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Running from the devil Running from the devil Jamie Freveletti Emma Caldridge, a chemist for a cosmetics company, is en route from Miami to Bogotá when her plane is hijacked and spins out of control into the mountains near the Venezuelan border. Thrown unhurt fr… OL11958513W
Remarkable Creatures Remarkable Creatures Tracy Chevalier In the year of the 150th anniversary of Origin of the Species, set in a town where Jane Austen was a frequent visitor, Tracy Chevalier once again shows her uncanny sense for the topical.In the early … OL15178365W
Remarkable creatures Remarkable creatures Tracy Chevalier On the windswept fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast Mary Anning learns that she has "the eye" - she finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton she sets … OL15484230W
Kill Decision Kill Decision Daniel Suarez When the U.S. finds itself subjected to targeted drone assassinations, the race is on to find those responsible. But after the drones are discovered to be autonomous — programmed to strike without di… OL16471431W
Darwin's radio Darwin's radio Greg Bear "Virus hunter" Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregna… OL16508W
Capitol reflections Capitol reflections Jonathan Javitt When New York City attorney Marci Newman dies following a mysterious seizure, her best friend, Gwen Maulder, a division chief with the Food and Drug Administration, decides to investigate despite the… OL17735773W
Heart's ease Heart's ease Anne Stuart Cassie has been falsely accused of tampering with lab results. Then her friend Meredith is hurt in a serious car crash. The situation that becomes complicated when she meets Meredith's brother Bran, … OL17738725W
Girl Least Likely to Marry Girl Least Likely to Marry Amy Andrews "Samuel Tucker is absolutely the last person scientist Cassie Barclay would ever date. Yes, he's gorgeous, but he's also far too cocky for his own good and thinks that Pi is a tasty afternoon treat. … OL17869564W
The cure The cure Douglas E. Richards "A novel in the best tradition of Douglas Preston and Michael Crichton ... with a little John Grisham thrown in. A young woman, Erin Palmer, witnesses a psychopath murder her parents and sister. The … OL17915659W
A tiger's tale A tiger's tale Laura Morrigan "When a normally mellow tiger at a rescue facility trees a terrified vet, animal behaviorist Grace Wilde needs to use her psychic ability to get to the root of the problem ..."--Page 4 of cover. OL18006430W
Undercover Texas Undercover Texas Robin Perini Black ops soldier Hunter Graham knew the rules: no family, no friends, no life outside the mission. But he never anticipated a woman like Erin Jamison. Two years ago, after a mission gone wrong, he m… OL18166106W
Remarkable creatures Remarkable creatures Tracy Chevalier In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye... From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning… OL18735481W
Declan's Cross Declan's Cross Carla Neggers Marine biologist Julianne Maroney comes to tiny Declan's Cross on the south Irish coast to heal her broken heart. Colin, who broke her heart, and his partner Emma are also in Declan's Cross to invest… OL19967550W
The watchmaker of Filigree Street The watchmaker of Filigree Street Natasha Pulley In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just r… OL20005391W
The Oslo conspiracy The Oslo conspiracy Asle Skredderberget "The main character in Asle Skredderberget's crime novels is Milo Cavalli. Half Norwegian and half Italian, he is definitely not your typical depressed Nordic noir investigator. In fact he's quite th… OL20042290W
The Special Dead The Special Dead Lin Anderson When Mark Howitt is invited back to Leila's flat and ordered to strip, he thinks he's about to have the experience of his life. Waking later he finds Leila gone from his side. Keen to leave, he opens… OL20792390W
Especies invasoras Especies invasoras Agustín Bernaldo Palatchi Gabriel travels with Iria, an invasive species biologist, to an island north of Scotland. While living in the laboratory, Gabriel begins to gather disturbing data; he's forced to flee with Iria after… OL21315598W
Take only pictures Take only pictures Laina Villeneuve Kristine Owens is dealing with unfinished business from her last summer horseback tours in California's High Sierras. An attractive blonde biologist would be a dangerous distraction. She must stay fo… OL24646800W
The sacred blood The sacred blood Michael Byrnes When an American geneticist is miraculously healed from cancer by bones she believes to be those of Jesus, an Israeli archaeologist and a noted Egyptologist team up to keep the Vatican from suppressi… OL24679620W
Blue gold Blue gold Clive Cussler,Paul Kemprecos A Novel from the NUMA Files Earth is a paradox - a fertile world three-quarters covered with water, yet in danger of running dry. Overuse and pollution have drained most of its fresh water, and sc… OL8375321W
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