Steven Boyer
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 20
Language
English
Description
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he has made sure that no one will recognize him by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer,...
3) Deadline
Author
Language
English
Description
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, thinks himself well versed in his city's dark practices -- until he is horrified to learn of the gruesome underworld of the "blackbirders," who snatch free Northerners of color from their homes, masquerade them as slaves, and sell them to the South to toil as plantation property. But in 1846, slave catching isn't just legal -- it's law enforcement.
Author
Series
Monstrumologist volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Rick Yancey won the Michael L. Printz Award for the stunning first entry in his Monstrumologist saga. In the series' third entry, Will Henry is left behind as Dr. Warthrop and his eager new assistant Arkwright embark on a quest to find the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology." But when Arkwright returns with news of the doctor's demise, Will sets off on his own quest, to the Isle of Blood, to determine the truth. "Yancey takes . gore and violence . to thrilling...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When eleven-year-old Don Schmidt wins a chicken-judging contest in his small town of Horse Island, Louisiana and goes from outcast to instant celebrity, even his neglectful mother occasionally takes notice of him and eventually he discovers some shocking family secrets.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and an uncle of whose existence he was previously unaware. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and his involvement with a union bring trouble. He then joins a circus in hopes of finding his father.
