Clarke introduces nine-year-old Miller, who becomes convinced that his father--who left without explanation--must have run away to join the military, and is now lying comatose in a VA hospital. Thinking a visit from his father's...
Veterans
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Author:Clarke, BrockSummary: - Author:Brown, LarrySummary:
Presents a Vietnam war story that probes the long-term effects of combat on two veterans.
- Author:Laukkanen, OwenSummary:
For fans of CJ Box and Michael Koryta, an "intimate and cinematic" thriller* about an ex-Marine, and ex-convict, and a rescue dog caught in the crosshairs of a ruthless gang in remote Washington state. Former US Marine Jess Winslow...
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Author:Hahn, Mary DowningSummary:Fourteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed, homeless Vietnam War veteran who spends his days in her suburban library, though the man makes it clear he wants to be left alone.
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Author:Quirk, MatthewSummary:A deadly fall on a rugged stretch of California coast, a home invasion gone wrong in Brittany, someone is assassinating the members of America's most select kill/capture team, the last line of defense against foreign threats, and...
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Author:Kennedy, A.L.Summary:In 1939, Alfred Day had wanted war. And when he got it, he found purpose in its turmoil: he found his proper role as tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew; and -- most extraordinary of all --...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
"Turn. Up. The. Heat" ( New York Times ) with this psychological thriller. New York City detective Michael Bennett faces his most terrifying killer ever. It could be anyone. They could be anywhere. A killer uses fearsome precision to...
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Author:Quirk, MatthewSummary:When John Byrne is arrested in a case of mistaken identity, he is picked up by Thomas Hayes. Hayes, a special ops commander, claims his team has been wrongly accused of terrorism. Byrne must decide where his allegiances lie--or he and...
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Author:Burke, SamSummary:Sean Gordon returns from the war in Afghanistan with a bad leg, no job and a heart grieving for lost friends. Lonely and searching, he’s interested in exploring his submissive side but can’t even tell his own family he’s gay. He's...
- Author:Ryan, JenniferSummary:
Chase Wilde deployed with the Army while Shelby Payne raised their baby alone. Now he's back and Shelby offers him a chance to prove he is the man he says he is.
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Author:Silko, LeslieSummary:Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of...
- Author:Courtenay, BryceSummary:
Brother Fish is an inspiring human drama of three lives brought together and changed forever by the extraordinary events of recent history. Brother Fish is an Australian saga spanning eighty years and four continents. Inspired by real...
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Author:Hodgins, JackSummary:In 1922, as returned soldiers clear the land they were given on Vancouver Island, the spectre of the First World War lingers in everyone's mind. Johanna Seyerstead waits for her missing-in-action husband to return; Wyatt Taylor has...
- Author:Kauffman, DonnaSummary:
Pippa MacMillan is a legend on the Irish folk music scene. But when her voice requires a time-out, she's left wondering how - and where - to find happiness in the silence ... Seeking answers, Pippa leaves Ireland in favor of a small...
- Author:Kauffman, DonnaSummary:
From her free-spirited mother, Sunny Goodwin learned the value of peace, love, and Jerry Garcia. The inheritance from the father she never knew? That's a little more complicated ... Sunny never expected to find herself owning a...
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Author:Singer, AundreaSummary:Toronto artist Gabriel Navarro splits his time between slinging ink and working on his master’s degree. He’s sure of his beliefs and his artistic integrity and naïve enough to think he’ll never compromise—until Iraq war veteran Jake...
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Author:BURKE, James LeeSummary:Billy Bob Holland delves deep into Montana - paradise to some, to others, a savage wilderness.
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
From legendary storyteller and #1 bestseller Stephen King, whose "restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained," ( The New York Times Book Review) comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job. Billy Summers is a...
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Author:Doucette, FredSummary:Fred Doucette always wanted to be a soldier. In the 1960s he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and served in Cyprus in the 1970s and ’80s and Bosnia in the 1990s. When he returned home to New Brunswick in 1999 after his last overseas...
- Author:Ward, Annie NighSummary:
Maddie and Ian's romance began with a chance encounter overseas. Now, married with an infant son and a suburban home, years of love, fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in a killing.
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