When Sally Montgomery accompanies her handsome boss Frederick Pierson on a quiet country weekend, she enjoys the first evening. But when she discovers his battered body the next morning, she runs for her life. Now it's up to Pete,...
New York (State)
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Author:Kane, AndreaSummary: -
Author:Patterson, James, Ledwidge, MichaelSummary:Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a killer targeting not only the children of New York's wealthiest families--but the entire city of New York.
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Author:O'Connell, CarolSummary:Never has Kathleen Mallory faced as many surprises as in the case before her now. It seems cut-and-dried at first: a burglar has been caught in the act and killed by an ice pick-wielding home owner. Except that the home owner turns out...
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Author:Myers, AlyseSummary:Growing up in Queens in the 1960s, Alyse Myers watched her mother settle for a joyless existence. Alyse rejects everything about her mother's life--until she inherits an item that reveals a poignant and deeply moving truth.
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Author:Marcus, AnthonySummary:While homelessness has not disappeared from the American social scene, "the homeless" have disappeared from American public discourse following increased attention in the 1980s and early 1990s. In this work, the first volume...
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Author:Grace, SharonSummary:This is the story—a grandmother’s story—of the experiences and events that have shaped her life, including the sexual abuse of her four-year-old granddaughter in a daycare center. In these pages, the author will share her trials and...
- Author:Ford, WallaceSummary:
A powerful and unscrupulous investment banker learns the hard way that what goes up must come down. Ever since Gordon Perkins made off with his partners' money, he's been living fast, but losing even faster.
- Author:Carter, BetsySummary:
On the eve of World War II Egon Schneider--a gallant and successful Jewish doctor--escapes Germany to an uncertain future across the sea. Settling in upper Manhattan, he finds solace among a tight-knit group of fellow immigrants,...
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Author:James, HenrySummary:Set in the exacting social landscape of New York City at the turn of the century, Washington Square is the tale of a wealthy but shy young woman caught between conflicting family expectations.
- Author:Strausbaugh, JohnSummary:
While World War II launched and leveled nations, spurred economic growth, and saw the rise and fall of global fascism, New York City emerged as the new capital of the world. John Strausbaugh tells the story of New York City's war...
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Author:Houle, Michelle M.Summary:Discusses the 1911 fire that killed 146 New York garment factory workers, the conditions that led up to it, and some of the legislation that came about to prevent the occurrence of similar disasters.
- Author:Patterson, James, Ledwidge, MichaelSummary:
A bomb set in one of New York's busiest places is discovered before it explodes. But relief turns to terror when the police realize it is just a warning of greater devastation. Before long, another horrifying crime leads Detective...
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Author:Scoppettone, SandraSummary:Meet Faye Quick, a sassy secretary who keeps the home fires burning by reluctantly becoming a private investigator after her boss and agency owner, Woody Mason, joins the army. True to her name, Faye catches on quick, and is especially...
- Author:Mofina, RickSummary:
Jeff Griffin, a mechanic, and his wife, Sarah, travel from Montana to Manhattan to give their nine-year-old son, Cole, his dream vacation as they secretly face the heart-wrenching turmoil that has them teetering on divorce. In the wake...
- Author:Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:
Presents the first part of the author's Mysteries of Winterthurn.
- Author:Hammett, DashiellSummary:
Nick retired from detecting after his wife inherited a tidy sum, but six years later a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick's client. Nick can no more...
- Author:Moehringer, J. R.Summary:
J.R. Moehringer grew up listening for a voice: It was the sound of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before J.R. spoke his first words. As a boy, J.R. would press his ear to a clock radio, straining to hear in that...
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Author:Patterson, James, DiLallo, RichardSummary:Writers Jacob and Megan Brandeis go undercover to take on the Store, a retail behemoth that has helped usher in an age of unparalleled convenience--but at what price? Harboring a secret that could get him killed, Jacob has to find a way...
- Author:Horn, StacySummary:
In her enticing narrative The Restless Sleep, Horn sheds light on the dark world of the NYPD's real-life Cold Case Squad--a special command of detectives who take on the homicide cases that remain unsolved after their initial...
- Author:Sharpton, Al.Summary:
Reverend Al Sharpton will take you behind the scenes of some unexpected places--from officiating Michael Jackson's funeral, hanging out with Jay-Z and President Barack Obama at the White House, to taking charge of the Trayvon...
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