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Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel
by Francis Rabelais Sir Thomas Urquhart Of Cromarty Peter Antony MotteuxThe Jekyll Legacy
by Andre Norton Robert BlochHester Lane, recently arrived in Victorian London, eagerly accepts a potentially dangerous assignment for a fashionable ladies' magazine.
Heartland
by David WiltseAdventure beginning in Minneapolis with the visit of the President. The book moves from Minneapolis to Nebraska.
Cherry Ames, Senior Nurse (Cherry Ames #2)
by Helen WellsIt is Cherry's senior year, new classes new experiences and new troubles. What shall Cherry do after she graduates? What is wrong with the new doctor Lex? And what is going on in Dr. Fortune's lab late at night? Cherry tries her best with he wit her humor and some bumps in the road, and makes some great friends too along the way.
Flame-Colored Taffeta
by Rosemary SutcliffTwelve-year-old Damaris and her friends become involved with smugglers and a young man who may be a spy, in a rural community near the southern coast of England in the eighteenth century.
The Man with the Golden Gun (James Bond #13)
by Ian FlemingThe 13th saga in the James Bond series, the last one that Ian Fleming wrote.
You Only Live Twice (James Bond #12)
by Ian FlemingA James Bond tale of the Orient and his appointment with destiny in a place of easy death.
Tea and Sympathy (Mystery and the Minister’s Wife #25)
by Carol CoxCabin fever... When Kate wakes one morning, only to realize she's been sleeping for days, she is shocked and alarmed. How did she sleep for so long? And why does she feel so weak? With Paul at her side, Kate concludes that she's come down with a nasty flu and decides to continue working on her current mystery from bed. Mayor Lawton Briddle has been accused of a horrendous financial crime, and Kate is convinced he's innocent. But when she digs back into her work, not only is her memory fuzzy, but she's also missing any real evidence of the research she has already done. Homebound, recovering at a snail's pace and working from ground zero, Kate must mentally retrace her steps to solve the mystery of Lawton's indictment, while also getting to the bottom of why her memory has lapsed.
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery AllinghamAn Albert campion mystery; false identity, blackmail, buried treasure, good versus evil.
Deadly Tango
by Gisela HubermanA Gloria Berk mystery set in Washington, D.C. Gloria enters an erotic relationship that turns into a fury with murder and deception.
The Master's Hand (Mystery and the Minister’s Wife #26)
by Diane NobleAN EYE FOR ART. COPPER MILL IS BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT over the opening of a new museum that features art donated by one of the town's great success stories: a man named Davis Carr, who spent a meaningful part of his childhood there. Carr has even made sure that the museum is equipped with a high-tech surveillance system run by security guru Clive Garfield. But when Paul's mentor Nehemiah Jacobs comes across the security feed of the museum, he sees more than just a few priceless paintings. Kate is sure that the suspicious activity at the museum is connected to Clive, especially after she notices that Livvy's son James Jenner, who works on Clive's security team, begins to act fearful and skittish. When Kate tries to enlist the assistance of Renee Lambert, she finds that Renee has sworn off gossip, which makes for a surprisingly difficult investigation. With or without Renee, Kate knows that something shady is surrounding the museum and, worse, she worries that James is in trouble. Can she get to the bottom of it before it's too late?
Strangers inTheir Midst (Mystery and the Minister's Wife #27)
by Patricia H. RushfordDOWN AND OUT. The economic downturn has finally affected Copper Mill. Kate has seen evidence of it in small ways, but it's not until she learns that there is an entire group of homeless people living in Ash Grove Campground that she realizes she has to do something. Disappointed that the majority of the community opposes her plans to help their struggling neighbors, Kate throws herself into doing what she can. She meets Troy Eaton, a man facing hard times, and a strange and confused elderly woman who calls herself the Countess. When Troy is implicated in more than one crime, Kate is convinced of his innocence, even contrary to circumstantial evidence. Yet as she investigates, she begins to wonder if the several mysteries she's juggling are linked--and it appears that none of her new friends are quite who they seem. Can Kate clear Troy's name when she hardly knows him or will getting involved put her in danger?
The Clue of the Black Flower (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories #18)
by Carolyn KeeneLouise Dana, one of the Dana girl twins, is baffled as to why a man would value an artificial black orchid. Shortly after Jean and Louise arrive at summer camp, the orchid is stolen. The girls learn that not only does the orchid have a hidden value, but may provide a clue to a pair of twins who went missing years before in South America. Through a series of amazing events, Jean and Louise learn what happened to the missing twins and discover the secret of the black orchid.
In the Labyrinth
by Alain Robbe-Grillet Richard HowardA wounded soldier tramps the labyrinthine streets of a city on a mission. The narrative and other stylistic techniques make the soldier's obsession the reader's.
Night Kills
by Charlotte HughesIn a small town, everybody knows everybody... ...Or thinks they do The local good-time girl has just been brutally murdered, shattering the tranquility of Lee Cates's sleepy Southern hometown. Everyone in Comfrey is relieved when an outsider who'd spent that fatal night with the victim is arrested--until it begins to look like maybe he's not so guilty. Rashly probing into the murder, the blindly loyal Lee learns that not everybody loved the fast-living woman--though too many men had. Then one night Lee's business is vandalized, and more mysterious events ensue. And Lee realizes-- maybe too late--that in a community this small, one sister's secrets may lead to the other's death...
Whiteout!
by Duncan Kyle[from the back cover] "CAMP HUNDRED... Seven thousand feet up on the Greenland ice-cap, in the teeth of 'white-out' blizzards and howling Arctic gales, the American army Polar research station lies cut off beneath the snow. At Camp Hundred, deep underground, three hundred men live with a battery of technology to protect them from the lethal climate. But the technology begins to fail: 'accidents' happen too often to be coincidence. The isolated camp becomes a death-trap, with a madman setting the snares..."