Browsing: Mysteries

Jimmy Lee comes from a long line of scoundrels in Appalachian Ohio. He seems doomed to follow in his family’s criminal footsteps — until a high school essay contest changes his life forever…

After discovering a terrorist plot to blow up the Mackinac Bridge, survival expert Rod Eliot vows to prevent disaster. But will the police believe a man with a criminal conviction? “Hums with tension… A backwoods race to a sobering and believable conclusion” (Booklist).

This award-winning novel is “masterfully conceived and crafted… [with] passion and jealousy, intrigue and danger” (Booklist). As Europe begins to feel the tightening grip of Nazi oppression, three young friends grapple with love, art, and sacrifice.

A New York Times bestseller hailed as “a triumph” (Publishers Weekly): A Chinese immigrant reveals a lifetime of secrets to her Americanized daughter in this “beautiful book” (Los Angeles Times) from the author of The Joy Luck Club.

“L’Amour is the kind of storyteller who makes the wolves come out of the woods to listen” (People). Ruthless gunmen, rancorous feuds, courageous heroes — the Wild West comes to life in this gripping series of adventures from an all-time master of frontier fiction!

When a woman is brutally murdered, Manchester detective Jon Spicer goes hunting for a killer terrorizing Saddleworth Moor. “Atmospheric, psychologically astute, and emotionally literate” (The Guardian).

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to catch a murder suspect on the run! Can she survive long enough to collect her reward? “The Evanovich/Plum books [are] good fun” (The Washington Post).