Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown

ISBN 0-385-50420-9


The Lost Juror by John Grisham

THE LOST JUROR by John Grisham

ISBN 0-385-51043-8

Summary: In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when he was found guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison, but in Mississippi, in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean "life" and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County and the retribution began.


The Innocent Man by John Grisham

THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham


ISBN 13: 978-0-385-51723-2
ISBN 10: 0-385-51723-8

 John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.


Friday, August 19, 2016

The Hanged Man's Song: A Kidd Novel by John Sandford

THE HANGED MAN'S SONG: A Kidd Novel by John Sandford

ISBN 0-399-15139-7
Summary: A super-hacker friend of Kidd's named Bobby suddenly disappears from cyberspace, and Kidd - artist, computer whiz and professional criminal - knows that isn't a good sign. Going over to his house, he finds Bobby dead on the floor, his head bashed in and his laptop missing - and Kidd knows that really isn't a good sign. The secrets on that laptop are potent enough to hang Kidd and everybody else in Bobby's circle - just to start with. But before Kidd and his partner LuEllen can get very far in their attempts to track the laptop down, the secrets start coming out anyway - and they're much more staggering than even Kidd imagined. Because it's not just about the lives of a circle of friends and colleagues now - it's about something much, much bigger. And much, much scarier ...


Dark Of The Moon by John Sandford

DARK OF THE MOON by John Sandford

ISBN-13: 978-0-399-15477-5

Synopsis
Virgil Flowers - tall, lean, late thirties, three times divorced, hair way too long for a cop's - had kicked around for a while before joining the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. First, it was the army and the military police, then the police in St. Paul, and finally Lucas Davenport had brought him into the BCA, promising him, "We'll only give you the hard stuff." He'd been doing the hard stuff for three years now-but never anything like this. In the small town of Bluestem, where everybody knows everybody, a house way up on a ridge explodes into flames, its owner, a man named Judd, trapped inside. There is a lot of reason to hate him, Flowers discovers. Years ago, Judd had perpetrated a scam that'd driven a lot of local farmers out of business, even to suicide. There are also rumors swirling around: of some very dicey activities with other men's wives; of involvement with some nutcase religious guy; of an out-of-wedlock daughter. In fact, Flowers concludes, you'd probably have to dig around to find a person who didn't despise him. And that wasn't even the reason Flowers had come to Bluestem. Three weeks before, there'd been another murder - two, in fact-a doctor and his wife, the doctor found propped up in his backyard, both eyes shot out. There hadn't been a murder in Bluestem in years-and now, suddenly, three? Flowers knows two things: This wasn't a coincidence, and this had to be personal. But just how personal is something even he doesn't realize, and may not find out until too late. Because the next victim . . .may be himself. Filled with the audacious plotting, rich characters, and brilliant suspense that have always made his books "compulsively readable" (Los Angeles Times), Dark of the Moon is vintage Sandford, further proof that he "is in a class of his own" (The Orlando Sentinel).
Product Identifiers
ISBN-100399154779
ISBN-139780399154775

Key Details
AuthorJohn Sandford
Number Of Pages384 pages
SeriesVirgil Flowers
FormatHardcover
Publication Date2007-10-02
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

Additional Details
Series Volume Number1
Copyright Date2007

Dimensions
Weight20 Oz
Height1.2 In.
Width6.3 In.
Length9.4 In.

Target Audience
GroupTrade
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Age Range18

Classification Method
LCCN2007-028274
LC Classification NumberPS3569
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Dewey Edition22

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Broken Prey by John Sandford

BROKEN PREY by John Sandford

ISBN 0-399-15272-5

Summary: Lucas Davenport confronts a living nightmare, in one of the scariest Prey novels yet from the number-one bestselling author.

The "Big Three" are a trio of inmates locked up in the Minnesota Security Hospital over the years, each a particularly vicious serial killer, each with his own distinct style and propensities. Everybody feels much safer knowing that they're behind bars. Except . . . there's a new killer on the loose. And his handiwork bears a disturbing resemblance to some of the finer points practiced by the Big Three, details that never even made the papers.

Davenport and his team quickly home in on a possible suspect, a man named Charlie Pope, who was released from the same hospital prison a few weeks earlier, and who now seems to have cut himself free from his court-imposed ankle bracelet and disappeared. But is he really the one? And why do the Big Three look so agitated?

Brilliantly suspenseful, consistently surprising-once again, Sandford has outdone himself.


Mortal Prey by John Sandford

MORTAL PREY by John Sandford

ISBN 0-399-14863-9
Summary: Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key Southerner, and the best hitwoman in the business. Now retired and living in Mexico, she nearly dies herself when a sniper kills her boyfriend, the son of a local druglord, and while the boy's father vows vengeance, Rinker knows something he doesn't: The boy wasn't the target-she was-and now she is going to have to disappear to find the killer herself. The FBI and DEA draft Davenport to help track her down, and with his fiancée deep in wedding preparations, he's really just as happy to go-but he has no idea what he's getting into. For Rinker is as unpredictable as ever, and between her, her old bosses in the St. Louis mob, the Mexican druglord, and the combined, sometimes warring, forces of U.S. law enforcement, this is one case that will get more dangerous as it goes along. And when the crossfire comes, anyone standing in the middle won't stand a chance. . . .

Filled with the rich characterization and exceptional drama that are his hallmarks, Mortal Prey proves that John Sandford just keeps getting better.

Invisible Prey by John Sandford

INVISIBLE PREY by John Sandford

ISBN-13: 978-0-399-15421-8

Summary: In the richest neighborhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms tossed, only small items stolen. It is clearly the random work of someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as Davenport looks more closely, he begins to wonder whether the items are actually so small and the victims so random-if there might not be some invisible agenda at work here. Gradually, a pattern begins to emerge, and it leads him to . . . certainly nothing he ever expected. Which is too bad, because the killers-and, yes, there is more than one of them-the killers are expecting him. Brilliantly suspenseful, filled with rich characterization and exciting drama, Invisible Prey is further proof that Sandford is in a class of his own.


Naked Prey by John Sandford

NAKED PREY by John Sandford

ISBN-10: 0-399-15043-9


The Quickie by James Patterson

THE QUICKIE by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

ISBN-13: 978-0-316-11736-4

Summary: Lauren Stillwell is no regular wronged woman. She's a NYC cop - and she's just been assigned to this case. Unable to tell anyone what she saw and unwilling to turn her husband in, Lauren is paralyzed by a secret that will tear her life apart. But as she attempts to point fingers away from her husband, she uncovers something shocking: her husband didn't have an affair - what he did was far worse than she could have ever imagined.

Cross by James Patterson

CROSS by James Patterson

ISBN-13: 978-0-316-15979-1

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Alex's need for vengeance was placed on hold as he faced another huge challenge-raising his children without their mother.

Years later Alex is making a bold move in his life. He has left the FBI and set up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama, Damon, Jannie, and little Alex finally feels like it's in order. He even has a chance at a new love.

Then Cross's former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favor. He is tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown, one whose brutal modus operandi includes threatening his victims with terrifying photos. Cross and Sampson need the testimonies of these women to stop the predator, but the rape victims refuse to reveal anything about their attacker.

When the case triggers a connection to Maria's death, Alex may have a chance to catch his wife's murderer after all these years. Is this a chance for justice at long last? Or the culminating scene in his own deadly obsession?



The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson

THE THOMAS BERRYMAN NUMBER by James Patterson

 ISBN-13: 978-0-7394-0732-5

THE FIRST NOVEL AND EDGAR-AWARD WINNER BY THE WORLD'S #1 BESTSELLING WRITER!

You are about to begin one of the classic American novels of suspense by the world's bestselling author. It begins with three terrifying murders in the South. It ends with a relentless and unforgettable manhunt in the North. In between is the riveting story of a chilling assassin, the woman he loves, and the beloved leader he is hired to kill with extreme prejudice.

See How They Run by James Patterson

SEE HOW THEY RUN by James Patterson

ISBN-13: 978-1-56865-423-2

Summary: Outside New York City, the palatial home of Dr. David Strauss's parents is attacked by gunmen during a glittering party. As he watches helplessly, his wife is murdered. In Los Angeles, Strauss's brother is killed during the Academy Award ceremonies. In Manhattan, his past sweetheart, Alix Rothchild, is running for her life. Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind the murders of his family members. His dangerous odyssey takes him across Europe, and finally to the Olympics, where one of the most shattering surprises in suspense fiction will take place.

The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

THE 6th TARGET by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

ISBN 978-0-316-01479-3

When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt. And Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department run flat-out to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies-- but the kidnappers aren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty and rising panic, Lindsay juggles the possibility of a new love with an unsolvable investigation, and the knowledge that one member of the club could be on the brink of death. And just when everything appears momentarily under control, the case takes a terrifying turn, putting an entire city in lethal danger. Lindsay must make a choice she never dreamed she'd face--with no certainty that either outcome has more than a prayer of success.

Cradle And All by James Patterson

CRADLE AND ALL by James Patterson

ISBN 0-316-69061-9

In Boston, a young woman finds herself pregnant--even though she is still a virgin.

In Ireland, another young woman discovers she is in the same impossible condition.

And in cities all around the world, medical authorities are overwhelmed by epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse. It all feels like a sign that something awful is coming.

Anne Fitzgerald, a former nun turned private investigator, is hired by the Archdiocese of Boston to investigate the immaculate conceptions. Even as she comes to care about and trust the young women, she realizes that both are in great danger. Terrifying forces of light and darkness are gathering. Stepping into uncharted territory where the unknown is just the beginning, Anne must discover the truth--to save the young women, to save herself, and to protect the future of all mankind.



Step On A Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

STEP ON A CRACK by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

ISBN-13: 978-0316013949


Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career. The nation has fallen into mourning after the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, and the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped within one man's brilliant and ruthless scenario. Bennett--father of ten--is pulled into the fray. As the danger escalates, Michael is hit with devastating news. After fighting for many years, his wife has succumbed to a terrible disease. As New York descends into chaos, he has lost the great love of his life and faces raising his ten devastated children alone--and rescuing 34 hostages. Day after day, Bennett confronts the most ruthless man he has ever dealt with, a man who kills without hesitation and counters everything the NYPD and FBI throw at him with impunity. As the entire world watches and the tension boils to a searing heat, Bennett has to find a way out--or face responsibility for the greatest debacle in history.

Four Blind Mice by James Patterson

FOUR BLIND MICE by James Patterson

ISBN 0-316-693000-6

Synopsis
Alex Cross is plunged into a case where military codes of honor conceal dark currents of revenge and ambition, and the men controlling the moves have the best weapons and training the world can offer.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-100316693006
ISBN-139780316693004

Key Details
AuthorJames Patterson
Number Of Pages400 pages
SeriesAlex Cross
FormatHardcover
Publication Date2002-11-18
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLittle Brown & Company

Additional Details
Series Volume NumberNo. 8
Copyright Date2002

Dimensions
Weight22 Oz
Height1.3 In.
Width6.3 In.
Length9.6 In.

Target Audience
GroupTrade

Classification Method
LCCN2002-067540
LC Classification NumberPS3566.A822F68 2002
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Dewey Edition21

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The Lake House by James Patterson

THE LAKE HOUSE by James Patterson

ISBN 0-316-60328-7

Synopsis
The memorable story begun in When the Wind Blows continues in this thrilling novel, and it's one that really soars! Frannie O'Neil, a Colorado veterinarian, knows a terrible secret that will change the history of the world. Kit Harrison, an FBI agent under suspension has seen things that no one in his right mind would believe. A twelve-year-old girl named Max and five other incredible children have powers we can only dream of. These children can fly. And the only place they will be safe is the Lake House. Or so they believe..

The six children who escaped horrifying government experiments in James Patterson's When the Wind Blows are back at last--in a new thriller that tests the limits of the imagination. All they want is to return to the one place where they ever felt protected--the waterfront cabin known as the Lake House.

Product Identifiers
ISBN-100316603287
ISBN-139780316603287

Key Details
AuthorJames Patterson
Number Of Pages384 pages
FormatHardcover
Publication Date2003-06-09
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLittle Brown & Company

Additional Details
Copyright Date2003

Dimensions
Weight21.8 Oz
Height1.2 In.
Width6.2 In.
Length9.5 In.

Target Audience
GroupTrade
Grade FromEighth Grade

Classification Method
LCCN2002-036844
LC Classification NumberPS3566.A822L35 2003
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Dewey Edition21

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Roses Are Red by James Patterson

ROSES ARE RED by James Patterson

ISBN 0-316-69325-1

Synopsis

A brilliant criminal known only as the Mastermind orchestrates a series of bank robberies that are notable for their very precise demands -- and their explosive violence when the demands are not met exactly. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case and recognizes that a particular kind of criminal mind is at work. But before he gets near identifying a suspect, the Mastermind pulls off the most outrageous kidnapping scheme in U.S. history -- and walks away with the largest ransom ever paid.But the money is not enough. Alex Cross's investigation has gotten under the Mastermind's skin, and he makes it his personal goal to take revenge on Cross's entire team, one person at a time -- before coming after Cross himself.Amidst all this, Cross's relationship with his girlfriend Christine is falling apart because of her fears about his work, and his beloved daughter Jannie is hospitalized with unexplained seizures. The pressure rises on every front, until an explosive, shocking climax in which the Mastermind escalates his crimes to an unprecedented level, and Alex Cross risks everything to stop him in time.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-100316693251
ISBN-139780316693257

Key Details
AuthorJames Patterson
Number Of Pages400 pages
SeriesAlex Cross
FormatHardcover
Publication Date2000-11-20
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLittle Brown & Company

Additional Details
Series Volume NumberNo. 6
Copyright Date2000

Dimensions
Weight22.3 Oz
Height1.5 In.
Width6.2 In.
Length9.5 In.

Target Audience
GroupTrade
Age Range13 - UP

Classification Method
LCCN00-028192
LC Classification NumberPS3566.A822R67 2000
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Dewey Edition21

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The Husband by Dean Koontz

THE HUSBAND by Dean Koontz







Summary: We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. Landscaper Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in the middle of planting impatiens in the yard of one of his clients when his cell phone rang. Now he's standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare.

The Good Guy by Dean Koontz

THE GOOD GUY by Dean Koontz







Summary: Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend's tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very different--and passes to him a manila envelope full of cash. "Ten thousand now. You get the rest when she's gone." The stranger walks out, leaving a photo of the pretty woman marked for death, and her address. But things are about to get worse. In minutes another stranger sits next to Tim. This one is a cold-blooded killer who believes Tim is the man who has hired him. Thinking fast, Tim says, "I've had a change of heart. You get ten thousand--for doing nothing. Call it a no-kill fee." He keeps the photo and gives the money to the hired killer. And when Tim secretly follows the man out of the tavern, he gets a further shock: the hired killer is a cop. Suddenly, Tim Carrier, an ordinary guy, is at the center of a mystery of extraordinary proportions.

One Door Away From Heaven by Dean Koontz

ONE DOOR AWAY FROM HEAVEN by Dean Koontz







Summary: In a dusty trailer park on the far edge of the California dream, Michelina Bellsong contemplates the choices she has made. At twenty-eight, she wants to change the direction of her troubled life but can't find her way--until a new family settles into the rental trailer next door and she meets the young girl who will lead her on a remarkable quest that will change Micky herself and everything she knows--or thinks she knows--forever. Despite the brace she must wear on her deformed left leg, and her withered left hand, nine-year-old Leilani Klonk radiates a buoyant and indomitable spirit that inspires Micky. Beneath Leilani's effervescence, however, Micky comes to sense a quiet desperation that the girl dares not express. Leilani's mother is little more than a child herself. And the girl's stepfather, Preston Maddoc, is educated but threatening. He has moved the family from place to place as he fanatically investigates UFO sightings, striving to make contact, claiming to have had a vision that by Leilani's tenth birthday aliens will either heal her or take her away to a better life on their world. Slowly, ever more troubling details emerge in Leilani's conversations with Micky. Most chilling is Micky's discovery that Leilani had an older brother, also disabled, who vanished after Maddoc took him into the woods one night and is now "gone to the stars". Leilani's tenth birthday is approaching. Micky is convinced the girl will be dead by that day. While the child-protection bureaucracy gives Micky the runaround, the Maddoc family slips away into the night. Micky sets out across America to track and find them, alone and afraid but for the first time living for something bigger than herself. She finds herself pitted against an adversary, Preston Maddoc, as fearsome as he is cunning. The passion and disregard for danger with which Micky pursues her quest bring to her side a burned-out detective who joins her on a journey of incredible peril and startling discoveries, a journey through terrible darkness to unexpected light.

From The Corner Of His Eye by Dean Koontz

FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE by Dean Koontz


Summary: His birth was marked by wonder and tragedy. He sees beauty and terror beyond our deepest dreams. His story will change the way you see the world. Bartholomew Lampion is born on a day of tragedy and terror that will mark his family forever. All agree that his unusual eyes are the most beautiful they have ever seen. On this same day, a thousand miles away, a ruthless man learns that he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew. He embarks on a relentless search to find this enemy, a search that will consume his life. And a girl is born from a brutal rape, her destiny mysteriously linked to Barty and the man who stalks him. At the age of three, Barty Lampion is blinded when surgeons remove his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer. As he copes with his blindness and proves to be a prodigy, his mother counsels him that all things happen for a reason and that every person's life has an effect on every other person's, in often unknowable ways.

False Memory by Dean Koontz

FALSE MEMORY by Dean Koontz


Summary: It's a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute 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.



Thursday, August 11, 2016

Cold Fire by Dean R. Koontz

COLD FIRE by Dean R. Koontz

Synopsis

Reporter Holly Thorne is intrigued by Jim Ironheart, who has saved 12 lives in the past three months. Holly wants to know what kind of power drives him, why terrifying visions of a churning windmill haunt his dreams, and just what he means when he whispers in his sleep that an enemy who will kill everyone is coming. a oeA master storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns.a - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Product Identifiers
ISBN-100399135790
ISBN-139780399135798

Key Details
AuthorDean Koontz
Number Of Pages384 pages
FormatHardcover
Publication Date1991-01-16
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

Dimensions
Weight25 Oz

Target Audience
GroupTrade

Classification Method
LCCN90-046806
LC Classification NumberPS3561.O55C6 1991
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Dewey Edition0

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Brother Odd by Dean R. Koontz

BROTHER ODD by Dean R. Koontz

Summary: The master of suspense returns with the third installment in the critically acclaimed saga of Odd Thomas. Odd Thomas has left the perfect quirky comfort of Pico Mundo to embrace the solitude and peace of an isolated monastery high in the western mountains. But Odd finds himself in trouble's path once more, for a killer is stalking the ancient, holy halls and Odd is about to encounter an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered.



Mr. Murder by Dean R. Koontz

Mr. Murder by Dean R. Koontz

 

Summary: Martin Stillwater has a vivid imagination. It charms his loving wife, delights his two little daughters, and gives him all the inspiration he needs to write his highly successful mystery novels. But maybe Martin's imagination is a bit too vivid... One rainy afternoon, a terrifying incident makes him question his grip on reality.

The Bad Place by Dean R. Koontz

THE BAD PLACE by Dean R. Koontz

Summary: Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning when he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person--a young man with Down's Syndrome--can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns. Now repackaged with a new Afterword by the author, this classic Koontz tale is the story of Frank Pollard, who is afraid to fall asleep because of haunting visions, and the young man with Down Syndrome--the only person who can imagine where Frank's journeys may end.