Summary: No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar territories who disrupt our lives with unease and wonder. In this newest collection of short stories, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC WHEMargolin, Phillip
Summary: "Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter. Now the situation couldn't be more different, with Kerrigan on her last legs, her career nearly over, arrested for the quadruple...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MAR1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAR
2 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: M MARPhillips, Julia
Summary: The shattering disappearance of two young girls from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula compounds the isolation and fears of a tight-woven community, connecting the lives of neighbors, witnesses, family members and a detective throughout an ensuing year of tension.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PHIRyan, Hank Phillippi
Summary: "When Boston reporter Jane Ryland reports a hit and run, she soon learns she saw more than a car crash--she witnessed the collapse of an alibi, and now she's under pressure to tell all to the police. She's also digging up the inside scoop for an expose of sexual assaults on Boston's college campuses for the station's new documentary unit, and is working with a victim to reveal her heartbreaking...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M RYAPhillips, Helen
Summary: "When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries to convince herself it's the sleep deprivation. She's been hearing things these days. Startling at loud noises. Imagining the worst-case scenario. It's what mothers do, she knows. But then the footsteps come again, and she catches a glimpse of movement. Suddenly Molly finds herself face-to-face...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PHICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Phillips 2019Ryan, Hank Phillippi
Summary: "With just two weeks to save her career and reputation, crisis management expert Arden Ward takes on the case of a Boston real estate mogul recently acquitted in a fatal drunk driving accident and soon discovers she is protecting a murderer--and one wrong word can kill"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge, Tor Publishing Group 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RYA1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
Hawken, Sam
Summary: Life in Miami isn't complicated for ex-army medic Camaro Espinoza: Piloting charter fishing trips, fighting at the gym, drinking at the bar. Simple doesn't mean stable, though, and two complicating factors--okay, people--are about to disrupt Camaro's relative peace. Faith Glazer, an accountant with no way to defend herself, begs Camaro's help to stop a stalker who follows her every move. While...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWRyan, Hank Phillippi
Summary: "The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan-but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse? After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends. What does the other one get? If they're smart, they get the benefits. Alyssa Macallan is terrified when she's dumped by her wealthy and powerful husband. With a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RYACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RYAMargolin, Phillip
Summary: "On stage, in front of a crowd, a magician was murdered and no one saw it happen. The people with a strong motive to kill him -- and there are several -- were all in attendance, but the rest of the audience is their alibi. Everyone wanted him dead, yet no one could have done it. Robin Lockwood is a young criminal defense attorney and partner in a prominent law firm in Portland, Oregon. A former...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MARMargolin, Phillip
Summary: Robin Lockwood joined the firm of legal legend Regina Barrister not long before Regina was forced into retirement by early onset Alzheimer's. One of Regina's former clients, Robert Chesterfield, shows up in the law office with an odd request-- he's seeking help from his old attorney in acquiring patent protection for an illusion. Chesterfield is a professional magician and he has a major new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Margolin 2020Margolin, Phillip
Summary: When a young woman accuses college-football superstar Blaine Hastings of rape, the DNA evidence against him is overwhelming. Yet the athlete swears his innocence and threatens both his lawyer and his accuser. When a second rape occurs, the DNA evidence again points to Hastings. The only problem? Hastings was in prison when the crime was committed. As a result, the convicted athlete, represented...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Margolin 2019Margolin, Phillip
Summary: "The "master of heart-pounding suspense"--New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin--returns with a new legal thriller starring Robin Lockwood. A young woman accuses a prominent local college athlete of rape. Convicted with the help of undisputable DNA evidence, the athlete swears his innocence and threatens both his lawyer and his accuser as he's sent to prison. Not long after, there's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MargolinCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: M MARMargolin, Phillip
Summary: "Joe Lattimore, homeless and trying desperately to provide for his young family, agrees to fight in a no-holds-barred fight, only to have his opponent die. Lattimore now finds himself at the mercy of the fight's organizers who blackmail him into burglarizing a house. When he breaks in he finds a murdered woman on the floor-- and the police have received an anonymous tip naming him for the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Margolin 2021Margolin, Phillip
Summary: "Robin Lockwood is a young criminal defense attorney and partner in a prominent law firm in Portland, Oregon. A former MMA fighter and Yale Law graduate, she joined the firm of legal legend Regina Barrister not long before Regina was forced into retirement by early onset Alzheimer's. One of Regina's former clients, Robert Chesterfield, shows up in the law office with an odd request-he's seeking...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MARMargolin, Phillip
Summary: "In rural Oregon, two women are found dead after being tortured, battered, and burned. A third woman escapes with evidence that points overwhelmingly to a local man. When a young lawyer joins the team defending him, she uncovers corruption, lies, and secrets that threaten to shake up not only her firm but the entire town"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Margolin 2018Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: M MARMargolin, Phillip
Summary: "A young woman accuses a prominent local college athlete of rape. Convicted on DNA evidence, the athlete swears his innocence. When a second rape occurs, DNA evidence again points to the imprisoned athlete. As young lawyer Robin Lockwood searches for answers, she finds herself enmeshed in a tangled web of buried secrets, lies, and violence"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MARMargolin, Phillip
Summary: Robin Lockwood is a young criminal defense attorney and partner in a prominent law firm. She joined the firm of legal legend Regina Barrister not long before Regina was forced into retirement by Alzheimer's. One of Regina's former clients, Robert Chesterfield, shows up with an odd request: he's seeking help in acquiring patent protection for an illusion. Chesterfield is a professional magician...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARMargolin, Phillip
Summary: "A woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregon -- tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky one -- two other women, bearing similar burns and bruises, were found dead. The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive, and the owner, Alex Mason, a prominent local...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MARMargolin, Phillip
Summary: "In rural Oregon, two women are found dead after being tortured, battered, and burned. A third woman escapes with evidence that points overwhelmingly to a local man. When a young lawyer joins the team defending him, she uncovers corruption, lies, and secrets that threaten to shake up not only her firm but the entire town"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MAREastland, Sam, (Paul Watkins)
Summary: "April, 1945. East of Berlin, the Red Army stands poised to unleash its final assault upon the ruined capital of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich. To the north, at a lonely outpost near the Baltic Sea, German scientists perfect a guidance system for the mighty V2 rocket, which has already caused massive damage to the cities of London and Antwerp. This device, known only by the codename Diamond...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EASAlam, Rumaan
Summary: Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they've rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G.H. are an older couple, it's their house, and they've arrived in a panic....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALAAvdic, Asa
Summary: "A masterly locked-room mystery set in a near-future Orwellian state. The year is 2037, and on the tiny island of Isola, seven people have been selected to compete in a forty-eight-hour test for a top-secret intelligence position with the totalitarian Union of Friendship. One of them is Anna Francis, a workaholic bureaucrat with a nine-year-old daughter she rarely sees and a secret that haunts...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AVDCaputo, Philip
Summary: Hunter's Moon is set in Michigan's wild, starkly beautiful Upper Peninsula, where a cast of recurring characters move into and out of each other's lives, building friendships, facing loss, confronting violence, trying to bury the past or seeking to unearth it. Once-a-year lovers, old high-school buddies on a hunting trip, a college professor and his wayward son, a middle-aged man and his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CAPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPAlam, Rumaan
Summary: "A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2020