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- Destination Venus / by Sparrow, Giles.;
- Journey to Venus and explore the planet's suface, atmosphere and climate, and myths surrounding it.
- © 2010., PowerKids,
- The dark angel / by Griffiths, Elly,author.;
- "In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway--described by Louise Penny as "a captivating amateur sleuth"--and DI Nelson have their summer vacations horribly disrupted by a murder in a medieval Italian town where dark secrets are buried as deep as bones"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Galloway, Ruth (Fictitious character); Women forensic anthropologists;
- We Inherit the Fire : A Novel. by Molope, Kagiso Lesego.;
- 'We Inherit the Fire' is a vivid, atmospheric novel set against the end of apartheid in South Africa, centred on a family of Black women who fracture and fall back together again amidst a nation-wide reckoning. Kagiso Lesego Molope lives in Ottawa, ON. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: FICTION / Feminist; FICTION / Women; FICTION / World Literature / Africa / Southern Africa;
- Bad moon rising / by Galligan, John,author.;
- PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DEAD MAN DANCING, ISBN 9781982110734. A record heat wave suffocates remote rural Wisconsin as the local sheriff tracks down a killer hidden in the depths of the community in this atmospheric, race-to-the-finish third mystery novel in the 'Bad Axe County' series.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Policewomen; Murder; Veterans;
- Notes on an execution : a novel / by Kukafka, Danya,author.;
- Told through the women in his life--his mother, his sister-in-law, and the detective who brought him to justice--this gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row as he awaits his execution in twelve hours.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Death row inmates; Serial murderers; Serial murderers; Serial murderers;
- Black Rabbit Hall / by Chase, Eve,author.;
- A magnetic story about wrenching family secrets, forbidden love, and heartbreaking loss housed within the grand gothic manor of Black Rabbit Hall. Stunning and atmospheric, this debut novel is a thrilling spiral into the hearts of two women separated by decades but inescapably linked by dark and tangled secrets.
- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships;
- Bad Axe County : a novel / by Galligan, John,author.;
- Dennis Lehane meets Megan Miranda in this tense, atmospheric thriller about the first female sheriff in rural Bad Axe County, Wisconsin, as she searches for a missing girl, battles local drug dealers, and seeks the truth about the death of her parents 20 years ago - all as a winter storm rages in her embattled community.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Policewomen; Missing persons;
- Destination Earth / by Jackson, Tom.;
- Journey from a space station in orbit above Earth and explore Earth's atmosphere, oceans, surface and ability to support life.
- © 2010., PowerKids,
- The promise / by Galgut, Damon,1963-author.;
- Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa: Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over three decades, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country-- an atmosphere of resentment, renewal, and ultimately hope.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Families; Dysfunctional families; Brothers and sisters; Promises; Funeral rites and ceremonies;
- Hole in the Sky : A Novel. by Wilson, Daniel H.;
- On the Great Plains of Oklahoma, a strange atmospheric disturbance is noticed by Jim Hardgray. At NASAs headquarters, astrophysicist Dr. Mikayla Johnson discovers that something enormous and unidentified is heading for Earth. And in an undisclosed bunker, an American threat forecaster intercepts a cryptic communication and sends an urgent message to the president: First contact imminent. Daniel WIlson is a Cherokee citizen and has worked as a threat forecaster for the U.S. Air Force. From the author of 'Robopocalypse'.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: Science fiction.; FICTION / Indigenous; FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact; FICTION / Science Fiction / General;
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