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Nightshade : a novel / by Connelly, Michael,1956-author.;
"Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found wrapped in plastic and weighed down at the bottom of the harbor. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, he starts doggedly working the case. Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Detectives; Islands; Murder; Poaching; Secrecy;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Hostage : a novel / by Mackintosh, Clare,author.;
"A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney. Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems of her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination. Someone who needs Mina's assistance and who knows exactly how to make her comply. It's twenty hours to landing. A lot can happen in twenty hours ..."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Hostages; Terrorists; Airlines; Flight attendants; Hijacking of aircraft;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Variation : a novel / by Yarros, Rebecca,author.;
Elite ballerina Allie Rousseau is no stranger to pressure. With her mother's eyes always watching, perfection was expected, no matter the cost. But when an injury jeopardizes all she's sacrificed for, Allie returns to her summer home to heal and recover. But the memories she's tried to forget rush in and threaten to take her under. As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Hudson Ellis knows that hesitation can mean the difference between life and death. He's always prided himself on being in the right place at the right time, especially when it came to Allie Rousseau-until the night he left for basic. After the biggest regret of his life, the secrets he keeps mean he can never be with the one woman he wants more than his next breath.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; United States. Coast Guard; Ballerinas; Dancers; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships; Rescue work;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Memorials : a novel / by Chizmar, Richard,1965-author.;
1983: Three students from a small college embark on a week-long road trip to film a documentary on roadside memorials for their American Studies class. The project starts out as a fun adventure with long stretches of empty road and nightly campfires where they begin to open up with one another. But as they venture deeper into the Appalachian backwoods, the atmosphere begins to darken. They notice more and more of the memorials feature a strange, unsettling symbol hinting at a sinister secret. Paranoia sets in when it appears they are being followed. Their vehicle is tampered with overnight and some of the locals appear to be anything but welcoming. Before long, the students can't help but wonder if these roadside deaths were really random accidents ... or is something terrifying at work here?
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Novels.; College students; Paranoia; Roadside memorials; Secrecy; Signs and symbols;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Penitence : a novel / by Koval, Kristin,author.;
"When their thirteen-year-old daughter Nora kills her terminally ill brother, Angie and David Sheehan struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn't just legal counsel--she's also the mother of Angie's ill-fated first love Julian, a successful criminal defense attorney. Martine promptly draws him into the legal battle against an overreaching district attorney determined to try Nora as an adult. As the families grapple with the lasting strain of blame and the complexities of an often unfair criminal justice system, Julian and Angie must confront their own culpability in a long-ago accident and the guilt they still carry over how their prior life together in New York City ended"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Novels.; Criminal defense lawyers; Families; First loves; Forgiveness; Fratricide; Guilt; Siblings; Siblings; Terminally ill; Women lawyers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nightshade [text (large print)] : a novel / by Connelly, Michael,1956-author.;
"Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found wrapped in plastic and weighed down at the bottom of the harbor. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, he starts doggedly working the case. Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Detectives; Islands; Murder; Poaching; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Firekeeper : a novel / by Katłįà.1982-author.;
"Nyla has an affinity to fire. A neglected teen in a small northern town--trying to escape a mother battling her own terrors--she is kicked out and struggles through life on the streets. Desperate for love, Nyla accidentally sets fire to her ex's building and is then incarcerated for arson. Through community-led diversion, Nyla finds herself on a reserve as their firekeeper. But when climate change--induced wildfires threaten her new home, she knows intimately how to fight back. The fourth book from acclaimed writer Katłıà brings a Northern Indigenous perspective to the destructive effects of ongoing colonialism. Displaying Katłıà's enthralling storytelling style, Firekeeper is a coming-of-age tale that addresses intergenerational trauma by reclaiming culture, belonging and identity. Join Nyla on her healing journey through the fire to sacred waters."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lafferty, Catherine,; Climatic changes; Fires; Generational trauma; Identity (Psychology); Indigenous women; Nature; Self; Wildfires;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Katabasis [text (large print)] : a novel / by Kuang, R. F.(Rebecca F.),author.;
"Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world. That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and she s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; College teachers; Graduate students; Hell; Magic; Man-woman relationships; Spirits; Voyages and travels; Women graduate students;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Goldenseal : a novel / by Hummel, Maria,author.;
"Downtown Los Angeles, 1990. Alone in her luxury hotel suite, the reclusive Lacey Crane receives a message: Edith is waiting for her in the lobby. Former best friends, Lacey and Edith haven't spoken to one another in over four decades. As young adults meeting at summer camp in Maine, and later making their way in the glitzy spotlight of postwar Hollywood, Edith and Lacey share a deep-rooted bond that once saved them from isolation and despair, providing comfort from the public and private traumas that they had each endured and which a newly optimistic world was eager to forget. Told through a continuous, twisting conversation that unfolds over the course of a single evening, in which each woman tells her story and reveals long-hidden secrets, the narratives of Edith and Lacey burn with atmosphere, mystery, resentment, and regret"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Best friends; Female friendship; Friendship; Middle-aged women; Nineteen nineties; Psychic trauma; Psychology, Pathological;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Broughtupsy : a novel / by Cooke, Christina,author.;
"Akúa is returning home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years. Her younger brother has died suddenly, and Akúa hopes to reconnect with her estranged older sister, Tamika. Over three fateful weeks, the sisters visit significant places from their childhood where Akúa spreads her brother's ashes. But time spent with Tamika only seems to make apparent how different they are and how alone Akúa feels. Then Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who reveals a different side of Kingston. As the two women grow closer, Akúa is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what it means to be a gay woman in Jamaica. Her trip comes to a frenzied and dangerous end, but not without a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister-and herself. By turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, Broughtupsy asks: What are we willing to do for family, and what are we willing to do to feel at home?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Queer fiction.; Novels.; Families; Homecoming; Lesbians; Sisters; Stripteasers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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