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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The legacy The legacy Stephen W. Frey When he receives word that his estranged father has died, commodities trader Cole Egan discovers that he has inherited a previously unknown videotape of the John F. Kennedy assassination, which may h… OL112272W
Emily's fortune Emily's fortune Phyllis Reynolds Naylor While traveling to her aunt's home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Un… OL15061473W
The Birthright (Song of Acadia #3) The Birthright (Song of Acadia #3) Janette Oke,T. Davis Bunn The Thread Binding Them Together As Sisters Is All Too Fragile... The bittersweet reunion of the Robichaud family and the Harrows in the land of the Acadians has brought two mothers and two daughters… OL15091518W
The man in the gray flannel suit II The man in the gray flannel suit II Sloan Wilson 1963. Tom Rath, finds his dream of suburban bliss turning into a kind of genteel craziness. Tom is not alone - the rest of the world seems to be going crazy too. John Kennedy is assassinated. Tom's w… OL15162505W
The saddlemaker's wife The saddlemaker's wife Earlene Fowler Ruby McGavin has inherited part of a cattle ranch from her late husband, only to discover that his family is very much alive, in contrast to what he told her. Even as she is drawn to handsome saddlem… OL15844964W
Flirting with Pete Flirting with Pete Barbara Delinsky Psychologist Casey Ellis never met her father -- but that didn't stop her from following in his professional footsteps. Now he has died, and Casey is shocked to have inherited his elegant Boston town… OL166384W
Paradise County Paradise County Karen Robards Left bankrupt after her billionaire father's sudden death, Alexandra Haywood returns to Shelby County, Kentucky -- that bit of Southern splendor known as Paradise County--to sell the family's magnifi… OL167251W
A Perfectly Good Family A Perfectly Good Family Lionel Shriver Following the death of her worthy liberal parents, Corlis McCrea moves back into her family's grand Reconstruction mansion in North Carolina, willed to all three siblings. Her timid younger brother h… OL3359135W
Slowly, slowly I raise the gun Slowly, slowly I raise the gun Jay Bennett Two weeks before he is due to receive his inheritance on his eighteenth birthday, Chris receives an anonymous letter informing him that his mother did not die a natural death and that he himself is i… OL4091828W
An indiscretion in the life of an heiress An indiscretion in the life of an heiress Thomas Hardy This story is reprinted from the New quarterly review of July 1878. The editor believes that in it is incorporated in revised form a large part of The poor man and the lady, Hardy's lost novel of 186… OL44976W
Up Close and Dangerous Up Close and Dangerous Linda Howard A mysterious plane crash . . . a dangerous trek through the Idaho wilderness . . . a smoldering attraction . . . and a deadly game of cat and mouse. In her latest tour de force of romantic suspense, … OL491816W
Lavender morning Lavender morning Jude Deveraux When Miss Edi passes away, she leaves Jocelyn Minton all her worldly possessions, including an eighteenth-century house and a letter with clues to a mystery that began in 1941. In an attempt to under… OL810148W
Howards End Howards End E. M. Forster Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretens… OL88881W
The murder stone The murder stone Charles Todd Charles Todd's critically acclaimed novels featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge have been hailed by The Washington Post Book World as "one of the best historical series being written today.… OL98838W