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Author
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"Like Hercules, Hercule Poirot had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot determines to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed "Labors." Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"A journalist, a journey, and the transformative power of forgiveness. Veteran journalist Megan Feldman had never considered herself a forgiving person. She'd just gone through a breakup and felt perfectly justified in hating her ex forever. But then she encountered a man who had truly forgiven the teenager who murdered his only son. How could anyone forgive that? Was there something wrong with him? Or was there something wrong with her? So Megan...
14546) An angel's touch
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Description
It's Christmas Eve...so what are Cathy and Don Angel doing in a bar in Boston with an archangel, a rule manual, and a seemingly impossible mission? It all began when the thirty-something Anghels left New York in a rush of traffic to join friends and family for Christmas Eve. The accident was inescapable and catastrophic, the aftermath, almost beyond belief...Don and Cathy are briefed by Gabriel himself. They're on probation, and must perform three...
14549) The Californios
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
The proud Californios, descendents of the Spanish Dons, were volatile - quick to love and just as quick to hate. They saw their way of life was in jeopardy and knew the futility of resistance. Amoung them was an American - a Yanqui - whose shared their perils and loved their life. It was he who had to face three of the hardest decisions any man can face - the least of which was whether he should fight for his own people or against them.
14550) The plainsman
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
After seeing his father set upon and stabbed, nothing will ever be the same for young Will Cody. He kills his first man at the age of ten, and the following years see him fight constant battles - against marauding Cheyenne, the Civil War, the Great Plains themselves, and merciless guerrilla fighters. But even spit-and-grit Will Cody - more famously known as Buffalo Bill - is only human...and has he finally met his match?
14551) East hope
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Several months after her husband's sudden death, and troubled by one night's indiscretion, Caroline Waverly seeks refuge in the house she's inherited in East Hope, Maine. There she finds the courage to face the consequences of her choices - her precarious finances, her alienated college-age son, and the man she left behind. Will Harmon also puts his old life behind him, arriving in East Hope to run the local used bookshop. As he questions his desires...
14552) The glory of green
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Wedding plans are underway, and Lois Barker is figuring out how to gracefully get rid of her groom's catfish collection -- stuffed, ceramic, and woven. Her husband-to-be Chris, on the other hand, has decided to get rid of something else: hishomestead, which he is giving to a needy Mexican family at church. Life is full of possibilities and the community of Green is tickled pink that their newspaper owner is settling down with one of their own. However,...
14553) Cat O'Nine Tales
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Description
An English lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune. Another man, an accountant, realizes he's achieved nothing in his life-and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is the author's own favorite, "In the Eye of the Beholder," about a star athlete who has a fateful run-in with a three-hundred-pound woman. Some of these twelve stories were inspired by the two years Jeffrey Archer spent...
14556) Whisper on the wind
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Belgium, 1916. A small, underground newspaper is the only thing offering occupied Brussels hope - and real news of the war. The paper may be a small whisper amid the shouts of the German army, but Edward Kirkland will do anything to keep it in print. Meanwhile, Isa Lassone, a Belgian-American socialite whose parents whisked her to safety at the start of the war, sneaks back into the country to rescue those dearest to her: Edward and his mother.
14559) Rough seas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Join debutante-gone-detective Molly DeWitt as she finds herself in hot water in these two timeless mysteries. Hot Money: The Save the Environment gala has Molly DeWitt and dashing detective Michael O'Hara swimming with society sharks when Molly hooks the most endangered species of all: the late chairwoman of the affair. Tessa was no saint, and the rich shed crocodile tears for the departed philanthropist. Now the question Molly needs to answer isn't...