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  • Lightning

    Dean Koontz

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, Jan. 12, 1988)
    Aided through many crises by the almost miraculous intervention of a stranger, Laura Shane learns the nature of her awesome destiny when, on her thirtieth birthday, the stranger finally requests her help

  • A Death In Vienna

    Daniel Silva

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, Feb. 23, 2004)
    Sent to Vienna to authenticate a painting, art restorer and occasional spy Gabriel Allon sets out to uncover the truth about a photograph of an unnamed man who had brutalized his mother during the final days of World War II, during the Death March from Auschwitz, a quest that could unravel an evil with profound repercussions in the present. 175,000 first printing.

  • In Danger's Path

    W.E.B. Griffin

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, Jan. 11, 1999)
    Placed in charge of the OSS's Pacific operations for the purpose of uniting warring interests, Fleming Pickering is directed to rescue Americans from the Gobi desert and set up a critical weather station there. 250,000 first printing.

  • A Lotus Grows in the Mud

    Goldie Hawn

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, May 2, 2005)
    An Oscar-winning Hollywood star reminisces on the people, places, and events that have inspired her life, from her loving relationships with her family members, to her early successes on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, to the spiritual side of her career.

  • The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War

    Eugene Franklin Clark, Thomas Fleming

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, May 13, 2002)
    An account based on the experiences of a naval lieutenant who witnessed a covert Korean War mission firsthand discusses his two-week assignment to obtain vital intelligence in the wake of firefights, night raids, hand-to-hand combat, and a small naval battle. 50,000 first printing.

  • Three Complete Novels: The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts / The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal / The Cat Who Lived High

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, April 28, 1997)
    Jim Qwilleran and his two sleuthing cats, Koko and Yum Yum, set out to solve three mysteries in and around the Casablanca apartment building, the Pickax Theatre Club, and Moose County, in an omnibus anthology of three novels.

  • The Thief

    Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, March 6, 2012)
    On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize business and popular culture-and perhaps something more. For war clouds are looming, and a ruthless espionage agent has spotted a priceless opportunity to give the Germans an edge. It is up to Isaac Bell to figure out who he is, what he is up to, and stop him. But he may already be too late . . . and the future of the world may just hang in the balance.

  • School Days

    Robert B. Parker

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, Sept. 27, 2005)
    Hired by a Massachusetts grand dame to prove the innocence of her grandson, who has been implicated in a school shooting during which seven people were killed, Spenser wonders why the boy seems unconcerned about his possible wrongful imprisonment and faces difficult obstacles in the wake of unhelpful school officials and a blackmail conspiracy. By the author of Cold Service. 250,000 first printing.

  • Flashback

    Nevada Barr

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, Feb. 10, 2003)
    Taking a temporary post as ranger in Dry Tortugas National Park to escape dealing with a marriage proposal from Sheriff Paul Davidson, Anna Pigeon fantasizes about an ancestor's romantic marriage before a mysterious boating accident leads her to uncover sinister local crimes from the past. 125,000 first printing.

  • High Profile

    Robert B. Parker

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, Feb. 6, 2007)
    Struggling with unprecedented levels of pressure during a high-profile case involving the murders of a controversial talk-show host and a young woman, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone encounters numerous dead ends and becomes increasingly frustrated by the lack of interest on the part of the victims' families. 225,000 first printing.

  • Blood Trail

    C. J. Box

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, May 20, 2008)
    In the wake of an elk hunter's grisly murder, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is directed by the governor to investigate the relevance of a mysterious poker chip found at the crime scene. By the author of Free Fire.

  • The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    Hardcover (Putnam Adult, Jan. 30, 1990)
    When Iris Cobb, who claimed ghosts were haunting the farmhouse museum, dies under mysterious circumstances, Jim Qwilleran decides to investigate