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In an inspirational debut novel by the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Charles “Chick” Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness, isolation, and depression and the disintegration of his life, until an encounter with his mother’s ghost brings him new awareness and leads him to attempt to put his life back together.

In the wake of murders in the Virginia countryside in which the killer leaves watches on the victims’ bodies, investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell discover a possible link to a case involving an aristocratic southern family.

The murder of a world-famous physicist raises fears that the Illuminati are operating again after centuries of silence, and religion professor Robert Langdon is called in to assist with the case.

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.

Just how far parents will go to protect their kids? When their son Adam is implicated in the death of his classmate, Tia and Mike Baye install a sophisticated spy program on Adam’s computer, and within days are jolted by a message from an unknown correspondent.

Years after the death of a sixteen-year-old girl is ruled a suicide, detective Harry Bosch receives DNA evidence that reopens the case, which involves an investigation of a white supremacist with close ties to the LAPD.

Barely surviving a motel bombing while trying to rescue a kidnapped entertainer, FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver find themselves working against an unstable villain with designs on their families and fellow agents.

Diesel returns to Stephanie Plum’s life in this “between-the-numbers” title in the series. Stephanie is looking for Annie, a relationship expert and matchmaker and finds her in the protective custody of none other than old flame, Diesel. In order to collect on Annie, Stephanie is going to have to play the part of matchmaker to several lonely people.

In 1772, on the eve of the American Revolution, Jamie Fraser is asked by the governor to help protect the colonies for King and Crown, but, thanks to his time-traveling twentieth-century wife, Claire, Jamie is aware of the ultimate result of the rebellion.

His past marked by his father’s embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time.

Richard desperately searches for his long-lost, amnesiac beloved, Kahlan Amnell, racing against time to find her before she can uncover the secrets of her lost identity, thereby making her vulnerable to evil.

In a minimum security federal prison, three former judges who call themselves “the brethren” meet daily in the law library to run a rougher form of justice inside their new community and make a little money, but when one of their new scams derails, they are forced to confront the world of their own creation.

Luther and Nora Krank have decided to set sail on a Caribbean cruise on December 25th and skip Christmas. They are about to discover that their decision brings enormous consequences—and isn’t half as easy as they imagined.

Relates the early life of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in Eastern Europe, from the ages of six to twenty, following the loss of his entire family during World War II.

Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant’s son, in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan’s monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.

Mat Cauthon flees the Shadow and the Seanchan Empire with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, while Perrin Aybara seeks to free his captive wife, and Egwere al’Vere seeks to reunite the Aes Sedai.

Excitement sweeps the town after Mitford’s beloved Episcopal priest announces plans to end his long-time bachelorhood.

The final volume in the Mitford Years series finds Father Tim contemplating the revival of a remote mountaintop church, a challenge he hopes will be his ultimate calling, but fears will be an impossible task.

After her “stand-in mother,” a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in town, Lily Owens joins Rosaleen on a journey to Tiburon, South Carolina, where they are taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters.

Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigate the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler.

Rayford Steele and the beleaguered Tribulation force scattered across the globe are battling on against evil on the brink of Armageddon. All pretense is gone, even on the part of the Antichrist, as the planet hurtles toward the last battle and ultimate showdown between good and evil.

A satirical glimpse into Manhattan’s upper class follows Nanny, a struggling NYU student who takes a position caring for the son of the rich and glamorous X family, as she learns how to juggle a vast array of tasks so that a Park Avenue wife never has to lift a well-manicured finger.

Four women friends—a homicide detective, a medical examiner, an assistant DA, and a crime desk reporter—form a Women’s Murder Club to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco.

A novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most. It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host of the country’s highest-rated morning talk show, Meghan cuts to a commercial break—but not before she mutters two forbidden words into her open mike. In an instant, it’s the end of an era, not only for Meghan, who is unaccustomed to dealing with adversity, but also for her younger sister, Bridget, a social worker in the Bronx who has always lived in Meghan’s long shadow. The effect of Meghan’s on-air truth telling reverberates through both their lives, affecting Meghan’s son, husband, friends, and fans, as well as Bridget’s perception of hersister, their complex childhood, and herself.—From publisher description.

When a plumber discovers the remains of a murdered girl and various dark religious objects in the cellar of a client’s house, Temperance Brennan is called in to investigate the case.

Worn out from nursing soldiers at a Milwaukee hospital and struggling to recover from a traumatic love affair, Amanda Starkey returns to her family’s rural Wisconsin farm to stay with her beloved sister, Mattie, and young niece, Ruth.

Looking down from heaven, 14-year-old Susie Salmon recounts her rape and murder and watches her family as they cope with their grief and “the lovely bones” growing around her absence.

When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a history of telling outlandish tales.

A volunteer fireman and a single mother join forces to find the woman’s son who has been lost in a storm. While searching for the boy, the two adults find themselves increasingly close.

When her husband of 18 years dies suddenly, Liz Sutherland must deal not only with her own grief, but also with that of her children. In addition she must return to work and be both mother and father to her children. When a devastating accident sends her oldest son to the hospital, a caring physician enters her life.