Karen's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:37:09 -0700 60 Karen's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Sons of My Fathers 32326037 436 Michael A. Simpson Karen 0 to-read 4.57 Sons of My Fathers
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)]]> 164795103
November 1866: The grisly murder site in London’s East End is thronged with onlookers. None of them expect the calmly efficient young woman among them to be a medical doctor, arrived to examine the corpse. Inspector Richard Tennant, overseeing the investigation, at first makes no effort to disguise his skepticism. But Dr. Julia Lewis is accustomed to such condescension . . .

To study medicine, Julia had to leave Britain, where universities still bar their doors to women, and travel to America. She returned home to work in her grandfather’s practice—and to find London in the grip of a devastating cholera epidemic. In four years, however, she has seen nothing quite like a local clergyman’s body sexually mutilated and displayed in a manner that she—and Tennant—both suspect is personal.

Days later, another body is found with links to the first, and Tennant calls in Dr. Lewis again. The murderer begins sending the police taunting letters and tantalizing clues, though the trail leads in multiple directions, from London’s music halls to its grim workhouses and dank sewers. Lewis and Tennant struggle to understand the killer’s dark obsessions and motivations. But there is new urgency, for the doctor’s role appears to have shifted from expert to target. And this killer is no impulsive monster, but a fiendishly calculating opponent, determined to see his plan through to its terrifying conclusion . . .]]> 342 Patrice McDonough 1496746384 Karen 0 to-read 4.43 2024 Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America]]> 25162417 Harold Lancour Karen 0 to-read 3.78 2015 A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America
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]]> <![CDATA[A genealogy of the Davis family]]> 24004178 134 Henry William Clark Karen 0 to-read 3.00 2009 A genealogy of the Davis family
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]]> <![CDATA[Genealogical notes, or Contributions to the family history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts]]> 19515937 390 Nathaniel Goodwin Karen 0 to-read 3.67 2012 Genealogical notes, or Contributions to the family history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts
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]]> <![CDATA[Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (Theodosia Throckmorton #3)]]> 6764787
Meanwhile, back at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities, Henry is home for the spring holidays and makes an accidental discovery of an artifact that alchemists have been hunting for centuries. Soon, every black-cloaked occultist in London is trying to get their hands on it . . .]]> 375 R.L. LaFevers 054722592X Karen 0 to-read 4.12 2010 Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (Theodosia Throckmorton #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle World War II, #1)]]> 345007
His rabidly anti-English family calls on his mother's distant cousin, Mamie, married to a general, to wangle a staff job for him far from the fighting. But instead of a "safe, cushy" stateside assignment, he is ordered to London, still undergoing the Blitz.

His "Uncle Ike" is Dwight D. Eisenhower, plucked from obscurity to command Army forces in Europe, and he wants Billy to be his personal investigator.

Billy, who had never left Boston before he enlisted and was sent to Officer Candidate School, is not sure how good a detective he really is. But when Eisenhower asks Billy to undertake this task, he dutifully sets off for Beardsley Hall, where the Norwegian government in exile, led by King Haakon, is in residence.

Accompanied by an aristocratic Polish officer in exile and a beautiful British WREN, his mission is to catch a spy who may have been planted there.

A theft and two murders test Billy's investigative powers, as he comes to grips with the deadly demands of a war he never wanted any part of. To his own surprise - and that of others - Billy proves to be a better detective than any one expected.]]> 294 James R. Benn 1569474338 Karen 0 to-read 3.76 2006 Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle World War II, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon, #1)]]> 93794 The story features a vivid and fascinating supporting cast, including the magus-like Ari Shamron, a beautiful French Jewish model who is seeking retribution for her family's death in the Holocaust, and a marvelously comic down-at-the-heels London art dealer. Set these colorful and varied characters against a brilliant background of political intrigue and vengeance at the highest levels and a manhunt that covers three continents, and the result is a smart and electrically exciting global thriller.

]]> 501 Daniel Silva 0451209338 Karen 0 to-read 3.97 2000 The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Days (The Last Jihad, #2)]]> 261950
� The Last Days is a . . . rip-roaring, heart-pounding, page-turning, high-octane geopolitical thriller.�
� Forbes

“An action-packed, Clancyesque political thriller.�
� Publishers Weekly

The thrilling follow-up to Rosenberg’s groundbreaking debut, The Last Jihad .

Osama bin Laden is dead. Saddam’s regime is buried. Baghdad lies in ruins. Now the eyes of the world are on Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy, two senior White House advisors, as they arrive in the Middle East to offer a historic Arab-Israeli peace plan and the American president’s new vision of freedom and democracy.

But in the shadows lie men whose hearts are filled with evil―men for whom the prospect of peace goes against everything they believe. And soon one terrifying scheme after another begins to As Jon and Erin face a battle for control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and an Iraqi plan to rebuild ancient Babylon, they can’t help but are such signs evidence that they are living in the last days before the return of Christ?]]> 504 Joel C. Rosenberg 1414312733 Karen 0 to-read 4.29 2003 The Last Days (The Last Jihad, #2)
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]]> The Auschwitz Escape 18232495
When tragedy strikes during one terrible night of violence, Jacob flees and joins rebel forces working to undermine the regime. But after a raid goes horribly wrong, Jacob finds himself in a living nightmare - trapped in a crowded, stinking car on the train to the Auschwitz death camp.

As World War II rages and Hitler begins implementing his "final solution" to systematically and ruthlessly exterminate the Jewish people, Jacob must rely on his wits and a God he's not sure he believes in to somehow escape from Auschwitz and alert the world to the Nazi's atrocities before Fascism overtakes all of Europe. The fate of millions hangs in the balance.

©2014 Joel C. Rosenberg; (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.]]> 480 Joel C. Rosenberg 1414336241 Karen 0 to-read 4.33 2014 The Auschwitz Escape
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kremlin Conspiracy (Marcus Ryker #1)]]> 35620754 New York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg returns with a high-stakes political thriller set in Russia.

Everything he learned to protect the president, he must use to take out theirs.

With an American president distracted by growing tensions in North Korea and Iran, an ominous new threat is emerging in Moscow. A czar is rising in the Kremlin, a Russian president feverishly consolidating power, silencing his opposition, and plotting a brazen and lightning-fast military strike that could rupture the NATO alliance and bring Washington and Moscow to the brink of nuclear war. But in his blind spot is the former U.S. Secret Service agent, Marcus Ryker, trained to protect but ready to kill to save his country.]]> 480 Joel C. Rosenberg 1496406257 Karen 0 to-read 4.41 2018 The Kremlin Conspiracy (Marcus Ryker #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Jihad (The Last Jihad, #1)]]> 342362
•Terrorists hijack a jet plane and fly a kamikaze mission into an American city.
•Israeli commandos foil a nuclear attack, but find evidence that the next targets could be Washington and New York.
•And suddenly the United States finds itself in a war in the Middle East over terrorism and weapons of mass destruction that will forever change the course of human history.]]> 307 Joel C. Rosenberg 1414312725 Karen 0 to-read 4.17 2002 The Last Jihad (The Last Jihad, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Twelfth Imam (The Twelfth Imam, #1)]]> 9246711
And amid it all, rumors are swirling throughout the region of a mysterious religious cleric claiming to be the Islamic messiah known as the Mahdi or the Twelfth Imam. Word of his miracles, healings, signs, and wonders are spreading like wildfire.

CIA operative David Shirazi was born for this moment. He is recruited and sent into Tehran with one objective: use all means necessary to disrupt Iran’s nuclear weapons program, without leaving American fingerprints and without triggering an apocalyptic new war. But time is running out.]]> Joel C. Rosenberg 1423330994 Karen 0 to-read 4.23 2010 The Twelfth Imam (The Twelfth Imam, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[At the Drop of a Hat (Hat Shop Mystery, #3)]]> 22668722 292 Jenn McKinlay 0425258912 Karen 3 3.99 2015 At the Drop of a Hat (Hat Shop Mystery, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Woman Unknown (Kate Shackleton, #4)]]> 13576449
A winning combination of both intricate plotting and nostalgic post-WWI English country setting, Frances Brody's A Woman Unknown will appeal to fans of both classic murder mysteries in the vein of Agatha Christie as well as readers of historical mystery series set in 1920s England, two popular subgenres.

The Woman Unknown: Deirdre Fitzpatrick is married to a man who wants to know where she really goes when supposedly taking care of her sick mother and calls on the expertise of Kate Shackleton, amateur sleuth extraordinaire to investigate.

The Gentleman: Everett Runcie is a banker facing ruin and disgrace. His American heiress wife will no longer pay for his mistakes, or tolerate his infidelity, and is seeking a divorce.

The Murder: When a chambermaid enters Runcie's hotel room, she is shocked to find that he is alone - and dead! Suddenly Kate is thrown into the depths of an altogether more sinister investigation. Can she uncover the truth of her most complex, and personal, case to date?]]> 374 Frances Brody 0749954922 Karen 3 3.79 2012 A Woman Unknown (Kate Shackleton, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[PIECE BY PIECE [Mysteries of Silver Peak]]]> 125754991 0 Carole Jefferson Karen 0 to-read 3.00 PIECE BY PIECE [Mysteries of Silver Peak]
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]]> <![CDATA[Empty Saddle: Mysteries of Silver Peak]]> 143297244 261 Carole Jefferson Karen 0 to-read 4.50 2015 Empty Saddle: Mysteries of Silver Peak
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]]> <![CDATA[God Bless Us, Every One, Mysteries of Silver Peak]]> 150790681 Carole Jefferson Karen 0 to-read 0.0 God Bless Us, Every One, Mysteries of Silver Peak
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]]> <![CDATA[Chapter and Verse Mysteries of Silver Peak 2016]]> 125196109 0 Carole Jefferson Karen 0 to-read 0.0 Chapter and Verse Mysteries of Silver Peak 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[ZenDoodle Drawing Book: How to create amazing doodle forms]]> 29209739 How to create amazing doodle forms

Drawing countenances is one thing a great many people might want to have the capacity to do. People are continually doodling on bits of paper or on envelopes. Being imaginative is regular to us people, it's wired into our qualities.
A great many people have endeavored to draw a face and catch the individual's similarity they are drawing, just to discard it in light of the fact that it doesn't turn out as they needed. They get to be persuaded that they don't have the common ability to draw faces. Actually that drawing appearances is not that troublesome, it essentially requests understanding various strategies.
Drawing is just an aptitude, and like all abilities, it can be learned with a touch of preparing and bunches of practice. Like every single down to earth expertise practice is the way to figuring out how to draw faces. Whether you're tuning up your auto, making a bureau or figuring out how to draw, it's practice that will get you to your objective.
The magnificence about figuring out how to draw countenances is you can rehearse it anyplace. On the back of an envelope or within a scratch pad and everything you need to begin is a pencil and book and you're away.
Work on drawing from daily papers or magazines or from life by watching people around you. Try not to be anticipating that your first drawings should be awesome or even great. The thought is that you hone. It's not the deciding result that matters right now it's simply getting in the practice. You'll be astounded at how quick you have the capacity to end up great at drawing countenances.
As of now in your preparation the only thing that is important is that you get every one of the bits in the right places, it doesn't make a difference in the event that they are not exact, that will come later, once we begin to look in more detail at distinctive parts of the face.
Try not to attempt to surge the learning procedure. You can't hope to simply get a pencil and begin drawing. People’s appearances are all extraordinary and there's no strict measurement to take after about where to position the mouth or ears.
We clearly know where the primary parts of the face go however a few people may have an inclined mouth for instance. After you've been rehearsing for some time it's the ideal opportunity for you to advance a little and begin to get the position of the different parts of the face right.
This is the place we require a little direction.
Assembling a face is about comprehension various abilities. Figuring out how to draw the eyes and mouth for instance is a matter of working on drawing them with a little direction to help you.

Here is a preview of what you'll learn:
Chapter 1 � How to draw doodle flowers
Chapter 2 � How to draw doodle dog
Chapter 3 � How to draw a cat
Chapter 4 � How to draw a doodle fish
Chapter 5 � How to draw doodle flower
Chapter 6 � How to draw a doodle skull
and much more

Download your copy of "How to draw people" by scrolling up and clicking "Buy Now With 1-Click" button.
]]> 83 Isobel Mann Karen 2 crafts, ebooks 3.29 ZenDoodle Drawing Book: How to create amazing doodle forms
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]]> <![CDATA[How to ZenDoodle: Tons of Tangle Patterns and Designs]]> 25710677 How to Zen Doodle Draw is a collection of doodle drawing lessons. Inside, you'll find step by step instructions that teach you how to let out your creative talents to create true pieces of art. Doodling drawing is an art, and while some naturally have the talent, others need to learn. Zen DoodleCars is a creative collection of doodle art that takes you step by step, teaching you how to draw a variety of creative drawings.. Doodling has always been enjoyed but often overlooked as "just doodles>. Doodling is an art form in which great creations can be made like the creation you see on the cover of Zen Doodle Cars- Funky and Fun! Ready to learn? Then, this book is for you! ZenDoodling for Beginners to Intermittent Zen Doodle Cars is a book that is for beginner to intermittent artists and even the advanced that wants a little more creative fun. You'll learn how to draw cars, tradition, fun and funky cars step by step, and how to doodle in the designs, showing your true creativity and talent. Welcome! Grab a Pencil and Paper and Let Your Artist Talent Flow! Zen Doodling is much more than a past time, it is an art form and can be practiced anywhere. If you are ready to learn, this book is for you!. We teach the principles of Zen Doodle drawing in a fun way that allows new and old artists alike to learn how to Zendoodle as well as new Zendoodle patterns in a fun way. Doodle drawing has been around for years and now a trend of drawing that offers relaxation as it is a creative meditation in itself. Doodle Drawing Lessons Our Zen Doodle drawing lessons include how to draw using reptitive lines, marks, circles and shapes and how to bring them together to create true art, or simple doodles or borders. We teach how to create tiles and combine patterns in simple exercises. We teach how to draw patterns of all different designs. Doodle drawing is intricate, but not complicated, with the end product being a beautiful display of art. Drawing has long been a way to reless stress, to inspire the soul, and to add confidence and self-esteem to an individual. With tangle drawing, there is no "right or wrong" way to draw. It is simply learning how to tangle draw to express your inner emotions as well as to create art that can be simple doodles while talking on the phone, to decorate wearable and to use as home decor, etc. Tangle drawing is the trend that is unleashing many new creative individuals into the world of art. Welcome to How to ZenDoodle Draw Welcome to How to ZenDoodle Draw. We welcome you to grab a piece of paper and pencil or pen, open the book to take a peek inside and begin to practice your creative artist within. We offer a wide range of tangle patterns, taking you step by step into the world of art. For more advanced Zen Doodle Artists, I welcome you to view my Zen Doodles Volume II by Cheng Lee ]]> 36 Cheng Lee Karen 4 crafts 3.83 2015 How to ZenDoodle: Tons of Tangle Patterns and Designs
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]]> <![CDATA[The Deceivers (Greystone Secrets, #2)]]> 53914874
Everything is different there. It’s a mirror image, except things are wrong. Evil. Their mother tried to fix it, but she and an ally got trapped there along with Ms. Morales, their friend Natalie’s mom.

Now the four kids—brave Chess, smart Emma, kind Finn, and savvy Natalie—are determined to rescue everyone.

To do so, they have to go back: into the other world, where even telling the truth can be illegal.

But in such a terrifying place, Chess doubts he can ever be brave enough. Despite all her brains, Emma can’t seem to break the code. With everything spiraling out of control, Finn has to pretend he’s okay.

And for Natalie, the lies of the other world include some she wishes were actually true. What if she’s gotten so used to lying she no longer knows what to believe?]]> 464 Margaret Peterson Haddix 0062838415 Karen 4 3.96 2020 The Deceivers (Greystone Secrets, #2)
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]]> Salt & Broom 123443274
"Salt and broom, make this room
Safe and tight, against the night."

Trunks packed with potions and cures, Jane Aire sets out on a crisp, clear morning in October to face the greatest challenge of her sheltered girls�-school existence. A shadow lies over Thornfield Hall and its reclusive master, Edward Rochester. And he’s hired her only as a last resort. Jane stumbles again and again as she tries to establish a rapport with her prickly new employer, but he becomes the least of her worries as a mysterious force seems to work against her. The threats mount around both Jane and Rochester—who’s becoming more intriguing and appealing to her by the day. Jane begins to fear her herb healing and protective charms may not be enough to save the man she’s growing to love from a threat darker and more dangerous than either of them imagined.]]> 282 Sharon Lynn Fisher 1662515685 Karen 0 to-read 4.12 2023 Salt & Broom
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]]> <![CDATA[The Venetian Betrayal (Cotton Malone, #3)]]> 1178039 From the ashes of the U.S.S.R., a new nation has arisen: the Central Asian Federation. At its helm is Supreme Minister Irina Zovastina, a cunning despot with the single-minded desire to surpass Alexander the Great as history's ultimate conqueror. The Federation has amassed a harrowing arsenal of biological weapons, and only one thing keeps Zovastina from setting in motion her death march of domination: a miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great-in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years.
Together, Cotton and Cassiopeia must outrun and outthink the forces allied against them in order to unravel a riddle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people-depending on who finds the lost tomb first.]]> 608 Steve Berry 0345485777 Karen 3 3.96 2007 The Venetian Betrayal (Cotton Malone, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Haunting of Crawley House (The Hauntings of Kingston #1)]]> 29854333 Her chance at a new life is going to kill her.

When Gillian and her family move into the old house on Harvest Street, it's too good to be true. The rent's dirt cheap, and it's right next door to the University she’s going to be attending. With her recently widowed mother on board, there’s a ready and willing babysitter for her five year old daughter Sarah.
Who could ask for anything more?

When Gillian’s mother Maureen discovers a family connection to the house they see it as Providence. They’re meant to live here!

But then� odd things start to happen.
Sarah loves the swing in the backyard and her new friends—twin girls only she can see. The odd becomes foreboding when Nana Maureen can’t sleep in her room. She’s constantly woken up by creaking floors, nightmares of being strangled, and the smell of rotting flesh.

The family has always been loving and close, but now the atmosphere between them is tense. Small disagreements explode into rage.

What on earth is happening to them?

They don't know about the evil that descended upon the house. How, almost a century ago, dashed dreams rose again into a rage� a murderous rage. A rage that still breathes in the very walls of this home.

This is how it began and how it will end. At Crawley House.
]]> 311 Michelle Dorey Karen 0 to-read 4.25 2016 The Haunting of Crawley House (The Hauntings of Kingston #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Distant Grave (Maggie D'arcy #2)]]> 54860417
Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still recovering from the events of last fall when a strange new case demands Maggie's attention. The body of an unidentified Irish national turns up in a wealthy Long Island beach community and with little to go on but the scars on his back, Maggie once again teams up with Garda detectives in Ireland to find out who the man was and what he was doing on Long Island. As the strands of the mystery lead Maggie to a quiet village in rural County Clare and back to her home turf, they also lead her in range of a dangerous and determined killer who will do anything to keep the victim's story hidden forever.

With the lyrical prose, deeply drawn characters, and atmospheric setting that made The Mountains Wild one of 2020's most anticipated summer reads, Sarah Stewart Taylor delivers another gripping mystery novel about family, survival, and the meaning of home.]]> 432 Sarah Stewart Taylor 1250256445 Karen 0 to-read 3.88 2021 A Distant Grave (Maggie D'arcy #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle]]> 23208665 388 Janet Fox 0451476336 Karen 4 3.60 2016 The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle
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]]> <![CDATA[Friends and Family (Miracles of Marble Cove #21)]]> 18165696 283 Susan Page Davis Karen 0 to-read 4.38 Friends and Family (Miracles of Marble Cove #21)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hopes and Dreams (Miracles of Marble Cove, #15)]]> 16157491 295 Susan Page Davis Karen 0 to-read 4.29 Hopes and Dreams (Miracles of Marble Cove, #15)
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]]> <![CDATA[Pieces of the Past (Patchwork, #6)]]> 13556037 Ships Immediately from Fl Susan Page Davis Karen 0 to-read 4.09 Pieces of the Past (Patchwork, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Plop: A Horror Short Story (Samuel Small Horror Book 1)]]> 60708497 Every hour, she takes a step. 17 Samuel Small Karen 2 3.32 Plop: A Horror Short Story (Samuel Small Horror Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Strangers (Greystone Secrets, #1)]]> 40390757 What makes you you?

The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best—acting silly and being adored. They’ve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.

But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they’re shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. They’re the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who, exactly, are these strangers?

Before Chess, Emma, and Finn can question their mom about it, she takes off on a sudden work trip and leaves them in the care of Ms. Morales and her daughter, Natalie. But puzzling clues left behind lead to complex codes, hidden rooms, and a dangerous secret that will turn their world upside down.]]> 416 Margaret Peterson Haddix 0062838377 Karen 3 3.81 2019 The Strangers (Greystone Secrets, #1)
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]]> The Only One Left 62703226 At seventeen, Lenora Hope
Hung her sister with a rope

Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.

Stabbed her father with a knife
Took her mother’s happy life

It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer�I want to tell you everything.

“It wasn’t me,� Lenora said
But she’s the only one not dead

As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.]]> 383 Riley Sager 0593183223 Karen 3 4.12 2023 The Only One Left
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]]> The Book of Bad Things 20578972
When Cassidy Bean leaves New York to spend the summer upstate, she's disappointed to find that Whitechapel is not the quiet, pleasant suburb she remembers. Ursula Chambers, the strange old hermit at the end of the cul-de-sac, has passed away under mysterious circumstances. And the townspeople are shocked to discover that Ursula was a Her farmhouse is teeming with stacks of newspapers, piles of furniture, mounds of antique dolls and taxidermy animals.

Cassidy watches as the people of Whitechapel descend upon Ursula's farmhouse, claiming her abandoned treasures for their own. She listens as rumors spread that Ursula's vengeful ghost is stalking the town with a warning from beyond the grave. And when Cassidy resolves to uncover the truth behind the strangeness, she learns there are more bad things in the world than she ever suspected. . . .

Modern master of the macabre Dan Poblocki is back with another scary story best read at night.]]> 256 Dan Poblocki 0545645530 Karen 4 3.95 2014 The Book of Bad Things
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average rating: 3.95
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3)]]> 12952908 New York Times Book Review), “remarkable� (Richmond Times-Dispatch), and “gripping� (Louise Penny). Now the beloved forensic archeologist returns, called in to investigate when human bones surface on a remote Norfolk beach.

Just back from maternity leave, Ruth is finding it hard to juggle motherhood and work. The presence of DCI Harry Nelson—the married father of her daughter, Kate—does not help. The bones turn out to be about seventy years old, which leads Nelson and Ruth to the war years, a desperate time on this stretch of coastland. Home Guard veteran Archie Whitcliffe reveals the existence of a secret that the old soldiers have vowed to protect with their lives. But then Archie is killed and a German journalist arrives, asking questions about Operation Lucifer, a plan to stop a German invasion, and a possible British war crime. What was Operation Lucifer? And who is prepared to kill to keep its secret?

]]> 384 Elly Griffiths Karen 4 4.07 2011 The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man in Black (Ruth Galloway, #12.5)]]> 55847017
Elly Griffiths has always written short stories to experiment with different voices and genres as well as to explore what some of her fictional creations such as Ruth Galloway, Harbinder Kaur, and Max Mephisto might have done outside of the novels. The Man in Black gathers these bite-sized tales all together in one splendid volume.

There are ghost stories, cozy mysteries, tales of psychological suspense, and poignant vignettes of love and loss.

In the title story, Ruth Galloway crosses paths with a mysterious man in a bookstore, setting in motion a rescue mission that hinges on the legends and lore of Norfolk.

Looking into the past, a young magician in 1920s Leeds wonders just what happened to his missing landlady in “Max Mephisto and the Disappearing Act.�

In “Justice Jones and the Etherphone,� a witty girl detective investigates the dire prediction of a fortune teller in dreary postwar London.

A flashback in time reveals Harbinder Kaur as a Detective Sergeant surviving her first day on the job at Shoreham DCI.

To celebrate the holidays, Ruth gets her very first Christmas tree, and her beloved cat narrates his own seasonal story in “Flint’s Fireside Tale.�

And readers can armchair travel with stories set on the Amalfi Coast, in Capri, and in Egypt as Ruth and DCI Nelson experience their very own version of Death on the Nile.

The Man in Black illustrates the breadth and variety of Elly Griffiths’s talent for blood-chilling, page-turning stories all with her trademark humor and heart.]]> 14 Elly Griffiths Karen 0 to-read 3.91 The Man in Black (Ruth Galloway, #12.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder at the Mena House (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1)]]> 52458503 Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo where cocktails flow, adventure dispels the aftershocks of World War I, and deadly dangers wait in the shadows . . .

Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts at meddling with her love life, the young widow would rather gaze at the Great Pyramids of Giza than into the eyes of a dashing stranger. Yet Jane's plans to remain cool and indifferent become ancient history in the company of Mr. Redvers, a roguish banker she can't quite figure out . . .

While the Mena House has its share of charming guests, Anna Stainton isn't one of them. The beautiful socialite makes it clear that she won't share the spotlight with anyone--especially Jane. But Jane soon becomes the center of attention when she's the one standing over her unintentional rival's dead body.

Now, with her innocence at stake in a foreign country, Jane must determine who can be trusted, and who had motive to commit a brutal murder. Between Aunt Millie's unusual new acquaintances, a smarmy playboy with an off-putting smile, and the enigmatic Mr. Redvers, someone has too many secrets. Can Jane excavate the horrible truth before her future falls to ruin in Cairo . . . and the body count rises like the desert heat?]]> 281 Erica Ruth Neubauer 1496725859 Karen 0 to-read 3.69 2020 Murder at the Mena House (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1)
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]]> Relic (Pendergast, #1) 67035
But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.

Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who—or what—is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre?]]> 480 Douglas Preston 0765354942 Karen 4 4.05 1995 Relic (Pendergast, #1)
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average rating: 4.05
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rating: 4
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]]> Possess Me 59806097


You've been warned -- if you summon a spirit, it may want to go back to being human... by living inside you. Another chilling tale from K.R. Alexander.]]> 192 K.R. Alexander 1338807390 Karen 0 to-read 3.66 2022 Possess Me
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]]> <![CDATA[KR Alexander 4 Books Set - The Fear Zone, The Fear Zone 2, The Collected, The Collector]]> 168522099 1200 K.R. Alexander Karen 0 to-read 4.58 KR Alexander 4 Books Set - The Fear Zone, The Fear Zone 2, The Collected, The Collector
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]]> <![CDATA[Speak For Me (Saddleback Classics)]]> 59806096 224 K.R. Alexander 1338807374 Karen 0 to-read 3.84 2022 Speak For Me (Saddleback Classics)
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]]> The Fear Zone 2 54165263 304 K.R. Alexander 1338702130 Karen 0 to-read 3.97 2020 The Fear Zone 2
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]]> Haunt Me 49090455
Maria has never gotten over her sister Isabella's death . . . and the guilt she feels about what happened. It hangs over everything she does, even an innocent slumber party with her two best friends.When one friend suggests they play a game that summons the spirits of the dead, Maria thinks it's all make-believe. But then she starts to hear from a spirit -- a spirit claiming to be her sister. Maria doesn't want to think it's possible. . . but the sinister spirit has a way of making her listen. Has her sister actually returned?]]> 224 K.R. Alexander 1338338846 Karen 0 to-read 4.00 2020 Haunt Me
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]]> Follow Me 49090422
It's strange enough for Tamal to be the new kid in town. But it's even stranger to be living in the house that everyone wants to avoid, a house with a very deadly history. Nobody wants to talk about what happened . . . nobody except the terrifying girl Tamal keeps encountering throughout the house. Tamal's parents can't see her, but he's sure she's there -- and wants something from him. Tamal's family thought this house would be a new start . . . But instaed it might be a dead end.]]> 224 K.R. Alexander 1338338889 Karen 0 to-read 3.93 2020 Follow Me
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]]> Bury Me 50160981 Some dolls never die.

No one ever leaves Copper Hollow. It's a town with a deadly history . . . but nobody ever talks about it.

Kimberly thinks there might be something strange going on. She's not sure what - until the menacing doll appears with two words written across its clothes:

BURY ME

Kimberly and her friends try to destroy the doll . . . but every time they think it's gone, it comes back again. Is there any way to rid themselves of the evil once and for all?
]]> 211 K.R. Alexander 133833879X Karen 0 to-read 4.01 2019 Bury Me
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]]> Scare Me 50161127 A haunted house has come to life in this spine-tingling novel from the author of The Collector
They've lost control of the haunted house.

Every year, the town of Happy Hills holds its haunted house contest. In a spooky old manor, teams of kids come up with new ways to frighten people. The scariest team wins.

But this year, all the teams are going to lose. Because this year the house itself has awakened . . . and it won't be happy until it's devoured all the people inside. What started out as a game has turned into something much more deadly.

Is there any way out?]]> 211 K.R. Alexander 1338338811 Karen 0 to-read 3.78 2019 Scare Me
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]]> Darkroom 59806095 272 K.R. Alexander 1338807331 Karen 0 to-read 4.13 2022 Darkroom
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]]> Vacancy 56169072 224 K.R. Alexander 1338702157 Karen 0 to-read 3.69 2021 Vacancy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collected (The Collector, #2)]]> 49090417
It's been five years since Josie squared off against the evil Beryl and her killer haunted dolls. She hasn't talked about it since, and likes to pretend it didn't happen. Too bad she didn't tell her younger sister, Anna. Because Anna is now the one being drawn in to the evil -- and the evil has some new tricks this time.]]> 256 K.R. Alexander 1338620703 Karen 0 to-read 3.86 2020 The Collected (The Collector, #2)
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]]> The Fear Zone 43909157 304 K.R. Alexander 1338577174 Karen 0 to-read 3.95 2019 The Fear Zone
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]]> The Undrowned 51107517 In too deep.
Samantha and Rachel used to be friends. But then Rachel betrayed Samantha . . . and Samantha decided to make her life a living nightmare.
Then one day, Sam and Rachel found themselves in a fight
by a lake.
Samantha pushed Rachel . . . and watched as Rachel fell back.
And back.
Into the water. And gone.
No way to save her. No way she could be alive.
The next day, Rachel shows up to school as if nothing happened.
And now she's the one who wants to make her former friend's life a living nightmare . . .]]> 240 K.R. Alexander 1338540521 Karen 0 to-read 3.85 2020 The Undrowned
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collector (The Collector, #1)]]> 37825424 As Josie gets caught up in her illicit friendship with Vanessa, Annie is caught in the crossfire. What follows is a chilling tale of dark magic, friendship, and some verrrrrry creepy dolls.
]]> 224 K.R. Alexander 1338212249 Karen 4 kids 3.84 2018 The Collector (The Collector, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder In The Afternoon (Kate Shackleton, #3)]]> 12139433 400 Frances Brody 0749954825 Karen 3 3.78 2011 Murder In The Afternoon (Kate Shackleton, #3)
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[The Artifact Hunters (Rookskill Castle #2)]]> 49109398
With the help of his new friends, Isaac has to unlock his powers and unravel the reason his parents sent him Rookskill Castle. To solve the meaning of the eternity knot, he must hunt down a series of magical artifacts scattered through eras of the past. But he's not the only artifact hunter, and soon he finds himself in a race against Nazi spies and an even more sinister magical enemy. Can Isaac solve the puzzle, save his parents, and defeat the evil in our world and beyond, all before the clock runs out?]]> 372 Janet Fox 045147869X Karen 4
The kids in this book are well developed and true to life, even with their gifts. The villains are truly wicked. With adventure, a little bit of history, and some fun, this book is perfect for kids and adults who like an exciting read.]]> 3.81 2020 The Artifact Hunters (Rookskill Castle #2)
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Due to a lack of good mysteries that I haven't read, I have been reading mysteries for kids. This one by Janet Fox, while not exactly a mystery, was excellent. I prefer not to read fantasies, but like I said, desperate.

The kids in this book are well developed and true to life, even with their gifts. The villains are truly wicked. With adventure, a little bit of history, and some fun, this book is perfect for kids and adults who like an exciting read.
]]> The Case of the Blue Violet 61429143 0 Robin Stevens 0141369744 Karen 0 to-read 4.00 2016 The Case of the Blue Violet
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]]> <![CDATA[The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)]]> 42554253 ASIN moved from less recent edition

It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old house in Norwich uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway—minus its skull—Ruth is once again called upon to investigate. Is it a Roman-era ritual sacrifice, or is the killer closer at hand?
Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson would like to find out—and fast. When they realize the house was once a children’s home, they track down the Catholic priest who served as its operator. Father Hennessey reports that two children did go missing from the home forty years before—a boy and a girl. They were never found. When carbon dating proves that the child’s bones predate the home and relate to a time when the house was privately owned, Ruth is drawn ever more deeply into the case. But as spring turns into summer it becomes clear that someone is trying very hard to put her off the trail by frightening her, and her unborn child, half to death.The Janus Stone is a riveting follow-up to Griffiths’s acclaimed The Crossing Places.]]> 337 Elly Griffiths Karen 3 3.96 2010 The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Betrayal (Kate Hamilton Mysteries #3)]]> 55405972 In Connie Berry's third Kate Hamilton mystery, American antique dealer Kate Hamilton's spring is cut short when a body turns up at the May Fair pageant.

Spring is a magical time in England--bluebells massing along the woodland paths, primrose and wild thyme dotting the meadows. Antiques dealer Kate Hamilton is spending the month of May in the Suffolk village of Long Barston, enjoying precious time with Detective Inspector Tom Mallory. While attending the May Fair, the annual pageant based on a well-known Anglo-Saxon folktale, a body turns up in the middle of the festivities.

Kate is even more shocked when she learns the murder took place in antiquity shop owner Ivor Tweedy's stockroom and a valuable Chinese pottery jar that she had been tasked with finding a buyer for has been stolen. Ivor may be ruined. Insurance won't cover a fraction of the loss.

As Tom leads the investigation, Kate begins to see puzzling parallels between the murder and local legends. The more she learns, the more convinced she is that the solution to both crimes lies in the misty depths of Anglo-Saxon history and a generations-old pattern of betrayal. It's up to Kate to unravel this Celtic knot of lies and deception to save Ivor's business.]]> 322 Connie Berry 1643855948 Karen 3 4.01 2021 The Art of Betrayal (Kate Hamilton Mysteries #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Death by Coffee (Bookstore Cafe Mysteries, #1)]]> 24374702 Murder is brewing at the bookstore—in the first of this cozy small-town series by the national bestselling author. When Krissy Hancock and her best friend Vicki decide to open a bookstore café in their new town of Pine Hills, Ohio, they decide to call it Death by Coffee, after Krissy’s father’s most famous mystery novel. Little do they know how well the name fits. On their very first day of business, Brendon Lawyer huffily takes his coffee…to the grave. It seems he had a severe allergy to peanuts—but how could there have been nuts in his coffee? And who stole his emergency allergy medication? Fortunately, Krissy’s love of puzzles and mysteries leads her not only to Officer Paul Dalton, but also to many of her new neighbors, who aren’t terribly upset that the book is closed on Brendon. But one of them is a killer, and Krissy needs to read between the lies if she wants to save her new store—and live to see how this story ends…]]> 184 Alex Erickson 1617737526 Karen 0 to-read 3.31 2015 Death by Coffee (Bookstore Cafe Mysteries, #1)
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]]> A Drowned Maiden's Hair 8757524 "People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A Drowned Maiden's Hair genuinely deserves to become one." � Wall Street JournalMaud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence, so when the charming Miss Hyacinth and her sister choose Maud to take home with them, the girl is as baffled as anyone. It seems the sisters need Maud to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved, wealthy patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing her role as a "secret child," she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience -- until a shocking betrayal makes clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with tantalizing details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively historical novel features a winning heroine whom readers will not soon forget.]]> 213 Laura Amy Schlitz 0763652156 Karen 0 to-read 3.93 2006 A Drowned Maiden's Hair
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]]> <![CDATA[A Legacy of Murder (Kate Hamilton Mysteries #2)]]> 45272744
It's Christmastime and antiques dealer Kate Hamilton is off to visit her daughter, Christine, in the quaint English village of Long Barston. Christine and her boyfriend, Tristan, work at stately-but-crumbling Finchley Hall. Touring the Elizabethan house and grounds, Kate is intrigued by the docent's tales of the Finchley Hoard, and the strange deaths surrounding the renowned treasure trove. But next to a small lake, Kate spies the body of a young woman, killed by a garden spade.

Nearly blind Lady Barbara, who lives at Finchley with her loyal butler, Mugg, persuades Kate to take over the murdered woman's work. Kate finds that a Burmese ruby has vanished from the legendary Blood-Red Ring, replaced by a lesser garnet. Were the theft and the woman's death connected?

Kate learns that Lady Barbara's son fled to Venezuela years before, suspected of murdering another young woman. The murder weapon belonged to an old gardener, who becomes the leading suspect. But is Lady Barbara's son back to kill again? When another body is found, the clues point toward Christine. It's up to Kate to clear her daughter's name in Connie Berry's second Kate Hamilton mystery, a treasure for fans of traditional British mysteries.]]> 332 Connie Berry 1643851551 Karen 3 4.09 2019 A Legacy of Murder (Kate Hamilton Mysteries #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dream of Death (Kate Hamilton Mysteries #1)]]> 42785284
Autumn has come and gone on Scotland's Isle of Rothsay, and the locals gather for the Tartan Ball, the annual end-of-tourist-season gala. Among the invited guests is American antique dealer Kate Hamilton. Returning to the island where her husband died is brutal, but Kate is determined to repair her relationship with her sister-in-law, Elenor Spurgeon, the proprietor of Rothsay's deluxe country house hotel.

Kate has hardly unpacked when a body turns up, murdered in an eerie recreation of an infamous unsolved murder two hundred years before. And the only clue to the killer's identity lies in a curiously embellished antique casket. When Bo Duff, the gentle handyman who had tried to save Kate’s husband's life, is taken into custody, she teams up with vacationing Detective Inspector Tom Mallory to clear Bo’s name. To accomplish that, they’ll have to unmask a killer who seems bizarrely fixated on the past…because two hundred years is an awfully long time to hold a grudge in A Dream of Death, the tantalizing series debut by Connie Berry.]]> 311 Connie Berry 1683319877 Karen 4 mysteries 3.81 2019 A Dream of Death (Kate Hamilton Mysteries #1)
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]]> Atlantis (Jack Howard, #1) 1149593
ATLANTIS

Marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex–Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time——the site of fabled Atlantis——while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike.

But neither of them could have imagined what awaits them in the murky depths. Not only a shocking truth about a lost world, but an explosive secret that could have devastating consequences today. Jack is determined to stop the legacy of Atlantis from falling into the wrong hands, whatever the cost. But first he must do battle to prevent a global catastrophe.]]> 451 David Gibbins 0755324226 Karen 0 to-read 3.41 2004 Atlantis (Jack Howard, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Seven Deadly Wonders (Jack West Jr, #1)]]> 144791 AN ANCIENT SECRET . . .
A TEAM OF HEROES . . .
THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME

A legend of the ancient world decrees that every 4,500 years, a terrible solar event will wreak worldwide destruction . . .
But whoever sets the Golden Capstone atop the Great Pyramid at Giza will avert disaster and gain the ultimate prize: a millennium of world dominance.

Now the Sun is turning once again and nation will battle nation to retrieve the missing Capstone . . .
But a group of small nations, led by super-soldier Jack West Jr., bands together to prevent any one country from attaining this frightening power.

Thus the greatest treasure hunt of all time begins -- an adrenaline fueled race on a global battlefield.

From the Colossus of Rhodes to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Great Egyptian Pyramid itself, unlock the thrills of Seven Deadly Wonders.]]> 547 Matthew Reilly 1416505067 Karen 0 to-read 4.13 2005 Seven Deadly Wonders (Jack West Jr, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alexandria Link (Cotton Malone, #2)]]> 74824
A cradle of ideas–historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious–the Library of Alexandria was unparalleled in the world. But fifteen hundred years ago, it vanished into the mists of myth and legend–its vast bounty of wisdom coveted ever since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to ultimate power.

Now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the course of history, is desperate to breach the library’s hallowed halls–and only Malone possesses the information they need to succeed. At stake is an explosive ancient document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world’s three major religions to their very foundations.

Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His quest will lead him to England and Portugal, even to the highest levels of American government–and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions.]]> 462 Steve Berry 3454857503 Karen 5 3.94 2007 The Alexandria Link (Cotton Malone, #2)
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[The General's Gold (The Turner and Mosley Files, #1)]]> 174710513 438 LynDee Walker Karen 0 to-read 4.35 2024 The General's Gold (The Turner and Mosley Files, #1)
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]]> Deep Storm (Jeremy Logan, #1) 39026 Twelve-thousand feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean . . .
scientists are excavating the most extraordinary undersea discovery ever made. But is it the greatest archaeological find in history—or the most terrifying?

Former naval doctor Peter Crane is urgently summoned to a remote oil platform in the North Atlantic to help diagnose a bizarre medical condition spreading through the rig. But when he arrives, Crane learns that the real trouble lies far below—on “Deep Storm,� a stunningly advanced science research facility built two miles beneath the surface on the ocean floor. The top secret structure has been designed for one purpose: to excavate a recently discovered undersea site that may hold the answers to a mystery steeped in centuries of myth and speculation.

Sworn to secrecy, Dr. Crane descends to Deep Storm. A year earlier, he is told, routine drilling uncovered the remains of mankind’s most sophisticated ancient civilization: the legendary Atlantis. But now that the site is being excavated, a series of disturbing illnesses has begun to affect the operation. Scientists and technicians are experiencing a bizarre array of symptoms—from simple fatigue to violent psychotic episodes. As Crane is indoctrinated into the strange world of Deep Storm and commences his investigation, he begins to suspect that the covert facility conceals something more complicated than a medical mystery.The discovery of Atlantis might, in fact, be a cover for something far more sinister . . . and deadly.

Like Lincoln Child’s spectacular bestsellers coauthored with Douglas Preston (The Book of the Dead, Relic), Deep Storm melds scientific detail and gripping adventure in a superbly imagined, chillingly real journey into unknown territory. Child is a master of suspense, and Deep Storm is his most ambitious novel to date.]]> 370 Lincoln Child 0385515502 Karen 0 to-read 3.87 2007 Deep Storm (Jeremy Logan, #1)
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]]> Riptide 170434417 Lincoln Child Karen 0 to-read 4.13 Riptide
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]]> Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) 244102
As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of the existence of this endangered species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest, a multi-national natural gas company, building an oil pipeline that would bring the company billions of dollars across Wyoming, through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.]]> 278 C.J. Box 042518546X Karen 0 to-read 3.93 2001 Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
author: C.J. Box
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[The First Apostle (Chris Bronson, #1)]]> 3895566 An ancient inscription...

a dangerous secret?

An explosive debut thriller!
Chris Bronson is devastated when his best friend's wife, the woman he was secretly in love with, dies in a tragic accident. But when Bronson heads to Italy to console his friend, he finds the evidence of a break-in and a strange Latin inscription on a stone above the fireplace.

To decipher the stone Bronson enlists the help of his ex-wife, an antiques expert, sending them on a treacherous path of clues across Europe leading to a truth so dangerous it could destroy the very foundations of the Christian faith?

]]> 476 James Becker 0553819720 Karen 0 to-read 3.72 2008 The First Apostle (Chris Bronson, #1)
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]]> The Millennium Code 197042115 Journey with her and Geneticist Kyly Anderson as they uncover the power of the ancient object and risk their lives keeping it out of the hands of the Russian oligarch who will stop at nothing to possess it.
From New York to a secret island in the middle of the South China Sea, run with Lena and Kyle as they try to prevent a firestorm that could change the destiny of all of humanity.]]> 280 Michael Agliolo Karen 0 to-read 4.51 The Millennium Code
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]]> Old Bones (Nora Kelly, #1) 43522585 The first in the groundbreaking Nora Kelly series from #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child blends the legend of the Donner party with a riveting suspense tale, taking the dynamic duo's work to new heights.

Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator with a series of important excavations already under her belt, is approached by the handsome Historian, Clive Benton, to lead an expedition unlike any other. Clive tells his story--one involving the ill-fated Donner Party, who became permanently lodged in the American consciousness in the winter of 1847, when the first skeletonized survivors of the party stumbled out of the California mountains, replete with tales of courage, resourcefulness, bad luck, murder, barbarism--and, finally, starvation and cannibalism.

Captivated by the Donner Party, Nora agrees and they venture into the Sierra Nevada in search of the camp. Quickly, they learn that the discovery of the missing starvation camp is just the tip of the iceberg--and that the real truth behind those long-dead pioneers is not only far more complex and surprising than they could have imagined...but it is one that puts them both in mortal danger from a very real, present-day threat in which the search for the lost party, and its fabled fortune in gold, are merely means to a horrifying end.
]]> 369 Douglas Preston 1538747227 Karen 0 to-read 3.92 2019 Old Bones (Nora Kelly, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Railway Detective (The Railway Detective, #1)]]> 921033
In an audacious attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed, causing many casualties. Planned with military precision, this crime proves a challenge to Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck who fights to untangle a web of murder, blackmail and destruction.

As Colbeck closes in on the criminal masterminds, events take an unexpected turn when the beautiful Madeleine, daughter of the injured train driver, becomes a pawn in the criminals' game. With time running out, good and evil, new and old, battle against each other. But will the long arm of the law have speed on its side?

The Railway Detective is an action-packed dip into murky 1850s London. Full of historical detail, unexpected twists and memorable characters, this is a mystery that will surprise you at every turn.]]> 349 Edward Marston 0749083522 Karen 0 to-read 3.63 2004 The Railway Detective (The Railway Detective, #1)
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]]> Bellefleur 177869
Bellefleur traces the lives of several generations of this unusual family. At its center is Gideon Bellefleur and his imperious, somewhat psychic, very beautiful wife, Leah, their three children (one with frightening psychic abilities), and the servants and relatives, living and dead, who inhabit the mansion and its environs. Their story offers a profound look at the world's changeableness, time and eternity, space and soul, pride and physicality versus love. Bellefleur is an allegory of caritas versus cupiditas, love and selflessness versus pride and selfishness. It is a novel of change, baffling complexity, mystery.

Written with a voluptuousness and startling immediacy that transcends Joyce Carol Oates's early works, Bellefleur is widely regarded as a masterwork—a feat of literary genius.]]> 592 Joyce Carol Oates 0452267943 Karen 0 to-read 3.79 1980 Bellefleur
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of Sloane House (Chicago World's Fair Mystery, #1)]]> 19006316
Rosalind Perry has left her family's rural farm in Wisconsin to work as a housemaid at Sloane House, one of the most elegant mansions in Gilded Age Chicago. However, Rosalind is not there just to earn a living and support her family-she's at Sloane House determined to discover the truth about her sister's mysterious disappearance.

Reid Armstrong is the handsome heir to a silver fortune. However, his family is on the periphery of Chicago's elite because their wealth comes from "new money" obtained from successful mining. Marriage to Veronica Sloane would secure his family's position in society-the lifelong dream of his ailing father.

When Reid begins to realize that Rosalind's life may be in danger, he stops thinking of marriage prospects and concentrates on helping Rosalind. Dark things are afoot in Chicago and, he fears, in Sloane House. If he's not vigilant, Rosalind could pay the price.

Set against the backdrop of Chicago's Gilded Age and the 1893 World's Fair, Secrets of Sloane House takes us on a whirlwind journey of romance and mystery.]]> 318 Shelley Gray 0310338522 Karen 0 to-read 3.50 2014 Secrets of Sloane House (Chicago World's Fair Mystery, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder at the Breakers (Gilded Newport Mysteries #1)]]> 18167479 For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries�

Newport, Rhode Island, August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation, but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt, twenty-one-year-old Emma Cross is on the guest list for a grand ball at the Breakers, the Vanderbilts� summer home. She also has a job to do—report on the event for the society page of the Newport Observer.

But Emma observes much more than glitz and gaiety when she witnesses a murder. The victim is Cornelius Vanderbilt’s financial secretary, who plunges off a balcony faster than falling stock prices. Emma’s black sheep brother Brady is found in Cornelius’s bedroom passed out next to a bottle of bourbon and stolen plans for a new railroad line. Brady has barely come to before the police have arrested him for the murder. But Emma is sure someone is trying to railroad her brother and resolves to find the real killer at any cost…]]> 282 Alyssa Maxwell 0758290829 Karen 0 to-read 3.61 2014 Murder at the Breakers (Gilded Newport Mysteries #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder at Mansfield Park (Charles Maddox, #1)]]> 7275444 Mansfield Park." --Lionel Trilling

In this ingenious new twist on Mansfield Park, the famously meek Fanny Price--whom Jane Austen's own mother called "insipid"--has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand, is now as good as Fanny is bad, and suffers great indignities at the hands of her vindictive neighbor. It's only after Fanny is murdered on the grounds of Mansfield Park that Mary comes into her own, teaming-up with a thief-taker from London to solve the crime.

Featuring genuine Austen characters--the same characters, and the same episodes, but each with a new twist--MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK is a brilliantly entertaining novel that offers Jane Austen fans an engaging new heroine and story to read again and again.]]> 363 Lynn Shepherd 0312638345 Karen 0 to-read 3.49 2010 Murder at Mansfield Park (Charles Maddox, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)]]> 243353
When the body of the wife of a prominent politician comes through his morgue, Siri has reason to suspect the woman has been murdered. To get to the truth, Siri and his team face government secrets, spying neighbors, victim hauntings, Hmong shamans, botched romances, and other deadly dangers. Somehow, Siri must figure out a way to balance the will of the party and the will of the dead.]]> 257 Colin Cotterill 1569474184 Karen 0 to-read 3.96 2004 The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)
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]]> The Scold's Bridle 45116
Few tears fall when rich, spiteful old Mathilda Gillespie's bloody corpse is found in her bathtub, her wrists slit and the ancient scold's bridle clamped on her head. It seems Mathilda's favorite heirloom was also an instrument of torture from the Middle Ages, an iron cage used to gag yapping women. Among the Dorset villagers, only Sarah Blakeney, Mathilda's doctor for her final year, seems even mildly disturbed that the miserable nag has been muzzled forever.

OR TRAGIC VICTIM?

But suicide starts to look like homicide, and Sarah's sorrow seems a bit contrived when the bombshell drops that Mathilda has disinherited her daughter and granddaughter, leaving her entire fortune to Sarah.

Now the object of vicious gossip and the police's prime suspect in a brutal murder, Sarah must prove her innocence by delving into Mathilda's past to unmask the real killer. What she finds beneath the sleepy village facade is a grisly potpourri of blackmail, butchery, and perversion.]]> 384 Minette Walters 0312956126 Karen 0 to-read 3.94 1994 The Scold's Bridle
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)]]> 25176 272 Martha Grimes 0451410815 Karen 0 to-read 3.99 1981 The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour, 2)]]> 60017871 352 Ally Carter 0358743222 Karen 4 4.23 2021 Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour, 2)
author: Ally Carter
name: Karen
average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Elementary, She Read (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #1)]]> 31213577 308 Vicki Delany 1683310969 Karen 3 3.65 2017 Elementary, She Read (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #1)
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average rating: 3.65
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Templar (Templar, #1)]]> 46438 Pope Leo X, 16th Century

In a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Acre falls from the hands of the West in 1291, The Last Templar opens with a young Templar knight, his mentor, and a handful of others escaping to the sea carrying a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's dying Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace.

In present day Manhattan, four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights emerge from Central Park and ride up the Fifth Avenue steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the blacktie opening of a Treasures of the Vatican exhibit. Storming through the crowds, the horsemen brutally attack anyone standing between them and their prize. Attending the gala, archaeologist Tess Chaykin watches in silent terror as the leader of the horsemen hones in on one piece in particular, a strange geared device. He utters a few cryptic Latin words as he takes hold of it with reverence before leading the horsemen out and disappearing into the night.

In the aftermath, an FBI investigation is led by anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly. Soon, he and Tess are drawn into the dark, hidden history of the crusading Knights, plunging them into a deadly game of cat and mouse with ruthless killers as they race across three continents to recover the lost secret of the Templars.]]> 544 Raymond Khoury 0451219953 Karen 0 to-read 3.63 2005 The Last Templar (Templar, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin, #2)]]> 181667 198 M.C. Beaton 0312939450 Karen 2 3.72 1993 The Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Top Marks for Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #8)]]> 40720591
Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing. But all is not well, for in the detectives' long absence, Deepdean has changed. Daisy has lost her crown to a fascinating new girl - and many of the Detective Society's old allies are now their sworn enemies.

Then the girls witness a shocking incident in the woods close by - a crime that they're sure is linked to the Anniversary. As parents descend upon Deepdean, decades-old grudges, rivalries and secrets begin to surface, and soon Deepdean's future is at stake.

Can the girls solve the case - and save their home?]]> 376 Robin Stevens 0241348382 Karen 0 to-read 4.30 2019 Top Marks for Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #8)
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]]> Hidden Pictures 58724923 A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.

Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.

Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body.

Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.

Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.]]> 372 Jason Rekulak 1250819342 Karen 0 to-read 4.12 2022 Hidden Pictures
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]]> Hell House 33547 Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed scenes of almost unimaginable horror and depravity. Two previous expeditions to investigate its secrets met with disaster, the participants destroyed by murder, suicide or insanity. Now a new investigation has been mounted - four strangers, each with his or her own reason for daring the unknown torments and temptations of the mansion...]]> 301 Richard Matheson 0727860992 Karen 0 to-read 3.73 1971 Hell House
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]]> <![CDATA[Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)]]> 40949958 314 Behcet Kaya Karen 0 to-read 4.26 2018 Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)]]> 84369 288 C.S. Lewis 0007202326 Karen 0 to-read 4.03 1956 The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)]]> 11127 Librarian note: An alternate cover for this edition can be found here: 2005.

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil—what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed, and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia.

For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of Narnia have transcended the fantasy genre to become part of the canon of classic literature. Each of the seven books is a masterpiece, drawing the reader into a land where magic meets reality, and the result is a fictional world whose scope has fascinated generations.

This edition presents all seven books—unabridged—in one impressive volume. The books are presented here in chronlogical order, each chapter graced with an illustration by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. Deceptively simple and direct, The Chronicles of Narnia continue to captivate fans with adventures, characters, and truths that speak to readers of all ages, even fifty years after they were first published.]]> 767 C.S. Lewis 0066238501 Karen 0 to-read 4.27 1956 The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)]]> 65641 Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch.

NARNIA...where owls are wise, where some of the giants like to snack on humans, where a prince is put under an evil spell...and where the adventure begins.

Eustace and Jill escape from the bullies at school through a strange door in the wall, which, for once, is unlocked. It leads to the open moor...or does it? Once again Aslan has a task for the children, and Narnia needs them. Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, they pursue the quest that brings them face to face with the evil Witch. She must be defeated if Prince Rillian is to be saved.]]> 243 C.S. Lewis Karen 0 to-read 3.96 1953 The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)]]> 121749
Narnia . . . where animals talk . . . where trees walk . . . where a battle is about to begin.

A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.

Prince Caspianis the fourth book in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, a series that has become part of the canon of classic literature, drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over fifty years. This is a stand-alone novel, but if you would like to see more of Lucy and Edmund’s adventures, readThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the fifth book in The Chronicles of Narnia.]]> 240 C.S. Lewis 000720230X Karen 0 to-read 3.99 1951 Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)]]> 65605
Narnia... a land where the woods are thick and cold, where Talking Beasts come to life—an entirely new world where adventure begins.

One cold, wet summer in London, Digory and Polly meet and become fast friends. Their lives take a sudden turn when Digory’s Uncle Andrew, who fancies himself a magician, sends them hurtling to... somewhere else. They arrive in Narnia, just as it is born from the song of the great Lion, Aslan. Along the way, they encounter the evil sorceress Jadis, whose dark magic threatens everything. After a whirlwind adventure, they finally find their way back home.]]> 221 C.S. Lewis 0060764902 Karen 0 to-read 4.06 1955 The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)]]> 33574273 It was a dark and stormy night.

Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure—one that will threaten their lives and our universe.

Winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal, A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's classic Time Quintet.]]> 218 Madeleine L'Engle 1250153271 Karen 0 to-read 3.91 1962 A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
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]]> Spare 62296528
For Harry, this is that story at last.

Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight.

At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn’t find true love.

Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . .

For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.]]> 410 Prince Harry 0593593804 Karen 0 to-read 3.78 2023 Spare
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]]> Becoming 38746485
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.]]> 426 Michelle Obama 1524763136 Karen 0 to-read 4.42 2018 Becoming
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]]> <![CDATA[The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)]]> 13555073
For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.

Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest, most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive.

Set in a city stalked by spectres, The Screaming Staircase is the first in a chilling new series full of suspense, humour and truly terrifying ghosts. Your nights will never be the same again . . .]]> 440 Jonathan Stroud 0857532014 Karen 4 4.24 2013 The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Passenger (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.3)]]> 45046759 From bestselling author Charles Finch comes the third and final in a prequel trilogy to his lauded Charles Lenox series.

London, 1855: A young and eager Charles Lenox faces his toughest case yet: a murder without a single clue. Slumped in a first-class car at Paddington Station is the body of a young, handsome gentleman. He has no luggage, empty pockets, and no sign of violence upon his person - yet Lenox knows instantly that it's not a natural death.

Pursuing the investigation against the wishes of Scotland Yard, the detective encounters every obstacle London in 1855 has to offer, from obstinate royalty to class prejudice to the intense grief of his closest friend. Written in Charles Finch's unmistakably warm, witty, and winning voice, The Last Passenger is a cunning and deeply satisfying conclusion to the journey begun in The Woman in the Water and The Vanishing Man.]]> 292 Charles Finch 1250312205 Karen 0 4.03 2020 The Last Passenger (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)]]> 195790608 Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter of early Amish history in this new installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo.

Newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body. According to the coroner, the deceased, an Amish man named Milan Swanz, was chained to a stake and burned alive. It is an appalling and eerily symbolic crime against an upstanding husband and father.

Kate knows all too well that the Amish prefer to handle their problems without interference from the outside world, and no one will speak about the murdered man. From what she’s able to piece together, Swanz led a deeply troubled life and had recently been excommunicated. But if that’s the case, why are the Amish so reluctant to talk about him? Are they protecting the memory of one of their own? Or are they afraid of something they dare not share?

When her own brother is implicated in the case, Kate finds herself not only at odds with the Amish, the world of which she was once a part, but also the English community and her counterparts in law enforcement. The investigation takes a violent turn when Kate’s life is threatened by a mysterious stranger.

To uncover the truth about the death of Milan Swanz, Kate must dive deep into the Anabaptist culture, peering into all the dark corners of its history, only to uncover a secret legacy that shatters everything she thought she knew about the Amish themselves―and her own roots.]]> 320 Linda Castillo 1250781116 Karen 0 to-read 4.14 2024 The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Storm Rising (Kate Burkholder, #15.5)]]> 207199812 In this short mystery from bestselling author Linda Castillo, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must race through a dangerous blizzard to save an elderly Amish woman from a sinister foe.

Newlyweds Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and John Tomasetti are happily spending their honeymoon at a beautiful Lake Erie cabin that was once part of an historic Amish settlement. But when a violent storm suddenly erupts, Lovina Nisley, the Amish owner of the cabin, goes missing. Lovina is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, so it initially appears the elderly woman simply took the wrong path, but her disappearance takes an ominous turn when her husband reveals that a developer has been threatening them if they refuse to sell him their home. With temperatures dropping and local law enforcement unable to reach them, Kate and Tomasetti must brave the perilous weather to find her. But will they reach Lovina in time to save her life?]]> 65 Linda Castillo 1250368014 Karen 0 to-read 3.99 2024 Dark Storm Rising (Kate Burkholder, #15.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[An Evil Heart (Kate Burkholder, #15)]]> 61884979 Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the brutal death of a young Amish man in An Evil Heart, the latest installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo.

On a crisp autumn day in Painters Mill, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder responds to a call only to discover an Amish man who has been violently killed with a crossbow, his body abandoned on a dirt road. Aden Karn was just twenty years old, well liked, and from an upstanding Amish family. Who would commit such a heinous crime against a young man whose life was just beginning?

The more Kate gets to know his devastated family and the people—both English and Amish—who loved him, the more determined she becomes to solve the case. Aden Karn was funny and hardworking and looking forward to marrying his sweet fiancé, Emily. All the while, Kate’s own wedding day to Tomasetti draws near...

But as she delves into Karn’s past, Kate begins to hear whispers about a dark side. What if Aden Karn wasn’t the wholesome young man everyone admired? Is it possible the rumors are a cruel campaign to blame the victim? Kate pursues every lead with a vengeance, sensing an unspeakable secret no one will broach.

The case spirals out of control when a young Amish woman comes forward with a horrific story that pits Kate against a dangerous and unexpected opponent. When the awful truth is finally uncovered, Kate comes face to face with the terrible consequences of a life lived in all the dark places.]]> 320 Linda Castillo 1250781086 Karen 3 4.07 2023 An Evil Heart (Kate Burkholder, #15)
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average rating: 4.07
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