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on tragedies many times. But now she knows the true meaning of terror. Her seven year old daughter is kidnapped from summer camp. But the police and FBI only end up at a dead end. Eliza isn’t going to just sit around and wait because every minute wasted brings a little girl one minute closer to her death. FIC
By Nevada Barr In southwest Texas, Anna Pigeon and her husband Paul take a raft trip on the Rio Grande River. The beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert, and the power of the river work to lift Anna’s spirits. Then, the raft is lost in the rapids and the grisly discovery of a pregnant woman is found more dead than alive. Anna learns it isn’t just nature that wants the woman and her baby dead. MYS
Lavender Morning By Jude Deveraux
Jocelyn Minton has been left an eighteenth century house in the small Virginia town of Edilean, and a letter with clues to a decades old mystery. She moves to the tight knit village and meets a man with his own hidden past. As she pieces together the puzzle left by Miss Edi, shocking surprises about Jocelyn’s family history come to light. ROM
Capitol Offense
By William Bernhardt Professor Dennis Thomas is insane with grief over the death of his wife and blames Detective Christopher Sentz. He wants to kill the detective and shares his revenge plans with attorney Ben Kincaid. When someone fires seven bullets into the police officer, Thomas is charged with capital murder. Kincaid decides to represent the troubled professor. MYS
The Lucky One By Nicholas Sparks
U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman buried in the dirt during his tour of duty in Iraq. He experiences a sudden streak of luck and his best friend tells him that the photograph is his lucky charm. Back home, Logan sets out on a journey to find the woman in the photo. His search leads him to Elizabeth, a divorced mother in North Carolina. As he and Elizabeth start to fall in love, he keeps the story of his good luck a secret, even though it could destroy their lives. FIC
First Family
By David Baldacci A daring kidnapping turns a children’s party at Camp David into a national security nightmare. The president’s wife presses former Secret Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell into a desperate search to rescue a kidnapped child. With forces aligned on all sides against them, the line between friend and foe is impossible to define or defend. FIC
Matters of the Heart By Danielle Steel
It Only Takes a Moment By Mary Jane Clark
Eliza Blake is the host of the top rated KEY News morning show and has reported
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Top photographer Hope Dunne flies to London to photograph the celebrated writer, Finn O’Neill who is instantly taken with Hope and courts her. Hope finds him irresistible but
BEST SELLERS soon cracks appear in his stories. She is in love but frightened of the man she loves. The spell cast by a sociopath has her trapped in his web, and he continues to tighten his grip on her. ROM
an Iranian missile, leaving the world to wonder if it was an accident or an act of aggression. An international team is assembled to investigate. Bourne’s hunt for revenge intersects with the search for the perpetrators. FIC
By Margaret Truman
The Rustler
When a Washington, D.C. call girl is found murdered and a video camera is discovered, questions arise as to whether she taped her clients. Politician Robert Colgate is running against the current President and is expected to win. But rumors are swirling about his failing marriage. Then the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped and a shocking connection is taking shape between the murder and the abduction. MYS
Reformed rustler and train robber, Wyatt Yarbro, is going to Stone Creek to turn straight. He meets lovely Sarah Tamlin, the perfect angel to help him clean up his act. Sarah keeps a dark secret behind her prim façade. When an enemy prepares to unleash havoc on the town, Wyatt and Sarah discover that they can’t hide from the past. ROM
A Plague of Secrets
By Michael Connelly
Murder Inside the Beltway
By Linda Lael Miller
The Scarecrow
By John Lescroat
Crime reporter Jack McEvoy is about to be laid off at the LA Times. He uses his final work days to write the murder story about a drug dealer who confessed to a murder. As Jack delves into the story, he realizes that the kid’s confession is bogus. He connects this murder to an earlier one in Las Vegas. His investigation tips off the real killer. Jack knows he is coming and he’s ready for him. FIC
The local coffee shop at the corner of Haight and Ashbury is always crowded with customers, and manager Dylan Vogler has done very well for himself. When he’s found dead wearing a backpack full of Baggies stuffed with pot, suspicion falls on the shop’s owner, Maya Townsend. She’s the niece of the city’s mayor and doesn’t seem like your typical drug dealer. But the gun that killed Vogler was hers, and Maya is hiding a lot of secrets. MYS
Seducing an Angel By Mary Balogh
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Deception By Eric Van Lustbader
After being ambushed and nearly killed, Jason Bourne has faked his own death and takes on a new identity and mission to find his assassin. An American passenger airliner is shot down by 3
Widow Cassandra Belmont has definite conditions for the next man she chooses. He must be wealthy, wellborn, and want her more than he wants any other woman. She sets her sights on Stephen Huxtable, the Earl of Merton. Marriage is out of the question, and Cassandra must barter her beauty in order to survive. Stephen wants her not as his mistress, but as his wife. ROM
NONFICTION American Thighs
Everyday Geography of the United States
By Jill Conner Browne Whether you look hot or only feel that way, every woman has given ample thought to preserving her best assets in order to prolong that dreaded transition to “ma’am.” Here are stories of learning about life the hard way. From disastrous haircuts to fashion or verbal faux pas, from the kiss wished for but never gotten, these are moments that mark each of our journeys from what we thought back then to what we know now. HUM
By Barbara Fifer Take a breathtaking tour of the world just outside your front door. Find out all the essential information about the history, culture, and landscape of each state. There are in depth descriptions of each area’s land, climate, and industry, plus overviews of the events and people that have shaped these special regions. SS
The Geography of Bliss
But I Trusted You
By Eric Weiner
By Ann Rule
Eric Weiner is a self described mope and longtime foreign correspondent for National Public Radio. He travels to some of the world’s most contented places. Full of inspired moments and earned epiphanies, this book will make you happier as you visit these ten countries. HIS
Here is a chilling collection of real cases where unsuspecting victims suffered violent crimes, at the hands of a spouse, lover, family member, or helpful stranger. While the crimes portrayed are tragic, perhaps most terrifying is that none of the victims had any sense of danger. They never realized that there were masterfully disguised killers walking beside them in their daily lives. TC
The Historical Jesus for Dummies By Catherine Murphy, PhD
Comfort Food
This plain English, practical guide paints a vibrant picture of Jesus’ world. Explore recent archaeological finds that shed new light on his life. You will get informative explanations his infancy, followers, teachings, and miracles. This book is designed for people who know nothing about Jesus, but it is also interesting for those who do. REL
By Bay Books The craving for comfort food hits us all at some time or another. Our strict diets are abandoned and it’s time to indulge ourselves with warming, familiar, home cooked food. This collection of recipes includes nourishing soups, main meals, and desserts. HAFS
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NONFICTION Joey Green’s Incredible Country Store
One Pot Meals for People with Diabetes
By Joey Green
By Ruth Glick and Nancy Baggett
This is a treasure trove of helpful items, amazing discoveries, and useful inventions. Learn how to make products for pennies apiece, such as herbal tonics, deliciously sweet treats, homemade creams and lotions, even perfume. You will step back in time and learn fascinating facts about your favorite items, from past and present. ARC
Here is a solution to delicious meals in a snap. Nothing is easier than one pot cooking, prepare your ingredients, combine, and let them cook. There are recipes from pasta to casseroles to hearty sandwiches. Keep your suppers simple and your kitchen clean with over 125 recipes and numbers on the nutritional analysis of each dish. HAF
Meow Wow
The Real Truth About Aging
By N Shulman, MD, M. Silverman, MD, & A. Golden, MD
By Marty Becker, D.V.M. If you are a cat lover then you will delight in the most obscure facts about the history, biology, and quizzical nature of our feline friends. Whether you are searching for information before you adopt your first cat, or are just in love with cats, everything you always wanted to know is revealed. SS
These three experts in geriatric medicine provide the latest evidence on healthy aging, an understanding of the health care system, and information about the medical issues facing older adults. You will find refreshing honesty, solid research, and comprehensive coverage that makes this a must read for the mature adult. HEA
Moon River and Me
Sharing a Laugh
By Andy Williams
By P. Clairmont, B. Johnson, M. Meberg, L. Swindoll, & S. Walsh
Andy Williams has had seven remarkable decades in show business. He has headlined at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for more than twenty years. Baby boomers remember his popular weekly television show and those great Christmas specials. Now in his eighties, he still draws thousands of fans to his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri. BIO
These Women of Faith speakers share a bit of craziness, a couple of tall tales, some wild escapades, a few giggles, and a barrel of laughs that will tug at your heart. Let your hair down and settle in for a delightful and comforting reminder that a dose of laughter is merry medicine. Remember, the very best days are filled with laughter shared. HUM 5
NONFICTION Thunder Over the Prairie
Vogue Knitting Shawls & Wraps
By Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss The year was 1878 and a cattle baron fled the town of Dodge City after killing a popular dance hall girl. Four young lawmen, Charlie Bassett, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Tilghman hunted him down. The posse’s legendary ride across the desolate landscape to seek justice influenced their friendship, careers, and attitudes toward the justice system. HIS
By Vogue Knitting Magazine This is more than a pattern book. It is a stunning survey of knitting techniques and design possibilities. There are more than 40 patterns to suit any occasion, from a walk on the beach to a night on the town. Inside are designs for knitters of all levels of experience. You will find a delightful assembly of shawls and wraps that is the best of the best. ARC
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MLS Oklahoma Images Collection.
Mobile Unit No. 1. This mobile unit delivered books (projected and otherwise) to the homebound. In this photo, Mrs. Dan Hogan of the Junior League hands over the keys to the 1949 Dodge panel truck to Mayor Allen Street.
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FICTION Bandit Queen
soldier in the war on terror. Alex and Ben try to identify the forces attempting to silence them.
By Jane Candia Coleman
The House on Sugar Plum Lane
Pearl Hart became a media sensation overnight when she held up a stagecoach. She was the first woman sentenced to the infamous Yuma Penitentiary. What everyone didn’t understand was the desperation that led her to hit the outlaw trail. They also didn’t know that she’d do anything to escape.
By Judy Duarte
Amy Masterson rents a Victorian house that she learns once belonged to her great-grandmother, Eleanor. Amy hopes to find a window into the past that her own mother never found. Amy is stunned to learn that Eleanor still lives on Sugar Plum Lane. Eleanor’s mind is failing rapidly. She does not recognize Amy, but it’s never too late to trust in the bonds of love that can never be broken.
Blood Game By Iris Johansen
Injustice for All
Eve Duncan enters the world of a twisted psychopath when a senator’s daughter is found dead. She enlists the help of the two people she trusts the most, even if it means putting them in the path of someone who has a thirst for blood. She believes this psychotic mind holds the answers to the questions that have tormented her for years since her own daughter disappeared.
By Scott Pratt
Prosecutor Joe Dillard watched in shock as fellow lawyer Ray Miller committed suicide. When Joe arrives at a crime scene to see Green swinging from a tree, it is duty rather than justice that drives him to catch the killer. As controversies come to the surface in the wake of the suspicious death, the investigation takes Joe from the halls of justice into his own home.
Days of Infamy By Newt Gingrich & William Forstchen
Little Town, Great Big Life
With America still reeling after the events in Hawaii, legendary Bill Halsey is pitted against Admiral Yamamoto, who has launched a third wave attack on Oahu. The hunt for the Japanese fleet is on.
By Curtiss Ann Matlock
Valentine, Oklahoma is going to celebrate its centennial and the townsfolk are determined to make this an anniversary to remember. Everyone except Belinda Blaine, who, at 38, is pregnant and still carries the guilt of an earlier pregnancy no one in the close knit community or her husband knows about. Disclosing this pregnancy will mean revealing her past and opening her heart. But, in Valentine, neighbors are family and strangers are friends.
Fault Line
By Barry Eisler
Alex Treven is a partner in a high tech law firm. When the inventor of a technology Alex is banking on is murdered and he narrowly escapes an attack, Alex calls his brother Ben, an undercover 7
FICTION Love Kills
Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game
By Diane Emley Homicide detective Nan Vining wishes that life was a little more serene. Three bizarre deaths have occurred in a Malibu Canyon compound have brought Vining and her partner there. Nan soon learns that her own mother is a link to the murders. She was a friend to one of the victims. Inside this exclusive compound, people search for love and happiness while others come for murder.
By Tilly Bagshawe
The glamorous, scheming Blackwell family is back after a generation has passed. Matriarch Kate Blackwell’s great-grandchildren are determined to control Kruger-Brent, Ltd., a multibillion dollar international corporation. Only one of them can reign supreme, and in a family with secrets of murder, and a depraved sense of honor, the player who wins the game may be the only one who can survive.
The Quickening By Michelle Hoover
Storm in Paradise Valley
Enidina Current and Mary Morrow live on neighboring farms in the upper Midwest during the early 1900s. The hardscrabble life comes easily to some, like Eddie, but for the deeply religious Mary, farming is an awkward living. Mary is the first to befriend Eddie in a relationship that will prove to be as rugged as the ground they walk on. The delicate balance of their relationship tips, pitting neighbor against neighbor.
By Charles G. West
Jason Storm is ready to take off his badge and begin life as a modest cattle rancher. With the help of a generous benefactor, he is able to make a fresh start in Paradise Valley. But six hard cases have raided the ranch of his backer and killing him. They then decide to take the town for themselves. Paradise needs rescuing and Jason has to load up, mount up, and clean up the town.
Shadows Still Remain
The Templar Throne
By Peter De Jonger
By Paul Christopher
Detective Darlene O’Hara has a drinking problem that only exacerbates the massive chip on her shoulder. When one of her cases, the death of a brilliant NYU student, is handed to a legendary NYPD Homicide detective, she refuses to let it go. Her unauthorized investigation is dragging her from the ivory towers of academia into the very worst corners of the city. The same shocking secrets that destroyed a teenager now threaten to obliterate O’Hara’s life and career.
Templar knight Jean de St. Clair was tasked with piloting the order’s treasure laden fleets off the coast of France in the fourteenth century. He used a Jacob’s Staff, a world changing nautical instrument supposedly developed in his own time. Retired Army Ranger John Holliday knows better, for he possesses a similar instrument found in the hands of a 4000 year old Egyptian mummy. He believes that this might be the key to unlocking the mystery of the ruthless, enigmatic Templars. 8
ROMANCE Big Trouble
The Healer
Computer security consultant Naomi Connor has been hired to test a company’s security. It’s the same company that she nearly destroyed years ago as an illegal hacker. Chief technology officer Joe Casey knows nothing of Naomi’s past and returning to the scene of the crime will put her heart on the line. Joe is not letting his defenses down for any woman, but Naomi has ways of penetrating firewalls.
Jonah Gray Wolf has had an uncanny connection to animals and the power to heal the sick and wounded all his life. He’s been driven from the only home he’s ever known by those wishing to harness his gift for profit. He becomes a drifter and meets Luce, another loner who knows all about keeping people at a distance. But the hunters have caught Jonah’s scent and danger is coming. There will be a confrontation that will be decided only by a force of nature.
By Marianna Jameson
By Sharon Sala
Breach of Trust By DiAnn Mills
Her Scoundrel
Paige Rogers survived every CIA operatives’ worst nightmare, a covert mission gone wrong and a betrayal by the one man she thought she could trust. She was forced to disappear to protect the lives of her loved ones and has spent several years building a quiet life as a small town librarian. Now a stranger has come to town and he is after her again. This time he intends to silence her for good?
By Geralyn Dawson Kat McBride is known as Menace, because she is always making bad decisions by being impulsive and reckless. Now she figures it is time to take charge of her life and act grown-up. Jake Kimball is a treasure hunter by trade and has traveled the globe seeking adventure and stealing hearts. He sets his sights on Kat and tempts her with the chance to change her bad luck.
From London With Love
MLS Oklahoma Images Collection.
Three of London’s most admired and desired ladies are also three of England’s greatest spies. Meredith Sinclair’s target is Tristan Archer, Marquis of Carmichael, a powerful member of society. Since he once saved her life, she will trade on her seductive wiles and their prior relationship, if necessary. Her mission is to uncover a treacherous plot to bring a potential traitor to justice. 9
Street view North up Robinson from Grand (c. 1901)
© Metropolitan Library System
By Jenna Peterson
ROMANCE Larger Than Life
cargo. They uncover a massive threat with international consequences, and time is running out for them to find the key to it all.
By Kay Hooper Biographer Travis Foxx embarks on a quest to uncover the painful secret in budding superstar Saber Duncan’s past. He finds himself blocked at every turn by the walls she has thrown up to guard herself from others. While she’s visiting a friend’s Arizona hideaway, she finds her defenses crumbling as bonds of trust begin to form between her and persistent Travis. Will the arrival of a mysterious man from Saber’s former life wreck the new one?
My Forever Love By Marsha Canham After losing his faith in both church and crown, Ciaran Tamberlane is branded a traitor by his fellow countrymen. He lives in self-imposed exile, responsible only for the peasants who live on his land. Amanrath de Langois escaped her husband’s brutality and took refuge in a small village. Tamerlane intervenes and saves her life from the men who have tracked her down. As long as she resides within his castle, he can protect her from harm. He has nothing to lose and everything to gain as he falls in love.
Lord of Scandal By Nicola Cornick
Lord Hawksmoor is a notorious fortune hunter and has set out to win Catherine Fenton. She is heiress to eighty thousand pounds and is trapped in a gilded cage, and duty bound to a man she detests. In spite of Hawksmoor’s reputation, she believes that he can rescue her. But has she found her hero, or made a pact with the devil himself?
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever By Julia Quinn At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever fell in love with Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner. It was when he kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself and be as beautiful as she was smart. The years that followed were kind to Miranda but cruel to Turner. He is a lonely, bitter man, crushed by a devastating loss. Miranda has never forgotten the truth she set down on paper all those years earlier, will not allow the love that is her destiny slip away.
The Middle Sin By Merline Lovelace Special agent Cleo North is hired to find a young woman who has vanished without a trace. Cold trail after cold trail leads to nowhere and Cleo is joined by Major Jack Donovan, a special agent with the Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations. Soon they are trying to determine why a lowly employee had access to the schematics of a ship carrying dangerous
Some Like It Wicked By Teresa Mediros 10
Catriona Kincaid storms the grounds
ROMANCE Thigh High
of Newgate Prison determined to return to Scotland and restore her clan’s honor. She seeks the help of disgraced nobleman, Sir Simon Wescott. She is prepared to offer him wealth and freedom for his help. Adventure and peril await them at her Highland home, where they will risk their lives to vanquish her enemies.
By Christina Dodd Nessa Dahl has lived a sensible life in New Orleans, until Jeremiah MacNaught comes to town and enlists her help to investigate a string of bank robberies that takes place each year during Mardi Gras. When she discovers that the handsome investigator is undercover, lying to her about his identity and convinced she’s involved with the crimes, he’ll learn what thigh high in trouble really means.
Sweet Spot By Susan Mallery Not many people would sacrifice their lives to run the family bakery and raise a younger sibling, but Nicole Keyes has always been the responsible one in the family. With her twin sister blissfully married and now her younger sis is turning out more femme fatale than girl next door, Nicole is getting sick of putting everyone else’s needs first. When a sexy former NFL player offers her a taste of freedom, she wants to take it, but is not about to let him get close enough to break her heart.
To The Edge of the Stars By Joyce Henderson
MLS Oklahoma Images Collection.
Kalen Barrett has come to the Savage ranch desperate for a job. Being able to birth foals, heal wounded horses, and do the work of two ranch hands, she is hired on the spot. Taylor Savage is part Comanche and most Texans don’t cotton to half-breeds. Kalen has an instant attraction to him and if he would only give her his heart, she would follow him body and soul.
Oklahoma City Oil Field (c. 1930s) The Oklahoma City field was a giant and has produced hundreds of millions of barrels of oil to date. It made Oklahoma City famous and saved it from the grip of the Depression of the 1930s. © Metropolitan Library System
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MYSTERIES Death Threads
before. Becca seeks the truth and discovers that life in the friendly farmer’s market is filled with bushels of secrets and deceit.
By Elizabeth Lynn Casey Tori Sinclair, the new Yankee librarian, is giving the members of the South Carolina Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle something to talk about. A local author reveals an unflattering secret about the town’s historic past. He then disappears and it looks like murder. Tori sees a pattern of townsfolk’s age- old southern pride standing in the way of justice as she tries to unravel the mystery.
Get Real By Donald Westlake John Dortmunder and his merry crew are being filmed for a television reality show. With cameras rolling, they will plan and execute one of their patented nothing-can-go-wrong-until-itdoes capers. Dortmunder and his partner Kelp organize a private side enterprise, with plans to outwit the executive suits and keep viewers glued to their television sets. Of course, nothing ever goes smoothly.
Eggsecutive Orders By Julie Hyzy Olivia Paras, White House chef, has her hands full with the big Easter celebration and a visit from her family. Then a NSA big shot dies right after eating the dinner Ollie’s staff has prepared, and all forks point to them. How is she supposed to prep for the White House Easter Egg Roll with the Secret Service picking apart the kitchen? Ollie has no choice but to find the real culprit before she cracks under pressure.
The Hangman’s Row Enquiry By Ann Purser She may have been moved to assisted living, but Ivy Beasley is more interested in assisting her new partners in an amateur sleuth business. She teams up with Gus, a newcomer with secrets, and her own cousin, a widow with time on her hands. Gus’s elderly neighbor has been found with a bread knife sticking out of her chest. Gossip has it that there was no love lost between the victim and her daughter. Ivy and her fellow sleuths find out that there is no shortage of suspects or secrets in their small village.
Farm Fresh Murder By Paige Shelton Becca Robins has a simple life of making jams and preserves from her very own farm and selling them at Bailey’s Farmer’s Market. When she arrives there, the normally lively market has turned into a crime scene with a murdered peach vendor. Old Abner Justen, who is like a father to Becca, is the number one suspect because he was seen arguing with the victim just days
Mrs. Jeffries Speaks Her Mind By Emily Brightwell Even though Olive Kettering was always eccentric, she now has become downright peculiar. She’d joined an odd religious group, 12
MYSTERIES was estranged from her family, worked her servants mercilessly, and even insisted that there were people trying to harm her. During one of the worst storms in London history, Olive is shot and killed. Mrs. Jeffries keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon and keeps him on his toes. Her polished detection skills are up to the task of finding the killer.
packing for a creative weekend away on the Monterey Peninsula. There will be crochet classes and campfires and breathtaking scenery. Unfortunately for one of the teachers it will be her last breath. Molly stumbles over the dead body and has to solve a murder and find a replacement instructor. Her pals from the crochet group, the Tarzana Hookers, are around to help her untangle this tightly twisted yarn.
Now You See Her
Tressed to Kill
By Merline Lovelace
By Lila Dare
USAF Lieutenant Samatha Spade and her techie crew inspect every new line of equipment that comes in for the military. When she tests the latest experimental goggles, she spots a sniper aiming for Sergeant Diane Roth. She warns Diane, who takes out the assailant with her SUV. Diane realizes that she and the shooter have served together in Afghanistan. When high level investigators show up, Sam learns that Diane has troubling incidents from her past.
St. Elizabeth, Georgia offers charm, Southern hospitality, and most recently, murder. Everyone at Violetta’s salon, including Grace and her mother, has their scissors at the ready for the influx of the town’s snobby high society ladies. Constance DuBois, the worst of the snobs, has a tinting accident that leaves her hair with orange stripes. Hours after she threatens to close the salon down, Constance is found dead, some, including the police, believe the motherdaughter duo did her in.
Purses and Poison By Dorothy Howell
Who Killed the Pinup Queen
When Haley Randolph arrives at Holt’s Department Store employee luncheon and fashion show, she decides to help out by serving. The catered food is a hit until top fashion model Claudia Gray is found dead in the ladies room. Now it’s going to take more than a Chanel sample sale to ease Haley’s panic once she learns that Claudia’s been poisoned.
By Toni Kelner Boston entertainment reporter, Tilda Harper, writes articles about the current lives of former stars. She is finishing up a freelance article of one of the premier pinup models of the fifties. When she goes to the woman’s apartment, Tilda finds her dead, brutally murdered. She starts a new assignment of rounding up guest stars from the series, Cowtown. The more she concentrates on this piece the more it looks as if the two stories are connected.
A Stitch in Crime By Betty Hechtman Molly Pink and her crochet group are 13
LARGE PRINT Adelaide Piper
of two women found murdered. Tessa will be exposing herself to the dark magnetism of a psychopath on an apocalyptic crusade of terror. MYS
By Beth Webb Hart Dark currents lurk beneath the surface of the elite Virginia campus in the year of 1989. Adelaide’s poetic sensibility and idealism only irritate the socialites and cynics who notice her at all. She must navigate between her genteel Southern upbringing and the gritty realities of a new generation. Fueled by a spiritual awakening, only sheer determination will save her. INSP
Even Money
By Dick & Felix Francis Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker, and didn’t think that anything could surprise him. But when a man steps forward from the crowd at Royal Ascot and claims to be his father, Ned is thrown into turmoil. Barely an hour later, his father is stabbed by an unknown assailant. Before dying, he warns Ned to “be very careful.” Ned finds himself in a race to solve his father’s riddles. MYS
Blood Sins
By Kay Hooper Tessa Gray made the perfect victim and was why the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. She would play the part of the new owner of property that was coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin. Their compound in the mountains of North Carolina had been the last known residence
Finding Anna
By Christine Schaub This is the two year drama, heartbreak, and redemption that shaped the life of one of America’s 14
LARGE PRINT the cops want to know why. ROM
great hymn writers, Horatio Gates Spafford. Spafford and his wife, Anna, struggle to find common ground before their divided loyalties tear apart their faith in God and each other. Starting with the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, then the deaths of their children when two ships collide in the Atlantic, they must try and recover their love. INSP
The Hash Knife Outfit By Zane Grey Gloriana Traft came to Arizona to visit her tenderfoot brother Jim. The notorious Hash Knife Outfit of rustlers and gunmen were stealing the rancher’s cattle and terrorizing the valley. Gloriana wants to meet a real desperado and becomes the captive of the most dangerous killer in the gang. Guns would blaze and blood would run before Gloriana and her brother become true and valiant citizens of the frontier West. WES
Fire and Ice By Julie Garwood
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She may be a tough and determined newspaper reporter, but she is also the daughter of a charming man who happens to be a notorious thief sought by every law enforcement agency in the country. When the newspaper insists she write an expose about her father, Sophie Rose refuses and quits her job. She now covers local personalities like runner William Harrington and his goofy red socks. When he’s found dead in Alaska with her business card,
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LARGE PRINT Just Breathe
Playing For Pizza By John Grisham
By Susan Wiggs
Third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, Rick Dockery, actually gets to play with only minutes to go. He gives arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. He is cut from the team and against huge odds, gets a job as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy. They want a former NFL player, any NFL player and Rick heads off to Italy. To say that Europe holds a few surprises for him would be something of an understatement. FIC
After her shattered marriage, Sarah Moon has fled to the coastal town in California where she grew up. She revisits her troubling past, an emotionally distant father, the loss of her mother, and an unexpected connection with her high school heartthrob. Just as her heart is about to reawaken, she discovers that she’ pregnant, with twins. ROM
Oolong Dead By Laura Childs
While riding her horse in a race through South Carolina Low country, Theodosia Browning finds her arch nemesis, Abby Davis, dead. She’s reunited with her old flame, who just happens to be Abby’s brother. Theodosia investigates the murder and it takes her from the Low country thicket to the backstage maze of a darkened theater where a maestro of murder waits for the next cue. MYS
Shoot Him If He Runs By Stuart Woods
The CIA has sent Stone Barrington and his cohorts, Holly and Dino, to the Caribbean island of St. Marks to track down Teddy Fay, a rogue agent. St. Marks may look like a vacationer’s paradise but the luxurious beach clubs and secluded mountain villas are home 16
LARGE PRINT dangerous waters, the fault lines in the women’s friendship are revealed. Both Liz and Sarabeth are forced to reexamine their most deeply held beliefs about their connection. FIC
to corrupt local politicians and a few American ex-pats with murky histories. The trio discovers that everyone is hiding something. FIC
Sister’s Choice
Very Valentine
By Judith Pella
By Adriana Trigiani
Maggie Newcomb is all thumbs when it comes to quilting, but she has a crush on Emma Jean Stoddard’s son, Colby, and works hard to become the best quilter in Maintown. Her plan seems to be working until Tamara Brennan comes to town. She’s wealthy, poised, and beautiful, and several of the boys are smitten with her, including Colby. ROM
The Angelini Shoe Company, makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903, is on the verge of financial collapse. It falls to Valentine Roncalli, the talented apprentice to her grandmother and master artisan, to bring the family’s old world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century and save the company from ruin. Valentine returns to Italy to learn new techniques and seek special materials to build a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. There in Italy she finds more than shoe material, she finds love. ROM
Songs Without Words By Ann Packer
Liz and Sarabeth were childhood neighbors and as close as sisters. In the decades that followed, their friendship remained a source of continuity and strength. When Liz’s adolescent daughter enters 17
LARGE PRINT What I Did For Love
You’ve Been Warned
Once the co-star of a favorite television sitcom, Georgie York has been abandoned by her famous husband and her film career has tanked. She goes to Vegas and runs into her detestable former co-star and gets caught up in a calamitous elopement. It becomes a paparazzi free-for-all and her non-supporting cast doesn’t help. Her suck up agent, the icy studio head, and her ex’s new wife, all have their own agendas. ROM
Kristin Burns works full-time as the nanny for the wealthy Turnbull family while waiting for her glamorous life as a New York photographer to begin. Her photographs are finally considered by an elite Manhattan art gallery. She has a major distraction in the forbidden love with the man of her dreams. Kristin ignores all signs of catastrophe brewing, but after a while she starts searching for the truth. But is it too late? FIC
By Susan Elizabeth Phillips
By James Patterson
Whispers of the Bayou By Mindy Stars Clark
Miranda Miller receives a letter informing her that her grandparents’ estate is finally about to become hers. Welcoming a chance for change, she heads immediately down to Louisiana and the old house by the bayou. She finds hidden staircases, and buried secrets that lead to lifechanging revelations. MYS
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