Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington is back
in Manhattan and pleased to receive an unexpected visit from his friend
and sometime lover Holly Barker, now an assistant director at the CIA.
For her part, Holly is glad to leave the staid, official environs of the
capital for the dining and atmosphere of New York, but her sojourn
isn’t only for pleasure. An explosive incident requires her immediate
attention—and Stone’s investigative expertise.
But what
initially appears to be a clear-cut case soon becomes increasingly
complex—and dangerous. For in the secretive world of government
intelligence, national interests all too often conflict with power grabs
and turf wars, and extreme wealth allows even the most pursued rivals
to slip through the cracks. As Stone and Holly follow the trail from
London’s posh embassy district to Manhattan’s Upper East Side, they
learn just how well the most cunning plans can be disguised . . . and
how far some people will go to wreak vengeance.
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington is
called to Bel-Air to oversee an exclusive event that will gather the top
echelons of the beau monde: Hollywood starlets, socialites, politicos,
billionaires from overseas. It’s a task in which Stone has a personal
stake, and one that is made all the more pleasurable—though somewhat
more complicated—with the arrivals of two beautiful women with whom he’s
intimately acquainted.
But the grand occasion has also
attracted a dangerous criminal group with sinister plans. The hunt to
find them leads Stone into a complex web of deceit and misdirection, in a
world where the intrigues of government intelligence collide with the
clandestine machinations of the upper crust. As he draws nearer to his
quarry, he realizes that the stakes are higher than anybody could ever
imagine . . . and that the enemies he’s seeking might just be hiding in
plain sight.
The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny
Dr. Gabriella Mondini, a
strong-willed, young Venetian woman, has followed her father in the
path of medicine. She possesses a singleminded passion for the art of
physick, even though, in 1590, the male-dominated establishment is
reluctant to accept a woman doctor. So when her father disappears on a
mysterious journey, Gabriella's own status in the Venetian medical
society is threatened. Her father has left clues--beautiful, thoughtful,
sometimes torrid, and often enigmatic letters from his travels as he
researches his vast encyclopedia, The Book of Diseases.
After
ten years of missing his kindness, insight, and guidance, Gabriella
decides to set off on a quest to find him--a daunting journey that will
take her through great university cities, centers of medicine, and
remote villages across Europe. Despite setbacks, wary strangers, and the
menaces of the road, the young doctor bravely follows the clues to her
lost father, all while taking notes on maladies and treating the ill to
supplement her own work.
Micro by Michael Crichton
In the locked office of
a Honolulu building, three men are found dead, with no sign of struggle
except for ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies.
In
the lush rain forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in
a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Here, seven brilliant
graduate students recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up
company are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and
surprising dangers at every turn. Prey to a technology of radical and
unbridled power--armed only with their knowledge of the natural
world--they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself to
survive.
The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Vanessa “Michael” Munroe
deals in information—expensive information—working for corporations,
heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her
unique brand of expertise. Born to missionary parents in lawless central
Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary
crew when she was just fourteen. As his protégé, she earned the respect
of the jungle's most dangerous men, cultivating her own reputation for
years until something sent her running. After almost a decade building a
new life and lucrative career from her home base in Dallas, she's never
looked back.
Until now.
A Texas oil billionaire has
hired her to find his daughter who vanished in Africa four years ago.
It’s not her usual line of work, but she can’t resist the challenge.
Pulled deep into the mystery of the missing girl, Munroe finds herself
back in the lands of her childhood, betrayed, cut off from civilization,
and left for dead. If she has any hope of escaping the jungle and the
demons that drive her, she must come face-to-face with the past that
she’s tried for so long to forget.
Fields of Grace by Kim Vogel Sawyer
With their eldest son
nearly to the age when he will be drafted into military service,
Reinhardt and Lillian Vogt decide to immigrate to America, the land of
liberty, with their three sons and Reinhardt's adopted brother, Eli. But
when tragedy strikes during the voyage, Lillian and Eli are forced into
an agreement neither desires. Determined to fulfill his obligation to
Reinhardt, Eli plans to see Lillian and her sons safely settled on their
Kansas homestead--and he's equally determined that the boys will be
reared in the Mennonie faith.
What he doesn't expect is his growing
affection for Lillian--and the deep desire to be part of a family.
Emory's Gift by W. Bruce Cameron
After 13-year-old
Charlie Hall’s mother dies and his father retreats into the silence of
grief, Charlie finds himself drifting lost and alone through the brutal
halls of junior high school.
But Charlie Hall is not entirely
friendless. In the woods behind his house, Charlie is saved from a
mountain lion by a grizzly bear, thought to be extinct in northern
Idaho.
And this very unusual bear will change Charlie’s life forever.
Private Eye Protector by Shirlee McCoy (Larger Print ed)
After an accident,
single mother Rayne Sampson loses her recent memories. Thankfully, her
sweet baby girl is front and center in her mindbut so is the terrifying
image of a dangerous man. Someone with terrible intent is after her.
Private investigator Chance Richardson assures her she's safe.
But when
her lifeand babyare threatened, the handsome former army chaplain vows
to catch the stalker
all while keeping his heart guarded. Until a
predator's ultimate betrayal changes everything forever.