Estos títulos se agregaron recientemente a la colección de las Bibliotecas del Valle de Yakima.
The house of Cross [large print]
Patterson, James, 1947- autor.
In Washington, DC, the president-elect is planning her inauguration. The list of Supreme Court candidates is highly confidential — until it becomes evidence in Detective Alex Cross’s toughest investigation. One candidate is gunned down. A second is stabbed. A third is murdered near midnight on a city street. Cross is the FBI’s top expert in criminal behavior, but while leading the investigation, Cross's wife Bree and partner John Sampson vanish. For the sake of his family, his city, and his country, he must put himself in the most dangerous place there is: inside the mind of a diabolical killer. ....
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The waiting [large print]
Connelly, Michael, 1956- autor.
Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty years ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the city of angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles. Meanwhile, Ballard’s badge, gun, and ID are stolen—a theft she can’t report without giving her enemies in the department ammunition to end her career as a detective. She works the burglary alone, but her mission draws her into unexpected danger. With no choice but to go outside the department for help, she knocks on the door of Harry Bosch. At the same time, Ballard takes on a new volunteer to the cold case unit: Bosch’s daughter Maddie, now a patrol officer. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city’s library of lost souls — a case that may be the most iconic in the city’s history. ....
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The mirror [large print]
Roberts, Nora, autora.
In need of an escape from her ex-fiance's betrayal, and the lucky recipient of a surprise inheritance, Sonya MacTavish leaves behind her life in the city and moves to a Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine. The house is beautiful but comes with surprises - footsteps in the night, doors slamming, music playing - and in her dreams Sonya sees glimpses of the past and the brides who once lived there. As the house reveals more of its history and the sad stories of the brides murdered there, Sonya discovers an antique mirror. She finds herself drawn to the mirror, sensing it holds dark secrets. What can the mirror tell her? Can it help her to understand how the seven brides died? Sonya will need the help of her friends and family if she has any chance of breaking the curse and making this house her home.....
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Open season [large print]
Kellerman, Jonathan, autor.
People come to Los Angeles to chase their dreams. Sometimes they find themselves cast into a nightmare. And sometimes, the most ardent dreamers turn out to be the most vicious monsters. The body of an aspiring actress is found dumped near a hospital emergency room. She’s been drugged and murdered and the motive for the callous crime remains maddeningly out of reach. Until, a prime suspect materializes. Another Hollywood hopeful. Only to be shot dead by a sniper using a weapon that turns out to have been catalogued in a previous murder. And another, before that. It’s not long before more bodies begin piling up. What makes the murderous spree baffling is the apparent lack of connection among the victims. Is this the work of a random thrill killer, the toughest of all cases to unravel? But as Alex and Milo dig deeper they’re faced with an even knottier scenario: a highly complex killer with deep-seated motivation that will require all of their highly honed skills to decipher. ....
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Resurrection [large print] : a novel
Acero, Danielle, autor.
Darcy Gray's perfect life falls apart when a surprise visit to her husband leads to a horrible shock. She flees to visit her daughter in Paris, where a worldwide health crisis strands her indefinitely. There, she finds refuge with a widowed American engineer and beings to imagine a new life.....
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The mighty red [large print] : a novel
Erdrich, Louise, autor.
The Mighty Red is a novel of tender humor, disturbance, and hallucinatory mourning. It is about on-the-job pains and immeasurable satisfactions, a turbulent landscape, and eating the native weeds growing in your backyard. It is about ordinary people who dream, grow up, fall in love, struggle, endure tragedy, carry bitter secrets; men and women both complicated and contradictory, flawed and decent, lonely and hopeful. It is about a starkly beautiful prairie community whose members must cope with devastating consequences as powerful forces upend them. As with every book this great modern master writes, The Mighty Red is about our tattered bond with the earth, and about love in all of its absurdity and splendor.....
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A happier life [large print] : a novel
Harvey, Kristy Woodson, autora.
The historic houses in the seaside town of Beaufort, North Carolina, have held the secrets of their inhabitants for centuries. One of the most enduring refuses to be washed away by the tide: What happened to Rebecca and Townsend Saint James on that fateful night of their disappearance in 1976? Now, the granddaughter they never knew, Keaton Smith, is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort on the market, she jumps at the chance to head south. But the moment she steps foot inside the abandoned house, which has been closed for nearly fifty years, she wonders if she’s bitten off more than she can chew. Wading through the detritus of her grandparents’ lives, Keaton finds herself enchanted by their southern traditions—and their great, big love. As she gets to know her charming next-door neighbor, his precocious ten-year-old son, and a flock of endearingly feisty town busybodies, Keaton begins to wonder if the stories she has been told about her grandparents are true. 1976: After meeting her adoring husband Townsend, Rebecca "Becks" Saint James abandoned the life she knew and never looked back. Forty years later, she's made a name for herself as the best hostess North Carolina has ever seen. Her annual summer suppers have become the stuff of legend, and locals and out-of-towners alike clamor for an invitation to her stunning historic home. But she's struggling behind the façade. Becks strives to make the lives of those around her as easy as possible, but this summer she is facing a dilemma that even she can't solve. And as the end of the season looms, she is brought to a decision she never wanted to make. As both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters, they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane, which has protected the secrets, hopes, and dreams of the women in their family for generations.....
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The last one at the wedding [large print] : a novel
Rekulak, Jason, author.
Contraportada.....
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Black woods, blue sky [large print] : a novel
Ivey, Eowyn, author.
Birdie’s keeping it together; of course she is. So she’s a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she’s getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature. Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she’s ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well. Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains, on the far side of the Wolverine River. It’s just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it’s idyllic and she can picture a happily ever after: Together they catch salmon, pick berries, and climb mountains so tall it’s as if they could touch the bright blue sky. But soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have ever imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful. Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life—about what we gain and what it might cost us.....
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Hard to kill [large print]
Patterson, James, 1947- autor.
La abogada Jane Smith está preparando una defensa penal imposible. Su cliente, Rob Jacobson, es el más desafortunado de los afortunados. Tan pronto como se le acusa de matar a una familia de tres miembros en los Hamptons, una segunda familia es asesinada a tiros. No es un doble riesgo. No es un doble asesinato. Es un doble triple homicidio. La carrera de Jane abarca desde policía de la policía de Nueva York hasta los tribunales de Hamptons. Ella es difícil de vencer. Ella es aún más difícil de matar. Es posible que la defensa nunca descanse...
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Karla's choice [large print]
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020, creator.
An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway. It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war against the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumor that George Smiley might almost be happy. But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Szusanna, a Hungarian émigré and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But in his absence, the shadows of Moscow have lengthened. Smiley soon finds himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come and set him on a collision course with the greatest enemy he will ever make. Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in John le Carré's George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Karla's Choice marks a momentous return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer.....
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We all live here [large print]
Moyes, Jojo, 1969- autor.
Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is... complicated. So when her real dad-a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago-suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.....
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The seventh veil of Salome [large print]
Moreno-García, Silvia, autor.
"A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine--but the real drama is behind the scenes..."--Provided by publisher.....
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Nicked [large print]
Anderson, MT, autor.
Es el año 1087 y la viruela azota la ciudad portuaria italiana de Bari. Cuando San Nicolás visita a un humilde monje en sus sueños, interpreta la visión como una llamada a la acción. Pero sus superiores y los poderosos a quienes sirven tienen planes diferentes para el tierno hermano Nicéforo. Ingresa Tyun, un carismático cazador de tesoros famoso por "liberar" reliquias sagradas de sus tumbas. Los huesos de San Nicolás, de seiscientos años de antigüedad, descansan en la lejana Myra, explica Tyun, y se rumorea que lloran un líquido misterioso que puede curar a los enfermos. Por el humilde precio de una pequeña fortuna, Tyun robará los huesos y los entregará a Bari, curando la plaga y devolviendo la gloria a la ciudad caída. Y Nicéforo, el "soñador", será su guía. Lo que sigue es un atraco para todas las edades, ya que Nicéforo es arrastrado por mareas extrañas (y junto con compañeros de cama aún más extraños) para cometer un acto de sacrilegio. Basada en relatos históricos reales, Nicked es una aventura tremendamente imaginativa, que desafía el género y deliciosamente queer, llena de romance, intriga y asombro ante el mundo que nos espera más allá de nuestras propias fronteras.....
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Red River Road [large print] : a novel
Downes, Anna, autora.
Katy Sweeney está decidida a encontrar a su hermana. Un año antes, apenas tres semanas después de iniciar un viaje en solitario en furgoneta, Phoebe, una mujer de espíritu libre, desapareció sin dejar rastro en la remota y hermosa Coral Coast de Australia Occidental. Sin testigos, pistas ni pruebas de ADN, el caso se ha estancado. Pero Katy se niega a darse por vencida. Utilizando las cuentas de redes sociales de Phoebe como mapa, Katy comienza a volver sobre sus pasos, buscando las pistas que la policía ha pasado por alto. ¿La estaban siguiendo? ¿A quién había conocido en el camino y qué peligro representaban? ¿Era tan feliz como sus fotos desteñidas por el sol y con destellos en la lente parecen sugerir? Entonces, el camino de Katy choca con el de Beth, una joven que huye de su propio pasado oscuro... y de su presente muy reciente. Y cuando Katy se da cuenta de que Beth podría ser su mejor y única oportunidad de encontrar la verdad, las dos mujeres forman una alianza incómoda para aventurarse en un territorio cada vez más salvaje para descubrir qué le sucedió realmente a Phoebe en este lugar impresionante pero tal vez mortal, y cómo su destino las conecta a todas...
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Paranoia [large print]
Patterson, James, 1947- autor.
At every death scene, Bennett says a prayer over the victim. But recently, too many of departed have been fellow cops. 'I want you to look at these deaths on special assignment,' NYPD Inspector Celeste Cantor says. 'Report only to me.' Bennett excels as a solo investigator. But he's chasing a killer who feeds on isolation -- and paranoia.....
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On the hunt [large print]
Johansen, Iris, autor.
Kira Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Golden Retriever, Mack, to investigate the horrific bombing of a museum in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. What she doesn’t know is that one powerful man has a special reason to find the person responsible. Jack Harlan has all the money in the world, but it can’t bring his brother back. His sibling was murdered during the theft of a scientific discovery that could have made the world a better place. Now, after a four-year search, Harlan learns that this bombing was the work of the same twisted man. Kira and her dog are in demand from law enforcement agencies all over the world, but Harlan convinces her to continue the investigation for his own purposes, wherever it may lead. So against her better judgment, Kira finds herself on the hunt, placing her trust in Harlan. For what she hopes is justice. When what he may be seeking is vengeance.....
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Into the sunset [large print]
Connealy, Mary, author.
To finally escape the clutches of her controlling husband and the threat of being recommitted to an asylum, Ginny Rutledge enlists the help of her friends, Maeve O'Toole and Dakota Harlan. Fleeing their own tumultuous pasts, the group embarks on a journey to prove Ginny's sanity. However, as they confront the shadows they wish they could forget, danger looms from unexpected places. Maeve grapples with her mother's impending remarriage and seizes a rare chance to escape her homestead--but that means reuniting with Dakota, the man she holds responsible for her father's death, who is caught in the crosshairs of a vengeful family. As the two of them navigate their shared history and a dangerous mission, Dakota is forced to confront his deepest fears and fight for the woman who has unwittingly captured his heart.....
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A death in Cornwall [large print] : a novel
Silva, Daniel, 1960- autor.
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary. The victim is Charlotte Blake, a celebrated professor of art history from Oxford who spends her weekends in the same seaside village where Gabriel once lived under an assumed identity. Her murder appears to be the work of a diabolical serial killer who has been terrorizing the Cornish countryside. But there are a number of telltale inconsistencies, including a missing mobile phone. And then there is the mysterious three-letter cypher she left behind on a notepad in her study. Gabriel soon discovers that Professor Blake was searching for a looted Picasso worth more than a $100 million, and he takes up the chase for the painting as only he can--with six Impressionist canvases forged by his own hand and an unlikely team of operatives that includes a world-famous violinist, a beautiful master thief, and a lethal contract killer turned British spy.....
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Lone wolf [large print]
Hurwitz, Gregg, autor.
Evan Smoak, que alguna vez fue un asesino del gobierno de libro negro conocido como Orphan X, abandonó el programa, se sumergió en la clandestinidad y se reinventó como alguien que irá a cualquier parte y arriesgará todo para ayudar a los verdaderamente desesperados que no tienen a quién acudir. Desde entonces, Evan ha luchado contra los sindicatos del crimen internacional y los cárteles de la droga, se ha enfrentado a las personas más poderosas del mundo e incluso ha derribado a un presidente. Luchando con una crisis personal inesperada, Evan vuelve a los fundamentos de su misión, y esta vez, la verdaderamente desesperada es una niña que quiere que encuentre a su perro perdido. No es su misión habitual, y Evan no la acepta con entusiasmo, pero este pequeño e improbable trabajo rápidamente se convierte en su misión más grande hasta el momento. uno que lo encuentra golpeado entre retorcidos multimillonarios tecnócratas de IA, una misteriosa asesina que parece un espejo de sí mismo y riesgos personales tan desgarradores que apenas puede encontrarles sentido. La misión de Evan lo lleva al límite: debe encontrar y derrotar al asesino conocido sólo como el Lobo, antes de que ella logre completar su misión y matar a las personas que pueden identificarla: una hija adolescente de su último objetivo y el propio Evan. . Habilidad por habilidad, instinto por instinto, Evan debe burlar a un oponente que literalmente no se detendrá ante nada si quiere sobrevivir...
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The boyfriend [large print]
McFadden, Freida, autor.
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. Then she meets Tom. Tom is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Before she knows it, Sydney is swept off her feet. But the brutal murder of a young woman--the latest in a string of deaths across the coast--confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them. Sydney should feel safe. After all, she has Tom, the man of her dreams. But she can't shake her own horrifying suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth soon, she'll be the killer's next victim.....
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The author's guide to murder [large print] : a novel
Williams, Beatriz, author.
There’s been a sensational murder at historic Castle Kinloch, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland. Literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley has been found dead—under bizarre circumstances—in the castle tower’s book-lined study. Years ago, Presley purchased the castle as a showpiece for his brand and to lure paying guests with a taste for writerly glamour. Now it seems, the castle has done him in…or, possibly, one of the castle’s guests has. Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh, a local with no love for literary Americans, finds himself with the unenviable task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists. The prime suspects are Kat de Noir, a slinky erotica writer; Cassie Pringle, a Southern mom of six juggling multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott, a New England blue blood and author of critically acclaimed historical fiction. The women claim to be best friends writing a book together, but the authors’ stories about how they know Brett Saffron Presley don’t quite line up, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious. Why did the authors really come to Castle Kinloch? And what really happened the night of the great Kinloch ceilidh, when Brett Saffron Presley skipped the folk dancing for a rendezvous with death? ....
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Far from home [large print] : a novel
Acero, Danielle, autor.
In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler. Then her world falls apart. She receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Now, holding a French passport handed to her by another high-level collaborator, she is whisked away from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety. As the Allies storm the beaches, she goes into hiding in a small village in Normandy under an assumed name, unable to contact her adult children. There, she forms a friendship with Sebastien Renaud, whose wife and daughter were deported in 1941, and who eventually reveals himself as a forger in the Resistance. As war rages on, Arielle and Sebastien work for the Resistance and hold out for the time when they can search for their loved ones. ....
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The house in the Cerulean Sea [large print]
Klune, TJ, autor.
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they're likely to bring about the end of days. But the children aren't the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn. An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place-and realizing that family is yours.....
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Playground [large print] : a novel
Powers, Richard, 1957- autor.
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island’s residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away. Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity.......
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The inmate [large print]
McFadden, Freida, autor.
Hay tres reglas que Brooke Sullivan debe seguir como nueva enfermera practicante en una prisión de máxima seguridad para hombres: 1) Tratar a todos los prisioneros con respeto. 2) Nunca reveles ninguna información personal. 3) Nunca NUNCA seas demasiado amigable con los reclusos. Pero ninguno de los miembros del personal de la prisión sabe que Brooke ya ha roto las reglas. Nadie sabe acerca de su conexión íntima con Shane Nelson, uno de los reclusos más notorios y peligrosos de la penitenciaría. Y ciertamente no saben que Shane era la novia de Brooke en la secundaria, el mariscal de campo estrella que ahora pasa el resto de su vida en prisión por una serie de horripilantes asesinatos. O que el testimonio de Brooke fue lo que lo llevó allí. Pero Shane lo sabe... Y nunca lo olvidará.....
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To die for [large print]
Baldacci, David, autor.
Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he's given. But this time it's not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle, who's under federal investigation. Instead, he's hoping to lay low and keep off the radar of an enemy-the girl on the train. But as Devine gets to know Betsy, questions begin to arise around the death of her parents. Devine digs for answers, and what he finds points to a conspiracy bigger than he could've ever imagined. It might finally be time for Devine and the girl on the train to come face-to-face. Devine is going to find out the difference between his friends and his enemies-and in some cases, they might well be both.....
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The booklover's library [large print] : a novel
Martin, Madeline, author.
"In England, Emma Taylor finds herself in desperate need of a job. She and her daughter Olivia have always managed just fine on their own, but with the legal restrictions prohibiting widows with children from most employment opportunities, she's left with only one option: persuading the manageress at Boots' Booklover's Library to take a chance on her. When the threat of war in England becomes a reality, Olivia must be evacuated to the countryside and Emma seeks a renewed sense of purpose. As the Blitz intensifies and Emma fights to reunite with her daughter, she must learn to depend on her community and the power of literature to find hope in the darkest of times."--Back cover.....
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Three days in June [large print]
Tyler, Anne, author.
Gail Baines is long divorced from her husband, Max, and not especially close to her grown daughter, Debbie. To start, Gail loses her job-or quits, depending who you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Max arrives unannounced on Gail's doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay and without even a suit in which to walk their daughter down the aisle. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband-to-be. It will not only throw the wedding itself into question but also send Gail back into her past and how her own relationship fell apart. ....
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Good dirt [large print] : a novel
Wilkerson, Charmaine, author.
When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The crime was never solved--and because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New England--the case has had an enduring, voyeuristic pull for the public. The last thing the Freemans want is another media frenzy splashing their family across the papers, but when Ebby's high profile romance falls apart without any explanation, that's exactly what they get. So Ebby flees to France, only for her past to follow her there. And as she tries to process what's happened, she begins to think about the other loss her family suffered on that day eighteen years ago--the stoneware jar that had been in their family for generations, brought North by an enslaved ancestor. But little does she know that the handcrafted piece of pottery held more than just her family's history--it might also hold the key to unlocking her own future.....
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The wedding people [large print] : a novel
Espach, Alison, 1984- author.
Contraportada.....
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Sandwich [large print] : a novel
Newman, Catherine, 1968- autor.
Durante las últimas dos décadas, Rocky ha esperado con ansias la escapada anual de su familia a Cape Cod. Su humilde ciudad costera alquilada ha sido escenario de dulces recuerdos, días soleados, excelentes comidas y líos de todo tipo: emocional, conyugal y, gracias a las antiguas tuberías de la cabaña, también séptico. Las vacaciones de este año, con Rocky atrapada entre sus hijos ya mayores y sus padres ya mayores, prometen ser tan deliciosas como los veranos anteriores, excepto, tal vez, por los ataques hormonales de ira y melancolía de Rocky. (¡Hola, menopausia!) Su cuerpo está cambiando y su vida también. Y luego, una cadena de acontecimientos envía a Rocky al pasado, reviviendo tanto la ternura como la tristeza de un puñado de veranos lejanos. Es una semana preciosa: todo está en equilibrio; todo está en constante cambio. Y cuando Rocky se enfrenta cara a cara con la historia y el futuro de su familia, se ve obligada a aceptar que ya no puede ocultar sus secretos a las personas que ama...
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