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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"At the center of Unrestricted Access is the never-before-published novella Sun Dogs. While trekking through the Sonora desert, a gunshot thrusts former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his military war do, Kane, into an adventure that challenges their considerable skills. The discovery of secrets known only to the native tribes of Arizona threatens to unleash an ancient force that could irreparably alter the future. It also forces Tucker to make a terrible...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
The award-winning master of psychological suspense is in top form in this collection of diverse and diabolically clever stories - including one never-before-published novella. These brilliantly crafted stories of deception, murder, dangerous games, and love gone wrong - irrefutable evidence that Laura Lippman's riveting fiction will more than satisfy any crime reader. Print run 75,000.
"In a suspenseful collection of stories featuring fierce women--including...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1995
Description
Examples of exile from all over the world, and from all periods of history. Describes their exile, their emotions, their struggles and their despair. Sources range from police records, newspaper articles, interviews, letters and memoirs, as well as verse and fiction, and settings as remote as Iran and Russia, China and Palestine.
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Description
"Works on the history of Halloween, from pre-Christian Celtic myths to early 20th century articles, entries include poems, short stories, sections from 19th and 20th century folklore books, a one-act play, Irish and Scottish folk tales, and the first book on Halloween ever published. Annotations make the original source materials more palatable for modern readers"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten." -- book jacket.
9) MatchUp
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Collects stories written by best-selling thriller authors, 11 women and 11 men partnered in male-female literary pairings, in anthology that includes contributions by such favorites as Sandra Brown, John Sandford and Eric Van Lustbader.
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Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair." The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East,with real consequences,...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick contains twenty-one of Dick's most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a world-class writer working at the peak of his powers.
In "The Days of Perky Pat," people spend their time playing with dolls who manage to live an idyllic life no longer available to the Earth's real inhabitants. "Adjustment Team" looks at the fate of a man who by mistake has stepped out of his own time. In...
12) Boy's life
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 30
Description
In Zephyr, Alabama, a bizarre murder is only the beginning Small town boys see weird sights, and Zephyr has provided Cory Jay Mackenson with his fair share of oddities. He knows the bootleggers who lurk in the dark places outside of town. On moonless nights, he's heard spirits congregate in the churchyard to reminisce about the good old days. He's seen rain that flooded Main Street and left it crawling with snakes. Cory knows magic, and relishes...
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"A new collection of Sherlockian tales that shows the Great Detective and his partner, Watson, as their acquaintances saw them"--
How well did those who worked with Sherlock Holmes know him? The peripheral characters-- Irene Adler, Geoffrey Lestrade; witnesses to the cases; even his cook and housekeeper, Martha Hudson-- what did they think of the man and his methods? Discover aspects of Holmes and Watson that you have never seen before. -- adapted...
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Contains "a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by touching pieces from the beloved author's many friends. A Lowcountry Heart collects some of Conroy's most charming pieces of short nonfiction, many of them addressed directly to his readers with his habitual greeting, "Hey, Out There." Ranging across diverse subjects such as favorite recent reads, the challenge...
16) Sinister shorts
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Nina Reilly Series comes a thrilling collection of short crime fiction-sure to keep you turning pages deep into the night…From desperate housewives to hard-boiled PIs to an appearance by Nina Reilly herself, discover nineteen sizzling stories that cover the entire crime genre…Love and betrayal, rage and revenge-these clever short mysteries set the mood of suspense as only Perri O'Shaughnessy can. Sinister...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Part-time reporter Lucy Stone is writing a piece for the Courier about four Irish step dancing students from Tinker's Cove on the cusp of making it big. But the story becomes headline news for all the wrong reasons when one girl's mother is found dead in her bathtub. Did a stage mom take rivalry too far, or is some other motive at play?
As owner of Bar Harbor's hottest new restaurant, Hayley Powell offers to cater the after-party for popular comedian...
Author
Series
Twice upon a time volume 1
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin are both trapped, one in a tower by an evil witch, the other by his royal duties, but when their paths cross, aided by friends and a little luck, conditions change for them both.
19) The rancher
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Cort Brannt, the heir to the Skylance Ranch empire has women frequently gallop into his life, but the handsome lone wolf sends them just as quickly on their way--until a pretty, vivacious neighbor appears on the range. Has the most eligible bachelor in Branntville, Texas met his match?
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Mars was a distant shore, and the men spread upon it in waves... Each wave different, and each wave stronger. The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury is a storyteller without peer, a poet of the possible, and, indisputably, one of America's most beloved authors. In a much-celebrated literary career that has spanned six decades, he has produced an astonishing body of work: unforgettable novels, including Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes;...
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