The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew draws individuals who prey on the storm's victims. They find easy targets for their insurance scams, but are unprepared for their opposition led by a tough ex-governor.
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- Author:Hiaasen, CarlSummary:
- Author:McKay, S. NoëlSummary:
Stony Point tells the story of a woman who succeeds in doing things at a time when custom restricts her from doing anything. In 1903, shortly after the Frank slide, a newspaper reporter vanishes from a mining town in the...
- Author:Walter, EmmanuelleSummary:
In 2014, the nation was rocked by the brutal violence against young Aboriginal women Loretta Saunders, Tina Fontaine and Rinelle Harper. But tragically, they were not the only Aboriginal women to suffer that year. In fact, an official...
- Author:Yelchin, EugeneSummary:
In this noir mystery middle grade from Newbery Honor author Eugene Yelchin, a boy stumbles upon a secret that jeopardizes American national security. It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States...
- Author:MOSS, TaraSummary:
Makedde Vanderwall is a woman with a past. She is beautiful, street-smart and single, a model paying her way through a degree in forensic psychology. But behind the wit and winning smile is a woman haunted by violent nightmares and...
- Author:White, KarenSummary:
In the Shadow of the Moon, when Laura Truitt first sees the dilapidated plantation house, she's overcome by a sense of familiarity. Inside, the owner claims to have been waiting for years and offers an old photograph of a woman with...
- Author:Rossi, VeronicaSummary:
Depuis qu’elle vit à l’extérieur, elle a survécu à une tempête Aether, s’est retrouvée avec un couteau sous la gorge et a été témoin du meurtre de plusieurs hommes. Cette partie était la pire. Exilée de la cité fortifiée de Rêverie,...
- Author:Harris, CharlaineSummary:
#1 New York Times bestseller Charlaine Harris returns to her Aurora Teagarden mystery series with a fabulous new book featuring the small-town Southern librarian. In the latest installment of the #1 New York Times Bestselling Charlaine...
- Author:Norman, MichaelSummary:
Sam Kincaid and Kate McConnell must once again look beneath the obvious in an increasingly dangerous scenario. The armored car robbery went terribly awry, leaving two people dead. One was a member of the gang believed responsible for...
- Author:Hime, James L.Summary:
Ex-Texas Ranger Jeremiah Spur is reluctant to cooperate when the CIA asks for his assistance on a special investigation. But when they mention the name Benjamin Farkas, Spur's curiousity is piqued. Farkas once knew Spur's...
- Author:CORRIS, PeterSummary:
An old flame, Glen Withers, has come back into Cliff Hardy's life - but this time it's strictly business.
- Author:PIETRONI, Anna LawrenceSummary:
This is the tale of three women, one witch, one mermaid and one missing and how Ruby was caught up in between. When Isa Fly appears in the doorway of Captin Len's Fried Fish Shop, fourteen year-old Ruby is entranced. Isa comes from...
- Author:Pettersen, BevSummary:
Rugged Scott Taylor can't stay away from the stunning Megan. But their sizzling attraction could compromise the search for her missing brother and put her in terrible danger. Can the pair survive treachery, betrayal, and their own...
- Author:Fluke, JoanneSummary:
Thanksgiving has a way of thawing the frostiest hearts in Lake Eden. But that won't be happening for newlywed Hannah Swensen Barton--not after her husband suddenly disappears ...Hannah has felt as bitter as November in Minnesota since...
- Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:
St. Kilda's streets hang with fairy lights. Tea dances, tango competitions, lifesaving demonstrations, lantern shows, and picnics on the beach are all part of the towns first Flower Parade. And who should be Queen of the Flowers but the...
- Author:Patterson, James, Sullivan, Mark T.Summary:
At Private Berlin, agent Chris Schneider has disappeared. Chris had taken a secretive personal leave and hadn't spoken to anyone from the office in days. The Private team retraces his footsteps to the cases he was investigating before...
- Author:Hayes, J. M.Summary:
Benteen County, Kansas is a hellhole in summer of scorching heat and wind and turns even meaner in winter. As a howling blizzard blows down upon the sparsely-populated county seat of Buffalo Springs, Sheriff English confronts both a...
- Author:Madden, StaceySummary:
A dark debut from a rising literary talent
Brandon Galloway is a 29–year–old nobody, fumbling between dead–end jobs in a town full of drunks and prostitutes. When he lands a position with a pest control company...
- Author:Rosoff, Meg.Summary:
Twelve-year-old Mila travels with her father to upstate New York to visit friends and family, who may lead them to clues to the whereabouts of her father's best friend, who has gone missing.
- Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:
The second book in the internationally-bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Mud City and My Name Is Parvana. A war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country....