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Murder At The Blue Owl
by Lee MartinDeb Ralston, the savvy, compassionate, "immensely appealing" (Kirkus) police detective who first came on the scene in Too Sane a Murder and A Conspiracy of Strangers, is back in full force-even fuller, as she's carrying the child she has finally been able to conceive. Suffering through the early stages of a first pregnancy at the age of 42, Deb hopes to spend a relaxing weekend at the birthday celebration of her old school friend's mother, former screen star Margali Bowman. Deb remembers Margali as eccentric and flamboyant, putting her staid daughter, Deb's friend Fara, into the shade; what she doesn't remember is the hysterical paranoia that Margali is now exhibiting. Maudlin melodrama turns to murder when the lights come up after a private viewing of Margali's screen gems to reveal her dead body. Abruptly placed on duty, Deb must sift through Margali's household of family and friends to come up with a murderer. Poisoned drinks, a mysterious stab wound, and a proliferation of wills
Death Warmed Over
by Lee MartinWhen Deb Ralston discovers the dead body of a faithful Fort Worth postman alongside a smoldering 1957 Chevrolet, the last thing she thinks about is the value of the car. A forty-two-year- old expectant mother and veteran police detective, Deb Ralston has learned to focus on the human side of her cases-the clues of nuance and personality-especially when it comes to murder. When Deb starts asking questions this time, she quickly discovers that quite a few Fort Worth residents own '57 Chevrolets-and that you'd have to have a very good reason to burn one. The clues point up a twisting rural road to a farmhouse where a little girl is found dead, still in her parochial school uniform. Deb is suddenly investigating a kidnap-murder in which the parents were foolish enough to send the ransom money through the mail. Spurred into action by the facts of the case, Deb is held back by Federal postal regulations and long-standing Fort Worth rivalries and dismayed by the realization that some of the chief suspects are people she's known all her life.
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by Patricia Mccormick"The realities of life in a psychiatric hospital are conveyed well in this strong first novel, as well as the stresses that led to Callie's disorder. There are detailed accounts of her cutting behavior, too, but they aren't here for shock value; rather, they contribute to the authentic feel of the novel. Callie and the other residents, anorexics and drug users as well as a fellow cutter, come across as believable and mostly sympathetic characters. The glimpse of life inside a treatment center will intrigue readers, and Callie's neediness, her courage, and realistically difficult recovery will move them."
Deficit Ending (Deb Ralston series, No.6)
by Lee MartinFort Worth Police Detective Deb Ralston is less than enthusiastic about returning to work at the end of her maternity leave, but she's suddenly catapulted back on the job a few days early. With baby Cameron on her hip, Deb is standing in line at her bank when two men with sawed-off shotguns stage a holdup. To get away, they take a hostage. Deb, who will never forget the look in that young teller's eyes, knows that statistics on the live return of hostages aren't very good. So she hands the baby over to her husband and sets out to gather evidence, bit by bit, piece by piece. But then she gets a phone call in the night. The teller's body has been found. Juggling her baby and her badge, Deb uses every ounce of her training, her experience, and her instinct to track down the most murderous bunch of bank robbers since Bonnie and Clyde. Once again sleuth Deb Ralston delivers.
A Dog's Life (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #9)
by Cathy East DubowskiWhen Harvey stops by Sabrina's house with Macdougal, the dog he's pet-sitting, he finds Sabrina elbow-deep in brownie batter. She's trying to bake like anormal teenager--without using her powers. But with some of her ingredients missing and her electric mixer on the blink, Sabrina decides to conjure up a little magical help. Suddenly, Sabrina's mixing spell goes horribly haywire, bouncing into the dining room and zapping Harvey and Macdougal. Now Harvey's in canine chaos and his voice is coming out of the golden retriever's drooling jaws! With the Quizmaster on her case and her best friend chasing cats, Sabrina's in the doghouse--unless she can find the trick that will get rid of Harvey's dog days for good!
Too Sane A Murder
by Lee MartinHe wanted his bag of marbles. Around him, in the den of his own home, lie the bodies of his parents, two guests, and a cat-all brutally murdered. And Olead Baker wants his bag of marbles. To most of the police force, Olead seems the obvious suspect. At twenty-six, he has spent much of his life institutional ized for schizophrenia. He has also, in the past, displayed a violent fear of cats Deb Ralston, though, is not like most of the other police detectives. She's been a cop for fifteen years, but, as she explains to Olead, she's "been a mother a lot longer than that." Deb becomes convinced- despite the evidence mounting against him-that Olead is innocent. In a race against time-and the death sentence-Deb must reconcile the evidence that proves that Olead did indeed fire a gun that fatal evening with her certainty that Olead could not have committed such an inhuman act. If Olead did not commit those murders, then somebody else did. But who? And why?
High Survival (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #10)
by Carolyn KeeneNancy Drew and the Hardy boys team up on a survival trip through the Rocky Mountains where the elements aren't the only, or most deadly danger.
To Catch A Golden Ring
by Marilyn Cram DonahueNovel for teens about two friends seeking the untouchable dream
Inherited Murder
by Lee MartinDetective Deb Ralston has promised her husband, Harry, that she'll happily forget work for three weeks and concentrate on relaxing, sightseeing, picnicking-they'll have a real family vacation (although taking a teenager, his girlfriend, a toddler, and a pit bull by van from Fort Worth, Texas, to Salt Lake City, Utah, can't be all that relaxing). The Ralstons settle into Georgina Grafton's bed-and-breakfast in Salt Lake City. But while sightseeing in Gilgal Sculpture Garden on the trip's second day, they find the body of Georgina's sister, Alexandra, who has been killed by a fist-sized rock aimed at the back of her head. Georgina tells them that Alexandra, a victim of multiple personality disorder, was a handful, but she was certainly not dangerous enough to murder. Or was she? While Deb may be out of her jurisdiction, she's not out of her league: Because their grieving hostess trusts them, she and Harry volunteer to help Salt Lake City Police Detective Charlie Sosa with the case. Promising not to get too involved, because she wouldn't want to put her family in jeopardy and, anyway, she is supposed to be on vacation.
New Year's Evil (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #11)
by Carolyn KeeneNANCY DREW heads for Quebec City to investigate sabotage on the set of the romantic TV thriller Dangerous Loves. But the action behind the scenes is far more chilling than anything on camera. Somebody is secretly determined to turn the film into a flop. The movie title adds an ominous twist to the case when Bess falls for its very attractive star -- one of Nancy's prime suspects! Meanwhile... FRANK and JOE HARDY are also in Quebec for the Winter Carnival's spectacular auto iceracing event. But they soon find themselves in a race of their own -- to catch a murderer! Racing champ Andre Junot has turned up dead. At the same time a photographer from the movie set has turned up missing. Nancy, Frank, and Joe form a single resolution: infiltrate the criminal conspiracy.
Buried In Time (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #7)
by Carolyn KeeneNancy Drew heads west to help archeologist Tod Langford investigate a series of thefts and threats interrupting his work. A young Native American woman, Red Sky Winsea, claims that he has disturbed the dead, desecrating a sacred Indian burial site. But the morning after Nancy's arrival, she learns that Tod has unearthed more than a poltergeist. For the burial ground has become a killing ground and Langford has dug his own grave. Meanwhile... Frank and Joe Hardy are checking out a nearby air force base. A vital shipment has been hijacked, and the materials could be used to build an atom bomb! The trail leads to the Indian burial site. But Joe is distracted by the beautiful Sky and seems to have lost sight of the danger. If the missing shipment falls into the wrong hands, true evil may rise up from the grave, with catastrophic results.
Prisoner of Cabin 13 (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #11)
by John VornholtSabrina's excited to be a counselor at Camp Bearclaw--until she gets her cabin assignment: Cabin 13, the troublemakers' cabin. She tries to tame the kids without using magic, but they're really out of control. When they have a pillow fight that covers the cabin in feathers and stuffing, Sabrina finally loses her temper and casts a good-behavior spell. Now her campers are amazing everyone with their obedience. But Sabrina knows they can't win the big Tug of War competition if they're acting like well-behaved robots. And she's getting a little bored with her perfect little campers. Should she remove the spell, or is she asking for more trouble?
Death in Bloodhound Red (Bloodhound #1)
by Virginia LanierJo Beth Sidden is a Georgia peach with an iron pit. At 29, she has realized her dream of owning a kennel, Bloodhounds, Inc., raising and training bloodhounds for search-and-rescue missions into the Okefenokee Swamp, a treacherous, mosquito-infested expanse of hundreds of square miles in south Georgia. She knows her stuff, but every time she follows her dogs on a scent trail into the swamp, she risks it all from a fall, snakebite, or the pot growers who shoot first and ask questions later. And she has to deal with rude depputies and a sheriff whose main concern town reelection.
Ben There, Done That (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #6)
by Joseph LockeHiccups are hiccups, right? Wrong! Aunt Hilda's hiccups may be the end of me and Western civilization if I can't find a cure for her magical/medical disorder. She accidentally yanked Benjamin Franklin into the 20th century, and now I have to figure out how to get him back where he belongs. And that's only part of the problem. . . .
Salem on Trial (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #8)
by Bobbi Weiss David WeissWhen Sabrina has a history report due, she and Salem do some research--in Colonial-era Westbridge! Their temporal transit tickets are unchangeable and nonrefundable, and Sabrina's powers have been time-locked so that she won't accidentally change the course of history through magic. Sabrina's first shock is meeting Harvard Kinklin and Libbeth Chestler--dead ringers for Harvey and Libby. Libbeth's as jealous as her alter ego Libby when Harvard pays too much attention to Sabrina. So she brings a charge of witchcraft against Sabrina and her cat--and the judge sentences the time travelers to hanging! Suddenly, Sabrina and Salem are trapped in the past with only their wits to escape the noose...and time is running out!
The House on Bloodhound Lane (Bloodhound #2)
by Virginia LanierJo Beth is back. Her ex-husband is out of prison far sooner than expected and is stalking her again. And her most promising new tracking dog is totally blind. Her business is thriving, and her personal life is a mess.
The Mensa Murders
by Lee MartinFor once a sudden death doesn't seem to be a police matter: A middle-aged Fort Worth city employee with a serious heart condition has apparently died in her own bed of natural causes. But something about the scoured bathroom floors, hospital-cornered bed, and lack of dirty laundry bothers police detective Deb Ralston: It's too neat. When two similar murders follow, Deb finds herself on the baffling trail of a murderer who leaves no trail-because he or she always cleans up afterward. Deb looks beyond the scrubbed surfaces and discovers some curious connections: All three victims belonged to the church of Sister Eagle Feather (not her real name), and all three were also members of Mensa, the society for people who score in the top two percent on intelligence tests. As a result, the three murdered women had many acquaintances in common, from Sister Eagle Feather to a couple of psychiatrists to fellow members of Mensa-not all of whom are as sane as they are smart. Perhaps, though, the killer was after one woman in particular and set up the other murders to make them look like serial killings. In any event, there must be someone out there who is obsessed with cleaning up after the crime-and who just may be planning to come clean Deb's house next.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1)
by Bobbi Weiss David WeissI'm 16, I'm a witch, and I still have to go to school? This is no time for jokes! I just learned the terrible truth: I'm a witch. Here I thought I was just another teenager worried about making friends in my new school and how to get a guy I really like, Harvey, to notice me. That changed fast enough when my two aunts gave me a black pot and an old book, The Discovery of Magic, and my cat started giving me advice. I'm still trying to control my pointing finger and my runaway mind but between dead frogs, my worst enemy, Libby, and pineapples . . . but I'm getting ahead of myself. My name's Sabrina and I'm sixteen. I always knew I was different, but I thought it was just because I lived with my strange aunts, Zelda and Hilda, while my divorced parents bounced around the world. Dad's in the foreign service. The very foreign service. He's a witch-and so am I. I can't run to Mom-but not because she's currently on an archaeological dig in Peru. She's a mortal. If I set eyes on her in the next two years, she'll turn into a ball of wax. So for now, I'm stuck with my aunts. They're hanging around to show me everything I need to know about this witch business. They say all I have to do is concentrate and point. And I thought fitting in was tough! You probably think I have superpowers. Think again! I can't turn back time, and I'm on my own when it comes to love. Of course, there are some pretty neat things I can do-but that's where the trouble always begins. . . .
All You Need Is a Love Spell (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #7)
by Randi ReisfeldIt's almost Valentine's Day, and everyone seems to be in love. Even Harvey's caught up in the season--but he's crazy for another girl! Now Quentin, the new student from Greece, seems to think I belong with him, but he can't put a love spell on me. I'm too busy trying to figure out how to get things back to normal before I lose Harvey forever!
Halloween Havoc
by Diana G. GallagherSabrina's throwing a Halloween party with a B movie monster theme. But only Harvey and Jenny show up. Everyone else is at Libby's super-secret "surprise" Halloween affair. Libby's winning the popularity game-until Sabrina's mischievous Aunt Vesta, a real witch, invites some of her friends over for a genuine monster bash! Soon everyone is partying at Sabrina's, where the zombies, mummy, Wolfman and Frankenstein's monster are stealing the show. Sabrina's busy trying to keep her friends from learning the truth. That's when Libby discovers the magic pantry and meets the young warlock who can help her create some havoc of her own. Suddenly the party's out of control, and Sabrina's cover as a normal teenager is about to be blown!
Best of Enemies (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #9)
by Carolyn KeeneAMERICA'S HOTTEST TEEN DETectives TEAM UP TO BRING AN AMERICAN SUPERSPY TO SAFETY The Berlin Wall has come tumbling down, and a major American agent-code-named the Swallow-wants to come home. On a top mission for the Network, THE HARDY BOYS head to Memphis, where a mystery man named Pritchitt has promised to turn the agent over for a price. But a ruthless German spymaster, known only as Klaus, has vowed to beat Frank and Joe to the punch-and shoot the Swallow out of the sky. Meanwhile... NANCY DREW comes to the aid of Beau Davis, a guy with a bad case of the Memphis blues. Accused of stealing a guitar once belonging to Elvis, he is now a prime suspect in a more ominous matter-the murder of Pritchitt! In a case as twisty and treacherous as a Mississippi River current, Frank and Joe and Nancy are headed for a stunning rendezvous and revelation...
Dangerous Games (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #4)
by Carolyn KeeneAMERICA'S HOTTEST TEEN DETECTIVES TEAM UP IN A SPLIT-SECOND RACE WITH TERROR. An urgent message draws NANCY DREW and her friends to the International Championship Games in California. It seems a mysterious figure called the Black Knight wants to force star athletes off the track and into the hospital. But when Nancy starts to dig for clues, the young sleuth finds she is a moving target in a high-risk event--where any mistake is fatal. Meanwhile... THE HARDY BOYS show up at the games to help beef up security and uncover a scandal. Along with acts of sabotage, there's evidence of illegal steroid use by certain athletes. But Frank and Joe's most critical problem is the Black Knight. The murderous phantom is about to deal a deathblow to the competition. And the brother detectives are top picks for the all-victim squad...
Santa's Little Helper (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #5)
by Cathy East DubowskiSabrina's down in the dumps. Everyone else has the holiday spirit... even Libby Chessler! Sabrina's aunts Hilda and Zelda, are trying to give her a happy holiday but their best spells fall flat. And Harvey seems so busy and secretive. Is he giving her the brush-off for Christmas? Sabrina decides to give him the ultimate Christmas gift: Elvis' voice for the holiday concert. What a disaster! Suddenly Harvey's a chic magnet and Sabrina's out in the cold. Then, when she volunteers to take Jenny's place as Santa's elf, Santa and the presents disappear! It will take a miracle-or a teenage witch-to save this Christmas. But can Sabrina succeed and keep her secret safe?
Mystery Train (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #8)
by Carolyn KeeneAMERICA'S TOP TEEN DETECTIVES TEAM UP TO TRACK DOWN A CRIMINAL MASTER. NANCY DREW joins some of the best minds in the mystery field to help crack a famous unsolved case: the theft of the Comstock diamond. A private train will take the elite group from Chicago to San Francisco, the same route taken by the jewel thief fifteen years before. But someone is out to derail the search for clues and send Nancy on a chilling cross-country ride to terror. Meanwhile... FRANK AND JOE HARDY climb on board, lured by the promise of a $25,000 reward for whoever finds the diamond. Instead they find trouble: an open-air fist fight atop the speeding train, a runaway locomotive, and a beautiful gem of a different kind--actress Kate Harkins. Joe is dazzled by her entrance and stunned by her exit. The teen detectives suspect she's been kidnapped, and it soon becomes clear they've all been ticketed for disaster... on the MYSTERY TRAIN.
Showdown at the Mall (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #2)
by Diana G. GallagherSabrina is determined to make it on mortal terms in the Teen Work Weekend project at the mall even if she does use a little magic to land a job at the Too Chic Boutique. But Libby and her friends, Jill and Cici, are out to make her look like a fool and suddenly her magic isn't working! Sabrina soon learns the reason: her new-found cousin Tanya, a full witch who swears she'll prove that her magic is stronger than Sabrina's. Even if it means threatening Sabrina's job and casting a spell over Harvey, too. But every time Sabrina tries to strike back, her spells boomerang and she's in worse shape than before. Her aunts say she must learn how to protect herself. This time she's on her own....