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(0)Victor Bevine
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Language
English
Description
"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Language
English
Description
"By 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina, was a shining example of a mixed-race community-a bustling port city with a thriving African American middle class and a government made up of Republicans and Populists, including black aldermen, police officers, and magistrates. But across the state--and the South--white supremacist Democrats were working to reverse the advances made by former slaves and their progeny. They were plotting to take back the state...
3) Relentless
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 442 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zaknafien and his mercenary friend, Jarlaxle, endure the most difficult challenges of their lives to secure the fate of Gauntlgym, before unexpected circumstances compel an uncontrollable battle against life itself.
4) Boundless
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperVoyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 380 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Split between time and two worlds, Zaknafein had always been conflicted. That inner turmoil was magnified by his inferior position as a male dark elf in the matriarchal drow society. Only his status as one of the greatest warriors--as well as his friendship with the mercenary Jarlaxle--kept him sane. When he finally perished, he was content knowing he left behind a legacy as substantial as his son, Drizzt. Except...someone isn't ready for Zaknafein...
5) Lash-up
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In a bid to dominate Asia and the western Pacific, China provokes a military crisis with the United States and then starts shooting down GPS satellites. America has only a short amount of time to devise some way of protecting its remaining satellites or China will gain an enormous advantage in the coming conflict. The only way the satellites can be protected is from orbit, so an armed spacecraft must be quickly designed, built, and launched to fight...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
444 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the demon uprising and two years of peace, a Civil war is in the offing, and Jarlaxle and a small group of friends go on an expedition in search of Doum'wielle, the last wielder of the powerful sword known as "Cutter", in hopes that she may be the key to unlocking the sword's potential.
After the settling dust of the demon uprising and two years of peace, rumblings from the Menzoberranzan drow have Jarlaxle nervous. Worried his allies...
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jacob, a middle-aged architect living in Copenhagen, is in the alcohol-soaked throes of a bitter divorce when he receives an unexpected call from his great-uncle Anton, who is in his nineties and still lives with his brother Anders on their rural Jutland farm--a place Jacob hasn't visited since the summer of 1978. Anton asks Jacob to answer the question that has haunted them both for decades: What happened to Ellen? To find out, Jacob must revisit...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
429 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There's a lot that Jarlaxle doesn't know: is he the lone survivor of the raid on the slaad fortress, can he even find a way to get out, and beyond his immediate predicament, could he possibly escape the ice caverns and get help for his friends? However, what Jarlaxle does know is that if he plans to come back--if Catti-brie, Entreri, and Zaknafein are to have any hope of surviving--he's going to have to bring back far more firepower. An army of aevendrow...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Steven Paul has had the same nightmare for as long as he can remember, a strange symbol figuring prominently into his terror. He decided long ago that the recurring dreams are nothing more than an unfortunate side effect of his often traumatic profession. Until, that is, he's assigned to the case of Emily Lindsey, the beautiful, elusive, and controversial blogger found alone, holding a hunting knife and covered in blood that is not her own....
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1038 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Columbo goes to the guillotine: "There's much more than meets the eye when Columbo investigates the death of a magician who supposedly was killed by one of his own clever magic tricks"--Container.
Murder, smoke and shadows: "Columbo searches for clues on the cutting-room floor when he suspects a high-powered film director of hiding evidence of murder"--Container.
Sex and the married detective: "Does the heart rule the head, or vice versa? Columbo...