Eleven-year-old Gilbert, self-styled private eye, takes on his toughest case when he finds a duck in the elevator of his housing project. In this easy-to-read mystery, "the solution is credible, the plot is fresh, the style casual and natural."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 69
There is a season for all things. . . For Barnaby Skye, legendary guide and man of the borders, it is time to start a new life. For Skye's younger wife, the beautiful Shoshone woman he calls Mary, it is time to find the beloved son she has not seen in seven years. For Skye's half-blood son, North Star, it is time to discover who he is. And for Skye's older Crow wife, Victoria, the whole world is spinning out of control. In this sweeping novel of the early West, Skye and his wives and son cope with radical change as the wilderness vanishes, the buffalo are slaughtered, and the government puts the tribes on reservation lands. How can people born and bred to tribal life learn to live another way? Their struggle takes the Skyes from the Crazy Mountains in Montana to St. Louis and the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, wrestling with the tide of settlers and the new settlements that dot the western plains and mountains - a tide that leaves no good place for... Views: 69
An illicit affair... Attorney Adam Justice was facing the most personal and potentially dangerous case of his career when the body of his wife and her lover were discovered in a seven-year-old car wreck. An illegal marriage... Even more mysterious was attorney Whitney West's part in it all. She appeared on Adam's doorstep, claiming his wife wasn't really his wife, but a stranger he only thought he knew - a stranger who'd made him her executor of the thirty-million-dollar estate. Was Adam more intrigued by the lovely lady - or by the revelations she brought to light? Views: 69
The morbidly monotonous Dullsville has finally become the most exciting place on earth now that Raven is madly in love with her hot vampire boyfriend Alexander, and a crew of vampires has taken residence in Dullsville's old mill. Raven discovers Jagger's plan to open a new club, The Crypt, right here in Dullsville. But is it her dream come true, or her worst nightmare? Raven and Alexander have to figure out what the nefarious vampire has in store for Dullsville's teen and vampire population. Can Raven convince Jagger to listen to her plans to make the Crypt the morbidly magnificent dance club it could be? Will it be safe for mortals and vampires alike? And as Sebastian and Luna's relationship heats up, Raven wonders about her own amorous fate: Will Alexander ever turn her? Does he crave her and does he want to spend eternity together? And what does she really want? Views: 69
In this epic of unsurpassed action and imagination, Michael Stackpole helps to launch an exciting era in Star Wars® history. ONSLAUGHT pits the battle-tested heroes of the past--Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa Solo--along with the next generation of Jedi and droids, against fearsome never-before-encountered enemies from beyond the galactic rim . . .It is a perilous time for the New Republic. Just when unity is needed most, mistrust is on the rise. Even the Jedi feel the strain, as rogue elements rebel against Luke's leadership. When alien invaders known as the Yunnan Vong strike without warning, the New Republic is thrown on the defensive. Merciless warriors, the Yunnan Vong glory in torture. Their technology is as strange as it is deadly. Most ominous of all, they are impervious to the Force.Now Luke must wield all the awesome powers of a Jedi Master to defeat the gravest threat since Darth Vader. As Leia and Gavin Darklighter lead desperate... Views: 69
The year is 2054. Global Warming, disease, famine, and war have decimated the human population. Alan Trent, a particularly ambitionless man, who avoids trouble "just like I avoid poison oak and all other things uncomfortable," finds a set of journals while scavenging through a house for food in what used to be Washington State. The journal's author was a woman named Claire Huston. Her words inspire Alan to continue writing in her journals in the hope that by doing so "her humanity will somehow stay alive ...." She also causes him to do something wholly uncharacteristic -- rescue a boy from a group of men. He rescues the boy all right, but it's much more complicated than that. What follows is a deadly game of hide-and-seek, hardship, and survival, where, at every turn, Alan is forced to confront his own humanity. Views: 69
The terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page! Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally -- and he finds himself stranded in the middle of San Francisco as it crumbles and burns to the ground. Does Leo have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster? The I SURVIVED series continues with another thrilling story of a boy caught in one of history's most terrifying disasters! Views: 69
The exciting debut of a snappy, spirited, and
irresistible mystery series from beloved and bestselling author Linda
Greenlaw In her bestselling nonfiction book All Fishermen
Are Liars, Linda Greenlaw confessed a desire to write fiction -- and readers
responded with an enthusiastic "Please do!" At last, she satisfies their hunger
with this sharp-witted, compulsively readable mystery, the first in a series
featuring marine investigator Jane Bunker. When Jane moves back to the
sleepy Maine fishing community where she was born, it's to escape the seamy
crime scenes and unsavory characters that crossed her path in Miami. Surely
whatever crimes are committed in touristy, idyllic Green Haven won't involve
anything as nasty as what she saw in Florida. It's a bit of a shock, then, when
Nick Dow, the town drunk, turns up dead, and it's not the simple accident that
everyone assumes it to be. Jane soon discovers that Dow wasn't even a drunk --
it was all an act. But why? And what does it have to do with a heated town hall
meeting about fishing rights and paternity suits? The more Jane digs, the more
confused she gets. Only two things are certain: Nothing is what it seems; and
the whole town is in each other's business. But it's not until Jane impulsively
hops on a boat with the killer -- a boat that suddenly heads out to sea -- that
things become downright dangerous . . . As she proved in The Hungry
Ocean, no one knows the sea like Linda Greenlaw. And as she proved in The
Lobster Chronicles, no one has a better way with the telling details of
Maine village life. This new mystery series features everything readers want: a
great setting, wonderful characters, an authentic and original detective -- and
a story that will keep them on the edge of their seats. Views: 69
THE AGENT'S SECRETYears ago, Alex Waterstone had been reckless and charming—every girl's dream date. But Heather Mahoney never really dated—she hadn't even gone to the prom. Still, she would go to a wedding—hers. And Alex would make the perfect groom….Secret agent Waterstone was knee-deep in an undercover mission, but Heather's teasing smile had his mind elsewhere. Yet even a kiss was forbidden, for showing he cared would make the innocent beauty a target. And Alex would risk anything to keep Heather safe. Still, who would protect this bachelor's heart from love?The Bridal Circle: They dreamed of marrying and leaving their small town behind—but soon discovered there's no place like home for true love! Views: 69
