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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
No place like home No place like home Mary Higgins Clark I cannot believe I am standing in the exact spot where I was standing when I killed my mother...When she was ten Liza Barton shot her mother dead, trying to protect her from her violent stepfather. T… OL13066W
La nube del no saber La nube del no saber Thomas H. Cook Horrified by the suspicious drowning death of her schizophrenic son, Diana exchanges e-mails with her schizophrenic brother that explore clues from ancient murders in order to build a case against Di… OL17781598W
Tan cerca de la vida Tan cerca de la vida Santiago Roncagliolo Max, the sole employee of an international corporation, finds himself in Tokyo for an artificial intelligence conference, overwhelmed by the city and its inhabitants--people who act like robots and r… OL19943907W
The Conquest The Conquest Yxta Maya Murray "A restorer of rare books and manuscripts, Sara Gonzales lives in a solitary world filled with dusty, broken books. A born reader, Sara is doing with her life just what she set out to do, even at the… OL2000505W
The Lollipop Shoes The Lollipop Shoes Joanne Harris For all those who loved Chocolat - Vianne is back.'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?''My mother, Vianne Rocher.'Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her d… OL451295W
The 25th hour The 25th hour David Benioff The 25th Hour is the 2001 debut novel by Game of Thrones screenplayer David Benioff. It tells the story of New York drug dealer Monty Brogan, who is arrested for drug possession with intent to sell… OL5730340W
The lovely bones The lovely bones Alice Sebold This deluxe trade paperback edition of Alice Sebold's modern classic features French flaps and rough-cut pages.Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience,… OL5962664W
The Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of… OL675698W
The Humbling The Humbling Philip A. Roth A famous actor loses his talent, loses his hope, loses all. OL74634W
Cell Cell Stephen King Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the g… OL81597W
El pintor de batallas El pintor de batallas Arturo Pérez-Reverte Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as he continues … OL992482W