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Implant Implant F. Paul Wilson The best-selling author of the blockbuster medical thriller, *The Select*, presents a chilling suspense story involving a plastic surgeon who creates a miraculous implant that may be an instrument of… OL108156W
Brazen Virtue Brazen Virtue Nora Roberts D.C. Detectives: book 2 Some virtues are negotiable.... The steamy summer streets of Washington are no match for the phone lines of Fantasy, Inc., where every man's dreams come true. The "hotli… OL111567W
Girl in Blue Girl in Blue Ann Rinaldi To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, fourteen-year-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army, and becomes a soldier on the battlefields of Vir… OL112458W
Melonhead Melonhead Katy Kelly DANNY'S TALL AND skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy's not ev… OL11764312W
The November criminals The November criminals Sam Munson A darkly funny, pot-infused novel of teenage maladjustment in the tradition of Beautiful Children from a compelling new voice in American fiction. For a high school senior, Addison Schacht has a lot … OL13778658W
Murder at the Washington Tribune Murder at the Washington Tribune Margaret Truman From senators to summer interns, from all the president's men to all-powerful women, Margaret Truman captures the fascinating, high-wire drama of Washington, D.C., like no other writer. Now this mast… OL14851994W
Cross fire Cross fire James Patterson Detective Alex Cross and Bree s wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of a perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington DC s most hated public figures- a corrupt con… OL14920132W
Suture Self Suture Self Mary Daheim A bum hip has bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn limping off to Good Cheer Hospital -- a questionable "haven of healing" where two recent patients didn't make the cut after routine surg… OL14937631W
One Knight Only One Knight Only Peter David King Arthur--in his modern incarnation as Arthur Penn--has been elected President of the United States. But with political power comes powerful enemies. An assassination attempt against Arthur puts h… OL15069532W
The rule of nine The rule of nine Steve Martini The Old Weatherman dreams of a plan that could be his swan song, an attack to drive a stake through the heart of the right-wing establishment and bury it for good. Now he's found the money, the ideal… OL15100422W
The Spy The Spy Clive Cussler,Justin Scott Detective Isaac Bell, hero of The Chase and The Wrecker, returns in the remarkable new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.It is 1908, and international tensions are mounting as t… OL15125141W
His comfort and joy His comfort and joy J. R. Ward Getting tangled up in fantasies about some man Joy saw maybe five or six times a year was ridiculous.And it wasn't like Gray ever encouraged her. He remembered her name. But that was as far as it eve… OL15142037W
Countdown Countdown Deborah Wiles Franny is a schoolgirl who has a best friend named Margie. Her uncle has war "nightmares". There is friend betrayal and drama. But even most importantly a crisis. OL15168070W
The inner circle The inner circle Brad Meltzer,Scott Brick A young archivist working in the National Archives and his childhood crush accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact--a 200-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington--hidden ins… OL15538378W
Up over down under Up over down under Micol Ostow When sixteen-year-olds Eliza of Washington, D.C., and Billie of Melbourne, Australia, participate in a semester-long ecology exchange program, Eliza's plan to "cut loose" out of the public eye goes a… OL15639753W
Breaking her fall Breaking her fall Stephen Goodwin Just before eleven on an ordinary summer night in Washington, D.C., Tucker Jones picks up the phone, expecting to hear that his teenage daughter, Kat, is back from the movies. But the caller is anoth… OL16054041W
Mystery at the Washington Monument Mystery at the Washington Monument Ron Roy When KC and Marshall see lights flickering at night in the Washington Monument, their investigation turns up a monkey, a hole in one of the monument stones, and a hundred-year-old mystery. Late at ni… OL16061071W
Sisters of Isis Sisters of Isis Lynne Ewing As the three fifteen-year-olds, Meri, Sudi, and Dalila, adjust to their new roles as descendants of Egyptian pharoahs charged with protecting the world from evil forces, they must face Apep, a giant … OL16071074W
What It Was What It Was George P. Pelecanos "Washington, D.C., 1972. Derek Strange has left the police department and set up shop as a private investigator. His former partner, Frank "Hound Dog" Vaughn, is still on the force. When a young woma… OL16152299W
Along Came a Spider Along Came a Spider James Patterson A missing little girl named Maggie Rose.A family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C.The thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher.A psychopathic serial kidnap… OL167178W
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