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561) When you can't stop
Author
Series
Harper McDaniel novels volume 2
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Despite Harper McDaniel's best efforts, the man responsible for the murder of her husband and son was exonerated thanks to some slick legal wrangling. This blatant injustice has only made Harper more determined than ever to bring down the culprit. Her ammunition? Incriminating information about his olive oil operations in Italy. But the clues that she follows are leading her into the depths of a corrupt plot that is more poisonous and far-reaching...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"A nation shattered by its president's murder Two diaries that reveal the true scope of an American conspiracy A detective determined to bring the truth to light, no matter what it costs him From award-winning journalist Timothy L. O'Brien comes a gripping historical thriller that poses a provocative question: What if the plot to assassinate President Lincoln was wider and more sinister than we ever imagined? In late spring of 1865, as America...
563) JFK
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Director Oliver Stone seamlessly blends archival film with acted sequences in his version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which alleges that there was a massive plot and cover-up surrounding JFK's death.
564) The deceiver's heart
Author
Series
Traitor's game volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Audiobooks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Kestra Dallisor has finally gained possession of the Olden Blade. With the dagger in her control, she attempts to destroy the tyrannical Lord Endrick. But when Kestra fails, the king strips her of her memory, and leaves her weak and uncertain, bound to obey him. Heartbroken, Simon is desperate to return Kestra to the rebel she was, but refuses to use magic to heal her.
565) Steeplejack
Author
Series
Alternative detective volume 1
Publisher
Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Anglet Sutonga lives repairing the chimneys, towers, and spires of the city of Bar-Selehm. Dramatically different communities live and work alongside each other. The white Feldish command the nation's higher echelons of society. The native Mahweni are divided between city life and the savannah. And then there's Ang, part of the Lani community who immigrated over generations ago as servants and now mostly live in poverty on Bar-Selehm's...
Author
Series
Regency spies of London volume 3
Publisher
Waterfall Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Just as merchant's daughter Felicity Mayson is spurned once again because of her meager dowry, she receives an unexpected invitation to Lady Blackstone's country home. Being introduced to the wealthy Oliver Ratley is an admitted delight, as is his rather heedless yet inviting proposal of marriage. Only when another of Lady Blackstone's handsome guests catches Felicity's attention does she realize that nothing is what it seems at Doverton Hall.
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"At long last, Dak, Sera, and Riq travel back in time to the moment it all began. Their mission: to save the life of young Alexander the Great. But they are not the only time travelers in ancient Greece. An epic battle against their most dangerous foe awaits them...and history will be written by the victors.
569) Silent judgement
Author
Series
Silence novels (Zaire Crown) volume 2
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ordered to protect TV news personality Amelia Chess, an unapologetic Black conservative who has been receiving death threats, Silence starts to see what lies beneath her villainous persona, but when the threats turn real, he is drawn into a dangerous conspiracy where he must fight his personal demons to survive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Following a long but successful book tour, Joe Biden has one more stop before he can return home: Chicago. His old pal Barack Obama has invited him to meet a wealthy benefactor whose endorsement could turn the tide for Joe if he decides to run for president. The two friends barely have time to catch up before another mystery lands in their laps: Obama's prized Blackberry is stolen. When their number-one suspect winds up full of lead on the South Side,...
Publisher
Charles River Editors
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This short work presents the conception and development of the Serbian secret society, whose goal was the union of Serbs into a national state. Discusses the most infamous names attached to the society, and explores its boldest endeavors, including the one that may have triggered the First World War. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, readers will learn about the Black Hand like never before.
Author
Publisher
Spenser Publishing House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Overview of Three Book Story Two children savagely stoned to death in the California desert. Top employees of a U.S. defense contractor dying at an alarming rate. A cryptic message sent by a strange, secretive source warns the contractor's products have been corrupted and could be used against the U.S. Armed Forces. They all seem to be connected. But how? Only two men on earth are capable of putting it all together those men are Jack Wilder and Jeff...
573) Blood on the tracks
Author
Series
Sydney Rose Parnell novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A young woman is found brutally murdered, and the main suspect is the victim's fianc�e, a hideously scarred Iraq War vet known as the Burned Man. But railroad police Special Agent Sydney Rose Parnell, brought in by the Denver Major Crimes unit to help investigate, can't shake the feeling that large forces are behind this apparent crime of passion. In the depths of an icy winter, Parnell and her K9 partner, Clyde--both haunted by their time in Iraq--descend...
576) Valkyrie
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The only firsthand account of the failed German military plot to kill Hitler--told by one of the key conspirators--gives eloquent voice to the courageous spirit of the men whose honor could not be dimmed by the diabolical propaganda of the Third Reich.
577) The ancient nine
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Collins thinks his life at Harvard will be all about basketball and pre-med; hard workouts and grinding work in class. The friends he's made when he hits the storied ivy-clad campus from a very different life in urban Chicago are a happy bonus. But Spencer is about to be introduced to the most mysterious inner sanctum of the inner sanctum: to his surprise, he's in the running to be "punched" for one of Harvard's elite final clubs. The Delphic Club...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Babylon Berlin is one of the most critically acclaimed European televisions shows of the decade, a sumptuously paranoid thriller set in 1929 Berlin, a metropolis in turmoil. In Seasons 1 and 2, the glittering excesses of the city's nightlife sparkle while an army of the impoverished strives for a better life. Organized crime and political extremists take advantage, extending their power throughout town. Gereon Rath, a young cop from Cologne, is transferred...
Author
Series
Alien skill volume 3
Publisher
Poco Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An emotionally shaken Ben Archer finds himself at Bob M.'s doorstep. But who is this man who is sheltering him from government agents, and what secret is he holding? Much bigger questions must be solved, however, as the aliens' time on Earth is rapidly drawing to a close. Can Ben save his alien friend from the claws of unscrupulous enemies in time to send him on his way home?
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008], [2008], c2007
Language
English
Description
When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben Gates' great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The page is one of 18 pages missing from Booth's diary. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley from Buckingham Palace to the White House - both places they break into - and even stealing a page from a secret book. But in order to see...