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In the shadow of the mountain : a memoir of courage / by Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia,author.;
"When Silvia's mother called her home to Peru, she knew something finally had to give. A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. She was deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child. Her visit to Peru would become a turning point in her life. Silvia started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent-the restricted oxygen at altitude, the vast expanse of emptiness around her, the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains, the nearness of death-woke her up. And then, she took her biggest pain to the biggest mountain: Everest. "The Mother of the World," as it's known in Nepal, allows few to reach her summit, but Silvia didn't go alone. She gathered a group of young female survivors and led them to base camp alongside her, their strength and community propelling her forward. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a remarkable story of heroism, one which awakens in all of us a lust for adventure, gratitude for the strong women in our lives, and faith in our own resilience"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia.; Hispanic Americans; Mountaineers; Women in technology;
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What wild women do : a novel / by Brown, Karma,author.;
While staying at an isolated cabin in the Adironacks, aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Rowan is drawn into the unsettling story of a socialite-turned-feminist crusader bent of helping women unleash their inner "wildness" who vanished in these same woods the summer of 1975 and is determined to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
Subjects: Feminist fiction.; Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Camps; Feminism; Missing persons; Novelists; Screenwriters; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women;
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Dead mountain / by Preston, Douglas J.,author.; Child, Lincoln,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DIABLO MESA, ISBN 9781538736753. In this fourth entry of the 'Nora Kelly' series, FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened to eight mountaineers that disappeared 15 years ago - and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Archaeologists; Mountains; Murder; Women archaeologists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Dead mountain [text (large print)] / by Preston, Douglas J.,author.; Child, Lincoln,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DIABLO MESA, ISBN 9781538710142. In this fourth entry of the 'Nora Kelly' series, FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened to eight mountaineers that disappeared 15 years ago - and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Archaeologists; Mountains; Murder; Women archaeologists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dead mountain [sound recording] / by Preston, Douglas J.,author.; Farrell, Cynthia,narrator.; Child, Lincoln,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Cynthia Farrell.In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their last campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing body parts. The case, given the code name "Dead Mountain" by the FBI, was never solved. Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago--and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Archaeologists; Mountains; Murder; Women archaeologists;
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Gray Mountain / by Grisham, John.;
Subjects: Legal stories.; Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Women lawyers;
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The usual silence / by Milchman, Jenny,author.;
Psychologist Arles Shepherd treats troubled children, struggling with each case to recover from her own traumatic past, much of which she's lost to the shadows of memory. Having just set up a new kind of treatment center in the remote Adirondack wilderness, Arles longs to heal one patient in particular: a ten-year-old boy who has never spoken a word--or so his mother, Louise, believes. Hundreds of miles away, Cass Monroe is living a parent's worst nightmare. His twelve-year-old daughter has vanished on her way home from school. With no clues, no witnesses, and no trail, the police are at a dead end. Fighting a heart that was already ailing, and struggling to keep both his marriage and himself alive, Cass turns to a pair of true-crime podcasters for help. Arles, Louise, and Cass will soon find their lives entangled in ways none of them could have anticipated. And when the collision occurs, a quarter-century-old secret will be forced out of hiding. Because nothing screams louder than silence.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Missing children; Parent and child; Podcasters; Psychologists; Secrecy; Selective mutism; Women psychologists;
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The witch's orchard : a novel / by Sullivan, Archer,author.;
"Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie Gore joined the military right after high school to escape the fraught homelife of her childhood. Now, she's getting by as a private investigator and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up. Ten years ago, three little girls went missing from their tiny mountain town. While one was returned, the others were never seen again. After all this time without answers, the brother of one of the girls wants to hire an outsider, and he wants Annie. While she may not be from his town, she gets mountain towns. Mountain people. Driving back into the hills for a case this old -- it might be a fool's errand. But Annie needs to put money in the bank and she can't turn down a case. Not even one that dredges up her own painful past. In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, Annie begins to track the truth, navigating a decade's worth of secrets, folklore of witches and crows, and a whole town that prefers to forget. But while the case may have been buried, echoes of the past linger. And Annie's arrival stirs someone into action"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Kidnapping; Missing children; Private investigators; Secrecy; Women private investigators;
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A game of lies / by Mackintosh, Clare,author.;
"Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched on screen, and find out who these people really are - knowing she can't trust any of them. And when a murderer strikes, Ffion knows every one of her suspects has an alibi ... and a secret worth killing for"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Missing persons; Mountains; Reality television programs; Secrecy; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Wilderness survival; Women detectives;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Please don't lie : a thriller / by Kline, Christina Baker,1964-author.; Burt, Anne,author.;
"Two years ago, Hayley Stone lost everything. First, her parents died in a devastating fire. Then, her sister overdosed, leaving Hayley alone and hounded by a media circus that turned her family's tragedy into tabloid fodder. When her new husband suggests a fresh start in the Adirondacks, the promise of anonymity in an isolated mountain town feels like salvation. But the mountains hold darker secrets than she ever imagined. Her once-loving husband grows distant and volatile. The widow down the road keeps spewing vague accusations. Not even their new friends-a free-spirited couple living on the property-can help Hayley shake the creeping sense that something is off. As winter edges closer, Hayley discovers that her sanctuary is anything but safe. Trapped and isolated, she faces a terrifying truth: in trying to escape her past, she may have run straight into something far more dangerous."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Discomfort (Psychology); Life change events; Loss (Psychology); Married people; Married women; Newlyweds; Secrecy; Social isolation;
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