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Eye Of The Wolf
by T. V. OlsenFrank Ulring was The Law in Grafton County. In six short years he had driven the outlaws, the rustlers and robbers from their mountain refuges and had whiplashed the Navajos into sullen, but submissive obedience. Though some might have muttered about the severity of his methods, when they remembered how it had been, they always supported their tough, domineering sheriff. The town of Spurlock was his domain, where he had everything he had aimed for in life except a wife. Though the woman he wanted was already married, the Sheriff had a scheme and the scheme was called murder, and the only obstacle to it was a witness a Navajo who soon became the object of one of the most intensive manhunts Grafton County had ever seen.
The Tangent Factor (Peter Tangent #2)
by Lawrence SandersThe story of two men divided by greed and honor-but united by the one woman who loves them both.
Vancouver Nightmare (Tom and Liz Austen Mystery #2)
by Eric WilsonA chance meeting with a drug pusher named Spider takes Tom Austen into the grim streets of Vancouver's Skid Road, where he poses as a runaway while searching for information to help the police smash a gang which is cynically hooking young kids on drugs. Suddenly unmasked as a police agent, Tom is trapped in the nightmarish underworld of Vancouver as the gang closes in, determined to get rid of the young meddler at any cost." Get an exciting taste of Canadian teenage detectives in action in The Tom and Liz Austen Mysteries Series from the Bookshare Library including: #1. Murder on The Canadian, #3. The Case of the Golden Boy, #4. Disneyland Hostage, #5. The Kootenay Kidnapper, #6. Vampires of Ottawa, #7. Spirit in the Rainforest, #8. The Green Gables Detectives, #9. Code Red at the Supermall, #10. Cold Midnight in Vieux Quebec, #11. The Ice Diamond Quest, #12. The Prairie Dog Conspiracy, #13. The St. Andrews Werewolf and #14. The Inuk Mountie Adventure,
Murder on the Canadian (Tom and Liz Austen Mystery #1)
by Eric WilsonTeenage thriller about Tom Austen, who fell into an unhappy sleep aboard the Canadian train, and woke up to a horrifying scream.
The Kootenay Kidnapper (Tom and Liz Austen Mystery #5)
by Eric WilsonOnly groans and creaks sounded from the old building as it waited for Tom Austen to discover its secret. With a rapidly-beating heart, he approached the staircase... Juvenile mystery/thriller set in the mountains of British Columbia.
Final Decree
by George JonasKazmer Harcsa, an immigrant carpenter, has worked hard to provide his family with all the comforts of a modest middle-class life in Toronto, but his dream is shattered when his young wife leaves him, taking their two children with her. Kazmer is plunged into a humiliating world of slick divorce lawyers and incomprehensible court orders, a world where his native wisdom and wit are mistaken for simple-mindedness. Unable to make anyone understand his pain, Kazmer feels compelled to take the law into his own hands and seek his own brand of tragic justice. In Final Decree, George Jonas has crafted a fascinating and controversial portrait of a man struggling to maintain his dignity and a legal system that often doesn't stop long enough to listen to those who file--through its courtrooms.
Shattered Moon (Theresa Fortunato #1)
by Kate GreenHauntingly beautiful California psychic Theresa Fortunato begins her frightening ordeal when an anxious couple beg her to help them find their missing daughter, Bonnie. Theresa has a vision in which she sees Bonnie spread-eagled and dead, with jackknives pinning her hands to the ground. And when Theresa leads the police to Bonnie's body, the scene is exactly as she "saw" it. The next vision comes to Theresa unbidden--another dead young woman, her body surrounded by a circle of eight jackknives. Once again, Theresa's vision is correct in every grisly detail. Police Lieutenant Oliver Jardine hopes that Theresa can help him find the murderer. But Theresa is terrified of becoming further involved. For one thing, she once spent time in a mental institution--committed by her former husband, Michael, who believed her psychic powers to be an unmistakable sign of insanity. Now Michael has suddenly come back into her life, and Theresa doesn't know why. And there's something else--something she has not mentioned to anyone. Her most recent vision, vivid and horrible beyond description, was of her own violent death ...
Spirit in the Rainforest (A Tom and Liz Austen Mystery #7)
by Eric Wilson[from the back cover] The branches trembled, then something slipped away into the darkness of the forest. "That was Mosquito Joe!" Tom exclaimed. "Or his spirit," Liz said. "Let's get out of here." The rainforest of British Columbia holds many secrets, but none stranger than those of Nearby Island. After hair-raising events during a Pacific storm, Tom and Liz Austen seek answers among the island's looming trees. Alarmed by the ghostly shape of the hermit Mosquito Joe, they look for shelter in a deserted school in the rainforest. Then, in the night, Tom and Liz hear a girl's voice crying Beware! Beware! Look for more mysteries about the Canadian brother and sister team of Tom and Liz Austen in the Bookshare collection including: #1 Murder on The Canadian, #2 Vancouver Nightmare, #3 The Case of the Golden Boy, #4 Disneyland Hostage, #5 The Kootenay Kidnapper, #6 Vampires of Ottawa, #7 Spirit in the Rainforest, #8 The Green Gables Detectives, #9 Code Red at the Supermall, #10 Cold Midnight in Vieux Quebec, #11 The Ice Diamond Quest, #12 The Prairie Dog Conspiracy, #13 The St. Andrews Werewolf, #14 The Inuk Mountie Adventure and #17 The Ghost of Lunanburg Manor, with more to come. If you go for books featuring young detectives you'll find over 200 Hardy Boys mysteries, over 50 Three Investigators Mysteries and many more mystery books to keep you turning pages.
Code Red at the Supermall (Tom and Liz Austen Mystery #9)
by Eric Wilson[from the back cover] "They swam past gently-moving strands of seaweed and pieces of jagged coral, then Tom almost choked in horror. A shark was coming straight at him, ready to strike. Have you ever visited a shopping mall that has sharks and piranhas, a triple-loop rollercoaster, 22 waterslides, an Ice Palace, submarines, 828 stores, and a major mystery to solve? Soon after Tom and Liz Austen arrive at the West Edmonton Mall a bomber strikes and they must follow a trail that leads through the fabled splendours of the supermall... to hidden danger." The Tom and Liz Austen Mysteries are action packed, fast paced reading. Though they are about 100 pages long with short chapters, they are packed with adventure in Canada. Look for them in the Bookshare collection. #1. Murder on The Canadian, #2. Vancouver Nightmare, #3. The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor, #4. Disneyland Hostage, #5. The Kootenay Kidnapper, #6. Vampires of Ottawa, #7. Spirit in the Rainforest and #8. The Green Gables Detectives
Tomorrow Belongs To Us
by Larry CollinsAn explosive thriller packed with authentic detail, 'Tomorrow Belongs to Us' tells the story behind the headlines as it exposes the terrifying link between religious fundamentalism, the world drugs trade and Iran's nuclear capability. Former CIA agent Jim Duffy, a Near East expert, is urgently recalled from retirement to investigate reports that the Iranians have got hold of three nuclear warheads. With heroin flooding western markets, the CIA believes that the Iranians are financing their pursuit of nuclear capability with vast sums of money from drug trafficking. Meanwhile, in Europe, the 'Professor', a senior member of a secret Iranian terrorist organization, is shopping for high-tech equipment. His primary function is to obtain the hardware required for Operation Khalid, a devastating plan to blow up Tel Aviv and take back Palestine for Islam. When Duffy brings Washington confirmation of Iran's possession of nuclear devices, the Americans must confront their worst nightmare. It can only be a matter of time before the Iranians are capable of inflicting maximum destruction. Can Duffy track down the warheads before it is too late and prevent the nightmare from becoming reality?
Death and Restoration (Jonathan Argyll Art History Mysteries, Book #6)
by Iain PearsThe monastery of San Giovanni on Rome's Aventine hill has few treasures - only a painting doubtfully attributed to Caravaggio. So Flavia di Stefano of Rome's art police is surprised to receive a tip-off that a raid is being planned on the building. The raid takes place, but the thieves are disturbed and snatch the wrong painting, a curious icon of the Madonna, remarkable only for the affection in which it is held by the local population. Or is this what the thieves wanted all along? Does the legend of the icon's miraculous powers hold any clue? And who murdered the French dealer found in the Tiber soon afterwards? With the help of Jonathan Argyll, Flavia works her way through the intricacies of monastic and police politics and ends up by getting a bigger surprise than she could possibly have imagined. Iain Pears is the most exciting exponent of art-based crime, and Death and Restoration is his most intriguing and gripping novel yet.
A Jack Higgins Quartet: The Last Place God Made, The Savage Day, A Prayer For The Dying and The Eagle Has Landed
by Jack HigginsIn this Collector’s Choice are published four of Jack Higgins’ best known stories. All of them are exhaustively researched and bear the hallmark of Jack Higgins’ superb art as a storyteller. In the introduction, specially written for this volume, Jack Higgins explains how the books came to be written and their importance for him as a writer. THE LAST PLACE GOD MADE - Sam Hannah, ace flyer on the Western Front, was down to pushing ancient planes over the worst jungles in the world. Mallory was a flyer too, one who would rather fly anything than not fly at all, Mallory needed a job and Hannah needed a partner... Two men in battered planes, up against the Savage Huna Indians on Brazil's Rio das Mortes - the River of Death. THE SAVAGE DAY: Simon Vaughan, ex-British army major and adventurer, was rotting in a Greek prison when the British caught up with him. They needed him for a job no one could do better So Vaughan found himself thrust into a world of gun-running, violence and duplicity. Set in Ireland, this is a tough, bitter story, superbly written. A PRAYER FOR THE DYING - Fallon was good with a gun and had never worried about having to use one. The man now wanting him to make a hit was Dandy Jack Meehan, a ruthless underworld boss. That took Fallon to the north of England. It also took him into a conflict of interests that put him on the same side as a Catholic priest and in opposition to Meehan himself And that meant Fallon might live less time than he had recently anticipated. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: At precisely 1 am, on Saturday, 6th November 1943. Heinrich Himmler, Reichsfuhrer of the SS and Chief of State Police, received a simple message. The Eagle has landed. It meant that a small force of German paratroops were safely in England and poised to snatch the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, from the Norfolk country house near the sea where he was. spending a quiet weekend...
Hallowe'en Party
by Agatha ChristieAt a Hallowe'en party, Hercule Poirot aids mystery writer Ariadne Oliver in an investigation into the murder of a young girl-who may have witnessed a murder herself. But unmasking the killer proves more daunting than bobbing for apples.
Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn #32)
by Ngaio MarshThe perfect theater production, the perfect mood, but one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real... Luckily Detective Alleyn is in the audience.
Mistress Of Mellyn
by Victoria HoltAn impoverished Victorian girl must take a position as a governess to a resentful, eight-year-old girl and her distant, enigmatic father.. The house in which the child lives, the child herself, and the child's father are hiding dark secrets. The governess puts her life in danger as she tries to unravel the mysteries and falls in love with the child and her father.
South By Java Head
by Alistair MacLeanFebruary, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army, as the last boat slips out of the harbour into the South China Sea. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what is the dissolute Englishman, Farnholme? The elegant Dutch planter, Van Effen? The strangely beautiful Eurasian girl, Gudrun? The slave trader, Siran? The smiling and silent Nicholson who is never without his gun? Only one thing is certain: the rotting tramp steamer is a floating death trap, carrying a cargo of human TNT. Dawn sees them far out to sea but with the first murderous dive bombers already aimed at their ship. Thus begins an ordeal few are to survive, a nightmare succession of disasters wrought by the hell-bent Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun and by the survivors themselves, whose hatred and bitterness divides them one against the other. Written after the acclaimed and phenomenally successful HMS Ulysses and The Guns of Navarone, this was MacLean's third book, and it contains all the hallmarks of those other two classics. Rich with stunning visual imagery, muscular narrative power, brutality, courage and breathtaking excitement, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of South by Java Head offers readers a long-denied chance to enjoy one of the greatest war novels ever written.
Pay Off
by Stephen LeatherWhy does a wealthy Scottish financier set up a drugs deal with the IRA, jeopardise his career, endanger his family and lover by tangling with the East End underworld and a ruthless mercenary? The motive is simple: revenge for a cold-blooded act of murder. is adversary is a dangerous gangland boss whose connections stretch from the Highlands to London and beyond. More than a match for a newcomer, especially when his plans contain a fatal flaw which will be discovered only when it is much too late ...
Adultery: A Novel
by Richard B. WrightNovel exploring the aftereffects and ramifications of an extramarital affair.
The Prairie Dog Conspiracy (Tom and Liz Austen Mystery #12)
by Eric WilsonDuring a long cold winter in his home town, young Tom Austen stumbles across some strange activity in an abandoned house.
Kennedy's Ghost
by Gordon StevensA war hero and popular Democratic senator from Massachusetts, Jack Donaghue is the odds-on favorite to be the next U.S. president, just like his model JFK. But Donaghue has a dark secret. Dave Haslam must find the key to Donaghue's past. Working against time, Haslam must stop a string of political assassinations before Donaghue becomes the next casualty. This is an absorbing, exciting novel of complex international espionage involving elaborately hidden means, often illegal, too often lethal of acquiring financing and manipulating the pawns and the powerful to guarantee political advancement in high places.
Messiah
by Boris StarlingLondon is in the grip of a heatwave: airless days, strange steamy nights and a killer walking the streets. Wealthy men are being murdered to some mysterious pattern, with no clues left behind, only corpses with silver spoons in place of their tongues.
The Forbidden City of Luxor (The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Ser. #2)
by Brad QuentinDeep in the trackless jungles of India, in an ancient city prowled by man-eating tigers and infested with crocodiles, a strange light is seen. Is it a message from the ancient gods? Jonny Quest doesn't think so. He believes in science, not in ghosts and gods. But while he is rescuing his friends and father from a very British team of crooks, Jonny finds that the truth can be even stranger than legend! A SPECIAL AFTERWARD BY JONNY QUEST SERIES SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANT DR. GREGORY BENFORD, PH.D. For another novel where adventure meets science and science fiction with Jonny Quest and his friends look for #5 Evil Under the Ice in Bookshare's library. Don't miss this new nonstop action adventure, as Jonny Quest fights wilderness predators and alien invaders in deepest India!
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot Series #2)
by Agatha ChristieJust days after sending a letter to Poirot, Monsieur Renauld, who had a stolen fortune, dies mysteriously on a golf course. Suspects in his murder include his scorned wife, estranged son, and his mistress. Police believe they've solved the crime, but can Poirot prove them wrong?
The Midnight Club And Hide And Seek
by James PattersonThe Midnight Club: A stunningly brilliant psychopathic killer who has skillfully eluded the police from London to Paris to New York. A beautiful woman journalist suddenly in grave danger. An unorthodox New York detective whose motive for stopping the killer couldn't be more personal or emotional. All bound by the chains of secrecy, wealth, and crime formed by the cabal called The Midnight Club. Hide And Seek: It was the trial that electrified the world. Not just because of the defendant, Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs captivated the world's heart. Not just because of the victim, Will Shepard, the world's most glamorous athlete. But also because everyone said Maggie had murdered not just one husband, but two. And because in Maggie's world -- the world she feared and despised but could not escape, the world of the powerful, the rich, and the ruthless -- both death and life could never be what they seemed.
If Tomorrow Comes / Tell Me Your Dreams
by Sidney SheldonIF TOMORROW COMES: Tracy Whitney is on top of the world. Beautiful and intelligent, she is about to marry into wealth and glamour – until she finds herself in prison, framed by a ruthless mafia gang. Determined to avenge herself on those who have destroyed her life, Tracy plays for the highest stakes in a deadly game. A game that takes her from New Orleans to London, Paris and Madrid. Only one man can challenge her: the handsome, persuasive and daring Jeff Stevens. And only one man can stop her: an evil genius whose only hope of salvation is In Tracy’s destruction... TELL ME YOUR DREAMS: Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The police make an arrest that leads to one of the most bizarre murder trials of the century. Based on real medical cases, Sheldon’s novel races from London to Rome to the city of Quebec to San Francisco with a climax that will leave the reader stunned.