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Jones, Stephen Graham

Summary: It's been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then, her reputation, and the town, have changed dramatically. There's a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there's one...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC JON
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Greenwood, T. (Tammy)

Summary: Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested unless she does as he says. Over the next two years Frank mentally and physically...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRE

Ferguson, Jenny

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend-whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort-and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father--a man she hoped would...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FER

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FER

Gross, Andrew

Summary: "February, 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In New York City, twenty-two thousand cheering Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a raucous, hate-filled rally. In a Hell's Kitchen bar, Charles Mossman is reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charlie takes a swing at one with tragic results and a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GRO

Brandon, Jay

Summary: Fresh out of prison, former lawyer Edward Hall thinks his days in the courtroom are behind him. Until his sister, Dr Amy Hall, is arrested for murder. She's accused of shooting the ex-husband she supposedly reconciled with and is convinced that her ex-convict brother is the only one able to save her. To make matters worse, the media won't ignore Amy's high profile case; an example needs to be...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Saracino, Luciano

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, the ex-convict Jean Valjean strives to build a new life in nineteenth century Paris and protect his adopted daughter, Cosette, but he is pursued by the fanatical police inspector Javert who does not believe in redemption--until it is too late for both of them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch books, a Capstone imprint 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SAR

Baldacci, David

Summary: It is New Year's Eve, 1952 in Los Angeles. Private Investigator, Aloysius Archer, is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood star, Liberty Callahan, when they're approached by Eleanor Lamb, a famous screenwriter, who would like to hire him as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. A visit to Lamb's Malibu residence leaves Archer in no doubt of foul play when he's knocked unconscious...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing Large Print 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BAL

Doleski, Shannon

Summary: "Gaining courage from Joan of Arc, fourteen-year-old Mary Murphy navigates the waters of Chesapeake Bay in a submersible built with her friend, Kip, escaping the home where her violent father has just returned from prison. Includes facts about domestic violence and submersibles."-- Publisher's description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOL

Box, C. J.

Summary: "A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

4 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC BOX

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOX

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: M BOX

Nodarse, Alejandro

Summary: ""Blood in The Cut brims with dangerous energy in the face of existential entropy. A fantastic story." -S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed Iggy Guerra is out of prison, but his homecoming is anything but smooth. His beloved mother is gone, his grief-stricken father Armando is deep in debt, and they are about to lose the butcher shop that has been in their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC NOD
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Baldacci, David

Summary: It is New Year's Eve, 1952 in Los Angeles. Private Investigator, Aloysius Archer, is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood star, Liberty Callahan, when they're approached by Eleanor Lamb, a famous screenwriter, who would like to hire him as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. A visit to Lamb's Malibu residence leaves Archer in no doubt of foul play when he's knocked unconscious...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC BAL

Maren, Mesha

Summary: "Jodi McCarty is seventeen when she's sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. She's released eighteen years later and finds herself reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian mountains, she heads south in search of someone she left behind, as a way of finally making amends. There, she will meet and fall in love with Miranda, a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MAR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MAR

Stroby, Wallace.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STR

Whitaker, Chris

Summary: Duchess Day Radley is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for other people. At school the other kids make fun of her torn clothes and messy hair. But let them throw their sticks, because she'll throw stones. Duchess might be tough, but she's really just trying to survive. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin. She is the parent to her mother, Star, a...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WHI 9 Discs

Hugo, Victor

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Les Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life. His righteous actions change people's lives in surprising ways and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Canterbury Classics 2012

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HUG

Kellerman, Jonathan

Summary: When deputy coroner Clay Edison discovers a link between the murder he is investigating and his brother, he is forced to reckon with his own suspicions, resentments, and loyalties.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KEL

Atkins, Ace

Summary: "The Pritchards had never been worth a damn--an evil, greedy family who made their living dealing drugs and committing mayhem. Years ago, Colson's late uncle had put the clan's patriarch in prison, but now he's getting out, with revenge, power, and family business on his mind. To make matters worse, a shady trucking firm with possible ties to the Gulf Coast syndicate has moved into Tibbehah,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ATK

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATK

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Atkins 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY ATK

Deveraux, Jude

Summary: The adult Medlar siblings have sworn off murder investigations. But with the sheriff away and Jack as deputy, all three soon face face investigating a dead body, a stranger in town, and exposed family secrets.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DEV

Towles, Amor

Summary: "The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC TOW (BOOK CLUB KIT 8 paperbacks)

Box, C. J.

Summary: A grizzly bear is on a rampage. At the same time, a newly released criminal wants revenge on the people who put him away, including game warden Joe Pickett. The bear attacks are the perfect cover.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BOX

Clarkson, John

Summary: "The death of Paco "Packy" Johnson shouldn't have surprised anyone. Paco Johnson spent a lifetime in the system -- starting in juvie at age 10, then prison for most of his adult life. But he managed to make some real friends in prison, friends who helped him get parole, a place to stay, and plans to help him adjust to a life outside prison after seventeen years behind bars. But only seventeen...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLA

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Clarkson 2016

Nesbø, Jo

Summary: Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel -- the only woman he has ever loved -- has ended it with him, permanently. He's been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but it's in the cold case office, when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC NES

Martin, Charles

Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin, when a man wins everything only to lose it, he recognizes the love of his life is the only thing worth having. Twelve years ago Matthew "The Rocket" Rising had it all. Married to his high school sweetheart and graduating as one of the winningest quarterbacks in the history of college football, he was selected as the #1 pick in the NFL....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAR

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MAR

Laukkanen, Owen

Summary: Could your closest friend be a killer? When a body washes up outside Deception Cove, Washington, Jess Winslow--once a US Marine, now a trainee sheriff's deputy--is assigned to investigate. But when she realizes it's "Bad" Brock Boyd, a hometown celebrity lately fallen from grace, things become complicated. The last person seen with Boyd was her own boyfriend, Mason Burke. An ex-convict and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAU

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