Title: The Tommyknockers Author: Stephen King File Type: Mobi Subject:Science-Fiction Horror Description:
Set in Maine, this story concerns Bobbi who has developed telepathic powers. A spaceship landed at the bottom of her garden and when it is uncovered, the citizens of Haven metamorphose into increasingly bizarre and dangerous creatures.
Title: Chat
Author: Archer Mayor
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Detective
Description:From Publishers WeeklyRelationships always drive Mayor's plots, but never more so than in this intricate, suspense-filled 18th Joe Gunther novel (after 2006's The Second Mouse). When Gunther's mother and brother are almost killed in a suspicious car accident, he helps Deputy Sheriff Rob Barrows narrow in on a local, lawless family with a grievance against the Gunthers. Meanwhile, the investigation of two similar but seemingly unrelated deaths leads Gunther's colleagues at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation to online chat rooms where older men pick up teen girls. Gunther's former lover, Gail Zigman, makes an appearance, but Lyn Silva, last seen in 2004's The Surrogate Thief, takes center stage as his new love interest. This book takes Gunther all over Vermont, offering occasional breaks from the tension with evocative descriptions of mountains and snow. Though Mayor is considered a regional writer, his books intelligently deal with subjects of national concern, and Gunther's crime-solving skills and personal charisma have broad appeal. (Oct.) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ReviewThe writing is strong, with sharp social observations throughout. Gunther grows on you from novel to novel. (strongWashington Post Book Worldstrong ) The strength of this durable series has always been its insularity: local settings; sharp small-town characterizations; home-grown police procedures. (strongKirkus Reviewsstrong ) HIGH PRAISE FOR MAYOR AND THE JOE GUNTHER SERIES Archer Mayor's unassuming voice and down-to-earth style stamp his regional crime novels with a sense of integrity. (strongThe New York Times Book Reviewstrong ) Mayor's skills are equal to the vigor of his imagination, and we take his word for every twist, every turn, every thunderbolt. (strongThe New Yorkerstrong ) Mayor's Joe Gunther novels are among the best cop stories being written today. (strongBookliststrong )
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Title: The Rules of Silence
Author: David Lindsey
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Suspense
Description:From Publishers WeeklyLindsey is an efficient thriller author who sometimes (as in Mercy) reaches considerable heights of suspense and terror. The present book, however, is no more than just efficient, despite its smooth prose, a Lindsey trademark. It has a workable plot-Titus Cain, a self-made Texas millionaire software developer, is being bled financially by a Latino thug who threatens to kill Cain's nearest and dearest if he fails to pay large sums into a series of front companies-but it soon becomes clear that the plot is all there is to the book. Titus; his wife, Rita; and the outlaw techno-whiz they hire to get them out of their horrible situation are not brought to life for an instant, but remain the ciphers of a mindless action movie. It soon becomes clear that the Cains' would-be savior, Garcia Burden, has his own dark agenda, and that their nemesis is not stockpiling money just for himself but perhaps for a sinister Arab group that could be planning a new terrorist attack. There's a great deal of planting bugs, scrutinizing laptops, dashing around in SUVs and the occasional burst of mayhem, but it's basically an unengaging and mechanical exercise. Lindsey can do much better.br 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. FromMultimillionaire Titus Cain is approached with a strange proposition: if he doesn't give a certain man $64 million, this same man will kill off some (or perhaps all) of Cain's friends and loved ones. The money has to be given to the extortionist in such a way that no one suspects anything is going on (primarily through deliberately bad investments), and if Cain even tries to seek help, the killings will start instantly. Lindsey's latest novel is thoroughly exhilarating, even if the premise isn't completely fresh: Jon Katzenbach's The Analyst (2001) was also about a man who had to do a specific thing if he didn't want the villain to kill his loved ones. Titus Cain is a sympathetic protagonist, a man forced to make tough decisions in the face of enormous danger; Cayetano Luquin, the powerful extortionist, who apparently does this sort of thing for a living, is vastly evil without being cartoonish; and Garcia Burden, the ex-CIA counterterrorism expert to whom Titus turns for help, is resourceful and inscrutable. Lindsey's novels sometimes suffer from lethargy, as though he's just sort of wandering through his story, but this one moves swiftly to its rousing finale. It's a definite winner. David Pittbr American Library Association. lt;
Title: Keeping Christmas
Author: B. J. Daniels
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Romance
Description:CHRISTMAS NEVER MEANT MUCH AT THE BONNER ESTATE...BUT COULD IT BECOME A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER AT CHANCE WALKER'S MONTANA CABIN?
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Ten years ago Dixie Bonner was the favorite wild child of a powerful Texas oilman. But after uncovering a dark family secret that cast suspicion on everyone close to her, she took off for a new life and never looked back.
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Chance Walker was the cool-eyed cowboy hired to bring her home by Christmas. But after catching her, he couldn't decide if she was a blackmailer or a victim. Was he tempted to protect her because she told the truth--or was he falling for her? Holed up in a remote Montana cabin with the bad guys closing in, two stubborn souls needed to trust each other if they hoped to survive the season.
Title: Inca Gold
Author: Clive Cussler
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Thriller
Description:
When a tsunami hit a Spanish treasure galleon, all trace of a golden hoard greater than that of any pharaoh's vanished into history. Until NUMA agent DIRK PITTĀ® dives into an ancient sacrificial pool far into the Andean jungle in order to rescue two archaeologists, and plunges into a vortex of corruption, betrayal, and death. A sinister crime syndicate has traced the long-lost treasure -- worth almost a billion dollars -- from the Andes to the banks of a hidden underground river flowing beneath a Mexican desert. Nothing will stop their ruthless and murderous drive to recover the gold. Nothing, that is, until Pitt and his team place themselves square in the path of danger....
Title: Doctor Who_ Matrix
Author: Robert Perry
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
Description:It is Victorian London and Jack the Ripper is stalking the streets -- or is it the Doctor?A crystal from the TARDIS telepathic circuits has a serious effect on the Doctors mind, and Ace finds herself isolated and in danger.What part is the Doctor being forced to play? What is the secret of the 12 shadow-TARDISes which eerily wait in silence for events to play out? Only as Ace runs for her life does she realize that the Doctor is at the mercy of a terrifying force from his own future -- one he may be powerless to stop.
Title: A Call to Darkness
Author: Michael Jan Friedman
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Star Trek
Description:The Enterprise discovers a lifeless Federation research vessel, orbibting a planet hidden behind a mysterious energy shield. Over the strong objections of his senior officers, Captain Picard and an away team beam over in search of the missing crew -- And vanish. But soon his captains disappearance is not the only problem facing Commander Riker. For a mysterious disease has begun ravaging the Enterprise crew. Now Riker must uravel the secrets of the planet below in order to rescue Picard -- a prevent the starships destruction.
Title: Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
Author: Barbara Park
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Children's Books
Description:FromGr. 1^-2, younger for reading aloud. Junie B. Jones falls in love with the new boy in her kindergarten class in the latest First Stepping Stone Book about the eager pre-schooler and her friends. As with Lois Lowry's See You Around, Sam (1996), older kids will laugh at Junie's klutzy innocence, even as they recognize their own vulnerability in the classroom and the school yard. Brunkus' line drawings pick up the farce of Junie's desperate efforts in the world of romance and rivalry. Hazel RochmanReviewPark is truly a funny writer. Although Junie B. is a kindergartner, she's sure to make middle graders laugh out loud. -- School Library Journal -- Review