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- The black moth / by Topdjian, Carolyne,1977-author.;
- In book two of the 'Mave Michael' series, the supposed ghost of Holden Frost saved Mave's life months ago, then vanished into thin air. Mave secretly digs into Holden's true identity and disappearance, and her search takes her to the most sinister place: the darknet. And instead of answers to decode Holden's whereabouts, she attracts a stranger online who also wants Holden Frost found -- and who will kill Mave's father in prison unless she delivers Holden's location, dead or alive.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Extrasensory perception; Ghosts; Murder for hire;
- Orbiting Jupiter / by Schmidt, Gary D.;
- "Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--Provided by publisher.LSC
- Subjects: Friendship; Emotional problems of teenagers; Child abuse; Teenage fathers; Foster home care;
- Days of wonder : a novel / by Leavitt, Caroline,author.;
- "As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love -- yearning, breathless love -- that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her life was unexpectedly upended when she was accused of trying to murder Jude's father, an imperious superior court judge, and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. When she learns she's pregnant shortly after sentencing, she reluctantly decides to give up the child"--
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Love; False imprisonment; Pregnancy; Murder;
- The captive kingdom / by Nielsen, Jennifer A.;
- Ascendant King Jaron believes that his kingdom, Carthya, is at peace, so he and his bethrothed, Imogen, are sailing home from a trade mission when their ship is attacked by Prozarians, and Jaron and several of his friends are taken prisoner; the Prozarian captain seems to believe he had something to do with his parents' deaths and they also know a great deal about Jaron's long-missing older brother, Darius, the rightful heir to Carthya--who may be alive after all.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Kings and rulers; Pirates; Inheritance and succession; Princes; Brothers;
- Cutthroat Dogs / by Estleman, Loren D.,author.;
- ""Someone is dead who shouldn't be, and the wrong man is in prison." Nearly twenty years ago, college freshman April Goss was found dead in her bathtub, an apparent suicide, but suspicion soon fell on her boyfriend. Dan Corbeil was convicted of her murder and sent to prison. Case closed. Or is it?"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Walker, Amos (Fictitious character); Judicial error; Murder; Private investigators;
- Overkill [sound recording] / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author.; Brewer, Kyf,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Kyf Brewer.When Eban, the scion of a wealthy North Carolina family who brutally attacked Rebecca Pratt, leaving her on life support, gets an early release from prison, brilliant state prosecutor Kate Lennon asks former Super Bowl MVP quarterback--and Rebecca's ex-husband--to make an impossible decision for justice.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Ex-convicts; Man-woman relationships; Public prosecutors;
- The hunger of the gods / by Gwynne, John,1968-author.;
- "Lik-Rifa, the terrible dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest. Elvar and her fellow Battle-Grim have found the fabled land of Oskutred and its many treasures, but at great cost. Bound by a blood oath, they must rescue the child Bjarn from the clutches of Lik-Rifa and her dragonborn followers, the Raven-Feeders. Yet the Battle-Grim do not stand alone, for they possess the raudskinna, a forbidden book of dark magic. And with it the power to resurrect the great wolf god Ulfrir, who seeks a deadly vengeance of his own ..."--
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Good and evil; Imaginary places; Imaginary wars and battles; Magic; Monsters; Soldiers;
- Alchemy and a cup of tea : a cozy fantasy brewed with magic and romance / by Thorne, Rebecca,1991-author.;
- "Reyna and Kianthe have no trouble commanding the Realm, running a bookshop, or rescuing baby dragons ... but can they save their town from the swarming influx of ... tourists?!? On the night of her kidnapping, all Reyna wanted was a relaxing cup of tea. She didn't expect to be dropped in a hidden prison cell, but what the hells. She's flexible. With appropriate fanfare, Kianthe "rescues" her wife ... but Reyna's actually a terrible damsel in distress. Even worse, Reyna's cell was booby trapped with a mysterious alchemy circle. What does a radical alchemist want with the Arcandor's wife? And why did they think they could get away with this? While they investigate, another problem surfaces in their hometown. Word of New Leaf Tomes and Tea -- and its celebrity owners -- has finally spread. Tourists are everywhere, harassing the locals and ruining the charm of Tawney. As their friends struggle with the sudden influx, Kianthe and Reyna have to face a bigger conundrum than rogue alchemists: the fact that closing their bookshop might be the only way to save their town. Things can't just be simple, can they?"--
- Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Bookstores; Dragons; Interpersonal relations; Lesbians; Magic; Queens; Tearooms; Woman-woman relationships; Tourists; Kidnapping; Alchemy;
- Resurrection walk / by Connelly, Michael,1956-author.;
- "Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Novels.; Bosch, Harry; Haller, Mickey (Fictitious character); Attorney and client; Judicial error; Lawyers; Murder;
- Alchemised / by SenLinYu,author.;
- Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed. In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia's new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive. According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance's final gambit?--
- Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Amnesia; Imaginary places; Imaginary wars and battles; Magic; Secrecy; Young women;
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