the world when she arrives at Misselthwaite Manor, her mysterious uncle's drafty mansion on the edge of the moors. Miserable and lonely, Mary discovers a walled garden. It is in the "secret garden" that many lives are transformed. Juvenile Ages 88-12 JVI Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie LP-3018 (Fiction) Granted eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck finds that living forever at one age is less a blessing than it might seem. JVI Stealing Freedom Carbone, Elisa LP-2927 JVI Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol R. LP-3017 (Fiction) (Also available in regular print (BB-0658)). This beloved story follows the frontier adventures of Caddie Woodlawn, a tomboy growing up in Wisconsin during the 1860's, and explains how Caddie saves the settlement from an Indian massacre. JVI Chasing Redbird Creech, Sharon LP-3007 (Fiction) A novel based on the events in the life of a young slave girl from Maryland who endures all kinds of mistreatment and cruelty, including being separated from her family, but who eventually escapes to freedom in Canada. (Fiction) It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny discovered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family's house, she realized that things were about to change. Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves the tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world, and discovers it in her own backyard. JVI A Little Princess Burnett, Frances LP-3015 (Fiction) Presents an abridged version of the tale of Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, who is 60 JVI Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon LP-3014 (Fiction) On a long car trip from Ohio to Idaho, 13-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle regales her grandparents with a story about her friend Phoebe, who receives a message from a potential lunatic and must cope with the disappearance of her mother. Beneath Phoebe's story is Sal's own, and her search for her own mother who left for Idaho one sunny morning and never returned. JVI My Side of the Mountain George, Jean C. LP-2938 (Adventure) A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship. JVI Old Yeller Gipson, Fred LP-2031 We called him Old Yeller. The name had a sort of double meaning. One part meant that his short hair was a dingy yellow, a color that we called "Yeller" in those days. The other meant that when he opened his head, the sound he let out came closer to being a yell than a bark. JVI The Cat Ate My Gymsuit Danziger, Paula LP-2929 (Fiction) When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, thirteen-year-old Marcy Lewis uses her new-found courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement. JVI Summer of My German Soldier Greene, Bette LP-2939 (Fiction) When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship. JVI Because of Winn-Dixie Di Camillo, Kate LP-2937 (Fiction) When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, she doesn't know what to expect, least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they meet. And with this unusual and confident friend by her side, Opal soon finds herself making more than a few unusual friends. 61 JVI Everything on a Waffle Horvath, Polly LP-2935 (Fiction) Primrose simply knows her parents did not perish at sea, but can't convince the other residents of Coal Harbour. But true sanctuary can always be found at a restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing, where everything, including lasagna is served on a waffle. JVI A Wrinkle in Time L'Engle, Madeleine LP-2930 (Science Fiction) This is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school), in search of Meg's missing father. JVI Giver Lowry, Lois LP-3008 (Fiction) Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve he is singled out to receive special training from the Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. JVI Triss Jacques, Brian LP-3005 (Fantasy) (Also available in regular print (AK-0161)). (A Novel of Redwall) Triss the squirelmaid, Shogg, and Welfo escape from slavery at Riftgard and are pursued across the sea toward Redwall by Princess Kurda, Prince Bladd, and a band of freebooters who seek the rumored treasure of Brockhall. JVI Sarah, Plain and Tall Mac Lachlan, Patricia LP-3011 (Fiction) (Also available in regular print (BB-0891)). Their mother died after Caleb was born, their house on the prairie is quiet now, and papa doesn't sing any more. Then papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Sarah decides to come for a month. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay? JVI From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E. L. LP-2933 (Fiction) For thirty-five years E. L. Konigsburg's story about Claudia, the girl who ran away from home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has entranced readers of all ages. 62 JVI Touching Spirit Bear Mikaelsen, Ben LP-3013 (Fiction) At fifteen, Cole Matthews has been fighting and stealing for years. The punishment for smashing Peter Driscal's skull into the sidewalk, his most recent crime, is harsh. This time, Cole will have to choose between prison and Native American Circle Justice. He will live either behind bars or in isolation for one year. Cole chooses Circle Justice. "beans" who live above them. Only Pod is allowed to venture into the house above, because the danger of being seen by a human is too great, yet Arrietty won't listen. JVI Winter Room Paulsen, Gary LP-3016 (Fiction) A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past. JVI Monster Myers, Walter D. LP-2936 (Fiction) Steve Harmon's black. He's in jail, maybe forever. He's on trial for murder. And he's sixteen years old. Steve: "Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady prosecutor called me . . . MONSTER." JVI Holes Sachar, Louis LP-3009 (Fiction) (Also available in regular print (AK-0039)). The National Book Award and Newbery Medal-winning novel is the basis for Walt Disney's new motion picture adaptation starring Shia Le Bouf and Sigourney Weaver. Believing his family is under a curse, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a harsh correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. JVI Borrowers Norton, Mary LP-3006 (Fiction) Underneath the kitchen floor is the world of the Borrowers, Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter, Arrietty. Matchboxes double as roomy dressers and postage stamps hang on the walls like paintings. Whatever the Clocks need in their tiny home, they simply "borrow" from the human 63 JVI Milkweed Spinelli, Jerry LP-3010 (Fiction) He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He's a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw, who steals food for himself and the orphans, and who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He wants to be a Nazi someday, with tall, shiny jackboots and a gleaming eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. she soon becomes a major news story, gets an appointment to the U.N., and discovers that the president's son has a crush on her. JVY Through the LookingGlass: And What Alice Saw There Carroll, Lewis LP-3004 (Fiction) Through the Looking-Glass tells of Alice's experiences when, curious about the world behind the mirror, Alice climbs over the mantel into the looking-glass world, where everything is reversed. Juvenile Ages 1313-18 JVY I Am the Cheese Cormier, Robert LP-2932 (Fiction) In this complicated, chilling novel of the savagery of modern society, Adam mentally relives his past while facing the interrogation and trauma of his present life as a guest of the government. JVY Princess & the Pauper Brian, Kate LP-3002 (Fiction) Julia isn't like the other students at the Rosewood School. She takes a bike to school, and goes home every night to her mom and her cat in a run-down apartment. While the others obsess over a visit from some princess, Julia worries about keeping a roof over their heads. Then Princess Carina shows up at Rosewood, and Julia finds her answer. JVY Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher LP-2994 (Fiction) When 10-year-old Bud Caldwell runs away from his new foster home, he realizes he has nowhere to go but to search for the father he has never known: a legendary jazz musician advertised on some old posters his deceased mother had kept. Curtis has given a fresh, new look to a traditional orphan-finds-a-home story that would be a crackerjack readaloud. JVY All-American Girl Cabot, Meg LP-2992 (Fiction) (Also available in regular print (AP-0080)). After happening upon a situation where she ends up playing an important role in saving the president's life, Samantha Madison's simple life is turned upside-down as 64 JVY Ginger Pye Estes, Eleanor LP-2996 (Fiction) The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children. JVY Julie of the Wolves George, Jean LP-3000 (Fiction) (Also available in regular print (SW-0774)). Protected by a wolf pack while lost on the tundra, a 13-year-old Eskimo girl begins to appreciate her heritage, and the oneness with nature that modern man is destroying. JVY Girl Named Disaster Farmer, Nancy LP-2997 (Fiction) After the death of her mother, Nhamo is left a virtual slave in her small African village. Upon learning that before her 12th birthday she must marry a cruel man with three other wives, Nhamo desperately decides to run away. JVY The First Part Last Johnson, Angela LP-2934 (Fiction) Sixteen-year-old Bobby and his girlfriend, Na, had planned to put their baby, Feather, up for adoption, but Feather becomes impossible to relinquish. JVY After the Rain Mazer, Norma F. LP-2990 (Fiction) After discovering her grandfather is dying, fifteen-year-old Rachel gets to know him better than ever before and finds the experience bittersweet. JVY Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther LP-2999 (Fiction) (Also available in regular print (BB-0818)). A young apprentice silversmith is caught up in the danger and excitement of Boston in revolt just before the Revolutionary War, in events leading to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. JVY Blizzard's Wake Naylor, Phyllis R. LP-2993 (Fiction) Ever since fifteen-year-old Kate Sterling's mother died four years ago, nothing has been the same. Filled with resentment and sadness, Kate has shut herself off from the world and her family. Zeke Dexter is heading home to begin a new life after completing his prison term, but he is filled with anxiety. Will anyone in his small town be able to forget his shameful past, or the crime he committed, and let him start anew? JVY Hole in My Life Gantos, Jack LP-2931 (Biography/Autobiography) The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer. 65 JVY Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell, Scott LP-2998 (Fiction) This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. JVY Airborn Oppel, Kenneth JVY Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson LP-2928 (Also available in regular print (BB892)). (Literature) Old Dan and little Ann, a boy and his two dogs. A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee Country. Old Dan had the brawn, little Ann had the brains and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. Close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found, where the red fern grows. LP-2991 (Science Fiction) Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies. JVY Stargirl Spinelli, Jerry LP-3003 (Fiction) From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High School the hallways hum with the murmur of "Stargirl, Stargirl." The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned. JVY My Life in Dog Years Paulsen, Gary LP-3001 (Non-Fiction) Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs in his lifetime. In each chapter of this wonderful book, he tells the story of one of these special animals, among them Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Electric Fred and his best friend, Pig; and Josh, the smartest dog in the world. JVY Surviving the Applewhites Tolan, Stephanie LP-2926 (Also available in regular print (AR-0063)). (Fiction) Rumor has it that Jake Semple burned down his old school. Only one place will take him now, a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic family of artists. Jake thinks surviving this one will be a breeze. But is he really as tough or as bad as he seems? 66 JVY Dicey's Song Voigt, Cynthia LP-2995 (Fiction) The four Tillerman children finally have a home at their grandmother's rundown farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Dicey has dreamed of, but after watching over her three younger siblings for so long, it's hard to let go. Who is Dicey, if she's no longer the caretaker for her family? As Dicey experiences the trials and pleasures of making a new life, the past comes back with devastating force. LIT Mayor of Casterbridge Hardy, Thomas LP-2026 (Also available in regular print (BB2829)). Thomas Hardy's exploration of his most tragic hero, Michael Henchard, is the classic tale of overambition. From his drunken sale of his wife and baby at a country fair to his subjugation of a farming village, Henchard's life is an epic attempt to bring the world to heel as he hides even from himself all vestiges of emotional vulnerability. LIT Ivanhoe Scott, Sir Walter LP-2021 (Also available in regular print (AS-0175)). England is in turmoil, torn by fierce and bitter hatreds between Norman and Saxon. Rival claimants to the thrown have caused a civil war. Prince John, taking advantage of Richard's absence fighting in the Crusades, plots to make himself crowned king. But Richard returns and vows to take his revenge on John. Literature/Classics LIT Great Gatsby Fitzgerald, F. Scott LP-2014 The timeless story of Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan is widely acknowledged to be the closest thing to the Great American Novel ever written. LIT Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café Flagg, Fannie LP-0128 Folksy and fresh, endearing and enduring, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe tells the tale of two women and the cafe they ran in Whistle Stop, Alabama, offering barbecue, coffee, love, laughter, and an occasional murder. LIT Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert L. LP-2043 (Also available in regular print (BB-0831)). An old treasure map begins an exciting voyage with Long John Silver, the dangerous pirate aboard. 67 MOT Matters of the Heart Bynum, Juanita LP-3170 Inspirational/Motivational MOT The Healing Path Allender, Dan B. LP-2823 None of us escapes the heartache and disappointments of life. To live is to hurt, and we all have the wounds to prove it. Regardless of how we've been hurt, we all face a common question: What should we do with our pain? Suffering doesn't have to rob us of joy. It can lead us to life, if we know the path to healing. In a sometimes longish essay, the author chronicles her personal journey from excessive ambition and agitated helplessness to true enlightenment. For years she ignored signs from God to slow down before she was led to the Bible passages that she shares throughout the program. Bynum is a warm, sincere writer whose message of honesty and connection with God sometimes sounds like a sermon. But overall, her intimate writing and the excellent work of narrator Sandra Burr help the program deliver a message that most overachieving spiritual seekers will understand. MOT An Angel to Watch Over Me Anderson, Joan LP-2067 MOT Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free De Moss, Nancy L. LP-2952 We are like Eve. We have all experienced defeats and failures, trouble and turmoil, and we ache to do things over, to have lives of harmony and peace. Nancy Leigh DeMoss sheds light on how we can be delivered from bondage and set free to walk in God's grace, forgiveness, and abundant life. True stories of children's encounters with angels. MOT Flying Without Wings Beisser, Arnold R. LP-0118 Arnold Beisser Contracted polio and became completely paralyzed at age twenty-five. This is his story of despair, hope and achievement. MOT A Book of Angels Burnham, Sophy LP-2388 This beautiful volume traces the understanding of angels through history and across cultures and relates the extraordinary stories of present day encounters with angels. 68 MOT Wild at Heart: Discovering The Secret of a Man's Soul Eldredge, John LP-3091 In his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. Now John Eldredge invites men to recover their masculine heart, defined in the image of a passionate God, and women to discover the secret of a man's soul and to delight in the strength and wildness men were created to offer. MOT Never Alone Girzone, Joseph F. LP-2069 Joseph F. Girzone is an author who answers the unasked questions that lie hidden in so many hearts. The wisdom of his spirituality transcends the many factions of religion and speaks to millions in a language all can understand. MOT Angels Graham, Billy LP-2070 Billy Graham has written the classic book on angels, filled with inspiration, wisdom, and real-life experiences. Angels continues to raise the standard by which all other books on angels will be measured. MOT It was on Fire when I Lay Down on It Fulghum, Robert LP-0165 Picking up where he left off in "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," Robert Fulghum delivers more of his witty observations and inspiration. MOT Hope for the Troubled Heart Graham, Billy LP-2590 America's foremost preacher offers a book that speaks with boldness and compassion to the millions of people who experience pain and frustration. Billy Graham draws on a lifetime of ministry to help readers store up strength for the storms and learn to live triumphantly in a world of pain. MOT God's Promises for Your Need Gill, A. L. LP-3167 Here are Scriptures to set mind and heart at ease. Topics include courage, patience, comfort and forgiveness. This wonderful scriptural guide will help you learn more about the promises of God for your family, relationships, and how God truly wants to bless and direct every Christian family. 69 MOT The Secret of Happiness Graham, Billy LP-2580 Happiness. It's what we all long for, but all too often we end up empty and unsatisfied. Presented with Dr. Graham's characteristic simplicity, this landmark book teaches us to live above the circumstances of life and rest in the true happiness God wants us to have. MOT Get Over It and On With It! Hammond, Michelle LP-2767 Outspoken Bible teacher Michelle McKinney Hammond finds contemporary application in the ancient stories of several men and women who took the path from suffering to overcoming. Their journeys teach us how to press through hardship and get to the other side of our disappointment. MOT Stories for a Faithful Heart: Over 100 Treasures to Touch Your Soul Gray, Alice LP-2508 Your spirit will be lifted, and your soul touched by these powerful, tender stories. From Max Lucado, Billy and Ruth Graham, Joni Eareckson Tada, Philip Gulley, Luis Palau, Sheila Walsh, and many others, these gentle moments illuminate a wondrous path to joy, contentment, forgiveness, prayer, hope and faith. MOT The Diva Principle Hammond, Michelle LP-3168 Drawing examples from some of the Bible's great divas such as Deborah, and translating them into everyday practical principles for living, Hammond shows readers how to excel in every area of life whether young or old, single or married by mastering the art of diva-tude. MOT Gathering of Hope Hayes, Helen LP-2068 Helen Hayes would like to share with you these special words, the poems, the psalms, the prayers and the lyrics, from sources down through the ages. She hopes that in times of doubt or fear or loneliness, you too will turn to these words. MOT Treasures for Women Who Hope Gray, Alice LP-3317 Filled with touching stories of those who have faced insurmountable odds and yet still found hope, this book shares principles and practices from Scripture that remind readers that their sometimesdarkened path is never without hope. 70 MOT Touch of the Earth Hersey, Jean LP-2059 Out of the threads of every day, drawn from the widely scattered substances of the earth, from our responses to earth, to man, and to God, we are continually weaving a fabric. We are ever translating and molding all that we receive into a creation that is our individual development and growth. MOT The Vision of His Glory Lotz, Ann G. LP-2591 Anne Graham Lotz introduces the Book of Revelation in this beautiful chronicle of God's mystery, majesty, and mercy. She brings clarity and understanding to the pageantry and imagery of John's glorious eyewitness account of God's plan for our future. MOT The Gift for All People Lucado, Max LP-2640 This collection of inspirational stories will help Christians treasure the assurance of their salvation and help non-Christians embrace abundant, eternal life in Jesus Christ. MOT Guideposts for the Spirit Hogan, Julie K. LP-2689 Presents more than one hundred stories celebrating the enduring and unconditional love of mothers, including works by Barbara Bush, Elizabeth Dole, Marjorie Holmes, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Leo Buscaglia. MOT Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On Omartian, Stormie LP-2951 If you're experiencing a major life change, making an important decision, or simply needing encouragement to make it through the day, you'll find inspiration and hope in this candid, refreshing look at how to walk successfully through the difficult times of life. By trusting God to provide just enough light for each step you're on, you can trade in anxiety about the future and regret over the past for peaceful assurance in the present. MOT Answered Prayers Laird, Rebecca LP-2824 The editors of Guideposts books come across answered prayers every day. Readers call, write, email and fax their stories of the unexpected ways in which God provides, with just the perfect resolution. Share and marvel at these exclusive, true-life accounts of the incredible power of prayer and the ministry and fellowship that are part of it. 71 MOT Praying God's Will for Your Life Omartian, Stormie LP-2582 With distinctive style, best-selling author Omartian encourages women to seek God's blessings and guidance so they can grow in Him and stand strong in the midst of a changing culture. MOT The Blessings of Brokenness Stanley, Charles LP-2543 With gentle wisdom, Dr. Charles Stanley shines light on the process of being broken. He reveals the ways we protest against it. And he gives us an inspiring look beyond the pain to the promise of blessing. MOT Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them Ortberg, John LP-2953 None of us are normal according to God's definition, and the closer we get to each other, the plainer that becomes. Yet for all our quirks, sins, and jagged edges, we need each other. Now teacher and bestselling author John Ortberg gives us the tools for drawing closer to others in powerful ways. With humor, insight, and a gift for storytelling, he shows us how community pays tremendous dividends in happiness, health, support, and growth. MOT Walking Wisely Stanley, Charles LP-3169 Dr. Stanley teaches how to apply God's wisdom to finances, relationships with others, physical health, and day-to-day duties. This significant volume presents a way of living that embodies wisdom from above. MOT Messages of God's Abundance ten Boom, Corrie LP-2745 Outlasting Ravensbruck and Hitler's regime, Ms. Ten Boom went on to conquer hearts across the world with healing words of hope, forgiveness, and trust in God. Broadcast across Europe using the very radio equipment the Nazis had built to spread their propaganda. MOT Meditations from the Road Peck, M. Scott LP-2066 Daily reflections from the road less traveled and the different drum. 72 MOT Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God In the Busyness of Life Weaver, Joanna LP-2947 (Also available in regular print (AR-2170)). For women who feel they aren't godly, loving, or doing enough, this will show how we can deepen our devotion and strengthen our service, doing both with less stress and greater joy. MYS Tip a Canoe Abresch, Peter LP-2551 When senior citizens James P. Dandy and Dodee Swisher go canoeing in South Carolina with the Elderhostel program, their romantic rendezvous is interrupted when they stumble upon a corpse in a nearby swamp. MOT My Faith Still Holds Williams, Joyce LP-3310 This book is filled with stories of faith that are shared by godly women from around the world. Featuring First Lady Laura Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Joni Eareckson Tada, Gloria Gaither, Gracia Burnham, Barbara Johnson, Kay Arthur, and others. (Also available in regular print (AR-2079)). (A Figure Skating Mystery, Prime Crime) When a Russian figure skating coach collapses during a practice and is pronounced dead, reporter Bex Levy has a hunch it's cold-blooded murder, on ice. love Dodee Swisher. MYS Axel of Evil Adams, Alina LP-3109 MYS Murder on Ice Adams, Alina LP-2750 Mystery (A Figure Skating Mystery, Prime Crime) (Also available in regular print (AK0346)) When the judge who cast the deciding vote that gave the gold to a Russian skater instead of America's sweetheart is found brutally murdered, Rebecca "Bex" Levy, figure-skating researcher for the 24/7 network, must glide carefully as she investigates this baffling mystery. MYS Killing Thyme Abresch, Peter LP-2478 (A James P. Dandy Elderhostel Mystery). Take a few ambitious chefs, a handful of amateur cooks on a weeklong tour of Baltimore's greatest restaurants, season with a bit of competition for a spot on a new TV show, "A Dash of Thyme", and throw in a ruthless killer. Voila! A perfectly seasoned dish of homicide for amateur sleuths James P. Dandy and his lady 73 MYS On Thin Ice Adams, Alina LP-2894 MYS Cat in Wolf's Clothing Adamson, Lydia LP-0151 A cat, a mouse, and two corpses spell murder for Alice Nestleton. (Also available in regular print (AP-0265)). Thirteen-year-old Jeremy Hunt could be the future of figure skating. He's got a winning smile, flawless technique, and more talent than most skaters twice his age. So when his strangely protective father refuses to let him go to the Nationals, Rebecca "Bex" Levy, up-and-coming figure-skating researcher for the 24/7 network, knows there's a better story off the ice than on. And just as she's uncovering a sordid scandal, a past champion is murdered. MYS Cat of a Different Color Adamson, Lydia LP-2064 A mystery cat takes a talented actress turned sleuth behind the scenes for murder. MYS Henrietta Who? Aird, Catherine LP-2199 Life, for Henrietta Jenkins, had always been a quiet affair, a home with her widowed mother in Larking village, and her degree studies at the university. Then, just before her 21st birthday, her mother was run down on a village road, apparently the victim of a hit-and-run driver. But what seemed at first a simple case turned dramatically into a murder investigation. More than murder, for the post mortem revealed that Grace Jenkins had never had any children! MYS Like Angels Falling Adams, Jane LP-2332 With his resignation from the police force approved, Ray Flowers' plans to set up a security and detection business with his old friend George Mahoney are in full swing. One of their first cases is to help an acquaintance whose daughter has joined the cult known as The Eyes of God. The cult is disturbingly familiar to Ray. For eleven years, he led the inquiry into the ritualized murder of three boys. The man convicted of the killings was cult leader Harrison Lee. But now he has died in prison, and his evil can be laid to rest. Or can it? 74 MYS Parting Breath Aird, Catherine LP-2284 The University of Calleshire was experiencing another student sit-in. As often happens, the cause was obscured by the effect, though the unlikely alliance of the Dean and the college porter ensured that matters didn't get too out of hand. There was no need to call in the police, everyone was agreed on that point, until one of the students was found dying in a college quad to a background of Elizabethan madrigals. Inspector Sloan found his investigations hampered by the eccentricities of both the academic and the student bodies, not to mention the victim, whose cryptic last utterance defies explanation. the other residents of Almstone Manor aren't talking. MYS Stiff News Aird, Catherine LP-2594 No one was too surprised when octogenarian Gertrude Powell was found dead at Almstone Manor, a retirement home for former members of the Fearnshire Regiment and their dependents. She had, after all, been very ill. But on the morning of her funeral, her son Lionel receives a very disturbing letter, from his mother. In it, she claims that someone is trying to kill her. Now Gertrude had led a full and exciting life, but for every fact Inspector Sloan turns up about her, there seems to be a mystery too. And MYS Baseball Cat Allen, Garrison LP-3038 MYS The Assets Allbeury, Ted LP-2283 Codename: Operation MK Ultra. The most secret operation in the CIA involving mind control under the influence of drugs and hypnosis, it uses unwitting individuals for intelligence gathering and counterespionage. It operates outside the law. The illicit experiments carried out under MK Ultra can have terrifying, and sometimes tragic, human consequences. It is the unenviable task of Senator Joe Maguire to monitor the goings on of MK Ultra and to pick up the pieces when things go wrong. (A "Big Mike" Mystery) When a semiprofessional baseball team visits Empty Creek, Arizona, the game hasn't even begun before somebody uses the owner's head for a baseball, and scores a deadly hit. A corpse before morning coffee is not Penelope Warren's usual style. But the ex-Marine proprietress of the mystery bookstore knows that the free-spirited denizens of Empty Creek are depending on her and Mycroft, her twenty-fivepound Abyssinian cat, to investigate. 75 MYS Royal Cat Allen, Garrison LP-3110 Empty Creek, Arizona has been transformed into Merry Olde England by the annual Elizabethan Spring Faire. The fun ends when Carolyn Lewis, the less-than-popular retired teacher playing The Virgin Queen, is executed in the dark of night. Then the murderer takes an encore, and it's up to Penelope Warren and her Abyssinian cat to do the sleuthing behind the scenes. MYS Private View Atkins, Meg E. LP-2617 The murder of a local art gallery owner and the theft of the painting he had just privately shown had stumped DCI Sheldon Hunter, and remained unsolved. Four years later, Hunter receives a series of anonymous letters and phone calls implicating a family in the picturesque town of Rush Deeping in the death. MYS Tightrope for Three Babson, Marian LP-0206 Life and death are the ingredients as three people try frantically to leave Dartmoor on a foggy evening. Only one helicopter is available for transportation. Which desperate passenger will be carried out of the misted Moors on the precious seat? MYS The Patient at Peacocks Hall Allingham, Margery LP-2198 A young woman doctor, struggling to save the life of her rival, is threatened by a cunning madman who has been driven to madness by the very woman that Dr. Anne Fowler is caring for! MYS Goodbye, Dolly Baker, Deb LP-3334 While attending her first major doll show, Gretchen Birch, a doll restoration artist, is forced to investigate the murder of a sleazy reporter when the killer begins sending her boxes of Kewpie dolls with cryptic, threatening messages that contain the clues to cracking this case. MYS Frozen Ashford, Lindsay LP-2900 Megan Rhys has been asked to advise on the murders of two young prostitutes, dumped like rubbish, seemingly the victims of two men working together. But there is something wrong with the information the police are giving her. Is someone is trying to manipulate Megan, or are her own prejudices clouding her judgment? 76 MYS Murder Passes the Buck Baker, Deb LP-3222 When her neighbor on Michigan's Upper Peninsula gets shot dead in his deer blind on opening day of hunting season, unconventional, irrepressible 66-year-old Gertie Johnson seizes the opportunity to become a detective. Gertie is abetted by her grandson Little Donny, man-hungry best friend Cora Mae, and volunteer bodyguard Kitty. It doesn't help that the death has already been ruled an accident by the local sheriff, Gertie's son. MYS Blood Lure Barr, Nevada LP-2917 (An Anna Pigeon Novel) District park ranger Anna Pigeon is forced to reexamine her "spiritual connection" to God's creatures when she works on a project that has her hanging out bloody lures to attract grizzly bears in Glacier National Park. Although she manages to snatch an occasional moment of solitary communion with nature, there's no time for meditation when a rampaging bear attacks the researchers' campsite. MYS Flashback Barr, Nevada LP-2615 MYS Uncommon Grounds Balzo, Sandra LP-2895 Patricia Harper has been killed by an espresso machine hot-wired to electrocute its owner, and in Uncommon Grounds, her very own gourmet coffee store, on opening day. Maggy Thorsen, displaced PR executive turned coffee maven, wants to know who killed her partner and put the future of Uncommon Grounds in jeopardy. Maggy desperately needs the store to succeed, so she joins forces with Sarah Kingstown, Patricia's closest friend, to investigate her killing. (Also available in regular print (AL-0308)). (An Anna Pigeon Novel) Taking a temporary post as ranger in Dry Tortugas National Park to escape dealing with a marriage proposal, Anna Pigeon investigates a mysterious boating accident that leads her to uncover sinister local crimes from the past. MYS Hard Truth Barr, Nevada LP-3072 Newlywed park ranger Anna Pigeon assumes her new post as district ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park, where three young girls have disappeared during a religious retreat. Two of the girls emerge a month later, and with them comes a sense of disembodied evil in the park. 77 MYS Hunting Season Barr, Nevada LP-2496 (Also available in regular print (AG-0242)). Working at Mt. Locust, a historic Mississippi plantation, park ranger Anna Pigeon comes upon the body of the brother of a local candidate for sheriff, and must deal with dark family secrets and political intrigue as she investigates the crime. MYS Death of a Hussy Beaton, M. C. LP-2194 Finding out who set a rich tart's car on fire while she was still in it requires all Scottish Police Constable Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature. When it comes to solving a murder, Hamish lets no grass grow under his feet, not even when the killer appears to be the wrong person entirely. MYS Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet Beaton, M. C. LP-2136 An irascible but endearing sleuth in a small English town. The new vet has taken a shine to Agatha Raisin, but before romance can bloom, he accidentally kills himself. MYS Death of a Snob Beaton, M. C. LP-2106 When Jane Wetherby offers Police Constable Hamish Macbeth a holiday at her "Happy Wanderer" health farm on the isle of Eileencraig, his flagging spirits begin to rise in anticipation of some tender, loving care. Unfortunately, the visit doesn't prove to be the holiday Hamish had hoped for. Windswept Eileencraig is inhabited by hostile islanders, more than a few of which would gladly be rid of "The Happy Wanderer." The company at the health farm is hardly better, and when one guest is found at the foot of a cliff with a broken neck, no one is too broken up. MYS Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley Beaton, M. C. LP-2954 When the kind, shy Sir Charles Fraith receives a letter from Jessica Tartinck, president of the Dembley Walkers Association, his tranquil life is thrown into chaos. The feisty Ms. Tartinck has chosen the naive baronet for the latest attack in her campaign against landowners over the use of public footpaths. Although Sir Charles suggests a reasonable offer, Jessica chooses to ignore him, and ends up murdered in Sir Charles's field. 78 MYS The Librarian Beinhart, Larry LP-3197 How did nebbish university librarian David Goldberg end up hunted by Homeland Security and on Virginia's Ten Most Wanted list for bestiality? It begins so innocently when Goldberg starts moonlighting for an eccentric, aging conservative billionaire whose final wish is to leave behind a memorial library about himself. But he has a secret that must never be revealed, and the men with the guns want the fellow indexing the archives. this elderly woman experienced the violent death of her daughter from more than a hundred miles away? MYS The Coin Conspiracy Berger, Eileen M. LP-2555 Welcome to Willow Bend, home of Gracie Parks, feisty red-headed widow, choir member, chef and sleuth. Gracie believes the best place to solve a problem is alone with God in her warm, cozy kitchen. She unravels mysteries while cooking and prays to God with her hands full of cookie dough. MYS Funeral Expenses Bell, Pauline LP-3199 The reception that follows the funeral of Edgar Smith is not a sober affair in any sense of the word, thanks to the antics of his daughter Lorraine. When, later on in the day, Lorraine's dead body is found in her sister's spare room, the police are called and DCI Mitchell begins a murder investigation now that the party's well and truly over. MYS Death and the Family Tree Berry, Linda LP-3299 Ogeechee's oldest living ex-mayor, Julian Stubbs, is murdered the day after he is honored at the town's bicentennial celebration. It's also the day after a ruckus at a family reunion raises Stubbs family hackles. When Chief of Police Henry Huckabee and Officer Trudy Roundtree investigate Julian's death, more family mysteries come to light. Missing valuables, secret resentments, old gossip, how much of that, if anything, is connected to Julian's death? MYS Reason to Murder Bennett, R. A. LP-3202 "Karen was murdered, Mr. Conroy." Frankie Conroy, ex-rugby league player, ex-policeman, and now nonetoo-successful private detective, listened to the chilling words and for a brief moment he began to believe. Had 79 MYS Death and the Icebox Berry, Linda LP-2663 MYS Ground to a Halt Bishop, Claudia LP-3293 (Also available in regular print (AS0937)). When the International Association of Pet Food Providers convention guests begin fighting like cats and dogs over switching to vegan pet food, which results in murder, inn owner Sarah Quilliam and her sister, Meg, guided by a pet psychic, investigate. (A Trudy Roundtree Mystery) The discovery of a long-dead body in an abandoned refrigerator sends Ogeechee, Georgia, police officer Trudy Roundtree into the small town's past, where she uncovers rivalries, jealousy, and murder. When the body is identified as a young woman who was last seen more than 30 years earlier, shortly after a wedding shower in her honor, Trudy digs into secrets thought long buried. MYS The Case of the Roasted Onion Bishop, Claudia LP-3220 (Also available in regular print (AS-0313)). (The Casebook of Dr. McKenzie, Prime Crime) When a fellow veterinarian in gunned down by a sniper for no good reason, Austin McKenzie and his wife Madeline, entering into the high-stakes world of equestrian competition, must race against time to catch a killer. MYS A Puree of Poison Bishop, Claudia LP-2742 (Also available in regular print (AL0110)) While town residents are preparing to celebrate the 133rd anniversary of the Battle of Hemlock Falls, the Quilliam sisters are investigating the deaths of three people who all had their last meals at the inn. MYS Fried by Jury Bishop, Claudia LP-2611 MYS The Case of the Tough Talking Turkey Bishop, Claudia LP-3332 Gobbling up clues to catch the real killer, veterinarian Austin McKenzie decides to investigate the murder of Old Man O'Leary, a much-despised turkey farmer, after an innocent turkey-feed salesman is framed for the crime. (A Hemlock Falls Mystery) (Also available in regular print (AH-0318)). The Quilliam sisters embark on their latest mystery when two fast-food rivals, Holcomb's Wholesome Fried Chicken and Colonel Cluck, engage in a deep fat frying contest, resulting in the theft of a butcher knife and the murder of a celebrity judge. 80 MYS Moonflete Black, Veronica LP-2791 Melody Fletcher is eighteen when she first sees Moonflete, the beautiful house on the Lancashire moors built by her father for her Chinese mother, Silver Moon. For Melody, dressed in her mother's clothes, moving through a macabre charade planned by her father, it brings danger and the shadows of past secrets that have twisted many lives. MYS Corpus de Crossword Blanc, Nero LP-2697 (Prime Crime) (Also available in regular print (AO-0100)). Angered over a developer's plans to build on fifteen acres of land in Tanyesville, Massachusetts, the townspeople are stunned when his plans are put on hold after his crew unearths the skeleton of a young woman, forcing Belle and Rosco to use their talent for crosswords to solve the case. MYS Death on the Diagonal Blanc, Nero LP-3259 MYS Cape Refuge Blackstock, Terri LP-3152 Also available in regular print (AS-1499)). Crossword puzzle editor Belle Graham comes to the aid of her husband, Roscoe, as they investigate a devastating fire at the Collins family stables, which is being blamed on a harddrinking manager, and discover a dysfunctional family made up of an aged patriarch, his grown children, and his much-younger bride. The brutal murders of Thelma and Wayne Owens have stunned the Cape Refuge community. Their son-in-law is accused, but the police chief thinks the Owens' ministry, a halfway house, shelters more likely suspects. Morgan Cleary struggles to keep the house running with her husband in jail. Her embittered sister, Blair, wants no part of it, until her search for the true killer uncovers some startling findings. MYS Hope to Die Block, Lawrence LP-2415 MYS A Crossworder's Delight Blanc, Nero LP-3128 After the brutal slaughter of an upscale couple during a home invasion, the killers themselves turn up dead in a Brooklyn hellhole, one apparently killed by his partner, who then took his own life. Matt Scudder knew the slain couple and is drawn to this case that the cops have quickly and eagerly closed. Scudder suspects a third party was involved: a cold, diabolical man who Scudder fears is just getting started. (Also available in regular print (AS-0517)). Private detective Rosco Polycrates and crossword editor Belle Graham investigate the disappearance of a valuable poem, a case that leads to the discovery of a handmade book of dessert recipes written in the form of crossword puzzles. 81 MYS Like a Lamb to Slaughter Block, Lawrence LP-3112 Here's a scintillating collection of mystery short stories by one of the genre's acknowledged masters. The compilation features such Block trademark characters as Matthew Scudder and dapper defense attorney Martin Ehrengraf. MYS Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines Bond, Michael LP-2667 The flawless production of Claude Chavignol's popular culinary television show is a pleasure to watch, but the audience's enjoyment of the show comes to a halt when Chavignol starts to choke on an oyster. First on the scene, M. Pamplemousse performs the Heimlich maneuver, but to no avail, Chavignol has been poisoned. MYS The Burglar on the Prowl Block, Lawrence LP-2701 Antiquarian book dealer and fashionable thief Bernie Rhodenbarr once again indulges his appetite for breaking and entering in his neverending quest for fun and profit. MYS Death of a Turkey Borden, Kate LP-3173 Mayor and single mom Peggy Jean Turner is happily anticipating her favorite holiday. But this year is different. Dealing with an obnoxious neighbor and organizing a reenactment of the first Thanksgiving for the tourists, she's being pulled in more directions than a wishbone. Then Peggy is forced to put aside all thoughts of Thanksgiving when her antagonistic neighbor is found dead on the village green. MYS Baptised in Blood Bolitho, Janie LP-2293 Carmen Brockham, owner of Rickenham Green's largest department store, has finally found a man she wants to marry. The only thing standing in her way is her childhood friend, and manager of Brockham's, Malcolm Graham. When Malcolm fails to turn up for work one morning, it is so out of character that his assistant calls the police. His body is found in a crime scene unlike any other. His murder can only be described as ritualistic, and the prime suspect is Carmen Brockham. MYS Cat Who Blew the Whistle Braun, Lilian J. LP-2071 When an affluent owner of an historic steam locomotive and private railcar disappears with millions of dollars belonging to Moose County investors, international police join together in a search for the fugitive. 82 MYS Cat Who Came to Breakfast Braun, Lilian J. LP-2065 MYS Cat Who Said Cheese Braun, Lilian J. LP-2074 (Also available in regular print (BB-2556)). During the Moose County Great Food Expo, Qwill and his crimesolving Siamese have plenty of delicious distractions. But after a mysterious death, they have to put aside the treats and cook up a solution to the case! Quiet Pear Island, affectionately known as Breakfast Island, is about to be turned upside down. The development of a major resort complex is causing a ruckus with local residents, summer people and mainland fishermen, they're all hopping mad. When a cabin cruiser explodes in the marina, there's general alarm. MYS Cat Who Wasn't There Braun, Lilian J. LP-0200 MYS Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell Braun, Lilian J. LP-3280 (Also available in regular print (AS0730)). While the town of Pickax is swept up in its sesquicentennial celebrations, a hurricane brews, and members of a local family fall deathly ill. James Qwilleran and his famous felines Koko and Yum Yum have their work cut out for them. Skulduggery strikes the Bonnie Scots Tour as Jim Qwilleran and his friends from Pickas set forth on a never-to-beforgotten adventure. MYS The Cat Who Brought Down the House Braun, Lilian J. LP-2637 Reluctant millionaire and small town reporter Jim Qwilleran and his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, confront a new mystery when octogenarian Thelma Thackerary returns to Moose County to turn the old opera house into a film club. MYS Cat Who Had Fourteen Tales Braun, Lilian J. LP-0108 Fourteen mysteries featuring those mischievous Siamese cats. MYS The Cat Who Saw Stars Braun, Lilian J. LP-2450 Jim Qwilleran struggles to dispel rumors circulating in Moose County that extraterrestrial beings are responsible for the disappearance of a stray backpacker, while his sleuthing Siamese companion, Koko, develops an interest in the night sky. MYS Cat Who Knew a Cardinal Braun, Lilian J. LP-0152 Qwill and his sharp-witted cats play detective once again when a body is found in Qwill's orchard. 83 MYS The Cat who Smelled a Rat Braun, Lilian J. LP-2354 A record-breaking drought in Moose County is believed to have fueled a rash of fires at local historic mine sites. But Jim Qwilleran thinks it's arson. When a mysterious explosion is followed by a blood-chilling murder, he and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum start sniffing around. James Qwilleran embark on their latest mystery when gold prospectors, wildlife photographers, and pirates arrive at the Nutcracker Inn to take part in a game. MYS The Cat Who Went Bananas Braun, Lilian J. LP-3071 (Also available in regular print (AR-2080)). Qwill and his clever cats have their work cut out for them in this "New York Times" bestseller when the Theatre Club's new play does not continue past opening night because a member of the cast is suspiciously killed and a rare book is stolen. MYS The Cat Who Talked Turkey Braun, Lilian J. LP-3037 In James Qwilleran's opinion, "A town without a bookstore is like a chicken with one leg," and since the late Eddington Smith's bookstore burned down, Pickax has been somewhat off balance. To the rescue comes the Klingenschoen Foundation, manager of Qwill's estate, which considers a new bookstore a worthy investment. Pickax prepares to celebrate the groundbreaking just as the body of a man shot execution style is discovered in the nearby woods. MYS Invitation to Murder Bright, Elizabeth LP-3114 (Also available in regular print (AR-1359)). (A Card-Making Mystery) Hearing a murder over the phone, Jennifer Shane, the owner of her own card-making business, receives threatening letters and, while teaching card-making lessons and cutting her ex-fiancé out of her life, teams up with her eccentric aunt to piece together the clues and expose a killer. MYS The Cat Who Went Up the Creek Braun, Lilian J. LP-2556 (Also available in regular print (AG-0158)). Koko, who is busy toying with the squirrels as they search for black walnuts, Yum Yum, and 84 MYS Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post Brightwell, Emily LP-2407 MYS Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boat Brightwell, Emily LP-2550 Harrison Nye may have been involved in some dubious business dealings, but no one expected him to be murdered. Now, Inspector Witherspoon must weed out the killer. But when Nye's maid disappears, the inspector's housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, and her staff are on the case. A woman is found stabbed to death in the middle of a locked garden. Only the residents have keys, but the more Mrs. Jeffries investigates, the more puzzled she becomes. MYS Mrs. Jeffries Stalks the Hunter Brightwell, Emily LP-3115 MYS Mrs. Jeffries Questions the Answer Brightwell, Emily LP-2239 (Also available in regular print (AP-0263)). (A Victorian Mystery, Prime Crime) Mrs. Jeffries, the housekeeper for Inspector Witherspoon, employs her keen skills of detection to solve the murder of Sir Edmund Leggett, who, after becoming the object of a disturbed young woman's affection, is found dead at his engagement party. Disliked by nearly everyone, Hannah Cameron wasn't mourned when she died at the hands of a burglar. It's up to Scotland Yard's Inspector Witherspoon and his housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries to find out the murderer was indeed a burglar, or someone closer to home. MYS Mrs. Jeffries Reveals Her Art Brightwell, Emily LP-2595 MYS Mrs. Jeffries Sweeps the Chimney Brightwell, Emily LP-2903 The artist's model never even showed up to Neville Grant's house, nor was expected according to the cranky Mr. Grant. But with all of his ranting and raving, it was hard getting a straight answer. Then, one of Grant's houseguests suddenly dies right before their eyes, and it's no accident! Now, Mrs. Jeffries has to work double-time to find the missing model and the killer. And she'll have to get her whole staff involved, before (Also available in regular print (AL-0224)). Inspector Witherspoon is perplexed. No one seems to know the identity of the dead man dressed like a vicar and propped against the outside wall of St. Paul's Church, clutching the address of an abandoned cottage. When a skeleton is found stuffed in the cottage's chimney, Witherspoon gathers all his resources to link the two events, including his very efficient housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries. someone else becomes the next subject. 85 MYS Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Cake Brightwell, Emily LP-2174 The evidence was all there: a dead body, two dessert plates, and a gun. As if poor Mr. Ashbury had been sharing cake with his own killer! Now, Mrs. Jeffries and her staff must do some snooping around. They're more than happy to help dish up some clues. extraordinaire, Mrs. Murphy, arrive in small Crozet, Virginia, for the annual Dogwood Festival. As spring fever hits the air, so does murder. Mrs. Murphy soon knows who the murderer is, and who's next in line. MYS Cat's Eyewitness Brown, Rita Mae LP-3074 When a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary starts mysteriously crying tears of real blood, terrible events are prophesied, and it's not long before things start shaking up the sleepy little town of Crozet, Virginia. MYS Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock Brightwell, Emily LP-2240 When her employer, Inspector Witherspoon, is saddled with the baffling murder of a man who had allegedly cheated his stockholders out of a fortune, housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries comes to the rescue. MYS The Switch Brown, Sandra LP-2392 Melina Lloyd suggests to her identical twin sister, Gillian, that she take her place as a media escort to astronaut Col. "Chief" Hart. Later, Melina receives word Gillian has been brutally murdered, and Hart, though innocent, is the prime suspect. Together, they are determined to find Gillian's killer. MYS Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot Brightwell, Emily LP-2404 Annabeth Gentry thinks someone wants her dead. And when her housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, discovers three attempts on Annabeth's life, she realizes the eccentric old lady may be right after all. Now she must unearth answers, and fast! MYS Gourdfellas Bruce, Maggie LP-3294 (Also available in regular print (AS1056)). As the town of Walden Corners goes to war over plans for a casino, gourd crafts maven Lili Marino discovers that she has been framed for the murder of an outspoken advocate for the casino project, and must prove her innocence before she is forced to take on a new hobby in prison. MYS Catch as Cat Can Brown, Rita M. LP-2436 (A Mrs. Murphy Mystery) Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, her Welsh Corgi, Tee Tucker, her portly gray cat Pewter, and of course, feline sleuth 86 MYS The Gourdmother Bruce, Maggie LP-2955 (Also available in regular print (AR-1357)). (The First Gourd Craft Mystery, Prime Crime) Arriving in the small village of Walden Corners, New York to start a new life, Brooklyn transplant Lili Marino, while transforming gourds into beautiful works of art, gains a sense of belonging, until she stumbles upon the dead body of her newfound friend's husband on the first day of hunting season. MYS Excursion to Tindari Camilleri, Andrea LP-3047 (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery) A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment building early one morning, and an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari, two seemingly unrelated cases for Inspector Montalbano to solve amid the daily complications of life at the Vigata police headquarters. Then he discovers that the couple and the murdered young man lived in the same building. MYS Rounding the Mark Camilleri, Andrea LP-3267 MYS Contents Under Pressure Buchanan, Edna LP-0201 The latest story of Britt Montero, a Cuban-American crime reporter, begins with the violent, suspicious death of a black football star that provokes a massive police cover-up. As Britt uses all her savvy and prowess to crack the story, citywide outrage grows and Miami becomes a war zone. Andrea Camilleri's earthy and urbane Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano casts his spell on more and more fans with each new mystery. Two seemingly unrelated deaths form the central mystery of Rounding the Mark. They will take Montalbano deep into a secret world of illicit trafficking in human lives, and the investigation will test the limits of his physical, psychological, and moral endurance. MYS A Stained White Radiance Burke, James Lee LP-0160 Cajun police detective Dave Robicheaux must confront the Sonnier family, which features monsters, a televangelist, and his childhood sweetheart. MYS The Snack Thief Camilleri, Andrea LP-2825 Suspecting a link between the murder of an elderly man and the shooting of an Italian fisherman, Inspector Montalbano encounters impoverished housekeeper and sometime prostitute Karima, whose thieving young son's life is endangered after she disappears. 87 MYS The Terra-Cotta Dog Camilleri, Andrea LP-2971 (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery) A mysterious tete-a-tete with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and dying words lead Inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountain cave watched over by a life-sized terra-cotta dog. What the Inspector discovers is a fifty-year-old crime that takes him on a journey through Sicily's past. MYS Chocolate Dipped Death Carter, Sammi LP-3195 (Also available in regular print (AR-2342)). When poisoned bon-bons lead to the demise of an obnoxious trophy wife, and the town troublemaker, during Divinity's Tenth Annual Confectionary Competition, candy shop owner Abby Shaw must find a stickyfingered killer bent on sweet revenge. MYS Female--Handle with Care Chambers, Peter LP-2792 MYS Open Season on Lawyers Cannon, Taffy LP-2529 LAPD detective Joanna Davis races against time to catch the serial killer who is targeting the sleazy attorneys of Los Angeles, but who begins to take a personal interest in stopping her investigation any way he can. The tawny-haired bundle of dynamite that erupted into P.I. Mark Preston's office called herself Abigail H. O'Hagan the First. The beauty was a lawyer in search of a trusted employee who had decamped with her wealthy father's company payroll. But how was Preston to help someone who seemed to be able to handle everything, including him? MYS Candy Apple Dead Carter, Sammi LP-2956 (Also available in regular print (AR-1348)). (A Candy Shop Mystery, Prime Crime) When she is stood up by fellow merchant Brandon Mills, Abby Shaw, the owner of the Divinity Candy Shop, is shocked when he is found murdered and discovers a whole new and disturbing side to this man whom she thought she knew when she launches her own investigation. MYS Lady, This is Murder Chambers, Peter LP-2265 Jeannie Benson was a sweet and lovely girl who disappeared suddenly from Vale City. Six months later she was found on a mortuary slab in Monkton City, but now she was Ruby Capone, a cheap bar pickup. Racket boss Benito gave Mark Preston five thousand dollars to find out what happened to Jeannie. He soon discovered that she had made some odd friends, and races against time to find the killer that's waiting for him. 88 MYS Speak Ill of the Dead Chambers, Peter LP-2901 Anthea Horan was a country girl who had left for the bright lights fourteen years earlier. Given the hopeless task of tracking her down, Mark Preston found himself on an involved and twisted trail. There were involved and twisted people, too, and then highpriced lawyer Elmo Davis wanted to join the investigation. relay race. It was only the last comer who could be trusted, and his name was Jonathan Blake. MYS Death with an Ocean View Charles, Nora LP-2768 The once sleepy beach town of Palmetto, Florida is plagued by progress, and a developer's plan to raze the Ocean Vista condo has board president Stella Sajak in an uproar. But when Stella says she'll go to City Hall and fight this to the death, no one thinks to take her statement literally. And when Kate Kennedy begins to investigate the murder, she discovers that this little corner of the sunshine state is cursed with corruption. MYS The Vanishing Holes Murders Chambers, Peter LP-2322 Dexter Hadley hired Mark Preston to check up on his wife, then was murdered before Preston began. Hadley's employers then asked Preston to investigate a claim from a reputable client that a tractor had been delivered to them with holes drilled in the bodywork. When the machine was returned to the factory, the holes had disappeared. Preston had doubts about finding the missing holes, but the puzzle intrigued him. MYS Who Killed Swami Schwartz Charles, Nora LP-3051 Once a snowbird, Kate Kennedy is now a full-time South Florida resident and sometime sleuth. At a dinner for Swami Schwartz, the founder of the Palmetto Beach Yoga Institute, the food is fabulous and the dancing is delightful. That is, until Swami twosteps all over Kate's new shoes and then keels over dead after someone spikes his double espresso with cyanide. Kate teams up with her best friend Marlene to sort through suspects. MYS The Time Bomb Chance, John N. LP-2839 The contact was in the hut at the appointed time: the only trouble was, he was dead. What followed was a long, circuitous journey to Brighton, being tailed all along the way, passed from one to the next like the baton in a 89 MYS Shock Treatment Chase, James H. LP-2635 "Crop Till You Drop" session is interrupted by the murder of a neighboring shop owner, scrapbooking queen Carmela Bertrand finds herself, as well as her customers, under the scrutiny of the police, forcing her to carefully assemble the clues to solve the crime. Gilda Delaney had never stopped blaming herself for the accident that crippled her husband. At least, that was the story she told Terry Regan, a story he had no reason to doubt, infatuated as he was with everything about her. It was only afterwards that he began to wonder. MYS Shades of Earl Grey Childs, Laura LP-2532 MYS Death by Darjeeling Childs, Laura LP-2489 Theodosia Browning is busy serving steaming teas and blackberry scones at the annual historic homes garden party while the guests sing her praises. But the sweet smell of success turns to suspense when an esteemed guest is found dead, his hand clutching an empty teacup. While attending a high society engagement party, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is steeped in mystery when the groom meets with disaster and the wedding ring, a family heirloom from the crown of Marie Antoinette, vanishes. MYS A Better Class of Murder Christmas, Joyce LP-2278 Lady Margaret Priam and Betty Trenka join forces to solve a high-tech Manhattan murder among the very rich. To her delighted surprise, suburban sleuth Betty Trenka finds herself ensconced in a luxurious New York City hotel preparing to investigate the wealthy, ruthless computer entrepreneur Gerald Toth for her country neighbor, Ted Kelso. An expert tester of software programs, Ted has been offered a suspiciously large sum to approve Toth's top secret new brainchild. MYS Keepsake Crimes Childs, Laura LP-2614 (A Scrapbooking Mystery) Scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand turns sleuth when her estranged husband is accused of murdering a powerful New Orleans businessman, and amidst clippings, patterns, and pictures finds a clue that will prove his innocence. MYS Photo Finished Childs, Laura LP-2834 (Also available in regular print (AL-0227)). (A Scrapbooking Mystery, Prime Crime) When her late-night 90 MYS Dying Well Christmas, Joyce LP-2256 MYS Never Kissed Goodnight Claire, Edie LP-2429 Leigh's cousin, Cara, seems to have the perfect life. She has a knock-out figure, an adorable son, and a rich, devoted, gorgeous husband. But if Cara's life is so wonderful, why does she show up at Leigh's apartment? It appears Cara's husband, Gil, has been lying and sneaking around. Leigh investigates through the streets of Pittsburgh, and is shocked to find out what Gil's secret really is. Everybody who is anybody is at Dr. Dale Reeve's 50th birthday bash. But Lady Margaret Priam is uneasy about the arrival of Dr. Dale's wife and his mistress. Lady Margaret's worst fears are realized, as someone is about to take a shortcut to death off the terrace. MYS Forged in Blood Christmas, Joyce LP-2397 On a Roman holiday together, Lady Margaret Priam and Betty Trenka become embroiled with an artist and an art dealer involved in the notorious art of forgery. As the men plot to infiltrate a villa where a rare Raphael painting is kept under lock and key, a dead body turns up in the estate's fountain. Soon, Betty and Lady Margaret realize murder never takes a holiday. MYS Loves Music, Loves to Dance Clark, Mary H. LP-0111 A young woman is murdered while investigating newspaper personal ads. Now her friend is marked as the next victim. MYS Silence of the Hams Churchill, Jill LP-3036 Pompous, pig-headed attorney Robert Stonecipher is a major pain in the ham hocks. So no one is terribly upset when he's fatally mashed by a falling rack of hams at the new deli where suburban single mom Jane Jeffry's son works part-time. But when Stonecipher's most obnoxious employee meets an equally appropriate end, Jane knows the fat's really in the fire. MYS Case of the Paranoid Patient Clarke, Anna LP-0199 Professor Paula Glenning investigates some dirty doings at Windsor Clinic. 91 MYS Dream On Cohen, Anthea LP-2264 Elizabeth has always known that her daughter, Nina, doesn't care for her. If she's honest with herself, she has little liking for the girl either. Brooding, difficult and sexually provocative, Nina is heading for trouble, even if her besotted and ineffectual father makes excuses for her at every turn. When the local school is set alight and the police start looking for an arsonist, Elizabeth is sure her daughter is involved. But, owing to the affair in her life, she refuses to talk to the police. MYS Hair Raiser Cohen, Nancy J. LP-2608 A volunteer for Ocean Guard, a coastal preservation group, salon owner Marla Shore takes charge of their upcoming Taste of the World fundraiser, but when the occasion is turned upside down by sabotage and by the murder of Ocean Guard's unpopular attorney, Benjamin Kline, Marla joins forces with old friend Detective Dalton Vail to find a killer. MYS Highlights to Heaven Cohen, Nancy J. LP-2842 (Also available in regular print (AP-0376)). (A Bad Hair Day Mystery) When a dead body, with excellent highlights, is discovered in her neighbor's home, all signs lead professional hair stylist Marla Shore to the Heavenly Hair Salon where she discovers a link between the murder and the exotic pet trade. MYS Died Blonde Cohen, Nancy J. LP-2899 (Also available in regular print (AR-1737)). (A Bad Hair Day Mystery) There's no love lost between Marla and Carolyn Sutton. Carolyn has never forgiven Marla for leaving Hairstyle Heaven to open her own place, especially since Marla's clientele grew as Carolyn's faded. Still, it's a nasty shock when Marla enters the meter room behind the shopping center that houses both their salons and stumbles over her rival's body. Carolyn's neck is broken, and a hank of her hair is missing. MYS Married to the Mop Colley, Barbara LP-3111 Charlotte LaRue is back on the job when she begins working for notorious crime boss Robert Rossi and his highsociety family. As family heirlooms disappear and family feuds flame, the big man himself winds up dead at his own party. The case seems cut-and-dry to everyone but Charlotte. 92 MYS The Manchurian Candidate Condon, Richard LP-3059 her three sisters: four high-strung Texas redheads who have made sibling rivalry an art form. In an attempt to ease their stretched thin family ties, the ladies and their respective mates have rented a vacation home together on the Caribbean island of St. John. But reconciliation must take a back seat to crime detection when a waterlogged corpse is discovered clogging up the cistern of their stunning beachfront house. The controversial 1962 film of The Manchurian Candidate was taken out of circulation for twenty-five years after JFK's assassination. Equally controversial, and just as timely today, is Richard Condon's original novel. Published at the height of cold war paranoia, this terrifying and suspenseful political thriller features Sergeant Raymond Shaw, ex-prisoner of war, Medal of Honor winner, American hero and brainwashed assassin. MYS Bad Scene Copper, Basil LP-2197 Laconic L.A. private eye Mike Faraday is coming up on the halfcentury mark when a hulking boatbuilder named Alex Prosser brings him a case that winds him up in a whirlpool of murder and terror. Aided in the investigation by his caustic blonde secretary, Stella, Mike finds that nothing in the case is what it seems, including the supposed mobster fished from the sea near Bridport Inlet. MYS Angels Flight Connelly, Michael LP-2094 A black lawyer who has built his reputation by bringing lawsuits alleging racism and brutality by police officers is found murdered, and the list of suspects includes half of the LAPD. Harry Bosch is given the unenviable task of heading up the investigation. He knows all too well that one misstep could result in explosive violence. MYS Tuxedo Park Copper, Basil LP-2829 Laconic L.A. private investigator Mike Faraday is plunged into a maelstrom of mystery and murder when the head of a fashion empire, millionairess Mrs. Van Gimpel, hires him to protect her daughter from big-time racketeer Mark Adams. Aided by his blonde secretary, Stella, Mike finds one bizarre fact opening out into another. MYS The Black Ice Connelly, Michael LP-0198 Detective Harry Bosch begins his own investigation into the alleged suicide of a narcotics agent. MYS Don't Drink the Water Cooper, Susan R. LP-2288 There is no love lost between novelist/sometime sleuth E.J. Pugh and 93 MYS Black Notice Cornwell, Patricia LP-2171 force in Richmond, Virginia. She and two assistants must find the link between the desecration of Confederate president Jefferson Davis's statue and the brutal murder of an elderly woman. The discovery of the decomposed body of a stowaway aboard a cargo ship arriving in Richmond from Belgium leads Chief Medical Kay Scarpetta on a perilous international odyssey from Virginia to Paris on a mission that could destroy her career and threatens her own life and the lives of everyone she loves. MYS Trace Cornwell, Patricia LP-2957 (Also available in regular print (AR-1226)). Now freelancing from south Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her old haunts in Richmond, Virginia, only to encounter a host of baffling and unwelcome surprises as she investigates the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. MYS Isle of Dogs Cornwell, Patricia LP-2365 (Also available in regular print (AE-0294)). Chaos breaks loose when the governor of Virginia orders that speed traps be painted on all streets and highways. The eccentric island of Tangier, fourteen miles off the coast in Chesapeake Bay, responds to this outrage by declaring war on its own state. MYS Unnatural Exposure Cornwell, Patricia LP-2120 Dr. Kay Scarpetta is newly returned from Dublin, where she was called in to examine the remains of a murder victim whose limbs and head were expertly severed, a signature of a cunning serial killer on the loose again after an eightyear sabbatical, when the same killer apparently strikes again, this time much closer to home. After Scarpetta investigates the murder scene, the killer boldly contacts her through the Internet, inviting her to download photos of the murder victim and signing off with a chilling screen name: deadoc. When Scarpetta determines that the victim was exposed to a rare smallpox-like virus before she died and, later, that she herself may have been infected. MYS Point of Origin Cornwell, Patricia LP-2088 This white-hot new Kay Scarpetta novel pits Virginia's chief medical examiner against an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes. When Scarpetta learns that her nemesis, Carrie Grethen, is somehow involved, the investigation gets personal and tragedy strikes too close to home. MYS Southern Cross Cornwell, Patricia LP-2918 Former police chief Judy Hammer has been brought in to clean up the police 94 MYS The Coroner's Lunch Cotterill, Colin LP-3174 The Coroner's Lunch is set in Laos, once part of Indochina and recently taken over by the Communist Pathet Lao party, and features Dr. Siri Paiboun, a physician trained in Paris. For lack of other candidates, most of the educated class has fled, he has been appointed chief coroner. After months of boredom there is a sudden spate of bodies, and the Party wants certain answers. police deem it an accident. But Clare can't get some things out of her mind. Is she in danger? And, are all detectives this handsome? Includes recipes and coffeemaking tips. MYS Through the Grinder Coyle, Cleo LP-3030 (Also available in regular print (AP-0267)). When several of her customers meet an untimely demise, Clare Cosi, owner of the Village Blend coffee shop, is confronted by a rich blend of murder and betrayal when her new boyfriend is named the prime suspect. MYS Latte Trouble Coyle, Cleo LP-2958 (Also available in regular print (AR-1222)). (A Coffeehouse Mystery, Prime Crime) When designer Lottie Harmon displays her latest collection of coffee-inspired fashion accessories called "Java Jewelry" at the Village Blend Coffeehouse, manager Clare Cosi soon discovers that a new mystery is brewing when barista Tucker is accused of trying to poison Lottie. MYS A Catered Murder Crawford, Isis LP-2737 (Also available in regular print (AP-0372)). When Bernadette Simmons goes to work for her sister Libby's catering business in New York, it's a recipe for disaster as the two find themselves in the midst of a murder mystery they can really sink their teeth into. Includes seven recipes. MYS On What Grounds Coyle, Cleo LP-2707 MYS A Catered Wedding Crawford, Isis LP-2897 Clare Cosi used to manage the historic Village Blend coffeehouse, and now, after ten years and a little friendly cajoling, she's back to the grind. Clare is thrilled to return to work, until she discovers the assistant manager unconscious in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere. The (Also available in regular print (AR-1349)). (A Mystery with Recipes) Leeza Sharp's dream wedding turns deadly when she is murdered just hours before her trip down the aisle, and it is up to her caterers Libby and Bernadette Simmons to solve the case of the nightmarish nuptials. 95 MYS James Joyce Murders Cross, Amanda LP-0205 Kate Fansler, professor-cum-amateur sleuth, spends a bucolic summer in Berkshire Hills sorting out a valuable collection of Joycean papers, and solving a murder. MYS Strangled Intuition Daniels, Claire LP-2751 When a party ends with one of Cally's massage clients strangled with her own necklace, the police suspect the woman's husband. But one look at his aura and Cally knows that he's no killer. MYS Nice Knight for Murder Daniels, Philip LP-2484 MYS Voice Out of Darkness Curtiss, Ursula LP-2636 Thirteen years ago Monica died in a terrible skating accident. Katy never forgot the horror of it all. She tried to save her foster sister, but Monica's last words were "Katy pushed me." Now Katy is working successfully in New York, the torment of the past behind her, until threatening notes start to arrive. The death of Sir Francis Waterman was bound to cause ripples, but they would become tidal waves if people knew he was murdered. D.O.N. Bradman had not become the great cricketer his father had hoped. However, he had less spectacular talents which the government appreciated, and now found himself appointed as a one-man board of enquiry. There had been so many women in Waterman's life, it seemed hopeless at first. Only the dead man's daughter seemed a likely source of information, but she didn't take to Bradman. Not at first, anyway. MYS Final Intuition Daniels, Claire LP-3196 Cally Lazar, recovering attorney, clairvoyant energy worker, and reluctant finder of dead bodies, is back for another round of intuitive sleuthing and lethal vibes. Callie's Thanksgiving holiday becomes a hell of a day when her ailing Aunt Daphne keels over after the turkey dinner. But her illness isn't the cause: according to Daphne's devoted teenaged caretaker, someone has been trying to poison Daphne. MYS The Dracula Murders Daniels, Philip LP-3049 The Festival of Horror Ball was a great success, with everyone dressed as vampires, werewolves and assorted monsters. The fun was interrupted by a spectral figure calling himself Nosferatu, who warned the merrymakers they were tampering with the unknown. People dismissed him as a crank, until a girl was found ritualistically murdered. 96 MYS Chopping Spree Davidson, Diane M. LP-2468 (Also available in regular print (AG-0239)). While setting up to cater an event for the over-privileged "Elite Shoppers" of Westside Mall, Goldy Schulz is nearly run down by a truck. Then she finds an old friend dead, stabbed with one of Goldy's new knives. Soon, the egg-timer's ticking on Goldy's life. Features 10 recipes. Schulz whips up a traditional Elizabethan banquet for an eccentric millionaire, with disastrous results. MYS The Lion's Game De Mille, Nelson LP-2237 John Corey has signed on as a contract agent with the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force and is awaiting the arrival of a Libyan defector at JFK airport. But something goes horribly wrong, after killing everyone on the flight, "The Lion" attacks the airport's ATTF headquarters and disappears. As a bloody trail of terror streaks across the country, John and his FBI "mentor," Kate Mayfield, soon learn that their quarry is more than a man, he has all the instincts of a predatory wild animal. MYS Killer Pancake Davidson, Diane M. LP-2077 Colorado caterer Goldy Bear faces her most challenging assignment ever when she decides to cater the Mignon Cosmetics Low-Fat Luncheon. As Goldy wrestles with cream, butter, and eggs, soon she wishes she'd stayed clear of the beauty biz, especially when she learns that to get inside the mall where the banquet is being held, she will have to wade through an angry mob of demonstrators. It seems that Mignon Cosmetics' animal-testing policies have made them a target. On the day of the banquet a rising star from Mignon lies dead on the pavement, a hit-and-run that was no accident. Before long, Goldy is enmeshed up in a homicide investigation. MYS A Minister's Ghost De Poy, Phillip LP-3113 Fever Devilin left behind the hillcountry folk of the Appalachians when he headed for college, intending to never, or rarely, return. Now a professor and noted folklorist, Fever has decided to flee academia and return to the family home he thought he'd left behind forever. But the quiet life and ways of the Blue Mountain region are deceptive. When Fever spots an apparition at a railroad crossing, it turns out to be an omen of two suspicious deaths. MYS Sticks & Scones Davidson, Diane M. LP-2356 The author of Tough Cookie presents another culinary mystery in which Colorado caterer-turned-sleuth Goldy 97 MYS The Witch's Grave De Poy, Phillip LP-2748 Fever Devilin, now a college professor and noted folklorist of Appalachia, has returned to the deceptively quiet life among his hill-country people. When Truevine Deveroe, a local girl reputed to be a witch, goes missing and the local mortician turns up dead near Devilin's home, Fever finds himself in the midst of a very difficult situation. With very little time, and lives at stake, he must unravel the mystery. want him to talk. Mob enforcers want him silenced. Trapped in a town full of sinister secrets and deadly deceptions, Pellam fears that death will imitate art. MYS The Irish Village Murder Deere, Dicey LP-2972 (A Torrey Tunet Mystery) When American translator and sometime sleuth Torrey Tunet returns home to the Irish village of Ballynagh, she wants nothing more than to relax in front of a peat fire. But when she finds an eight-year-old girl waiting forlornly at the bus stop in the gathering darkness, Torrey takes charge of delivering her to the country house where her aunt works as housekeeper. What they find at Gwathney Hall is not a warm welcome, but cold-blooded murder. MYS No Age to Die Dean, John LP-3201 When an old convict is released from a prison sentence for child murder, DCI John Blizzard is ordered to warn him about his future conduct. But as news of the release spreads and another teenager is killed within hours, feelings run high in the community and Blizzard struggles to contain a rapidly escalating situation. MYS Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence Dereske, Jo LP-2324 Police Chief Wayne Gallant has arranged a meeting between his children and Bellehaven's beloved librarian Helma Zukas. But the long overdue introductions are interrupted by murder when a corpse is found in the garden of Helma's newest neighbor. And when the chief's investigation has him digging too close to the truth, he's helped to a nearly fatal fall from a cliff, with a potentially incriminating library book found within reach. Determined to uphold the privacy rights of library patrons, Miss Zukas refuses to give police the borrower's name. MYS Bloody River Blues Deaver, Jeffery LP-2357 Hollywood location scout John Pellam thought the scenic backwater town of Maddox, Missouri, would be the perfect site for an upcoming "Bonnie and Clyde" style film. But after real bullets leave two people dead and one cop paralyzed, he's more sought after than the Barrow Gang. Pellam had unwittingly wandered onto the crime scene just minutes before the brutal hits, now the Feds and local people 98 MYS Birth Marks Dunant, Sarah LP-3269 Soon after Hannah Wolfe is hired to find missing ballet dancer Carolyn Hamilton, Carolyn's body is fished out of the Thames with stones in her pockets and a fetus in her belly. The police think it's a no-brainer, but Hannah suspects something else is going on. Her investigation takes her from the London dance world to the upper echelons of Paris society in search of the child's father, whose explanation only raises more questions. his young Beagle to a vet clinic in the high desert. He arrives to a clinic populated by an eccentric staff, and a community abuzz about a recent murder. The buzz gets even louder when Dale stumbles across a second victim. MYS Fatlands Dunant, Sarah LP-2985 Private investigator Hannah Wolfe has taken on one of the less glamorous jobs in the security world, chaperoning teenage rebel Maggie Shepherd around London. But Maggie's father is paying Hannah more than the job is worth, it seems. Or perhaps not. He's on the Animal Liberation Front's hit list. But why? When violence explodes, this is what Hannah must discover. MYS Listen to Danger Eden, Dorothy LP-3200 MYS Bridge of Fear Eden, Dorothy LP-2483 Following a brief but passionate courtship, Abby Fearon marries the man of her dreams and discovers during the honeymoon that her new husband has undergone a disturbing transformation. The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in a quiet London square, as a young widow waits distractedly to hear from the kidnapper of her two small children. MYS File M for Murder Edghill, India LP-3055 Cornelia Upshaw has sworn off men. She's a single mother, a transplanted Southerner living in New York and working as a secretary for a temp agency. Her current gig is at Dayborne Ventures, a high-rolling Wall Street financial house. At Dayborne, the executives get expensive perks. Some would kill for a corner office. Now it looks like someone has. And Cornelia, typing and filing in front of the victim's locked door, is a suspect. MYS Nose for Trouble Durgin, Doranna LP-3116 Anxious to get away from the pressures of the east coast and into a climate where his trauma-induced asthma isn't a daily challenge, Dale Kinsall, DVM, hauls his baggage and 99 MYS Corridors of Death Edwards, Ruth D. LP-2266 grandmother, two goons on her tail, and three corpses. At the close of a top-level meeting in the offices of the British Civil Service, a respected senior civil servant is found murdered with his skull crushed in. Detective Superintendent James Milton of Scotland Yard is bewildered: who in his gray, conventional world would want Sir Nicholas Clark dead? And can a murder investigation proceed successfully within the complex bureaucracy of Whitehall? But Milton is surprised when he finds out most everyone, including his wife and son, wanted Sir Nicholas dead. MYS Chocolate Quake Fairbanks, Nancy LP-2664 (A Culinary Mystery with Recipes) (Also available in regular print (AH-0218)). After learning that her mother-in-law has been arrested for the murder of Denise Falk, and seems to be determined to antagonize everyone in jail with her, food writer Carolyn Blue sets out to discover the identity of the real killer. Includes delicious San Francisco recipes. MYS Murder Can Upset Your Mother Eichler, Selma LP-2519 Philanthropist Miriam Weiden was murdered just after leaving a plea for help on Desiree Shapiro's answering machine. Desiree agrees to investigate the murder, and discovers that Miriam was different from the lady the world held in such high esteem. MYS Crime Brulee Fairbanks, Nancy LP-3117 Forty-something food writer Carolyn Blue gets a taste of New Orleans cookery and crime. When a friend of hers goes missing, Carolyn turns sleuth to search for answers, a trail that leads right into an alligator swamp. Includes over a dozen recipes. MYS Death a l'Orange Fairbanks, Nancy LP-2752 MYS Hot Six Evanovich, Janet LP-2418 Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum goes after bail jumper, Ranger, who happens to be Carlos Manoso, former Special Forces Agent turned soldier of fortune, and Stephanie's mentor. Now Stephanie must test her skills against the master, and also deal with her (A Culinary Mystery with Recipes, Prime Crime) (Also available in regular print (AC-0119)). A culinary tour of France is a dream come true for aspiring food writer Carolyn Blue, but as she and her family travel through Normandy and the Loire Valley with a group of academics, she suddenly finds murder on the menu. 100 MYS Mozzarella most Murderous Fairbanks, Nancy LP-2959 (Also available in regular print (AR-0939)). (A Culinary Mystery with Recipes, Prime Crime) When her newfound friend, a lovely Italian woman named Paolina, is found dead in the hotel pool, food writer Carolyn Blue sets out to find the truth and put a clever killer behind bars, while sampling some of Italy's finest cuisine. CEO is dead, keeled over from a heaping helping of pastrami. Carolyn wonders if the well-liked CEO hadn't ruffled one too many feathers. Includes over a dozen authentic New York recipes. MYS The Kills Fairstein, Linda LP-2896 (Also available in regular print (AR-0353)). Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper discovers that her current date rape case has become complicated by her client's secrets, as well as by a colleague's investigation into the murder of an elderly Harlem woman. MYS The Perils of Paella Fairbanks, Nancy LP-2708 (Also available in regular print (AL-0226)). (A Culinary Mystery with Recipes, Prime Crime) Arriving in Barcelona to employ her keen sense of taste for her column, food writer Carolyn Blue finds herself embroiled in mystery when she visits a modern art museum where a performance art piece about death results in murder. MYS Furnished for Murder Ferrars, Elizabeth LP-2200 When Meg Jeacock rented the furnished cottage next to her house, she decided not to face the fact that her tenant had some rather sinister characteristics. Her husband was convinced that any man who would pay three months' rent in advance for that cottage must be a crook. And when the stranger showed an inexplicable interest in Shandon Priory, the big house nearby whose elderly owner had recently died, it became clear that there was trouble brewing. MYS Truffled Feathers Fairbanks, Nancy LP-2775 (A Culinary Mystery with Recipes, Prime Crime) The CEO of a large pharmaceutical company invites Carolyn and Jason Blue to New York and offers Jason a job as a consultant. But before Carolyn gets a chance to get a true taste of the Big Apple, the 101 MYS Ninth Life Ferrars, Elizabeth LP-2482 When Caroline left the hospital, her sister Fenella insisted that she recuperate in Fenella's house in the West country. It would be a chance for Caroline to get to know her new husband, she insisted, and it would be restful in the old house at Dexter Abbas. But it was anything but restful. Fenella's husband was moody, excitable, reckless and inexplicably affluent, a surprising man for Fenella to have married. Then the brooding progresses to violence, and death. there, the list of suspects is practically endless. Betsy Devonshire wants to help out in the police investigation, but when her best friend, Officer Jill Cross, confides that they have a lead, Betsy can't keep the news to herself. Now she must first regain Jill's trust, then figure out who had designs on the dead designer. MYS Embroidered Truths Ferris, Monica LP-3073 (Also available in regular print (AR-2620)). (A Needlecraft Mystery, Prime Crime) Needlework shop owner and amateur sleuth Betsy Devonshire becomes embroiled in a dangerous and all-too-personal case, when her friend Godwin is arrested for the murder of his significant other, John, after a nasty quarrel. MYS Crewel Yule Ferris, Monica LP-2974 (A Needlecraft Mystery) Part-time sleuth and full-time owner of the needlework shop Crewel World, Betsy Devonshire often has a hand in anything crafty. Then, at this year's needlework convention in Nashville, Milwaukee shop owner Belle Hammermill tumbles nine stories to her untimely death. At first, Betsy thinks the fall was an unfortunate accident. The trouble is, Belle's unsavory reputation causes suspicions to flare. MYS Dying for a Clue Fitzwater, Judy LP-2216 A Jennifer Marsh Mystery. To help her writing, mystery novelist Jennifer Marsh joins private detective Johnny Zeeman on a search to track down the birth parents of adopted teenager Diane Robbins, but she gets more than she had bargained for when a late night rendezvous erupts into murder and she is targeted by a killer out to destroy all evidence of the past. MYS Cutwork Ferris, Monica LP-2747 (Also available in regular print (AL-0217)). Almost everyone in Excelsior, Minnesota, craftsy and noncraftsy alike, has turned out for the art fair. So when an artisan is murdered 102 MYS Dying to be Murdered Fitzwater, Judy LP-2297 A Jennifer Marsh Mystery. Society matron Mary Bedford Ashton hires Jennifer to live in her historic mansion for a week and record everything that happens, believing this will prove her impending death to be murder. During her stay, Jennifer encounters a sinister housekeeper, threatening notes, a bloodstained bed and her own bedroom door which locks only from the outside. It's a case to die for and Jennifer may do just that. MYS Dying to Get Her Man Fitzwater, Judy LP-2490 (Also available in regular print (AB-0251)). In the sixth installment of this acclaimed mystery series, bride-tobe Suzanne Gray is found frozen to death on her lover's grave with a suicide note tucked in her glove. Mystery writer Jennifer Marsh sets out to discover what really happened, but that proves difficult when Belle, and old flame of Sam Culpepper's, suddenly appears to reclaim Jennifer's man. MYS Dying to Get Even Fitzwater, Judy LP-2085 Edgar's Down Home Grill is flourishing, but the reprehensible owner, Edgar Walker, is finite. Jennifer Marsh finds his body, and catches her dear friend Emmie, Edgar's former wife, nearby, gripping a bloody knife. Jennifer knows that Emmie could never kill anyone. Edgar's current wife, however, with her lush body and scheming brain, fits the bill. But unless Jennifer and her writers' critique group can figure out who's been plotting murder, Emmie's neck will be in the noose, and reluctant witness for the prosecution Jennifer will be the one to tighten it! MYS Dying to get Published Fitzwater, Judy LP-2124 What does it take to get a book contract? That's the lament of every unpublished author, including aspiring murder-mystery novelist Jennifer Marsh. After submitting eight diligently crafted manuscripts to every prominent publisher in New York, Jennifer has collected enough rejection letters to wallpaper a room. But that doesn't stop her from concocting one killer of a scheme for her next novel. Suddenly Jennifer's lifelong love affair with crime fiction brings her face to face with real-life murder. 103 MYS Gin and Daggers Fletcher, Jessica LP-2285 This mystery is set in England, and brings you the ever popular Jessica Fletcher as the main character. In her usual role as sleuth, Jessica finds herself at a Mystery writers' convention, and in the middle of a murder. Marjorie Ainsworth, leading mystery writer, has been murdered on the night before the opening of the convention. Jessica uses her uncanny intuition and her skills in deduction to solve the murder of her good friend. MYS Murder She Wrote: A Palette for Murder Fletcher, Jessica LP-2248 Jessica Fletcher has come to the elegant Hamptons on Long Island's gold coast for a sinfully sweet spell in the sun and a chance to indulge her secret burning passion, painting. But Jessica has only a brief time behind the easel before she finds herself under the gun to solve a murder as tantalizing as its victim. A mysterious masterpiece, a mountain of money, a mourning millionaire, and a slightly mad painter lead her down a twisting trail of illusion and confusion, and into the path of danger. MYS Martini's and Mayhem Fletcher, Jessica LP-2192 MYS Strawberry Shortcake Murder Fluke, Joanne LP-2845 (A Hannah Swensen Mystery) When a flour company chooses Lake Eden, Minnesota, as the site for its annual Dessert Bake-Off, Hannah is thrilled to serve as head judge. When a fellow judge is found dead, facedown in Hannah's celebrated strawberry shortcake, the stakes are rising faster than dough. Hannah will have to be careful because someone is cooking up a recipe for murder. Includes seven recipes. (Murder She Wrote) Promoting her newest book in glamorous San Francisco, Jessica Fletcher visits a women's prison and afterwards finds a mysterious diary in her bag that makes her suspect that an inmate has been falsely accused of murder. MYS Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch Fletcher, Jessica LP-2175 During a visit to an old friend's Colorado ranch, best-selling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher comes face to face with murder when a vacationing couple turns up dead and Jessica joins forces with a local reporter to uncover suspicious links between the victims and a nasty gang of land developers. 104 MYS Fury Ford, G. M. LP-2833 (Also available in regular print (AC-0121)). Former New York Times reporter Frank Corso has six days to investigate the case of a convicted killer on death row before the possibly innocent man is put to death. MYS To the Hilt Francis, Dick LP-2112 Alexander Kinloch, an eccentric artist who lives alone on a Scottish mountainside, receives a card from his mother in London summoning him to the bedside of his dying stepfather. The news takes him by surprise, but the realization that his stepfather is unintentionally about to take Alexander to the grave with him is the shock that draws Alexander out of the untamed wilderness and into the much more perilous company of polite society. MYS Blood Sport Francis, Dick LP-0107 Investigator Gene Hawkins witnesses an "accident," and can't wait to delve into the case. MYS Cold-Case Killer Francis, Dorothy LP-3308 MYS Comeback Francis, Dick LP-0153 Peter Darwin's veterinarian friend has a problem: racehorses are dying mysteriously after he operates on them, and his investigation only causes this cruel enigma to escalate. Foot reflexologist Keely Moreno and her boyfriend, P.I. Punt Ashford, put their lives in danger when they agree to help Maxine Jackson and her son. Randy Jackson served twenty years in prison before DNA evidence proved that he did not murder his girlfriend, Dyanne Darby. Randy is bitter over all he has lost. Unable to find a job as an ex-con, living with his mother, he's determined to find the real killer and even the score. MYS Shattered Francis, Dick LP-2303 When jockey Martin Stukeley dies after a fall at Cheltenham, his friend, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerald Logan, finds himself embroiled in a deadly search for a stolen videotape. Believing the tape contains priceless information, a vicious group of criminals thinks Gerald has it. To survive, Gerald will have to uncover the truth about Martin's death. 105 MYS Conch Shell Murder Francis, Dorothy LP-2612 international conspiracy. Mistaken for one of the gang members, Clare hopes she can fool the others, just long enough to alert the police. Newly licensed Private Detective Katie Hasworth faces her first murder case with more than a little anxiety, not only is she a newcomer, but the Chitting family would give Sherlock Holmes a migraine. Who murdered Alexa Chitting before she had time to change her will, leaving her fortune to the Key West Preservation Society rather than to friends and family? Her husband? Lover? Daughter? MYS Island-in-Waiting Fraser, Anthea LP-2093 When Chloe visits the Isle of Man for the first time, she is disturbed to find that she "recognizes" both landscapes and people she has never seen before. Nor can she account for her intuitive knowledge of the island's history and legends. As she becomes involved with her brother's school, she realizes that one of the masters has a telepathic old over her, and is influencing her strange and vivid dreams. To her horror, the dreams are beginning to come true. MYS Pier Pressure Francis, Dorothy B. LP-3060 (A Keely Moreno Mystery) Keely Moreno's foot reflexology courses never taught her how to deal with a corpse. After finally breaking free from her abusive ex-husband, Keely is pursuing a new career in Key West. All goes well until she reports to the home of her wealthy patient, Margaux Ashford, and finds her dead, killed by a bullet later found to have been fired from Keely's own gun. MYS Motive for Murder Fraser, Anthea LP-2340 When Emily Barton applies for the post of temporary secretary to writer Matthew Haig, it does not occur to her that she might be putting her life in danger. But from the first she feels a secretive air about the place. Why had her predecessor left so suddenly? And why did innocent comments about swimming provoke such strong reaction? Her uneasiness increases when she discovers that the book they are working on is based on a local murder, so far unsolved. MYS Dangerous Deception Fraser, Anthea LP-2145 Seeking time alone, Clare Laurie has come to the isolated Welsh hotel of Carreg Coed after breaking her engagement under a cloud of suspicion and scandal. But the atmosphere seems strangely oppressive, with all the residents absorbed in each other's lives. Then, Clare is drawn into a ruthless 106 MYS The Stone Fraser, Anthea LP-2220 to be a detective, but once word gets out that she can communicate with the dead, there's no turning back. Those with long memories in the village of Ickfield treat their megalith with increasing respect as its sinister cycle comes round again. But the Prior family, moving into their new home on the hillside beneath it, know nothing of the Stone's dark history. Unfortunately, their ignorance affords them no protection against the forces that have disrupted the lives of their predecessors. A hundredyear-old diary and some curious pebbles alert local antique dealer Adam Sandys to possible danger, but despite his vigilance fifteen-year-old Vanessa is increasingly disturbed by the Stone's malign influence. MYS The Case of the Perjured Parrot Gardner, Erle S. LP-2287 Did wealthy Fremont Sabin divorce his wife before his untimely death? That's the multimillion-dollar question. And the right answer will mean a windfall for either the dead man's angry son or headstrong widow. But with no document declaring who the affable eccentric intended to leave his fortune to, Perry Mason faces a prickly puzzle. Even more puzzling, however, is the talking parrot, Fremont's beloved pet. But the bird found at the scene proves to be a foul-mouthed imposter. MYS Murder in C Major Frommer, Sara H. LP-2584 Young widow Joan Spencer returns to her hometown with her college-bound son and lands a job at the town's senior citizens center. She then settles into the viola position in a small amateur orchestra, seated next to an unpleasant oboist who drops dead from his chair during rehearsal. Some think he ate poisoned puffer fish, but an autopsy proves he was murdered. MYS The Case of the Curious Bride Gardner, Erle S. LP-2282 After con man Greg Moxley married Rhoda Lorton, he took her money and flew, only to have his plane crash. Years later, Rhoda wed millionaire scion Carl Montaine, but now Moxley has turned up alive and well, with plans to pocket the Montaine fortune, or else make Rhoda's bigamy public. Desperate to protect the good name of Montaine, Rhoda seeks out Perry Mason. But before Mason can reel in Moxley, somebody murders the scheming blackmailer. MYS Ghost of a Chance Galenorn, Yasmine LP-2753 Single mom Emerald O'Brien owns the Chintz'n China Tea Room where guests are served the perfect blend of tea and tarot reading. She never set out 107 MYS The Case of the Silent Partner Gardner, Erle S. LP-2510 Florist Mildreth Faulkner finds her arch-competitor, Harry Peavis, secretly buying stock in her small, familyowned corporation. While Peavis proposes a partnership, Mildreth suspects he's plotting a power play. To keep the scurrilous shareholder from muscling her out, she seeks Perry Mason's expertise. MYS Elusive Mrs. Pollifax Gilman, Dorothy LP-0155 The grandmotherly CIA operative is back-this time with eight expertly forged passports hidden beneath a new hat, and a mission to help the Bulgarian underground. MYS A Nest in the Ashes Goff, Christine LP-2691 (Also available in regular print (AC-0341)). Concerned about the environmental consequences of the prescribed burn he has been asked to oversee, National Park Service ranger Eric Linenger finds his job complicated by the protests of local environmentalists, the damage caused by an out-of-control blaze, and the murder of his boss, Wayne Devlin, whose body is found near the origin of the fire. MYS The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary Gardner, Erle S. LP-2298 The blonde wandering nude at the Remuda Golf Club tells Perry Mason a strange story. While she peacefully sun-bathed near the course, someone made off with her Cadillac, her trailer, and all her belongings, including her precious diary. The woman blames the police, who suspect her of having stashed away nearly half a million dollars allegedly stolen by her father, who is now in prison. She swears that both she and her father are innocent. So who is bankrolling her leisurely lifestyle? Why is she so desperate to find her diary? And who, if not Mason's beautiful client, would murder a key witness? MYS Death Shoots a Birdie Goff, Christine LP-3292 (Also available in regular print (AS1054)). When her best friend Dorothy MacBean falls in love with renowned birder Guy Saxby, a man accused of murdering his protégé, Rachel Wilder agrees to help prove his innocence, until some evidence comes to light that just might prove his guilt. 108 MYS Death Takes a Gander Goff, Christine LP-3061 (Also available in regular print (AR-0111)) (A Birdwatcher's Mystery, Prime Crime) While investigating "accidents" at Elk Lake and the Drummond Hotel, including the death of her partner, which has been ruled a suicide, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Special Agent Angela Dimato becomes suspicious and soon learns that killers of a feather flock together. MYS Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders Goulart, Ron LP-2335 In Hollywood, Groucho Marx, comedian-cum-amateur-sleuth, and his writer Frank Denby have developed a name for themselves as private investigators. To get away from the murder and mayhem, they entrain for New York. One of their first stops is a Broadway show, one that never makes it to the second act: a character opens an on-stage door, and a very real body falls out. Groucho and Frank's reputation has preceded them, and they once again find themselves on the hunt for clues. MYS Death Medicine Goldring, Kat LP-2492 (Also available in regular print (AC-0371)). (A Willi Gallagher Mystery, Prime Crime) A freak blizzard forces Willi and Native American investigator Quannah Lassiter to hole up in an inn near Austin. But inside, someone is murdered. As Willi investigates, she encounters war-painted warriors cometo-life from old photos, whispering winds, and Quannah's stories of tribal snow snakes. Willi must trust her instincts and Quannah's strange visions to narrow the clues to this chilling crime. MYS Groucho Marx, King of the Jungle Goulart, Ron LP-3245 Frank Denby and Groucho Marx arrive on the set of the new Ty-Gor film, a Tarzan knockoff, expecting to have Groucho do his humorous walk-on. What they find is that Randy Spellman, the star of the picture, has been murdered. Frank's wife, Jane, is about to have a baby, and the amateur detective team has promised to lay off the sleuthing. But when a stuntwoman who has gone missing is suspected of the murder, Jane insists they clear her name. 109 MYS G is for Gumshoe Grafton, Sue LP-0110 MYS H is for Homicide Grafton, Sue LP-0157 Kinsey Millhone goes undercover to expose a car insurance scam. MYS Q is for Quarry Grafton, Sue LP-2642 (Also available in regular print (AK-0236)). Eighteen years after the body of an unidentified young woman is discovered in a quarry off California's Highway 1, two police detectives nearing retirement enlist Kinsey Millhone's aid to help identify the long-ago murder victim. MYS O is for Outlaw Grafton, Sue LP-2186 The 15th novel in the best-selling series finds Kinsey Milhone investigating why her ex-husband Mickey, the man she left years ago after his implication in a fatal beating, lies dying in an L.A. hospital. Kinsey uncovers evidence that Mickey was innocent of the beating charge, but as she searches those in Mickey's life, she must also search the blind spots of her own life, including one that hides a killer. MYS S is for Silence Grafton, Sue LP-3225 (Also available in regular print (AS-0744)). In Kinsey Millhone's 19th excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure, a daughter wants the solace of closure in the mystery surrounding her mother's absence. Thirty-four years earlier, Violet Sullivan put on her party finery and left for the Fourth of July fireworks display. She was never seen again. Celebrating her 33rd birthday, Private Eye Kinsey Millhone finds herself on the hit list of the top triggerman. MYS P is for Peril Grafton, Sue LP-2359 While mired in the case of a missing doctor, his angry ex-wife, and his beautiful current wife, Kinsey Milhone gets a shock. A man she finds attractive is hiding a fatal secret, and now a whole lot of beauty, money, and lies prove to be a fatal distraction from what Kinsey should have seen all along: a killer standing right before her eyes. 110 MYS Unholy Ghosts Greenwood, D. M. LP-2315 Aggressive, unreliable and frequently intoxicated, Father Hereward Marr's only discernible virtue as a parish priest is his talent for deathbed conversions. So when his body is found in a pit he dug in an attempt to repair the central heating, few are truly sorry. But, as it becomes clear that his death was not accidental, Deaconess Theodora Braithwaite, enjoying a break from her duties in her inner-city parish, is asked by the Bishop to lend a hand. And Theodora knows the dead man's wife, from her London group for battered clergy wives. leaves again. Curious, he follows her to the gates of Fulham Palace. Had he gone beyond the gates, he might have averted a murder and later another at a crusty old men's club. MYS Detective Hailey, Arthur LP-2190 Serial killer Elroy "Animal" Doil is hours away from the electric chair. In his last hours of life, he wants to make a confession, to Detective Malcolm Ainslie, the man who put him away. And as much as he'd like to, Ainslie can't ignore the criminal's request, because although Doil is guilty of a gruesome double murder, his confession could close ten other unsolved slayings. What Ainslie learns, however, will thrust him into an investigation that leads directly to elite levels of city government, and some of his trusted colleagues. MYS The Old Wine Shades Grimes, Martha LP-3313 (Also available in regular print (AS1062)). Richard Jury considers the authenticity of a fantastical tale, told by a stranger and fellow patron at the Old Wine Shades pub in London, about a string theory scientist's wife, son, and dog, who disappeared without a trace nine months earlier. MYS Dain Curse Hammett, Dashiell LP-2062 This story of wild and crazy Gabrielle Leggett moves from robbery to murder, dope, and a sinister cult in San Francisco. MYS The Stargazey Grimes, Martha LP-2083 On a bleak November day, Richard Jury rides old double-decker bus #14 travelling to Fulham Road when a woman boards the bus in front of the Stargazey pub, leaves, reboards, and 111 MYS Columbo: The Hoover Files Harrington, William LP-2241 Tell-all biographer Betsy Clendenin was many celebrities' worst fear. But when she began writing a book that would expose secrets buried in the notorious Hoover files, someone decided she'd gone too far. A mail bomb soon sends her, and the evidence she's unearthed, up in flames. The killer thinks he's pulled off the perfect crime, but what he doesn't realize is that "perfect crimes" are Columbo's specialty. When the town's former mayor, near death from a stroke, confesses to the murder, his wife and two children deny it. Food maven and family friend Sophie Greenway wonders about his innocence, and finds this murder seasoned with secrets and scandal. MYS Slice and Dice Hart, Ellen LP-3062 If all goes according to plan, Connie Buckridge's culinary empire will soon boast a state-of-the-art cooking academy and restaurant in her hometown of Minneapolis-St.Paul. But, primed by an anonymous e-mail informer, investigative writer Maria Damontraville is preparing to cook Connie's goose with a major expose of her strategies for success. Then food critic Sophie Greenway stumbles on the missing ingredient in this unsavory stew, murder. MYS Death on a Silver Platter Hart, Ellen LP-3054 (Also available in regular print (AJ-0267)). (A Culinary Mystery) Restaurant reviewer and amateur sleuth Sophie Greenway, a dear friend of Carl's daughter Elaine, becomes embroiled in the dark secrets of Prairie Lodge, the grand mansion built by Carl Veelund for his family, when she accidentally stumbles upon an old diary that draws her into an investigation into a series of bizarre murders. MYS Arson and Old Lace Harwin, Patricia LP-2960 "You're a librarian, not a detective," Catherine Penny's daughter reminds her. Catherine, suddenly single in her sixties, is leaving behind New York City and a failed marriage for a lovely 17th-century cottage in the idyllic English village of Far Wychwood. But behind the town's quaint stone walls and lace-curtained windows lurk dark secrets and whispers of witchcraft. And when her crusty neighbor dies in a tragic fire, Catherine alone suspects arson. MYS Dial M for Meat Loaf Hart, Ellen LP-2983 As Minnesota housewives race to meet the deadline for the "Times Register's" meat loaf contest, unsavory Kirby Runbeck is killed by a car bomb. 112 MYS Slaying is Such Sweet Sorrow Harwin, Patricia LP-2961 Librarian and former New Yorker Catherine Penny has settled in the tiny English town of Far Wychwood. But nowhere is too far for painful memories when her ex-husband, who left her single in her sixties, arrives with his new lady love. Catherine can't avoid him at an awards ceremony for their son-in-law, Peter, who is a shooin for a prestigious appointment at Mercy College. Then Peter's rival for the appointment is found murdered. actual 1998 manhunt that produced canyon country legends of FBI bungling, but no arrest. MYS Basket Case Hiaasen, Carl LP-2494 MYS The First Eagle Hillerman, Tony LP-2229 (Also available in regular print (BB-2817)). Just when Lt. Jim Chee thinks he has an open and shut murder case, retired Navajo Tribal police officer Joe Leaphorn blows it wide open exposing a complicated web of superstition and science where outside forces converge and collide. MYS Skeleton Man Hillerman, Tony LP-2830 (Also available in regular print (AR2093)). While assisting Sergeant Jim Chee and his fiancée, Bernie, investigate what appears to be a simple trading post robbery, former Navajo Tribal Police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn turns up a clue that leads to a search for the remains of a passenger, carrying a fortune in diamonds, on a plane that went down in the Grand Canyon fifty years earlier. (Also available in regular print (AG-0054)). Former investigative reporter Jack Tagger gets his chance to escape the doldrums of obituary writing as he investigates the suspicious "accidental" death of rock star Jimmy Stoma, the infamous leader of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, if he can escape his ambitious young editor, the star's widow, a brutish bodyguard, and the profithungry owner of his newspaper. MYS The Sinister Pig Hillerman, Tony LP-2805 MYS Hunting Badger Hillerman, Tony LP-2107 (Also available in regular print (AP-0382)). Discovering a link between the woman he loves and a political murder and a twisted conspiracy, Navajo tribal police Sergeant Chee joins a mapwielding Joe Leaphorn on the heels of a fleeing Washington power broker. Navajo crimebusters Leaphorn and Chee return in a novel set on the vast Navajo Reservation sprawling across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, and played out against the unhappy memories of an 113 MYS A Death in Two Parts Hodge, Jane A. LP-2196 When Patience Smith discovers on her 21st birthday that she is penniless, she decides to return to her cousins' home as companion to her grandmother, the formidable Mrs. Feathers, whose main entertainment seems to involve cruelly manipulating her family. Surprisingly, the old lady takes an immediate liking to Patience and changes her will to leave her a considerable fortune. So hours later when she is found poisoned, it seems that only one person had a motive to want the old lady dead. MYS Dead Frenzy Houston, Victoria LP-2692 (A Loon Lake Fishing Mystery) Between a fishing tournament and a biker convention, Loon Lake is flooded with visitors. And for the most part, they're less-than-savory characters. The million-dollar fishing prize is bringing out the worst in some people and the motorcycle rally is actually a front for a drug operation. To get to the bottom of all this, Doc Osborne agrees to go undercover, as a biker! It only takes a few revs of the engine and a quick taste of chrome to get him hooked. MYS Death Among Friends Holt, Hazel LP-2148 A Sheila Malory Mystery. Freda Spencer, Chairman of the Brunswick Lodge Management Committee, undoubtedly possesses good leadership qualities but she is also particularly unpleasant, and few residents of Taviscombe, including Sheila Malory, look forward to seeing her. So why is Richard Lewis, the once dashing wartime hero, still devoted to her? And why is Laurence Marvel, thirty years her junior, so happy to be her constant companion? And was it simply bad luck when Freda was attacked during a robbery and only weeks later rushed to the hospital again? MYS Dead Jitterbug Houston, Victoria LP-3063 (Also available in regular print (AR-0661)) (A Loon Lake Fishing Mystery, Prime Crime) When advice columnist and local Loon Lake resident Hope McDonald is murdered, police chief Lewellyn Ferris, with the help of diehard fisherman Doc Osborne, sets a trap to reel in a clever killer. 114 MYS Dark Shore Howatch, Susan LP-2072 Sarah Hamilton, the second wife of the enigmatic Jon Towers, comes to the Cornish farmhouse where his first wife had mysteriously and accidentally died, but why did everyone who had been together that fatal weekend gather again, and what was the ghastly secret someone was trying to hide? Sarah's dreams become nightmares on the stark cliffs of Cornwall as the past looms over the future. overboard just before telling them about a long-lost treasure. MYS Pasta Imperfect Hunter, Maddy LP-3031 The discount travel package to Italy seemed like a great deal: Emily Andrew could lead her globe-trotting Iowans on the trip of a lifetime and bring her family to boot. Maybe she should have read the fine print; sharing their itinerary with a group of hypercompetitive aspiring romance writers is just a prelude to more Machiavellian drama than an Italian opera. MYS Gently in Trees Hunter, Alan LP-2793 Chief Superintendent Gently, C.I.D., called "the thinking man's Maigret" by H.R.F. Keating, usually stirs up some fertile ideas about the human condition in the course of his murder cases. In this story, he meets with a watershed theory that brings morality, physics, and metaphysics into line with each other for the first time. MYS Top O'the Mournin' Hunter, Maddy LP-2962 Emily Andrew is earning some muchneeded green by navigating the twisting roads of Ireland with a group of seniors, including her beloved Nana. But once the hearty troupe from Iowa lands on Irish sod, trouble starts brewing: there's a death-defying incident with a horse-drawn carriage, and a gender-bending encounter with Emily's ex-husband. And the plot thickens like Irish stew when the group settles into Ballybantry Castle, where a ghost is said to wander the halls. MYS Hula Done It? Hunter, Maddy LP-3118 (Also available in regular print (AR-1740)). During a blissful cruise to the Hawaiian Islands, Emily Andrew and her offbeat group of Iowa senior citizens are confronted by an all new mystery when Professor Dorian Smoker, a renowned expert on the legendary Captain Cook, falls 115 MYS A Fine Day for Murder Ingersol, Jared LP-2902 Fallon, an L.A. homicide detective, was on vacation when he read about the death in Beverly Hills. Carroll Bruce's visit to an old college friend, wealthy industrialist Reginald Purington, had ended in his death. Although it looked like a heart attack, a small black doll found on the corpse intrigued Fallon, who decided to investigate. strange double life as academic by day and stripper by night. Unsure which world harbors her friend's murderer, Bel decides to investigate both. MYS A Buried Lie Isleib, Roberta LP-2665 Up-and-coming golfer Cassie Burdette finds herself in the hell of a pro-am tournament. Teamed up with four doctors, she's afraid she'll overdose on their oversized egos. But when one of them turns up dead, Cassie suspects these doctors prescribe to a very different kind of game. MYS Long Time No See Isaacs, Susan LP-2487 Judith Singer's life has changed. She now has her doctorate in history. Her husband, Bob, died one half day after triumphantly finishing the New York City Marathon. And although 20 years have passed without seeing him, she's never succeeded in getting her former lover, Nelson Sharpe out of her thoughts. MYS Deadly Advice Isleib, Roberta LP-3307 As a clinical psychologist and author of an online advice column, Dr. Rebecca Butterman is supposed to help people resolve their internal conflicts, not stir up her own. But when her next-door neighbor allegedly commits suicide, Rebecca's investigative instincts make it hard to maintain appropriate boundaries. MYS Hot and Bothered Isenberg, Jane LP-2778 (A Bel Barret Mystery) things are scarier since that black day in September that shook Manhattan and the world. But across the river in Hoboken, New Jersey, community college professor Bel Barrett intends to live without fear. Then one of her cojudges of a scholarship contest is found dead, a woman who lived a MYS Putt to Death Isleib, Roberta LP-2754 (Also available in regular print (AN0227)). Delighted when she is given the touring pro job at a posh Connecticut country club, golfer Cassie Burdette is stunned when she stumbles upon the corpse of an unpopular member and is forced to turn sleuth once again to find a killer. 116 MYS Six Strokes Under Isleib, Roberta LP-2706 Cassandra Burdette used to carry clubs on the PGA tour, now she's swinging them at the Qualifying School for the LPGA Tour. The competition is fierce, but the standout so far is Kaitlin Rupert, whose talent and beauty are eclipsed only by her attitude. But it's still a shock when Kaitlin's psychiatrist is found brutally murdered, and even more of a shock when the police look at Cassie as a prime suspect. MYS Unnatural Causes James, P. D. LP-0207 Adam Dagliesh and his extraordinary aunt must discover why a mystery writer was murdered in such a grotesque fashion. MYS The Belles of Solace Glen James, Susan S. LP-2847 (Also available in regular print (AO-226)). (Prime Crime) When Leona, the town matriarch, has a heart attack right in front of her maid, Flip Paxton, carrying out Leona's dying wish, delivers three letters to her niece that cause a series of mysterious accidents to befall those named in Leona's will, including Flip. MYS Easy Streets James, Bill LP-3271 For years Colin Harpur's dubious boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, ran a questionable but practical arrangement with Mansel Shale and Panicking Ralph Ember, owner of the Monty Club: Iles would protect their businesses if they ensured peace on the streets. But after a small-time criminal's house is firebombed, leaving the owner and his daughter dead, mistrust and uncertainty pervade the formerly managed streets. MYS The Siren of Solace Glen James, Susan S. LP-3064 (Also available in regular print (AR-0673)). Newly engaged, cleaning maven and occasional sleuth Flip Paxton finds her relationship threatened by the arrival of a beautiful blonde from Los Angeles who is being tormented by a dangerous stalker, bringing violence to the quiet town of Solace Glen. MYS Devices and Desires James, P. D. LP-0154 Commander Adam Dalgliesh has a newly published book of poetry, and a fresh murder to solve. 117 MYS Day of the Dead Jance, J. A. LP-2725 MYS Fine-Feathered Death Johnston, Linda O. LP-3255 Kendra Ballantyne, Esq., is flying high. Her license to practice law has been rightfully restored, she's dating the foxiest P.I. in all of L.A., and she still gets to moonlight as a pet-sitter. Now, to earn a much-needed feather in her cap, Kendra must work closely on a new case with law partner Ezra Cossner. But things stop short when he's found murdered in his office and the only witness is of the avian persuasion. (Also available in regular print (AR-0897)). Joining the Last Chance Club to review unsolved crimes, former sheriff Brandon Walker unexpectedly confronts one of his own botched cases and a serial murderer who is responsible for the heinous deaths of numerous orphan girls in colonial Mexico. MYS Paradise Lost Jance, J. A. LP-2420 (Also available in regular print (AC-0381)). The desecrated body of a missing Phoenix heiress is found in the Arizona wilderness by two teenage girls, one of which is Conchise County Sheriff Joanna Brady's daughter. When the body becomes only the first piece in a twisted and sinister puzzle in which nothing seems to fit, Brady must find a way to protect her daughter from a murderer. MYS Meow is for Murder Johnston, Linda O. LP-3298 (Also available in regular print (AS0940)). The claws come out when Kendra Ballantyne, pet-sitter and occasional sleuth, agrees to help prove the innocence of her boyfriend's manipulative ex-wife when she is accused of murdering the man who has been stalking her. MYS Donna Rose and the Slug War Johnson, Norma T. LP-3032 Retired schoolteacher Donna Galbreath loves her community of Cedar Harbor, Washington, but it's changing. That fact is brought home to Donna when, digging clams one morning, she finds the body of water board chairman Lyle Corrigan. Then, after she and Lyle's widow are attacked, Donna begins to investigate. MYS Nothing to Fear but Ferrets Johnston, Linda O. LP-2963 (Also available in regular print (AR-1225)). Former litigator-turnedfreelance-pet-sitter, Kendra Ballantyne, while minding her client's ferrets, stumbles upon the dead body of a reality star and hones her animal instincts to catch a clever killer intent on framing her furry little friends. 118 MYS Shaman Pass Jones, Stan LP-2964 although those close to her seem friendly enough, there is an underlying antagonism. State Trooper Nathan Active is regarded as "half-white" by the Inupiats of the village where he is stationed. He was born in Chukchi but adopted and raised in Anchorage. Now he is called upon to investigate the murder of a tribal leader who, while fishing at an ice hole, was stabbed to death with an antique ivory and wood harpoon which had just been returned to the community by the Smithsonian in accordance with the Indian Graves Act. MYS Fax Me a Bagel Kahn, Sharon LP-3065 Ruby, the widow of the rabbi in Eternal, Texas. When a patron drops dead in The Hot Bagel, Ruby's friend the baker faces interrogation and Ruby starts wondering about a connection to her husband's stillunsolved hit-and-run death. MYS Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker Keating, H. R. F. LP-3048 MYS Remains to be Scene Jordan, R. T. LP-3305 Polly Pepper is a living legend, straight from television's golden age, complete with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Polly could send audiences into tearful hysterics with even the lamest gag but that was thirty years ago. These days, she'd kill for a decent role. It kind of looks that way when her dear friend's untimely death opens up a part in a blockbuster musical, then Polly's rival for the role falls to her death. Inspector Ghote embarks on a strange case when he is ordered to prevent the killing of a flamingo in the Bombay zoo. And then there is the racehorse fancied to win the Derby, which gets replaced by a donkey, Saddled with a sergeant of hilarious incompetence, he unearths the traces of a monstrous practical joker. MYS Jupiter's Bones Kellerman, Faye LP-2224 A world-renowned astrophysicistturned-cult leader has been found dead and LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker must find out if it was an accident, suicide, or homicide. Decker will need his wife's help in defusing a time bomb of jealousy, greed, bizarre hidden pasts, and deadly secrets ticking inside the cult's fortress. MYS They Call Me Miranda Judge, Sara LP-2794 Miranda Hawton is mistress of Hazelwood, with a kind but somewhat aloof husband and an adorable baby son. But she has lost her memory, and knows nothing of her past. Her husband, the only person who knows the truth, will tell her nothing. And 119 MYS The Forgotten Kellerman, Faye LP-2301 Having submitted for counseling a troubled wealthy teen who desecrated a synagogue, Rina Lazarus discovers there is more to the case when the boy and his therapists are murdered. Mystery, Prime Crime) When a guest author drops dead in the middle of a book signing after revealing a secret about a 1940s mystery that is linked to their bookstore, young widow Penelope Thorton-McClure and her aunt set out to find the truth, with a little otherworldly assistance. MYS Wed and Buried Kelner, Toni LP-3019 (A Laura Fleming Mystery) Since the birth of her six-month-old daughter, Laura Fleming has wanted to do nothing but camp out in her Boston apartment and dream of having one good night's sleep. But then her Aunt Nora calls to say there's trouble brewing back home in Byerly, North Carolina. It seems Aunt Maggie has gone and married Big Bill Walters and now someone's trying to kill the old coot. That's enough to get Laura packing the diaper bag. MYS Chameleon Kienzle, William X. MYS The Ghost and the Dead Deb Kimberly, Alice LP-3119 (Also available in regular print (AR-1356)). When the author of a true crime novel is found strangled to death while promoting her book at Penelope Thornton-McClure's bookshop, Penelope and resident ghost, P.I. Jack Shepard, who cannot rest in peace until the killer is found, are fast on the case. MYS Berried Alive Kingsbury, Kate LP-2836 (Also available in regular print (AN-0213)). (A Manor House Mystery) At the height of World War II, Elizabeth Harleigh Compton, the lady of Manor House, struggles to make sure that everything goes smoothly, a task complicated by the mysterious deaths of four American servicemen, all of whom had red hair, spent their last nights alive at the Tudor Arms, and died by poisoning. LP-0109 Sleuth father Koesler is on the track of a murderer responsible for killing the most influential people in his archdiocese. MYS The Ghost and Mrs. McClure Kimberly, Alice LP-2843 (Also available in regular print (AL-0309)). (A Haunted Bookshop 120 MYS Fire When Ready Kingsbury, Kate LP-2898 MYS The Deadly Garden Tour Klein, Kathleen LP-3052 In World War II England, the quiet village of Sitting Marsh is faced with food rations and fear for loved ones. The residents depend on Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, lady of the manor house, who stubbornly insists that life must go on. Then, after she quells their fears about having a munitions factory in the village, the factory explodes, killing owner Douglas McNally. Divorced after twenty-three years of marriage, garden designer Liz Clarke returns to Greenwich, Connecticut, seeking the haven of her childhood. But her nostalgic memories are interrupted by a hysterical phone call - her pregnant goddaughter, Melissa, has discovered the bloody body of the chairwoman of the Backcountry Garden Club's annual tour. Liz must shift her focus from dirt to detection to save Melissa from suspicion. MYS No Clue at the Inn Kingsbury, Kate LP-3121 When asked to manage the Pennyfoot Hotel over the Christmas holiday, former owner Cecily Sinclair Baxter is delighted. When a housemaid goes missing, soon followed by one of London's most renowned barristers, Cecily realizes that she may be on holiday, but death is not. MYS The Gowrie Conspiracy Knight, Alanna LP-2709 Tam Eildor's second time-quest, set in the reign of James VI of Scotland and 1st of England, takes place in Falkland Palace. Tam rescues King James from a runaway horse and spends some considerable time thereafter avoiding the attentions of his grateful monarch while trying to solve the inexplicable murder of Queen Anne's midwife. MYS Wedding Rows Kingsbury, Kate LP-3120 (Also available in regular print (AR-2091)). The townspeople of Sitting Marsh finally have a reason to celebrate as wedding preparations begin for a local couple, but when the blessed day ends in murder, Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, the lady of Manor House, is on the case. MYS The Inspector's Daughter Knight, Alanna LP-3223 In a desperate attempt to recover from the loss of her husband and baby son, Rose McQuinn has returned home to Edinburgh from the American Wild West. It seems that everything has moved on in her absence, but Rose has little time to ponder her loneliness before she unwittingly steps into the shoes of her father, the legendary Detective Inspector Faro. 121 MYS Mc Nally's Dare Lardo, Vincent LP-2827 highly-paid escort, until she decides to ditch her varied clientele in favor of a steady gig as girlfriend to 84-year-old retired lawyer Tony Paradise, a.k.a. Mr. Paradise. One night Chloe convinces Kelly to join them. But the game gets out of control and before it's all over, there will be two corpses, two angry hit men, one identity switch, a safe deposit box full of loot up for grabs, and fast on the scene, detective Frank Delsa. (Also available in regular print (AO-0351)). (An Archy Mc Nally Novel) In the wake of a murder during a prestigious tennis benefit, Archy McNally investigates the identity of Lance Talbot, whom he suspects may not be a true heir to a recently deceased Palm Beach dowager duchess and whose questionable relationships draw links to a double murder. MYS Pretty Poison Lavene, Joyce LP-3066 (A Garden Mystery) Meet Peggy Lee: botanist, detective's widow, and owner of The Potting Shed, an urban gardener's paradise in downtown Charlotte. It's a busy fall day for Peggy. First she gives a quick cafe lecture on African violets, then has a minor bike accident involving a goodlooking driver, and finally reaches her shop - only to find a dead man sprawled face down across one of her seasonal displays, apparently done to death with a garden shovel. MYS The First Law Lescroart, John LP-2646 John Lescroart returns with a spellbinding novel about events that force defense attorney Dismas Hardy and Lieutenant Abe Glitsky outside the law and into a fight for their lives. MYS The Oath Lescroart, John LP-2428 (Also available in regular print (AG-0201)). While investigating the murder of the head of San Francisco's largest HMO, defense attorney Dismas Hardy discovers too many patients are dying, and it looks like it is the hospital that is killing them. MYS Mr. Paradise Leonard, Elmore LP-2683 (Also available in regular print (AR-0874)). At 27, roommates Kelly and Chloe are enjoying their lives and their loft just fine. Kelly is a model for the Victoria's Secret catalog. Chloe is a 122 MYS The Second Chair Lescroart, John LP-3028 (Also available in regular print (AR-0354)). A managing partner at his thriving law firm, Dismas Hardy becomes involved in a high-profile case involving the teenage son of a prominent San Francisco family who has been arrested for the murders of his girlfriend and English teacher, while an unseen killer, known as The Executioner, terrorizes the inhabitants of the city with a series of shocking sniper killings. the house rumored to be the gang's secret training center. Already the decapitated body of one pugilist has been fished out of the Thames. To keep Jago out of the river's dark waters, Cribb must think on his feet in this mystery's final rounds. MYS Murder on the Rocks Mac Inerney, Karen LP-3221 Trading Texas heat for Maine's tangy salt air, Natalie Barnes has risked it all to buy the Gray Whale Inn, a quaint bed and breakfast on Cranberry Island. She adores whipping up wicked blueberry coffee cake and to-die-for fudge frosted brownies for her visitors. But when one of her guests turns up dead, the police, and most of the islanders, think Natalie has added murder to the mix. MYS On the Edge Lovesey, Peter LP-2666 Peacetime is a disappointment to Rose and Antonia, who enjoyed excitement and independence as WAAF plotters on an RAF base. But what are plotters for, if not to plot? Antonia's ruthless scheme would give them both what they want. If Rosie doesn't lose her nerve, they could get away with murder. MYS Pamela Mac Kie, Mary LP-2095 She awoke in a hospital bed with no identity and no memory of her past, and had to be sedated. But other people knew she was Pamela Lane. They told her about the accident at her cottage, and that she had nearly died in a fire. The stepmother who came to claim her seemed kind, but the more Pamela learned, the more questions she had. Why hadn't she visited her family for five years? More important, whose car had sped away from her cottage moments before the rescuers arrived? MYS The Detective Wore Silk Drawers Lovesey, Peter LP-2262 Sergeant Cribb finds himself immersed in the world of nineteenth-century pugilism, investigating a ring promoting the dangerous, illegal sport of bareknuckle boxing. Cribb sends Constable Jago, the police boxing champion, as an undercover agent to 123 MYS Wilder Rumors Mac Rae, Molly LP-3295 Lewis Wilder thinks he's found an uncomplicated life when he becomes curator of the history museum in Nolichucky, Tennessee, a tiny town snoozing in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He's wrong. While Wilder is getting to know his new neighbors, the Fox a burglar with a sense of style is getting acquainted with the neighbors' portable antiques. And when anonymous envelopes of cash start arriving at the museum, rumors fly. days. But when Bianca disappears after informing the Murder of the Month Book Club that the Russell County District Attorney had killed his wife, Jane has to put aside her books to save her daughter. MYS Faux Finished Marberg, Peg LP-3300 Seville, Indiana, has one interior design firm, co-founded by Jean Hastings and her daughter, Jean Jr. Lately they're finding that the keen eyes needed for plotting color schemes and tracking down flea market treasures also come in handy for interpreting more sinister designs. MYS An Ominous Death Mahon, Annette LP-3213 Maggie Browne and the members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee are back, attempting to solve a mystery as they work on their quilts. Sometime Bee member Candy Breckner is at the Palo Verde Care Center to recover from an auto accident. When Maggie and the Bee decide to visit and bring her a lap quilt, Candy breaks down: she fears an "angel of death" is at work in the facility. Soon after, Candy dies suddenly. MYS Hanging Hannah Marshall, Evan LP-2749 Literary agent Jane Stuart is eager to get back to a normal life. As she makes plans for her son's birthday party at a local inn, the body of an unknown woman is found hanging in the nearby woods. Editor Holly Griffin assigns Jane to represent a hot pop star as a distraction from the murder until Holly, too, winds up dead. Jane is determined to solve both murders with Winky's help. MYS Icing Ivy Marshall, Evan LP-2521 MYS Murder of the Month Main, Elizabeth LP-3067 Jane and Ivy were best friends until Ivy's daughter was murdered. Now, at a writer's retreat being held by Jane, they intend to try healing those wounds. But Ivy winds up dead, stabbed with an ice pick, on a lonely mountain trail. Jane Serrano had a lifelong love of books, which had helped her through her husband's tragic death and conflicts with her youngest daughter, Bianca. She even took a job at a bookstore to fill her empty 124 MYS Missing Marlene Marshall, Evan LP-2755 Jane Stuart, a widowed young mother and literary agent, and Winky, her tortoiseshell cat with a nose for trouble. When her nanny fails to show up at school to pick up her son, Jane begins to uncover the nanny's shocking secret life and finds a critical clue that could reveal a killer. MYS Kiss Mc Bain, Ed LP-0159 Detective Carella of the 87th precinct finds himself a helpless observer in the most painful case of his life. MYS Blue Blood Mc Bride, Susan LP-2840 Determined to escape her life as a socialite, much to the dismay of her high society mother, Dallas heiress and Web site designer Andy Kendricks turns sleuth when her friend, Molly O'Brien, is accused of killing her boss at the sleazy local restaurant "Jugs," an investigation that embroils her with a shady TV evangelist, a fanatical antiporn activist, and a killer. MYS Stabbing Stephanie Marshall, Evan LP-2832 Deciding to take a much-needed vacation, literary agent Jane Stuart gets a call from her late husband's cousin, Stephanie, asking if she can stay with Jane for a few days before she starts her new job as editor at a hot publishing house. Jane reluctantly agrees, but soon realizes something rotten is going on in the publishing house. When Stephanie is found murdered, Jane goes undercover to find the killer. MYS Never to Let Go Mc Fadden, Marlene LP-2162 Twelve months have passed since Sasha first met and fell in love with Emil. After a whirlwind romance in Brittany, Sasha returned home full of plans for the future, and was overjoyed when Emil wrote daily and sent her an engagement ring. Then, suddenly, there was silence.Now, Sasha has come back to Brittany, searching for some explanation for Emil's abrupt disappearance. But all she encounters is secrecy. She is determined that someday, somehow, she will find Emil again. MYS Toasting Tina Marshall, Evan LP-2841 (Also available in regular print (AP-0268)). While at a romance authors convention, literary agent Jane Stuart and her feline companion Winky find themselves immersed in a murder mystery when Tina Vale, the publisher who destroyed Jane's reputation, is found electrocuted in her bathtub. 125 MYS Bitter Sweets Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-3021 No sooner does P.I. Savannah Reid complete her Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency's first case, finding someone's long-lost sister, than murder enters the picture. Framed in a diabolically clever double-cross, she sets out to find the real culprit, only to discover that she's the prime suspect among the lovers, losers, and liars lurking in the victim's past. MYS Death by Chocolate Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-2545 When gourmet cook Lady Eleanor, a.k.a. "The Queen of Chocolate," is murdered under the watchful eye of curvaceous P.I. Savannah Reid, Savannah, with her reputation in tatters, must sift through a vast array of suspects to catch a killer with a sweet tooth. MYS Fat Free and Fatal Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-3296 MYS Cereal Killer Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-2727 (Also available in regular print (AR-0108)). When two full-figured models meet untimely deaths, plussized private eye Savannah Reid decides it's time to weigh the facts, and search for suspects, before a cunning killer strikes again. (Also available in regular print (AU0819)). Curvaceous P.I. Savannah Reid learns that you can never be too rich, too thin, or too twisted when her boss, the newly svelte actress Dona Papalardo, becomes the target of a very determined killer who is desperate for fifteen minutes of fame. MYS Just Desserts Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-2607 Finding herself in over her head with a case involving a politician's infidelities, chubby Detective Sergeant Savannah Reid is told that she must turn in her badge because she is overweight. MYS Cooked Goose Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-2661 It's hard for voluptuous private eye Savannah Reid to get in the Christmas spirit in San Carmelita, California; it's a balmy 90 degrees. While she's on the case of a serial rapist who dresses like Santa, Savannah looks over her list of suspects and tries to keep danger from dropping down her chimney. 126 MYS Murder a la Mode Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-3057 (Also available in regular print (AR-2425)). Voluptuous private detective Savannah Reid is chosen to compete for the affections of handsome Lance Roman on a reality TV show called "Man of My Dreams," but things take a sinister turn when one of the producers is found dead on the set. blames the pageant, where competition is has become so fierce that someone's been driven to murder. MYS Sugar and Spite Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-2572 "Full-figured" private detective Savannah Reid is back. It's Valentine's Day, and the former Dixie belle's only shot at romance includes a stakeout with her ex-partner Dirk Coulter. After pulling an all-nighter, Dirk's ex-wife Polly shows up at Savannah's door. Days later, Polly is found dead in a pool of blood in Dirk's home, shot by his service revolver. Savannah goes to work to clear his name. MYS Peaches and Screams Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-2893 Plus-sized private eye Savannah Reid is about to discover the answer to that age-old question: What could be worse than going back home to the Deep South in the height of August humidity? It's going home to a wedding, not your own, without a ring on your finger or a date on your arm. But a hideous bridesmaid's dress is the least of Savannah's problems after her kid brother is arrested for murder. MYS Star Spangled Murder Meier, Leslie LP-2831 As the Fourth of July approaches, smalltown homemaker and part-time reporter Lucy Stone starts things off with a bang as she sets out to catch the killer of the crabby neighbor with whom Lucy and her husband had a long-standing feud. MYS Sour Grapes Mc Kevett, G. A. LP-2826 (A Savannah Reid Mystery) Things finally seem to be calm in Savannah's life, until her spoiled baby sister, Atlanta, comes to San Carmelita to compete in the Miss Gold Coast Beauty Pageant. Savannah is concerned over her sister's growing obsession with her appearance, and MYS Tippy-Toe Murder Meier, Leslie LP-2493 A retired ballet instructor took a detour into the woods and was never seen again. Then a local storeowner takes a deathblow to the head with a video camera. And now, as Lucy Stone's own seven-year-old prima ballerina rehearses for her debut, a murderer prepares for an encore. 127 MYS Wedding Day Murder Meier, Leslie LP-2553 MYS Late, Late in the Evening Mitchell, Gladys LP-2669 In the small Oxfordshire village where Ken and Meg Clifton spend their school holidays, the Fair is the most exciting thing that ever happens, that is, until a double murder is committed. The general opinion is that the village contains a homicidal maniac. Mrs. Bradley, called in by her friend Mrs. Kempson, thinks otherwise. Lucy is asked by her friend Sue Finch to help plan the wedding of Sue's daughter to an Internet millionaire. When the groom's body is found floating beside his yacht, Lucy's not convinced this was an accident. Soon, Lucy finds herself contemplating her own funeral as she launches a harrowing pursuit of a killer. MYS Murder by the Book Meredith, D. R. LP-3256 MYS Death is a Cabaret Morgan, Deborah LP-2329 Former FBI agent Jeff Talbot, a professional antiques picker, is forced to draw on his old crime-solving skills when a priceless French cabaret set, commissioned by Napoleon for Josephine, goes up for auction and rival collectors start turning up dead. (Also available in regular print (AR-2426)). (Prime Crime) When reference librarian Megan Clark stumbles upon corpses all over town, she becomes the prime suspect in the killings and must find the real killer, who is mimicking murders contained within the pages of Agatha Christie's novels, leading her to believe that it might be one of her reading group members. MYS The Majolica Murders Morgan, Deborah LP-3198 Ex-FBI agent and antiques picker Jeff Talbot asks Lanny, a fellow picker, to scout out some antique majolica as a present for his wife, with no idea how costly it will be. Lanny is a bit of a loner, but Jeff has always liked him. So it comes as a total shock when the young man is arrested for murdering an antiques dealer, after she sold two pieces of majolica she was supposed to hold for him. MYS Other Worlds: The Bell Witch & the Stratford Haunting Michaels, Barbara LP-2104 A lofty assemblage of crime specialists gathers one foggy evening in a London club. There the conversation turns to murder. Best-selling author Barbara Michaels, delivers a page-turner in the grand tradition, adding a sharp, modern sensibility to a delightfully chilling novel. 128 MYS The Marriage Casket Morgan, Deborah LP-2844 While browsing for antiques at the late Verna Rose's estate, ex-FBI agent and antiques collector Jeff Talbot discovers a bloodstain underneath the priceless rugs, leading him to believe that Verna was murdered, and commences his own investigation where he stumbles upon an old marriage casket that holds the key to this mystery. MYS A Whisper of Evil Morley, Des LP-2613 Skilled undercover agent Janet La Barre had just broken a major crime syndicate in Florence, Italy. On returning home, she is immediately assigned to a case involving several missing girls. But what is the connection between her last case and this one? And who is the mysterious Janet La Barre? MYS Bad Boy Brawly Brown Mosley, Walter LP-2566 MYS The Weedless Widow Morgan, Deborah LP-2554 When his fishing buddy, Bill Rhodes, is murdered and his lure collection stolen, former FBI agent and antiques expert Jeff Talbot tracks the lures to an online auction site, but when he gets closer, Talbot's agoraphobic wife is abducted. Easy Rawlins returns in this dazzling new novel of passion and justice in 1964 L.A. When an old friend asks Easy to find his missing stepson, Brawly Brown, Easy soon finds himself dodging the cops, who want to pin him for murder. MYS Beyond the Grave Muller, Marcia LP-2296 A treasure chest buried by a priest in 1846 links John Quincannon, a private investigator in the San Francisco of the gaudy 1890's, to the cozy career, nearly a century later, of Elena Oliverez, director of Santa Barbara's Museum of Mexican Art. For all his daring and ingenuity, Quincannon ultimately fails in his quest to uncover the priceless artifacts of the old Velasquez family. But in 1986, long after his death, his notes on the case lead his unlikely collaborator Oliverez to the site of the lost fortune, and into the arms of a murderous peril. MYS Creature Cozies Morgan, Jill M. LP-3068 Featuring a lovable cast of crimesolving canines and sly, sleuthing cats, this unique collection of eleven mysteries, written by some of today's most beloved authors with a little inspiration from their four-legged friends - takes the age-old friendship between pets and their providers and stands it on its fuzzy ear. 129 MYS Play It Again, Spam Myers, Tamar LP-2965 Magdalena just found out that her husband is a bigamist, her Amish Country Inn has been destroyed by a tornado, and now her sister is marrying her sworn enemy, the dim-witted police chief. And in the midst of trying to pull her life and her inn back together, and trying to find new ways to use Spam in her simple country cuisine, one of her guests is missing. With the police chief stuck on Cloud Nine with her sister, it's up to Magdalena to solve this mystery in time for a piece of wedding cake. quirky clan in line and out of trouble. But he's about to learn that when it comes to murder, there's no such thing as a clean getaway. Even though Benjamin disapproved of his sister Louisa dating the store's oily ingredient supplier, he never wanted to find the guy dead, with a broken neck and lye burns on his handsome face. MYS Death Waxed Over Myers, Tim LP-3215 (Also available in regular print (AR-1600)). (A Candlemaking Mystery, Prime Crime) When his ruthless competitor, Gretel Barnett, is killed a few feet away from him, Harrison Black, owner of At Wick's End, has no interest in investigating the crime for himself, until he becomes the prime suspect in her murder. MYS The Cane Mutiny Myers, Tamar LP-3214 (Also available in regular print (AR-2522)). Winning the bid at an auction for the contents of an old locker that has been sealed for years, Abigail Timberlake Washburn is delighted to discover a collection of beautiful old walking sticks, as well as a gym bag containing a human skull, and joins forces with her assistant and future sister-in-law C.J. to uncover a killer. MYS Property of Blood Nabb, Magdalen LP-2670 The head of a prominent fashion house, Contessa Olivia Brunamonti, has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom deep in the Tuscan hills. Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the carabinieri, a Sicilian stationed in Florence, must track the kidnappers in order to save her life. MYS Dead Men Don't Lye Myers, Tim LP-3192 Benjamin Perkins thought he had his hands full taking care of his family's specialty soap store and keeping his 130 MYS The Night She Died Ormerod, Roger LP-2828 Retired Detective Inspector Richard Patton returns from walking his dogs to find an unexpected visitor. At first Connie Freeman's name means nothing to him. Then, suddenly, he remembers a storm, violence, murder. Ten years ago, Connie was found guilty of murdering her husband's mistress. Having served her sentence, now she's desperate to clear her name. MYS Love Her to Death Palmer, Linda LP-3025 Daytime drama writer Morgan Tyler has been promoted to co-executive producer of Love of My Life, and her new job makes her responsible for, everything. That includes hostile studio execs, suspicious packages, and Cybelle Carter, a leading lady who's terrified that her estranged husband wants her dead. And when another actress on the show is found dead, it looks like the killer missed his mark. MYS Case of Lies O'Shaughness, Perri LP-3085 Attorney Nina Reilly is ready to take on her biggest challenge yet: coming home. As Nina unravels a murder, she exposes the secrets and lies lurking behind tragedy. MYS Deadlock Paretsky, Sara LP-0202 The mysterious drowning of her hockey star cousin stirs Chicago female investigator V. I. Warshawski into action, leading her into the hazy labyrinth of the Great Lakes shipping world. MYS The Body in the Bookcase Page, Katherine H. LP-2596 Faith Fairchild is busy arranging the details of a society wedding. While making some parish calls, she discovers the body of elderly Sarah Winslow. The house has been ransacked and Faith is determined to find the burglars responsible for Sarah's death. MYS Fire Sale Paretsky, Sara LP-3129 (Also available in regular print (AS-0076)). Coaching the basketball team at her former South Chicago high school, V.I. Warshawski investigates sabotage at the site of the area's largest employer, where an explosion has killed the facility's owner and launched a dangerous family rivalry. 131 MYS Guardian Angel Paretsky, Sara LP-0156 MYS Double Deuce Parker, Robert B. LP-0203 Spenser delves into the drug-infested and poverty plagued world of a Boston housing project, taking on street-smart gangs while searching for suspects in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl and her child. When a crotchety 80-year-old starts wrangling with a yuppie couple over the state of the neighborhood, it's up to tough private eye V.I. Warshawski to come to his rescue. And the emotional stew thickens further when the old man's body turns up in a canal and Mr. Yuppie turns out to be a corrupt lawyer. MYS Melancholy Baby Parker, Robert B. LP-2966 (Also available in regular print (AR-1604)). Upset by her ex-husband Richie's upcoming marriage, private detective Sunny Randall takes the case of college student Sarah Markham, a troubled young woman searching for her birth parents, but her investigation uncovers dangerous secrets that could not only shatter Sarah's life but also lead to painful secrets about her own past. MYS Hard Time Paretsky, Sara LP-2135 V. I. Warshawski takes on the entertainment industry when a fateful Good Samaritan act on behalf of a woman lying injured in the street plunges the plucky PI into a case involving dastardly deeds committed by the world's largest provider of security and prison services. MYS Cold Service Parker, Robert B. LP-3123 When his buddy Hawk is beaten within an inch of his life, Spenser infiltrates a ruthless mob in the name of friendship, and revenge. MYS School Days Parker, Robert B. LP-3194 (Also available in regular print (AS-0528)). Hired by a Massachusetts grand dame to prove the innocence of her grandson, who has been implicated in a school shooting, Spenser wonders why the boy seems unconcerned about his possible wrongful imprisonment. MYS Death in Paradise Parker, Robert B. LP-2560 (Also available in regular print (AE-0338)). A quiet New England town is shocked by the apparent murder of a troubled adolescent girl, a crime Chief of Police Jesse Stone cannot let go unsolved or unpunished. 132 MYS Sea Change Parker, Robert B. LP-3312 MYS Blind Date Pattinson, James LP-2838 Steve Brady, reluctant secret agent and one-time antique dealer, had to take the jobs that were offered, not only because he needed the money but also because they could twist his arm till the bones cracked. This time it was to be Iron Curtain country again, and, even though they handed out the same old reassurances, he didn't like the sound of it. (Also available in regular print (AS1064)). Something has been killing people in the ocean, and when his best friend is found dead, rogue oceanographer Brock Garner takes a personal interest and assembles a team to hunt the mysterious killer, in a thriller that explores what could happen when science forces nature to work against itself. MYS Southampton Row Perry, Anne LP-2427 As a divisive election approaches in Victorian England, passions are so high that Thomas Pitt is ordered by his police superiors to postpone his holiday with Charlotte and the children. When the wife of the Liberal candidate is found to have been a participant in a séance, after which the clairvoyant is found brutally murdered, Pitt is put on the case. MYS Stardust Parker, Robert B. LP-0112 Spenser signs on to protect a glamorous star from anonymous harassments that soon turn to murder. MYS Widow's Walk Parker, Robert B. LP-2433 When one of Boston's elite is murdered, his new, young wife is accused. With no alibi, and multimillion reasons to want him dead, she needs the best defense money can buy. Spenser is on the case, and would give anything to believe her. MYS Raven in the Foregate Peters, Ellis LP-2249 In mid-December 1141, a callous new priest arrives at Brother Cadfael's Benedictine Abbey along with his housekeeper and her nephew, Benet. When the priest is murdered, suspicion falls on Benet, who has begun working in Brother Cadfael's herb garden. The sleuth's search to find the real killer. 133 MYS The Rose Rent Peters, Ellis LP-2218 In honor of her husband, young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Judith Perle donates a house to the Abbey at Shrewsbury, for the annual rent of one white rose. Judith has no shortage of suitors, and if she remarries, her dowry would be all the greater if the house were returned due to non-payment of rent. So when a priest charged with delivering the rose is found murdered, and the rose bush is found hacked to pieces, Brother Cadfael finds he must root out a killer. MYS The Lighthouse Pronzini, Bill LP-2311 Anticipating a peaceful and relaxing year in which to write and illustrate a book, college professor Jan Ryerson and his artist wife Alix move to the isolated Cape Despair Lighthouse on a desolate stretch of Oregon coast. But their well-laid plans are twisted awry shortly after their arrival. Jan experiences several terrifying blackouts, but conceals them from his wife, fearing that she will leave him if she knows he will soon be blind. The villagers, suspicious of the couple from the start, become increasingly hostile and resentful. And then the murdered body of a young woman is discovered. MYS The Sanctuary Sparrow Peters, Ellis LP-2161 Sudden drama strikes the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury when a young man, pursued by a lynching mob, claims sanctuary just in time to save his life. The accusation is robbery and murder, yet Brother Cadfael senses his innocence and sets out to solve yet another tangle of human passions where love plays its inevitable part. MYS Calamity Town Queen, Ellery LP-2398 Wrightsville is a typical American town in the great American heartland. Daddy Wright is the town banker, Momma the town social lioness, Patricia the town beauty, Nora the town recluse, Lola the town scandal. It's time to find out which one is the town poisoner. MYS An Unmourned Death Peterson, Audrey LP-2518 The sights, sounds, and smells of Victorian England are brought to life as Jasmine Molloy, female private detective, negotiates the professional and social challenges facing a young, single woman of that era. 134 MYS Murder with a Past Queen, Ellery LP-2609 Confused, Dave objected as Julian Smith interrogated him about his wife's whereabouts. Smith reached into a pocket and brought out something wrapped in a white cloth. Dave blanched, recognizing his own gun, now a murder weapon. there was not only the disappearance of the little girl, Sonya Dufrette, but also the strange behavior of her awful father, his exotic wife, and their hostess. MYS Strip Jack Rankin, Ian LP-2169 When MP Gregor Jack is caught in an Edinburgh brothel with a prostitute, Jack's friends rally round to protect him, but some of those friends, particularly his wife's associates, are not so squeaky clean themselves. Initially Detective Inspector Rebus is sympathetic, who hasn't succumbed to temptation? But with the disappearance of Jack's wife, the young man's popularity begins to falter. MYS The Devil to Pay Queen, Ellery LP-2463 Stocks rose, stocks fell, but Solly Spaeth always came out ahead. The fat little man with the computer mind was a financial wizard, at making other people's money disappear into his own pocket. Then Spaeth made one fast deal too many, and someone decided to make a different kind of killing. By the time Ellery Queen arrived on the scene, Solly had cashed in his blue chips. MYS Judgment in Death Robb, J. D. LP-2393 In this futuristic series combining mystery and suspense, police lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks down a cop killer to an underground criminal hellhole known as Purgatory. This club is the last chance for atonement, a place where one's fate depends on one's most intimate sins. MYS The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette Raichev, R. T. LP-3268 On the day of the royal wedding in July 1981 at a house party on the banks of the Thames, a little girl wanders off on her own. Later, her doll is found floating in the river, but the child herself is never seen again. Twenty years on and Antonia Darcy, divorcee and Military Club librarian, still puzzles over that fateful day. For 135 MYS Loyalty in Death Robb, J. D. LP-2254 As an unknown bomber stalks the streets of New York City, sending Eve Dallas taunting letters about his crimes, the New York City police detective races against time to stop the killer before he strikes too close to home. MYS Mc Nally's Dilemma Sanders, Lawrence LP-2238 After shooting her philandering husband in the heat of passion, Melva calls on her friend Archy McNally to shield her daughter from the media. When he finds big holes in the stories of the mother and daughter, McNally must find an elusive woman who knows the truth. MYS Crowner and Justice Roberts, Barrie LP-2671 Busy criminal lawyer Chris Tyroll is dreaming of long lunches, golf, and holidays one morning when three clients come to him with totally different problems. As he investigates the cases with the help of his sharp girlfriend, Sheila McKenna, a chance comment by a witness reveals that all three cases are somehow connected. MYS Mc Nally's Secret Sanders, Lawrence LP-0131 Although he doesn't usually handle burglaries, playboy/sleuth Archy McNally agrees to handle a "discrete" case for a society matron. And his search for stolen property leads Archy into a maze of sex, lies, and blackmail, uncovering a secret that's much too close to home. MYS The Legatus Mystery Rowe, Rosemary LP-2675 Reunited with his long-lost wife whom he has rescued from twenty years of slavery, Libertus hopes for some wellearned tranquility. But preparations are under way for the Emperor's birthday celebrations, and are brought to a halt when the murdered body of a visiting ambassador from Rome is discovered in the temple. MYS Seventh Commandment Sanders, Lawrence LP-0098 When a jewelry magnate is murdered, a female insurance investigator uncovers a variety of odd characters while trying to figure out which one is the murderer. 136 MYS Certain Prey Sandford, John LP-2154 Lucas Davenport faces his most unusual and most implacable foe in Clara Rinker, the best hitwoman in the business. She isn't showy, not one of those movie killers; she just goes quietly about her business, collects her money and goes home. It's when she's hired for a job in Minnesota that things become complicated for her. A defense attorney wants a rival eliminated, and that’s fine, but when a witness survives, the attorney starts acting weird and loose ends begin popping up. Flynn when she returns to Colorado from Washington, D.C., to uncover the truth about the death of her beloved Aunt Helen, turning to the knitting regulars at the House of Lambspun for a few lessons in knitting and in capturing a murderer. MYS Needled to Death Sefton, Maggie LP-3122 (Also available in regular print (AR-1873)). When Kelly Flynn takes a group of tourists to visit Vickie Claymore's alpaca farm, she is greeted by a dead body and must unravel the truth in order to bring a clever killer to justice. MYS A Mist of Prophecies Saylor, Steven LP-3216 MYS Death By Deep Dish Pie Short, Sharon LP-2837 (Also available in regular print (AO-228)). To protect her community, Paradise, Ohio, laundromat owner and stain-removal expert Josie Toadfern embarks on a search through smalltown secrets for a killer as she investigates the murder of a piemaking bigwig who drops dead after sampling the wares of the Breitenstrater Pie Company. A beautiful young seeress staggers across the Roman marketplace and dies in the arms of Gordianus the Finder. Possibly mad and claiming no memory of her past, Cassandra, like her Trojan namesake, was reputed to possess the gift of prophecy. For such a gift there are many in Rome who would pay handsomely, or resort to murder. Obsessed with Cassandra and her mystery, Gordianus begins to investigate her murder. MYS Knit One, Kill Two Sefton, Maggie LP-2967 (Also available in regular print (AR-0826)). Finding a killer becomes an all-too-personal quest for Kelly 137 MYS Death in the Cards Short, Sharon LP-3053 (Also available in regular print (AR-0410)). When a local "Psychic Fair" brings a host of mystics and soothsayers to Paradise, Ohio, local Laundromat owner and stain removal expert Josie Toadfern finds her work cut out for her when she stumbles upon a body and runs afoul of a clever killer. discovers that murder is on the agenda when, during her first meeting, she stumbles upon the club president's dead body. MYS When Will the Dead Lady Sing? Sprinkle, Patricia LP-2776 Hopemore, Georgia, county magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough is having a couple of weird weeks. Hopemore folks don't expect to find a buffalo grazing on the front lawn, but that's exactly what Mac discovers early one autumn morning. The buffalo turns out to be the campaign mascot for gubernatorial candidate Lance Bullock, the son of a man Mac has never expected, or wanted, to see again. He is a part of her life she would prefer to keep hidden. MYS Downtown Siddons, Anne River LP-2078 Smoky O'Donnel arrives in Atlanta in 1966 to work as a writer with Atlanta's Downtown magazine. From the remarkable men who change her life to the great social movements sweeping the nation, Smoky's world creates a powerful story of the end of innocence. MYS Killing Man Spillane, Mickey LP-0158 Hammer finds his secretary severely beaten and a mutilated corpse in his desk chair, the victim of a vicious killer who is clearly after Hammer. MYS Who Killed the Queen of Clubs? Sprinkle, Patricia LP-3050 It's a high-stakes game for Hopemore, Georgia, county magistrate Maclaren Yarbrough when she investigates the murder of a bridge maven. State bridge champion Edith Whelan Burkett has been dealt a string of bad hands. Not only did her husband commit suicide, he left her with a pile of debts. But all Edie's problems are trumped by her murder. Once again, Mac Yarbrough is in the thick of things. MYS Guess Who's Coming to Die? Sprinkle, Patricia LP-3297 When Georgia magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough is invited to join the Magnolia Ladies' Investment Club, a group of snobby dowagers and heiresses, she 138 MYS Who Let That Killer in the House? Sprinkle, Patricia LP-2610 a visit. During her stay she discovered a corpse stuffed in a laundry chute. The dead man had upset a lot of folks, including Anne, with his angry words and nasty threats. But someone, apparently struck back. Now Peaches has to recall every detail of her visit, in the hope that she can find the killer, and save herself from suspicion. (Also available in regular print (AK-0241)). Tragedy once again revisits the town of Hopemore, Georgia when DeWayne Evans, the town's beloved high school chemistry teacher and softball coach, commits suicide, but county magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough believes that DeWayne was the victim of murder and sets out to prove her theory. MYS Where There's a Will Squire, Elizabeth LP-2540 Peaches Dann's friends have come into an inheritance that's made them rich. But the will has provisions for the inheritance of any heir who dies within the year. A strange feature for a young and healthy bunch, or is it? MYS Kill the Messenger Squire, Elizabeth LP-2082 Isaiah Justice, owner and publisher of a small-town newspaper called "The Defender," is dead from cyanide poisoning. His death makes the front page of his newspaper and becomes the focus of an investigation by the paper's top reporters. Then "The Defender's" major stockholders receive a takeover bid from the Gemtrex Group, a large, shady corporation that had been trying to buy the "Old Man" out when he was murdered. MYS Whose Death is it, Anyway? Squire, Elizabeth LP-2989 Cousin Fern from California stops conversation at the lively family reunion by announcing that several members of the clan have "The Mark of Murder" in their hands. Fern's palmreading proclivities make trouble as a real murder rocks the family. When young cousin Kim disappears and a body is found with a face like hers, but hands different from Kim's handprints, Peaches Dann hurries to find the killer. MYS Memory Can Be Murder Squire, Elizabeth LP-2255 Peaches Dann was working on her book, "How to Survive Without a Memory," when she was interrupted by a call from a cousin she hadn't seen in years. Peaches couldn't quite place Anne at first, but she agreed to pay her 139 MYS Nothing Gold Can Stay Stabenow, Dana LP-2597 Banished to the remote shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell has started to get his life and career back on track. His rocky relationship with pilot Wyanet Chouinard is finally going smoothly, until she finds a dead body on one of her mail runs. When more bodies turn up, Liam must embark on a desperate journey into the heart of this wild, ravaged country in search of the terrible truth. of evil, of hidden, violent things. They said Gillian was dead but she didn't believe them. Searching out the truth led to trouble, also murder. MYS Fit to Die Stuyck, Karen LP-3193 Lauren Prescott is fifty, fat (according to her husband) and flat broke after he empties their bank account, closes his dental practice, and leaves town without a word of explanation. To land a magazine job, Lauren is writing a profile of a fitness guru who died while jogging, a death that is looking increasingly suspicious. Now Lauren must decipher the brutal reality behind these two men's public facades, while a killer waits and watches. MYS A Killer Collection Stanley, J. B. LP-3217 Raised by her antiques-loving mother, Molly Appleby is carrying on the tradition as a writer for Collector's Weekly magazine. Her new assignment: cover the kiln opening of a rising star in Southern pottery-making. No one worth his weight in clay would miss it. That includes George-Bradley Staunton, North Carolina's most obnoxious collector. Pity he should drop dead so soon after the festivities. Ruled an accident, the case is closed. But Molly is suspicious. MYS Twilight at Mac's Place Thomas, Ross LP-0113 A Los Angeles homicide detective turned actor struggles to find out who wants his father's memoirs bad enough to kill for them. MYS Going Home Thomson, June LP-3224 Solitary widower Alex Lambert, beloved of his deaf daughter Charlotte, prefers to keep to himself amongst the well-to-do population of the village of Northrope. That is, until the charismatic and smooth Noel Murray moves into the neighborhood and Charlotte goes missing while walking home from school. Are the two events linked? MYS Thunder on the Right Stewart, Mary LP-2075 This is a highly charged thriller. Jeffifer had come to the Convent High in the French Pyrenees to find her cousin Gillian, but it was no ordinary convent. There was something strange and frightening about the place, it had an aura 140 MYS The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes Thomson, June LP-2846 A new collection of cases, based on Dr. John Watson's secret notebooks of the master detective's investigations, features the inimitable Sherlock Holmes in the "Case of the Cardinal's Corpse," "Case of the Aluminum Crutch," "Case of the Upwood Scandal," and "Case of the Vanishing Barque," among others. (AN-0321)). While helping her mother transform a dilapidated old house into a bed-and-breakfast, travel agency owner Lynne Montgomery unearths two skeletons in the basement, a discovery that forces Lynne to dig for clues in a town where some secrets are better left buried. MYS Keys to Death Toll, Emily LP-3069 Travel agent Lynne Montgomery is making travel plans, but this time, they're for her. With no tour groups to lead, she and her daughter are going to visit her old friend Peggy Parker, whose new resort has just opened in the Florida Keys. But Lynne finds herself caught in a tropical storm of trouble when she discovers one of Peggy's friends dead on the beach. MYS The Unquiet Grave Thomson, June LP-2337 When Luke Gilchrist watches his father's coffin lowered into its grave, he feels little emotion. Richard Gilchrist was not a warm man and showed scant affection for his son or his wife. So it was astonishing when his lifelong friend Clive took Luke aside after the funeral to hand over a box of letters. The letters revealed that Richard, under the name Edward Marshall, had a second family living only miles away. But the letters ended when Kitty Marshall was brutally murdered. Could his father have been not only a bigamist, but also a murderer? MYS Murder Pans Out Toll, Emily LP-2693 Lynne Montgomery leads a group of San Diego schoolteachers to California's Gold Rush Country, where they rough it at the Murmuring Pines Campground. When a mysterious accident leaves the campground's owner near death, it becomes clear someone wants this to be Lynne's final tour. MYS Fall Into Death Toll, Emily LP-3020 (Also available in regular print 141 MYS Murder at Ford's Theatre Truman, Margaret LP-2643 When the body of a young theatre volunteer named Nadia Zarinski is found in a dark alley, two cops, Rick Klayman and Moses "Mo" Johnson, soon discover that Nadia was the intern for, and the rumored lover of, an influential right-wing Senator, plunging them into a world of greed and corruption. MYS Personal Injuries Turow, Scott LP-2210 To Robbie Feaver, the law is all about making a play to a client, a jury, or judge. But when caught taking bribes, he's forced to wear a wire in exchange for leniency. Even as he looks after his ailing wife, Feaver must make tapes that will hurl his friends, enemies, and an FBI undercover agent into a crisis. MYS Wings Above the Diamantina Upfield, Arthur LP-2056 A stolen airplane lands on a waterless lake in the far west of Queensland. In the cockpit is a beautiful girl, drugged and paralyzed, but no trace of the pilot. Within twenty-four hours the plane is destroyed and an attempt made to poison the helpless stranger. Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte turns to the unearthly powers of an ancient tribal Chieftain and seer to outwit a conspiracy and save a life. MYS Murder at the Washington Tribune Truman, Margaret LP-3264 (Also available in regular print (AS-0526)). (A Capital Crimes Novel) When two women are found murdered in the nation's capital, crime reporter Joe Wilcox invents a serial killer stalking the city, but the sudden appearance of his mentally ill brother, Michael, leads Joe to suspect that Michael could be the real thing. MYS Murder at Union Station Truman, Margaret LP-2968 (Also available in regular print (AR-1606)). As Louis Russo, former mob hit man and government informant, travels to Washington, D.C., by train, two men are at Union Station awaiting his arrival, the young writer whose forthcoming book is based on Russo's life, and the man who will kill him. MYS The Princeton Imposter Waldron, Ann LP-3306 Professor McLeod Dulany's unassuming star student, Greg Pierre, actually is assuming, a false name, that is. When the student who ousted him is found murdered, suspicion falls on Pierre. But McLeod believes in Pierre's innocence, and now must trace the clues left behind to find a killer's true identity. 142 MYS A Hoe Lot of Trouble Webber, Heather LP-2835 Master landscaper Nina Colette Ceceri Quinn turns sleuth to investigate the murder of the elderly man who had introduced her to the joys of horticulture, while also dealing with a fading marriage to adulterous police detective Kevin Quinn, an antisocial stepson Riley, and a host of smalltown secrets that could have deadly repercussions. Chihuahua in captivity, Nina needs a break. The backyard makeover she's doing for her sister Maria and her fiancé, Nate, does the trick, until Nate vanishes mysteriously, and Nina's gardening inadvertently turns up a corpse. MYS Murder and the Mad Hatter Wilson, Barbara J. LP-2542 When sleazy talent agent Lemon B. Crenshaw entangles Brenda Midnight in a complex legal bind, the milliner and amateur sleuth decides to get even by stealing his beloved brassiere collection, only to find herself the prime suspect in his murder. MYS Digging Up Trouble Webber, Heather LP-3203 (Also available in regular print (AR-2424)). Hired to do a surprise garden makeover for her stepson's aunt and uncle, landscaper Nina Quinn has no idea that she has been directed to the wrong yard, that the real owner of the property will drop dead from a heart attack, that her teenage stepson is up to his ears in possible illegal trouble, and that no one is terribly sorry that a man is dead. MYS Pipsqueak Wiprud, Brian M. LP-3070 (Also available in regular print (AN-0329)). New York City taxidermy collector Garth Carson and his girlfriend, Angie, launch a rollicking, suspenseful quest to find Pipsqueak the Nutty Nut, a stuffedsquirrel puppet of a popular 1950s children's TV show, making their way through a bizarre world of jive cult members, club-goers, and murder to find the stolen squirrel. MYS Trouble in Spades Webber, Heather LP-2969 Landscaping is Nina Quinn's business, but trouble seems to be her middle name. Saddled with a recently expelled, faithless local-cop husband, a teenaged terror of a stepson, and the yappiest, most unhousebreakable 143 MYS Stuffed Wiprud, Brian M. LP-3026 Garth Carson buys, sells, and rents exotic taxidermy from his funky New York City storefront. He and his gal, Angie, have just acquired the most sinister stuffed critter in the world: a white crow in a bell jar that people are dying to get their hands on. When the crow is stolen, along with $50,000 worth of their best stuff, Garth and Angie plunge into the spooky heart of old New England to save their bird. That man is rich surgeon and relentless gambler Conrad Fletcher. But by the time Harry catches up with him, Fletcher's gone from being in debt to being dead. MYS Dark Harbor Woods, Stuart LP-3263 (Also available in regular print (AS-0518)). Investigating the unlikely murder-suicide case of his cousin, who secretly worked for the CIA, Stone Barrington is surprised to learn that his cousin had named him the executor of his estate just prior to his death. MYS Murder in the Forecast Wolzien, Valerie LP-2405 Hired to remodel the grandest old house on Cape May Island, contractor Josie Pigeon figures her summer is made. But before she can lift a hammer, she finds her new employer, a wealthy New Yorker, murdered on the premises with a strip of drop cloth twisted around his neck. When Hurricane Agatha sweeps away both the house and the body, Josie pursues the truth and tries to nail down a killer. MYS Orchid Blues Woods, Stuart LP-2533 On the way to her wedding, Chief of Police Holly Barker is sidetracked by a high-tech bank robbery that results in murder, and she makes a startling discovery that plunges her into the very center of psychotic criminality. MYS Two Dollar Bill Woods, Stuart LP-3102 (Also available in regular print (AR-1863)). Reluctantly taking in a smooth-talking Texan who possesses a cache of rare two-dollar bills and who survives an apparent attack on his life, Manhattan attorney Stone Barrington becomes increasingly concerned about the man's credibility when a dead body is found in his own house. MYS Dead Folks' Blues Womack, Steven LP-3058 Ex-newspaperman turned private detective Harry James Denton needs any client he can get. It's just his luck that the first person to waltz into his Nashville office is the woman who stole his heart in college, then was stolen by another man. 144 MYS Dancing Dead Woodworth, Deborah LP-2662 (Also available in regular print (AB-0127)). During the Great Depression, the North Homage Shakers open a hostel in their Kentucky village. Soon business booms because of rumors of it being inhabited by a 19th-century spirit. When a hostel guest is murdered, Sister Rose Callahan investigates. An orphan girl claims to have seen a hooded specter. Sister Rose fears it can threaten to turn Shaker against Shaker and shatter their peaceful society. fly at a Halloween fundraiser for Alpine Paws Park when Abigail Haversham, heiress to the lakeside property, is discovered strangled near the Psychic Paws booth. New Age NEW Understanding Second Sight Gater, Dilys LP-2848 As a practicing psychic, Dilys Gater has found that many more people possess spiritual and psychic awareness than is believed, and they are not always the ones who are taking an active interest in it. This book is written for those who are aware of possessing abilities but do not know what to do with them. MYS Stolen Honey Wright, Nancy M. LP-2462 When local university student Shep Noble is murdered, suspicion falls on the family of the woman Shep had tried to rape. But when she is brutally murdered, Vermont-based sleuth Ruth Willmarth discovers hatred runs very deep in a small town. Occult OCC Living With Ghosts Gater, Paul LP-2720 Far more people have had some kind of ghostly encounter than is commonly realized. This investigative report takes the reader on a journey filled with fascinating incidents, details, and information from the English Midlands where the author lives, to other parts of the British Isles and other parts of the world. MYS Sirius About Murder Wright, Sue O. LP-3218 Elsie MacBean (Beanie) and her Basset Hound, Cruiser, find themselves dewlap-deep in a murder investigation when supporters of a controversial dog park, proposed for a coveted tract of Tahoe shoreline, are earmarked for death. The fur starts to 145 more love than he could fathom. Just as Christ took John on a lifelong journey into the depths of His love, He will do the same for you. His love is unmatched and inexhaustible, and He is waiting to lavish it on you, His beloved. Religious REL Irrepressible Hope: Devotions To Anchor Your Soul and Buoy Your Spirit Clairmont, Patsy LP-3023 In this wide-ranging collection of sixty straight-to-the-heart devotions, you're invited to come along as seven talented Christian women share how irrepressible hope has enriched their lives, strengthened their relationships with the Savior, and kept them afloat when circumstances threatened to pull them under. REL The Power of a Praying Woman Omartian, Stormie LP-2849 (Also available in regular print (AR-1986)). It may seem easier to pray for your family and your friends, but God wants to hear your requests for your life, too. Stormie Omartian has led nearly 2 million women into deeper, more fulfilling prayer lives. Now, through her knowledge of Scripture and candid examples of her own epiphanies in prayer, she shows you how to: draw close to God; know His plan and purpose for your life; and receive comfort, help, and strength for every day. REL God's Leading Lady Jakes, T. D. LP-2850 Drawing on principles found in the Scriptures, the author offers the balm to soothe women's spirits and restore their souls. Bishop Jakes shows all women how they can move beyond their imperfections and lack of selfesteem to step up to claim the success the Lord has promised them. REL If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat Ortberg, John LP-2738 John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone. Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change you forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. REL The Beloved Disciple: Following John to the Heart of Jesus Moore, Beth LP-3143 John the apostle must have thought he had seen everything. Having been with Jesus all the years of his ministry, John witnessed more miracles than he could count, saw more displays of power than he could comprehend, and experienced 146 REL Breakfast with the Pope Paul II, Pope John LP-3149 about the seven success blockers that entangle believers. He also addresses applying the Golden Rule in your pursuit of success, the power of a believer's thoughts, the secret of persistence, and much more. A collection of excerpts from Pope John Paul II's writings touches on such topics as divine healing, resurrection, jobs, the future of the Catholic Church, and justice. REL Winning the War Within Stanley, Charles LP-3092 REL Walking with Loneliness Ripple, Paula LP-2044 The popular view of loneliness seems limited to one of fear and hesitation, that it has no redeeming value, is a sign of weakness, or is inherently destructive. Paula Ripple offers a message of hope and healing for all who encounter the mystery of loneliness in their lives. Dr. Charles Stanley talks about temptation, the enticements that trip us up, the protections God provides to help us stay clear of Satan's traps, and the escape route God makes available if we go too far. Clarifying the distinction between a test or a trial, which may come from God, and a temptation, which never comes from God, Dr. Stanley explains God's solutions for coping with trials, triumphing over temptations, and recognizing the difference. REL Possibility Living: Add Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years with God's Health Plan Schuller, Robert A. LP-2176 REL The Grace Awakening Swindoll, Charles LP-3151 In this best-selling classic, Charles Swindoll awakens readers to the lifeimpacting realities of God's grace, the freedom and joy it brings, the fear it cures, the strength it lends to relationships and the ever-increasing desire to know God. The author's father discusses how to create a physically healthy and spiritually fulfilling life through a natural foods diet, fasting, and prayer. REL Success God's Way Stanley, Charles LP-3150 "Success is defined by a continuing desire to be the person God called you to be and achieve those goals that God helps you to set," says Charles Stanley. This book includes ten steps to help you reach God's goals in your life, and what to do 147 Colorado Springs to prove his innocence with the help of a private investigator who happens to be a man from her past, and the father of her child. Romance ROM Wildcatter's Kiss Adams, Kelly LP-2497 Sheer force of will kept Cally Taylor faithful to her late husband's dream, running his dilapidated farm and drilling for oil with an ancient rig. That same determination stopped her from evicting Mike Donovan, the ruggedly handsome wildcat driller who'd manipulated his way onto her land and into her home. Then, suddenly, guilt and misunderstanding shatter their tentative trust. ROM Just for Kicks Andersen, Susan LP-3229 Las Vegas showgirl Carly Jacobsen keeps finding out the hard way that her idea of fun differs radically from that of her neighbor Wolfgang Jones. Sure, he looks incredible, and he seems to have a thing for her legs, but the man's a robot. So what's with their chemistry? In Susan Andersen's laughout-loud follow-up to Skintight, sometimes love is a sure bet, sometimes it's a losing proposition. ROM Green Willows Alexander, Jan LP-2716 Mary Kirkpatrick was not given to fanciful flights of the imagination. But from the evening she came to work as governess at Green Willows, she was convinced that a ghost wandered the dark, rambling halls at night. But Mary's growing love for handsome Johnathon Tremayne blinded her to danger. ROM St. George and the Dragon Andrews, Beth LP-3180 Richard St. John and Julian Marchmont wagered they could meet and seduce two beautiful and mysterious young ladies. But Cassandra Woodford and Rosalind Powell prove more of a challenge than most. Soon the men are engaged in a battle of wits and wills with the formidable pair. Are St. George and Marchmont both in danger of losing their wager? ROM Hot & Bothered Andersen, Susan LP-2914 (Also available in regular print (AO-0366)). When her father is murdered and her half-brother is accused of the crime, single mother Victoria Hamilton returns home to 148 ROM Dark Arches Armitage, Aileen LP-2146 Seduced under the arches of Clondarra's village bridge, Irish shop girl Rosa Sheridan is persuaded to give up the baby for adoption and make a new life for herself in England. But she can never forget, particularly when her happy marriage doesn't bring her the children she longs for. Twenty years later, a successful businesswoman, Rosa's life becomes entwined again with three women from her past: the woman who arranged her child's adoption; the woman who adopted her; and Lucy, her child. Charlie's head has been turned by the London scene, Dora's younger sister Fenella decides to remind him of what he is missing. Her solution is to ask a stranger to flirt with Dora under Charlie's nose. The plan succeeds, but soon Fenella wonders whether her move was a wise one. ROM A Secret Affair Bradford, Barbara T. LP-2116 Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel tells the story of an illicit, fateful affair. When a respected American TV newsman and a young artist meet in Venice and fall in love, the only hope for sustaining their relationship is via a series of planned rendezvous. ROM Wolf Shadow Baker, Madeline LP-2575 (Also available in regular print (AJ-0212)). Raised as a member of the Lakota tribe, Teressa Bryant, now known as Winter Rain and preparing to become the wife of a powerful warrior, finds her life thrown into chaos when Chance McCloud arrives to take her back to her birth parents, forcing her to choose between family, love, and honor. ROM A Soft Place to Fall Bretton, Barbara LP-2857 Annie Galloway's cherished dreams of a career in art, a peaceful marriage, and a house full of children died when her young, precious husband died. Now, settling into a beachfront cottage in Shelter Rock Cove, Maine, Annie finds the strength to start over. All she needs is courage and time. The last thing she needs is handsome, charming next-door neighbor Sam Butler. ROM The Wild Marauder Barker, Ann LP-3035 Everyone in the neighborhood knows that Dora and Charlie are the perfect couple. But when it seems that 149 ROM Chances Are Bretton, Barbara LP-2913 (Also available in regular print (AP-0135)). While preparing for her impending nuptials, Maddy Bainbridge finds her happiness threatened when her fiancé's seventeen-year-old daughter reveals a shocking secret. woman he has loved secretly for years suddenly becomes available, Wes is forced to choose between his dream and reality. ROM A Kiss Remembered Brown, Sandra LP-2434 When Shelley Browning goes back to college and enrolls the class taught by her former high school teacher, with whom she shared a single kiss, they risk all they've both worked for. ROM Somewhere in Time Bretton, Barbara LP-3077 Swept back through time, former lovers Emilie Cross and Zane Rutledge land in the midst of the American Revolution. But soon Emilie finds herself caught between the man of her own time whom she once loved and a man of the past who could give her the home she's always longed for. ROM Bittersweet Rain Brown, Sandra LP-2300 A woman attracts the affections of a man who spurned her years ago. But until he makes amends with the past, she may remain the one woman he may never have. ROM Harvard's Education Brockmann, Suzanne LP-3078 ROM In a Class by Itself Brown, Sandra LP-2182 Dani Quinn returns to her hometown for her high school reunion, knowing that Logan Webster will be there. Her departure from him and the small Texas town where they were sweethearts had been abrupt and painful, but she never had the chance to explain to Logan why she had to leave. Now, 10 years later, she must come to terms with her past and her still-burning affection for an old flame. (Also available in regular print (AO-0247)). Entering into the grueling world of the U.S. Navy SEALs, where women are not welcomed, FinCOM agent P.J. Richards goes up against Senior Chief "Harvard" Becker who believes that a woman's place is at home, not in combat. ROM Night Watch Brockmann, Suzanne LP-2911 U.S. Navy SEAL Wes Skelly agrees to a blind date with Brittany Evans, the sisterin-law of a fellow SEAL, but when the 150 ROM Seduction by Design Brown, Sandra LP-2373 A devoted executive with an amusement park in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, Hailey Ashton's tough exterior hides a fragmented self-image that dashes any hope for a love life. Hailey soon meets Tyler Scott, the dynamic new owner of the park. He sees past her facade to the real woman hiding behind it, but Hailey's own doubts and fears may be what jeopardizes her only chance at total fulfillment. ROM Tempest in Eden Brown, Sandra LP-2253 A nude model, Shay Morrison is perfectly comfortable with her sexuality, at least outwardly. But when she encounters Ian Douglas, a conservative minister, his harsh disapproval forces her to confront the pain hidden within her heart. Feeling scorned and challenged, Shay decides to prove that Ian is susceptible to the same desire as any other man. ROM Silken Web Brown, Sandra LP-0197 In this classic love story, beautiful Kathleen finds she must make a heartbreaking choice between peace and security and passionate love. ROM The Devil's Own Brown, Sandra LP-2461 Targeting a man whose tough exterior had kept him alive, a young woman formulates a desperate plan to save nine children, teaming up with him despite his disreputable and dangerous looks, and finding an unexpected and equally risky passion. ROM Sweet Anger Brown, Sandra LP-2232 As she sets out to uncover the truth about her late husband's mysterious death TV newscaster Kari Wynne finds herself torn by conflicting feelings toward D.A. Hunter Mc Kee, the man responsible for branding her late husband a thief, who awakens in her a passion she has never known before. ROM A Coronation of Love Cartland, Barbara LP-2389 Bride, widow, but never a wife, young English-born Aldrina found herself Queen of Saria, burdened with the cares of state and the sinister attentions of a wicked and ambitious royal suitor. Fleeing to a palace by the sea, she met Juro, as radiant as Apollo. 151 ROM A Duke in Danger Cartland, Barbara LP-2541 When he returns as a war hero from France in 1818, the new fifth Duke of Harlington discovers that his cousin Alvina has allowed the family castle to fall into near ruin. He soon realizes that she in the one woman who can help him restore the estate to its former glory, but their blossoming love is threatened by a challenger to the title. hers. Then the wonder of the Marquis's kiss made her feel as if the darkness and fear were all left behind, and he carried her into the sunshine and up into the very heart of the sun. ROM Lovers in Lisbon Cartland, Barbara LP-2129 Alone and starving, Felicita found it impossible to refuse the new life that the Duchesse de Monreuil offered. It was as if a fairytale had come true, especially when she met the irresistibly handsome Marques Alvaro de Oliveira Vasconles. How could Felicita have known she was to be the instrument of an all-consuming passion aimed like a vengeful sword at the heart and pride of one of Portugal's oldest families? ROM A Kiss in Rome Cartland, Barbara LP-2281 To visit Rome was a wish that lovely Alina Langley had never dreamed would come true. Yet here she was, a sheltered young country miss, impersonating an aristocratic, widowed beauty in a dangerous, perhaps even wicked, gamble to reconcile a childhood friend with an adored beau. In Rome, the girls' host was the handsome and scathing Marquis of Teverton, the Casanova of London, and he kissed her. She loved the Marquis of Teverton. ROM The Call of the Highlands Cartland, Barbara LP-2549 Lord Alistair McDonan's life of leisure comes to a sudden end when his older brothers die in a boating accident. As he reluctantly agrees to leave the entertainments of London and take his place as the new Chieftain of the family Clan in Scotland, he makes a nuptial pact with the mysterious Arina. ROM Looking for Love Cartland, Barbara LP-2853 The Marquis looked down at Gilda, her cheeks wet with tears, her blue eyes too shy to meet his. Gilda could only look up at him helplessly, thinking that he must see love in her eyes and know that she was acutely conscious of his lips near to 152 ROM The Cave of Love Cartland, Barbara LP-2081 In the magical, green-leafed bower of Monk's Wood, Salema and Charles fell instantly and forever in love. But Fate was to test their newfound passion, for Charles was the only son of the Duke of Mountaired, the elderly widow Salema's father intended her to marry! To refuse was to defy her father, yet love's honor demanded that Salema and her penniless Charles flee. ROM Smile of the Tiger Charles, Caroline LP-3186 Christiana had everything she wanted in life except the man she loved. She knew she would love him forever, but she also knew she would have to forget him, for he could never be hers. ROM Aunt Margaret's Lover Cheek, Mavis LP-3181 Aunt Margaret has just waved goodbye to her niece, Saskia. She has sent her to Canada for a year. Now, that she's been given a year of freedom, Aunt Margaret decides to kick up her heels a little and have some fun. ROM The Love Pirate Cartland, Barbara LP-2259 Set against the exciting and exotic background of nineteenth-century Malaya is the story of a young girl who found herself on a hazardous sea voyage in the company of a notorious rake. ROM Minerva Chesney, Marion LP-2029 A prim maid confronts scandalous regency London! How is a country Vicar of modest income to educate two sons, marry off six daughters, and find means of supporting his hounds and hungers? The Reverend Charles Armitage decides that the best way is to send his lovely eldest daughter Minerva to London for a season, in the hopes that she'll find a rich husband. Chaperoned by sprightly Lady Godolphin, the dutiful girl meets the genteel and not-so-genteel members of London society, some of whom delight in trying her virtue. ROM The Prude and the Prodigal Cartland, Barbara LP-2289 When her sister, Nannette, falls in love with the money-hunting Pascoe Lowes, Prunella is determined to do everything in her power to put an end to the romance. Upon realizing that she can't break up their relationship on her own, she asks the Earl of Winslow, her handsome but lecherous neighbor, to help her. Instead of assisting her, however, the Earl has other things in mind. 153 ROM Quadrille Chesney, Marion LP-2339 ROM Trust Me Choate, Jane LP-2390 Social worker Casey O'Shaunessey gives 100 percent to the kids who are shuffled through the county foster-care system. To protect those kids, she's willing to take on anyone or anything, including the most hard-nosed member of the district attorney's office. Shy and dowdy Mary has been forced into a loveless marriage with the disdainful Lord Hubert Challenge. But his roving eye is much too prone to wander in the direction of the tantalizing Lady Clarissa for his young wife's peace of mind. And so, when Lord Hubert sets off to fight Napoleon, Mary determines to make herself a fashionable lady of London society, and oust Clarissa's place in her husband's heart, once and for all. To her delight, she is a radiant success, partnered on the dance floor by Beau Brummel himself. ROM Love by the Book Choate, Jane M. LP-2403 Anna Lancaster loves her 17-year-old brother, Jeff, but he is growing unreachable. Meanwhile, Detective Brady Matthews is struggling to be both father and mother to his orphaned niece and nephew. As Anna and Brady try to help the children in their lives, something special grows between them. ROM The Homecoming Chesney, Marion LP-2204 Lizzie, the youngest of the six Beverley girls, has seen each of her sisters marry for love, even though all had been obsessed with regaining the exquisite seventeenth century ancestral mansion that had been gambled away by their now deceased father. But Lizzie has always been different from her sisters. Redhaired and saucy, she has never cared about Mannerling, or marriage. Unfortunately, her mother, Lady Beverley, knows that Lizzie is her last chance if she ever hopes to preside over Mannerling again. ROM Royal Wedding Christopher, Mary LP-3182 Julie Elliott was thrilled to be in London, assigned to cover the Royal Wedding, the most dazzling event of the decade! But Nick Tregarron found it all absurd. Even as the handsome photographer opened the most exclusive doors in London to her, he mocked her as a silly, starry-eyed young American reporter. 154 ROM An Invisible Web Coffin, Julie LP-2515 With the disappearance of her daughter, Lisa needed, more than ever, the support of the man she loved. Why, then, did she turn instead to a complete stranger? ROM Menace of Evil Coffin, Julie LP-2861 Someone seemed determined to ruin their chance of a happy future together. Luke and Morwenna each had a past tinged with sadness. Now that fate had brought them together, would the shadows of the past be lifted? ROM Dangerous Involvement Coffin, Julie LP-2203 After her parents' death in a car accident, Nicola takes a job as secretary to the romantic novelist Lucy Treryn. The old lady seems pleasant, if a little brusque, and Nicola finds herself falling in love with her quiet schoolteacher grandson, Zachary. But her other grandson, Alex, is quite a different character. An arrogant, goodlooking charmer, he is determined to seduce Nicola, and won't take no for an answer, until an unpleasant scene leaves him humiliated and Nicola shaken. But Alex is not a man to take rejection lightly. ROM The Spy's Bride Collum, Lynn LP-2399 Victoria Woodley will inherit a fortune on her 21st birthday, and her greedy guardian intends to force her into wedlock before that day, to his son. So a desperate Victoria dresses as a boy and runs off to join her cousin at his regiment in Portugal. But when British spy Lord Kit Harden hires "Victor" as his valet, he's shocked to discover her true gender. Now, Kit feels like he's compromised a lady, and that the only remedy is marriage. ROM Mackenzie's Woman Constant, Jan LP-0194 In a savage Scottish world where people hate her very name, how can Jenna Winslow ever rid herself of the title, "Mackenzie's Woman," when Alex, her lover, is both her livelihood and her only protection? ROM Lost Memories Coffin, Julie LP-2908 Elissa had no idea who she was or why she had been found wandering the Cornish coast. But Daniel Brett seemed determined to find the truth behind her past. What was the key to unlocking Elissa's memory, and was it possible that Dr. Daniel Brett could help provide the answers? 155 ROM Jet Set Nurse Converse, Jane LP-2784 ROM The Young Nurses Converse, Jane LP-2276 It sounded like a dream job when wealthy financier Durward Kingsley suggested it: go along on an island vacation as private nurse to his cousin's troubled daughter. But Roxy Ferris should have quit as soon as she met the "beautiful people" who were the family's guests, or first gazed into the strangely sinister eyes of her young patient. The doctor, Janet's handsome fiancée, the patient, Janet's beautiful and flirtatious boarder, Beth. The symptoms, strange, violent headaches, the prognosis, Beth's headaches may develop into heartaches for Nurse Janet Leland. Two young student nurses welcome Janet Leland's offer to board at her home, Beth, a carefree party girl trying to grow up, and Phyllis, a somber wallflower eager to blossom. Little does Janet realize that before their stay is ended, her faith in her fiancée will be shattered, his reputation challenged, and their future together marred by tragedy. ROM Masquerade Nurse Converse, Jane LP-2573 When Kathy Barrett awoke in a hospital bed, she remembered a sickening skid, a crash, and nothing else. How did she get there? Where were her friends Jim and Lynne? Here is the gripping story of a young nurse who is the sole survivor of an accident, and who borrows the identity of her dead friend to find a new home and escape a threatening past. ROM Undercover Nurse Converse, Jane LP-2326 Nurse Gail Arnold was young, beautiful and happy, and her work at the Narcotics Rehabilitation Center was interesting and rewarding. Her silent worship of handsome Dr. Bruce Cranston filled her heart with hopeful dreams. But her serene existence was in for a startling change. An unknown young woman, viciously beaten near death from an overdose of heroin, was brought to the hospital. Assigned to the case, Gail found herself working in heart-quickening closeness to the man she loved. Then menace marred the picture. For the new patient harbored a tormenting secret that was to spell deadly danger for Gail. ROM Nurse in London Converse, Jane LP-2621 Lee Watson, the star of the top rock group in England and America, was the victim of a crippling motorcycle accident. In pain and despair he had clung to Nurse Holly Brooks. Now, going back to London to resume his career, he begged her to come with him. And Holly went because he needed her, stepping, unaware, into a psychedelic landscape where she was a stranger. 156 ROM Riptide Coulter, Catherine LP-2421 Becca Matlock, a speechwriter for the governor of New York, is targeted by a stalker, who shoots the governor to prove his point. Seeking refuge on the coast of Maine, Becca finds herself at greater risk. FBI special agents Savich and Sherlock arrive to help an old friend of Savich's father, but the friend's relationship to Becca comes as a surprise. Lord Beecham, join forces to search for a mystical treasure known as King Edward's Lamp, and the mismatched couple soon discovers a more precious prize. ROM The Deception Coulter, Catherine LP-2119 From the moment innocent Evangeline de Beauchamps entered the household of Richard Claredon, Duke of Portsmouth, she felt herself falling under the spell of a man who had conquered many women with his looks, wealth and charm. But love was a luxury Evangeline could not afford. Napoleon's henchmen held her father hostage and to save his life Evangeline was masquerading as a worldly young widow with a man who knew women very well indeed, or so he thought. ROM The Countess Coulter, Catherine LP-2225 Andrea Jameson isn't a destitute governess. She's young, rich, and toothsome, and adores her Dandie Dinmont terrier, George. Andrea doesn't have a single dream of marrying Mr. Right. Instead she strikes a bargain with the older, widowed Earl of Devbridge who promises her all the razzle-dazzle without the obey part. She's perfectly happy with the deal until she meets the earl's nephew and realizes she might have made an exceptional blunder, but she doesn't have much time to ponder her choice, because strange things are happening in Devbridge Manor. ROM The Scottish Bride Coulter, Catherine LP-2349 Two months after Waterloo, Tysen Sherbrooke, a widowed vicar and father of three children, discovers that he has become the new Baron Barthwick of Kildrummy Castle in Scotland and sets out to visit his new holdings, but his devout, sober world is soon turned upside down by unfriendly Scottish locals and by the beautiful and courageous Mary Rose Fordyce. ROM The Courtship Coulter, Catherine LP-2252 Determined, bookish Helen Mayberry and the rakish Spenser Heatherington, 157 ROM Darling Kate Crane, Teresa LP-2147 Kate and Stephen sealed their love with a new home, a flat in the old mansion where they had played as children and a promise to always be together. Stephen's sudden death left Kate lonely and grieving, withdrawn into her memories and the cocoon of their perfect home. Then Jenny and Jaimie moved in next door, and Kate found herself drawn into their warm, loving family circle and drawn to Jaimie with a guilty passion. But when Stephen had promised never to leave her, he had meant exactly what he said. enough to tell Kate how much she was attracted to this man. Then she discovered just who her handsome helper was. ROM Calder Promise Dailey, Janet LP-3081 (Also available in regular print (AR-1045)). Laura Calder, a sophisticated young woman of the world, finds her plans to remained unattached thwarted by two men, Boone Rutledge, the son of a Texas billionaire, and Sebastian Dunshill, the Earl of Crawford, who vie for her affection, while an enemy from her past prepares to destroy the Calder name. ROM No Strings Attached Criswell, Millie LP-2973 (Also available in regular print (AR-1111)). When Samantha Brady, plagued by writer's block and her never-ending search for Mr. Right, sleeps with her roommate and best friend, Jack Turner, after drinking too much wine, she discovers that the perfect man she has been searching for has been right in front of her all this time. ROM For Bitter or Worse Dailey, Janet LP-2499 Confined to a wheelchair by an accident, an embittered man makes his wife feel isolated, a feeling that is magnified by the arrival of a female physiotherapist who confidently takes on his case. ROM Foxfire Light Dailey, Janet LP-2076 Janet Dailey captures the beauty of the Ozarks and a love every bit as timeless. Can a lasting love develop between two people who seem worlds apart. ROM Loving Enemy Cross, Catherine LP-2860 Daniel was in her thoughts constantly, but could Kate trust him when he asked her to? A chance meeting was 158 ROM Green Calder Grass Dailey, Janet LP-2548 Jessy Niles Calder finds her marriage to Ty Calder threatened by the return of his ex-wife Tara, whose devious and dangerous machinations divide the Calder family and threaten to destroy their marriage as well as their lives. ROM Western Man Dailey, Janet LP-2046 Throughout her teenage years, Sharon Powell adored Colorado Rancher Ridge Halliday, the handsome owner of the spread adjoining her family's. This was a fact Ridge well knew, and it appealed to his already swollen ego. Now a mature young woman and wise to his games, Sharon has conquered her infatuation. Or has she? ROM Masquerade Dailey, Janet LP-0148 Beautiful Remy seeks to remove the masks that hide answers to questions about who she is, and what the dashing Cole Buchanan really means to her. ROM Labrador Nurse Dana, Rose LP-2863 To Nurse Nancy Gilchrist, a year's contract to serve in a Labrador hospital meant not loneliness and desolation, but a chance to think, to read, and to take stock of herself as a person, removed from the hectic atmosphere of the big city. The reality, she discovered, was somewhat less placid. ROM Sentimental Journey Dailey, Janet LP-2527 "Is it really me you want?" Jessica asked. She tried to pull away from Brodie. Jessica's meeting with Brodie Hayes after so many years was accidental, yet devastating. The Brodie Hayes she remembered had been a poor young man from the wrong part of town. And he had pursued her older sister unsuccessfully. Now Brodie was a rich, powerful businessman welcome anywhere. Jessica couldn't help but respond to his overwhelming charm but could she be sure his interest in her was genuine? ROM Dead and Loving It Davidson, Mary Janice LP-3266 Worlds collide when she brings her beloved Wyndham werewolves together with the vampires ruled by Undead Queen Betsy Taylor in this collection of four sensual novellas filled with equal parts of spicy heat and laugh-out-loud moments. 159 ROM Doing It Right Davidson, Mary Janice LP-3309 These two wickedly funny, sexy novellas introduce the sort of lovers who'll steal everything, your wallet, your keys, your inhibitions, and even your heart. There's never a dull night in the ER for Dr. Jared Dean, especially when he sees the woman of his fantasies beating up a mobster in Thief of Hearts. In Wild Hearts, Kat Wechter has no intention of letting "Chess" McNamara steal her car, even if he's absolutely gorgeous. ROM Becoming Strangers Dean, Louise LP-3034 In the pristine surroundings of the Caribbean, two couples on the verge of separation are unable to escape their troubles, until a few chance events allow them to make something out of the ashes of their love. ROM Lake News Delinsky, Barbara LP-2159 (Also available in regular print (AU-0695)). After she is wrongly accused by a devious reporter of having had an affair with a newly appointed cardinal, Lily Blake retreats to her home town in New Hampshire. Driven by the need to exact justice and clear her name, she forms an uneasy alliance with the editor of the local paper, a man with his own grudge against the mainstream media. ROM Hello, Gorgeous! Davidson, Mary Janice LP-3275 (Also available in regular print (AS1390)). Shopping maven and beauty salon owner-turned-bionic super spy, Caitlyn James, the government's new and reluctant secret weapon, must track down a rebel cyborg, who happens to be dangerously sexy and well-equipped with special enhancements. ROM Eternity Deveraux, Jude LP-0144 ROM The Royal Treatment Davidson, Mary Janice LP-3126 Carrie hardly seems the type to weather the difficulties of frontier life, but when she sees the photo of Josh, a poor but handsome farmer in need of a wife, she impulsively decides that she is just what he needs. In a parallel universe where Alaska is its own country, complete with a royal family, an American tourist finds herself being wooed by the untamed crowned prince. But, can a wild prince and a modern American girl make a life together? 160 ROM Temptation Deveraux, Jude LP-2453 and older brother, Dominic Barr has inherited Melburn Hall, a title, and a mountain of debt. He realizes he will have to sell the estate to avoid debtors' prison. Anxious to help, his neighbor, Kate Safford, recalls the legend of the Twyford Gold, which disappeared during the Danish invasion and might be found on Melburn ground. Forced to live in Scotland by her stepfather and work as a housekeeper, Temperance O'Neil bargains for her passage home to New York City by offering to find a wife for his nephew, James. But the brusque James isn't interested in marrying anyone. As she attempts to match James with his ideal mate, Temperance makes a surprising discovery. ROM Barbara Pitcairn Dunbar, Inga LP-2222 Orphaned at fourteen and left in the care of two poverty-stricken aunts, Barbara Pitcairn has seen her share of hard times, until distant relative and wealthy laird Sir Thomas Gifford takes pity on her and invites her to live as one of his family. But on first sighting the foreboding Busta House, his luxurious mansion, Barbara is overcome with a sense that all is not well inside. Her fears are compounded when Lady Gifford refuses to welcome her into the family, relegating her instead to the maids' quarters. To make matters worse, Barbara catches the eye of her beloved eldest son, who is not all that he seems. ROM Twin of Fire Deveraux, Jude LP-0103 Blair Chandler always gets what she wants, including the mysterious Dr. Lee Westfield. ROM Knight Triumphant Drake, Shannon LP-2374 (Also available in regular print (AB-0149)). After her husband, Lord of Langley, dies from a deadly plague, Englishwoman Igrainia finds herself a prisoner in her own castle, held hostage by Scottish warrior Eric Graham. When the English king refuses Graham's offer to trade Igrainia for the wife of Robert the Bruce, he marries her himself. What Graham never expects is the desire his strong-willed bride stirs in his soul. ROM You Never Can Tell Eagle, Kathleen LP-2302 Reporter Heather Reardon gets more than she had bargained for when she searches for Kole Kills Crow, an advocate for Native American rights who has gone into exile after a brush with the law. ROM The Meddlers Drummond, June LP-2864 Through the tragic deaths of his father 161 ROM Yellow Ribbons Edwards, Jane LP-0150 Writing letters to a marine captain makes Operation Desert storm a reality to teacher Holly Smith and her fifthgrade class. ROM Without a Trace Erickson, Lynn LP-2700 Police sketch artist Jane Russo, unable to use her special ability to delve into the minds of victims and witnesses due to a traumatic event she cannot remember, teams up with a wary FBI agent who helps her confront the past in order to catch a serial rapist and killer who is terrorizing young girls. ROM After Hours Erickson, Lynn LP-2802 (Also available in regular print (AO-0238)). After the death of her husband, Portia Carr Wells takes over the presidency of the Nature Preservation Society and learns the her husband may have been murdered, a discovery that leads her to bodyguard and NYPD Detective Nick Sinestra, who is harboring a dark secret that could destroy her. ROM Paint Me a Dream Fairfax, Serena LP-2766 Francesca Marsham is in a dilemma. An art dealer in a London gallery, she can't avoid painter Rafe Rostov, who is in London to exhibit his work. Nine years ago, he had rescued her from two horrific incidents in Florence where she was on an Italian culture course, but their burgeoning romance had been abruptly terminated by his unexplained departure. ROM Husband and Lover Erickson, Lynn LP-2910 (Also available in regular print (AR-0134)). When Deputy DA Julia Innes's husband is arrested for his late wife's murder twelve years ago, she immediately teams up with former homicide Cameron Lazlo to clear his name, but the closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous the investigation becomes, until there is no one left to trust but each other. ROM Strange Inheritance Fairfax, Serena LP-2673 Little does Gemma know that the identity of the attractive mystery man who saved her and her motorbike from near disaster in a raging storm will only be revealed in very different circumstances after her desperate dash to her critically ill uncle's bedside. Her ordered existence is dramatically changed. 162 ROM To Kiss a Spy Feather, Jane LP-2552 Grieving over the supposed death of her newborn child, Penelope, a ladyin-waiting to the queen, meets spymaster Owen D'Arcy with whom she enters into a dangerous and passionate bargain, she will give him secrets from the court in exchange for his investigation into the fate of her dead infant. Sara unravels the mystery and discovers the fate that lies in store for her? ROM Nurse Under Fire Francis, Dorothy B. LP-2517 Private duty in Marlin Point, Florida, was the last thing Cass Meredith wanted. The month-long assignment had been handed to her by her friend and boss, and he expected her to accept it. But Cass had recently suggested a trial separation from handsome Tab Lyon, who wanted to marry her, leading him to take a job in Marlin Point! ROM Ghost of a Chance Fitzpatrick, Flo LP-2904 (Also available in regular print (AO-0362)). While choreographing the new musical Bad Business on the Brazos, Kiely Davlin, delighted with the perk of free Tex-Mex food, encounters the ghost of an actor whose matchmaking attempts lead her into the arms of Rafe Montez, the devastatingly sexy star of the show. ROM Studio Affair Francis, Dorothy B. LP-2854 It had taken Sandy Stafford six years to graduate from music school, but with her Aunt Lotia's help, she had finally acquired the necessary diploma and was soon to begin teaching music in Chicago. But her dream was shortlived. Discovering that Aunt Lotia suffered a mild heart condition, Sandy felt bound to remain at home. ROM Love is Forever Fox, Natalie LP-2331 What, Sara asks herself, is she doing on this remote Greed Island, when the job she has come here for doesn't seem to exist? And why does the dark, enigmatic, mega-rich shipping magnate, Alexander Karakou, appear to be so obsessed with her? What is the dark secret that he is so jealously guarding? The answers are there for her to find, but what will happen when ROM Ribbon in the Sky Garlock, Dorothy LP-0196 Letty and Mike love each other dearly, but Letty's hypocritical, hell-andbrimstone preacher pa betrays Letty, and engineers their separation. 163 ROM The Edge of Town Garlock, Dorothy LP-2352 ROM Love is a Tempest Gordon, Angela LP-2128 When her grandfather denounced Ellie's love affair with actor Arthur Cartier, he was accused of being a meddling old man. But his word proved all too true and Cartier broke Ellie's heart. Then when Cartier came back to Ellie, her father's partner, Morgan Harding, told her he suspected Grandfather Morris was up to his old tricks again. But this time Ellie was a little older, a little wiser, and very much in love. During the 1920s, plainspoken farm girl Julie Jones is not prepared for the Jazz Age that sweeps flapper Birdie Stuart and war veteran Evan Johnson into her small Missouri hometown. Evan soon begins to court Julie, but a wave of crime threatens their relationship, and secrets festering beneath the surface of a wholesome town are ready to explode. ROM Train from Marietta Garlock, Dorothy LP-3233 (Also available in regular print (AS-0659)). When Katherine Tyler is ROM The Greek Villa Gould, Judith LP-2916 Her father's suicide leaves aspiring novelist Tracey Sullivan to face the bitter fact that her life has been a lie. Among his things, she finds the identity of the mother who abandoned her. And in a magnificent Greek villa, that woman, one of the world's most famous movie stars, listens as her agent proposes a ghostwriter for her long-awaited novel: one of his up-andcoming clients in the States, Tracey Sullivan. kidnapped by a band of outlaws while on a cross-country trip, cowboy T. C. Castle rescues Katherine and hides her at a remote ranch where he lives with his five-year-old disabled daughter. ROM Honor's Splendor Garwood, Julie LP-0146 Baron Duncan of Wexton captures the beautiful Lady Madelyne for revenge, but she enchants him into love. ROM See Jane Score Gibson, Rachel LP-2528 While covering the Seattle Chinooks hockey team, reporter Jane Alcott meets career-focused goalie Luc Martineau, but their relationship is threatened by Jane's other occupation, writing the scandalous "Honey Pie" adventures. 164 ROM Summer In France Graham, Vanessa LP-2852 After going through a very bad time, Caroline was thankful to get a job which would give her a whole summer in the south of France. But it was hardly going to help her recovery when the first person she met was Giles Guthrie, the original cause of all her troubles! ROM Katie Starr Green, Christina LP-3230 Jessica Rowden is a determined young woman ahead of her time. When her father dies, he leaves behind the mystery of the Katie Starr, a ship that disappeared years before. The mysterious ship and some long-held secrets will shape Jessica's life forever. ROM Lovers' Knot Green, Christina LP-3046 ROM The Silverton Scandal Grange, Amanda LP-2668 Miss Eleanor Grantham is outraged when her stagecoach is held up by a highwayman, but her outrage turns to astonishment when she discovers that the highwayman is none other than the Earl of Silverton. She cannot begin to imagine why a wealthy nobleman would stoop to highway robbery. Were Lisa's growing feelings for a mysterious stranger enough for her to give him her trust, especially when he was so reluctant to talk about his past? Will he show Lisa what she really wants when some difficult decisions have to be made? ROM The Turning Wheel Green, Christina LP-2202 In Devon for a family reunion, Nicki Bennett hopes to spend time with her increasingly frail father. But her stepmother Gee, and Gee's son Leo, involve her in a scheme to buy the old mill and waterwheel where Nicki had spent many happy hours, and where she had her first kiss with Leo, her childhood sweetheart. The mill is precious to Nicki, and she fears for its future if their plan succeeds. The mill's owner, sculptor Robert Armstrong, seems to understand her feelings. She's very attracted to Robert, but Leo is trying to rekindle their old love. ROM Remember with Roses Gray, Juliet LP-2268 She had been so lovely, a delight to behold. And she had died because he loved her too much to lose her to another man. The memory of Marianne lingered like the scent of roses on a summer breeze. But a man could not live in the past forever, even if it seemed there was no happiness to be found in the present or the future. 165 ROM Blame it on Chocolate Greene, Jennifer LP-3187 ROM The Bargain Hammond, Melinda LP-3044 Fashionable London in the 1780s is a hotbed of vice and scandal, and the notorious Earl of Aldringham retreats to Bath in order to let talk of his latest affair die down. There, he meets Melissa Langham, a penniless but spirited orphan, who scorns his advances. Unable to resist a challenge, the Earl is determined to win her affections. (Also available in regular print (AR-2096)). When chocolatier Lucy Fitzhenry and her sexy boss Nick, a man way out of her league, test out her newest recipe, an experimental strain of chocolate, they succumb to one night of intense, and unexplainable, passion, resulting in an unexpected surprise. ROM Born to Love Greenwood, Leigh LP-2561 ROM Angel Falls Hannah, Kristin LP-2422 When Mikaela Campbell falls into a coma, her husband, Liam, holds the family together. Day after day Liam tells her how they built their life together. Then he discovers her first marriage to Julian True, a man no woman could refuse, or forget. Desperate to bring Mikaela back, Liam turns to the one person who could make her respond. Holt Price is ready to settle down with the woman he pledged to marry, despite the pain and devastation of war. Instead, he finds himself gazing into the vulnerable eyes of a girl who is not his to take. ROM Enchanted Evening Hallberg, Lynnette LP-2485 Briana Winters is counting down the minutes to her social ruin. If she doesn't show up at her law firm's charity ball with the "fiancé" she's bragged about, she'll be the laughingstock of the party. Too bad he's only a figment of her imagination, until a chance meeting brings Dr. Chase Mitchell into the picture. She'd be happy to pretend that the handsome physician is the man of her dreams, if he's willing. Chase can't say no to playing Prince Charming for the night, it's a role a man could get used to with beautiful Briana. ROM Dark Road Home Harper, Karen LP-2797 (Also available in regular print (AN-0338)). Seeking refuge in an Amish friend's quilt shop after an episode with a stalker, attorney Brooke Benton is courted by Amish gentleman Daniel Brand before she is swept up in a hit-and-run case involving four teenagers. 166 ROM The Falls Harper, Karen LP-2563 Claire Malvern is told that her husband, Keith, committed suicide by jumping off the bridge at Bloodroot Falls. Soon she and Sheriff Nick Braden dig into her husband's past and uncover a shocking picture of what really happened to Keith. ROM The Search Heggan, Christiane LP-3243 When Philadelphia assistant district attorney Sydney Cooper gets an urgent late-night call from her best friend asking to meet her, she can't help but wonder what kind of trouble investigative journalist Lily Gilmore has gotten herself into this time. But exasperation soon turns to fear when she becomes the sole witness to her friend's brutal kidnapping. Knowing she cannot rely on local law enforcement, Sydney believes she's Lily's last hope for survival. ROM Highland Summer Hawksley, Elizabeth LP-2715 In 1865, Robina Drummond is invited to spend the summer with the Penicuiks in the Scottish Highlands. Their neighbors are expecting an eligible bachelor that they want for their daughter, and Robina is on their visiting list. They think Robina, being poor, thirty-two and only passably attractive, is on the shelf. But love is unpredictable. ROM God's Gift Henderson , Dee LP-3153 (Also available in regular print (AS-0219)). After being injured in Africa doing missionary work, James Graham comes back home to Chicago, where he finally meets Rachel Ashcroft, the woman who has been sending him care packages, and tries to bring happiness and love back into her life. ROM Dunleary Heath, Monica LP-2717 The fabulous titled adventurer came from across the sea to claim Deirdre Rynne, a woman he had seen only in a photograph. But Brendan O'Leary, King of Inish Laoghaire, led a young, innocent girl into a cold, remote, desolate den he called home; on a cursed island that condemned its women to deceit and perhaps death. 167 ROM The Guardian Henderson, Dee LP-3155 (O'Malley, Tyndale #2) A federal judge has been murdered. There is only one witness, and someone wants her dead. U.S. Marshal Marcus O'Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment going in until he fell in love. Marcus has a case to solve, an assassin to stop, and a lady to convince he's right for her future. To do that he's going to have to walk back into his own past and wrestle with the complex matter of prayer and he's going to have to learn to trust again a sovereign God. situations, and she's learned to depend only on herself in a crisis. But now Kate's a target. Someone's been sending her black roses, maybe the same person who just blew up an airplane and blamed her. Faced with the shocking evidence that the bomber may be someone she knows, Kate has to decide if FBI special agent Dave Richman, and the God he trusts so implicitly, is all he's supposed to be. ROM The Protector Henderson, Dee LP-3157 (O'Malley, Tyndale #4) Jack O'Malley is a fireman who is fearless when it comes to facing an inferno. But when an arsonist begins targeting his district, his shift, and his friends, Jack faces the ultimate challenge: protecting the lady who witnessed the arsonist. ROM The Healer Henderson, Dee LP-3164 (O'Malley, Tyndale #5) Rachel O'Malley is a trauma psychologist whose specialty is helping children. Captain Cole Parker has spent the last year fighting fires, investigating arsons and falling in love with Rachel. When a flood surges through their community, a crime scene is swallowed up by the waters. One person is dead. Rachel fears that another tragedy will follow unless the O'Malleys can solve a murder still hidden by the floodwaters. ROM The Rescuer Henderson, Dee LP-3165 (O'Malley, Tyndale #6) Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic who has been rescuing people all his life. But now he's running, from job burnout, from the grief of losing his sister, and from a God he doesn't want to trust. He's run into a mystery. Stolen jewels are turning up in unexpected places, and his friend Meghan is caught in the middle of the trouble. Can Stephen rescue the woman he loves before catastrophe strikes? ROM The Negotiator Henderson, Dee LP-3154 (O'Malley, Tyndale #1) Kate O'Malley's specialty is hostage 168 ROM The Truth Seeker Henderson, Dee LP-3156 (O'Malley, Tyndale #3) Women are turning up dead, and Lisa O'Malley has a habit of walking into crime scenes, curious. She's a forensic pathologist, and mysteries are her domain. U.S. marshal Quinn Diamond has found loving her is easier than keeping her safe. Lisa's found the killer, and now she's missing too. maidservant secretly gives birth to a boy. ROM Coming Home Holmes, Dee LP-2626 Antiques-lover Olivia Halsey is afraid of becoming a bride. So she and her two best friends take a time-out from life and head home to Bishop, Rhode Island, where they all learn what to throw away and what to treasure in their lives. ROM O Madcap Duchess Hill, Pamela LP-3043 After the death of his devoted QueenDuchess, Mary Tudor, the Duke of Suffolk married a young girl who had been his ward. She was Catharine Willoughby, a pretty Lincolnshire heiress with Spanish blood who became a great favorite at court. After Suffolk's death in 1545 she married again, it was said beneath her, and became known as the Madcap Duchess. ROM The Squire of Holdenby Howard, Liz LP-2317 Born the second son of a Northamptonshire landowner, Christopher Hatton's personal ambitions were virtually non-existent. Then a quirk of fate brought him to the attention of Queen Elizabeth and her favorite courtier, Robert Dudley. He soon realized that in order to marry the fascinating young lady-in-waiting of his choice, he would have to achieve a certain standing at court. For a carefree, fun-loving country squire, that would be no easy task. But life among the corruption and intrigue of Elizabeth's household eventually left its mark. ROM Venus Rising Hill, Pamela LP-2783 After the death of his reprobate uncle, idealistic young squire Gareth Seaborne inherits the family estate together with money to be awarded upon his production of a son and heir within two years. When Gareth's beautiful Viking wife fails to conceive, a plan is hatched whereby a devoted 169 ROM Unspoken Jackson, Lisa LP-2660 ROM The Silver Snare James, Stephanie LP-2723 Shelby Cole thought she'd put Bad Luck, Texas behind her. She'd left her hometown ten years ago, her world shattered and her illegitimate baby dead. Now she's receiving anonymous letters claiming that her daughter is alive. But going home means demanding answers that her father, Judge Jerome Cole, won't be happy to give, and facing Nevada Smith, the man who broke her heart. Their strong wills clashed from the moment the small plane crash-landed in the desert. Lucas Kincaid, primitive male, dared to claim Jessica Travers with primal passion and power. Now that the nightmare was over, Jessie thought she could escape on a luxury cruise to Mexico. Relentlessly, Lucas followed, determined to transform her icy passion into blazing need, determined to prove she belonged to him, forever. ROM Pool of Dreaming James, Dana LP-2338 Running her own graphics design firm in Cornwall wasn't easy, Kersty found, particularly when clients didn't pay their bills! So Viscount Haldane's idea to publicize Ravenswood House as a hotel was heaven-sent. Except that Kersty knew the Viscount only as Neil Drummond, and discovering the truth completely altered Kersty's attitude toward their budding relationship. ROM A Nurse in Conflict Kaye, Gillian LP-2907 Caught up in the dramatic 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk, nurse Laura Terrington meets wounded Christopher Leybourne on her ambulance train. Later, he seeks her out in London where they have a whirlwind romance and marry just before Laura sets off on her next mission. But when she returns a year later, there is no news of him. ROM Rough Waters James, Dana LP-3185 Anya had gone to Hong Kong to assist Dr. Simon Brody with his Floating Clinic, a medical service for the more inaccessible areas of the colony. She was not there to concern herself with his renowned talents with women. Unfortunately, her resolve did little to prevent her growing attraction for him. ROM A Wayward Miss Kaye, Gillian LP-2785 Well-born but penniless, Anthea Davenport becomes housekeeper to Marcus Lorimer, Earl of Felbeck, but she does not expect that dealing with his ward will be part of her duties. Miss Jennette Goodison, a pretty young heiress, is used to having her own way, and right now that way is with the very unsuitable Merrick Downes. 170 ROM The Proud Pencarrows Kaye, Gillian LP-2625 As governess to the young Pencarrow boy, Louisa Holland was interested only in making the child happy. But the rest of the family slowly began to influence her life, for good and bad. When it came to Richard Pencarrow, could she afford to allow her heart to rule her head? ROM With Every Loving Touch Kincaid, Nell LP-2328 Here on Windy Hill, surrounded by wildflowers, it all seemed so right. But was it? Was Marina longing for the Dan Sommers she had known in college, the mountain-climbing young man addicted to crazy causes, and not the sophisticated lawyer whose kiss now sent her senses reeling? Marina had made one decision; she would not sell the old inn her beloved grandmother had left her. A gifted chef, she would open her own restaurant. She knew she must not surrender to Dan until she was sure that that, too, held a promise. ROM A Compromising Passion Kincaid, Nell LP-2522 As a high-powered theatrical agent, Andrea Sutton's business was turning people into stars. But when rugged exfirst baseman and centerfold Jim Haynes came to her as a client, she was in trouble. Launching an athlete into an acting career was a challenge, but ignoring the man who had been her fantasy lover since high school was going to be impossible. ROM Kissing the Countess King, Susan LP-2726 Determined to sell his childhood home in the Highland mountains, Evan Mackenzie, the new Earl of Kildonan, finds his life forever changed when a rescue mission leads to marriage with spirited Catriona MacConn, a passionate woman who is harboring a dangerous secret. ROM Forbidden Fires Kincaid, Nell LP-2476 Once his brown eyes and virile grace had almost lured her into an impossible, forbidden love. Now he stood before the portable cameras of WKM-TV and coolly responded to her questions. It was odd that Amanda's first New York assignment should plunge her back into the past. And clearly Eric Harrison was more dangerous than ever. 171 ROM Taming the Heiress King, Susan LP-2798 (Also available in regular print (AJ-0203)). While masquerading in high society as Lady Strathlin, a beautiful heiress and the most eligible woman in Scotland, Meg MacNeill encounters Dougal Stewart, the one man who, armed with the knowledge of her dark past, has the power to destroy her. ROM Winter Love Song Kingston, Meredith LP-2586 ROM Waking the Princess King, Susan LP-2678 ROM A Dark Champion Kinley, Mac Gregor LP-2865 Despite her best intentions, peaceloving Rowena finds herself drawn to Stryder of Blackmoor, a powerful warrior who vows to become the lady's champion when treachery, intrigue, and violence threaten her, even though he swore allegiance to the Brotherhood of the Sword to never surrender to the passionate yearnings of the heart. Felicia Hollingsworth, ski champion and Olympic hopeful, fell in love with her instructor, married him, and lived happily ever after, until the divorce, and the devastating choice that drove Felicia from the carefree man she loved to a world of loneliness and lies. Five years later, he's back, offering her a golden gamble, purely business. But how could she return to his life, and not his arms? (Also available in regular print (AK-0149)). While concealing her true identity as the subject of a painting that forever scandalized the Victorian art world, antiquarian Christina Blackburn is sent to Scotland where she once again encounters the disastrous painting, as well as its dashing owner, Sir Aedan Arthur MacBride. ROM A Soldier's Heart Korbel, Kathleen LP-2445 Over twenty years earlier, an unnamed nurse had struggled to pull Tony Riordan away from the brink of death. And now, Tony could see the confusion in Claire Henderson's eyes, could see her struggle with the same nightmare images that had haunted him for years. Claire Henderson had saved his life, and it was time to return the favor. ROM Oceans Apart Kingsbury, Karen LP-3158 He failed his family only once, long ago, but they never knew about it. Now pilot Connor Evans's life and marriage are going great, until Connor finds himself face-to-face with his past in the form of a seven-year-old boy. 172 ROM Crystal Flame Krentz, Jayne Ann LP-2524 The last survivor of a proud heritage, coolly sensual Kalena embarks on a daring mission to avenge her family. A soldier called the Fire Whip is commanded to tame her, but instead he becomes the only lover to melt her frozen heart. Their love, born of fire and ice, must shatter the darkness that threatens their world. ROM Truth or Dare Krentz, Jayne Ann LP-2855 (Also available in regular print (AP-0294)). In the sequel to "Light in Shadow," (LP-2658) Zoe, an interior designer with an uncanny talent for sensing the past secrets of a house, and her new husband, private investigator Ethan Truax, confront new problems when a shadowy figure from Zoe's past appears in Whispering Springs. ROM Falling Awake Krentz, Jayne Ann LP-2975 (Also available in regular print (AR-1763)). An expert in dream research, Isabel Wright finds her life becoming a nightmare when she loses her job at a sleep research center and becomes involved with a client, Ellis Cutler, an operative for a classified government agency. ROM Golden Tulip Laker, Rosalind LP-0145 In 17th century Holland, young and gifted Francesa Visser finds dangerous obstacles in her search for romance. ROM The Perfect Lover Laurens, Stephanie LP-2806 (Also available in regular print (AN-0141)). In search of the perfect lover, and the perfect wife, Simon Frederick Cynster is stunned when his interest caught by the willful and independent Portia Ashford, a young woman he has known since childhood, a situation that is transformed by a shocking event that puts Portia in danger and that only Simon's remarkable influence and strength can alleviate. ROM Light in Shadow Krentz, Jayne Ann LP-2658 (Also available in regular pirnt (AK-0259)). Suspecting that a new client is hiding a dark secret, home decorator Zoe Luce enlists the help of investigator Ethan Truax, with whom she falls in love despite the dark secrets of her past that could destroy their budding romance. 173 ROM Doctor on Loan Lennox, Marion LP-2443 As Briman Island's only doctor, Christie works day and night to care for the islanders. She knows that marriage would mean abandoning them, but when she saves a stranger's life, her life changes forever. He is Doctor Hugo Tallent, a specialist from Brisbane, and he offers Christie the help she badly needs, and so much more. ROM Gentle Rogue Lindsey, Johanna LP-0104 Georginia disguises herself as a cabin boy on board a ship, and finds herself personal servant to the handsome expirate captain. ROM Heart of a Warrior Lindsey, Johanna LP-2423 (Also available in regular print (AB-0148)). Not used to seeing Nordic gods in her small California town, statuesque Brittany Callaghan knows that when blond Viking Dalden turns up on her doorstep, her dream man is very real. But intelligent, independent Brittany isn't about to be subservient to any male. A barbarian warrior from a land where when women always obey, Dalden is accustomed to fighting for what he wants, and he sets out to make Brittany his conquest. ROM A Man to Call My Own Lindsey, Johanna LP-2740 (Also available in regular print (AN-0241)). Charismatic twins Amanda and Marian Laton, sent to live with their aunt on a sprawling 1870's Texas ranch, find themselves competing for the love of cowboy neighbor Chad Kinkaid. ROM Man of My Dreams Lindsey, Johanna LP-0147 Megan becomes determined to wed the Duke of Wrothston. ROM Captive of My Desires Lindsey, Johanna LP-3302 (Also available in regular print (AS1382)). An eighth installment of the popular Malory family series finds young Gabrielle Brooks accompanying her pirate father on the high seas until he insists she return to London to find a proper husband, only to find herself falling for Drew Anderson, a carefree sea captain who is disinterested in matrimony. ROM Once a Princess Lindsey, Johanna LP-0105 Tatiana knew nothing of her past until the day a brash young man burst into the saloon and claimed he was a king and she his queen. 174 ROM Dream Island Litton, Josie LP-2523 ROM Eden Burning Lowell, Elizabeth LP-2314 Set against the lush and exotic backdrop of Hawaii, follows two tormented souls who find each other and embark on a passionate journey fraught with danger. Lady Joanna Hawkforte spent her childhood reading about the wondrous beauty of Akora. But now the country of her dreams has become a symbol of her worst nightmare. Nine months ago her brother embarked on a dangerous journey to find the mythic land, and Joanna never heard from him again. Believing he is being held captive in Akora, she is compelled to devise a desperate plan to find him, but fate is about to deliver a young Englishwoman into the arms of its prince and sweep them both into a daring love that knows no boundaries. ROM Love Song for a Raven Lowell, Elizabeth LP-3265 Without warning, a ferocious storm in the Queen Charlotte Islands plunged Janna Morgan into the frigid sea. But before she could sink in the depths of the choppy waters, an arm reached out through the darkness, pulling Janna to safety. Her savior was Carlson Raven, and he was as untamed and enigmatic as the sea he loved. And they were stranded together in a deserted paradise. ROM The Search for Love Lorrimer, Claire LP-2765 Her mother had tried to keep her from marrying him, but at seventeen, beautiful green-eyed Beverly Brampton knew what she wanted. As Jonnie Colt's wife, now mother of their five children, Beverly's life should be complete. But why is Jonnie becoming increasingly distant? Is something, or someone conspiring against her? ROM Taming the Scotsman Mac Gregor, Kinley LP-2659 (Also available in regular print (AK-0142)). Fleeing a loveless marriage, Nora enlists the aid of Ewan MacAllister, the only man feared by her father and unwanted fiancé, to protect her on the long journey from Scotland to England, never expecting to fall for the proud Highlander, whose dark past and wounded heart have left him reluctant to find true love. 175 ROM Elusive Victory Mackie, Mary LP-2221 her at Graystoke Manor, she finds herself hopelessly charmed by Black Jack Graystoke and his promise of pure temptation. The fog-drenched forest, the glare of the headlights, the sleek cars careening on their wild courses. . .this was Bryony's world, the thrilling world of the car rally, but it was being invaded. As manager of HF Motors, she regarded her company's arch rival with aloof curiosity. "The Iceman" was notorious, an expert driver with nerves of steal. Elusive and enigmatic, he posed a challenge she was driven to meet. Bryony was tough and independent, but Nils Thorssen touched a tender nerve. What passionate secrets lay behind his icy reserve? ROM Snowbound Mc Fadden, Marlene E. LP-2316 Her past was locked in her mind following a car crash one winter night. She was surrounded by strangers claiming to know all about her. Then suddenly, her memory returned with frightening clarity. ROM Candles on Bay Street Mc Kinnon, K. C. LP-2178 For Sam Thibodeau, the feeling of falling in love for the first time began the day Dee Dee Michaud beat up the bully who picked on him in the third grade. Since then, they were inseparable until the day after high school graduation when she ran off with another man, the same day Sam was going to ask her to go steady. He hasn't seen her since, until one day when she returns to the same small town with a young son. Sam is happily married, yet he can't deny the feelings he still has for her. But something is terribly wrong. What secret is she keeping from everyone who holds her dear, that will also force Sam to make a decision that will change his life. ROM Secret of the Glen Mackie, Mary LP-3232 Forced to flee from her native USA, Alix finds a hideaway deep in the Scottish Highlands. She must remain anonymous and avoid becoming involved. But it isn't that easy with the darkly attractive, if enigmatic, Niall Drummond around, and with the lady laird determined to draw Alix under her wing. ROM Pure Temptation Mason, Connie LP-2564 A rogue without peer, Jackson Graystoke wants to make gaming and carousing in London society his life's work. Fresh off the boat from Ireland, Moira O'Toole isn't fool enough to trust a rake. Yet after an accident lands 176 ROM A Worthy Wife Metzger, Barbara LP-2544 dreams for the future are threatened when Matt disappears. Fearing foul play, Lily is determined to find him, embarking on a dangerous journey into unfamiliar territory. Having fallen in love with someone whom she considers the perfect man, Aurora is distraught when she discovers that her fiancée is already married, but Aurora is saved when the man's brotherin-law steps into the picture and offers to undo the wrongs he has done to her good name. ROM Free Fall Michaels, Fern LP-3333 The loyal friends that make up the Sisterhood gather together to share their many trials and tribulations and to exact revenge on America's favorite movie star, who did the unthinkable to one of their own. ROM Wedded Bliss Metzger, Barbara LP-2856 Agreeing to a marriage of convenience with the Earl of Rockford as a last resort, beautiful widow Alissa Henning, determined to provide for her sons, vows to teach her new husband that there are more important things in life than money, including love. ROM Listen to Your Heart Michaels, Fern LP-2627 (Also available in regular print (AL-0330)). Finding herself alone for the first time in her life, New Orleans caterer Josie Dupre becomes involved with entrepreneur Paul Brouillette when their dogs fall in love, in a delightful story that is complemented by accompanying recipes. ROM Celebration Michaels, Fern LP-2155 Desperately trying to pick up the pieces of her life after her husband of twenty years disappears with her eight-milliondollar trust fund, heiress Kristine Kelly wonders if she can ever trust another man, when banker Aaron Dunwoodie reveals his true feelings for her. ROM Plain Jane Michaels, Fern LP-2377 Successful psychotherapist Jane Lewis wanted to be like homecoming queen Connie Bryan back in college. However, she was just a plain Jane. Today she is lovely and confident, and has never forgotten Michael Sorenson, the boy she'd admired from afar. Now, he's inspiring Jane to hope for a future together. But she is haunted by the brutal, unresolved attack that ended Connie Bryan's life. ROM Charming Lily Michaels, Fern LP-2376 Lily Harper built a new life for herself, trading the mountains in Wyoming for Natchez, Mississippi. There, she is busy restoring an old house with the man she always loved, Matt Starr. But Lily's 177 ROM The Future Scrolls Michaels, Fern LP-2639 After his wife steals holy scrolls entrusted to his family centuries earlier, Alex Mendenares chases after her to retrieve them, bringing his young daughter to New York with him, where she meets and is watched over by aspiring author Dani Arnold. ROM The Adventuress Murray, Julia LP-2091 The news of their elderly Uncle Claudius's impending nuptials has set the Lyle family on its ears. Joseph is faced with debtor's prison, since he has lived on his expectancy for years. His mother is distraught, and his brother Robert, concerned, journeys to the old man's side. But the blushing bride has jilted their uncle and is bound for London with a considerable amount of his money, looking for new game. When Sir Robert Lyle appears, undeniably attractive and unbearably wealthy, the prospect of relieving such a fat fish of some of his riches is tempting indeed. ROM Never Look Back Miller, Linda Lael LP-3097 (Also available in regular print (AR-1647)). Reconciling with homicide detective Tony Sonterra and inheriting her father's vast estate, attorney Clare Westbrook opens a law office for disadvantaged clients and finds herself targeted by a would-be killer, a situation that tests her stormy relationship with Tony. ROM The Rapids Neggers, Carla LP-2909 She has no time to take a break after playing a key role in the arrest of dangerous fugitive Nicholas Janssen, but with Janssen fighting extradition from his Dutch prison, U.S. diplomatic security agent Maggie Spencer isn't about to back off, even when U.S. marshal Rob Dunnemore turns up asking some very tough questions. Then Maggie and Rob discover the body of an American diplomat, and they realize there's another killer on the loose. ROM The Divided Heart Morrant, Jean LP-3107 There was something about Nic which both intrigued and puzzled her, pulling her in two directions. As Garland McLeod's friendship with the charming Spaniard deepens, she begins to trust him. Then she finds out he has concealed his true identity. Mystified, she wonders why. 178 ROM Loving Stranger Pakeman, Louise LP-2858 Linda Weston knew nothing about Bluey, but somehow she felt safer when he was around. Although they had known each other for such a short time, he seemed determined to protect her. But from what, she wondered. ROM September Pilcher, Rosamunde LP-2118 The author brings characters from all over the world to the little town of Strathcroy, Scotland, for an extraordinary birthday party. A heartwarming story of family joys and sorrows. ROM Forbidden Paul, Megan LP-2674 Chloe has loved Kitt Maynard, the archetypal Mr. Cool, all her life, but he's only ever thought of her as the girl next door. Just when it seems as if there might, at last, be a chance for Chloe to have a life with the man of her dreams, his glamorous ex-wife reappears on the scene, making it clear that Kitt belongs to her, and always will. ROM Improper Advances Porter, Margaret E. LP-2799 Darius Corlett assumes stunning widow Oriana Julian is a scheming adventuress after his fortune. But the mysterious beauty stirs up an undeniable passion that he is powerless to resist. Suddenly, he's pursuing this creature who is hiding under an assumed name. Ana St. Alban has come to this secluded hamlet to escape the scandal that plagues her life in London. ROM This Heart of Mine Phillips, Susan E. LP-2323 Molly Somerville is a successful children's book author who has a crush on pro football star Kevin Tucker, a man who can't even remember her name. Molly's life turns when she and Kevin are stranded in a paradise called Wind Lake. There, Molly and Kevin battle their attraction and each other as they face one of life's most important lessons. ROM Ardour Prior, Lily LP-2851 When a lonely olive-grower sows seeds of love in search for romance, he cannot know the chaos he will cause. Instead of the voluptuous woman of his dreams, the mule Gezabel falls head over hooves in love with him and the spell of Ardour is cast across the region. 179 ROM I Thee Wed Quick, Amanda LP-2156 After meeting the "man of her dreams" while trying to hide in the wardrobe at a party, Ema Greyson is swept up into a world of passion and intrigue. ROM The Wicked Widow Quick, Amanda LP-2243 Known as the Wicked Widow, Madeline Deveridge has a bigger problem than her reputation. Her husband's ghost is haunting her, and he's as much a nuisance now as he was when he was alive. When she hires Artemas Hunt, a master of arcane talents, to help her, they both find their arrangement complicated by searing desire. ROM Rendezvous Quick, Amanda LP-0149 A reckless charmer embarks on a daring escapade to protect her honor, and her one true love. ROM With this Ring Quick, Amanda LP-2123 ROM Second Sight Quick, Amanda LP-3311 (Also available in regular print (AS1174)). Venetia Milton earns big bucks photographing the artifacts owned by the brooding Gabriel Jones, whom she also manages to seduce, but after hearing that he is dead, she is stunned when he winds up on her doorstep very much alive and afraid for his life. As a writer of shocking Gothic novels, Beatrice Poole is no stranger to eerie goings-on. Yet she thinks it's all poppycock when Leo Drake, Earl of Monkcrest, warns her about the Forbidden Rings of Aphrodite. Nothing will stop her from investigating the disappearance of the Rings from her uncle's home and her uncle's death. Leo has never encountered a woman so willful, but this time Beatrice is on a collision course with evil. ROM Slightly Shady Quick, Amanda LP-2378 ROM Where the Road Ends Quinn, Tara T. LP-3079 When he burst into her antiquities shop in Rome, Lavinia Lake knew Tobias March was nothing but trouble. He said he was in pursuit of a killer and was trying to save her. When March took her back to England, Lavinia hoped that she would find a way to repay Mr. March. Lavinia could never imagine how they meet again, or that he'd become more deadly, and more compelling. (Also available in regular print (AJ-0210)). When her five-year-old son is kidnapped and spotted in the company of the nanny she recently fired, widow Amy Wainscoat joins detective Brad Dorchester in a desperate search that leads to a shocking conclusion, one that forces Amy to question everything she has ever believed. 180 ROM Girls in White Randall, Rona LP-2786 ROM The Doctor Falls in Love Randall, Rona LP-2269 Young Dr. John Curtis opened his children's clinic near Monte Carlo, not only because it was the ideal place for his work, but because it gave him a fresh start in life. The past was behind him, and so was Catherine, the nurse who had jilted him for his best friend Peter, who, she said, had the right ambition. But Peter's fashionable practice failed and, out of the blue, she wrote him to employ them both. As he needed trained help badly, he agreed, but once they took up residence at the clinic dangerous undercurrents were set in motion. Against the fascinating backdrop of a busy hospital we meet lab assistant Linda Powell, in love with the pathologist who only has eyes for microbes; Janet Humphrey, a staff nurse who is engaged to the boss but has yet to learn what love really is; and Meg Watling, a student nurse afraid to grasp the happiness within her reach. ROM Sister at Sea Randall, Rona LP-2622 After a tragic accident for which he is unjustly blamed, Dr. David Henderson says goodbye to medicine, and to Helen, the nurse who has not only defended him, but fallen in love with him. When they meet again on a luxury liner, Helen is the ship's nurse, but David is now occupied with film star Lola Montgomery. ROM Reluctant Promise Redmayne, Ann LP-2623 When Barney Tabley asked her to wait for him to return from war, Rose Edmunds agreed, with a sense of unease. Did it have anything to do with her growing friendship with the mysterious Hugo Smith? ROM Sisters in Nursing Randall, Rona LP-2906 This is the story of three sisters born and brought up within the precincts of a great hospital. Their parents had been killed in an accident when they were infants, and since then St. Bede's had been at once their home, their school, their work, and their world. And for Faith, Hope, and Charity, it will also be where they find love. ROM Sanctuary Wood Redmayne, Ann LP-3231 An intriguing stranger has captured Libby Garfield's heart, but is he all that he seems? Libby had no idea why Karl had taken one of her holiday chalets, but she was sure he was hiding something, and also that he was stealing her heart. 181 ROM Ghost Moon Robards, Karen LP-2308 Years after leaving, Olivia Morrison comes home to Louisiana with her eight-year-old daughter to put things right with the Archer clan. But there is no welcome for her. Her step-cousin Seth, once her only comfort, is now distant, and engaged. The bayou echoes with memories of her mother's mysterious death, thought by most to be suicide by drowning. Olivia is determined to learn the truth and face a newly ignited passion for Seth. ROM Key of Knowledge Roberts, Nora LP-2651 (Key Trilogy, No. 2) (Also available in regular print (AL-0130)). This second novel in an electrifying new trilogy from the best-selling author follows Dana, who has a penchant for books, as she is forced to embark on a dangerous quest to find the Key of Knowledge, or suffer a horrifying fate. ROM Key of Light Roberts, Nora LP-2650 (Key Trilogy, No. 1) (Also available in regular print (AK-0364)). The first in an electrifying new trilogy by the bestselling author follows Mallory, a woman gifted with artistic talent, as she races against time to find the Key of Light, a perilous mission that could either forge her destiny or shatter her life forever. ROM Born in Death Robb, J. D. LP-3301 (Also available in regular print (AS1381)). When a pair of young lovers, employees of a prestigious accounting firm, are brutally murdered, midtwenty-first-century lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the case complicated by the suspicious disappearance of a pregnant woman. ROM Key of Valor Roberts, Nora LP-2652 (Key Trilogy, No. 3) (Also available in regular print (AL-0240)). In this conclusion to the Key trilogy, three women are united by destiny as Zoe, searching for the Key of Valor, unlocks the mysteries of the past to save her future. ROM Hidden Star Roberts, Nora LP-2144 She couldn't remember a thing, not even who she was. But it was clear Bailey James was in trouble, and she desperately needed Cade Parris to help her live long enough to find out what kind. 182 ROM The Reef Roberts, Nora LP-2100 Tate Beaumont, a beautiful student of marine archaeology, finds adventure, danger and passion when she reluctantly joins forces with diver Matthew Lassiter and his uncle to find a legendary jeweled amulet said to be lost at the bottom of the sea. ROM Bride for Ransom Roszel, Renee LP-0142 Sara Eller heads to a remote Alaskan island to stop her sister from becoming Ransom Shepard's mail-order bride, but what's Sara to do when she finds herself falling for the handsome Ransom? ROM Dancing in the Shadows Saunders, Anne LP-3045 All her life, it seemed, Dorcas had danced in the shadow of a more dominant personality. Now that her dancing career had come to an untimely end, she hated the thought of being beholden to Carlos Ruiz, who was half English, half Spanish, and wholly charming. He said he wanted to protect her, but protection is often another word for domination. ROM Love is Enough Robins, Denise LP-2719 Fleur Lorraine, masquerading as a princess for a film publicity stunt, finds, to her own amazement, love at first sight, and then her own duplicity becomes a barrier between her and happiness. ROM Love Was a Jest Robins, Denise LP-2764 Scharlie was pushed into marriage by her mother when she was only eighteen. For four years, her middleaged husband restricted her social life, so much so that, within hours of her first escape, she had fallen passionately in love with handsome, suave, already engaged Hugh. After a series of disasters, Scharlie begins to rebuild her life. ROM Islands Siddons, Anne R. LP-2730 (Also available in regular print (AR-0296)). Anny Butler is a caretaker, a nurturer, first for her own brothers and sisters, and then as a director of an agency devoted to the welfare of children. What she has never had is a real family. That changes when she meets and marries Lewis Aiken. When they marry, she finds her family. But Anny must learn that everything is not as it seems, that some loves carry a secret and terrible price. 183 ROM Lady Madeline's Folly Smith, Joan LP-0193 Beautiful Lady Madeline is famous for her proteges, but when she turns her "talents" to her young cousin, Henry Aldred, he seems a little more than reluctant. ROM Forgiving Spencer, La Vyrle LP-0106 Sarah moves to a rough and tumble western town to start a newspaper, and find her missing sister. After discovering her sister working in the local bordello, Sarah determines to make her paper a success, earning lawman Noah Campbell's grudging respect, and love. But Sarah can't return his affections until she first learns to forgive. ROM Murphy's Law Smith, Marcine LP-2546 Farmer Thane MacDougal was disillusioned with career women. Why was it so hard to find someone who would cherish only him and his son, Murphy? The two of them had so much love to give. It just figured that the one woman he found irresistible was Meghan Forester, dedicated veterinarian! Meghan liked little Murphy, until she learned his father was the impossible Mr. MacDougal. ROM Hummingbird Spencer, La Vyrle LP-0192 Two men, wounded in the same train robbery in Frontier Colorado, are left on Abigail McKenzie's doorstep to be nursed back to health. Soon after, both men fall in love with nurse Abigail. ROM Message from Nam Steel, Danielle LP-0195 This touching romance high lights the friendships and romances of journalist Paxton Andrews, who is on the front line in Vietnam. ROM Bygones Spencer, La Vyrle LP-0143 After a bitter divorce, Bess and Michael Curran have nothing left to say to each other, but when their daughter makes a shocking announcement, they find they must amend their past mistakes-and make a new beginning. ROM The Wedding Steel, Danielle LP-2235 A twenty-nine-year old high-powered entertainment attorney finds her life turned upside down when she meets a writer, is swept off her feet, and begins planning a wedding. 184 ROM Wyndham's Bride Street, Mary LP-2672 Emily had met Sir Charles Wyndham at a neighborly party, but she had not exchanged more than a dozen words with him. So it came as a shock to learn, the next morning, that he had asked her father for her hand in marriage. And her father was in dire need of the financial assistance Wyndham had promised. ROM Nerd Gone Wild Thompson, Vicki L. LP-3080 (Also available in regular print (AR-0272)). Inheriting her grandmother's fortune, Ally Jarrett heads for the wilds of Alaska to pursue her dream of becoming a wildlife photographer, accompanied by her grandmother's personal assistant, overprotective nerd Mitchell Caruthers, unaware that Mitchell is really a bodyguard out to protect Ally from the schemes of her avaricious uncle. ROM Bad Moon Rising Sutcliffe, Katherine LP-2562 Since the slaying of his family by the French Quarter Killer, brilliant prosecutor J.D. Damascus has been ensnared in a nightmare, certain that the wrong man was convicted. He is aided in his search by a beautiful, secretive, young woman with a shocking history. ROM Talk Nerdy to Me Thompson, Vicki L. LP-3184 Vicki Lewis Thompson returns with an irresistible new tale of egghead love, Fashion model Eve Dupree is fed up with being labeled "the pretty one" while her sister's called a genius. Eve's got loads of brilliant ideas, not least of which is the invention she's building in her garage. But when she turns to the nerd next door to help get it off the ground, she finds herself on dangerous ground. ROM Texas Rain Thomas, Jodi LP-3209 (Also available in regular print (AS-0656)). (A Whispering Mountain Novel) After a rebellious beauty, fleeing from an arranged marriage, disappears after nursing him back to health and stealing his horse, Texas Ranger Travis McMurray is determined to track down this intriguing woman and bring her back to the Whispering Mountain Ranch as his wife. ROM The Nerd Who Loved Me Thompson, Vicki L. LP-3276 (Also available in regular print (AR0075)). One of the hottest showgirls in Las Vegas, single mother Lainie Terrell gets more than she had bargained for when she enlists the aid of Harry Ambrewster, the casino's shy, super smart, and sexy accountant, as her babysitter to protect her and her son from a hot-tempered former boyfriend. 185 ROM Rules of Engagement Thorne, Nicola LP-2160 Rebecca Versey has just got engaged to her boss, charismatic advertising executive Max Lavery. This has caused envy among her colleagues and considerable relief for Sir John and Lady Versey, who feared their beautiful, willful daughter would abandon all material comfort in favor of her childhood companion, writer and erstwhile gardener Henry Lamb. Max is everything Henry isn't: ambitious, dynamic, and groomed for the top. But Becky is already finding herself being sidelined into the role of "trophy wife, " and is increasingly unsure of her decision. ROM Fire Under Snow Vernon, Dorothy LP-2310 It was just a spark, yet the inferno it had started had destroyed her life. Her husband's carelessness had caused the fire, but Lorraine had been the one to suffer from it. She had lost everything, career, pride, even the man she'd married. Now she was forced to rebuild her life without him and she swore she'd never again make the mistake of trusting a man, until she met Noel Britton, the one man who could break through her icy resolve. Lorraine found it impossible to ignore the feeling he aroused in her. ROM Kissed by Moonlight Vernon, Dorothy LP-2295 ROM The Doctor Who Forgot Vernon, Claire LP-2267 Dr. Peter Broome regains consciousness in a South African hospital, only to find he has lost his memory. Peter had then been involved in an accident. Memories slowly return, but not the answer to the question that plagues him: Is he married? Although he falls in love with a shy, unselfish girl, he can say nothing until he knows the truth. Then when a beautiful woman flies out from England and tells him they are engaged, he is in a real dilemma. The island paradise of Chimera had been her father's dream come true, and now Petrina had to watch it become just another tourist trap. Worst of all, the man responsible for the change was David Palmer, the man she had secretly loved for years, the man who had married her for reasons unknown. Then Justine Hyland made it very clear that she and David were a couple, and suddenly Petrina knew why David had taken a bride. Petrina was to be his shield, for he was involved with another man's wife! 186 ROM Wild and Wanton Vernon, Dorothy LP-2862 Rawlings, a Texas Ranger, has accepted Christ as a result of an injury in the line of duty. When his friend, Darvi, is kidnapped, they learn to trust the Lord in new ways and receive the gift of love when it comes. She had gone on and on insulting Nick Farraday to this stranger, talking about a man she had never met and didn't want to. The rose-colored glasses slid from her nose, and an alarm sounded in her head, piercing the bubble of excitement caused by the company of this magnetic man. He was Nick Farraday! ROM City Girl Wick, Lori LP-3161 (Yellow Rose Trilogy #3) As Reagan Sullivan, a city girl, finds herself taken with Texas ranching, and a certain Texas rancher, she reckons with her own fears of marriage, family, and commitment stemming from her fragile past. A tender story of overcoming fear and discovering a better way of life. ROM Echoes from the Past Vincent, Catherine LP-2624 They were still husband and wife, but she was under his roof against her wishes. She no longer wanted to be married to this domineering man, yet something about him still held her in his spell. She had turned her back on him once. Was she prepared to do so again and lose everything she loved? ROM Every Little Thing About You Wick, Lori LP-3159 (Yellow Rose Trilogy #1) The first meeting between Slater Rawlings and Liberty Drake could hardly be called ideal. As acting deputy of Shotgun, Texas, Liberty is simply enforcing the town laws. But Slater, a former Texas Ranger with a restless spirit, is surprised to find himself on the wrong side of the law and it's a she who is arresting him. Despite his rocky start in Shotgun, Slater finds himself drawn to the close-knit town, with its strong church family and the fascinating Deputy Drake. As his affection grows, Slater longs to see Liberty turn in her gun and badge. But can she give up her position when so many people depend on her? ROM The Eagle and the Wren Whitmee, Jeanne LP-2263 Exiled from her beloved France and her Papa, Abigail Labeque is sent to live with her late mother's English uncle. But life at the impoverished Manor in Dorset was dull and disappointing, until Abigail's curiosity and longing for excitement led her into investigating a local secret. What was in the mysterious "cargoes" her maidservant's lover, Jack helped to land in the cove on certain nights? ROM A Texas Sky Wick, Lori LP-3160 (Yellow Rose Trilogy #2) Dakota 187 ROM Every Storm Wick, Lori LP-3162 In 1945, on an island in the middle of the South Pacific, Rigg thought about his ideals as he'd entered the war. He'd told the Lord he was up for anything. He'd told God and his family that he was willing to lay down his life for his country. What he hadn't banked on was an American woman, the lone survivor of a plane crash, found nearly starved to death. He'd given everything to the war. Can he find a hidden gift in these desperate circumstances? ROM Uncertain Joy Wilde, Hilary LP-2859 The job offered to Penny by the impressive Senor Juan del Riego certainly sounded glamorous, and it couldn't have come at a better time as far as she was concerned. He had invited her to become governess to the three small children under his care on a tiny island off the coast of Spain. Would she be able to cope with it? ROM Nurse in Doubt Williams, Rose LP-2465 Upon the death of her father, Edna was in the uncomfortable position of sharing the family house with a stepmother barely older than herself in an atmosphere of open hostility. She couldn't walk out on her nursing job; her stepmother wouldn't agree to dispose of the property; and there was no one Edna wanted to marry enough to use matrimony as an escape. Then a new doctor joined the hospital staff. ROM Paradise Island Wilde, Hilary LP-2905 When dancer Natalie Natal became too ill to carry out her latest engagement, she and her husband and partner, Nick, persuaded Lauren to take her place. Thrilled at the prospect of living and working in luxurious surroundings on the romantic Paradise Island, Lauren didn't foresee the difficulties which might arise, and arise they did. ROM Reluctant Suitor Woodiwiss, Kathleen LP-2809 Sixteen years after her betrothed joined the military to escape their arranged marriage, Adriana rises to become one of society's most desirable aristocrats and wonders if Colonel Colton will still resist the wedding. ROM The Golden Maze Wilde, Hilary LP-3108 Cindy thought she had stepped right into a fairytale when, right out of the blue, someone left her a castle, tiny Claire Castle, in the beautiful Lake District. But there were conditions attached to the bequest which slowly but surely began to take all the magic out of the situation. 188 ROM Step Into My World Wynne, Diana LP-2201 Sports/Recreation SPO Funny Cide Jenkins, Sally LP-2770 Jenkins reveals how a horse, a trainer, a jockey, and a bunch of high school buddies took on the sheiks and blue bloods of the horse-racing world, and won. Fatherless Imogen Gordon was known as "capable" even as a little girl, and as a young woman she settled down to being efficient. Turning her statuesque figure to her advantage in the tough business world of property development, she deliberately submerged her femininity. But an unexpected and embarrassing meeting with Sir Arthur reveals her womanliness. He has all the confidence of wealth and property, but a humiliating tragedy in his past keeps him from opening up to a relationship with Imogen. They are driven apart, until Imogen is forced to reevaluate her life. Suspense SUS On Thin Ice Andersen, Susan LP-2525 Olympic figure skater Sasha Miller now performs with a renowned ice show, but a string a bizarre murders follows her from city to city. Special agent Mick Vinicor is investigating the murders and he's convinced the beautiful skater knows more than she's admitting. However, unraveling the mystery of her deepest secrets and twisted loyalties leaves him vulnerable to emotions he can't afford. Sociology SOC Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis Carter, Jimmy LP-3211 Sustained by his lifelong faith, Jimmy Carter assesses disturbing societal trends in a forceful and unequivocal but balanced and courageous way. President Carter has written importantly about his spiritual life and faith. In this book, he offers a personal consideration of "moral values" as they relate to the important issues of the day. He puts forward a passionate defense of separation of church and state, and a strong warning of where the country is heading as the lines between politics and rigid religious fundamentalism are blurred. SUS Dark Gold Angsten, David LP-3270 (Also available in regular print (AS1646)). Setting out for Mexico with a pair of college buddies to locate his missing brother, Jack Duran discovers that his brother had been searching for a shipwreck believed to be the site of a fortune in ancient gold and that the divers on the search team have been disappearing one by one. 189 SUS Saving Faith Baldacci, David LP-2139 When a zealous CIA chief uncovers evidence of bribery in high places, he compels Washington influence peddler Danny Buchanan to spy on his clients, but when Buchanan tells his story to the FBI, the tables are turned. Clooney hasn't come up with any answers, so Gerry will have to take matters into her own hands. SUS Edge of Battle Brown, Dale LP-3226 (Also available in regular print (AS-1424)). With tensions escalating along the U.S.-Mexican border, thanks to battles between rival drug lords and the flow of illegal immigrants, the U.S. launches Operation Rampart under the command of Major Jason Richter and his Task Force TALON, who find themselves targeted by drug kingpin Enrique Fuera and a nationalist Mexican president out to regain control of the U.S. Southwest. SUS Not Comin' Home to You Block, Lawrence LP-3024 He is Jimmie John Hall, "free and white and twenty-two." She is Betty Dienhardt, plain, friendless, and oppressed by a bleak home life. In each other they find a chance for love and fulfillment. But they are doomed. For Jimmie John has already embarked on a killing spree on the backroads of the Southwest that will leave fourteen innocent people dead. SUS Tantalus Brindley, Louise SUS Chill Factor Brown, Sandra LP-3131 (Also available in regular print (AS-0246)). When a serial killer who leaves a blue ribbon at the site of his victims' last sightings appears in the peaceful town of Cleary, North Carolina, police chief Dutch Burton finds the case complicated by his exwife's disappearance during a blizzard. LP-2219 For successful crime novelist Geraldine Frayling, a new home promises a quiet life, but the peace is soon to be shattered. The body of her alcoholic gardener is discovered in her garden shed only days before her mad French housekeeper is murdered, and the previous owner of her house is found suffocated in his nursing home. Gerry's life has begun to resemble that of Virginia Vale, her best-selling detective, where black clad murderers stalk the quiet streets, but the unsympathetic Detective Inspector 190 SUS Hello, Darkness Brown, Sandra LP-2780 (Also available in regular print man or will his demons doom them all? SUS Crusader's Cross Burke, James Lee LP-3204 (AO-0406)). The host of a late night, call- in radio show, Paris Gibson joins forces with police psychologist Dean Malloy to identify a mysterious caller known only as "Valentino" before he can kill a woman whom he feels has wronged him, only to find herself the target of the would-be killer, who feels that Paris destroyed his relationship with his girlfriend. (Also available in regular print (AS-0247)). After hearing an old schoolmate's deathbed confession, Dave Robicheaux begins a search for a prostitute he met decades earlier who had dangerous ties to the mob, an endeavor that proves dangerous in the wake of a series of murders and the sudden appearance of a troubled young woman. SUS The Crush Brown, Sandra LP-2557 SUS Last Car to the Elysian Fields Burke, James Lee LP-2867 (Also available in regular print (AJ-0327)). After serving on the jury for a high-profile murder case, Dr. Rennie Newton suddenly finds herself the object of obsession by the accused killer, whom the jury had acquitted, and is drawn into a deadly game of vengeance with an embittered police officer who will do anything to bring the man to justice. (Also available in regular print (AP-0190)). Preparing to confront a man who may have assaulted his friend, detective Robicheaux finds himself investigating a car crash that ended the lives of three teenage girls, a case that is compromised by a grief-crazed father, a psychologically unbalanced assassin, and a cache of dangerous secrets. SUS Unspeakable Brown, Sandra LP-2105 SUS Pegasus Descending Burke, James Lee LP-3329 Anna Corbett, a deaf widow, is coping with the recent death of her husband. She is living like a hermit on a cattle ranch in East Texas with her 6-year-old son and father-in-law when she unwittingly becomes the center of a revenge plot engineered by escaped convict Carl Herbold. She counts on her hired hand Jack Sawyer to help her, but he has Precariously content in his strict AA lifestyle at the side of a woman he loves, New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux finds his peace shattered by the appearance of a woman who is passing stolen money and the suicide of another woman who may be the daughter of Dave's long-time friend. secrets of his own. Can Anna trust this 191 SUS The Rule of Four Caldwell, Ian LP-3095 (Also available in regular print (AR-0880)). Endeavoring to decipher a five-hundred-year old text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, researchers Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret. SUS No Place Like Home Clark, Mary LP-3075 (Also available in regular print (AR-2470)). Growing up under an assumed identity after accidentally shooting her mother and escaping her abusive father, Liza Barclay, unable to overcome fears that her past will reclaim her, is shocked when her husband inadvertently buys her childhood home. SUS Gone for Good Coben, Harlan LP-2534 (Also available in regular print (AG-0229)). Investigating his girlfriend's mysterious disappearance, Will Klein learns that she is somehow tied to his brother's death and becomes increasingly disturbed when he realizes that everyone he loves is harboring dark secrets. SUS Red Rabbit Clancy, Tom LP-2460 The Soviet Union and the United States play a deadly game of cat and mouse. Jack Ryan is at the center of the action, but it may already be too late for a novice CIA analyst to do anything about the conflict. SUS The Second Time Around Clark, Mary H. LP-2694 (Also available in regular print (AN-0276)). A chilling corporate scandal comes to light when the aftershocks lead to a boy's mysterious disappearance, and the wife of a corporate businessman turned fugitive assumes that her husband is accountable, only to learn that the consequences of corporate misdeeds can become a matter of life and death. SUS Promise Me Coben, Harlan LP-3278 (Also available in regular print (AS1466)). Entertainment agent Myron Bolitar offers a ride home to a young girl to prevent her from accepting a ride from a drunk driver, but when the girl disappears, he is forced to rescue her to prove his innocence. 192 SUS Cast a Dark Shadow Coffin, Julie LP-3183 SUS Crisis Cook, Robin LP-3328 Shocked and humiliated by a medical malpractice lawsuit that compromises everything he has worked for, physician Craig Bowman receives help from his estranged brother-in-law, a medical examiner, who discovers a Pandora's box of trouble after exhuming the body of Craig's alleged victim. Why had her ex-husband suddenly demanded custody of their daughter and to what lengths would he go to get his wish? Why was Marc threatening Abigail's happiness, and, even worse, why would he threaten the future of her little daughter, Flora? SUS A Darkness More Than Night Connelly, Michael LP-2355 SUS Marker Cook, Robin LP-3132 The LAPD asks Terrence McCaleb to investigate a series of puzzling murders and quickly discovers that the profile of the killer matches someone with whom he has worked with in the past, Detective Harry Bosch. (Also available in regular print (AS-0251)). Investigating a series of bizarre deaths that have taken place among seemingly healthy young people after routine surgeries, doctors Montgomery and Stapleton confront institutional politics that hamper their ability to prove that the deaths were intentional, a situation complicated when Montgomery discovers that she carries a genetic marker for breast cancer and requires surgery herself. SUS Abduction Cook, Robin LP-2348 A mysterious transmission from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean leads a crew of oceanographers and divers to a phenomenon beyond scientific understanding, and a discovery that will change everything we know about life on Earth. SUS Shock Cook, Robin LP-2438 (Also available in regular print (AE-0180)). From the master of medical suspense comes this chilling story of technology and greed run amok, set in a Boston fertility clinic where donated eggs are utilized in a scientist's horrifying research. 193 SUS America Coonts, Stephen SUS Blindside Coulter, Catherine LP-2739 Married FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock face a baffling case, the kidnapping of a six-year-old boy by people involved with a charismatic evangelist. LP-2325 After launching its maiden voyage, the USS "America," the world's most technically advanced nuclear submarine, is pirated by terrorists and disappears beneath the Atlantic with its warheads aimed directly at the United States. Rear Admiral Jake Grafton must ferret out the group responsible and overtake and destroy the sub before an entire nation is brought to its knees. SUS Point Blank Coulter, Catherine LP-3281 (Also available in regular print (AS0802)). Barely surviving a motel bombing while trying to rescue a kidnapped entertainer, FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver find themselves working against an unstable villain with designs on their families and fellow agents, while agent Ruth Warnecki follows leads about a lost treasure and a murdered music school student to the site of a hidden cave. SUS Blow Fly Cornwell, Patricia LP-2921 (Also available in regular print (AP-0179)). (A Scarpetta Novel) Leaving Virginia in search of peace and quiet, Dr. Kay Scarpetta journeys to Florida, where a series of baffling murders entangles her in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the most unexpected circumstance of her life. SUS The Edge Coulter, Catherine LP-2211 FBI agent Ford "Mac" MacDougal is recovering from injuries he received in a terrorist car bombing when his sister, Jilly, a medical researcher, drives her Porsche off an Oregon cliff, on purpose, it seems. By the time Mac reaches Portland, Jilly has come out of a four-day coma, but after a few hours with her brother, she vanishes. Mac's search turns up nothing, until he's asked by the local sheriff to help investigate the murder of an elderly resident. SUS Predator Cornwell, Patricia LP-3246 (Also available in regular print (AS-0576)). Kay Scarpetta and her colleague Pete Marino investigate the case of a man killed by a shotgun blast to the chest, while a woman is trapped in an abandoned house in the South after being kidnapped by an unknown captor. 194 SUS Atlantis Found Cussler, Clive LP-2299 determine the origin of a brown tide off Nicaragua when two startling things happen: Summer discovers a strange and beautiful ancient artifact; and the worst storm in years boils up out of the sky, heading straight for them. A Dirk Pitt Novel. When a research ship manned by Dirk Pitt and members of the U.S. National Underwater and Marine Agency is nearly sunk by a vessel from the past, Pitt finds himself caught up in an ancient mystery with lethal ties to the present, matching wits with a malevolent and powerful adversary. SUS Valhalla Rising Cussler, Clive LP-2472 (A Dirk Pitt Novel) The past and the future collide in this "New York Times" bestseller. Confronting an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient, NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt treads upon territory previously known only to legend as he investigates the sinking of a luxury cruise ship, the "Emerald Dolphin." SUS Black Wind Cussler, Clive LP-3076 (Also available in regular print (AR-2657)). (A Dirk Pitt Novel) In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch a desperate last-ditch effort to seize victory in the face of certain defeat by sending two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo, and only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk, stand in the way. SUS The Stone Monkey Deaver, Jeffery LP-2435 (Also available in regular print (AG-285)). Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme and his protégé, Amelia Sachs, are recruited by the FBI to capture "the Ghost, " a homicidal immigrant smuggler whose next intended victims, two families who jumped ship and vanished in New York's Chinatown underground, are the only witnesses to his crimes. SUS Trojan Odyssey Cussler, Clive LP-2923 Dirk Pitt recently discovered that he had two grown children, twenty-three-yearold fraternal twins born to a woman he thought had died. Summer and Dirk have inherited their father's love of the sea, and they're about to help him in the adventure of a lifetime. The twins are working in a NUMA underwater enclosure trying to 195 SUS The Man with Bogart's Face Fenady, Andrew J. LP-2477 Plastic surgery gave him the face. Then he changed his name to Sam Marlow. He bought a 1939 Plymouth, rented an office, and hired a bombshell secretary. He may seem an unlikely hero for the seventies, but Sam's sleuthing provides a gripping and amusing story of sex, murder and intrigue. SUS Hornet Flight Follett, Ken LP-2644 In June 1944, with the war not going well for the British, the lives of three people on both sides of the English Channel intertwine as one of them makes a discovery that could change the course of the war. SUS Consent to Kill Flynn, Vince LP-3133 (Also available in regular print (AS-0353)). Having earned numerous enemies in his more than fifteen years on the front lines of the war on terror, CIA operative Mitch Rapp is targeted by the influential father of a terrorist who is demanding retribution for his son's death. (AR-2171)). A missing canister of SUS Whiteout Follett, Ken LP-2978 (Also available in regular print deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Human betrayal, medical terror, and a race against time. Like no other suspense author, Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new storyline. But nothing matches the knife-edge drama of Whiteout. SUS The Next Accident Gardner, Lisa LP-2358 Risking everything to learn the truth about his daughter's death, called an accident by police, FBI Special Agent Pierce Quincy teams with former cop Rainie Conner on a desperate manhunt for a killer. This psychopath's most devastating weapon is an intimate knowledge of his victims' darkest fears. Another thing all the victims have in common, Quincy loved them. SUS Memorial Day Flynn, Vince LP-2977 (Also available in regular print (AR-1291)). Learning about an imminent terrorist attack, CIA operative Mitch Rapp takes the lead in a commando raid into northern Pakistan, where he obtains information about a planned nuclear attack but suspects that a greater threat exists. 196 SUS The Other Daughter Gardner, Lisa LP-2209 Melanie Stokes learns from a reporter that she is the biological daughter of a serial killer executed years ago, the same killer who murdered her adoptive parents' young daughter. When the reporter turns up dead, Melanie must make a choice: run from the past, or face a grisly truth that could cost her her life. SUS The Fighting Agents Griffin, W. E. B. LP-2419 The remnants of American forces who escaped from the Japanese flee into the mountains of the Philippines in 1943. Led by an unorthodox officer, a ragtag army of American troops and Philippine soldiers must stand against the Imperial Japanese Army. Now a cadre of OSS agents is their only contact with the outside world, and their only hope for survival. SUS Killjoy Garwood, Julie LP-2649 (Also available in regular print (AJ-0131)). With her quick mind and razor-sharp instincts, Avery Delaney is a born profiler for the FBI. But soon this expert crime analyst will have to use every one of her adroit skills on the case of her life, one that hits painfully close to home. SUS The Saboteurs Griffin, W. E. B. LP-3327 As the Battle of the Atlantic rages, German U-boats are sinking U.S. vessels at will. Meanwhile, preparations are being made to invade Sicily and Italy. As the war heats up, "Wild Bill" Donovan and his secret agents find themselves battling on two fronts at once. And fate is about to deal them a surprise that may doom them all. SUS The Sinner Gerritsen, Tess LP-2868 (Also available in regular print (AO-0299)). Investigating the brutal murder of one nun and the critical injury of another within a cloistered convent, as well the vicious killing and mutilation of an unknown woman, medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli stumble upon long-buried secrets that link these horrific crimes and a horror that strikes all too close to home. SUS The Soldier Spies Griffin, W. E. B. LP-2451 Two Americans in the just-born Office of Strategic Services take on their most important assignment during World War II, to extract or eliminate those Germans with the expertise to develop the atomic bomb. 197 SUS Last Call Grippando, James LP-3326 Having proven the innocence of a best friend who had been falsely accused of murder, criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is once again called upon to help his friend when the latter is offered the identity of his mother's killer in exchange for helping an escaped convict. SUS Skinny Dip Hiaasen, Carl LP-3094 (Also available in regular print (AR-2474)). Doctoring water samples to help his corrupt agribusiness employer continue illegal dumping in the Everglades, biologist Chaz Perrone attempts to murder his wife, who has figured out his scam and survives to plot her husband's downfall. SUS Last to Die Grippando, James LP-2804 Representing an accused hit man as a favor to his best friend, Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck investigates his client's claims that a woman offered him her estate if he would kill her, a story that is compromised by the deaths of other potential heirs. SUS Bad Company Higgins, Jack LP-2695 When Hitler's secret diary resurfaces, revealing a plot between the United States and Germany to join forces against the Soviet Union, White House operative Blake Johnson acts to secure the diary and keep it hidden. SUS Dark Justice Higgins, Jack LP-2979 (Also available in regular print (AR-0867)). An attempt on the life of the U.S. president during a visit to Manhattan is the first step in a plot involving the recruitment of a network of terrorists, and it is up to Blake Johnson and Sean Dillon to uncover the mastermind behind it all. SUS The Brethren Grisham, John LP-2180 They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a federal prison in Florida. Meeting daily, these judges-turnedfelons reminisce about old court cases, and contemplate where they went wrong in their lives. They decide to use their jail time in a more profitable manner: devising an extortion scam so perfect that they won't know why it fell apart until it's too late. 198 SUS Edge of Danger Higgins, Jack LP-2347 (Also available in regular print (AB-0323)). The Rashid family's British and Arab ancestries produced a remarkable family of warriors, as at home under the desert sun as on the streets of London. Now they direct their rage against the United States, whose president they hold accountable for a series of attacks upon their power and honor. It's up to American agent Blake Johnson and his colleague, former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon, to stop them. details of the grisly crime that shadows the house, Faith slowly discovers that she herself plays the starring role in a bizarre and dangerous charade. SUS Hiding in the Shadows Hooper, Kay LP-2409 (Shadows Trilogy Series, No. 2) When Faith Parker awakens from a coma, she has no memory of her life, or of her friend Dinah, who has vanished without a trace. Death is stalking both women and one of them will not escape its lethal grasp. SUS Out of the Shadows Hooper, Kay LP-2408 SUS Midnight Runner Higgins, Jack LP-2441 The murderous Rashid family is back in business, and British agent Sean Dillon must confront oil heiress Kate Rashid, who's out to avenge her brothers' deaths. (Shadows Trilogy Series, No. 3) When teenagers become the prey of a ritual killer in a small Georgia town, Sheriff Miranda Knight has no choice but to call the FBI, even if it means bringing Agent Bishop back into her life. Together Miranda's local force and Bishop's team solve the murders even as Miranda and Bishop face up to their dark past. SUS Trick of the Eye Hitchcock, Jane S. LP-2576 For Faith Crowell, trompe l'oeil artist, it is the commission of a lifetime: painting the famed ballroom of an opulent Long Island estate. But her new patron has a macabre fixation on a daughter brutally murdered in the house a decade earlier, one so intense that it jeopardizes Faith's own peace of mind. And as she pieces together the SUS Stealing Shadows Hooper, Kay LP-2394 (Shadows Trilogy Series, No. 1) The last time Cassie Neill used her psychic abilities, she had been five minutes too late in leading the LAPD to a killer. While trying to forget the past, Cassie is drawn into the mind of another psychopath. As she goes deeper into his mind, she comes to realize he knows who she is. 199 SUS Touching Evil Hooper, Kay LP-2495 SUS Havana Hunter, Stephen Seattle police sketch-artist Maggie Barnes listens as crime victims describe their ordeals, and then draws dead-on sketches of their assailants. Some think Maggie is telepathic, but only Maggie knows the truth behind her talent. But her secret may be exposed when a madman abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster, an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. Cuba, 1953: the Caribbean is fast becoming a strategic Cold War hub, and Soviet intelligence has taken Castro under its wing. The CIA's response is to send legendary gunfighter and ex-Marine hero Earl Swagger. In Cuba, Earl finds himself up to his neck in ambiguity, where the rules of honor don't apply, and where the target seems to have more luck than anyone else in Cuba. LP-3093 SUS Pale Horse Coming Hunter, Stephen LP-2469 SUS All the Queen's Men Howard, Linda LP-2213 Niema Burdock knows the dangers of working with John Medina, the CIA's legendary covert operations specialist. expert, witnessed her husband's death in a hazardous mission. But now Medina needs her help to crack an international terrorist ring. (Also available in regular print (AG-104). In 1951 Mississippi, Thebes State Penal Farm is a place of violence, racial terror, and horrific rumors. When an old friend disappears inside Thebes, Arkansas State Police Sgt. Earl Swagger infiltrates the prison and discovers a savage world where death is the only salvation. He barely escapes with his life, but he's not about to stay away for long. SUS Open Season Howard, Linda LP-2375 SUS Blood Memory Iles, Greg LP-3082 (Also available in regular print (AC-0183)). Tired of her boring life as a small-town librarian, Daisy Minor decides to give herself a "life makeover" for her 34th birthday. Transforming herself into a party girl, she's declared open season for manhunting. But her free-spirited fun is shattered when she witnesses something she shouldn't, and becomes the target of a killer. (Also available in regular print (AR-1918)). Experiencing panic attacks and blackouts at murder scenes, forensics expert Cat Ferry is suspended from her task force and returns to her Mississippi hometown, where she discovers disturbing information about her father's murder, which occurred when Cat had been eight years old. Years ago, Burdock, a communications 200 SUS The Footprints of God Iles, Greg LP-2645 Resisting those who would use a revolutionary new technology for unethical purposes, doctor David Tennant and psychiatrist Rachel Weiss find themselves running for their lives from a ruthless team of NSA agents and turning to David's unusual dreams for guidance. SUS Shallow Graves Jeffries, William LP-2452 A Hollywood film director looking to shoot his next film in Cleary, New York, gets a lukewarm reaction from the town's inhabitants. When a friend is murdered, he learns how far the town will go to keep its secrets hidden. SUS The Killing Game Johansen, Iris LP-2226 Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor, begins to reconstruct the face of a young girl whose skeleton was among nine unearthed. But her discovery is merely bait in a trap laid out by a cunning murderer who wants to play his killing game with his new victim: Eve. SUS The Quiet Game Iles, Greg LP-2304 When former prosecutor Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, he doesn't find the peace he desperately craves. He finds that his own father is being blackmailed by a corrupt ex-cop. And when Penn investigates, he uncovers a murderous secret, and the town's violent past. SUS No Way Out Kane, Andrea LP-2361 When teacher Julia Talbot sees that her favorite student, Mayor Stephen Stratford's son, Brian, seems anxious, she suspects problems at home. Confronting Brian's family, she's warned off by his uncle, Connor Stratford. He knows her suspicions could be disastrous for Stephen, who is trapped in dirty dealings. When a threat puts Brian's life in danger, Julia and Connor find themselves in a race against time. SUS Turning Angel Iles, Greg LP-3227 (Also available in regular print (AS-0888)). When the body of Kate Townsend turns up near the Mississippi River and his close friend, physician Drew Elliott, admits to a love affair with the murdered girl, attorney Penn Cage once again tangles with the dark side of his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, to investigate the secret world of an elite nearby high school, teenage sex, drugs, and violence. 201 SUS One False Move Kava, Alex LP-2869 SUS McNally's Folly Lardo, Vincent LP-2449 (Also available in regular print (AR-0735)). When a bank robbery goes horribly wrong, leaving six people dead, con artist Melanie Starks, her seventeenyear-old son Charlie, and a paroled prisoner take an innocent author hostage and hide out in his secluded cabin in Platte River State Park. Legendary Hollywood leading lady Desdemona Darling is set to star in the Palm Beach Community Theater's production of "Arsenic and Old Lace", and her arrival sets the whole town in a tizzy. But when an actor sips some prop wine and drops dead, the play is filled with murderer. Play director Archy McNally must separate the actions from the genuine article. SUS Monster Kellerman, Jonathan LP-2137 SUS Fatal Flaw Lashner, William LP-2922 (Also available in regular print (AN-0265)). When composed, unemotional attorney Victor Carl agrees to represent an old friend accused of murdering his fiancée, despite his belief in his guilt, he finds himself traveling coast to coast as he discovers things are not as simple as he had thought, while time continues to run out and his client is in imminent danger of injustice by his hands. Alex Delaware is back in a riveting and devilishly ingenious story about an asylum inmate who seems able to foresee grisly slayings. How can a nonfunctional psychotic locked up in a supposedly secure institution for homicidal madmen predict brutal murders in the outside world? This is the enigma that Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis must penetrate in order to put a stop to a series of horrific killings. SUS Green River High Kyle, Duncan LP-2060 Many people wrote letters to Tunnicliffe when he disarmed a violent criminal and became a hero again. Some were old friends, two were not. She had the face of a Sunday school teacher-and the mind of a commando; he was as dishonest as he was distinguished, and both had known Tunnicliffe's pilot father, who vanished in a plane twenty years before with, among other items, a new identity and a secret Japanese torpedo. SUS With Malice Lee, Rachel LP-2531 Tampa homicide detective Karen Sweeney is plunged into a deadly world of sex, political intrigue, and greed when she discovers that the link between two murder victims, an exotic dancer and an elderly nanny, is actually Senator Grant Lawrence, a man with dark secrets and dangerous enemies. 202 SUS Be Cool Leonard, Elmore SUS Blind Run Lewin, Patricia LP-2746 LP-2131 An unforgettable, hilarious, and spot-on insider's look at Hollywood as only Leonard could write it, " Be Cool" takes readers on a back-side tour of Tinseltown's other big business, the music industry. (Also available in regular print (AL-0158)). Ethan Decker is a specialized "Hunter" for the most secretive agency of the U.S. government. But when an assassin kills Decker's young son, he leaves his unsuspecting wife, to save her from the madman's threats, and exiles himself to a remote desert in New Mexico. Then a former member of Decker's team entrusts him with two children, before being killed by the man who murdered Decker's son. SUS Tishomingo Blues Leonard, Elmore LP-2491 Warned by the local Dixie underworld to keep silent after witnessing a murder, daredevil diver Dennis Lenahan is recruited by Detroit gangster Robert Taylor for a showdown that takes place during a Civil War reenactment. SUS The Hades Factor Ludlum, Robert LP-2307 (Also available in regular print (AU-0470) A doomsday virus claims the lives of four people across the country, including virus researcher Dr. Sophia Russell. Her devastated and enraged fiancé, Lt. Colonel Jonathan Smith, uncovers evidence that someone out there has the virus, and the pandemic was planned. Smith assembles a private team to aid in his fight against the deadly virus. SUS The Hearing Lescroart, John LP-2362 When a homicide detective's daughter is killed, the aggrieved father pushes the main suspect for answers, D.A. Sharron Pratt sets out to revive her career by declaring war on the accused, and defense attorney Dismas Hardy struggles to ensure a fair trial. SUS The Hunt Club Lescroart, John LP-3257 SUS The Prometheus Deception Ludlum, Robert LP-2440 Nicholas Bryson, a agent for a covert American group called the Directorate, comes out of retirement after learning the Directorate is actually a traitorous group and joins forces with the CIA to put a stop to their actions. When a federal judge is found murdered in Pacific Heights, P.I. Wyatt Hunt enlists his confederation of friends, stringers, and associates, the Hunt Club, to bring the murderer to justice. 203 SUS The Sigma Protocol Ludlum, Robert LP-2471 (Also available in regular print (AE-0303)). When a childhood friend unexpectedly attempts to murder him in Switzerland, an American investment banker begins to unravel a mystery involving his famous financier father and a mysterious OSS case code-named Sigma. SUS The Goodbye Look Macdonald, Ross LP-2330 Lew Archer has been hired to investigate a burglary at the missionstyle mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeroes in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, and a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach, and Nick turns up with a Colt .45. SUS The Tristan Betrayal Ludlum, Robert LP-2866 (Also available in regular print (AR-0097)). Working for the U.S.'s secret intelligence forces in Europe during the Second World War, Stephen Metcalf undertakes a bold plan for which he must locate and betray a former lover in order to protect free-world interests. SUS Sleeping Beauty Margolin, Phillip LP-2729 (Also available in regular print (AR-0477)). While Miles van Meter is on tour to promote his new true-crime book, the serial killer portrayed in the book escapes from custody and goes after the daughter of two of his victims, Ashley Spencer, whose only hope of escaping lies in the book about the crimes. SUS The Night Spider Lutz, John LP-2677 (Also available in regular print (AK-0412)). As a twisted killer nicknamed the Night Spider terrorizes the city of Manhattan, targeting innocent women who live in highrises, retired NYPD Captain Thomas Horn and his detectives are baffled by the absence of clues and must race against time to stop this clever predator before he strikes again. 204 SUS The Associate Margolin, Phillip LP-2486 (Also available in regular print (AC-0437)). Daniel Ames is on easy street as an associate for the most prestigious law firm in Portland, Oregon. When a charismatic rights lawyer sues the firm's client, a pharmaceutical company, for manufacturing a drug that causes unspeakable birth defects, Daniel believes the case has no merit. But he's soon led into a vortex of greed, corruption, deceit, and murder. SUS The Attorney Martini, Steve LP-2236 A Paul Madriani Novel. Defense attorney and sleuth Paul Madriani is back, and on his most challenging case in this riveting new legal thriller. A drug-addicted mother goes up against her daughter's newly rich grandfather in a contentious custody case that leads to criminal accusations, and ultimately murder. SUS The Jury Martini, Steve LP-2363 Paul Madriani agrees to represent Dr. David Crone, a respected geneticist accused of murdering a young colleague. An incriminating note left behind by a dead key witness seems to confirm Crone's innocence. But when Madriani hits upon a scandal from Crone's past, an ethical nightmare threatens: the possibility of defending a guilty client. SUS Ties That Bind Margolin, Phillip LP-2807 (Also available in regular print (AN-0169)). When a presidential candidate is brutally murdered, defense attorney Amanda Jaffe finds herself representing the chief suspect, who claims to have information linking the victim to a drug ring of high-ranking judges and public officials. SUS Someone to Watch Over Me Mc Naught, Judith LP-2616 SUS Double Tap Martini, Steve LP-3083 (Also available in regular print (AR-2132)). Defense attorney Paul Madriani takes on the case of Emiliano Ruiz, a career soldier on trial for the murder of a businesswoman and the head of a high-tech software company, murders that could be tied to explosive government secrets. Seriously injured in a car "accident," Broadway actress Leigh Kendall awakens to find herself trapped in a nightmare when her rich, successful husband mysteriously disappears during a blizzard, and she plunges into a desperate search to find him and into a menacing web of secrets, deception, and danger. 205 SUS Picture Perfect Michaels, Fern LP-3056 (Also available in regular print (AR-0309)). When her seven-year-old nephew, a hemophiliac, mysteriously disappears during their camping trip, pediatrician Lorrie Ryan races against time to find the missing boy with the help of FBI agent Stuart Saunders. SUS Fire Flight Nance, John J. LP-2924 A pair of ferocious forest fires rage out of control, threatening to destroy two American national parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton, and incinerate thousands of homes and park buildings. As the desperate battle to squelch the global warming-induced fires before they "blow up" reaches fever pitch, a mysterious string of violent airborne accidents among the air tanker fleet produces a mounting body count. Veteran pilot Clark Maxwell becomes convinced that a sinister cover-up is behind the rash of horrific air disasters. Were the planes' inspection papers forged? SUS Be Mine Mofina, Rick LP-2777 San Francisco crime reporter Tom Reed has seen a lot of sick messages in his time, but the one delivered to colleague Molly Wilson is different. It's shockingly personal, the crime lab confirms it was written in human blood, and Molly's cop boyfriend has just been found brutally murdered. In a city of mist, shadows and fog, obsession has taken a deadly turn, and Tom is in a desperate race to save his career and stop a killer. SUS Headwind Nance, John J. LP-2364 When beloved former President of the United States John Harris becomes the target of an international manhunt, his only chance for survival is for airline pilot Captain Craig Dayton to keep a Boeing 737 in the sky, and stay on the run. SUS Blackout Nance, John J. LP-2457 After a Boeing 747-400 is rocked by an explosion which kills one of the pilots, the latest in a series of bizarre accident that have sent passenger jets into horrifying death dives, FBI agent Kat Bronsky suspects that a deadly new weapon has been deployed. SUS The Hundred Days O'Brian, Patrick LP-2098 In O'Brian's most ambitious book to date, Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam, and Jack Aubrey must destroy it. 206 SUS Love is Murder Palmer, Linda LP-2871 Morgan Tyler, the lead writer of a highly popular soap opera, finds the truth stranger than fiction when Damon Radford, the head of daytime programming, is murdered and leaves Morgan a vast fortune, causing her to become the prime suspect in the case. SUS Blacklist Paretsky, Sara LP-2782 (Also available in regular print (AP-0178)). Checking up on empty family mansions for an old client, V.I. discovers the dead body of a missing reporter who disappeared during the McCarthy era, a find that is linked to two prestigious Chicago families and leads to her involvement in the search for a missing boy with terrorist connections. SUS Fatal Palmer, Michael LP-2547 (Also available in regular print (AK-0175)). Returning to his Virginia home to investigate the tragic deaths of his wife and father, a young maverick doctor encounters a series of suspicious accidents that reveal a bizarre syndrome that could place countless lives at risk. SUS Perish Twice Parker, Robert LP-2455 Boston private investigator Sunny Randall comes to the aid of three women as she investigates threats against a prominent feminist and assists her best friend and older sister, each of whom is confronting a wrenching personal struggle. SUS The Society Palmer, Michael LP-2980 (Also available in regular print (AR-1297)). Working vigilantly at a trauma center and a soup kitchen, surgeon Will Grant, a member of a group that works against insurance companies to prevent unjust costcutting practices, is accused by rookie detective Patty Moriarity of killing managed-care executives. SUS Potshot Parker, Robert B. LP-2439 (Also available in regular print (AC-185)). (A Spenser Novel) Murderous marauders lay siege to the small town of Potshot, Arizona, and the law is helpless to stop them. But when Boston P.I. Spenser comes to town, he gathers a posse of the best and the baddest to back him up. 207 SUS 1st to Die Patterson, James LP-2366 Four women, a police detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter, and a medical examiner who call themselves the Women's Murder Club, develop lifelong bonds as they pursue a killer whose twisted imagination has stunned an entire city. SUS Parallel Lies Pearson, Ridley LP-2367 Blaming Northern Union Railroad for the collision that killed his wife and twins two years earlier, Umberto Alvarez believes he and his family are victims of a massive cover-up. Former cop Peter Tyler looks to jump start his career after being suspended from the force. Now a temporary investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, Tyler investigates a series of train derailments caused by suspected terrorist Umberto Alvarez. SUS Cat & Mouse Patterson, James LP-2102 Two killers, one operating in America, one in Europe, believe Alex Cross is the only worthy opponent in the deadly game each has planned. And Alex must contend with something he hasn't known since the loss of his wife: he's falling deeply in love, and this romance will make him, and her, all the more vulnerable. SUS The First Billion Reich, Christopher LP-2577 Reich electrifies readers with an ingeniously plotted story of nervejangling intrigue and hot-wired suspense when former fighter pilot John "Jett" Gavallan, now the high-flying CEO of an investment firm, finds himself trapped in a conspiracy that could plunge the global economy into chaos. SUS Pop Goes the Weasel Patterson, James LP-2187 Alex Cross's pursuit of a killer has quickly produced a suspect, a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shaffer. Proving that Shaffer is the murderer, however, is a difficult challenge. The diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in court and out, and Cross and his fiancée soon become the targets of a deadly cabal of killers. SUS Beachcomber Robards, Karen LP-2741 After breaking it off with her mobconnected fiancé, Christy Petrino's freedom comes on the condition she deliver a briefcase to North Carolina's Ocracoke Island. There, Christy becomes a witness in an investigation of a serial killer who targets young women who look like her. 208 SUS Paradise County Robards, Karen LP-2380 SUS Memory in Death Robb, J. D. LP-3130 When her billionaire father dies a sudden and tragic death, Alex Haywood returns to her family's Kentucky horse farm to sell her beloved home. But Joe Welch, the farm's stubborn and handsome manager, refuses to leave. Even as he and Alex clash, they also fall for each other, hard. Just as their attraction flares, a shocking murder with ties to the past cuts close to home. (Also available in regular print (AS-0131)). Eve Dallas's "tough cop" exterior is shaken when her former foster mother demands money in exchange for protecting secrets from Dallas's childhood, a situation that becomes more complicated when the woman is found murdered. SUS Survivor in Death Robb, J. D. LP-2976 (Also available in regular print (AR-1420)). Roarke investigate while protecting the family's lone survivor and witness, a terrified nine-year-old girl. SUS Vanished Robards, Karen LP-3287 Ten years after her young daughter vanished, Sarah Mason receives a call from someone who sounds exactly like her daughter. Out of desperation she reaches out to the former detective on the case who wonders if someone is deliberately tormenting the grief-stricken mother. SUS Visions in Death Robb, J. D. LP-2925 (Also available in regular print (AR-0314)). New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas reluctantly accepts help from a psychic to solve a string of gruesome murders in 2059 Manhattan, but when her partner Peabody almost becomes the next victim, the stakes are raised. SUS Divided in Death Robb, J. D. LP-2870 (Also available in regular print (AP-0183)). When one of his trusted employees, with whom he had been working on a secret government project, becomes the prime suspect in a double homicide, Irish billionaire Roarke enlists the assistance of Lieutenant Eve Dallas to uncover the truth. SUS Witness in Death Robb, J. D. LP-2291 When a celebrity is murdered practically under her nose, New York detective Eve Dallas steps in to investigate, as both cop and murder witness. 209 SUS River's End Roberts, Nora LP-2149 Traumatized by the events surrounding the breakup of her parents' marriage years ago, a young woman seeks to confront her past and know the truth about the infamous night in her life that has become a part of Hollywood history. SUS Chosen Prey Sandford, John LP-2346 Art history professor James Qatar's hobby of secretly photographing women develops into something more serious as he begins to act out his fantasies, and soon kills one of his prey. Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport realizes Qatar is a monster in the making. The only way to stop him may be for Lucas to walk right into his lair. SUS Barracuda 945 Robinson, Patrick LP-2467 SUS Dead Watch Sandford, John LP-3303 (Also available in regular print (AS1422)). Summoned by the White House chief of staff to investigate a series of elected official disappearances, Army intelligence veteran Jacob Winter finds the situation worsening when one of the missing victims is found brutally murdered. Barracuda 945 is the ultimate weapon. A jet-black Russian nuclear hunter-killer, it runs deep, and its silence and speed are fearsome. It can stay submerged indefinitely and can fire land-attack guided missiles from below the surface. Invisible to any pursuer, it is nearly impossible to track in the millions of square miles of ocean water. In the hands of a navy, it brings instant credibility and respect. In the hands of a diabolical terrorist, it could launch unspeakable horror. SUS Easy Prey Sandford, John LP-2319 In life she was a high-profile model, but in death she's the focus of a media firestorm that demands action from Lucas Davenport. One of his own men is a suspect in her murder. But when a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated slayings rock the city, Davenport suspects a connection that leads to an ingenious killer more ruthless than anyone feared. SUS Conflict of Interest Rosenberg, Nancy LP-2479 While trying three defendants for robbery, district attorney Joanne Kuhlman discovers that one of them is developmentally disabled and may have been exploited by his crime partners, but the case takes a dangerous turn when the young man vanishes. 210 SUS Naked Prey Sandford, John LP-2721 (Also available in regular print (AN-382)). Moving with his boss to state-level cases, Lucas Davenport, having recently become the head of a family, investigates the hanging deaths of an African American man and a white woman, a case that proves more complicated than it appears. SUS December 6 Smith, Martin C. LP-2641 Harry Niles, a disreputable American nightclub owner with a mysterious agenda, seeks to abandon his life in Tokyo while desperately trying to flee to the west on the last flight out before the Pearl Harbor attack. SUS Black Ice Stuart, Anne LP-3096 Living paycheck to paycheck in Paris, American book translator Chloe Underwood would give anything for some excitement and passion, even a little danger. So when she's offered a lucrative weekend gig translating at a business conference in a remote chateau, she jumps at the chance. Then Chloe discovers that her employers are anything but entrepreneurs, and she knows far too much. SUS The Devil's Code Sandford, John LP-2368 Computer whiz, artist, and professional criminal Kidd and his sometimes lover, LuEllen, are on the run when a colleague disappears and Kidd suddenly finds himself the subject of a national manhunt and the target of an unknown assassin. SUS The Confessor Silva, Daniel LP-2618 (Also available in regular print (AN-0161)). In the wake of a Munich writer's assassination, Mossad agent Gabriel Allon and Vatican priest Pietro embark on dangerous journeys that reveal long-buried secrets affecting the fates of millions of people. SUS A Brief Lunacy Thayer, Cynthia LP-3272 Jessie and Carl have made a terrible mistake. They should have been more careful. When Jonah came to their cabin in the Maine woods asking to use the phone, they should not have let him in. But he told them his campsite had been robbed and he was stranded with no money and no gear. Jessie took pity on him, thinking of her own missing daughter, hoping she was receiving the same kindness. Now Jessie and Carl are captives in their own home. 211 SUS The Program White, Stephen LP-2369 After her husband is gunned down, New Orleans District Attorney Kristen Lord enters the Witness Protection Program with her young daughter. But Kristen soon realizes she only has her daughter and psychologist Alan Gregory to trust. Assigned to help her slip into a new life, Gregory is supposed to be her ally, but could he be another person out to destroy her? SUS L. A. Dead Woods, Stuart LP-2456 Stone Barrington, an ex-cop-turnedlawyer, becomes caught between a woman abandoned on the altar and another suspected of murder. Western WES The Proud Ones Athanas, Verna LP-2598 Meet professional gunman Cass Silver. In Red Bone, Texas, Cass became the law because he could kill faster than anybody else. But he was more than just a killer. He was a man who questioned and dreamed, and then went out to make life what he wanted, on his terms. His story, and the story of Thad Oglevie, the youngster Cass molded in his own image, is a fullbodied narrative of the American West in a time when the law could only be upheld by violent men, and violence meant sure death. SUS Cold Paradise Woods, Stuart LP-2370 (Also available in regular print (AB-318)). Stone Barrington heads to Palm Beach for his most glamorous scene-of-the-crime yet as he becomes reacquainted with a case he thought was buried years ago. Stone must settle a romantic entanglement with former client Allison Manning, who asks Stone for his help in squaring a charge of insurance fraud and getting rid of an recently-acquired stalker. SUS Iron Orchid Woods, Stuart LP-3089 WES Blood and Gold Ballard, Todhunter LP-3331 Adam Patch, a young doctor in the town of Gopher, tries to stop the dreaded Tonopah fever at the height of a gold strike. (Also available in regular print (AR-2465)). Discovering that ex-CIA tech wizard and political assassin Teddy Fay is still alive, agent Holly Barker joins an elite task force assigned to track him and becomes suspicious in the wake of a series of insider tricks. 212 WES Roundup Ballard, Todhunter LP-2173 Cliff Knight, Irv Strong, Apt Hempstead, all dead. But Ken Garrett was alive and it was his job to find the killer, to ride alone onto a range at war with itself, smoldering with tension and suspicion. One man was working the big steal, plundering the herds, spreading havoc and Garrett had to stop him or go down like the three who had failed. stay alive in Massacre. But even Sanderson wasn't tough or fast enough for a shootout with the hired killers from the Box P spread. And now the Box P gunslicks were fanned out in a semi-circle outside, just waiting for him to show. WES Two Tons of Gold Ballard, Todhunter LP-2570 (Also available in regular print (AK-0318)). When his father is brutally murdered by strikebreakers at the Bank of California, a powerful company that controls the miners, Major Mark Dorne embarks on a deadly mission of revenge that involves the theft of five million dollars in gold coins, but his enemies have another plan in mind. WES The Long Trail Back Ballard, Todhunter LP-2688 There were only eight of them left. Eight gaunt, saddle-sore men, all that remained of a once proud troop of Confederate Cavalry. After the bitter years of war, Reese Carstairs was leading his men home, home to the lush valley of the Medicine Bow, to the ranch his brother was keeping for him, to the girl who was waiting there. But homecoming did not mean peace. The quiet Colorado range would resound with gunfire as violence and death once more dogged the trail of Carstairs' Raiders. WES Angel Fire Ballas, Jack LP-2876 Freedom meant everything to Kurt Buckner. He knew how to go it alone, how to fight and kill. And that was why Melanie Corbin wanted to hire him: He was well qualified to escort her to the Colorado Territory, over terrain filled with hostile Kiowa and Arapaho. And maybe he'd better her chances against the three men who wanted her dead. WES Trouble on the Massacre Ballard, Todhunter LP-3134 The sun glinted down on the dusty town square as Sanderson waited just inside the courthouse door. Sanderson was big and tough. He had to be to 213 WES Gun Boss Ballas, Jack LP-2981 Trace Gundy had left the Apache tribe that raised him to join the white man's world, but he hadn't forgotten the lessons he learned as a boy. Lessons in rebellion, hatred, and survival. Now he's lost his wife to a gang of brutal killers. He intends to track down the men who did it and take his revenge, even if it takes the rest of his life. WES Powder River Ballas, Jack LP-2536 Giving up his daring ways in order to become a family man, former Texas Ranger Case Gentry reluctantly offers shelter to an old enemy and is drawn back into the world of gunfighting for a final showdown. WES Fargo: Panama Gold Benteen, John LP-2013 A soldier of fortune named Cleve Buckner was recruiting an army of killers, gunmen and deserters from all over Central America. With foreign money behind him, Buckner was going to destroy the Panama Canal before it could be completed. Fargo's job was to stop Buckner, and to eliminate him once and for all! WES Hanging Valley Ballas, Jack LP-2426 When Lingo Barnes rescues Emily Lou Colter from the kidnappers who had ambushed her stagecoach, he discovers that the young woman's father and brother operate a mine that has become the target of lowlifes who will do anything to gain control of the profits. WES Sundance: Overkill Benteen, John LP-2036 Sundance's reputation as a fighting man had spread from Canada to Mexico, from the Mississippi to the Pacific. There was no job too tough for the half-breed to handle, so when a wealthy banker's daughter was kidnapped by the Cheyenne, he offered Sundance $10,000 to rescue the girl. Sundance became a moving target for both the U.S. Cavalry and his own blood brothers. WES Montana Breed Ballas, Jack LP-2686 His father was white. His mother was Sioux. The West was his destiny. At nineteen, Rafe Gunn took the gold his father left him and lit out for the West. He wanted to find his Oglala heritage, the people who shared his ancestral blood. But what he found was a harsh land filled with desperados and killers. Before Rafe Gunn could discover his past, he would have to fight tooth and nail just to have a future. 214 WES Ranchero Blackburn, Thomas WES Sierra Baron Blackburn, Tom W. LP-2654 Half a million acres of gold was a lot for a man to handle, even a hardfighting man like Mike McGann. But when he learned that he owned it, he aimed to keep it, and his aim was pretty damn good. Only suddenly he found himself the target for every gold-hungry gun in the territory, and before he could stop it the rush was on, for Mike McGann's land, and his blood. LP-2168 New Mexico was a savage wilderness when Spencer Stanton rode into it. With iron nerve and ready guns, he had forged his cattle empire out of it, but now, all that had built up was being threatened by a gang of savage, ruthless marauders. In the Stanton Empire, Spencer had his own laws and his own brand of justice, and God help the men he found guilty. WES El Segundo Blackburn, Tom W. LP-2599 WES Law of the Land: The Trial of Billy the Kid Boggs, Johnny LP-2885 From his first jailbreak in Silver City to his days riding with the infamous Regulators, Billy the Kid has made himself famous for his crimes. Now it's time for him to answer. Billy, however, has other plans. A range war to win, a blood score to settle, and the Stanton Empire at stake. Ripe for the picking, that's what the Stanton Empire looked like to the vicious gang of land-grabbers. Their first raid carried off a girl they thought was Stanton's woman. The next time they would take all, unless Jaime Henry, Stanton's right-hand man, tracked them to their lair and killed them one by one. WES Last Stage West Bonham, Frank LP-2208 The Staked Plain was rough country, as dry and deadly as hate itself. So Harry Logan and Pete Canty made a deal. First, they would team up to track down the man who had derailed the Burnsville train and deliver him some frontier justice. Then, they would reload and shoot out the rage that lay as thick as Texas dust between them. WES Short Grass Blackburn, Tom W. LP-2341 The riders of the short grass were men baked in blood and bred in violence. Steve Lewellyn was no different, until he met the woman he wanted. But she had no use for a man who was sure to end up with a bullet in his back. So Lewellyn rode North, alone, to change his ways. But the ruthless hunger for cattle, land and power went beyond the Texas border. Trouble, and the girl, followed Lewellyn. 215 WES Logan's Choice Bonham, Frank LP-2342 The Yacqui had few friends, and many dead enemies. Frank Logan had been a friend, but he was dead. And now his son had to prove that he was trustworthy. In two weeks, young Tom Logan had to come up with $10,000 in stolen Yacqui gold, or die the slow, cruel death the Yacqui reserved for those who betrayed them. That would have suited some land hungry ranchers just fine, but Tom Logan's Colts had a way of finding what they were looking for. WES Hawk: The Sudden Guns Brady, William S. LP-2018 Jared Hawk was a gunfighter. His talent for killing was up for hire-if the price was right. Philip Garrett hired Hawk to take him and his niece through to Los Angeles, but a pack of professional guns blocked the way, and soon the old California Trail is marked with gravestone. WES Hell on Wheels Brandvold, Peter LP-3282 (Also available in regular print (AS0372)). On his way home from a wedding in Sulfur, Montana, Judge John Bannon is attacked by Angus Whateley, who has just been released from prison, and Sheriff Ben Stillman must come to his rescue, waging war on a gang of ruthless killers out for revenge. WES Border Vengeance Bouma, J. L. LP-2006 Buck Benlaw was out for blood. He'd been framed for a robbery he didn't commit, and there was a price on his head. There were only two people who knew he was innocent-Buck himself, and Frank Garrett, who'd left him holding the bag after the hold-up. Now Buck was going to get his revenge, even if he had to take the law into his own hands! WES Once a Lawman Brandvold, Peter LP-2431 A courtesan and her client are found dead in the town of Clantick in the Montana Territory. Sheriff Ben Stillman must use his skills from his years as a Pinkerton detective to find the killer before the townsfolk take the law into their own hands. WES Outlaw Gold Bradford, Scott LP-3106 One dead man was Walt Slade's tip-off that there was trouble brewing in Corpus Christi. He rode into town to track the source of the trouble. Five dead men were clear warning that the Texas Ranger was up against an owlhoot who was playing for high stakes, and for keeps! 216 WES Once Late with a .38 Brandvold, Peter LP-2758 (Also available in regular print (AK-0314)). Sheriff Ben Stillman finds himself immersed in mystery when Tom Suthern, the owner of the Circle P Ranch, is brutally murdered and his future son-in-law, Matt Parrish, who desperately wanted Tom to sell the ranch to him, is found standing over the body. WES Bad Blood: Lucius Dodge and the Redlands War Butts, J. Lee LP-3135 (Also available in regular print (AR-0717)). When Ruby, his commanding officer's niece, goes missing, Texas Ranger Lucius Dodge, armed with three pistols, a derringer, and a bowie knife, sets out to find her and becomes caught in the middle of a rival clan war. WES Brotherhood of Blood Butts, J. Lee LP-2878 WES The Devil Gets His Due Brandvold, Peter LP-2757 (Also available in regular print (AL-0361)). Bounty hunter Lou Prophet is caught in a deadly game of revenge when he joins forces with Louisa Bonaventure, "The Queen of Vengeance," to find ruthless outlaw Handsome Dave Duvall, the man who had murdered her family in cold blood. (Also available in regular print (AN-0173)). Producer A. Maxwell Vought is determined to make a movie about one of Deputy U.S. Marshal Hayden Tilden's most harrowing adventures, the capture of the ruthless Crooke boys, a vicious gang of outlaws who brutally murdered Mary Beth Tall Dog and kidnapped her young daughter. WES Outlaw Justice Cheshire, Giff LP-2402 Ute Taplan's free ways got him branded an outlaw. Taking to the badlands, he learned that his brother Loren and his chief gun, Joe Lake, were behind the real owlhooters thereabouts. Promptly Ute rode like a wild Indian to spill the bad blood between himself and his brother, and to wreak outlaw justice on the deadly Joe Lake. WES Trouble on the Brazos Brown, Will C. LP-2092 Sixty thousand dollars. That was a lot of hard cash to have stolen from you. Especially if you were a hard riding Texas Ranger named Trav Parker, and your job was to keep it safe. It was enough to have Parker drummed out of the Rangers. And it was enough to make him mount up and head for the Brazos. He had a stain on his name, and an outlaw gang was going to pay for it in blood. 217 WES Thunder on the Mountain Cheshire, Giff LP-2312 From Lahmotta Canyon to Clearwater to the Big Hole in Camas Meadows and onward, the battle raged. The blood of red men and white mingled on that dark and tragic ground. This is the powerful saga of Chief Joseph, last and best of the Indian leaders, who tried to use reason with his own angry braves and the white commissioners who had doomed his people to a living death, until all that was left to do was fight that last gallant, heart-breaking battle. WES Mc Allister and the Spanish Gold Chisholm, Matt LP-2047 On the run from the law, Mc Allister was hired to guard a bunch of gold-crazy treasure-seekers. He had to contend with marauding Apaches, a murderous sheriff, a treacherous partner, and a beautiful girl, and when it looked as if he didn’t have a prayer, Mc Allister began to wish he had never heard of the Spanish Gold. WES The Trail of Fear Chisholm, Matt LP-2041 Jack Owen was no hero. He had a soft spot for kids and he hated guns. He was alone and he was a coward, he know that, but something he couldn't define had filled him with iron. Cool exhilaration rose when he realized that at last he wasn't afraid. He got to his feet, gun in hand. He was out-numbered and outgunned, but he would never back down. WES Sudden Guns Cheshire, Gifford LP-2191 His name was Pick Atherton, and trouble was his trade. He didn't look for it, but he found it wherever he went. He knew how to handle it, but a man gets weary of killing, so Atherton bought himself a nice little spread, built up his herd, and hung up his guns. Then a man named Wells Packford told Atherton to move on. Packford was a tough man, a strong man, with an army of hired guns, and he laughed when Atherton said he figured on staying put. Packford had a lot of learning to do, and Atherton was the man to do the teaching. WES The Second Gun Cobb, James C. LP-2600 The Wilson clan rules the roost in Granger, Arizona. With the county judge in their pocket, and most of the townsfolk employed by their ranching or mining operations, no one is willing to stand up to them, until Jake Murchison, a former New York policeman, accepts the post of town marshal. But the Wilsons aren't going to relinquish control quietly, and they'll do whatever it takes, legal or illegal, to run the marshal out of town on a rail. 218 WES Branded Coburn, Walt LP-2294 Pete Craven's outlaw father had abandoned him to the crazed rancher, Zee Dunbar, and Pete couldn't trust Zee's pretty wife, Tracy, either. She was too free with her attentions to too many men. He couldn't trust Montana law which wanted to see him hang. He could only put his trust in the lightning-fast draw of his six-shooter. But he was to learn that wasn't enough, that a man could save his skin yet lose his soul to a destiny far worse than death, if he didn't trust someone! coming into Montana. But the cattlerunning gunmen of Spiderweb Range had too much at stake to obey that law. WES The Square Shooter Coburn, Walt LP-2309 Bullets sprayed the pitch-black night, and Boone dove headlong into the roaring river. As he surfaced, a man rushed out of the dark and jumped in after him. It was the killer. Boone fought his way to the far bank. When he finally reached it, his insides turned to ice. Nothing but a steep, sheer wall of wet clay loomed in front of him, and the killer was closing in from behind. WES Fast Gun Coburn, Walt LP-2539 Bryce Bradford had killed a friend of the powerful men of Buffalo Run, yet they made him sheriff. Why? The attractive mystery woman who was half owner of the saloon has a beckoning eye for him. What was her game? And the gunslingers who trailed him, what were they after? The answers were hidden in his past. WES Violent Maverick Coburn, Walt LP-2416 Pablo Guerrero, outlaw and deadly gunman, was the most feared bandito on the Arizona border. So, when penniless cowman Pat Roper found himself gifted with Pablo's huge Two Block range after saving the gunman's life, he couldn't figure out if he was the luckiest, or unluckiest, cuss alive. For the adjoining ranch belonged to Pablo's lifetime enemy, Wig Murphy. And any friend of Pablo's was a deadon target for Murphy's guns. WES Guns Blaze on Spiderweb Range Coburn, Walt LP-2475 Sundown, Montana, was a sick town with a deadly fever that was killing thousands of cattle. Fresh out of veterinarian school, Jim Benton imposed a quarantine on all cattle 219 WES Fort De Chastaigne Coldsmith, Don LP-0187 Hoping to earn the trust and friendship of the native people, Captain Lefever sets out from the new Fort de Chastaigne on the Missouri River to establish trade relations with the Spanish at Santa Fe. WES Gunsmoke Trail Cole, Jackson LP-3105 Texas Ranger Jim Hatfield knew he was up against a trio of killers whose cruelty was unmatched in the State of Texas, and who left no man alive who stood in their way. He jerked his guns and fired as fast as he could pull trigger. Answering shots boomed, and, above the roar, Hatfield heard the sound of hoofbeats. WES Border Hell Cole, Jackson LP-3136 As Hawley swaggered to the bar, the room was suddenly tense. The gunman jostled Hatfield rudely, spoiling for a fight. The Ranger ignored him as if he were dirt. Hawley flushed as the insult went home, roaring "Why, you lowdown range tramp, " Hatfield hit him in the mouth, hard, then stood perfectly still, his hands hanging loosely by his sides, saying "You're called, Hawley. Either fill your hand or crawl." WES Hell in Paradise Cole, Jackson LP-2313 Luther Sherrall and his evil crew moved in on the richest range in Texas, and soon it was drenched in blood. Their scheme to get control of the largest, lushest spread west of the Pecos was working beautifully. Meanwhile, decent men were losing everything they'd worked so hard to gain, and many were dying. It was hell in the place called Paradise, and only one man could save the day. His name was Ranger Jim Hatfield. WES Guns of Vengeance Cole, Jackson LP-3124 Pecos Carns - king of the rustlers, was as mean as they came. He took what he wanted in cold blood and shot before he said "please." Now he was leading a band of gun-happy outlaws against a group of helpless ranchers. Ranger Jim Hatfield rode in to put an end to bloodshed and found himself face to face with a gang of the hungriest killers he'd ever met, all out to see him dead. 220 WES Outside the Law Conley, Robert J. LP-2731 Christopher Lang left his Yankee homeland to teach the classics in the Cherokee Nation. His class was a success, he'd become fast friends with deputy sheriff and fellow scholar George Tanner, and he was courting beautiful Hannah Girty, a young Cherokee woman. Why would anyone want Lang dead? Sheriff Go-Ahead Rider and Deputy Tanner will have to dig deep to uncover the dark secrets that made Christopher Lang an enemy. Cherokee capital braced for a vote on the issue of a land grant. But Rider never expected a murder in his own jail. And with his full-blood deputy, Beehunter, under suspicion, Rider took the crime personally. WES Frontier Feud Cook, Will LP-3240 Every trooper at Fort Smith was perched atop a powder keg, for this tiny frontier garrison had the task of keeping the peace among some 25,000 war-hungry Sioux and Cheyenne. Then, 300 of the Army's new repeating rifles were stolen. In a desperate move to forestall disaster the Army called on its ace troubleshooter, Linus Quincannon. WES Quitting Time Conley, Robert J. LP-2982 For years Oliver Colfax worked as a hired killer. But after a friendship developed with one of his targets, Colfax quit. A few odd jobs keep body and soul together and he's content with sitting in his St. Louis hotel room and drinking fine whiskey. When a rancher from Colorado asks him to deal with some cattle rustlers, Colfax declines, until he learns that a production of Titus Andronicus is playing nearby. WES Iron Man, Iron Horse Cook, Will LP-2273 Although two men before him had failed, troubleshooter Ben Holliday was determined to make the MidlandPacific line a paying proposition. With constant threats from warring Apaches and treacherous cattle barons dogging him, the chips were stacked against his every move. But more than Holliday's railroad was at stake, the safety and future of the entire West depended on the fate of that single train. WES To Make a Killing Conley, Robert J. LP-2684 How could it have happened? A prisoner, locked alone in a guarded cell, had been shot and killed at close range. Sheriff Go-Ahead Rider already had his hands full in Tahlequah as the 221 WES The Fighting Texan Cook, Will LP-2743 There was magic in Jim Quartermain's hands. The magic to kill a man. But the Texan wore the star, and his guns were on the side of the law. Then came the trouble on the San Saba, a bitter personal feud. Reluctantly, Quartermain laid his badge aside. From that moment, like it or not, he was a gunfighter. to Cain Basin. There, Steve temporarily forgot his personal mission as he became embroiled in a violent range war, and somehow, in the midst of the gunfire, the heartsick cowboy made peace with himself. WES Gallows Ghost Cord, Barry LP-2601 The Nebraska Kid slid a jumpy glance over the trail ahead. He saw nothing except the tracks of four men who had preceded him; he knew these men were the Morgan riders. He settled back, his knees tightening against the roan's flanks, his muscles tensed for any sudden moves by the big stud. But a cold foreboding made him twist and look back down that empty pass. He wiped his mouth with the back of his sleeve and turned around. It took him a long moment to register what he saw. It can't be, he thought, his mind locked and his body rigid. WES Bitter Creek Coolidge, Dane LP-3147 (Also available in regular print (AR-1935)). Conned out of $20,000, Cal Watson, a prospector and mine owner, devises a clever, yet dangerous, scheme to win back his money and publicly humiliate the man who tricked him, which he soon discovers is no easy task. WES Cain Basin Cord, Barry LP-2360 When Steve Crystal married his wife, Mary, she was young, pretty, and full of life, and she soon felt cheated that Steve neglected her to earn a hard living as a cattleman. Finally, she went off with another man, taking their child with her. Bitter and vengeful, Steve sold his ranch and set out to kill the man who had stolen his family. Then he reached Resurrection Trail, leading WES Gun Junction Cord, Barry LP-2446 Three men rode into Fulton, three loners with one thing in common, a way of life built around a gun. One was a U.S. deputy marshal, one a discredited ex-Ranger, one a hired killer. They had all come to do the same job: avenge the death of one man and restore law to the territory. Or so they all said. 222 WES Shadow Valley Cord, Barry LP-2756 hard. Pete Galahad, he called himself. They tried to bully him, at first, then they became a little afraid of him. There was something of the smell of death about him, and then one day, there was a showdown. In the split second it took Pete Galahad to draw his gun, he gazed into the eyes of his brother's killer. When Cole Barrett came home to the Cross B ranch after the Civil War, he found everything in a state of turmoil. His brother had been shot, his father beaten, his sister embittered by the death of her fiancé in the War. Cash Gillis had taken over the neighboring Saber spread. He controlled Horsethief Pass, the only cattle trail out of Shadow Valley. The price he demanded for letting Cross B cattle go through would ruin the Barret clan. But Cole wasn't about to knuckle under to a bunch of thieves. WES The Gun-Shy Kid Cord, Barry LP-2424 Looking for his missing brother, Kip Nunninger rode into dangerous Antelope Valley, and nothing was going to stop him. But he was a boy on a man's errand, and the valley watched him, knowing that he'd be gunned down before he grew to be a man. Kip was sure that Antelope Valley held the truth of his brother's disappearance. He didn't know that it also held a bullet and a gravesite, both with his name already on them! WES Six Bullets Left Cord, Barry LP-2290 "Deserta!" That was the name given by the "Baron" to his new state, carved out of the heart of Texas. An outlaw kingdom, it had been conceived in evil and dedicated to depravity. It held the secret of untold riches, and unspeakable crimes. Only a small army of expert frontier fighters, or a Texas Ranger called Solitary, could hope to destroy it. WES The Gunsmoke Trail Cord, Barry LP-2772 Smoky Jennison was the hard-riding boss of the Big Y. He was also one of the richest men in Arizona. It was his father's ambition that Bob Jennison would someday take over from him but, humiliated in front of the woman he loved and hated by his father for his rebelliousness, Bob had no choice but to leave town. Then the Slade brothers raided the Big Y, and they had a reputation that few men challenged. WES The Deadly Amigos Cord, Barry LP-2387 The Amigos, a group of Mexican revolutionaries, was being used as a front for Cass Borman's slick rustling operation. Borman's gang was made up of the worst killers on either side of the border. But into this group came someone new. He was young, lean, 223 WES The Masked Gun Cord, Barry LP-2638 have sucked all life from the prosperous ranch of his childhood. His father was murdered, his two brothers gone, and the lawman who had married Mel's sister carried a warrant for his arrest. Sheriff Mido Peters tensed himself readying for a lawless New Year's Eve in Labelle. Rich Jake Grady had promised drinks on the house to any man that night, and this, the sheriff knew, would mean nothing but drunkenness and riot. But the sheriff got even more than he bargained for. He had not expected gunplay, and when bullets were exchanged between two strangers in town causing death to mark the holiday, it was plain that trouble was brewing, bad trouble. For the dead man was a phony U.S. Marshal and his killer a wanted outlaw. WES Bushwhackers at the Circle K Cunningham, Chet LP-2984 Riding toward the Circle K, Dave Kemp had time to think about the telegram he had received, only days ago, from his sister, Janie. It had been hard for Dave to leave St. Louis and the study of law, but Janie would need him now. Their father was dead. But when Dave arrives at the ranch, he finds Janie and the ranch hand murdered. In town, Kemp learns from the sheriff that his father had not died a natural death, and vows revenge. WES The Running Iron Samaritans Cord, Barry LP-2464 Wandering cowmen Long Jim and Windy take on work at the V-Bar Ranch and become entangled in the mystery of "Miguel." Before long, to save their lives and those of the people at the ranch, they must draw on every skill they have to track down a killer. WES Survival Trail Cunningham, Chet LP-3146 Cavalry Sergeant Will Larson, part of a routine patrol on a four day ride, is ordered by the green patrol leader to ride down to the Rio Verde river. The river is a Chiricahua Indian stronghold, and Larson and his men are attacked and pinned down. When the patrol leader loses his head, the sergeant must take over, and heads out to hike seventy miles across the waterless desert to bring a relief column to save his comrades. WES The Third Rider Cord, Barry LP-3139 Five years of hard times had left their mark on Mel Rawlins. He had left the Stirrup ranch a boy and came back a man, bitter, tough, gun-easy and lawshy. But the Stirrup had changed more than he had. The desert wind seemed to 224 WES The Ranger Way Cunningham, Eugene LP-2153 It looked like Deaver Jones was going to end his young life on the end of a Texas Rope. Arrested for robbing the local bank and slitting the throat of its cashier, his guilt seemed certain when three men sprung him from jail and a train was robbed the next day. The sheriff, who hates Jones for personal reasons, takes an armed, lynch-minded posse into the hills to track him down. There's only one man in Texas who will stand by the fugitive, Texas Ranger Shelley Raines. But in the furious gunslinging showdown that follows, that one Ranger turns out to be as good as an army! of war, the cattle baron was applying his murderous methods to the virgin lands of the American West. But then Bob Pryor, the Rio Kid, came on the scene, and vowed to stop him, or die trying. WES Range of Doom Curry, Tom LP-2874 When young itinerant bronc buster Dan Audley arrives in Belvedere, a settlement in the Southwest, no one expects gunplay to follow. Dan, who had roamed from ranch to ranch since his father's death in a blasting accident, was just looking for a decent job without great responsibility. But in this violent frontier town, he meets people who teach him to be a man of strength and experience. WES Guns of the Sioux Curry, Tom LP-3104 The Black Hills of southern Dakota were mysterious and lofty peaks where untold wealth in gold was said to lie. They were also the sacred ground of the great Dakota Sioux nation, where no white man dared to tread. Then, some intrepid pioneers penetrated the hills, finding gold beyond their imagination. WES The Diehards Dean, Dudley LP-2090 The scent of death was in Brent Mackey's nostrils, and as sure as he was Cross Anchor's ramrod he would be riding point in the battle against Bushard. Bushard wanted Anchor, the king spread of this vast Texas plain. Mackey said no. Bushard wanted Seanna Winter, the girl Mackey had dreamed of every mile up the trail and back. Mackey said no. Big Bend stretched as far as the eye could travel, but for both Mackey and Bushard it was too small. Somewhere out there a grave was waiting. WES Raiders of the Valley Curry, Tom LP-2890 Kill and conquer, that was how Manfred Von Wohl operated. Schooled in the ruthless Prussian ways 225 WES Trail of the Hunter Dean, Dudley LP-2602 Justin Emery was a hard man. He hated his younger brother, Ford, although the reason lay in the distant past. And when Justin began to suspect that Ford was attracted to his beautiful and provocative wife, his hostility grew. Then Erd Quine entered Justin's life. Quine was a renegade, completely unscrupulous, totally sadistic. Claiming to be Samantha's true husband, he took her away by force, over Justin's half-dead body. was brewing and he found himself in the middle of a showdown range fight. At stake were his life, the love of a beautiful woman, and the identity of his father's killer. WES Bullet Breed Ernenwein, Leslie LP-2571 Once he was a rash, town-tamping deputy, proud of his gun. But somehow, the pain-filled years had taught him one everlasting truth; the Bullet Breed, men like himself, always died with their boots on. Regardless of how fast you are with a gun, there'll come a time when no speed on earth can save you. Jim Cavanaugh heeded the warning, he gave up the badge, he pulled out before that bullet caught up with him. He was through. Then they killed his brother and Jim Cavanaugh once more got behind his badge, a target for their guns, a lawdog waiting for a well-aimed slug! WES Brady's Law Dugan, Bill LP-2872 Dan Brady never claimed to be a hero, just a weary ex-soldier who came west for a new life. All he desires is to raise horses on hard New Mexico land with his family, and to forget a past that haunts him still. But he's the only witness to a cold murder in town, and he knows without his testimony the killers will ride free. WES Gunhawk Harvest Ernenwein, Leslie LP-2442 Lee Ransome stuck to the right side of the law, but he was a wicked man with a six-gun, and the memory of a pretty young girl who had died under a renegade's fire filled him with a seething hatred for every outlaw. WES Boss of Panamint Ernenwein, Leslie LP-3330 Lee Beauregarde had been a drifter for years. He wandered across the west in search of one thing, revenge. He was hunting the bushwhacker who had ambushed his father, and the trail now led him into the Panamint Valley. When he arrived a bloody range war 226 WES High Gun Ernenwein, Leslie LP-3098 It was called Apache Basin, this raw, rough lonely land where the bones of many violently dead men had bleached white beneath a scorching sun. Against Apache Basin Jim Modeen pitted himself, pitted his renegade streak, his cavalry courage, his hard-won savvy of wilderness danger, and pitted his gun. WES Rampage Ernenwein, Leslie WES Texas Guns Ernenwein, Leslie LP-3190 "You can call me killer, gents, but don't forget the 'Mister'!" That was Jim Rimbow's challenge as he rode into the helltown he'd sworn to tame, a borderjumping, man-killing starbuster with a dying lawman on his backtrail. But Rimbow was gunning for more than glory. Rawhide tough and lawless, he meant to brace the range bawd whose kiss had killed his best friend. WES Trigger Justice Ernenwein, Leslie LP-2506 LP-2735 The wild Colorado was Ben Roman's ancient enemy, a foe he fought and hated and deeply respected. He had to tame the river, before civilization could come to this dry desert land. To Slim Lacey, the town girl who wanted him, Ben Roman was as wild and unpredictable as the river itself. It was a strange triangle, the man, the river, and the girl. Two hung breathless on the violent, willful mood of the third. Jeff Tennant had been in Yuma prison on a brand-blotting charge. Now he was back at Tonto flats, fitted out with a new gun belt and holster, ready to fight for revenge and his plundered homestead. He had a quick-trigger gang of killers against him. WES California Passage Farrell, Cliff LP-2391 Luke Storm, last of the great fur trappers, tough and alert as a mountain lion, as fast with his fists as with his guns, is faced with the most deadly challenge of his life when he takes command of a wagon train loaded with treachery. WES Rio Renegade Ernenwein, Leslie LP-2886 They rode in darkly off the back trails, the badges of their profession strung tightly against their thighs and gleaming with oil. They were men who slapped leather for a living and loved their work, and when they threw their irons into the Border Desert War it meant only one thing: before long, there'd be more than one riderless bronc roaming the sage. 227 WES Terror in Eagle Basin Farrell, Cliff LP-2384 Dan Cameron was one of the toughest law officers in the towns along the cattle trails of Montana and Wyoming. But he hung up his weapons for good when tragedy struck on his wedding day, and his bride died in his arms. Then he learned his best friend and fellow lawman Ed Vickers was in trouble in Eagle Basin, and took the first stagecoach to New Mexico. When he found Ed murdered, Dan was catapulted into a strange and deadly case, and needed some quick answers. Reluctantly, he forced himself to pick up the weapons he'd vowed never to wear again. WES Outcasts of Canyon Creek Fisher, Clay LP-2272 The vigilantes rode by night, a human wolf pack. They took the trail of their quarry and ran it to its end. This time they were hunting two wanted murderers and one out-of-work mining camp whore. No one could stop them, or would dare to try, until they put their sinister rope on the wrong man. WES Rigged to Ride Flanagan, Mike LP-2603 Under the guidance of veteran cowboy Jack Lomas, young rodeo rider Clay Tory has slowly but steadily risen in the ranks. But the two are thrown like a greenhorn from a bronco when suspicious mishaps begin to befall Clay's fellow riders. When they start digging for answers, Clay is attacked, almost ending his rodeo career. It turns out that some very powerful people are trying to fix the contest in their favor, and they want Clay and Jack out of commission. WES Trail of the Tattered Star Farrell, Cliff LP-2280 If California went with the secessionists, the North could lose the War Between the States, and Mike McLish knew it. There was a big force of Confederates gathered at El Paso. All they needed was a leader and money to buy transport west and the money was on the way when their leader left San Francisco by Butterfield Stage. Mike traveled on that same stage, along with two beautiful girls, a professional gunslinger, and a spy who could be working both sides against the middle. WES Wyoming Gun Law Floren, Lee LP-0191 Matt Williams hates the invasion of homesteaders because they fence off the land he needs for his cattle. He swears he'll drive out the new settlers, but soon the invasion of farmers is matched by the invasion of hired guns, and hell is just a gunshot away. 228 WES Lobo Gray Foreman, L. L. LP-3253 where they wanted, rustled enough for their own needs, worked only when they had to, and kept their own secret code. But add a pistol-packer like Madison to their ranks. The Lower-Pecos cattle country was run by a crooked, power-hungry judge. He enforced his own brand of law with a horde of trigger-happy killers, headed by a top gunman called Lobo Gray. Nobody who drew on Gray lived to regret it; they died too fast. Even Judge Blake grew to fear his silent, efficient henchman. That's why he sent Gray into the Pecos high country and ordered the treacherous Yucatano to follow. WES The Jayhawkers Foreman, L. L. LP-2891 The dead man was strung to the oak branch by his wrists. A slip of paper tucked in his belt marked him as a victim of the Jayhawkers. Once again, the Jayhawkers had mocked justice with murder. Only this time, they'd chosen the wrong man to kill. Their victim had a friend: a hot-tempered Texan who swore to avenge him. WES Longrider Foreman, L. L. LP-3142 Lew Reagan, the Longrider, did a lot of things he wouldn't have talked about in polite company, if he'd ever been in polite company. But he didn't steal from friends. Now he was on the prod for a former partner, a man as tough and wily and fast as Reagan, a man who'd cheated Reagan out of his share of $40,000 in gold and a good-size ranch. And along the way he'd picked up a girl who had a claim on the ranch herself. WES The Mustang Trail Foreman, L. L. LP-2629 Rogue Bishop is a sardonic gambler and troubleshooter. Don Ricardo is a vain and wily bandit. Together, they're both humorous and deadly. In their current adventure, Rogue meets up with a crooked procurement officer and makes a deal to provide remounts to the U.S. Army in the Southwest. WES Blackleg Range Foster, Bennett LP-2502 WES Rawhiders of the Brasada Foreman, L. L. LP-3237 Drying skeletons, where once the herds had prospered; Texas killers where once the range knew peace. This was Price Thorn's homecoming. Men fought over water rights. Cowmen battled sheepmen. A kid was shot because he'd seen too much. One man, though, can make a stand against a country full of trouble. When "Mad" Madigan rode to his native Texas, last of a hell-raisin' family that folks in the Brasada had thought they had successfully destroyed, he didn't come alone. He came in siding a hand of rawhiders. Now rawhiders were a strange lot of roving freeloaders. They camped 229 WES He Rode Alone Frazee, Steve LP-2206 me a rich Osage" preying on naïve Indian girls. Unsolved Indian homicides occurred at an alarming rate as witnesses vanished, fearing for their lives. Were all the killings unrelated, or were they the work of someone with a powerful motive? The boy walked out of the wilderness in the late summer of 1855, carrying the sun-blackened remains of a jackrabbit he had been eating for two days. He had been alone in there for ten days. Behind him were three graves, and with him was the memory of a family named Snelling that he would one day hunt down and destroy, slowly, terribly. That boy became a man, bleak-eyed and dangerous, who rode, always alone, carrying only the grim comfort of a black memory. Murder lay at the end of his trail, and a girl he loved. WES Bandit Bait Grover, Marshall LP-2004 The Lone Star Hellions were tracking through Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, their quarry the kid outlaw known as Blanco, a runaway from the infamous Jansen Gang. Man-hunting is no chore for a woman, but the lady from Idaho was tagging along and giving the west's toughest troubleshooters a bad time. WES The Accomplice Galloway, Marcus LP-3288 (Also available in regular print (AS0994)). After killing a man, Caleb Wayfinder, who once believed that the world was his for the taking, goes on the run, encountering the notorious Doc Holliday, who, recognizing him as a fiery tempered quick draw, takes him under his wing and turns him into an outlaw. WES Hell in High Country Grover, Marshall LP-2019 The search party moved higher into the mountains led by Big Jim Gage. The Beecham Gang of thieves was in the high country after an attack on their Harmon City Bank-a hangrope awaited their leader. Big Jim had his hands full knowing a wounded cougar was also on the prowl, crazed with pain and eager to kill. WES The Years of Fear Grove, Fred LP-2655 It was the Roaring Twenties, and they descended like a swarm of locusts on the oil-rich Osage Indians of Oklahoma: jackleg lawyers, thieves, "dope" doctors, prostitutes, bootleggers, oily merchants, and fortune hunters determined "to marry 230 WES Badge of the Law Hardin, Clement LP-2787 "You're not human. You're a machine that happens to wear a law badge and a gun!" Jim Arden blinked and stared at the glaring girl. Was it true? Was he a machine, without heart or blood or soul, that killed on command? And now, was that machine about to falter and go down before another, far more vicious machine, the killers of Gunlock? WES A Killer Comes to Shiloh Haseloff, C. H. LP-2023 Thunder splits the Arkansas night as the Shiloh death bells toll the frightening news, a mysterious killer has brutally cut down three young lives. Quickly the drive for revenge threatens to destroy not only the town but the nearby peaceful Cherokee Nation. The only man strong enough to see the killer brought to justice without more bloodshed, is Quaker Joshua Shank. WES The Ruthless Breed Hardin, Clement LP-2514 The town of Coldbrook was closed tight, with ruthless old Troy Coldbrook running it, and his headstrong son, Wes, ready to destroy all comers. And Steve Benson was his special target. He and Wes had a lot in common, they both wanted the same stretch of rangeland, and the same girl. WES Guns of Fury Haycox, Ernest LP-2017 Dane Starr, alias Dan Smith, wanted to close the door on his past and hang up his guns, but people wouldn't let him. Good men wanted him to settle their scores for them, and bad men thought they were faster and itched to prove it. Starr had to keep killing just to stay alive. WES Cody's Law 01: Gunmetal Justice Hart, Matthew S. LP-0185 Texas Ranger Cody is the master of every weapon in the west, White man's or Indian's, and the servant of a fiercely held code of right and wrong, and he's on a land barron's trail. WES Rawhider Heckelmann, Charles N. LP-2061 A vicious renegade was out to settle a blood feud with Bill Horn and Horn's back was his target. Sioux were after his scalp and they baited a trap Horn couldn't resist. A corrupt cavalry officer longed to ride Horn into the ground and had the power to do it. Horn had his hands full of trouble and a gun in each hand. 231 WES The Legend of Sotoju Mountain Henry, Will LP-2538 This book tells the story of Ousta the Limper and her grandson, Tonkalla the Mouse. Believed to be possessed by an evil spirit, the pair is banished from their tribe. They have only one hope of returning, this grandmother of seventy winters and the young brave only in his thirteenth summer: they must find and defeat Mato Sapa, the giant black grizzly of Sotoju Mountain. moment a saloon girl came running naked into the dusty street, and a lovecrazed Indian was driven off with a shotgun, Mandell knew this was not going to be any ordinary case. WES Devil's Wind Hirt, Douglas LP-2526 Matt Kendell believed that vengeance belonged to the Lord, even after four savage bandits swept through the tiny village of San Pablo, leaving nothing but a smoking, corpse-strewn ruin. But before escaping, the killers had flung three young women over the backs of their stolen horses, and they could still be alive. With their families gone only Matt could attempt a rescue. With a repeating rifle on his shoulder and anaching hear, he rode into perdition to proclaim man's justice in a storm of blazing lead. WES Able Gate Hirt, Douglas LP-2685 Ruthless badman Barrister McClain had sworn to avenge his brother's death, and that meant nailing the hide of Able Gate. But big-name gunfighter and secret cavalry agent Gate was lying low up Montana way, undercover as the mild-mannered artist Abernathy T. Gatelatch. Even as McClain thundered into town with pistols smoking, the army sent Gate away on a special mission. WES Riverboat Hirt, Douglas LP-2877 In the golden age of the Mississippi, men and women from all walks of life climbed aboard the mighty riverboats and forged a nation's destiny: Gambler Dexter McKay had a heavenly way with a deck of cards. Land owner Clifton Stewart was heir to a cotton and sugar empire. Chambermaid Mystie Waters caught the eye of every man on board, and Eli, the runaway, escaped his master's plantation only to be captured by slave hunters. WES Colorado Gold Hirt, Douglas LP-2732 Harrison Mandell had come to the Arizona outpost of Yuma, on the buginfested banks of the Colorado River, to find out who was stealing money from an upriver mining company call Mina del Agua Mala. But from the 232 WES Riverboat: Assassination Hirt, Douglas LP-3191 the "Monster of Osage", serial killer with a penchant for decapitation who has just claimed a wealthy businessman's daughter as his latest victim. They built their lives on the mighty Mississippi and steered the course of history. The river offered landowner Clifton Stewart a chance for a new life and many chances for death. Genevieve St. James was a delicate, charming beauty, but underneath was a killer as ruthless as any man. Senator Stephen Douglas was running for President, and he was the nation's only hope for peace. And Zachary was free in name only, but the former slave would bow to no man. WES Hard Bounty Hodgson, Ken LP-2430 Bounty hunter Asa Cain, also called "The Undertaker's Friend, " has put more bandits and killers in the ground that anyone. To him, it's a job, until it becomes personal. The Dolven gang burns down Cain's West Texas ranch and takes his sister and mother. Suddenly, Cain begins the hunt of his life, searching for his family, for murderers, and the truth. WES Riverboat: Mississippi Pirates Hirt, Douglas LP-3125 In the golden age of the Mississippi, the river was a path that led to freedom, opportunity, and danger. Captain William Hamilton's Tempest Queen was his life, and he would let no one take that from him. On board were the beautiful Miss Cora Mills, the kind of lady men fought over; Lt. Sherman Dempsey, delivering gold to Fort Leavenworth; and "Reverend" Saunders, a scheming river pirate. WES Return to Broken Crossing Hoffman, Lee LP-2986 Shea Glencannon squinted out into the sunlit glare of the street. Someone had called out his name. The sound of it was high-pitched, harsh and hard as gravel. The meaning of it was knifesharp: Trouble. And that was all that Glencannon had found since coming home to Broken Crossing. When you had his kind of ornery reputation, you had to expect that your welcoming committee would be carrying drawn guns. WES Dead Man's Money Hodgson, Ken LP-3236 (Also available in regular print (AS-0264)). Determined to collect a $20,000 reward, ruthless bounty hunter Asa Cain and his undertaker partner Cemetery John are fast on the trail of 233 WES Desert Rails Holmes, L. P. LP-2520 bullet from the dark. Waddell was a lawman, one of the best, but here in Midas Hill, toughs and hired guns ran the town and killed at will. From the moment he took the gold that hired him, Waddell knew his only hope was to move fast, shoot faster, and try to stay alive before his graveyard shift became the real thing. Luke Fenimore had a railroad to build, a deadline to beat, and a quarter-milliondollar subsidy to win. But some shady characters were out to see him fail. Guns roared and men died. Still, Luke didn't tuck tail. "If that’s the way they want it," he swore, "from here on in we play it rough!" WES The Plunderers Holmes, L. P. LP-2320 WES High Starlight Holmes, L. P. LP-2258 Morgan Ewell was a law-abiding man. He only killed in self-defense, and he had never seen the inside of a jail. But when the law said a ruthless land-grabber and a money-hungry banker had the right to take over every spread on the range, Ewell had to take a second look at the law and at himself. The choice was plain. It was obey the law and be forced off the land he loved, or defy it, and be caught in a deadly crossfire between a straightshooting sheriff on the one hand, and an army of hired guns on the other. The fast-flowing Starlight River cut the rich grasslands of Starlight Valley in half, but now its sparkling waters were tainted with blood. The uneasy truce between the cattle ranchers on one side of this natural boundary and the sheepherders on the other had been broken by a savage killing, and a full-scale range war was hair-triggered to explode. Just one man could stop it and his name was Boone Kermit. His father had created peace in this valley, and made Boone swear to preserve it, no matter how alone he was, or how many bullets came at him from both sides. WES Bullet-Brand Empire Hopson, William LP-3040 Stony Burns' welcome to the giant ranch of the woman known as the Cattle Baroness of the Panhandle was a gun leveled at him. The ranch was so big that its owner made the law there, and behind her was suave, cruel Jeff Holmes, the scheming empire-builder who told her what to do. But Stony was no ordinary saddle tramp. WES Night Marshal Holmes, L. P. LP-2385 Chris Waddell knew what a town like Midas Hill was like after the sun went down. He had walked the streets of a dozen mining hells like it, with a star on his chest and his guns just inches under his hands, waiting for the first 234 WES Trail West James, Cy LP-2042 Wayne Ulster had cleaned up many dirty towns with brains, guts and a fast gun, but three men were too much for him and he landed up full of lead. Sam Spur, the most wanted man in the west, helped track down his killers, assured by the Governor of a free pardon, but someone wanted the killers out of the way, badly. Someone who was a little too close to the Governor's side for comfort. night sky as fields, farms, and homes are torched by so-called "range detectives" working for two powerful ranchers. For the ranchers, the battle lines have been drawn in the form of newly settled farmland that's cutting through the ranges, separating cattle from grazing land and water. But the settlers are breaking no law, and no one is going to prevent them from building their homes and town, until the ranchers turn to a pair of vicious mercenaries who won't stop until they run out of bullets. WES The Last Gunfighter: Savage Country Johnstone, William LP-3144 For Frank Morgan, a reunion with his estranged son brings back bittersweet memories of another time and place. Conrad Morgan is an Eastern businessman trying to build a railroad through an untamed corner of New Mexico Territory. Even though Frank has revenge-hungry killers on his trail, his kin needs him now. So with a guntoting, hard-loving beauty named Rebel by their side, father and son ride straight into a pitched battle. WES The Last Gunfighter: Showdown Johnstone, William LP-2568 Drifting down to Idaho after a wild range war in Montana, Frank Morgan's fame as a gunfighter is traveling fast and far ahead of him. With his face on the covers of newspapers and dime novels, he's got nowhere left to hide, because gunning down a legend like Frank has become more than an obsession to some. Bankrolled by rich and powerful men, a dozen highly skilled killers finally have what they want, the elusive Frank Morgan in their sights. But he's deadliest when he's cornered, and he'll be damned if he dies for any man's greed. WES The Last Gunfighter: The Burning Johnstone, William LP-2653 When Frank Morgan sets up camp in a lush valley in Montana, the last thing he expects to see is fire lighting up the 235 WES Reprisal Johnstone, William "home guards" and staunch Union loyalists. Now Owen must choose sides in a battle no one can win. LP-2604 A vengeful Frank Morgan journeys to Colorado in hot pursuit of the outlaws who had killed the woman he loved, but now he is confronted with a new challenge, two vicious outlaw gangs who have embarked on a deadly spree of rape, robbery, and murder and who have kidnapped Frank's own son as a hostage. WES The Cougar Basin War Ketchum, Philip LP-2882 The three mounted strangers pulled up close to the fire and one spoke, asking for Ben Carnaby. Startled, Ben began to ask how they knew his name when he became aware that three guns were now covering him. Ben had no idea what this was all about. He stood tense, waiting. What happened next was just the start of the Cougar Basin War! WES The Last Gunfighter: Imposter Johnstone, William LP-2503 (Also available in regular print (AE-0309)). When Frank Morgan, who is searching for a place to call home, arrives in Northern California to start a new life, he is unexpectedly immersed in a case of mistaken identity that results in him being falsely accused of a crime, forcing him to escape from jail and find the real culprit. WES Kiowa Trail and Killoe L'Amour, Louis LP-3284 In "Kiowa Trail", educated in England, raised by Apaches, and hardened in the Civil War, cowboy Conn Dury finds himself helping the sister of dead friend seek revenge against wealthy men who would kill an innocent cow hand for daring to fall in love with one of their daughters. In "Killoe", guiding settlers across unknown territory, Dan Killoe takes on the added responsibility of helping a stranger who is being hunted by renegade Commancheros. WES Big Brand Kelton, Elmer LP-0101 Twelve stories of Texas, from the Frontier days to the Great Depression. WES Dark Thicket Kelton, Elmer LP-0186 Wounded Confederate soldier Owen Danforth rides back to his native Texas as the Civil War nears its end, only to find his homeland torn by secessionist 236 WES Monument Rock L'Amour, Louis LP-2113 In the title story of this collection, a newly sworn in marshal must match wits with a mysterious killer, a man who has made a fortune doing business with his neighbors while secretly cutting their throats. These are Western stories that reveal a time and place of desperate violence and true courage in a wide-open country of fortune seekers, dreamers, lawbreakers and pioneers told with the unparalleled realism and suspense of America's own legend, Louis L'Amour. WES Day of the Comancheros Lawrence, Steven C. LP-2011 Their very name struck terror into men's hearts, the Comancheros, a savage army of cutthroats who swept across Texas, leaving behind a bloodstained trail of robbery and murder. When Tom Slattery stumbled on some of their slaughtered victims, he found only one survivor, young Anna Peterson; with a cavalry escort, he set out to bring the murderers to justice. WES Saddle Justice Lawrence, Steven C. LP-2504 He rode into Buffalo, sun-darkened, dusty, and smelling of danger. His name was Roderick, Sergeant Will Roderick out of Fort Abraham Lincoln. The town had lynched his younger brother only days before. Roderick was there to find out who and why, in a town of casual justice and whisky-fast draws, a town that waited for him to make his move. WES Outlaws of Mesquite L'Amour, Louis LP-0188 Here are classic tales of frontier bad men, and those who dared to challenge them. WES Brand of a Texan Lawrence, Steven C. LP-3239 The rider on the gelding stared down at the frontier town. It had changed a great deal since he saw it last but then so had he. His memories of the place were bitter ones because it was here, more than five years ago, that a mob had beaten him for his Union sympathies and then driven him out. Well, now Ruel Crockett was coming back. WES Ghost of a Gunfighter Lee, Wayne C. LP-3100 Dave Paxton had been serving as a scout when he received the letter saying that his uncle had been murdered, three shots in the back by an unknown killer. Now Paxton and his brother, who he hadn't seen since childhood, were to inherit their uncle's land. Only Paxton wanted more than that, he wanted revenge. 237 WES Gun Country Lee, Wayne C. LP-2513 Brent Clark is trapped into accepting a deadly mission: He must get into wellguarded Gunsight Canyon, convince pretty Virgie Kurtzman that she is really heiress Virginia Pool, and smuggle her out, willingly or otherwise. WES The Lonely Breed Leslie, Frank LP-3290 (Also available in regular print (AS1121)). After saving the life of a saloon girl and taking out four hardcases, halfbreed Yakima Henry is pursued by a relentless bounty hunter and must rely on his mustang and his Winchester to stay alive. WES Connelly's Expedition Loomis, Noel LP-2587 Ross Phillips led the most ambitious trading expedition from Mexico into the United States and back. Fighting the Comanche, the politicos, and attacks by his rivals, he took out bullion worth over three hundred thousand dollars, and brought back goods to the same value. WES Beyond the Pass Leighton, Lee LP-2271 Young Robert Buel was a bounty hunter, destined from birth to lead a tough life. He didn't understand how his father could give up roaming and settle in a town like Dirken's Hole. Then Buel was assigned to that same town, to stake out some rustlers and take them dead or alive. In that long, cold winter, Robert Buel finally got to know people, especially himself. WES Hang the Men High Loomis, Noel LP-2444 "Vengeance is mine!" shouted the judge, looking up at the twelve empty nooses on the gallows. He turned to the hangman, asking "Have they ever been used all at once?" The hangman moistened his lips as he whispered, "No, but I could do it. And when I hang them, they never come back for more." WES Big Ugly Leighton, Lee LP-2505 When he was a kid they called him Big Ugly, among other things. Later the gun in his hand bought a kind of respect Bill learned he didn't like. But by then he was a man, and a man can do things a boy cannot. 238 WES Action at Arcanum Mac Donald, William LP-2344 Gregory Quist had a twister by the tail when he took on a wild town called Arcanum. He was a railroad troubleshooter whose fame with gun and fist had spread across the West. When violent death claimed Vance McAllister and his lovely young wife, and a land-hungry killer threatened the railroad right-of-way, Quist knew he had a job to do. He rode into Arcanum in a cloud of gun smoke to find the killer and stop him before he struck again. Crazy River, Big Vink Thorpe certainly looked like a king. Tall, handsome, open-hearted, a true cattleman of the old type, he was known and liked throughout the Crazy River country. But one night he was found dead, still clutching a poker hand, three aces and two eights, of sinister significance. Rance Duncan, the murdered man's foreman, was determined to avenge Thorpe's death. And circumstances forced him to play a lone hand in his search for the killer. WES The Riddle of Ramrod Ridge Mac Donald, William LP-2892 Ramrod Ridge was a ghost town and a hideout for the dregs of the frontier that no law-abiding community would tolerate. Here Simon Crawford, a tyrant who ruled with fear and illgotten wealth, held absolute power. The trail that led Caliper and Nogales, two footloose and reckless cowboys, to Ramrod Ridge began when they interrupted a necktie party where Crawford's henchmen were trying to extract the whereabouts of a cache of stolen gold. The valley was being torn apart by a bloody feud. Rifles and six-shooters exploded, lighting the night sky with brilliant lances of flame. A man cursed, the words choking abruptly in his throat. A horse screamed and fell, tossing its rider to the hoof-churned earth. The oncepeaceful Valley was now a scarred battlefield. Into the midst of the fighting walked Johnny Auburn, Texas Ranger, with his six-shooter strapped to his thigh. WES Rebel Ranger Mac Donald, William C. LP-2736 WES Scarlet Saddle Macrae, Mason LP-2037 When young Weston Day inherited the biggest ranch in Skull Valley, he also inherited an outsize load of trouble. Day's ranch carried some mighty fine cattle, but the land was coveted by his neighbor, a sheep man, and in the west sheep and cattle don't mix. WES King of Crazy River Mac Donald, William C. LP-2656 Known to everyone as the King of 239 WES Slaughter & Son Majors, E. LP-2132 WES Wolf Mountain Martin, L. J. LP-2774 (Also available in regular print (AN-0284)). Brothers Colin and Kevin McQuade risk everything as they prepare to drive two hundred head of cattle through hostile territory swarming with Crazy Horse's Oglala Sioux and Sitting Bull's Hunkpapa Sioux to the 5th Infantry at the Tongue River, a task complicated by a bloody Indian war, a dangerous St. Louis gambler, and a young woman pursued by a wealthy man's thugs. Bert Slaughter is a leather-tough field detective for Wells Fargo, a man with a thousand friends and even more enemies. His son, Ben, carries a college education and a gun. Together they go after Rance Cutler, an outlaw who has terrorized the southwest and now has cracked a string of impregnable Wells Fargo safes. But the father and son have an even stronger reason to want Cutler's hide, he's the man who murdered Bert's wife and got away scot free. WES Nightmare Trail Majors, E. B. LP-2130 WES The Baynes Clan: Kansas Gambler Mc Cord, John S. LP-2569 (Slaughter & Son, Book 2) Bert Slaughter is a veteran field detective with a hard-won reputation as the best there is; son Ben has a college sheepskin and a deadly trail instinct to boot. Together they ride for Wells Fargo and for justice, and fight any outlaw foolish enough to take up their challenge. With the Baynes, what you see is generally what you get. And what people have seen and gotten for years is a family that doesn't look for trouble, but never runs out of it. Cousin Rod Silvana is a different story altogether. With Darnell Baynes's cultured nephew, what you see is the exact opposite of what you get. He seems like an easy mark in a card game, but he's made more money and enemies playing poker than he can count. And he looks like a man you can push around, but a group of cattle rustlers is about to find out that he fights like a Baynes. WES O'Rourke's Revenge Martin, L. J. LP-2987 (Also available in regular print (AR-0891)). Sentenced to death for killing a man in a gunfight, hottempered gunslinger Ryan O'Rourke heads south to seek refuge in Mexico where, deep in the Huaqui Mountains, he encounters both his worst enemy and his ultimate destiny. 240 WES Wyoming Giant Mc Cord, John S. LP-2501 killed his dad. Now he was grown, big, hard, fearless as his father before him. He rode into Dalles City wearing his vengeance like a badge, his gun triggered for action. Only later did his partner figure that Hob knew all along what he'd find there, the three men who'd hung Burley Loman. In his new position at a New York law firm, Luke Baynes finds himself a pawn in the Tammany Hall scandal, appointed as a federal judge by greedy power brokers. WES Texas Pride Mc Guire, Tim LP-3254 WES Night Killer Merriman, Chad LP-3099 Hack Sumpter made it to Silver City. Bushwhacked, robbed, and left for dead in the desert, he had no right to be alive. There had been a lot of robberies in Silver City lately, and the dead victims couldn't identify their murderers. The citizens of Silver City kept their mouths shut and locked their doors. It looked as though Hack would have to find the killers by himself. (Also available in regular print (AR-1949)). When gambler and conartist Rance Cash wins a pile of cash and a champion racehorse named Lone Star in a high-stakes poker game, he garners the hatred of Don Pedro Cuellar de Meyor, a wealthy landowner who claims that Lone Star is his property. WES Blood on the Sun Merriman, Chad LP-2773 There was the Indian chief's daughter who had been ravished. There was the chief himself, who swore vengeance. There was the renegade who hated red men and white men alike. There was Rita, the spitfire from the cultured East, who trusted no man. And there was Starbright, the guide who feared less a thousand Indians than the bite of Rita's lashing tongue. This is a thrilling novel of violence, hatred and justice, along the Oregon Trail. WES Ride West for War Merriman, Chad LP-2988 Early in the Civil War, many states in the West hadn't taken sides: in certain wealthy mining areas, the scale could be tipped one way or the other. And so long as a territory remained neutral, unscrupulous characters could exploit the situation. When this exploitation included the shipment of arms, then the army had good cause to investigate, but not openly. Which is how Lt. Tracy Dalton found himself in Oregon disguised as a mining engineer. WES Hard Country Merriman, Chad LP-2883 Hob Loman had been green when they 241 WES Rogue River Merriman, Chad LP-3241 Gold had been discovered where the Rogue and Illinois Rivers spilled into the Pacific. Miners' shacks lined the beach and the town of Sebastopol steadily grew. Luke Prine journeyed into Crescent City once a week carrying gold dust and mail. Then Luke got a warning. Someone had been trading guns for Indian girls. WES Gallows for a Gunman Miller, Rod LP-3188 (Also available in regular print (AR-1806)). When Harlow Mackleprang, who raped, murdered, and pillaged his way through the West, returns to Los Santos to rob a bank and kill an innocent man, he is captured and sentenced to die, and the townspeople share their stories of his unspeakable crimes on the eve of his hanging. WES Comanche Trail Miller, Jim LP-3244 Comanche wars have consumed Texas like prairie fire, from Linville to San Antonio. And Mexican renegades have kidnapped Nate Callahan's wife and young son. Nate faces some mighty long odds. Good thing he gets some help in the shape of a posse of Texas rangers, and the dead-eye, multipleshot Walker-Paterson Colt revolver. WES Red Buffalo Mitchum, Hank LP-0102 Del Harrigan had hung up his guns for a bible, but the outlaws of Red Buffalo bring his past back to life. WES For the Norden Boys Nesbitt, John D. LP-2728 (Also available in regular print (AC-0194)). Down-on-his-luck Tom Atkins accepts a job on a small ranch owned by the Norden brothers. Soon, Tom begins to notice small but troubling things. The townsfolk don't seem too friendly to the Nordens, and some of their neighbors are downright rude. It's not long before Tom realizes exactly what he's gotten himself into by working for the Norden boys. WES Riding Shotgun Miller, Jim LP-3145 Gold Fever sweeps California. And now Finn Callahan is riding shotgun on shipments of the precious metal. But greedy outlaws have grabbed Finn's woman, Tally. Bushwhacking, robbing, murdering, they're after more than just a load of gold. Finn's steelhard mind has to figure the mystery, while his Colt Dragoon revolver confronts the killers. 242 WES Bullet Lease Newton, D. B. LP-2205 Croy Roth's hatred for young Branch Kindred drove him to desperate measures. First he got Kindred kicked out of his job as ramrod of Anchor. Then he got him thrown in jail on a trumped up charge. He made three savage attempts to kill him. Kindred rolled with each blow, came back bloody but unbowed. He had a job to do in Rock River, and come hell or Croy Roth he was going to tame this bullet range. Morgan Valley, until he found his own Wanted poster lying on the floor of his office. WES Shotgun Freighter Newton, D. B. LP-2425 The sleet had turned to snow. Soon every landmark, even the trail itself, was completely lost; Dan felt as though he were on a blind treadmill that was soundless except for this howling fury. Disaster, when it struck, gave no warning at all. With visibility at zero, he had no hint of the near fall-off of the ground until the rear wagon wheel dropped from under him. He tried, at the last moment WES Guns of Warbonnet Newton, D. B. LP-3250 to leap for safety, but he was too late. The wagon went completely over in a smashing of timbers, and Dan's skull made crushing contact with something. Ed Martin was returning to his old home in Warbonnet. Eleven years before he had been falsely accused of a crime, horsewhipped, and driven out. But now he was coming back as a U. S. Marshal to find out just what was going on in a community that seemed poised on the brink of a full-scale range war. Killer Mort Browder was part of the picture, the man was capable of almost anything. But Browder couldn't work alone. WES The Oregon Rifles Newton, D. B. LP-2733 Young Barney Stansel had run away from home to join the Oregon Rifles, volunteer soldiers pitted against thousands of marauding Indians terrorizing the Northwest Territories. After an Indian raid that nearly wiped out his entire company, Barney, badly wounded, was left for dead. Rescued by the only other survivor, he had to make a bitter choice. The man who saved him was a deserter, and to stick with him meant being branded with the same iron. WES Hideout Valley Newton, D. B. LP-2512 Jim Bannister did not look like someone on the dodge who had seen his way of life destroyed and himself hounded by all the power of a million dollar combine. For now, under the assumed name of Jim Bryan, he was temporary marshal in 243 WES The Oxbow Deed Newton, D. B. LP-2605 Two ex-jailbirds rode into Oxbow Valley one day, a used-up and tired old cattle thief and a young robber with a vicious temper who trusted no one. And these were the good guys! They had come to reclaim the old-timer's Cross K, which was still good grazing land and now apparently stocked with Luke Blaine's herds from his vast Broken Arrow spread. The two planned to settle a legal issue and start respectable new lives. Some people, though, weren't too happy to see this kind of men settle down as neighbors, and they displayed their feelings with well-aimed bullets. WES Come A-Smokin' Nye, Nelson LP-2470 Young rancher Grete Marratt sat stonefaced and tight-lipped when the judge asked him why he had shot Deputy Marshal Hugh Clagg in cold blood. With no defense, he was found guilty and sent to Yuma for life. But Marratt escaped, and, with the law at his heels, stepped into another man's identity. WES Desert of the Damned Nye, Nelson LP-2327 The exploding vengeance of a man who had lost everything but his innocence, this time, Ben Reifel decided, he was really hanging up his gun. Then a man named Breen put the law on him for a killing he'd never done, and he found himself riding toward a showdown he'd never wanted. The law of the gun was still with Ben Reifel, and he began to wonder if it wouldn't always be, at least until he was six feet under. WES Ride the Red Sun Down Nicholson, Thom LP-3175 Martin Keller wasn't always a bounty hunter whose infamy reached from Colorado Territory to Mexico. Only after soulless Al Hulett murdered Keller's wife and son did he turn to tracking killers. And any bounty he collects goes toward finding Hulett, and exacting some long-overdue vengeance. But when a wound holds Keller up, he removes the blinders long enough to take in the welcome sight of his nurse, young widow Caroline Thompson. WES Gringo Nye, Nelson LP-2015 Nobody knew what cards Walt Parras held in the dirty game going on at the Romero Ranch, but the safest way to avoid a surprise was to get rid of him fast. When he went to rep for Romero at Madigan's roundup, Parras was assigned a cowhand who would backshoot him for sure, but they had not reckoned on Parras' will to live. 244 WES Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Nye, Nelson LP-2250 That deadly day in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, the most famed and notorious of lawmen, joined forces and stood gun by gun with Doc Holliday, the most feared gambler and badman in the West. It was the strangest alliance the old frontier had ever known, and it reached a bloody climax at the infamous O.K. Corral. bound and determined to get their hands on it. Sure Flick wanted a piece of that treasure for himself. The only trouble was the other people looking for it didn't much care who they had to kill to get it. WES The Sure-Fire Kid Nye, Nelson LP-2585 A bleak-eyed man with a fast gun hand and an even faster temper, Luke North was on the run from the law. Although he had killed a lot of men in his day, North had been framed for murder by a back-stabber named Towner. Every minute he spent on the dodge, North was busy planning his revenge. WES The Clifton Contract Nye, Nelson LP-2400 Twenty-five hundred dollars. That's what they offered gunman Ridge Butler. The job seemed fairly easy: seek out a certain rancher, and kill him. But, suddenly, the picture changed. First, Ridge had his money stolen, and then he found himself, not his intended victim, lined up in the sights of a rifle. WES Trouble at Quinn's Crossing Nye, Nelson LP-2080 When the little drummer rode his wagon into Quinn's Crossing, few could have foreseen the load of trouble it carried. The product Horatio Gill brought to Quinn's Crossing had sparked many a range war. Gill's goal in life was to sell barbed wire, and he didn't care what happened to the people he sold it to. WES The Seven Six-Gunners Nye, Nelson LP-2606 Any man who had fought in the Chisum-Murphy feud was bound to have some enemies and Flick Farsom was no exception. But if Flick was looking for a quiet place to hole up in, Tombstone was not the healthiest spot he could have chosen. Hidden in the Arizona mountains were three million dollars in plunder, and seven people 245 WES Gunfighter Breed Nye, Nelson C. LP-3137 This is a fast-moving, slam-bang western yarn based on the actual records of the notorious Black Jack Ketchum gang which used to rob the trains of the Rock Island Railroad. It takes place in the days when guns were for hire by any man who could pay the price, and when the boldness of the outlaws gave men an excuse to take the law into their own hands. WES Saddle Bow Slim Nye, Nelson C. LP-3189 WES Gunshot Trail Nye, Nelson C. LP-2279 From the pen of one of America's finest writers of Westerns comes this suspense-packed narrative of the early days of the range wars between the cattle kings and the sheepherders. Into this seething feud came "Black" Clem Andros, whose fearsome legend made men gun-shy. Both sides wanted to hire him, but they found it took more than money to buy his gun. WES The Stalking Moon Olsen, Theodore V. LP-2270 Sam Vetch didn't know that his wife had been the woman of Salvaje, the Ghost, and that she had borne two sons by the Apache chieftain. When Salvaje came to claim his own, the duel began. A deadly contest between two men of strong will, courage, and different standards of honor, a duel that must end in tragedy. When Whit Brown first rode into town, he made two mistakes. He reported a corpse he'd found on the trail and he ran afoul of Curly Bill Graham and his yesman Marshal Ben Brush. The corpse was one of Curly Bill's gunmen and Whit had no alibi. After Brush threw him in jail, Whit knew he was in bad trouble. Brush gave Whit one chance to make his break for life, but there was a hitch, the only escape route was a dead-end alley. WES Buckskin Man Overholser, Wayne D. LP-2630 WES Ranger's Revenge Nye, Nelson C. LP-2417 Ranger Dan Waggoner rode into the flaming maelstrom of an entire country gone mad with fear and greed. Knifings and shootings were the law of the land. Nothing could stop the gang that ruled the Tonto Territory, unless a man took the law into his own hands. Dan Waggoner did. He was a hard-muscled, long-boned man with a face burned to bronze by sun and wind. His buckskin shirt was darkened by dirt and age; his black hat had two bullet holes in it. There was a knife strapped to his left side, a .45 Colt on his right side, and a Winchester rifle on his saddle. Rafe Dolan was a legend. Maybe too much of a legend. 246 WES By Gun and Spur Overholser , Wayne D. LP-2207 Ben Sarboe was tired of risking his life to protect other people. So he gave it up, but now trouble was stirring once more, and Ben didn't know if he was ready to take up a gun again. He was also tired of drifting aimlessly through every dusty town and outlaw village in the West. It was time for him to make a decision: put himself out to pasture for good, or grab the reins, and spit in the face of danger. WES All Men are Strangers Paine, Lauran LP-2382 He was a man who had been groomed for violence, raised in the ways of the turbulent West. Life had made him as hard as iron and as wily as an old wolf. He went in search of a cold killer and found, something incredible. WES Ambush Canyon Paine, Lauran LP-2343 U.S. Marshal Bob Fulton was an officer who let trouble come to him before he moved to squelch it. But in the case of Big Jim Morton's scheme to involve the other cattlemen in a range war with Travis Quayle's tough Texans, Fulton waited almost too long. Raiders struck Quayle's camp, stampeded his herd and shot down three of his men. Suddenly Marshal Fulton found himself squarely between two trigger-itchy factions of cowmen sworn to destroy one another, and when the gunsmoke cleared, Fulton had learned his biter lesson, never wait for trouble. WES Golden Empire Owen, Dean LP-3041 In the remote mountains of Southern California, the Rio Kid unearthed a nightmare conspiracy. A powerful, evil master was forcing helpless Chinese workers into barbarous slave camps. Torture and death awaited any man who challenged his maniacal dreams. But the Rio Kid vowed to squash this rising Empire of Doom. WES Point of a Gun Owen, Dean LP-2631 When his riders had cut the rope holding the dead man to the beam, Matt Kevney stood for a long moment gazing at the agonized face. He had not known Dave Temple very long, but now Kevney had to avenge his lynching. That it was the work of Sam Justin's hired killers there was no doubt. 247 WES Apache Trail Paine, Lauran LP-2101 Will Graham had inscrutable blue, unsmiling eyes and an air of quiet strength. To Karen Maxwell he was the embodiment of Arizona itself, patient and strong and powerful. Even though she had been raised in the state, Karen was still not altogether at home there, and in the same way could not quite understand Will. One of his most incomprehensible traits was his impassiveness in the face of the Apache threat, a threat Karen had learned to fear since earliest childhood. But when the Apaches hit the warpath, this quality would prove to be one of Will's greatest assets. first sight anyway, was that each rider had an ivory butt on his sixgun. They had robbed a bank in Laramie, up in Wyoming, and had previously arranged to meet in isolated, insular Shafter. But the fates decreed that each of those three riders would end one phase of his life there, and begin another and before this happened, there would be gunfire. WES Rogue River Cowboy Paine, Lauran LP-2406 To Bess Benton, the big stranger riding into Eureka on a loose rein was just another cowboy, distinguished only by his irritating arrogance. She did not see in Rufe Holt, whose parents lay buried nearby, a nemesis in spurs; a man come back to avenge the dead and solve an ancient mystery. WES Outlaw Town Paine, Lauran LP-2788 When Sheriff Abner Wright went after a bank-robbing outlaw, he had another purpose as well for taking to the trail. He'd heard rumors over the years of a town owned and operated by outlaws, and he wanted to lay them to rest. But what Abner found back in the primitive mountains opened his eyes in a number of ways. WES The Free-Graze War Paine, Lauran LP-2511 Established ranchers regarded freegrazers as jackals of the cow-country, and wherever they roamed trouble flared up. Buck Handley and Hoyt McElroy were two such men and when they pushed over three thousand cattle into the Devil's Punch Bowl, old Jethro Graeme told them to get out. Then lead flew. WES Ride to Battle Mountain Paine, Lauran LP-3289 Three men, arriving separately, met in the little New Mexico cowtown of Shafter. The only thing they had in common, on 248 WES The Lost Trail Paine, Lauran LP-2881 WES The Time of the Texan Paine, Lauran LP-3228 Town Marshal Will Chance had a two-bit stage robbery to investigate. What he discovered involved the richest and biggest cowman in Morgan Valley, and that man's long-kept secret. Before the smoke finally settled, Will had dead men to bury, and a beautiful woman to break bad news to. In the Old West, the peril to South Texas from Mexican marauders was a constant danger. Men retired for the night with the knowledge that next day they might arise robbed of their livestock, left destitute, or having to dig graves for their neighbors. The Mexicans never forgave the Texans for rebelling against Mexico and establishing a republic of Texas or for joining the United States. National boundaries were violated, men killed, and blood shed in South Texas. WES The Outcast Paine, Lauran LP-2537 He saw it as he came out of the arroyo, a sickening redness of the lowering sky. There was a running sore of flame and wreckage against the deep-brooding night. The cabin and barn were blazing. He saw it with a stunned horror that was almost suffocating. He ran and ran. His father was outside, face down, sprawled and shot dead, shot three times. He never saw his mother, for she was in the log house. But he knew what had happened to her. WES The Trail Drive Paine, Lauran LP-2275 Burt Sommers was the DB rangeboss. His riding crew consisted of Sut, Pete, Jack and Morgan. By taking a mountain pass as a shortcut, they could deliver seventeen hundred head of upgraded bred cows to Florence Basin in less time than by using the regular trail. But in that dark, overgrown canyon, they were attacked by renegade whites and outlaw Indians. Then they were all nearly killed by a landslide. They buried Jack and staggered on, and were attacked by possemen who mistook them for renegades. Every one of them emerged from that canyon a different man. WES The Saddlegun Man Paine, Lauran LP-2875 When Marshal Gil Stevens' territory was invaded by a band of very clever renegades, he had the devil's own time of it trying to figure out how they worked, why they remained out in the countryside, how they escaped, and, ultimately, who they were. Gil had begun to suspect he would never find them when an old cowman named Rufus Irons was savagely beaten. 249 WES The War-Wagon Paine, Lauran LP-2386 accompanied the cowboys, but trembled at the hell that invariably broke loose. A curfew and ban on firearms was declared, an ordinance Gaunt knew he couldn't enforce. Dick Chase came from Nebraska to take over his uncle's cow outfit when the old man died. Dick was an experience, pragmatic cowman, and until he discovered that some long yearling replacement heifers had been rustled, he had demonstrated nothing but everyday cow-savvy. But after that, when he found the rustlers and uncovered a scheme he could scarcely believe, he became something different: a manhunter. WES Guns of Hell Valley Prescott, John LP-3101 Men aflame with hate, women with violent homeward hungers, these were the last desperate outcasts of bullet-torn Lincoln County. Then, out of the dying ashes of their vengeance, rose a gun king who swore: "I'll bring you home from WES Hunt the Man Down Patten, Lewis B. LP-3140 hell!" It all began with a raging snowstorm and a woman's terrified scream. And suddenly Mike Logan found himself forced to flee for his life, accused of a crime he never committed, and hunted by a powerful rancher who vowed to shoot him down like an animal. Enduring a crippling wound, cold, hunger, and the treachery of those he'd reckoned as friends, Logan swore that if death was in the cards, he'd also deal the hand of his vicious pursuer. WES The Renegade Prescott, John LP-3242 When Clay got out of jail he found the country turned against him. Now Robey, the man who had framed him for the killing, had Clay over a barrel. He could either ride for Robey or get out. Then Clay found his best friend dead, shot in the back by one of Robey's gunslingers. Clay made his choice. He was going to face Robey. WES The Law in Cottonwood Patten, Lewis B. LP-2687 Marshal Morgan Gaunt was worried. Cottonwood, Kansas, was about to be stampeded by the cattle drivers from Texas, thirsty for liquor and hungry for women. Their lusts were satisfied by an influx of gamblers, barmen, and saloon girls. Cottonwood needed the trade that 250 WES Left to Die Roderus, Frank LP-3252 The payroll belonging to Willow Creek's miners has been stolen. A posse finds Wes Johnson in possession of five thousand dollars. They declare him guilty and string him up. They're wrong and fortunately for Wes, they're also careless. He survives his own hanging and gets a second chance. Now he's plotting his revenge. And he'll have to stay one step ahead because these self-appointed executioners aren't likely to make the same mistake twice. WES The Devil's Corral Savage, Jr. Les LP-2657 (Also available in regular print (AL-0180)). Includes "The Devil's Corral," in which an obstinate horse named Devil gives Ed Ketland a run for his money; "Satan Sits a Big Bronc," in which a carpetbag governor hires a gang of outlaws to enforce his new laws; and "Senorita Scorpion," in which Chisos Owens embarks on a mission of revenge to find the enigmatic Scorpion. WES Winter Kill Roderus, Frank LP-3235 WES Holster Law Scott, Bradford LP-2632 Old Jug's been a ranch hand for more years than he can remember, but he can still ride and rope with the best of them. When Jug uncovers a scheme to rustle cattle from under his watch, someone wants him out of the way and he's fired from the only job he's ever known. Now, Jug's going to find out who's responsible, and show them just how much fight one old cowboy has left. Three hundred trigger-happy cowhands are on a march from Texas to the cattle market at Dodge City. Suddenly a herd owner and his range boss were found murdered. Suspicions flared. Trigger fingers began itching. Nearly every cowhand present was a Texan, and a Texan isn't given to arguing with words. WES Raiders of the Rio Grande Scott, Bradford LP-3238 WES Expedition Ross, Dana F. LP-0141 Clay Holt leads a perilous expedition up the Yellow River. "A belly full of lead for the man who opens the door!" Slade muttered as he looked through the cabin window and saw the shotgun lashed to the table rigged to blast when the door was disturbed. "An old trick," the Ranger thought, "deadly only if you're careless." Standing out of the line of fire, he smashed in the door with a log, and the shotgun fired its load squarely into a bundle of dynamite! 251 WES Rangers at Bay Scott, Bradford LP-2789 Shocked and enraged, Walt Slade read the venomous editorial. His honor as a Texas Ranger was tarnished by the vicious, lying attack, but, as an undercover agent, he could not protest. He knew the slander was just another weapon in the brewing range war. But the attack turned personal when hot lead whined at Slade from ambush. WES Tascosa Gun Shelton, Gene LP-0190 When his boss's cattle are stolen, Jim East becomes part of the west's biggest manhunt, and begins his career as a lawman. Little did Jim know that big trouble was brewing. WES Shadow Valley Shirreffs, Gordon D. LP-2035 Thirty-five of Drake Manning's hardcases swept over Holt Cooper's ranch like a plague of locusts. They used wire cutters, bullets and fire. When they were done the place was a shambles. Then they went after Cooper, but chasing him was like chasing a phantom. Every time they killed one of his cows he killed two of theirs, but now Cooper was down to his last load of cartridges, and Manning's gunslingers prepared to move in for the kill. WES The Lonely Buckaroo Scott, Leslie LP-2888 Blaine Mason had just sold the Bar Six ranch and left behind the coast with its storms and its damp heat. He was heading for a new home, perhaps in the Panhandle, or in the Rio Grande Valley. A brief stopover would give him time to decide and to enjoy himself. But then Blaine was drugged and robbed of all his money. WES The Texan Scott, Leslie LP-2734 No one saw Justin Slone move. One second his hands were empty, the next, two blackened muzzles threatened death! Justin Slone was the only man in Tombstone with guts enough to call the play of the notorious Brocius gang. So Justin Slone was marked for death. But he was an iron-hard Texan with crushing fists and a greased-lightning draw. WES Deep Hills Stuart, Matt LP-2381 In this blazing western story of range warfare, cowman Britt Larkin of the Deep Hills gambles his life to fight for the homesteaders. 252 WES Gun Law at Vermillion Stuart, Matt LP-2383 Vermillion was tough, a raw Nevada frontier town where murderous hatreds smoldered, where killers walked the streets without fear of the law. There was no law in Vermillion, not even a sheriff. This is the story of Clay Orde, who came to Vermillion wearing a gun and looking for a man. savage warrior combined subtle cunning with lion-like courage as he led his marauding band against the white settlers. Pryor grudgingly admired the enemy who was leading him deeper and deeper into danger, while a white traitor waited for a clear shot at the Rio Kid's back. WES Siege at High Meadow Trimble, Louis LP-2880 Eight long years had not dulled the hatred that Cordell held for Mont Langsford. Eight long years had only given the manhunter the chance to track Langsford down, to get him with his back to Boot Hill. Eight years of pain and humiliation now looked down the barrel of Cordell's carbine. WES Saddle-Man Stuart, Matt LP-0189 Hell is brewing in Indio Basin and exMarshal Bruce Martell has the misfortune of riding right into the middle of it. WES Deadwood Tompkins, Walker A. LP-2873 Behind Vince Meade was the harrowing memory of the massacre at the Little Big Horn. Custer, the Boy General, had left a legacy for him, a mission of justice. Vince had to round up a cowardly turncoat who bore the blood of cavalrymen. Plunging into the raw region that few returned from, WES The Hostile Peaks Trimble, Louis LP-2884 Someone had stolen a shipment of Army guns and ammunition, and that could mean real trouble for the isolated settlers in that mountainous territory. Clint Larabee had been sent to find the missing guns, but by the time he was sure he knew where they were, there didn't seem to be much he was likely to be able to do about it. Vince found that the trail led to Deadwood, where King Colt ruled with hangman's rope and a bottle of rotgut. WES Lion of the Lavabeds Tompkins, Walker A. LP-3039 The Indian Kintupash was a foe worthy of Bob Pryor, the Rio Kid. This 253 WES Buchanan's Gamble Ward, Jonas LP-3042 The killers had taken over the town, lock, stock, and barrel, and they weren't going to leave until there was nothing left to loot. They had the bank and the saloon and the sheriff's office and the poker game. And you had to like it or you ended up dead. But Buchanan didn't like it. WES Gunsmoke: Blizzard of Lead West, Joseph A. LP-3138 Marshal Matt Dillon and all of the other favorites from the long-running TV show are standing tall in this brand-new Western adventure series. A shoot-out on the trail has left Deputy Festus badly wounded and Matt with a broken leg. Back in Dodge City, the Cattleman's Bank has been robbed, there are dead bodies in the street, and the bandits have escaped. Barely able to walk, Marshal Dillon is determined to lead the posse. WES Buchanan's Revenge Ward, Jonas LP-3103 They said in Texas that Tom Buchanan ate raw wildcat for breakfast and that he was slow to anger like a rattler dozing in the desert sun. But now every saloon and dance hall had heard the news: Buchanan was cleaning his guns for the outlaws who had shot his best friend in the back. WES Gunsmoke: The Reckless Gun West, Joseph A. LP-3251 Marshal Matt Dillon's session with a fortune-teller, who sees blood, betrayal, and violent death in his future is interrupted by gunfire. Outside, wealthy rancher Colonel Roberts lies wounded, shot by Tom Gillespie as payback for the massacre of thirtythree Confederate prisoners, including Gillespie's father, and the theft of more than thirty thousand dollars in Yankee gold. WES The Gun and the Law Wayne, Joseph LP-2286 Deputy Sheriff Brady Royal, all alone, had one purpose in life, to avenge the death of his brother, his friend the sheriff, and the innocent people who were all murdered by two killers. A bullet through the heart was too tame. He wanted to watch the killers swing. One was as sly and dangerous as a wolf. The other was a madman with the cunning of a rattler. They knew that their only chance to stay alive was to kill Brady Royal. They roamed the empty land, and only his gun could stop them. 254 WES Hangman's Song West, Charles G. LP-3316 (Also available in regular print (AR1163)). When Preacher Nathaniel Rix and his sons bring a new kind of religion, one that involves guns, to the settlers on the Western frontier, annihilating sinners and saints alike, Jordan Gray, haunted by the tragic death of his wife and son, vows to teach this twisted man of the cloth a valuable lesson. WES Renegade Roundup West, Tom LP-2889 Burt Craig was riding with the wolves, and he didn't much like the company. He'd joined that bandit gang in hopes of getting back his own stake, and so far all he'd got was the chance to ride in another holdup, and maybe stop lead, or get hung if he got caught. Who'd ever swallow his story? WES Shootout at Picture Rock West, Joseph A. LP-3234 WES Scorpion Showdown West, Tom LP-3291 Sam Moreland rode into trouble as blindly as a steer steps into quicksand and now he was sitting in a courtroom, irons on his wrists, and listening as all the evidence against him combined to fashion a hang noose. The only way he was going to get out of this was by finding the real Garrote Gang that had done the mischief he was being blamed for. No one even knew what they looked like because they never left any witnesses alive to tell. (Also available in regular print (AR-2206)). U.S. Marshal John Kilcoyn and his friend, county sheriff Bat Materson, battle against renegade Indians, relentless bushwackers, and a former frontier lawman bent on revenge to rescue a local doctor and his daughter. WES Rattlesnake Range West, Tom LP-2887 Brick Riley has come to Painted Rock because he'd heard there was a shooting feud storming up between the cattle ranchers and the sodbusting homesteaders. That kind of situation was ideal for Riley; he was a hired gun, and it wasn't long before he had a job with the Circle C. They stationed him on the only reliable waterhole for miles around, to run the nesters off. But when Riley saw how poor the families were, he couldn't stomach the job. WES The Buzzard's Nest West, Tom LP-2790 The place was called Copper Valley, but the treasure it held was in gold and greenbacks. The outlaw who had stolen and hidden it was floating in the Rio Grande with a knife in his back. The stranger who was searching for it met seven devious men, all driven by maddening greed. And the law stood by, unable to halt the inevitable clash. 255 WES Thunder Brakes Wilson, Cherry LP-2138 The February blizzard was raging around the little depot of Blue Buttes like a wild monster. Tex Rankin and his cowboy partner, the earnest Dell Young, were awaiting the midnight train to whisk them down south. Then the wind blew in a slim young girl, June Hale, who was looking for two men to help on her ranch, the Curly Q, while she went to attend to her injured father. Moved by her plight, Tex and Dell agreed. They watched her board the train going south, and then heard that the Curly Q was about to go under! WES Massacre Basin Wynne, Frank LP-2879 "When I'm gone the wolves will come out of their holes and gang up on Hat." Such was the prophecy by which Nora Parrott had inherited the mighty Parrott Hat ranch, and by which her foreman, Clay Sebastian, was bound. And they knew who would lead the wolves; Buck DeSpain, whose methods were wilier but equally ruthless. 256