Summary: For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspring and cautionary. Whether it's a warning message from a survey ship, a harrowing journey to a new world, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction inspires the imagination and delivers a lens through which we can view ourselvs and the world around us. With The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Four,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESBuffa, D.W.
Summary: When Robert Constable, President of the United States, dies in bed with a woman in a New York hotel room, the public is told that he died suddenly and peacefully of natural causes—and alone. The truth, however, is anything but that. The President’s wife, Hillary Constable asks young senator Bobby Hart, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, to find out who had her husband murdered and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Polis Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUFFuller, A.C.
Summary: "Someone in Seattle is murdering journalists ... and Alex Vane might be next. On a cold, rainy night in Seattle, a legendary journalist is found face down in the street below a posh high-rise. Local police are calling it a suicide, but Alex Vane sees signs of murder. With help from a brash young journalist, Alex pieces together clues from the dead man's extraordinary career. But an unexpected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC FULLeng, Qin
Summary: "With beautifully composed watercolor illustrations, Qin Leng recalls her own childhood in this story about a little girl who has always been the smallest: smallest of the family, smallest in school, smallest in a crowd. The girl faces her own set of challenges, but her loving parents and an unexpected visitor might change her perception for good."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LENMcAvoy, J.J.
Summary: **A multicultural new adult romance from bestselling author, J.J. McAvoy** Eli Davenport thinks he's found the perfect woman to be his wife. She's a doctor, like he is. She's brilliant, like he is. And she's wealthy, like he is. Guinevere 'Gwen' Poe thinks her fianc ̌is the perfect man. He's handsome, successful and he was her first... But when Eli's bride runs off with Gwen's fiancě on his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NYLA 2016
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Daniels, B.J.
Summary: After Hudson Savage betrayed her, Dana Cardwell hoped never to lay eyes on the seductive cowboy again. Until a bunch of old bones showed up on her family ranch. Suddenly her former lover was back in her life in a big way—to investigate a decades-old crime. Five years ago, Hud left town with a heart load of regrets. But now, as acting interim marshal, he had a job to do. And this time he wasn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2010
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Petersen, E.J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1957
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETSalvatore, R.A.
Summary: With the last of his trusted companions having fallen, Drizzt is alone--and free--for the first time in almost a hundred years. Guilt mingles with relief, leaving Drizzt uniquely vulnerable to the persuasions of his newest companion--Dahlia, a darkly alluring elf and the only other member of their party to survive the cataclysm at Mount Hotenow. But traveling with Dahlia is challenging in more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wizards of the Coast Publishing 2011
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Scott, A.D.
Summary: "John McAllister has come to a crossroads, torn between the stability of his life in the Highlands and the thrill of working as a renowned journalist in Glasgow at a national daily newspaper. Can he accept that this exciting new phase is over? That it is time to settle down? Before he knows it, McAllister is in the midst of a fast-paced hunt for his good friend Jimmy McPhee, who is involved in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOBlessing, R.K.
Summary: Abandoned by everyone who's supposed to love him, and on the run from the foster system that neglected him, Brody doesn't have a destination, just a direction-west. When he falls asleep on the back porch of a dark shop in Eugene, Oregon-half-starved, sick and unsure where he is-he awakens to a world he never imagined. With the sudden support of a vibrant community, a steady paycheck and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyle & Dalton 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLEEllison, J.T.
Summary: As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam's life. She has been pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate--until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C. On the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2012
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Lee, J.M.
Summary: "An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols are written in blood near the corpse. Gilmo, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas, and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot. Angela, a CIA operative, is assigned to gain his trust and access his unique thought-process. The enigmatic Gilmo used to have a quiet life back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEEModesitt, L.E.
Summary: Rhenn prepares for his liaison duties only to encounter hostility from his new commander and a threat from a vengeful High Holder, a situation for which he becomes a lone defender against gang lords, naval marines, and terrorist priests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MODQiu, Xiaolong
Summary: In line for the top position of the Shanghai Police Department, Chief Inspector Chen Cao is drawn into the investigation of a major party member's son, whose suspicious suicide in the face of corruption charges forces Chen to make a difficult choice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QIURobb, J.D.
Summary: The new novel from the #1 New York Times -bestselling author, which takes readers deeper into the mind of Eve Dallas than ever before. The number-one New York Times -bestselling author J. D. Robb presents an intense and terrifying new case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas, one that will take her all the way to the city that gave her her name-and plunge her into the nightmares of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011
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Wasek, A.A.
Summary: One of America's most famous - and most deadly - labor strikes occurred in The Copper Country of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula in 1913, and its major events are described through the eyes of sixteen-year old Emilia Rytilahti. Emilia and her younger sister Heli are first-generation American born Finns, who see and personally experience the prejudice of the era against their family and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Wasek,] 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WASGrenside, M.N.
Summary: "An LA screenwriter is killed shortly after completing his latest script, FALL OUT--a thriller destined to be a blockbuster but written with a secret double purpose. Echoing events from the past the screenplay is sent to a very specific group of people and will change their lives forever. All are connected to a movie that had abruptly stopped shooting in the jungles of the Philippines years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GREKing, A.S.
Summary: Vera's spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she's kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything. So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone--the kids at school, his family, even the police. But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to? Edgy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2010
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Meluch, R.M
Summary: In the third novel of this acclaimed military science fiction series, all of humanity and its alien allies have joined together to battle the Hive-a force of pure destruction sweeping through the galaxy. But when the leader of the Roman world is assassinated, tensions escalate-and Captain John Farragut is forced to lead a mission into the heart of Hive territory in search of a man who's been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMoehringer, J.R.
Summary: Check back soon to read more details about Sutton by J.R. Moehringer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2012
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Palmer, D.J.
Summary: "Penny Francone, age sixteen, is a murderer. Her guilt is beyond doubt: She was found alone in the victim's apartment, covered in blood, holding the murder weapon. The victim's identity and her secret relationship to Penny give Penny the perfect motive, sealing the deal. All the jury needs to decide now is where Penny will serve out her sentence. Will she be found not guilty by reason of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC PALQiu, Xiaolong
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QiuBoyce, S.M.
Summary: Ourean legends of the First Vagabond have survived a thousand years, blossoming in pubs and alleys even as the great Bloods of Ourea tried to squelch his name. But the myths glorify the deeds and forget the man he was—Cedric, a boy from a small Hillsidian farming village. As a young man, Cedric discovers a terrifying defect in his nature. He has no blood loyalty, which means he can defy his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: S.M. Boyce 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYChesterton, G.K.
Summary: Father Brown, one of the most intelligent and attractive characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths. This collection contains the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that...
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