Friday, August 06, 2004
AUTHOR Davidson, Diane Mott.
TITLE Sticks & scones [sound recording] / by Diane Mott Davidson.
EDITION Unabridged.
IMPRINT Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2001.
DESCRIPT 9 sound discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : analog.
103000.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.
SUMMARY While caterer Goldy Schulz tries to plan the most important
luncheon she has ever catered, gun shots and dead bodies become
a bit of a distraction. Goldy must come up with some answers
to some tough questions before she becomes the next target.
SUBJECT Bear, Goldy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Women in the food industry -- Fiction.
Cookery -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
ALT AUTHOR Rosenblat, Barbara, Narrator.
ISBN 1402578083.
MUSIC # C2565 Recorded Books.
Booklist Review 3/15/2001
Caterer Goldy Schultz is planning several Elizabethan style meals in honor of a huge castle brought over from England to Colorado--that is, if she can keep her head after a body is found on the castle grounds, and her cop husband is wounded, all at nearly the same time. Ensconced in the castle after a picture window is shot out at her house, Goldy is surrounded by a gaggle of characters that all have parts to play: Eliot, lord of the manor, who makes jams during his sleepless nights; the castle caretaker who is also Goldy's teen son Arch's fencing coach; Julian, the vegetarian college student who assists Goldy with charm and panache. The dark side of Goldy's life finds her ex-spouse just out on parole with a new girlfriend who may have ties to Eliot and even to the murder victim. Oh, and there are stolen stamps, too. Some of the bad guys are caricatures, some of the subplots are overstuffed, and there's even a ghost, but Goldy's an engaging companion and her recipes are divine--wait till you try the scones.
¾GraceAnne DeCandido.
TITLE Sticks & scones [sound recording] / by Diane Mott Davidson.
EDITION Unabridged.
IMPRINT Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2001.
DESCRIPT 9 sound discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : analog.
103000.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.
SUMMARY While caterer Goldy Schulz tries to plan the most important
luncheon she has ever catered, gun shots and dead bodies become
a bit of a distraction. Goldy must come up with some answers
to some tough questions before she becomes the next target.
SUBJECT Bear, Goldy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Women in the food industry -- Fiction.
Cookery -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
ALT AUTHOR Rosenblat, Barbara, Narrator.
ISBN 1402578083.
MUSIC # C2565 Recorded Books.
Booklist Review 3/15/2001
Caterer Goldy Schultz is planning several Elizabethan style meals in honor of a huge castle brought over from England to Colorado--that is, if she can keep her head after a body is found on the castle grounds, and her cop husband is wounded, all at nearly the same time. Ensconced in the castle after a picture window is shot out at her house, Goldy is surrounded by a gaggle of characters that all have parts to play: Eliot, lord of the manor, who makes jams during his sleepless nights; the castle caretaker who is also Goldy's teen son Arch's fencing coach; Julian, the vegetarian college student who assists Goldy with charm and panache. The dark side of Goldy's life finds her ex-spouse just out on parole with a new girlfriend who may have ties to Eliot and even to the murder victim. Oh, and there are stolen stamps, too. Some of the bad guys are caricatures, some of the subplots are overstuffed, and there's even a ghost, but Goldy's an engaging companion and her recipes are divine--wait till you try the scones.
¾GraceAnne DeCandido.
TITLE Cravings / Laurell K. Hamilton ... [et al.]
IMPRINT New York : Jove, 2004.
DESCRIPT 358 p. ; 18 cm.
CONTENTS Blood upon my lips / Laurell K. Hamilton -- Dead girls don't
dance / Maryjanice Davidson -- Originally human / Eileen
Wilks -- Burning moon / Rebecca York.
SUBJECT Horror fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Hamilton, Laurell K.
Davidson, Maryjanice.
Wilks, Eileen, 1952-
York, Rebecca.
ISBN 0515138150.
Publishers Weekly Review
One need only glance at this anthology's lineup of authors to know that it's bound to be loaded with kinky, creative sex. And indeed, that's exactly what Hamilton delivers in "Beyond the Ardeur," which uses the setting of a wedding to bring back virtually the entire cast of characters from her popular series about necromancer Anita Blake. While Hamilton's fans will enjoy revisiting these night creatures, some may be disappointed to find that this tale is all sex and no slaying; the only mystery is which paranormal hunk(s) will satisfy Anita's ardeur. Far more suspenseful is York's "Burning Moon," which follows a blind tarot reader and a werewolf as they steam up the sheets and try to trap a serial killer. Equally compelling but more inventive is Wilks's "Originally Human"; neither the succubus heroine (whose age varies between 19 and 300, with stops at 50 and 35) nor the reader uncovers her amnesiac mystery man's identity till the final pages. Davidson, meanwhile, delivers nonstop, witty repartee and a surprise denouement in "Dead Girls Don't Dance," a delightful romance between a vampiress and her old college classmate. By turns sensual, suspenseful and amusing, this anthology will satisfy almost any craving.
AUTHOR Donovan, Susan.
TITLE Public displays of affection / Susan Donovan.
EDITION St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004.
DESCRIPT 340 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT United States. Drug Enforcement Administration -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Widows -- Fiction.
Witnesses -- Protection -- Fiction.
Ohio -- Fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0312992327.
Publishers Weekly Review
In Donovan's latest romance (after Take a Chance on Me), orgasms are much on the mind of widow Charlotte Tasker, who spent a mind-blowing few hours with a hot stranger 13 years earlier, but who hasn't been as lucky since, as her late husband's laid-back sexuality didn't match her wilder urges. Still, raising two kids alone doesn't leave room for anything other than fantasies—until Charlotte realizes that her handsome new neighbor is the man from her past. For DEA agent Joe Bellacera, the timing of their unexpected reunion couldn't be worse. With a drug warlord's $1 million bounty on his head forcing him into hiding, he needs to keep a low profile, not get involved with the woman who nearly scalded his skin off with her lovemaking and then took his heart with her when she drove away. But when Joe decides fate shouldn't be ignored so easily, Charlotte doesn't stand a chance. Goofy comedy, white-hot sex and ticking-bomb pacing will keep readers glued to the pages. Joe suffers from hunky alpha-male syndrome, which makes him seem less complex than Charlotte and less memorable, but all in all, this is a surefire crowd-pleaser—for the crowd who appreciates orgasms, that is.
AUTHOR Hooper, Kay.
TITLE Out of the shadows / Kay Hooper.
IMPRINT New York : Bantam Books, 2000.
DESCRIPT 341 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT Mystery fiction.
ISBN 055357695X.
When teenagers become the prey of a ritual killer in a small Georgia town, Sheriff Miranda Knight has no choice but to call the FBI, even if it means bringing Agent Bishop back into her life. Together Miranda's local force and Bishop's team solve the murders even as Miranda and Bishop face up to their dark past.
from large type copy
A picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation. Is the terror just beginning? Or have the good citizens of Gladstone harbored a dark secret for a long time? Sheriff Miranda Knight is determined to make her small town safe once more, and she does what she swore she would never do: involve FBI profiler Noah Bishop. He's the one man who knows about her unique abilities, and that knowledge almost destroyed her and her sister years ago . . .
AUTHOR Holm & Hamel.
TITLE The postman always brings mice : a novel / by Holm & Hamel ;
illustrated by Brad Weinman.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
DESCRIPT 129 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
SERIES The Stink files ; dossier 001.
Holm & Hamel. Stink files ; dossier 001.
SUMMARY A dashing British feline spy (James Edward Bristlefur aka. Mr. Stink) is dismayed to find himself stranded
in New Jersey and adopted by a typical suburban family, until
he puts his skills to good use for his new human.
NOTE 7-10.
SUBJECT Cats -- Fiction.
Spies -- Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
ALT AUTHOR Weinman, Brad, ill.
ISBN 0060529792.
0060529806.
IMPRINT New York : Jove, 2004.
DESCRIPT 358 p. ; 18 cm.
CONTENTS Blood upon my lips / Laurell K. Hamilton -- Dead girls don't
dance / Maryjanice Davidson -- Originally human / Eileen
Wilks -- Burning moon / Rebecca York.
SUBJECT Horror fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Hamilton, Laurell K.
Davidson, Maryjanice.
Wilks, Eileen, 1952-
York, Rebecca.
ISBN 0515138150.
Publishers Weekly Review
One need only glance at this anthology's lineup of authors to know that it's bound to be loaded with kinky, creative sex. And indeed, that's exactly what Hamilton delivers in "Beyond the Ardeur," which uses the setting of a wedding to bring back virtually the entire cast of characters from her popular series about necromancer Anita Blake. While Hamilton's fans will enjoy revisiting these night creatures, some may be disappointed to find that this tale is all sex and no slaying; the only mystery is which paranormal hunk(s) will satisfy Anita's ardeur. Far more suspenseful is York's "Burning Moon," which follows a blind tarot reader and a werewolf as they steam up the sheets and try to trap a serial killer. Equally compelling but more inventive is Wilks's "Originally Human"; neither the succubus heroine (whose age varies between 19 and 300, with stops at 50 and 35) nor the reader uncovers her amnesiac mystery man's identity till the final pages. Davidson, meanwhile, delivers nonstop, witty repartee and a surprise denouement in "Dead Girls Don't Dance," a delightful romance between a vampiress and her old college classmate. By turns sensual, suspenseful and amusing, this anthology will satisfy almost any craving.
AUTHOR Donovan, Susan.
TITLE Public displays of affection / Susan Donovan.
EDITION St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004.
DESCRIPT 340 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT United States. Drug Enforcement Administration -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Widows -- Fiction.
Witnesses -- Protection -- Fiction.
Ohio -- Fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0312992327.
Publishers Weekly Review
In Donovan's latest romance (after Take a Chance on Me), orgasms are much on the mind of widow Charlotte Tasker, who spent a mind-blowing few hours with a hot stranger 13 years earlier, but who hasn't been as lucky since, as her late husband's laid-back sexuality didn't match her wilder urges. Still, raising two kids alone doesn't leave room for anything other than fantasies—until Charlotte realizes that her handsome new neighbor is the man from her past. For DEA agent Joe Bellacera, the timing of their unexpected reunion couldn't be worse. With a drug warlord's $1 million bounty on his head forcing him into hiding, he needs to keep a low profile, not get involved with the woman who nearly scalded his skin off with her lovemaking and then took his heart with her when she drove away. But when Joe decides fate shouldn't be ignored so easily, Charlotte doesn't stand a chance. Goofy comedy, white-hot sex and ticking-bomb pacing will keep readers glued to the pages. Joe suffers from hunky alpha-male syndrome, which makes him seem less complex than Charlotte and less memorable, but all in all, this is a surefire crowd-pleaser—for the crowd who appreciates orgasms, that is.
AUTHOR Hooper, Kay.
TITLE Out of the shadows / Kay Hooper.
IMPRINT New York : Bantam Books, 2000.
DESCRIPT 341 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT Mystery fiction.
ISBN 055357695X.
When teenagers become the prey of a ritual killer in a small Georgia town, Sheriff Miranda Knight has no choice but to call the FBI, even if it means bringing Agent Bishop back into her life. Together Miranda's local force and Bishop's team solve the murders even as Miranda and Bishop face up to their dark past.
from large type copy
A picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation. Is the terror just beginning? Or have the good citizens of Gladstone harbored a dark secret for a long time? Sheriff Miranda Knight is determined to make her small town safe once more, and she does what she swore she would never do: involve FBI profiler Noah Bishop. He's the one man who knows about her unique abilities, and that knowledge almost destroyed her and her sister years ago . . .
AUTHOR Holm & Hamel.
TITLE The postman always brings mice : a novel / by Holm & Hamel ;
illustrated by Brad Weinman.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
DESCRIPT 129 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
SERIES The Stink files ; dossier 001.
Holm & Hamel. Stink files ; dossier 001.
SUMMARY A dashing British feline spy (James Edward Bristlefur aka. Mr. Stink) is dismayed to find himself stranded
in New Jersey and adopted by a typical suburban family, until
he puts his skills to good use for his new human.
NOTE 7-10.
SUBJECT Cats -- Fiction.
Spies -- Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
ALT AUTHOR Weinman, Brad, ill.
ISBN 0060529792.
0060529806.
AUTHOR Finder, Joseph.
TITLE Paranoia / Joseph Finder.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Press, 2004.
DESCRIPT 425 p. ; 25 cm.
SUBJECT Business intelligence -- Fiction.
Success in business -- Fiction.
Corporate culture -- Fiction.
Commercial crimes -- Fiction.
Deception -- Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
ISBN 0312319142.
corporate sabotage….. stealing computer specs.
Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low-level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison - or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems." "They train him. They feed him inside information. Now, at Trion, he's a star, skyrocketing to the top. He finds he has talents he never knew he possessed. He's rich, drives a Porsche, lives in a fabulous apartment, and works directly for the CEO. He's dating the girl of his dreams. His life is perfect. And all he has to do to keep it that way is betray everyone he cares about and everything he believes in." "But when he tries to break off from his controllers, he finds he's in way over his head, trapped in a world in which nothing is as it seems and no one can really be trusted." "And then the real nightmare begins."
I did as audio cd read by Jason Priestly
AUTHOR Patterson, James, 1947-
TITLE 2nd chance : a novel / by James Patterson.
EDITION 1st large print ed.
IMPRINT Boston : Little, Brown, 2002.
DESCRIPT 498 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
FORMAT Lg. Type.
SUBJECT Women detectives -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Women in the professions -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Mystery fiction.
ADD TITLE Second chance.
ISBN 0316695971.
Lindsay, a homicide inspector in the city's police department... Claire, a medical examiner...Jill, an assistant D.A...and Cindy, a reporter on the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle, now look for a criminal who has sprayed bullets into a crowd of choir boys and girls leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously -- or was it the intention of the shooter? -- only one child dies. Then the killer strikes again, leaving his mystifying calling card -- and the body of an elderly woman. The unorthodox allegiances of Lindsay and her friends lead them close to their prey. But nothing can prepare them for the twisted logic behind his choice of victims.
TITLE Paranoia / Joseph Finder.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Press, 2004.
DESCRIPT 425 p. ; 25 cm.
SUBJECT Business intelligence -- Fiction.
Success in business -- Fiction.
Corporate culture -- Fiction.
Commercial crimes -- Fiction.
Deception -- Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
ISBN 0312319142.
corporate sabotage….. stealing computer specs.
Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low-level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison - or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems." "They train him. They feed him inside information. Now, at Trion, he's a star, skyrocketing to the top. He finds he has talents he never knew he possessed. He's rich, drives a Porsche, lives in a fabulous apartment, and works directly for the CEO. He's dating the girl of his dreams. His life is perfect. And all he has to do to keep it that way is betray everyone he cares about and everything he believes in." "But when he tries to break off from his controllers, he finds he's in way over his head, trapped in a world in which nothing is as it seems and no one can really be trusted." "And then the real nightmare begins."
I did as audio cd read by Jason Priestly
AUTHOR Patterson, James, 1947-
TITLE 2nd chance : a novel / by James Patterson.
EDITION 1st large print ed.
IMPRINT Boston : Little, Brown, 2002.
DESCRIPT 498 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
FORMAT Lg. Type.
SUBJECT Women detectives -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Women in the professions -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Mystery fiction.
ADD TITLE Second chance.
ISBN 0316695971.
Lindsay, a homicide inspector in the city's police department... Claire, a medical examiner...Jill, an assistant D.A...and Cindy, a reporter on the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle, now look for a criminal who has sprayed bullets into a crowd of choir boys and girls leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously -- or was it the intention of the shooter? -- only one child dies. Then the killer strikes again, leaving his mystifying calling card -- and the body of an elderly woman. The unorthodox allegiances of Lindsay and her friends lead them close to their prey. But nothing can prepare them for the twisted logic behind his choice of victims.
7/29/04
AUTHOR McKinley, Robin.
TITLE Sunshine / Robin McKinley.
IMPRINT New York : Berkley Books, c2003.
DESCRIPT 389 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Vampires -- Fiction.
Occult fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0425191788.
PW review
Buffyesque baker Rae "Sunshine" Seddon meets Count Dracula's hunky Byronic cousin in Newbery-Award-winner McKinley's first adult-and-then-some romp through the darkling streets of a spooky post-Voodoo Wars world. Now that human cities have been decimated, the vampiric elite holds one-fifth of the world's capital, threatening to control all the earth in less than 100 years, unless human
SOFs (Special Other Forces) can hold them at bay by recruiting Sunshine, daughter of legendary sorcerer Onyx Blaise. As breathlessly narrated by Sunshine herself, the Cinnamon Roll Queen of Charlie's Coffeehouse, in the inchoate idiom of Britney, J. Lo and the Spice Girls, Sunshine's coming-of-magical-age launches when she is swarmed by noiseless vampires one night and chained in a decrepit ballroom as an entrée for mysterious, magnetic, half-starved Constantine, a powerful vampire whose mortal enemy Bo (short for Beauregard) shackled him there to perish slowly from daylight and deprivation. Most of the charm of this long venture into magic maturation derives from McKinley's keen ear and sensitive atmospherics, deft characterizations and clever juxtapositions of reality and the supernatural that might, just might, be lurking out there in "bad spots" right around a creepy urban corner or next to a deserted lake cabin. McKinley knows very well-and makes her readers believe-that "the insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are."
Booklist Oct 15, 2003
Rae Seddon, nicknamed Sunshine, lives a quiet life working at her stepfather's bakery. One night, she goes out to the lake for some peace and quiet. Big mistake. She is set upon by vampires, who take her to an old mansion. They chain her to the wall and leave her with another vampire, who is also chained. But the vampire, Constantine, doesn't try to eat her. Instead, he implores her to tell him stories to keep them both sane. Realizing she will have to save herself, Sunshine calls on the long-forgotten powers her grandmother began to cultivate in her when she was a child. She transforms her pocketknife into a key and unchains herself--and Constantine. Surprised, he agrees to flee with
her when she offers to protect him from the sun with magic. They escape back to town, but Constantine knows his enemies won't be far behind, which means that he and Sunshine will have to face them together. A luminous, entrancing novel with an enthralling pair of characters at its heart.
KristineHuntley.
AUTHOR Baxter, Mary Lynn.
TITLE His touch / Mary Lynn Baxter.
IMPRINT Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2003.
DESCRIPT 378 p. ; 17 cm.
SUBJECT Bodyguards -- Fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 1551666863.
A string of deadly warnings convinces young Dallas mayor Jessica Kincaid that she needs a bodyguard, so she hires former Secret Service agent Brant Harding. Brant takes the job for a more personal reason--and it has nothing to do with this tempting woman.
However, Jessica and Brant soon find themselves at odds, yet they are drawn to each other. Original.
AUTHOR McKinley, Robin.
TITLE Sunshine / Robin McKinley.
IMPRINT New York : Berkley Books, c2003.
DESCRIPT 389 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Vampires -- Fiction.
Occult fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0425191788.
PW review
Buffyesque baker Rae "Sunshine" Seddon meets Count Dracula's hunky Byronic cousin in Newbery-Award-winner McKinley's first adult-and-then-some romp through the darkling streets of a spooky post-Voodoo Wars world. Now that human cities have been decimated, the vampiric elite holds one-fifth of the world's capital, threatening to control all the earth in less than 100 years, unless human
SOFs (Special Other Forces) can hold them at bay by recruiting Sunshine, daughter of legendary sorcerer Onyx Blaise. As breathlessly narrated by Sunshine herself, the Cinnamon Roll Queen of Charlie's Coffeehouse, in the inchoate idiom of Britney, J. Lo and the Spice Girls, Sunshine's coming-of-magical-age launches when she is swarmed by noiseless vampires one night and chained in a decrepit ballroom as an entrée for mysterious, magnetic, half-starved Constantine, a powerful vampire whose mortal enemy Bo (short for Beauregard) shackled him there to perish slowly from daylight and deprivation. Most of the charm of this long venture into magic maturation derives from McKinley's keen ear and sensitive atmospherics, deft characterizations and clever juxtapositions of reality and the supernatural that might, just might, be lurking out there in "bad spots" right around a creepy urban corner or next to a deserted lake cabin. McKinley knows very well-and makes her readers believe-that "the insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are."
Booklist Oct 15, 2003
Rae Seddon, nicknamed Sunshine, lives a quiet life working at her stepfather's bakery. One night, she goes out to the lake for some peace and quiet. Big mistake. She is set upon by vampires, who take her to an old mansion. They chain her to the wall and leave her with another vampire, who is also chained. But the vampire, Constantine, doesn't try to eat her. Instead, he implores her to tell him stories to keep them both sane. Realizing she will have to save herself, Sunshine calls on the long-forgotten powers her grandmother began to cultivate in her when she was a child. She transforms her pocketknife into a key and unchains herself--and Constantine. Surprised, he agrees to flee with
her when she offers to protect him from the sun with magic. They escape back to town, but Constantine knows his enemies won't be far behind, which means that he and Sunshine will have to face them together. A luminous, entrancing novel with an enthralling pair of characters at its heart.
KristineHuntley.
AUTHOR Baxter, Mary Lynn.
TITLE His touch / Mary Lynn Baxter.
IMPRINT Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2003.
DESCRIPT 378 p. ; 17 cm.
SUBJECT Bodyguards -- Fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 1551666863.
A string of deadly warnings convinces young Dallas mayor Jessica Kincaid that she needs a bodyguard, so she hires former Secret Service agent Brant Harding. Brant takes the job for a more personal reason--and it has nothing to do with this tempting woman.
However, Jessica and Brant soon find themselves at odds, yet they are drawn to each other. Original.
AUTHOR Baldacci, David.
TITLE Split second [sound recording] / David Baldacci.
EDITION Abridged.
IMPRINT New York : Time Warner AudioBooks, p2003.
DESCRIPT 5 sound discs (ca. 6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE Read by Ron McLarty.
SUBJECT Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
Political corruption -- United States -- Fiction.
Lawyers -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Political fiction.
Record 7 of 8
ALT AUTHOR McLarty, Ron.
ISBN 1586215825.
MUSIC # 2-42581 Time Warner AudioBooks.
Two Secret Service agents, one of them retired, have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the two discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making-and are a long way from over
AUTHOR Hiaasen, Carl.
TITLE Hoot / Carl Hiaasen.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2002.
DESCRIPT 292 p. ; 22 cm.
SUMMARY Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved
in another boy's (Mullet Fingers) attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls
from a proposed construction site.
SUBJECT Burrowing owl -- Fiction.
Owls -- Fiction.
Environmental protection -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.
ISBN 0375921818.
0375821813.
0375829164 (pbk.)
AUTHOR McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
TITLE Morality for beautiful girls / Alexander McCall Smith.
EDITION 1st Anchor Books ed.
IMPRINT New York : Anchor Books, 2002, c2001.
DESCRIPT 227 p. ; 21 cm.
SUBJECT Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Women private investigators -- Botswana -- Fiction.
Beauty contests -- Fiction.
Botswana.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 1400031362.
LJ audio review
Tears of the Giraffe and Morality for Beautiful Girls continue Mma Ramotswe's business of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the only female-operated detective agency in Botswana. The agency deals in human drama and mystery rather than guns and blood. Insight and intuition provide solutions as Precious Ramotswe; her assistant, Mma Makutsi; and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors impart Botswanian pride and worldly wisdom.
AUTHOR Patterson, James, 1947-
TITLE 2nd chance : a novel / by James Patterson with Andrew Gross.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.
DESCRIPT 390 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Women detectives -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Women in the professions -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Gross, Andrew.
ADD TITLE Second chance.
ISBN 0316693200.
PW review
It's been a long time since we've seen a bestselling author of Patterson's clout credit an assistant author on the cover, and good for Patterson for that. The credit is deserved. This is Patterson's richest, most engaging novel since When the Wind Blows and, as the second in his Women's Murder Club series (after 1st to Die), yet more evidence that this prolific writer can roam beyond Alex Cross with style and success. Like all Pattersons, the narration mixes first and third person the first here is voiced, as before, by San Francisco homicide detective Lindsay Boxer, while the third-person sections cover the doings of the other three members of Boxer's informal club, a reporter, a pathologist and a prosecutor, as well as the villain's shenanigans. The basic story line is vintage Patterson, i.e., a serial killer (here, one known as Chimera) goes on a calculated rampage until stopped by the good guys or in this case, gals. As the victims a young girl shot dead, an elderly black woman hanged, two cops pile up, it becomes clear to Boxer and others that they're up against a racist who hates black cops; is the killer a cop himself? The story ripples with twists and some remarkably strong scenes, particularly Boxer's in-prison interview with a crazed con. But what makes this Patterson stand out above all is the textured storytelling arising from its focus on Boxer's personal issues. In the first novel, Patterson personalized Boxer by dealing with her rare blood disease; here, it's the emotionally powerful introduction of Boxer's long-lost father into her life that galvanizes the plot, particularly as Patterson ties the man into Chimera's rampage.
TITLE Split second [sound recording] / David Baldacci.
EDITION Abridged.
IMPRINT New York : Time Warner AudioBooks, p2003.
DESCRIPT 5 sound discs (ca. 6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE Read by Ron McLarty.
SUBJECT Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
Political corruption -- United States -- Fiction.
Lawyers -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Political fiction.
Record 7 of 8
ALT AUTHOR McLarty, Ron.
ISBN 1586215825.
MUSIC # 2-42581 Time Warner AudioBooks.
Two Secret Service agents, one of them retired, have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the two discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making-and are a long way from over
AUTHOR Hiaasen, Carl.
TITLE Hoot / Carl Hiaasen.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2002.
DESCRIPT 292 p. ; 22 cm.
SUMMARY Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved
in another boy's (Mullet Fingers) attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls
from a proposed construction site.
SUBJECT Burrowing owl -- Fiction.
Owls -- Fiction.
Environmental protection -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.
ISBN 0375921818.
0375821813.
0375829164 (pbk.)
AUTHOR McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
TITLE Morality for beautiful girls / Alexander McCall Smith.
EDITION 1st Anchor Books ed.
IMPRINT New York : Anchor Books, 2002, c2001.
DESCRIPT 227 p. ; 21 cm.
SUBJECT Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Women private investigators -- Botswana -- Fiction.
Beauty contests -- Fiction.
Botswana.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 1400031362.
LJ audio review
Tears of the Giraffe and Morality for Beautiful Girls continue Mma Ramotswe's business of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the only female-operated detective agency in Botswana. The agency deals in human drama and mystery rather than guns and blood. Insight and intuition provide solutions as Precious Ramotswe; her assistant, Mma Makutsi; and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors impart Botswanian pride and worldly wisdom.
AUTHOR Patterson, James, 1947-
TITLE 2nd chance : a novel / by James Patterson with Andrew Gross.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.
DESCRIPT 390 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Women detectives -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Women in the professions -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Gross, Andrew.
ADD TITLE Second chance.
ISBN 0316693200.
PW review
It's been a long time since we've seen a bestselling author of Patterson's clout credit an assistant author on the cover, and good for Patterson for that. The credit is deserved. This is Patterson's richest, most engaging novel since When the Wind Blows and, as the second in his Women's Murder Club series (after 1st to Die), yet more evidence that this prolific writer can roam beyond Alex Cross with style and success. Like all Pattersons, the narration mixes first and third person the first here is voiced, as before, by San Francisco homicide detective Lindsay Boxer, while the third-person sections cover the doings of the other three members of Boxer's informal club, a reporter, a pathologist and a prosecutor, as well as the villain's shenanigans. The basic story line is vintage Patterson, i.e., a serial killer (here, one known as Chimera) goes on a calculated rampage until stopped by the good guys or in this case, gals. As the victims a young girl shot dead, an elderly black woman hanged, two cops pile up, it becomes clear to Boxer and others that they're up against a racist who hates black cops; is the killer a cop himself? The story ripples with twists and some remarkably strong scenes, particularly Boxer's in-prison interview with a crazed con. But what makes this Patterson stand out above all is the textured storytelling arising from its focus on Boxer's personal issues. In the first novel, Patterson personalized Boxer by dealing with her rare blood disease; here, it's the emotionally powerful introduction of Boxer's long-lost father into her life that galvanizes the plot, particularly as Patterson ties the man into Chimera's rampage.
AUTHOR Rankin, Ian.
TITLE Resurrection men / Ian Rankin.
IMPRINT London : Orion, 2001.
DESCRIPT 440 p. ; 24 cm.
SERIES The Inspector Rebus series.
Rankin, Ian. Inspector Rebus novel series.
SUBJECT Rebus, Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0752821318.
0752847066.
Book Description
Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so badly that he's been sent to a kind of reform school for damaged cops. While there among the last-chancers known as "resurrection men," he joins a covert mission to gain evidence of a drug heist orchestrated by three of his classmates. But the group has been assigned an unsolved murder that may have resulted from Rebus's own mistake. Now Rebus can't determine if he's been set up for a fall or if his disgraced classmates are as ruthless as he suspects.
When Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke discovers that her investigation of an art dealer's murder is tied to Rebus's inquiry, the two-protÈgÈ and mentor-join forces. Soon they find themselves in the midst of an even bigger scandal than they had imagined-a plot with conspirators in every corner of Scotland and deadly implications about their colleagues.
With the brilliant eye for character and place that earned him the name "the Dickens of Edinburgh," Ian Rankin delivers a page-turning novel of intricate suspense.
AUTHOR Potter, Patricia, 1940-
TITLE Broken honor / Patricia Potter.
EDITION Jove ed.
IMPRINT New York : Jove Books, 2002.
DESCRIPT 405 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT Love stories.
ISBN 0515132276.
History professor Amy Mallory's devotion to her long-deceased grandfather is put to the test when he and two other high-ranking World War II vets are accused of having looted Jewish treasures nearly 60 years earlier. Raised by a flower-child single mom who scorned all authority, Amy's naturally leery when handsome, 40-something Lt. Colonel Irish Flaherty, also determined to disprove the allegations against his family name, arrives in Memphis just in time to witness her house burnt to the ground. Nevertheless, she slowly begins to trust him after he thwarts several attempts on her life. While the two pour over a box of military documents which may hold a key to their grandfathers' pasts, they desperately attempt to contact the third major player, D.C. bigwig, Dustin Eachan, whose true agenda will keep readers guessing until the novel's end. The gutsy action and compact dialogue that marks Potter's latest (after The Heart Queen) is softened by a believable romance between her seemingly mismatched protagonists and extensive character development even Amy's irritating, emotionally distraught dog, Bojangles, is afforded some psychological depth. Although Potter is better known for her historical romances, this bracing romantic thriller proves that she's just as comfortable writing in the contemporary arena.
AUTHOR Waugh, Sylvia.
TITLE Earthborn / Sylvia Waugh.
IMPRINT New York, NY : Delacorte Press, c2002.
DESCRIPT 273 p. ; 22 cm.
SUMMARY Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from
another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk
discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides to stay in their York,
England, home, whether or not her parents go.
Record 2 of 4
SUBJECT Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction.
Science fiction.
England -- Fiction.
ISBN 0385900600 (GLB)
0385729642 (trade)
SLJ review
Gr 4-7-When 12-year-old Nesta, who thinks her mother and father come from Boston, finds out that they are really from the planet Ormingat, she is horrified. Even worse, her parents must leave Earth in just a few days, which means that she must go, too, to a planet that she has never seen and into an alien body. If they are not on the spaceship by the deadline, they must stay on Earth forever, so Nesta runs away, gambling that her parents will not depart without her. Set in England, this independent sequel to Space Race (Delacorte, 2000) is science fiction, but it is first and foremost a complex and absorbing look at three people struggling with a difficult and highly secret situation. Nesta is masterfully drawn, full of resolve even when terrified. Her mother and father, who have a dilemma every bit as anguishing as hers, are fascinating people in their own right, as is the girl's friend Amy. Every moment is magical in this enthralling book about the meaning of home.-Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
AUTHOR Young, Karen.
TITLE Private lives / Karen Young.
IMPRINT Ontario, Canada : Mira, c2003.
DESCRIPT 441 p. ; 17 cm.
SUBJECT Custody of children -- Fiction.
Family -- Fiction.
ISBN 1551666790.
Booklist review 4/15/04
Orphaned at five, Elizabeth learned early to depend on herself and her foster sister, Gina. Now in her thirties and an award-winning children's author, Elizabeth prides herself on maintaining control of her life by trying to forget about the father she lost in a fire, the two sisters that she hasn't seen for more than 20 years, and the haunting mistakes of the past. But when Gina and her daughter move in with her while fighting a difficult custody battle with Gina's ex-boyfriend, Austin, Elizabeth's carefully constructed world begins to crumble. She is harshly grilled by Austin's handsome lawyer and contacted by her long-lost sisters, and she discovers that her good friend and neighbor may be sick. Then things really spin out of control, and for the first time in her life, Elizabeth must ask for help and in the process finds the family she has always desired and the man of her dreams. Full of mystery, passion, and suspense, Young's dramatic romance is downright captivating.
TITLE Resurrection men / Ian Rankin.
IMPRINT London : Orion, 2001.
DESCRIPT 440 p. ; 24 cm.
SERIES The Inspector Rebus series.
Rankin, Ian. Inspector Rebus novel series.
SUBJECT Rebus, Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0752821318.
0752847066.
Book Description
Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so badly that he's been sent to a kind of reform school for damaged cops. While there among the last-chancers known as "resurrection men," he joins a covert mission to gain evidence of a drug heist orchestrated by three of his classmates. But the group has been assigned an unsolved murder that may have resulted from Rebus's own mistake. Now Rebus can't determine if he's been set up for a fall or if his disgraced classmates are as ruthless as he suspects.
When Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke discovers that her investigation of an art dealer's murder is tied to Rebus's inquiry, the two-protÈgÈ and mentor-join forces. Soon they find themselves in the midst of an even bigger scandal than they had imagined-a plot with conspirators in every corner of Scotland and deadly implications about their colleagues.
With the brilliant eye for character and place that earned him the name "the Dickens of Edinburgh," Ian Rankin delivers a page-turning novel of intricate suspense.
AUTHOR Potter, Patricia, 1940-
TITLE Broken honor / Patricia Potter.
EDITION Jove ed.
IMPRINT New York : Jove Books, 2002.
DESCRIPT 405 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT Love stories.
ISBN 0515132276.
History professor Amy Mallory's devotion to her long-deceased grandfather is put to the test when he and two other high-ranking World War II vets are accused of having looted Jewish treasures nearly 60 years earlier. Raised by a flower-child single mom who scorned all authority, Amy's naturally leery when handsome, 40-something Lt. Colonel Irish Flaherty, also determined to disprove the allegations against his family name, arrives in Memphis just in time to witness her house burnt to the ground. Nevertheless, she slowly begins to trust him after he thwarts several attempts on her life. While the two pour over a box of military documents which may hold a key to their grandfathers' pasts, they desperately attempt to contact the third major player, D.C. bigwig, Dustin Eachan, whose true agenda will keep readers guessing until the novel's end. The gutsy action and compact dialogue that marks Potter's latest (after The Heart Queen) is softened by a believable romance between her seemingly mismatched protagonists and extensive character development even Amy's irritating, emotionally distraught dog, Bojangles, is afforded some psychological depth. Although Potter is better known for her historical romances, this bracing romantic thriller proves that she's just as comfortable writing in the contemporary arena.
AUTHOR Waugh, Sylvia.
TITLE Earthborn / Sylvia Waugh.
IMPRINT New York, NY : Delacorte Press, c2002.
DESCRIPT 273 p. ; 22 cm.
SUMMARY Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from
another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk
discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides to stay in their York,
England, home, whether or not her parents go.
Record 2 of 4
SUBJECT Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction.
Science fiction.
England -- Fiction.
ISBN 0385900600 (GLB)
0385729642 (trade)
SLJ review
Gr 4-7-When 12-year-old Nesta, who thinks her mother and father come from Boston, finds out that they are really from the planet Ormingat, she is horrified. Even worse, her parents must leave Earth in just a few days, which means that she must go, too, to a planet that she has never seen and into an alien body. If they are not on the spaceship by the deadline, they must stay on Earth forever, so Nesta runs away, gambling that her parents will not depart without her. Set in England, this independent sequel to Space Race (Delacorte, 2000) is science fiction, but it is first and foremost a complex and absorbing look at three people struggling with a difficult and highly secret situation. Nesta is masterfully drawn, full of resolve even when terrified. Her mother and father, who have a dilemma every bit as anguishing as hers, are fascinating people in their own right, as is the girl's friend Amy. Every moment is magical in this enthralling book about the meaning of home.-Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
AUTHOR Young, Karen.
TITLE Private lives / Karen Young.
IMPRINT Ontario, Canada : Mira, c2003.
DESCRIPT 441 p. ; 17 cm.
SUBJECT Custody of children -- Fiction.
Family -- Fiction.
ISBN 1551666790.
Booklist review 4/15/04
Orphaned at five, Elizabeth learned early to depend on herself and her foster sister, Gina. Now in her thirties and an award-winning children's author, Elizabeth prides herself on maintaining control of her life by trying to forget about the father she lost in a fire, the two sisters that she hasn't seen for more than 20 years, and the haunting mistakes of the past. But when Gina and her daughter move in with her while fighting a difficult custody battle with Gina's ex-boyfriend, Austin, Elizabeth's carefully constructed world begins to crumble. She is harshly grilled by Austin's handsome lawyer and contacted by her long-lost sisters, and she discovers that her good friend and neighbor may be sick. Then things really spin out of control, and for the first time in her life, Elizabeth must ask for help and in the process finds the family she has always desired and the man of her dreams. Full of mystery, passion, and suspense, Young's dramatic romance is downright captivating.
AUTHOR Gaus, Paul L.
TITLE Clouds without rain : an Ohio Amish mystery / P.L. Gaus.
IMPRINT Athens : Ohio University Press, c2001.
DESCRIPT vii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
SUBJECT Amish Country (Ohio) -- Fiction.
Amish -- Fiction.
Ohio -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Millersburg Civil War University Professor Michael Braden solves buggy, semitruck and car crash murders.Old friends Pastor Caleb Troyer, Sherrif Bruce Robertson. Bishop Andy Weaver.
ME. Missy Taggert..
AUTHOR Robinson, Peter, 1950-
TITLE Playing with fire [sound recording] / by Peter Robinson.
EDITION Unabridged.
IMPRINT Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2004.
DESCRIPT 12 sound discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE In container (17 cm.)
"An Inspector Banks Novel"--Container.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Narrated by Ron Keith.
SUMMARY Two barges moored side-by-side in a canal are destroyed by fire,
and Banks knows the devastating blaze is no accident. On board
one barge, a young junkie girl perishes. On board the other,
an odd and secretive artist is burned beyond recognition. Not
long after, another raging inferno engulfs a trailer and its
occupant. Before the body count can climb any higher, Banks
must determine whether he's dealing with a serial arsonist or
with a far more devious individual who is lighting fires to
incinerate evidence of further crimes.
NOTE Compact disc.
SUBJECT Banks, Alan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Police -- England -- Yorkshire -- Fiction.
Books on CD.
Audiobooks.
Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction.
Arson -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Keith, Ron, Narrator.
ISBN 1402575483.
MUSIC # C2541 Recorded Books.
AUTHOR Harris, Robert, 1957-
TITLE Pompeii [sound recording] / Robert Harris.
Publisher: Random House Audio; Abridged edition (November 18, 2003)
ISBN: 0739307894
NOTE Read by Michael Cumpsty (Reader).
Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Fiction.
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Fiction.
Aqueducts -- Fiction.
Engineers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Book Description
Ancient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel.
Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Only one man is worried. The engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. His
predecessor has disappeared. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’s sixty-mile main line -- somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Attilius the Aquarius -- decent, practical, incorruptible -- promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy,
that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. But as he heads out towards Vesuvius he is about to discover there are forces that even the world’s only superpower can’t control.
Pompeii recreates in spellbinding detail one of the most famous natural disasters of all time. And by focusing on the characters of an engineer and a scientist, it offers an entirely original perspective on the Roman world.
From School Library Journal Adult/High School--
With detailed examination of time, place, and circumstance, Harris brings to life first-century Pompeii and its surroundings. Vesuvius, a sleeping giant, towers over the Bay of Naples while the citizenry frets over a drought that is threatening the water supply. Marcus Attilius Primus, the new chief engineer for the huge aqueduct that supplies the area, is summoned by Corelia,
beautiful daughter of the powerful and corrupt Ampliatus, to investigate a fish kill in their villa's pool, fed by the aqueduct. Attilius discovers that the bay's water supply is diminishing rapidly and is contaminated with sulfur. Youthful, upright Attilius vows to Pliny, famous scholar and admiral in charge of the huge fleet based there, to repair the damaged aqueduct in two days. Meanwhile, tremors are felt in Pompeii, and the populace fears that the god Vulcan is angry and may send another earthquake, such as occurred 17 years earlier.
Attilius is successful, but the air, now filled with a fine gray dust, begins to rain pumice, and Vesuvius unleashes its fury. As the populace flees, he turns back to rescue Corelia, trapped in Pompeii, and the aqueduct he knows so well becomes their salvation. This story of a
corrupt, violent society focused on its own pleasure, set against the fascinating history of a familiar catastrophe, makes for a compelling drama.--Molly Connally, Chantilly Regional Library, VA
TITLE Clouds without rain : an Ohio Amish mystery / P.L. Gaus.
IMPRINT Athens : Ohio University Press, c2001.
DESCRIPT vii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
SUBJECT Amish Country (Ohio) -- Fiction.
Amish -- Fiction.
Ohio -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Millersburg Civil War University Professor Michael Braden solves buggy, semitruck and car crash murders.Old friends Pastor Caleb Troyer, Sherrif Bruce Robertson. Bishop Andy Weaver.
ME. Missy Taggert..
AUTHOR Robinson, Peter, 1950-
TITLE Playing with fire [sound recording] / by Peter Robinson.
EDITION Unabridged.
IMPRINT Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2004.
DESCRIPT 12 sound discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE In container (17 cm.)
"An Inspector Banks Novel"--Container.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Narrated by Ron Keith.
SUMMARY Two barges moored side-by-side in a canal are destroyed by fire,
and Banks knows the devastating blaze is no accident. On board
one barge, a young junkie girl perishes. On board the other,
an odd and secretive artist is burned beyond recognition. Not
long after, another raging inferno engulfs a trailer and its
occupant. Before the body count can climb any higher, Banks
must determine whether he's dealing with a serial arsonist or
with a far more devious individual who is lighting fires to
incinerate evidence of further crimes.
NOTE Compact disc.
SUBJECT Banks, Alan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Police -- England -- Yorkshire -- Fiction.
Books on CD.
Audiobooks.
Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction.
Arson -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Keith, Ron, Narrator.
ISBN 1402575483.
MUSIC # C2541 Recorded Books.
AUTHOR Harris, Robert, 1957-
TITLE Pompeii [sound recording] / Robert Harris.
Publisher: Random House Audio; Abridged edition (November 18, 2003)
ISBN: 0739307894
NOTE Read by Michael Cumpsty (Reader).
Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Fiction.
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Fiction.
Aqueducts -- Fiction.
Engineers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Book Description
Ancient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel.
Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Only one man is worried. The engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. His
predecessor has disappeared. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’s sixty-mile main line -- somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Attilius the Aquarius -- decent, practical, incorruptible -- promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy,
that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. But as he heads out towards Vesuvius he is about to discover there are forces that even the world’s only superpower can’t control.
Pompeii recreates in spellbinding detail one of the most famous natural disasters of all time. And by focusing on the characters of an engineer and a scientist, it offers an entirely original perspective on the Roman world.
From School Library Journal Adult/High School--
With detailed examination of time, place, and circumstance, Harris brings to life first-century Pompeii and its surroundings. Vesuvius, a sleeping giant, towers over the Bay of Naples while the citizenry frets over a drought that is threatening the water supply. Marcus Attilius Primus, the new chief engineer for the huge aqueduct that supplies the area, is summoned by Corelia,
beautiful daughter of the powerful and corrupt Ampliatus, to investigate a fish kill in their villa's pool, fed by the aqueduct. Attilius discovers that the bay's water supply is diminishing rapidly and is contaminated with sulfur. Youthful, upright Attilius vows to Pliny, famous scholar and admiral in charge of the huge fleet based there, to repair the damaged aqueduct in two days. Meanwhile, tremors are felt in Pompeii, and the populace fears that the god Vulcan is angry and may send another earthquake, such as occurred 17 years earlier.
Attilius is successful, but the air, now filled with a fine gray dust, begins to rain pumice, and Vesuvius unleashes its fury. As the populace flees, he turns back to rescue Corelia, trapped in Pompeii, and the aqueduct he knows so well becomes their salvation. This story of a
corrupt, violent society focused on its own pleasure, set against the fascinating history of a familiar catastrophe, makes for a compelling drama.--Molly Connally, Chantilly Regional Library, VA
Deaver, Jeffrey The stone monkey : a Lincoln Rhyme novel / Jeffery Deaver.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2002. 0743221990
424 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary from catalog :Recruited to help the FBI and the INS perform the nearly
impossible, Lincoln Rhyme and his partner, Amerlia Sachs,
manage to track down a cargo ship headed for New York City
carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the
notorious human smuggler and killer known as "the Ghost". But
when the Ghost's capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and
Amelia find themselves in a horrifying race against time.
SUBJECT Rhyme, Lincoln (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Forensic pathologists -- Fiction.
Quadriplegics -- Fiction.
Illegal aliens -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ROMANCE
AUTHOR Joyce, Brenda.
TITLE Deadly pleasure / Brenda Joyce.
EDITION 1st St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002.
DESCRIPT 359 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT Police -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0312977689.
Genteel young ladies of turn of the century New York City do not solve murders. But that hasn’t stopped young Francesca Cahill from previously solving a child abuction. She has calling cards made at Tiffany’s declaring her to be a Crime Solver Extraordinare. When she isn’t secretly attending classes at Barnard, she is sleuthing with her assistant, a young boy from the mean streets named Joel. She does manage to put all the pieces of a murder together, while constantly warned off the scene by Police Commissioner Rick Bragg, who has his own problems cleaning up the corrupt NYPD. Not too steamy, this romantic mystery might even be appreciated by teens who like historical novels. ****
AUTHOR Harris, Charlaine.
TITLE Living dead in Dallas / Charlaine Harris.
EDITION Ace mass-market ed.
IMPRINT New York : Ace Books : Berkley Pub. Group, 2002.
DESCRIPT 262 p. ; 18 cm.
NOTE "A Southern vampire novel"--Cover.
"Ace fantasy"--Spine.
SUBJECT Vampires -- Fiction.
Telepathy -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
change other entry in blog to read Eric vampire king of Shreveport-
not New Orleans. notes- Godfrey, Fellowship of the Sun Dallas.Stan Davis, shapeshifters
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2002. 0743221990
424 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary from catalog :Recruited to help the FBI and the INS perform the nearly
impossible, Lincoln Rhyme and his partner, Amerlia Sachs,
manage to track down a cargo ship headed for New York City
carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the
notorious human smuggler and killer known as "the Ghost". But
when the Ghost's capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and
Amelia find themselves in a horrifying race against time.
SUBJECT Rhyme, Lincoln (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Forensic pathologists -- Fiction.
Quadriplegics -- Fiction.
Illegal aliens -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ROMANCE
AUTHOR Joyce, Brenda.
TITLE Deadly pleasure / Brenda Joyce.
EDITION 1st St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002.
DESCRIPT 359 p. ; 18 cm.
SUBJECT Police -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0312977689.
Genteel young ladies of turn of the century New York City do not solve murders. But that hasn’t stopped young Francesca Cahill from previously solving a child abuction. She has calling cards made at Tiffany’s declaring her to be a Crime Solver Extraordinare. When she isn’t secretly attending classes at Barnard, she is sleuthing with her assistant, a young boy from the mean streets named Joel. She does manage to put all the pieces of a murder together, while constantly warned off the scene by Police Commissioner Rick Bragg, who has his own problems cleaning up the corrupt NYPD. Not too steamy, this romantic mystery might even be appreciated by teens who like historical novels. ****
AUTHOR Harris, Charlaine.
TITLE Living dead in Dallas / Charlaine Harris.
EDITION Ace mass-market ed.
IMPRINT New York : Ace Books : Berkley Pub. Group, 2002.
DESCRIPT 262 p. ; 18 cm.
NOTE "A Southern vampire novel"--Cover.
"Ace fantasy"--Spine.
SUBJECT Vampires -- Fiction.
Telepathy -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
change other entry in blog to read Eric vampire king of Shreveport-
not New Orleans. notes- Godfrey, Fellowship of the Sun Dallas.Stan Davis, shapeshifters
