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murder (4), love (2), historical fiction (2), sisters (2), family (2), Malcolm in Venice a century apart (1), Johnnie Cross and Caroline Spingold (artist)and her husband (1), wealthy girl is missing (1), particulary the emphasis on plural marriages. The 19th wife of Brigham Young (1), Two brothers-one a lawyer and one a criminal -with a twist at the end (1), sister searches for her sister's killer. Sister was a brilliant college mathmatician when killed. The younger sister becomes a coffee trader. (1), Handsome young man horribly burned in a car accident meets a sculptress who says he was her love from the past. As he heals (1), she tells him stories as she sculpts gargoyles. (1), In a modern break-away sect of Mormans (1), a man is killed and a woman arrested for the murder. However (1), her son doesn't believe she killed him and sets out to prove it. In separate chapters the history of the Morman faith is revealed (1), desert tracker hired to find her (1), mystery (1), Ann Elizabeth (1), Josey makes friends with Chloe Finley (1), After 40 years (1), a racial incident comes back to change lives of those involved. (1), Juliet Ashton decides to write a post WWII story of the occupation of Guernsey by the Nazis for five years. The book is in the form of letters and which show the impact of the war during the war years and afterwards. Funny (1), full of literary. (1), Doctor loses a young retarded patient in the operating room and lawsuit filed (1), Alice Lindgren marries Charlie Blackwell (1), how two different people make a marriage that works. Based on Laura and George Bush. (1), President sends the name of a TV judge for nomination to the Supreme Court. (1), When Harriet disappears (1), her body is never found and forty years later her uncle hires a journalist to write the family's history and to try to find out what happened to her. Wonderful characters (1), setting and plot. (1), George Eliot (author) and her new husband (1), loves the mailman (1), Della Lee appears in her closet (1), witness now married to police chief (1), mystery and love story and historical fiction involving the White Russians who fled the communist revolution and went to Germany. One woman claims to be Anatasia. This mystery has a good twist to the story. (1), mystery A blind woman can hold a dead person's hand and tell what happened to them in their last 18 seconds of life. The police call upon her for help. (1), historical fiction Based on a true story (1), is forced to be embedded with the marines when they invade Iraq. Although -told with great empathy for the young men who fight this war (1), Young Chinese man becomes seriously ill and leaves college to live in recovery at the family beach house. This is during the beginnings of World War II. (1), father and husband to murderers in her homeland and her young daughter disappears. She comes to New York to live. Has a affair with both a father and his son and a relative shows up saying that her daughter is actually alive. So she sets out to find Sophi (1), 28 year old girl seeks her American mother. She was adopted and raised by wonderful British parents but wants to know her origins since she seems so different from her adopted parents. (1), accused young woman (1), heads west (1), brothers of dead husband search for her (1), Prisoner released because of mistaken idenity (1), her sweetheart had been stabbed to death (1), from afar (1), quick humor (1), private person (1), friends with Truman Capote (1), father the role for To Kill A Mockingbirds Atticus Finch (1), Lee was Scout (1), Medieval woman doctor (1), murder of the mistress of King Henry (1), Cat in 1625 in Cornwall and Morocco (1), Julia in London and Morocco (1), gift of antique book of embrodiery (1), 27 year oldJosey hides sweets in her closet (1), tells of her divorce of Brigham and travels the country speaking against bigamy. (1), Orphan missing a hand wonders who his parents are. One day a man comes and takes him from the orphanage and a strange life begins. (1), Serena equal to any man (1), 3 generations of an Indian family--1896-1950's. While the caste system is being challenged (1), keeps a journal in which she says not to trust Ben her husband (1), as the third wife of a much older man. She is from Dubai and it is her story of adjustment to a life she didn't plan. (1), WWII island of Malta round the clock bombing by Germany and Italy. Information Officer finds that a serial murderer is on the island --a British submariner is suspect. (1), Story of Mary Anningand Elizabeth Philpot in Lyme in 1820's. They discover some of the first fossils which most don't even know about. Mary Anning was a real person and became famous. (1), Pastor is suspect in the killing of a husband who had strangled his wife. (1), Orwellian government in England has taken away all privacy in the name of security--all is done in secrecy (1), Samuel Champlain (1), Heather disppears first and then years later Bridget disappears. Both girls have the same mother. (1), Historical fiction based on a real woman entemologist in the time of Cromwell. (1), kidnapping Annie O'Sullivan a 32 yr. real estate agent is kidnapped from a house showing and kept as a prisoner in a remote cabin. She calls her kidnapper The Freak. Surprise ending (1), Investigator of police gets setup to be investigated (1), doesn't remember anything after she sleeps (1), secretly visits a doctor (1), meets her (1), Boston 2002 (1), Catholic church crisis. Sheila McGann tells the story of her family and her brother (1), Father Art. All are caught up in the scandal. (1), Angela Morgan (1), state department officical is assigned duty in Afghanistan at a remote northern post with only men (British soldiers) She is to find out if the interpreters are correct in their translations of Dari to English and to use her position to advise politically (1), Game warden comes upon a car without a driver a missing deer which had been hit by the car. He feels something has happened to the driver. (1), Danish policeman is recovering from gunshot and event in which one friend was killed and the other paralyzed. He is made the head of Q-a new department dedicated to solving cold cases. His first the suicide or murder of a beautiful politician. (1), Victoria has been through the foster child care system when one lady really seems to want to adopt her--she learns the art of Victiorian flowers and gifts. (1), Secret division of the CIA sees some its members being killed--are their friends really their enemies? One woman is secretly in charge of the investigation worldwide. (1), Surgeon realizes that she is suffering from Alzheimers--memories are different each day. Mystery of the murder of her best friend. (1), A sister is missing in London so her sister comes from New York to help in the search. Love between sisters and family and a mystery too. (1), airline crash NTSB (1), he wants to help her and is attracted to her. What are the secrets of the Island and its people? (1), a young photographer (1), India is seeking her independence. Arranged marriages (1), she finds that has early onset Alzheimers (1), Dr. Harrison (1), famous defense lawyer murder trial suspect is wife of victim or daughter of victim (1), driver for the rich (1), s illegitmate baby (1), A doctor is in the witness protection program. While at work in the hospital (1), he finds that one of the new patients recognizes him from his old life as a mafia hitman. (1), Two infant boys are deserted at birth by their doctor father and their mother a nun who dies in childbirth. Two of the fellow Indian doctors at the clinic in Ethiopia take on the raising and care of Shiva and Marion. (1), Mississippi in 1963--young writer decides to interview black maids working for white families in the South. She wants to tell their stories especially the raising of white children by black maids. Danger to all the people involved in the secret (1), Alice Howland (1), 50 year old Harvard instructor (1), realizes that something is wrong. She is forgetting names and sometimes has forgotten how to get home. After a test (1), Sister survives a family massacre that the older brother is accused of committing. Years later (1), Ida Maclaird returns to St. Hauda's Land and island where she has spent several summers. But this time she is different--her feet are turning to glass. When Midas Crook (1), she researches to find out if he really did this. (1), Johnny's twin sister has disappeared and his mother has fallen apart and his father has left. But Johnny thinks that his sister is still alive and tries to find her. (1), Soviet Union 1956-Turmoil-Leo Demidov and wife and 2 adopted girls. He is waiting for forgiveness from the two girls for being involved in the killing of their parents when he was a state security officer. He is trying to change his life. (1), ex-debutante comes home to Texas to help in her mother's divorce and ends up having to help with debutante ball (1), being stalked (1), Eastern European mail-order brides and the men who finance them. Daria from Odessa in the Ukraine-speaks several languages and wants to find true love (1), chief of pyschiatry at Shadowbrook becomes involved with WWII veteran (1), Bertram Rainer (1), who seems to suffer from war neuroses. (1), Noora is 17 when she is given away in marriage (1), Like a Daphne DuMurier novel. Obession with a house (1), Hundreds Hall which has been in the Ayres family for 2 centuries. (1), Alternative view of WWII with the Germans invading England and Wales-small patrol arrives in a Welsh farming valley where the women have been left alone (1), Family (Irish) (the remaining children of 12 ) returning for the wake and burial of Liam. Family connections (1), Moose Creek Canada DNA doctor (1), job loss (1), press (1), Quebec (1), psychologist (1), lumber industry (1), Jackson (1), castrato (1), widowhood (1), rattlesnakes (1), What makes a terrorist (1), memoir writing (1), woman doctor (1), darkness and light (1), serial murderer (1), thoughtful (1), classes (1), Serbia (1), forgiveness (1), Hong Kong (1), humorous (1), want to read (1), Saudi Arabia (1), India (1), Barrister (1), Queen Eleanor (1), eagle (1), two sisters (1), Barbary Pirates (1), marriage (1), friends (1), London (1), romance (1), magical realism (1), revenge (1), bravery (1), courage (1), slavery (1), individualism (1), loneliness (1), independence (1), poverty (1), washington dc (1), WWII (1), insightful (1), two stories (1), Civil War (1), amnesia (1), Adam (1), North Carolina (1), serial killers (1), monks (1), age (1), insane asylum (1), restaurants (1), chaplain (1), Class differences-Bombay (1), reading literature and applying it to real life (1), What offers hope in the days of absolute devastation and world castrophe? (1), A brain injury changes a young man and the people he loves. Also involves the issue of environmentalists and protected sanctuaries. (1), A deaf girl has her identity stolen and goes after the man. (1), An editor gets an anonymous manuscript (1), A disturbed journalist returns home to report on a series of deaths that have occurring. (1), Didion writes a very touching memoir of her great love (husband) and his death of a heart attack. (1), Tennessee allows her plantation to become a hospital and a cemetary for wounded soldiers from both sides of the war. (1), people struck by lightening -love story (1), Basque American fisherman and ex Vietnam vet is interviewed by the police when a wealthy and beautiful girl is found drowned. (1), Mystery-Sherry Moore knows the thoughts of the dead (1), Because there is no real communication about sex (1), a misunderstanding about what is expected on the honeymoon night results in a young couple being unable to understand each other's expectations and fears. (1), a journalist who is a self-confessed coward (1), Doctors and nurses and psychologists try to help badly disfigured young men in WWI (1), the absurdities of war are also pointed out with humor and honesty. (1), Inspiring tale of a young man wanting to give back to Pakistanian tribes for their helping him by building schools (1), Modern Jane Austen fan takes a vacation that involves Jane Austen (1), Lawyer asks a trial lawyer to take on the case of a wrongly convicted of murder who is a Salvadoran immigrant. The trial lawyer suddenly finds his life in danger and all of his office staff is in danger too. (1), A young Jewish wife loses her mother (1), Pakistani Princeton corporation (1), Good mystery with a great sense of place and time (1), preservation of an illustrated haggadah (1), Rehnquist court and importance of Sandra Day O'Connor. (1), Saudi Arabia men and women relationships (1), Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheny's love affair (1), friendship (1), A good historical mystery with a Jewish young woman as a doctor in the Middle Ages. (1), Nonfiction of a young man in Africa who is forced to become a boy soldier and eventually through help makes it to the United States. (1), Tokyo (1), nonromantic view of war (1), one asleep and one awake (1), hit and run (1), law office (1), Identity theft (1), In order to keep his job (1), Inspector Armand Gamache (1), After her mother's death (1), A good mystery with a twist. (1), a woman in Franklin (1), Cojoined twins (1), history of Jewish prayer book (1), Virginia plantation (1), Australian girl comes to New York and finds work in a bookstore with eccentric coworkers. (1), Little Women-the March family (1), soccer player abducted (1), mother a lawyer (1), father dot.com billionaire (1), vanish yourself (1), Germans posing as Americans (1), talented new author. Murder in the upper class around the turn of the century. Freud pays a visit to the United States. (1), A doctor returning from WWI helps some of the locals with the neighborhood mafia and his Italian housekeeper who helps him watch after his grandson. (1), What is family and what is true friendship? Beautiful writing. (1), American officer sent to Italy in World War II is suppose to keep American soldiers from marrying Italians but finds himself in love with one. (1), Funny and original family detective agency. (1), Jewish woman poses as a gentile and works for the local commandant. (1), patients killed (1)
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I am a reference librarian in Plano, Texas. Unique, well-told stories hold interest to me. I enjoy finding new talented authors.
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