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Freaky Deaky Freaky Deaky Elmore Leonard A pair of former 1960s student activists who learned how to blow things up as part of their political education have teamed up after a prison stint and are on the loose in Detroit, out for a revenge … OL111647W
The Switch The Switch Elmore Leonard Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara hit it off in prison, where they were both doing time for grand theft auto. Now that they're out, they're joining forces for one big score. The plan is to kidnap the wife… OL111652W
Derelict Derelict 50 Cent,Relentless Aaron Despite the opinions of others, who view him merely as a derelict, Johnny "Pooh" Thompson follows his own wayward path toward self-destruction. OL12276410W
Daddy's little girl Daddy's little girl Mary Higgins Clark From Mary Higgins Clark, America's bestselling "Queen of Suspense," comes a chilling story of murder that reaches the heights of suspense while exploring the depths of the criminal mind. Ellie Cavana… OL13060W
R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18) R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18) Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges f… OL14852285W
The lost get-back boogie The lost get-back boogie James Lee Burke Iry Paret's done his time -- two years for manslaughter in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary. Now the war vet and blues singer is headed to Montana, where he hopes to live clean working on a ranc… OL15109529W
The Way Home The Way Home George P. Pelecanos Christopher Flynn is trying to get it right. After years of trouble and rebellion that enraged his father and nearly cost him his life, he has a steady job in his father's company, he's seriously dat… OL15164716W
Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America Jeremy Travis Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America is intended to shed light on a question that fuels the public's concern about the number of returning prisoners. What are the public safety consequences of the f… OL15180891W
Song of the road Song of the road Dorothy Garlock Returning to her childhood home in Depression-era New Mexico, pregnant and penniless widow Marilee is distraught to learn of her father's death and her mother's alcoholism but vows to revive the fami… OL15811692W
Unwanted company Unwanted company Barbara Seranella The nationally bestselling author of "No Offense Intended" delivers a another high-octane thriller featuring Munch Mancini, prison parolee turned auto mechanic turned limo chauffeur. OL15840738W
Trusting him Trusting him Brenda Minton Since the day he left prison, Michael Carson sought a second chance. Helping troubled teens in a church youth group seemed a good place to start. Working alongside youth leader Maggie Simmons, Michae… OL15845635W
Boot tracks Boot tracks Matthew F. Jones When Charlie Rankin is released from prison, he must repay a debt to "The Buddha," his protector, by tracking down and killing a man he has never met. OL16025412W
This bright river This bright river Patrick Somerville "Lauren Sheehan's career in medicine came to a halt after a sequence of violent events abroad. Now she's back in the safest place she knows--St. Helens, Wisconsin--cut off from career, friendship, an… OL16342558W
The Christmas Witness The Christmas Witness Susan Sleeman "Don't say a word." When a criminal threatened to kill Megan Cash if she testified against him, she didn't back down. Years later, he's out of jail and ready for revenge against Megan and her daug… OL17501547W
Damage Damage John T. Lescroart His career derailed by the vengeful billionaire Curtlee family for his part in convicting one of their number for murder, former homicide detective Abe Glitsky learns that the killer has won a retria… OL17644020W
Letters to Kelly Letters to Kelly Suzanne Brockmann Either Way He Was A Condemned Man. So here I sit, writing letters that have no hope of reaching you until I am free to deliver them myself. With luck, that will be soon. For your eighteenth birthd… OL17701491W
Up Pops The Devil Up Pops The Devil Angela Benson Two hard years in prison have changed Wilford "Preacher" Winters for the better. He did his time, now he's going to "do the right thing." But the women in his life have other ideas.Tanya, the sleek a… OL1807381W
Unstoppable Unstoppable Suzanne Brockmann "Love with the Proper Stranger" FBI agent John Miller was on the trail of a notorious female serial killer, and he couldn't blow his cover to anyone. Not even the beguiling Mariah Carver, who had unw… OL18181970W
Narrow rooms Narrow rooms James Purdy Gore Vidal's recent feature profile of James Purdy in the Sunday New York Times Book Review signaled the long overdue arrival of a major literary cult hero into the American canon. Purdy's exquisitel… OL1842388W
Underworld Underworld Don DeLillo Nick Shay and Kiara Sax knew each other once, intimately and they meet again in the Sahara desert. He is trying to outdistance the crucial events of his early life, she is an artist who has made a bl… OL1921185W
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