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At forty-five, Keith Robertson finds himself in an exciting new job. As senior engineer on special assignment to InfoPower, hes sent to work at a virtual library. After just one day, hes bought into

George Norton is the sheriff of Beaumont County. It is his job to fill the shoes of his former mentor, John Madison, who is now a federal marshal. George thinks he has seen it all, but he is in for the ride of his life when a crime is committed beyond anything he has had to handle before in his career as a lawman._,

In 1785, Paddy ODoule, a simple Irish farmer is a press-ganged into the royal navy and later convicted of a crime he did not commit and transported to a penal colony in Australia. After years of suffering and harsh, unjust treatment, peace-loving Paddy, consumed with hatred of the English and the hell-bent on murder and revenge, turns to violence. In Belfast, 1992, Mitch ODoule, Paddys great-great-great-grandson, is turning his back on violence. A colonel in the Irish Republican Army, he is disenchanted with the cause and is sickened by the ruthless decision to bomb mainland cities and towns and by the indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians. He devises a plan to double-cross the IRA and disappear to a peaceful new life in Australia. As Mitch plays out his dangerous game, he finds himself following the same route as his ancestor two centuries before. Their fates seem to intermingle as both are overtaken by events and their lives dramatically changed. Exciting and engrossing, Requital is a powerful story by a master storyteller. He skillfully weaves together the stories of the two Irishmen living two hundred years apart and, at the same time, provides an insight into the background to Irelands present troubled history and how the struggle against the English oppressors is passed on from generation to generation._,

Thirty-something India native Mina Kumar returns to her former home of Madison, Ohio, to face her tragic past and move forward with her life. Everything is going well for Mina-she has a new job, a new home, and a new love. After securing a position as a secretary at a law firm, Mina is set up by her boss on a blind date with attorney Rob James. The relationship progresses quickly, and the two are soon engaged. But Mina hears things from Robs friends and family that cause her to doubt him. She must learn the truth about Rob before she repeats the mistakes from her past and becomes a victim of abuse again. Told through a combination of telephone conversations, e-mail messages, and diary entries, this fascinating story of lies, deception, and cruelty takes you through one womans journey to redemption._,

When Terry Levine is called to investigate a triple homicide five hours away from home, he knows the case wont be routine. A veteran investigator with the New York State Police, Levine quickly suspects he may be dealing with a blossoming serial killer. A task force comprised of state troopers, the FBI, and Erie County Sheriffs Department personnel follow what few leads come their way. With no answers forthcoming, Levine thinks outside the box to track the killer, whose murderous rampage draws the investigators into neighboring counties. A secret from the past holds the key to discovering the killers identity, though finding him may prove far more difficult. The case takes a personal turn for the investigator when people he knows are targeted by the murderer. A cat and mouse game ensues when the police believe they discover the killers motive, and his next victim, that sends them scurrying through Buffalo to catch him. Every clue leads to a dead end, leaving Levine and his team wondering if they can catch the mass murderer before he disappears for good._,

Kevin Cooper is a young psychologist struggling to make a living in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio. But in this age of televised court hearings, Coopers participation in a high-profile child serial murder case brings him national attention, making him an instant celebrity and a sought-after expert. Coopers life becomes a real-life fairy tale for the next few years. He opens a lucrative practice in Los Angeles, marries the woman of his dreams, and becomes a father. But his utopian life soon turns into a nightmare when his wife dies in a car accident, and a former patient kills his daughter. Depressed and suicidal, Cooper moves back to Cleveland and becomes a recluse. After the death of a former high school friend, Cooper is coaxed into temporarily caring for the victims eight-year-old daughter, Melissa Moore. He also reluctantly assists a task force in catching the murderer, partly out of guilt, and partly out of a sense of loyalty and duty to Melissa. During his search for the killer, Coopers relationship with Melissa helps him obtain something that therapy was unable to provide-the ability to forgive himself and move forward with his life._,

Cosmetic company heiress, Dana Winslow, is accused of murdering her mother, Margaret Cameron. As she tends to her invalid father, struggles through a messy divorce, and faces her own serious health issues, she comes face to face with two detectives who are determined to bring her down. Detective Nick Levin believes Dana is innocent and continues the investigation. His list of suspects include Danas estranged husband, Landon Farver, Margarets sister, Bell, and Bells son, Cody. Levins partner, Detective Paul Rooney, is certain Dana is guilty and will stop at nothing to prove it. Is Nick blinded by his feelings for Dana? Just when he starts to trust, he is hit with some devastating information. Secrets of the past unravel in this story of intense relationships, secret grudges, glamourous dwellings, and the life of a cop._,

This morning. Room 211. The Chelsea Hotel. Elysian Row. A man is lying face up on a red crushed-velvet chaise. His wide-open eyes stare at some unseen spot on the ceiling. He is wearing a pair of tight-fitting jeans, scuffed-up Spanish leather boots, and a matching Bolero vest. At first glance, one might mistake him for a vagabond, a vagrant, a drifter. He would have liked that. He always thought of himself as a traveling troubadour. But look closer. The lifeless man lying across the chaise is none other than superstar Bob Dorian. Hed been hailed a poet, a prophet, and the voice of a generation. Dorian never wanted to be any of those things. The most famous rock star in the world always resented the attention. Of course, turning up dead attracts the most attention of all. Suspects? Tons of them. Theyre all characters in Dorians songs, not to mention they all hold a grudge. Intent on finding the killer, Dorians manager, Jack Frost, teams with Commissioner Tiresias and obituary writer Mister Johns to track down the true culprit and solve the mysterious murder. And the answers they need may just be staring them in the face._,

He&rsquo,s better off dead anyway.Hired to investigate the death of an autistic boy in a treatment facility, PI Zachary Goldman is concerned about the therapies he sees there. While he is assured that the children there are not actually being hurt, his investigation leads to the discovery of even deeper institutional abuses. ,Battling the ghosts of his own past, Zachary fights to uncover the facility&rsquo,s dark secrets and to get as many children as he can out of harm&rsquo,s way. ,_,

It was the height of the cold war when the FBI uncovered a plot, involving the Soviet Union, designed to destroy the United States in a first strike attack. Based on a true story, The DUSA Affair is a suspense-filled account of how a plan, involving a coordinated attack on major US cities, and a nuclear device placed in the waters off the west coast, evolved, was uncovered and thwarted._,

Fifteen year-old Jill is a talented dancer but a failing student, yet pretends to her mother Ellen that school is fine. She continues to spend her time with parties and dating rather than study. One date goes too far and Jill is panicked about possible pregnancy. Jill continues her downhill slide until Ellen receives a letter from school that Jill will be suspended if she doesnt turn her grades around. Shocked, Ellen grounds Jill big time, no dance, no dates, no parties, only study until she passes her finals. But can that work with a teen-ager? Jill tries hard to get her life back on track but an old boyfriend tricks her away for an overnight. Thats no way to study for a test. Will she ever get to pass her finals and dance again? _,

Emotional empathy becomes an empowering tool for investigating the disappearance of a rebellious teenage girl. In this intriguing thriller, Detective James Julius trusts reason and facts but, when he starts seeing images that others dont see, he fears hes losing his mind. With help from friends, a hacker, a gypsy and a rogue, his newfound empathy exposes the dark secrets behind her disappearance, and reveals that people become Strangely Familiar when they experience similar pain._,

Adored by some, abhorred by others, actress Vilma Valentine is presumed dead after a fiery automobile collision in Mexico, her body never recovered. In the intervening years the fabled star is sighted more often than Bigfoot. Is it her ghost that crashes a party for Ronald Reagan in Juarez, appears at the deathbed of her estranged father in Rome, flees from Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst at the Parthenon? In 1969 Virginia Dofstader wins the Valentine lookalike contest publicizing The Curse of Vilma Valentine by literary heavyweight Gerald Carstairs. In the course of the books promotion, it is discovered that Virginias mother looks even more like Vilma than Miss Dofstader does. As notorious in death as in life, Vilma haunts the imagination of aficionados of 1940s movies. Did she really kill all those husbands? Was she a Nazi spy? Was she truly responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Her story, a suspenseful stew of WWII saboteurs, stolen European artworks, murders and massacres, is told in the words of major Hollywood figures-lovers, friends, enemies, and Vilma herself. Its all seasoned with a knowing dose of romantic comedy._,

Haggarty, Karan, and Marks___still the triangle! As Haggarty looked at the three of them sitting in the same room together, still working basically on the same on-going case, the three of them nearly dying in the past week, he wondered if they were up to the final task of getting it together to fight Jodi and the group she worked for one more time. Did they have the courage or the stamina again? Would Karan do something foolish to screw this up? It was a subject they couldnt ignore. They had to discuss this together! The Punch, the sequel to author Nancy C. Storch Silvermans first novel Stitches, is a mixture of romance and mystery that reunites nurse Alexis Marks, police captain Glenn Haggarty, and computer expert Scott Karan. And then theres Jodi. The villainous Jodi Smith has escaped from jail to exact revenge against Alexis, her former fellow-nurse. Their paths converge as Jodi carries out her sinister plan. But is she willing to go over the edge of sanity to get rid of Alexis permanently? Beginning in St.Woodside, continuing to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and ending in beautiful Belize, The Punch is an action-driven thriller about love, hate, revenge, and adventure!_,

He&rsquo,s better off dead anyway.Hired to investigate the death of an autistic boy in a treatment facility, PI Zachary Goldman is concerned about the therapies he sees there. While he is assured that the children there are not actually being hurt, his investigation leads to the discovery of even deeper institutional abuses. ,Battling the ghosts of his own past, Zachary fights to uncover the facility&rsquo,s dark secrets and to get as many children as he can out of harm&rsquo,s way. ,_,

There are over fifteen thousand homicides committed in the United States each year. Depraved madman Gerald Rucker has spent a lifetime contributing to those statistics through the murders of more than fifteen women. But the selection of his latest victim has come at a price. Her death has inspired a deep thirst for revenge in an unlikely adversary

A put-upon prosecutor investigates a racially charged murder in this spicy legal drama. It seems like an open-and-shut case when a Hasidic Jewish man is stabbed to death on a Brooklyn street, and his alleged assailant, identified by three witnesses, is caught minutes later by the Hasidic Shomrim foot patrol. Its 1991, the Crown Heights crime scene is a powder keg of ethnic tension, and the perp is a Puerto Rican man. The Hasidim want a quick conviction, while the Hispanic community cries racial profiling. Assistant district attorney Carmen Rodriguez-used to being on the receiving end of bigoted presumptions- finds herself navigating a political minefield. Then the witnesses turn out to be unreliable (one, a Talmudic scholar, seems to be possessed by the spirit of a dead crack whore), an alibi surfaces for the defendant, a diamond is mysteriously stolen from the dead mans safe and Carmen wonders whether shes prosecuting the right man. Alas, her commitment to justice often clashes with her instinct for self-preservation. Carmens boss, eager to placate the politically powerful Hasidim, insists that she sweep the cases untidy details under the rug, while cagey defense counsel Pai Ho Wu threatens to publicize Carmens porno pics from her student days unless she reveals prosecution secrets. Out of Carmens travails the authors craft a crime procedural thats lively, if sometimes lacking in finesse. They ladle out rather a lot of ethnic shtick in depicting Brooklyns culture wars and complicate third act problems by unaccountably sidelining their heroine for most of the trial scenes, which are handily stolen by the riveting Wu before fizzling out. Fortunately, they stock the story with sharply drawn characters (the eternally kvetching but tough-as-nails presiding judge is a hoot), cannily observed procedural and intriguing courtroom twists that will keep readers guessing. An engrossing tale about the difficulty of discerning justice through the murk of New Yorks melting po