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Julie and the Eagles Julie and the Eagles Megan McDonald Julie and her best friend, Ivy, find a baby owl in Golden Gate Park--and it needs help. At a wildlife rescue center, Julie meets Shasta and Sierra, two bald eagles that will be caged for life, unless… OL104346W
The Immigrants The Immigrants Howard Fast In this sweeping journey of love and fortune, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the family saga of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in America at the turn of the century. Qu… OL1067131W
Power Of The Mountain Man Power Of The Mountain Man William W. Johnstone Smoke Jensen is summoned to San Francisco, finds his friend Francie dead and the wealthy plotting to take control of the gold mines, and heads to the High Sierras to recruit prospectors, ranchers, an… OL111233W
Mercy Mercy David Kessler As he makes an 11th hour plea for mercy, lawyer Alex Sedaka is resigned to the fact that Clayton Burrows will be executed. Charged with the rape and murder of 18-year-old classmate Dorothy Olsen - a … OL14905468W
Ain't Too Proud to Beg Ain't Too Proud to Beg Susan Donovan Josie Sheehan collects failed relationships the way some women collect designer handbags. Now, at thirty-five, she has exactly one male in her life: her Labradoodle, Genghis. In fact Josie, along wit… OL14909403W
Critical mass Critical mass David Hagberg Kirk McGarvey--one-time CIA assassin--dreams of a peaceful life and marital bliss. One man will change all that. In 1945, Isawa Nakaruma lost his mother and father at Hiroshima, his wife and child at… OL14927269W
Oranges on Golden Mountain Oranges on Golden Mountain Elizabeth Partridge When hard times fall on his family, Jo Lee is sent from China to San Francisco, where he helps his uncle fish and dreams of being reunited with his mother and sister. OL15021562W
Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss Kyra Davis Mystery writer and dabbling sleuth Sophie Katz is head over heels in love--with a three-bedroom Victorian. She's got to have it, despite a few drawbacks. Her slimy ex is the Realtor. The creepy selle… OL15174021W
Bite Me Bite Me Christopher Moore The city of San Francisco is being stalked by a huge shaved vampyre cat named Chet, and only I, Abby Normal, emergency backup mistress of the Greater Bay Area night, and my manga-haired love monkey, … OL15174910W
The Spellman files The Spellman files Lisa Lutz Izzy Spellman launches her career as a private investigator while working for the firm of her outlandishly dysfunctional family. OL15801702W
Death wore a fabulous new fragrance Death wore a fabulous new fragrance Orland Outland **From Goodreads:** ***Binky & Doan Mysteries #2*** A "darker, tangier Tales of the City, a comedy of manners with a murder plot". Planet QIf Sherlock Holmes wore high heels...If Sam Spade foun… OL15842364W
Witness for the defense Witness for the defense Jonnie Jacobs Kali finds herself defending a wealthy woman accused of murdering the controversial radio show host who claimed to be he adopted daughter's biological father. OL15846004W
The strange files of Fremont Jones The strange files of Fremont Jones Dianne Day Brave, resourceful, adventurous Fremont (née Caroline) Jones is a woman ahead of her time. Hungry for independence, she's traded in her conventional life in Boston for a career as a "type-writer" in … OL15964416W
The monk downstairs The monk downstairs Tim Farrington "Rebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. "I had the romantic thing with my first husband, thank you very much," she tells a hapless… OL16026428W
The other twin The other twin Katherine Stone Ten years ago, Sophie Beaumont had watched as her twin sister, Shelly, had chosen to marry a Canfield man, bear his children and be mistress of his manor. OL16048510W
Love and Haight Love and Haight Susan R. S. K. Carlton,Susan R. F. K. Carlton Seventeen-year-old Chloe brings her friend MJ to San Francisco, one of the few places where an abortion can be obtained legally in 1971, to get rid of Chloe's "Thing" while staying with her bohemian … OL16134425W
Miss Fortune Cookie Miss Fortune Cookie Lauren Bjorkman Meet Erin. Smart student, great daughter, better friend. Secretly the mastermind behind the popular advice blog Miss Fortune Cookie. Totally unaware that her carefully constructed life is about to ge… OL16571994W
3rd Degree 3rd Degree James Patterson,Andrew Gross The #1 bestselling new mystery series of the past decade comes roaring back with 3rd Degree, a shockingly suspenseful thriller featuring the Women's Murder Club. One of James Patterson's best loved h… OL167144W
A match made in heaven A match made in heaven Trina Robbins Aspiring comic book artist Morning Glory Conroy is delighted to be in a relationship with new student Gabriel, but her best friend Julia needs her, Gabriel's cousin Luci keeps causing trouble, and ot… OL16726374W
Killer weed Killer weed Michael Castleman After being laid off from his newspaper, historian-turned-journalist Ed Rosenberg is asked to research San Francisco's hippie era for a museum exhibit sponsored by a tech billionaire whose mother was… OL17272252W
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