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  • No Place Like Home

    Mary Higgins Clark

    Paperback (Large Print Press, April 15, 2006)
    A New York Times Bestselling AuthorAt the age of ten, Liza Barton had shot her mother, trying desperately to protect her from her estranged step-father, Ted Cartwright. At age twenty-eight, a successful interior designer in Manhattan, Liza (now Celia) marries a childless sixty-year-old widower, Laurence Foster, and they have a son. Before their marriage, she reveals to him her true identity. Two years later, after Laurence's death, Celia is happily remarried, but her happiness is shattered when her new husband, Alex Nolan, surprises her with a gift - the house in Mendham, New Jersey, where she killed her mother. More and more, there are signs that someone in the community knows Celia's true identity. When Georgette Grove, the real estate agent who sold the house to Alex, is brutally murdered and Celia is the first on the crime scene, she becomes a suspect. As Celia fights to prove her innocence, she is not aware that she and her son, Jack, are now the targets of a killer.Mary Higgins Clark is America's undisputed "Queen of Suspense." Clark's first book was a biographical novel about the life of George Washington, Aspire to the Heavens. It was remaindered as it came off the press. Her second book was a suspense novel, Where Are the Children?, which became a bestseller. Mary Higgins Clark lives in Saddle River, New Jersey; but also has an apartment in Manhattan and summer homes in Spring Lake, New Jersey and Dennis, Massachusetts.
  • A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life

    James Bowen

    Hardcover (Wheeler Publishing, Sept. 4, 2013)
    Traces the story of an impoverished London street musician who after saving an injured and highly intelligent cat found his life profoundly changed in unexpected ways.
  • Burning Bright

    Nick Petrie

    Hardcover (Wheeler Publishing Large Print, May 3, 2017)
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  • Salvage the Bones

    Jesmyn Ward

    Hardcover (Wheeler Publishing, April 6, 2012)
    Winner of the 2011 National Book Award -- A hurricane is threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much. Fourteen and pregnant, Esch can't keep down what food she gets. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.
  • Blood Memory

    Greg Iles

    Paperback (Large Print Press, Jan. 2, 2006)
    New York Times bestsellerNew York Times bestselling author Greg Iles returns to the haunting Southern landscape he knows so well with this magnificent psychological thriller rich in forensic detail and penetrating insight into the nature of evil. Catherine "Cat" Ferry is a forensic odontologist, a specialist in bite marks and the clues they provide. A world-class scientist, she secretly attempts to manage her fragile psyche with alcohol, delving into the minds of rapists and murderers yet never allowing her own frightening past to creep into the foreground. Then one morning she's paralyzed by a panic attack at a grisly murder scene in New Orleans. When she retreats to her family's secluded antebellum estate in Mississippi, Cat is shocked to accidentally discover clues to the murder of her father decades ago. Soon, both she and the FBI realize that the murders occurring now in New Orleans are bound up with Cat's family and her past. Greg Iles lives in Natchez, Mississippi Iles is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including The Footprints of God, The Quiet Game, Mortal Fear, Sleep No More, and 24 Hours (released as the major motion picture TRAPPED)
  • The Defector

    Daniel Silva

    Hardcover (Wheeler Pub Inc, July 21, 2009)
    A tale set after the best-selling Moscow Rules finds Gabriel Allon attempting to resume his honeymoon when he learns of the disappearance of a suspected double agent who recently saved his life, a situation for which British intelligence blames Allon, due to his enabling the man's alleged activities. (Espionage).
  • Emory's Gift

    W.Bruce Cameron

    Hardcover (Wheeler Publishing, Oct. 7, 2011)
    Fending for himself after the death of his mother and grieving withdrawal of his father, 13-year-old Charlie is rescued from a mountain lion by a rare grizzly bear with whom he forges an unusual bond of friendship. (general fiction). Book available.
  • Behind Closed Doors

    B. A. Paris

    Hardcover (Wheeler Publishing Large Print, Sept. 7, 2016)
    The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?The debut psychological thriller you can t miss! A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night. Mary Kubica, "New York Times" and "USA Today" bestselling author of "The Good Girl""This outstanding debut novel will leave you breathless." Bella"Brilliant, chilling, scary and unputdownable." Lesley Pearse, bestselling author of "Without a Trace""This one is 2016 s answer to Gone Girl. Nuff said." "W""omen s Health" UK"You ll love this." "The Sun"Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do.You d like to get to know Grace better. But it s difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart.Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows.""Behind Closed Doors" gives us a glimpse into the realities of a "perfect marriage," with addictive and heart pounding moments guaranteed to have you looking at your friends and neighbours differently." Margaret Madden, Bleach House Library"
  • School Days: A Spenser Novel

    Robert B. Parker

    Paperback (Gale Group, June 30, 2006)
    The celebrated series continues as a troubled teenager accused of a horrific crime draws Spenser into one of the most desperate cases of his career. Lily Ellsworth - erect, firm, white-haired, and stylish - is the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts, and possesses an iron will and a bottomless purse. When she hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting, Spenser is led into an inquiry that grows more harrowing at every turn. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite Jared's being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence. Jared's parents are resigned to his fate, and the boy himself doesn't seem to care whether he goes to prison for a crime he might not have committed. Robert B. Parker, the author of more than forty novels, has long been acknowledged as the dean of American crime fiction and has been named Grand Master of the 2002 Edgar awards by the Mystery Writers of America, an honor shared with earlier masters such as Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. Parker's fictional Spenser inspired the ABC-TV series "Spenser: For Hire." More recently, the Spenser novels Small Vices and Thin Air have been made into television films for the A&E network. Robert B. Parker lives in Boston.
  • Broadway Bounty

    Robert J. Randisi

    Paperback (Wheeler Publishing, Nov. 17, 2010)
    In order to avenge a fellow bounty hunter, Decker leaves the wilds of the West and tracks a killer cross-country to the roughest town of all--New York City. (westerns). By the author of Gallows.
  • Up Close and Personal

    Fern Michaels

    Hardcover (Wheeler Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2007)
    On the anniversary of her daughter Emily's death, Sarabess, the matriarch of the Windsor family, enlists the help of lawyer Jake Forrest to find Trinity, the daughter she had given up for adoption, a desperate search that exposes dark secrets and has unexpected consequences.
  • A Gift From Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas

    James Bowen

    Hardcover (Wheeler Publishing, Nov. 4, 2015)
    A New York Times Bestselling AuthorAs Street Cat Bob and James Bowen spend a cold and challenging December on the streets together, James once more draws strength and inspiration from his extraordinary cat, learning important lessons about the true meaning of Christmas along the way.