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Title: A Perfect Scar & Other Stories |
| Author: Trebor Healey | |
| ISBN: 978-1560236740 | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
A collection of characters trying to find themselves--and a little peace in
the process.
Sublime short stories bound together by folly, fate, and passion.
A Perfect Scar and Other Stories is a whimsical, sly, and slightly crazy collection
of short stories from award-winning novelist, poet, and songwriter Trebor
Healey. These 11 tales cover a lot of ground, including AIDS, aging, death,
eroticism, tattoos, and multiculturalism all told with humor, insight, and
Healey's rich, lyrical touch. This sometimes poignant, sometimes erotic assortment
of fauns, punks, cowboy dykes, old men with swollen prostates, young men
with criminal records, and gangsters doomed by their own beauty and grace
are bound together by folly, fate, and passion in their search to find some
semblance of peace in the world.
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Title: Addled |
| Author: JoeAnn Hart | |
| ISBN: 0-316-01500-8 | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
When Charles Lambert, a bond trader with a sensitive side and a faltering golf
game, accidentally kills a goose with a wayward drive, he sets in motion a
series of events that will, by Labor Day, leave the club's members and its
staff changed forever. His wife, Madeline, must face the mutterings of other
members about the state of her marriage, at the same time trying to ignore
the solicitude of an exceptionally attractive lifeguard. Meanwhile, their daughter,
an animal rights activist, mounts a quixotic campaign to make the entire club
go vegan, much to the annoyance of Vita, a talented, obsessive chef who will
stop at nothing to arouse the appetites and desires of her diners. Observing
it all from her perch next to a roaring fire is Arietta Wingate, the wizened
society matron who presides over one of Eden Rock's oddest and most secret
traditions, one with drastic implications for the club's next generation.
This debut novel is a deftly observed social comedy, a rich and riotous story of old money, new ideas, and the power of passion to disrupt even the most orderly of worlds.
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Title: Orinoco |
| Author: James A. Ciullo | |
| ISBN: 1594145539 or 978-1594145537 | |
| Genre: Mystery/Suspense | |
ORINOCO is a mystery/suspense novel. Conspirators are attempting to terrorize
Joe LaCarta and force him to abandon his US Senate race in Vermont. They resurrect
an event long since laid to rest. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela in
the 1970s, LaCarta and his cohorts pulled off a heist of art looted by the
Nazis in WWII, liquidating the proceeds to fund their programs into perpetuity.
Now, twenty-five years later, they discover that the heist was not the win-win
proposition they had thought. There were sinister actors on that same stage,
hovering along Venezuela's mysterious Orinoco River.
This novel should appeal to mystery and suspense aficionados who enjoy a fast read with unexpected twists, and especially to those interested in politics, world affairs, exotic international settings, deniable espionage, and undercurrents of Nazi nefariousness. There are several interesting female characters, including an investigative reporter who becomes Joe's lover, and young Marialena Morales, the principal character in MARACAIBO, the sequel that is in the works.
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Title: The Serpent's Kiss |
| Author: Mark Terry | |
| ISBN: 978-0-7387-0882-9 | |
| Genre: Thriller | |
The Serpent's Kiss is the second Derek Stillwater novel. In The
Serpent's Kiss,
Homeland Security troubleshooter Derek Stillwater, former Special Forces
expert on biological and chemical warfare and terrorism, is called to Detroit
to investigate the scene of a sarin gas attack. Before Derek and the local
authorities can get far in their investigation, the killer, calling himself
The Serpent, demands a ransom or he will strike again. With FBI Agent Jill
Church, Derek races against time to prevent bigger and bigger attacks, trying
to get ahead of a terrorist who seems to be one step ahead of the authorities.
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Title: Norman Babbit, Scientist |
| Author: Rob Loughran | |
| ISBN: 1-4241-1447-0 | |
| Genre: Juvenile/YA | |
Norman Babbit never thought seventh grade would be like this! When Norman skipped
a grade and entered junior high a year early he thought his life would be
great. But the school bully forces Norman to do his homework, his little
sister is a brat, his older brother is trying to fill in for his deceased
father and his mother thinks all Norman's problems are dietary. If it weren't
for his best friend Chris and his pet owl Luigi, Norman would go crazy. With
the deadline for his science project approaching as fast as a showdown with
the bully, Norman simply has too many problems and no solutions.
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Title: The King of Colored Town |
| Author: Darryl Wimberley | |
| ISBN: 1592641814 | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
There are good people and bad on both sides of the tracks that divide Laureate
from 'Colored Town.' Our instruction in that hard truth comes as we follow
two African-American teens, Cilla Handsom and Joe Billy King, as they endure
the backlash resulting from the integration of their segregated school with
the all-white school run by Lafayette County's all-white school board. The
issue of the education of Laureate's children will expose hatreds on both sides
of the color divide. Cilla will emerge from her ordeal carrying scars and grace
to become a widely-traveled classical musician. Joe Billy will be found hanging
from the bars of his cell in a Florida penitentiary. Their moving, intertwined
dramas put courage, cowardice, loyalty and betrayal side by side in an eloquent,
evocative narrative where the demons and angels of a time and place are portrayed
in black and white.
[STARRED REVIEW] "Wimberley paints complex characters against a backdrop of brutally violent racial oppression... Truly heartfelt storytelling." -Kirkus Reviews
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Title: Horns of a Dilemma |
| Author: Jo A Hiestand | |
| ISBN: 1-59133-204-4 | |
| Genre: English mystery | |
Things seem comfortably routine that Ash Wednesday evening in the English village
of Hollingthorpe---the regulars have come together to turn the Devil's Stone,
the age-old custom of shifting a one-ton boulder in the churchyard. Yet within
minutes of shifting the great boulder that evening, misfortune---or someone---does
strike. One of the participants lies beside the stone, very dead and very bloody.
The CID Team from the Derbyshire Constabulary thinks that solving the case will be a snap. After all, isn't their boss, Detective-Chief Inspector Geoffrey Graham, right there and a possible witness, one of the stone-turning participants? But things never seem to be that easy. No one, evidently, has seen a thing, including Graham. And those who might have observed the terror aren't talking. Is it fear, the particularly vicious attack, or murmured threats that keep everyone mum?
Detective-Sergeant Brenna Taylor and the others of the police
team quickly become embroiled not only in the problems of the villagers but
also in a web of deceit. Is the halfwit brother of David Willett really mentally
disturbed or merely putting on an act? And why does murder seem to follow David
here from his home village (in Sainted Murder)? The owner of the hair salon
has a history of domestic violence and hard time---could he be involved? Or
does a terrifying person from Graham's past have something to do with the deception?
Is this deception linked with the disappearance of the vicar's son? Could the
boy know something incriminating, leaving the killer no choice but to dispose
of a potential witness?
The investigations seem to plod onward, giving the Murder Team no big clues
until a red rose is found near the murder site. When WPC MacMillan goes to
the wood to investigate, she is attacked, left for dead, beaten in the same
manner as the original murder. Has she discovered something in the wood or
close to the rose that identifies the killer?
In the midst of the murder and missing child investigations Brenna steals a few precious moments with her new boyfriend. Yet, even though their shared time is brief, it hints that they might have a future together, and Brenna begins to wean her emotions from Graham to focus on Adam. But in a midnight, rain-lashed forest, a heart-wrenching episode with Graham threatens to destroy her resolve. And through it all, the killer silently slips into and out of their lives, thumbing his nose at her and the entire CID team, ready to strike again.
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Title: Malice In Metropolis |
| Author: Lonnie Cruse | |
| ISBN: 09785880-3-7 | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
In this, the fourth book of the Metropolis Mystery Series, Sheriff Joe Dalton
is dodging bombs and bullets as a determined killer chases HIM this time.
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Title: Wearing the Spider |
| Author: Susan Schaab | |
| ISBN: 9781934291054 | |
| Genre: Thriller/Suspense | |
It starts with a simple unwanted kiss and evolves into a labyrinthine trail
of forgery and illusion, a hijacked identity, a corruption scandal involving
a U.S. Senator accused of channeling illegal benefits to a shady South American
firm, even kidnapping and murder. Wearing the Spider may be the only novel
to combine elements of sexual harassment, identity theft, and political scandal
into one high-tech plot set in the hard-driving corporate culture.
Evie Sullivan, a rising legal star on the fast track to partnership at her respected New York law firm, is being set up for a fall---a BIG fall. Besieged initially with seemingly innocuous recordkeeping errors, she overhears portions of a telephone conversation and her name is mentioned in a bizarre context. Then, she is blindsided by discoveries that are much more troubling: impersonation of her email username and unmistakable sabotage of one of her client projects causing a groundswell of doubt within the firm about her competence. Once her name is linked to a deal containing a questionable, and possibly illegal, arrangement, she has no choice but to conduct her own clandestine investigation to clear her name. An FBI agent confronts her with tough questions about murder and fraud as Evie's sleuthing leads her to suspect she's being framed by the renegade partner whose crude advances she rejected, but failed to report. As she searches for answers, the electronic evidence shifts and transforms behind a dynamic veil of security, and certain pieces of the puzzle simply disappear. How will she gather tangible evidence to prove her innocence among the elusive clues and carefully woven traps? At stake: not only her professional reputation and her future with the firm, not only a commission worth $25 million, but several lives.
In this intricately-plotted and memorable thriller, attorney and former computer consultant Susan Schaab draws on her expertise in intellectual property and technology law as well as computer systems design to create a fast-paced and thoroughly believable journey through corruption and intrigue---an exhilarating joyride that explores the complex relationships in a big-city law firm, where sexual harassment and manipulation may be more common than any statistics suggest.
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Title: High Steaks |
| Author: Rob Loughran | |
| ISBN: 1-930486-37-5 | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
Restaurant manager Davis O'Kane, on a routine health inspection, finds a dead
cocktail waitress in the walk-in freezer. While figuring out who-what-where-when-and-how,
Davis uncovers a plot that involves the IRS, the CIA, a method for cheating
at roulette, divorce, horse racing, mirth, practical jokers, the Vegas Syndicate,
one helluva barbecue, and more murder.
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Title: A Stroke of Courage |
| Author: Sandra L. Hardy | |
| ISBN: 1420853090 | |
| Genre: Juvenile Literary Fiction | |
Twelve-year-old Gillian is a very talented diver but that talent has become
an added weight on her already overloaded young shoulders. Besides having the
responsibility of household chores, homework, and diving class, she has a few
social problems. Her parents are angry with her and so are her teacher and
diving coach. And that doesn't include her fourteen-year-old neighbour, Danny,
who has begun scowling at her, and the jealous Sarah who torments her at diving
class, and of course what girl has a kid brother who doesn't enjoy making her
life miserable?
Only her friends Marla and Aunt Sully remain loyal to what might be termed "Team Gillian." But then, just after Gillian's accident, when she needs her support the most, Aunt Sully is forced to withdraw from the "Team." It is just too much! Gillian can't dive anymore! No one is that courageous! Or are they?
Can anyone turn this catastrophe into a blessing? Perhaps a baby? Or a cat? Or a young boy? Or a very sick elderly woman? But that's nonsense! Or is it?
Read excerpts from the book and some reviews online.
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Title: Firefly Island |
| Author: Daniel Arenson | |
| ISBN: 978-1594146015 | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
Discover a world at the edge of imagination...
A cruel king, his flesh made of stone, tyrannizes the enchanted Firefly Island. No sword or arrow can harm him. Aeolia, a servant girl, can magically share feelings and senses... even pain. Only she, by hurting herself, can hurt the mad monarch. But can she save the island from his grasp?
THE FIRST PARAGRAPH
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The little girl huddled in the corner, weeping silently. Her hair covered her
face, strewn with straw. Lice crawled in her kerchief. Her stockings were torn,
and her toes peeked out of holes in her shoes, blue with cold. She was hugging
a doll--a frayed, tattered thing that only her love made more than rags. Her
teardrops soaked the toy as she rocked it, and her lips mumbled into its ears.
"It'll be all right, Stuffings, don't be scared. I won't let the monster hurt you..."
Want to read more? Visit Daniel Arenson's website for the rest!
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Title: Christmasville |
| Author: Michael Dutton | |
| ISBN: 0978665503 | |
| Genre: Literary Fiction | |
For excerpts, please go online.
Christmasville provides a fabulous role model for young women and girls. The protagonist, Mary Jane Higgins, is a precocious and resourceful fourteen-year-old heroine (a la Joseph Campbell), who attempts to solve the riddle of Christmasville. Unswerving in her determination, she embarks on a series of perilous journeys, resolved to discover what lies beyond the boundaries of Christmasville, what seasons exist beyond the frigid embrace of winter. Along the way she discovers how tomatoes are named, where walnuts come from, the existence of roses and orchids. But: three camels? A shepherd boy with his lamb? A donkey?
Christmasville - a town nestled between magic and miracle, dream and deja vu.
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Title: M.P., A Novel of Vietnam |
| Author: John R. Schembra | |
| ISBN: 1920741631 | |
| Genre: War/historical fiction | |
M.P., A Novel of Vietnam is a work of fiction based in part on the experiences
of the author during his tour of duty as a military policeman in Vietnam in
1970. This gritty story gives the reader a view of what it was like to be a
combat M.P.
Blurb: June, 1967. As Vincent Torelli stepped off the plane at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, he was almost overwhelmed by the stench in the hot, humid air. He still had a hard time realizing he was in Vietnam. Drafted into the armed forces five months earlier, he ended up becoming a Military Policeman, assigned to the 557th MP Company at Long Binh Post just outside Bien Hoa City. His year tour of duty in Vietnam changes him from a somewhat naïve young man to a battle-hardened veteran. Through unlucky chance, Vince becomes involved in the ferocious '68 Tet Offensive, barely surviving the night. He sees and experiences things he could never have imagined before Vietnam.
This is Vince's story, of how he survived that year in Vietnam, how he coped with the hell he faced, of the friendships he formed, and of the sorrow of lives lost.
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Title: Girl Stories & Game Plays |
| Author: Betsy Robinson | |
| ISBN: 0-595-36055-6 | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
18 stories and 3 one-act plays for everyone who enjoys a good laugh, a cathartic
cry, and an entertaining tale.
Here's what readers have said:
"Your turns of phrase---creative freedom with language---turned me on
throughout; that's the reason why people still read. I laughed out loud! A
ticklish read from start to finish."
- Jason Love, syndicated humor writer
"I was seduced into believing these were just 'stories' and then was
zinged with surprising twists. The precision of the writing is gripping, dialogue
is riveting. Each story stands on its own but then becomes a part of a greater
whole, with some characters appearing and reappearing, as though they want
us to know them better."
- Diane Booth, psychotherapist
"Diverse, lively, often hilarious---includes the 2003 winner of Chronogram's
Fiction Contest."
- Chronogram, December 2005
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Title: The Call to Shakabaz |
| Author: Amy Wachspress | |
| ISBN: 978-0-9788350-2-6 | |
| Genre: Children's fantasy adventure | |
Four children and their pesky parrot travel to the distant fantasy land of
Faracadar on a quest to retrieve the powerful Staff of Shakabaz from the evil
enchanter Sissrath.
This book features all Black characters (unusual for the children's fantasy
adventure genre) and demonstrates the fundamental principles of nonviolence
as practiced by Dr. King. Bob Spear at Heartland Reviews recommends the book
for reluctant readers because it is so high interest, colorful, and action-packed
that it is hard to put it down. It has won an iParenting Media Award 2007.
The book was featured on the Bev Smith Show, where Bev told listeners to buy
the book and read it to each other. Great family read-aloud.
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Title: Sideline Ho |
| Author: C. J. Domino | |
| ISBN: 9780615141909 | |
| Genre: African American Romance | |
Behind a scandalous wife you might find a mistress who helped to make her that
way. Meet Bebe and Mercedes, two women who will take extreme measures to keep
their cheating husbands away from a woman who thinks love is simply a game---a
woman like Nikole Freeman. Will they stay, walk away, or stand and fight for
what is rightfully theirs? Grab your copy of Sideline
Ho by C. J. Domino, and
read along as these scorned wives find it necessary to transform into scheming
bitches as the real game begins...
Copies now available online.
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Title: June Bug |
| Author: Jess Lourey | |
| ISBN: 978-0-7387-0912-3 | |
| Genre: Humorous Mystery, Female Amateur Sleuth | |
80 years ago: The wealthy Krupps family loses a diamond necklace at the bottom
of Whiskey Lake and, shortly thereafter, their entire staff is fired, their
home is closed up, and Mr. Krupps vanishes without a trace....
Today: A newspaper contest to find the diamond sends greedy treasure seekers to nearby Battle Lake. But the kidnapping of a young girl darkens the friendly competition and Mira finds herself up to her Nut Goodies with a traveling theatre troupe, the cutthroat resort owners of her adopted hometown and a man she wishes had stayed in her past. Mira soon learns that the only way to save the girl is to find out what really happened to the Krupps family all those years ago.
June Bug is the second book in the Murder-by-Month Mysteries.
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