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New Books List: 531 titles

  • Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail

    Bobbie Ann Mason

    In this remarkable book, the author of Shiloh and Other Stories, In Country, and other award-winning books gives us powerful new stories that capture the restless energy of life in contemporary America. The characters here are travelers and seekers, ...

  • You're Dating Him?

    A. Gersh

    Ricky’s bad boy ’tude has Joely hooked. Joely’s workaholic parents dropped a bombshell"they’re having a baby. Great. Now they’ll pay even less attention to her. Or so she thought. Suddenly they’re paying too much attention to her. Wh...

  • You Never Can Tell

    Kathleen Eagle

    How can you find a man who doesn't want to be found? "Where is he now?" That's the question on everyone's lips about strong, sexy Native American Kole Kills Crow. He was once a media darling -- men wanted to be him ... women wanted to be with him....

  • Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Promises

    Reon Laudat

    Daria Mitchell made a choice-the wrong choice. Swept off her feet by the flashy brother with pro basketball potential, she overlooked the kindness and quiet integrity of the other.

    Jared Wilkes secretly pined for Daria, only to watch her succumb t...

  • Year of Wonders

    Geraldine Brooks

    When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the plague year, 1666, as her fellow vil...

  • Year of the Griffin

    Diana Wynne Jones

    It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his ...

  • The Workshop

    Tom Grimes

    This collection consists of forty-three stories, each with an introduction by writers from the Iowa Workshop. It also includes original essays on both the writing life and trends in 20th century American Literature that were shaped by the growth of t...

  • The Woman Next Door

    Barbara Delinsky

    New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky paints an ingenious portrait of the secrets inside every marriage in a sharp-eyed novel filled with suspense and surprise. Three married couples in peaceful suburban Connecticut are challenged and fo...

  • Wolves

    Carolyn B. Otto

    An introduction to these strong, beautiful animals help kids understand how they hunt, travel in packs, communicate, and care for their young as well as reviewing their endangered status and how laws helped bring the numbers back. Original....

  • The Wolf King

    Alice Borchardt

    The armies of Charlemagne are poised to conquer Italy. The human side of shapeshifter Maeniel owes allegiance to Charlemagne. But the wolf acknowledges no master. Still, it is as both wolf and man that he embarks on a hazardous mission for the empero...

  • The Wolf Girls

    Jane Yolen; Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple

    In this eerie book from the nonfiction An Unsolved Mystery from History picture book series, travel to an Indian orphanage where two new arrivals are so wild that some claim they were raised by wolves.In 1920 a missionary brought two young girls to a...

  • Wolf at the Door

    Cindy Harris

    Victorian Dublin comes to life in Cindy Harris' delightful new quartet featuring four unforgettable ladies--all left penniless and without a shred of self-esteem. Brought together in friendship by a gentlemanly benefactor, each will find the courage ...

  • Winter Kill

    Frank Roderus

    They thought he was too old to fight back. They thought he was too tired to care. They thought wrong. Old Jug had been a ranch hand for more years than even he could remember -- and he wasn't getting any younger. Though not as quick or tough as he u...

  • Wild Fantasy

    Janelle Denison

    HIS FANTASY Mitch Lassiter has lusted after Nicole Britton for years. So when he gets the chance to team up with Nicole in a fantasy version of Survivor, he's determined to do something about the raging chemistry between them. Their objective -- to ...

  • A Wife for Owen Chase

    Kristine Rolofson

    When the annual Matchmaking Festival gets going in Bliss, Montana, the folks there know to just go along with it -- everyone, that is, except loner Owen Chase. He's the onl...

  • The Widow's Little Secret

    Judith Stacy

    Lawman Jared McQuaid Was At The End Of His Rope! Mattie Ingram -- the love of his life and the mother of his child -- was the most stubborn, independent, contrary woman in Nevada. And in the lonely months since he'd seen her, he'd discove...

  • The Widow

    Anne Stuart

    Aristide Pompasse is dead. But the evil in the great artist's soul still haunts the vineyards and lurks in the corners of his Tuscan villa. Known as much for his fabulous portraits as his penchant for young mistresses, Pompasse had not let anyone go ...

  • Who's Hiding?

    RH/Disney

  • White Lion's Lady

    Tina St. John

    In this captivating tale of forbidden love and star-crossed destiny by award-winning author Tina St. John, a dangerous knight on a rogueâ,"s mission is reunited with the virtuous young lady who once adored him. . . .

    She was promised to a...

  • Where's Pooh?

    Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

    Pooh’s friends are searching the Hundred-Acre Wood for him. But where, oh where, is that silly old bear? Lift the flaps to discover lots of surprises along the way to finding the ever-lovable Winnie
    the Pooh!...

  • When Tomorrow Comes

    Janette Oke

    Christine and her older brother, Henry, grew up in the Delaney family as loved and nurtured as if they had been born to Elizabeth and Wynn. Now adults, they are ready to make new lives for themselves. Henry has found love and is planning a wedding....

  • Wheelers

    Jack Cohen

    Interplanetary exploration in the 23rd century has been left to a few eccentric outcasts. One such outcast, Prudence Odingo, has returned to Earth with wheeled artefacts from Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. When the "wheelers" come to life, Earth discov...

  • What You Owe Me

    Bebe Moore Campbell

    Sweeping across fifty years of family, friendship, betrayal, and reconciliation, What You Owe Me is Bebe Moore Campbell's most ambitious achievement in storytelling. When Hosanna Clark -- a hotel maid in post-World War II Los Angeles -- first meets h...

  • What Will You Be for Halloween?

    Mark Todd

    What will you be for Halloween? Mark Todd answers that perennial question with eleven clever poems and illustrations.

    A mysterious mummy, groaning and moaning, bandaged from head to toe.
    What he looks like, only his mummy knows.

    A wi...

  • What To Do About Annie

    Millie Criswell

    She's outspoken and outrageous. She's tired of swimming in the dating pool. And most of all, Annie Goldman has played bridesmaid for the last time. Of course no one would ever suspect that she still carries a torch for Joe Russo. Fourteen years ago, ...

  • What Rough Beast

    Harry R. Squires

    It's 1903. Harry Houdini, the great escape artist, seeks the help of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, to discredit Maximillian Cairo, an infamous occultist and the most debauched man in London. But the two men get more than they ba...

  • What Does Love Look Like?

    Janette Oke

    Emily is shy on the first day at her new school, but when the teacher asks everyone to draw a picture of love and the children share their ideas, Emily finally feels comfortable enough to share her idea of God's love....

  • What Color Is It?

    Pamela Zagarenski

  • Wee Sing & Learn Colors

    Pamela Conn Beall

  • Wee Sing & Learn ABC

    Pamela Conn Beall

    Picture a camel playing the clarinet and a squirrel on the sax. On each page a letter of the alphabet is pictured in both upper and lower case, and features an animal and instrument for that letter-Book and CD....

  • Wee Sing & Learn 123

    Pamela Conn Beall

    Travel under the sea for some fabulous fun with numbers. Meet colorful characters-from one giant whale to twelve tiny angelfish. Each page features a number that can be read aloud as children count that number of animals on the respective page, makin...

  • Wedding Bells

    Meredith Webber

    Bells are ringing! William Alexander is convinced he needs to hear bells ringing to know he's truly in love. And with Dr. Prue Valentine around, he's hearing them a lot! William, an associate professor of physiotherapy, is at St. Elizabeth's for a...

  • Weave Little Stars Into My Sleep

    Neil Philip

    These beautiful and tender lullabies combine Native American themes with universal concerns of parenthood. Collected from the Native American peoples of the Northeast (Ojibwa), the Plains (Arapaho, Kiowa, Pawnee, Crow), the Southwest (Hopi, Acoma, Yu...

  • We Meet Again

    Patricia K. Azeltine

    Granny needs help! Garrett Taylor, the new owner of the Taylor Mansion has returned to Patterson, Oregon, threatening to evict Granny, and the museum she runs, from the conservatory of the mansion. The last place Paige McCormick wants to go is back...

  • The Way of the Rose

    Valery Leith

    In a land torn apart by evil and time, a woman warrior emerges as the only hope for survival...

    Everien is in chaos, ravaged by a voracious timeserpent that can tunnel through earth and time itself -- calling forth terrifying monsters from t...

  • Wave and Die

    Stella Whitelaw

    In the sequel to Pray and Die, off-the-wall private investigator Jordan Lacey has progressed to cases of an entirely different class: from missing tortoises to stolen water lilies and vandalism at the Women's institute. But Sussex wives will be carel...

  • Walt Disney's Babes In Toyland

    Monique Peterson

    This cherished holiday classic takes readers on a nostalgic trip back to Toyland. Originally published as a Golden Book in 1961, Babes in Toyland features artwork created by Earl and Carol Marshall of the Disney Studios. Based on the operetta by Vict...

  • The Walkie-Talkie Mystery

    Carolyn Keene

    Mystery mouth's voice is Nancy's first clue! Nancy has a new set of hot green walkie-talkies to use in busy places like the mail. But when Bess and George try them out, one of the walkie-talkies disappears. Nancy thinks a bratty boy they know may ha...

  • Wait and See, Annie Lee

    Michelle Curry Wright

  • The Wager

    Metsy Hingle

    The Princess -- New Orleans's most luxurious hotel. Sixty years ago, ownership of the hotel was lost to the powerful Jardine family in a wager that cost its matriarch her g...

  • Volcanoes

    Lily Wood

  • A Visit to Christmastown

    Golden Books

  • Vikings Don't Wear Wrestling Belts

    Marcia T. Jones; Debbie Dadey

  • Viking Pride

    Darlene Mindrup

    Viking raids and political turmoil mark Arietta's early years, but after King Alfred defeats the Norsemen, relative peace settles over her small coastal village. Promised in marriage to Edwynn, the village smith, Arietta is content to spend her days ...

  • A Very Precious Gift

    Meredith Webber

    A life-and-love decision... It all started with a plan to make Charles jealous--and it was all Nick David's idea. After a while, the plan ceased to be important. Protecting her heart from Nick's all-too-real advances was what really mattered to Dr...

  • The Very Daring Duchess

    Miranda Jarrett

    Escaping the invasion of Napoleon's army, Francesca Robin seeks to flee Italy on an English ship. When Francesca--an artist whose risque paintings are much desired by wealthy gentlemen buyers--learns of Admiral Lord Nelson's decree that no lady may g...

  • Vector Three

    Don Pendleton

    POWER SWEEP Stony Man is the President's secret weapon against global terrorism. The agency's crack cybernetics and commando teams combat the blood tide of violence and evil preying on the free world. When the White House gives top priority to hal...

  • Valhalla Rising

    Clive Cussler

    It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the alarms go off? What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUM...

  • Unwanted Inheritance

    Glen Ebisch

    When Heather Martinson, a professional interior painter, takes on the job of redecorating the dining room of the Compton House for the new owners, she quickly discovers that the job involves more risks than just choosing the wrong paint color. The...

  • An Unlikely Lady

    Rachelle Morgan

    WHO IS HONESTY MCGUIRE? That's what undercover Pinkerton agent Jesse Justiss wants to know. Honesty claims to be a helpless innocent alone in the big bad West -- but Jesse's been conned by the best of 'em...and this sassy beauty is the best he's e...

  • Unleashed

    Laurien Berenson

    Summer means two things to Melanie Travis: a break from her teaching duties at Connecticut's elite Howard Academy and a chance to plan the perfect wedding to her fiance, Sam. She certainly doesn't need the unwelcome arrival of a dinner invitation "pe...

  • The Unforgettable Husband

    Michelle Reid

    Is this stranger really her husband? For a year, Samantha has been existing with no memory of her previous life. But when a dark, stunningly handsome Italian walks into her life, Sam's past is about to be revealed.... When Sam sees Andre Vi...

  • Undercover Sultan

    Alexandra Sellers

    THE SHEIKH AND LADY SPY Sheikh Haroun al Muntazir was honor-bound to recover a priceless family jewel...but what was lovely operative Mariel de Vouvray's mission? Until her motives were made plain, he had to keep her close -- yet at a distance. Bu...

  • Uforce

    Don Pendleton

    DEEP BLACK An ultra-secret government black ops agency known as UFORCE goes rogue -- sending shock waves through Washington's most covert circles. Mack Bolan is part of the clandestine mission to contain the threat. going undercover as a journalis...

  • Two Much Alike

    Pamela Bauer

    Have you seen this man? Ten-year-old Alex Harper is putting up posters everywhere. He wants to find his dad, but only so the judge can force the "deadbeat" to pay the support he owes. Maybe then his mother can stop working all the time, and she a...

  • Twins Times Two

    Lisa Bingham

    Was she seeing double? Cara Wells couldn't believe her eyes! Behind the door of successful lawyer Ross Gifford's mansion were his twin daughters...girls identical to her twin. Though they'd been in her care only a short time, Cara was fiercely pr...

  • TV

    Brian Brown

    Caesar Fortunato is the greatest sports director ever. If you're not sure about that, just ask him. He'll tell you that he invented the instant replay. The blimp shot. The ”up close and personal“ feature. In fact, if you asked him, Caesar Fortuna...

  • Trouble on the Tracks

    Kathy Mallat

  • Trick or a Treat

    Keith Faulkner

  • Trans-Sister Radio

    Chris Bohjalian

    From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a thought-provoking story about gender, love, and new relationships.When Allison Banks develops a crush on Dana Stevens, she knows that he will give her what she need...

  • Trackdown

    David Thompson

  • Top Dog

    Marcia T. Jones; Debbie Dadey

    When the pupils at Barkley's School for Dogs get the chance to star in a dogfood commercial, Jack would do anything for the part, but it is canine bully Sweetcakes who gets the role, until Jack discovers the offer is not quite what it seems....

  • Too Close for Comfort

    Sharon Mignerey

    When the secret child Rosie Jensen had given up for adoption mysteriously interrupted her isolated life, she was entrusted with an awesome responsibility: to protect young ...

  • A to Z Aliens

    Monique Z. Stephens

  • To Wed a Viscount

    Adrienne Basso

    HER DESPERATE PROPOSAL When pampered Faith Linden's father and her titled fiance, Viscount Dewhurst, die, she suddenly finds herself in a desperately precarious position. The only way Faith can hold on to her beloved family home is to convince...

  • To Love and Protect Her

    Margaret Watson

    Secret Agent Griff Fortune faced his greatest challenge when charged with the task of protecting Willa Simms. Her life was in his hands and to make certain she stayed alive, Griff moved her to a remote hideaway. Trapped together,Willa managed to pene...

  • The Tinner's Corpse

    Bernard Knight

    A decapitated body, a missing person, a devastating betrayal…1195. When county coroner Sir John de Wolfe is summoned to the bleak Devonshire moors to investigate the murder of a tin miner, he has little idea how difficult this new investigation wil...

  • Till Death

    William X. Kienzle

    UNHOLY DEATH For years, a little group of priests and nuns has struggled together to recover from the rule of virtual slavery imposed upon them by tyrannical Father Angelico, now thankfully gone to his reward. But for some of them the group is no ...

  • The Ties That Bind

    Jude Watson

  • Through Wolf's Eyes

    Jane M. Lindskold

    Firekeeper only vaguely remembers a time when she didn't live with her "family," a pack of "royal wolves"--bigger, stronger, and smarter than normal wolves. Now her pack leaders are sending her back to live among the humans, as they promised her moth...

  • The Thirteenth Life of Frank Finnigan

    Rebekah Palmer

  • The Thief of Hearts

    Lynda Sandoval

    Rogue To The Rescue Iso Pacias had been happily coasting through life as a confirmed--and contented--bachelor. But the day he stopped to help the victims of a highway pileup, everything changed. He found the woman of his dreams...dreams he wasn't ev...

  • The Texas Ranger

    Diana Palmer

    He is a true Texas Ranger A man of integrity with a soul of steel -- pursuing honor and justice is as natural as breathing in Marc Brannon's line of work. Called to the scene of a high-profile murder, finds himself pitted against the vibrant -...

  • Ten Friends

    Bruce Goldstone

    A riotous counting book that ends in a grand tea party for 100 friends.

    If you could ask 10 friends to tea,
    tell me who those friends would be.

    You might invite 9 bears and 1 forest ranger. Or perhaps you'd choose 4 divers, 3 chauff...

  • The Tempted

    Amanda Stevens

    FORBIDDEN LOVER The frightened woman standing before millionaire Jared Spencer hardly looked like the housekeeper's spirited daughter who'd once captured his heart then betrayed him. But the moment their gazes met, he felt the same fiery, forbidde...

  • Teddy Bears' Trick-or-Treat

    Sam Williams

  • Teacher's Pets

    Norman Bridwell

  • Tall, Dark and Difficult

    Patricia Coughlin

    He was an officer...but no gentleman. Once a dashing, decorated test pilot, embittered Major Hollis "Griff" Griffin no longer gave a damnabout anything -- except fulfilling his late aunt's eccentric last request, then leaving all lin...

  • Sylvester, The Mouse with the Musical Ear

    Adelaide Holl

  • Suspicion of Vengeance

    Barbara Parker

    Years ago, the brutal murder of a young wife and mother rocked the quiet coastal town of Stuart, Florida, and a local troublemaker was sentenced to death for the crime. Now new evidence has come to light, and Miami attorney Gail Conner agrees to take...

  • A Suspension of Mercy

    Patricia Highsmith

    A major new reissue of the work of a classic noir novelist. With the acclaim for The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has fin...

  • Surrender

    Brenda Jackson

    After a childhood spent moving from army base to army base, independent-minded Nettie Brooms is determined to secure a stable life--and never become involved with a military man.Then she meets incredibly handsome and charming Ashton Sinclair, a dedic...

  • Superhero ... or Super Thief?

    Dan Greenburg

    STOP THE CLOCK! Someone has frozen time in order to steal four of the world's most valuable treasures. And the thief is wearing a black mask like Maximum Boy, a silver cape like Maximum Boy, and a hat with Maximum Boy's logo on it. Wait a second, it...

  • Summer Moon

    Jill Marie Landis

    RANCHER SEEKING WIFE. For Kate Whittington, the modest words of a newspaper ad are the answer to her prayers. She has no prospects in the unforgiving Maine village of her birth and correspondence from the lonely Texas widower sparks tempting dreams o...

  • A Stranger's Kiss

    Maria Greene

    Against the glittering opulence and lush intrigue of Georgian England, passion and adventure go hand in hand--and gentlemen with secrets go to daring lengths to claim the hearts of the women they love. THE FACE OF A STRANGER When Rafe Howard ret...

  • Stranded With the Sergeant

    Cathie Linz

    OPERATION: Boss's daughter's school trip Subject: Drop-dead gorgeous Sergeant Joe Wilder, whose carefree facade hid a deep sorrow, making him avoid women and children. Mission: Escort a group of kids -- and their sexy teacher -- on a wilderne...

  • Stormy Weather

    Paula L. Woods

    Despite her education and training, Charlotte Justice has concluded that being a black female in the Los Angeles Police Department is no day at the beach. Instead, the elite homicide detective's days are filled with incompetence, bigotry, and the may...

  • Stick Tight

    Kevin W. Johnson

  • Stick or Treat: A Sticker Storybook

    William Joyce

    Stick or treat! It's Spookie Ookie Day in Olie's world and time for some sticker fun. Preschoolers will have fun using the colorful, reusable cling stickers included to decide which silly costumes Olie, Zowie, and Billy will wear. Then kids can place...

  • The Star Fraction

    Ken MacLeod

    WINNER OF THE PROMETHEUS AWARDBritain in the 21st century is a Balkanized mess. Moh Kohn is a security mercenary unaware that he holds the key to information which could change the world. Janis Taine is a scientist who needs Mohs help. And a rogue co...

  • Star for a Day

    Mona Miller

    A scrapbook of Barbie's experiences on stage -- as a ballerina, actress, TV reporter, fashion model, and more. A picture frame magnet, with fun Barbie icons, is securely attached to the cover of the book....

  • SPQR // The King's Gambit

    John Maddox Roberts

    FOR THE SENATE AND PEOPLE OF ROME... They were evil times for the great Republic of Crassus and Pompey-- when vicious gangs ruled the streets, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike. So the garroting of a lowly ex-slave and the disembow...

  • Split Second

    Alex Kava

    They dubbed him the Collector, so named for his ritual of collecting victims before disposing of them in the most heinous ways possible. FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell tracked him for two years, finally ending their game of cat and mouse. Now Albert...

  • Spirit of the Wolf

    Susan Mallery
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    Bestselling authors Susan Mallery, Bronwyn Williams, and Carolyn Davidson bring you three brand-new stories about Montana's most popular family -- the Kincaids, men and wom...

  • Spider-Girl

    Tom Defalco

    The adventures of Spider-Man's daughter continue as Mayday Parker faces defeat and disgrace at the hands of Darkdevil, the Avengers, and Kaine! Plus: Beset by problems in her civilian guise, Spider-Girl teams up with Speedball to take on Mr. Abnormal...

  • The Spanish Bride

    Amanda McCabe

    Star-Crossed Lovers It has been six years since Carmen de Santiago y Montero, a Spanish countess, and Peter Everdean, Earl of Clifton, fell desperately in love on a Spanish battlefield. With only a soldier as witness, the two were blissfully marr...

  • Something About Eve

    Debra Salonen

    Eve Masterson is missing... The successful, attractive TV personality quit her prestigious network job in New York for a mysterious "dream job" in Atlanta. Now she seems to have vanished from the airwaves, and nobody's heard from her in weeks. Th...

  • Some Rain Must Fall: And Other Stories

    Michel Faber

    Michel Faber's short stories are markedly diverse-the voice of each is so distinct that the book reads like an anthology of different writers. But Faber's radically inventive style fastens all fifteen stories into a compelling collection deserving of...

  • Soledad

    Angie Cruz

    Award-winning author Angie Cruz takes readers on a journey as one young woman must confront not only her own past of growing up in Washington Heights, but also her mother's. At eighteen, Soledad couldn't get away fast enough from her contentious fami...

  • So Dear to My Heart

    Arlene James

    "Is there anything I can do for you?" Remembering Winston Champlain's offer, Danica Lynch shook her head. Something told her that as a neighbor Winston was going to be a problem. Well, she was certainly in no danger of becoming enamored of the man...

  • Snow Day!

    Lorraine Winter

  • Smoke-Filled Rooms

    Kris Nelscott

    It's a long, hot summer in 1968. After escaping Memphis with Jimmy, a ten-year-old boy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., P.I. Smokey Dalton hopes to start a new life in Chicago. Their new beginning is shattered by the events...

  • The Smoke Jumper

    Nicholas Evans

    His name is Connor Ford and he falls like an angel of mercy from the sky, braving the flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have. For Julia Bishop is the partner of his best friend and fellow "smoke jumper," Ed Tully. Julia loves them...

  • Sloppy Firsts

    Megan McCafferty

    "My parents suck ass. Banning me from the phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental gestures I can think of. Don't they realize that Hope's the only one who keeps me sane? . . . I don't see how things could get any...

  • Slocum and the Friendly Foe

    Jake Logan

  • Sleepyhead

    Mark Billingham

    Detective Inspector Tom Thorne now knows that three murdered young women were a killer's mistakes -- and that Alison was his triumph. And unless Thorne can enter the mind of a brilliant madman -- a frighteningly elusive fiend who enjoys toying with t...

  • Sketches With Wolves

    Jacqueline Fiedler

    Heading to Wolf Prairie to observe wolves in their natural habitat, wildlife artist and amateur sleuth Caroline Canfield stumbles upon a human corpse, the apparent victim of a wolf attack, and, stranded by a fierce blizzard sets out to unmask a murde...

  • Skeletons

    Lily Wood

    An overview of the human skeletal system shows young readers how many bones make up the human body, what they are made of, how they grow, how they can be strengthened, and how they work together with muscles. Original....

  • Skeleton Man

    Joseph Bruchac

    FRIGHTENING QUESTIONS, TERRIFYING ANSWERS... Ever since the morning Molly woke up to find that her parents had vanished, her life has become filled with terrible questions. Where have her parents gone? Who is this spooky old man who's taken her to ...

  • The Sinister Spinster

    Carolyn Madison

    Affairs of State spark and affair of the heart... A PASSIONATE SPIRIT... Adam Darrach, Marquess of Falconer, is on a mission to enlist the wealthy Earl of Derring's support for a diplomatic cause. Duty has its limits, however, and spending time w...

  • Simon and Molly Plus Hester

    Lisa Jahn-Clough / Lisa Clough

    Simon and Molly were the best of friends, just the two of them. Until Hester moved in. Hester doesn’t want to ride the two-wheeler, like they always do; she wants to make paper airplanes instead. And the toast Simon makes for her is too boring;...

  • She's the One

    Sandra Kitt

    Deanna and Stacy hadn't seen each other for almost seven years. But just days after receiving the news of her former friend's death, Deanna learns that she has been named guardian of Stacy's biracial daughter. For Deanna, Stacy's death is more than a...

  • Shadows over Innsmouth

    Stephen Jones

    Enjoy some “good, slimy fun” with this horror anthology that pays tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s eeriest creation -- featuring 16 “genuinely frightening” stories from Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell, and more (San Francisco Chronicle).   Ins...

  • Sex and Murder.Com

    Mark Richard Zubro / Mark Zubro

    Craig Lenzati, the rich and powerful CEO of Chicago's answer to Microsoft, is found brutally murdered with stab wounds all over his body. The murder is reported anonymously, and a quick and quiet resolution to the case is demanded by City Hall. Meanw...

  • The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith

    Patricia Highsmith

    The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith presents five of Highsmith's classic short story collections in a single masterful volume. Compelling, twisted, and fiercely intelligent, this landmark collection showcases Highsmith's mastery of the shor...

  • Secrets of the Heart

    Gail Gaymer Martin

    PAST IMPERFECT Social worker Kate Davis had faced her share of problems, but she'd managed to put them behind her -- until now. Temporarily sharing a roof with her roommate's strapping, kindhearted brother, she was constantly reminded of her irrev...

  • Secrets of the GS Ball

    Tracey West

    Catch this action-packed adventure about Ash, Pikachu, and their friends! This chapter book features classic characters featured on Netflix and in Pokémon Go.Ash heads to Azalea Town to battle for the Hive Badge. But first he has to finish a top-sec...

  • Secrets

    Melinda Metz

    Rae Voight has a problem. Thoughts are running through her mind that aren't hers. Is she going crazy? Or could something else-something even stranger -- be going on? As Rae unravels the mystery of where these thoughts are coming from, she also unlock...

  • The Secret History of Ancient Egypt

    Herbie Brennan

    This work presents controversial theories on the rise and fall of Ancient Eygpt. It argues that the Eygptians were an advanced, high-tech civilization that tapped the earth's power to move massive granite blocks; and that ancient carvings depict heli...

  • A Secret for Julia

    Patricia Sagastizabal

    Much ofA Secret for Julia reads like a personal diary, yet Sagastizabal propels it forward with elements of astonishing intrigue, drama, and terror. The savage murders and tortures that came to decimate an entire generation of Argentinian students an...

  • The Secret Admirer

    Annette Mahon

    Emma Lindsey thinks her life is dull, dull, dull. Then on Valentine's Day a dozen yellow roses are delivered to her at work from a secret admirer. Suddenly, her days are as exciting as those of a heroine in a romance novel. But why doesn't her secret...

  • Second Chances

    Susan Shwartz

    In a departure for this very well-reviewed fantasist, Susan Shwartz has returned to her science fiction roots with a riveting novel of honor and its loss, love and its betrayal, and the exploration of what it means to be a true hero. What Susan Shwar...

  • Second Chance

    Sian James

    Returning from London to Wales for her mother’s funeral, actress Kate Rivers is overwhelmed by painful memories from her past as well as regrets about her current childless, unmarried life. Teetering towards a midlife crisis, Kate is unable to find...

  • Season of Storms

    Susanna Kearsley

    In the early 1900s, in an elegant, isolated villa called Il Piacere, the playwright Galeazzo D'Ascanio lived for Celia Sands. She was his muse and his mistress, his most enduring obsession. She was the inspiration for his most stunning, original ...

  • Scooby-Doo Halloween

    Price Stern Sloan Publishing

    Bring the Scooby-Doo gang along for your Halloween adventures! Back for another round of MAD LIBS(r) fun, Scooby, Shaggy, and the rest of the gang team up with MAD LIBS(r) for their funniest Halloween adventures yet!...

  • The Scent of Lilacs

    Barbara Hazard

    Apparitions Siblings Katharine and Edwin Whittingham have just inherited a mansion from a great-uncle they never met. But before Edwin can sign the deed to Bryce House, his uncle's will requires him to spend one full month there, nights included....

  • The Scariest Monster in the Whole Wide World

    Pamela Mayer

    When Thea decides to dress as a monster for Halloween, her parents have totally different ideas for their daughter's costume, yet when her grandmother enters the picture, diplomacy is the key to everyone's happiness and satisfaction....

  • The Scam of the Screwball Wizards

    Bill Myers

    Are There Really Such Things as Witches and Wizards? What's going on in the abandoned theater on the outskirts of Midvale? Have monsters really invaded Mrs. Tubbs' home? Is Slobs, the trusted bloodhound, next? Likeable, easy-going Bear isn't ...

  • Saying It Out Loud

    Joan Abelove

    For fans of Lurlene McDaniel, this is a heartwrenching chronicle of a teen girl's experiences with her mother's brain cancer, based on the author's own life

    Mindy has always relied upon her mother-to listen to her, to ease the tension between ...

  • Sargasso Plunder

    James Axler

    TORN ASUNDER The brutal struggle for power in post-nuclear America continues for the nine barons who rule the new world order. These emissaries of a long-lost race are facing extinction -- from within their own ranks, and from the rebel forces fight...

  • Santa in Space

    Jack Silbert

    The inhabitants of the planet Krelb celebrate Christmas by decorating huge ornaments with tiny trees, but they still get a visit from Santa, even if he does have to add a team of rocket-powered squirrels to help the reindeer....

  • Saintly Murders

    C.L. Grace

    In the late summer of 1472, medieval physician and apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke is summoned to investigate yet another puzzling situation in Canterbury. She is appointed by the Archbishop as Advocatus Diaboli-the Devil's Advocate-to argue against th...

  • Sacred Love

    Shelby Lewis

    Hidden Passion Stunned by her husband's unforgivable betrayal, art gallery owner Miranda Evans walked away from their upper-class life. Now, she wanders the back roads of Oklahoma as an itinerant artist, determined to stay free of commitments--and ...

  • The Rover

    Mel Odom

    Edgewick Lamplighter (Wick to his friends) is a humble librarian in the isolated halls of Greydawn Moors until dreams of wanderlust and a bit of dereliction in his duties result in his being shanghaied to a far-off land.Captured by pirates, sold into...

  • Road Trip

    Francine Pascal

    Jeremy wants to get his family settled in their new town. Conner wants to get over Alanna. And me? I just want to get as far away from Sweet Valley as possible. I have a feeling this is one winter break none of us will ever forget....

  • A Rich Man's Touch

    Anne Mather

    A wealth of passion... The arrival of wealthy businessman Gabriel Webb in Rachel's life is about to change everything.... Gabriel seems sincere in wanting to help single mom Rachel and her young daughter. But she isn't prepared when he ...

  • Rhythms

    Donna Hill

    After the sudden and tragic death of her parents, Cora Harvey has nothing left except her incredible voice and her dream to share it with the world. But her dream will never come true in Rudell, Mississippi, especially if she marries the man she ador...

  • Revelation

    Carol Berg

    A WARRIOR ONCE MORE After being enslaved for sixteen years, Seyonne has been set free. For his efforts in helping the Derzhi defeat the Lord of Demons, his homeland of Ezzaria has been returned to his people. Despite whisperings that he's been tai...

  • Relentless

    Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

    SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED... Wealthy Pamela Bradford is determined to lose her virginity, one way or another. Only, when her plan to seduce her faithless fiance backfires, she figures she might as well enjoy the sensual, decadent honeymoon she'd arran...

  • The Red Room

    Nicci French

    The first time London police psychiatrist Kit Quinn interviews a homeless sexual predator named Michael Doll, he slashes her face with a broken mug. Months later, after the emotionally vulnerable Kit is asked to question Doll about the killing of a t...

  • The Red of His Shadow

    Mayra Montero

    It is Holy Week, and the Haitian sugar cane harvesters can temporarily forget their misery and lose themselves in the fervor of Voudon. But amidst the colorful festival, a struggle for power, as well as a devastating passion, develops...

  • The Red Moon

    Kuwana Haulsey

    “The moon was red on the night my mother died. Fat, fairly bursting, as I remember, it rode so low in the sky that it grazed the backs of the leopards who hissed and spat and cursed it for interrupting the hunt. It caressed the thorny tips of th...

  • Red Beans and Vice

    Lou Jane Temple

    Heaven Lee has come to the Big Easy to get some much-needed vacation time away from her bustling Kansas City restaurant and cook up some dishes worthy of her name for the Sisters of the Holy Trinity's annual benefit dinner. But when the Sisters' priz...

  • Reclaiming Jake

    Patricia Keelyn

    Lost Springs Ranch was famous for turning young mavericks into good men. So word that the ranch was in financial trouble sent a herd of loyal bachelors stampeding back to Wyoming -- to put themselves on the auction block! IS THIS MAN FOR YOU? NAME...

  • Randall Pride

    Judy Christenberry

    The Randalls are back! A new generation will discover the meaning of family...and the power of love. Though not a Randall by blood, rodeo star Toby Randall had always been fiercely loyal to his adoptive family. And his desire to never disappoint ...

  • Pumpkin Moon

    Tim Preston

  • Prophecies

    Christopher Golden

    Buffy Summers' adjustment to life at U.S. Sunnydale has not gone smoothly. She feels awkward, insecure, and a bit jealous that Willow's all over the college life. So when the spirit of deceased Slayer Lucy Hanover appears to Buffy in a dream with new...

  • Project Aura

    Robert Doherty

    THE ULTIMATE ENEMY. CAN'T BE SEEN. CAN'T BE STOPPED. EXCEPT BY THE COMMANDO CALLED .. . PSYCHIC WARRIOR. Bright Gate. HAARP. Remote Viewers. U.S. military operations so top secret that not even the president knew they existed. Now they have pr...

  • The Procedure

    Harry Mulisch

    Internationally renowned novelist Harry Mulisch's The Procedure is a haunting and fascinating novel about two men who try to create life but fail. In the late sixteenth century, Rabbi Jehudah Löw, in order to guarantee the safety of the Jews in Prag...

  • Prized Possessions

    Jessica Stirling

    Glasgow during the Depression. Lizzie Conway has clawed her way out of the slums of the Gorbals despite the crippling debt left behind by a long-vanished husband. Lizzie sacrifices her own chance of happiness to break the endless round of poverty tha...

  • A Prince of a Guy

    Sheila Rabe

    MUSCLING IN Psychologist Kate Stonewall's cup of happiness is just about full: she has two great kids, a successful career, and her own radio show. The only fly in her soup is her colleague Jeff Hardin--a sports show host who Kate wishes would just ...

  • Playing for Keeps

    Joan Lowery Nixon

    For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Playing for Keeps from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.          Rose Ann can’t believe her good luck. Her grandm...

  • Planet of the Apes

    William T. Quick

    Trillions of miles from an Earth in political and ecological turmoil, Captain Leo Davidson has crash landed on a different world -- a terrifying place where people are in chains...and apes rule. Here, beneath twin suns, humans are lower creatures to ...

  • Plain-Jane Princess

    Karen Templeton

    HIS TEMPORARY HOUSEKEEPER WAS... Incompetent! She couldn't cook, clean or operate The dishwasher. But Steven Koleski had to admit The mysterious woman did have a way with his newfound family...and his lonely heart. ...A PRINCESS! It was the opportu...

  • Pizza Wars

    Joanna Ferrone

    Angela Anaconda's friend Johnny Abatti has unlimited access to the best pizza in town. The pizza parlour is Angela's favourite hangout and is the setting for four adventures that feature ancient feuds, a cool baseball pitcher, an uncle who lets the f...

  • The Path of Totality

    Audrey Thomas

    In the summer of 1806, a young Orkney woman disguised herself as a man and signed on with the Hudson's Bay Company to travel to what was then called Rupert's Land. For a year and a half she hid her identity and her deception was revealed only when sh...

  • Past, the Present and the Loud, Loud Girl

    Karen McCombie

    Are other thirteen-year-old girl's lives this stressful? Ally's got a list as long as her arm of things to worry about. First of all, it's enough just to get by, living in a madhouse (well, more of a cross between an animal hospital and something out...

  • Pascal's Wager

    Nancy Rue

    Confirmed atheist Jill McGavock faces the mental deterioration of her brilliant mother. In a quest to cope with this devastating situation, Jill seeks out philosophy professor Sam Hunt. Savvy Sam challenges Jill to make "Pascal's wager" -- to "bet" t...

  • Party of Three

    Joan Elliott Pickart

    She needed him. For not even her close-knit family could protect Jessica MacAllister from the danger that surrounded her. Lieutenant Dan Quinn might have been a ...

  • The Partnership

    Barry Unsworth

    Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth's first novel, published for the first time in the United States. Foley and Moss are partners in a successful small business, making plaster pixies for the tourist trade. Foley is the artistic member of the ...

  • Paradise Lost

    J.A. Jance

    One late night in the Arizona wilderness, two young girls stumble across something they should not see. Now both will have to pay. The desecrated body of a missing Phoenix heiress lies naked, lifeless, and abandoned in the desolate beauty and lone...

  • Pale Shadow

    Robert Skinner

    Autumn, 1940 -- Linda Blanc is found tortured to death in her Gentilly home. New Orleans' Police Sergeant Israel Daggett can't make anything of the black woman's death until a Treasury Agent arrives on the scene. He lets Daggett know that Linda was t...

  • Over the Edge

    Suzanne Brockmann

    Her passion is flying. As one of the best helicopter pilots in the naval reserves, Lieutenant Teri Howe is strong, dedicated, and highly skilled--until a past mistake surfaces, jeopardizing everything she's worked for. Rock steady Senior Chief Sta...

  • One Woman Short

    Nelson George

    There were many women in his past. Will one of them become his future? Rodney Hampton, a thirty-three-year-old L.A. native, is a pro at juggling women. He and his best friend, Timothy Waters Jr., spent many years recklessly scoping out honeys at ...

  • The One That Got Away

    Naomi Rand

    It may be the hottest summer in New York history, but for forty-year-old Brooklynite Emma Price, the heat is only starting to rise. After a dozen years, her husband is bailing on their marriage. To complicate matters, she's pregnant again. The her lo...

  • On the Night Plain

    J. Robert Lennon


    At the end of World War II, Grant Person abandons his family’s ranch on the Great Plains for a fishing boat on the Atlantic, only to be drawn back by his mother’s death. His father has mysteriously disappeared, and Grant’s brother, Max, a l...

  • On Halloween Night

    Harriet Ziefert

  • On Every Side

    Karen Kingsbury

    EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE . . . for Faith Evans. an up-and-coming newscaster. A woman of honor and integrity, who finds herself making a stand against the one man she never imagined would be her enemy... . . . for Jordan Riley, a powerful attor...

  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm

    David A. Carter

  • Oh, Nose!

    Dennis Shealy

  • Oh Boy, Amelia!

    Marissa Moss

    Amelia examines the expectations of being a girl when she takes a Life Skills class that combines home economics with shop-class projects and her sister, Cleo, changes her image to please her boyfriend. Simultaneous....

  • Occasion of Revenge

    Marcia Talley

    The bride thought they'd live happily ever after -- until a murderer struck.... The guests were off the wall. The would-be groom was off the wagon. And the bride certainly wasn't blushing. Aside from that, it was the perfect occasion: a party f...

  • O Gentle Death

    Janet Neel

    Faraday Trust, a fashionably liberal boarding school with a reputation for musical excellence is struggling in the face of exams. Poor test scores have prompted several withdrawals, and as a result, the trustees are beginning to worry. The headmaster...

  • Now & Always

    Laura Peyton Roberts

    Who’s about to say “I do” in Clearwater Crossing?

    Caitlin and David are engaged! Jenna has lots of great ideas to help make Caitlin’s
    special day perfect. If only Cat would listen!

    Ben is head over heels about Bernie, and sh...

  • Nothing but the Truth

    Roberta Gayle

  • Noah and the Devil

    Neil Philip

  • No Survivors

    R.L. Stine

    Twelve ultra-smart, ultra-competitive kids have been selected to take part in a survival competition called Life Games.Not only will they have to overcome the dangers of life on a tropical island, they'll also have to face the evil presence that live...

  • No More Nasty

    Amy MacDonald

    A wild and funny celebration of individuality!

    Eleven-year-old Simon is mortified to discover that his eccentric Aunt Mattie -- with her mismatched shoes, huge flowered hat, and incorrigibly rude parrot, Runcible (whose favorite phrase is "Shu...

  • No Man's Mistress

    Mary Balogh

    Ferdinand Dudley is accustomed to getting what he wants...that is, until he appears at the door of Pinewood Manor, attempting to claim his rightful estate, and is met by the bewitching fury of Lady Viola Thornhill. She refuses to cede him the home sh...

  • No Good Deed

    Dean Wesley Smith; Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    "Save my child. Save Katie." Michael has been taken, kidnapped by a frantic father in a desperate move to save his dying daughter. Chad Newcomb is sure Michael was the one who performed last Christmas' miracle, healing ill children in a hospital. ...

  • No Cookies?

    Sarah Albee

    Cookie Monster is befuddled when his nephew, Little Max, doesn’t want any cookies. No cookies? How can this be? Maybe he’s not feeling well, or maybe he’s not hungry. But he is hungry for a healthy lunch of a sandwich and fruit. Cookie Monster ...

  • Night of the Bat

    Paul Zindel

    When Indian workers begin to disappear from an expedition into the Amazon, fifteen-year-old Jake fears that his father, a bat biologist, is in great danger. Against his dad's wishes, Jake flies to Brazil and joins his father's research team, working ...

  • Nick of Time

    Janelle Denison

    Lost Springs Ranch was famous for turning young mavericks into good men. So word that the ranch was in financial trouble sent a herd of loyal bachelors stampeding back to W...

  • Niagara Falls All Over Again

    Elizabeth McCracken

    By turns graceful and knowing, funny and moving, Niagara Falls All Over Again is the latest masterwork by National Book Award finalist and author of The Giant’s House, Elizabeth McCracken. Spanning the waning years of vaudeville and the golden age ...

  • A New Image

    Debby Mayne

    With her new attitude, Amy Mitchell sets out on an adventure to discover what she wants to do with her life. She meets Zachary Harper while working a temporary job at a car show. The attraction between them is evident from the very beginning, desp...

  • Need for Speed

    Elizabeth M. Rees

    When Elliot fails in his efforts to join the track team, no matter how hard he tries to run faster, Nick's magic jersey helps him become Michael Johnson, the fastest man alive, while his friend Coleman seeks success as a trombonist....

  • The Naughty Prince

    Benoit Debecker

    A prince who does not love anything or anybody journeys from his lonely planet at the far ends of the universe to a beautiful planet where everyone is friendly and happy--only to try to make them as miserable as he is....

  • Nashborough

    Elsie Burch Donald

    The momentous events of a turbulent century--witnessed through the lives of two powerful families.

    For years, the Southern town of Nashborough has been dominated by the Nash and Douglas families. In the 1920s, Seneca Nash, a brilliant lawyer, and h...

  • Naked Came the Phoenix

    Nevada Barr

    The promise of discretion and pampering-and a long-overdue reconciliation with her mother-draws Caroline Blessing, the young wife of a newly-elected Congressman, to the fancy Phoenix Spa. But after her first night in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain...

  • The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

    Craig Bartlett

    Something very strange is happening on the corner of Ninth Street and Bermuda Street. Kids are getting into bizarre accidents, groceries are vanishing into thin air, and weird voices are being heard. Are they just mere coincidences, or is someone...

  • Mysterious Boarder

    Holly E. Henderson

    A stranger among them... Joey doesn't like the new guest at the Potter Bed and Breakfast. Her sister, Bessie, raves about him, but to skeptical Joey, friendly Bobby Kryer seems too good to be true. Dawson's only too eager to help uncover a myster...

  • My Wicked Earl

    Linda Needham

    A DANGEROUS LORD Forced to live with her enemy! Hollie Finch is horrified when the forbidding Earl of Everingham Lord Charles Stirling, places her under house arrest in his manor. Well, he may suspect her of sedition, but to her it's just freedom ...

  • My Private Detective

    Rebecca Winters

    Everyone should have a friend like Heidi Ellis. Dana Turner does. Dana's in prison for a murder she didn't commit -- and Heidi's determined to find out who did, determined to see Dana set free. But she has no idea how to go about it. Then, like...

  • My Name Is Red

    Orhan Pamuk

    The Nobel Prize winner and one of today's most prominent contemporary Turkish writers delivers a novel that is a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, a brilliant symposium on the power of art, and a “modern classic … rich and essen...

  • The Mutant Files

    Multiple Authors

    Traces the sometimes offbeat paths of human evolution in sixteen original tales of genetic mutation, evolutionary errors, and superhuman powers by such authors as Charles de Lint, Tanya Huff, and Alan Dean Foster....

  • Murder in the Forecast

    Valerie Wolzien

    GONE WITH THE WIND With a signed contract in hand for remodeling the grandest old house on the island, contractor Josie Pigeon figures her summer is made. But before she can lift a hammer, she finds her new employer--wealthy New Yorker Cornell Hud...

  • Mourning Glory

    Warren Adler

    Rules For The Second Wife: 1. It doesn't matter if you lie, cheat, or steal - get the ring. 2. See rule #1. Grace Sorentino has had better days. Her sixteen-year-old daughter is driving her crazy. Her bank account is lower than the tide. And she's ju...

  • A Most Unseemly Summer

    Juliet Landon

    MORE THAN A GUARDIAN! Sir Leon Gascelin was completely unprepared for Lady Felice Marwelle's arrival to oversee the final preparations to her family's new home. The handsome surveyor knows he must take drastic steps to prevent her from distracting...