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The setting is Atlanta, Georgia - a racially mixed, late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 29,000-acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife - and a half-empty… Read more about this item

Ex-cop Elena Estes once worked for the narcotics division in Florida- until she took one risk too many. Her life shattered, she lives in a self-imposed exile where no one can reach her. But that's about to change when a twelve-year-old girl asks Elena to find her older sister. The wealthy Palm Beach jorsey set into which Erin Seabright has… Read more about this item

The legendary Hollywood Hills are home to wealth, fame, and power -- passing through the neighborhood, it's hard not to get a little greedy. LAPD veteran "Hollywood Nate" Weiss could take or leave the opulence, but he wouldn't say no to onscreen fame. He may get his shot when he catches the appreciative eye of B-list director Rudy Ressler, and his… Read more about this item

Remains were all that was left of the stowaway. He arrived in Richmond's Deep Water Terminal--the ghastly cargo of a ship from Belgium. The decomposed body gives Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta no clues to its identity--or the cause of death. But an odd tattoo soon leads her on an international search to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, France--and towards… Read more about this item

A peaceful Minnesota Town, where crime is something that just deosn't happen, is about to face its worst nightmare. A young boy disappears. There are no witnesses, no clues-only a note, cleverly taunting, casually cruel. Has a cold-blooded kidnapper struck? Or is this the reawakening of a long-quiet serial killer? A tough minded investigator on her first, make-or-break case... a local cop… Read more about this item

In this provocative thriller, forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame.... It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta--despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN--to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the… Read more about this item

Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew must stop a vengeful scientist from tearing apart the very surface of the earth in this fast-paced installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. It is called zero-point energy--contained in all matter, it would become an unlimited resource for anyone able to tap into it. But so far, no one has. And even if… Read more about this item

Ruby is determined to have a better life when she leaves her bitter childhood behind for post-World War II Washington, D.C. Working for the navy as a secretary, she is young, pretty, and happy for the first time...and she falls in love. The harsh reality of life as a military wife-and the loneliness that comes with it- destroys her illusions but… Read more about this item

Members of the Colebridge community gather together once again as Anne Brown Dickson, along with her family and friends become steeped in the writings of Jane Austen. A new year begins for newlywed Anne Brown Kickson as she navigates life with her husband who is facing serious heart issues. Anne, the owner of the local flower shop, encouters her share… Read more about this item

"In the town of Hawkins Hollow, it's called The Seven. Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen. It began when three young boys -- Caleb, Fox, and Gage -- went on a camping trip to The Pagan Stone... It is only February, but Caleb Hawkins -- descendant of the town founders -- has… Read more about this item

Pi Patel, a God-loving boy and the son of a zookeeper, has a ferent love of stories and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family and their zoo animals emigrate from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship. Alas, the ship sinks-and Pi finds himself in a lifeboat,… Read more about this item

13 short stories written by Mark Twain

Night of the Fox by Jack Higgins It isn't often a man is buried fourty years after his death. But then nothing about Harry Martineau had ever been ordinary. A master British spy, he vanished during World War II, and only Sarah Drayton knows why. She fell in love with him on the most perilous mission of his career. And only… Read more about this item

This is a searching story of the dissolution of a family as the three Bishop children leave their many-gabled home in Brooklyn, one by one, to lead separate lives. A completely fascinating novel of what happens to every family as the children grow up, Leaving Home involves the reader in an uncanny sense of time and movement. The lives of… Read more about this item

A collection of short stories.

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway--a duel between two young magicians,… Read more about this item

The mafia tale of crime, violence, family and loyalty that was turned into the beloved movie.

Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man in Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric prison ward. Is the handcuffed patient a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true?

Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed--husband, wife, two kids, dogs. On the wall, in blood: "Were coming." No apostrophe. There's something about the scene that tugs at Lucas's cop instincts--it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he's… Read more about this item

New York City cab driver Yuri Davydov is an angry,disillusioned Russian emigre bent on returning to his motherland after an unhappy seven-year sojourn in the United States.Before his departure,he wants to lash out at the adoptive nation that lured him with what he believes was the hoax of the American Dream, only to deny him contentment,opportunity,and personal prosperity. As a… Read more about this item