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261) Northwoods: a novel
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Eli North is not okay. His drinking is getting worse by the day, his emotional wounds after a deployment to Afghanistan are as raw as ever, his marriage and career are over, and the only job he can hold down is with the local sheriff's department. And that's only because the sheriff is his mother--and she's overwhelmed with small town Shaky Lake's dwindling budget and the fallout from the opioid epidemic. The Northwoods of Wisconsin may be a vacationer's...
Author
Series
High risk novels volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As an Army Night Stalker pilot, Shane Garrett never knew what country he'd wake up in, let alone if his onetime lover - Army doctor Kirby Campbell - was still alive. They lost touch after their red-hot affair in Baghdad. A year and a half later, sporting a prosthetic leg, Shane is rebuilding his life in South Carolina. Kirby is stateside too, but she's organized a mission to rescue a friend held hostage in Central America. And Shane refuses to be...
Author
Series
Jack Haldean murder mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
'Art, my dear boy,' said Mr Askern, 'especially sacred art, needs tradition. Tradition is the bedrock of our art . . .' He broke off, staring at the woman in front of him. Her face seemed to lose all definition and her skin turned an unnatural shade of putty-coloured grey. 'Art,' she said, her voice scarcely more than a whisper. 'Art! Oh my God, art!' She swayed dangerously. Jack leapt forward, catching her as she fell. Jack Haldean expected Lythewell...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"Four years of horrific fighting have finally ended on the battlefield, but in the spring of 1919, Paris is filled with delegates from around the world who are still trying to hammer out the terms of peace. One such delegate is British diplomat Sir Henry Maxted, in charge of liaising with the Brazilians regarding seized ships. But before a deal is reached, Sir Henry turns up dead outside a Montparnasse apartment building, apparently having fallen...
265) The last good man
Author
Publisher
Mythic Island Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Army veteran True Brighton left the service when the development of robotic helicopters made her training as a pilot obsolete. Now she works at Requisite Operations, a private military company established by friend and former Special Ops soldier Lincoln Han. ReqOp has embraced the new technologies. Robotics, big data, and artificial intelligence are all tools used to augment the skills of veteran warfighters-for-hire. But the tragedy of war is still...
266) Deep freeze
Author
Series
Revival (Michael C. Grumley) volume 1
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The accident came quickly. With no warning. In the dead of night, a precipitous plunge into a freezing river trapped everyone inside the bus. It was then that Army veteran John Reiff’s life came to an end. Extinguished in the sudden rush of frigid water. There was no expectation of survival. None. Let alone waking up beneath blinding hospital lights. Struggling to move, or see, or even breathe. But the doctors assure him that everything is normal....
267) Light it up
Author
Series
Peter Ash novels volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this action-packed thriller starring war veteran Peter Ash, a well-planned and flawlessly executed hijacking reveals the hidden dangers of Colorado's mellowest business, but Ash may find there's more to this crime than meets the eye. Combat veteran Peter Ash leaves a simple life rebuilding hiking trails in Oregon to help his good friend Henry Nygaard, whose daughter runs a Denver security company that protects cash-rich cannabis entrepreneurs...
268) Novels, 1926-1929
Author
Series
Library of America volume 164
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents four complete novels from William Faulkner.
269) The wonder of it all
Author
Series
House of Falconer volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"James Falconer--a tycoon and a self-made man--seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. But the Great War looms, and James decides to fight for king and country. The fighting is bloody and brutal, and James returns a changed man, with wounds both physical and mental. His beloved wife is dead, but a new woman returns to help nurse him back to health. Georgiana Ward once held James in her thrall, but years have passed and bitterness has set...
270) The off-islander
Author
Series
Andy Roark mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Boston, 1982. Private investigator Andy Roark has spent the past decade trying to rediscover his place in the world. In Vietnam, there was order and purpose. Everything - no matter how brutal - happened for a reason. Back home, after brief stints in college and with the police force, Roark has settled for a steady, easy routine of divorce and insurance fraud cases. Roark's childhood friend, Danny Sullivan, dragged himself out of blue-collar Southie...
271) City of schemes
Author
Series
Counterfeit lady volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Elizabeth Miles is preparing for her wedding to Gideon Bates, when a menacing shadow from her past threatens to destroy the life she has built for herself in this all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson. The Great War is over, and Elizabeth and Gideon are busily planning their wedding and welcoming home old friends now discharged from the army. One of them, Captain Logan Carstens, the son and heir of a wealthy...
272) The instructor
Author
Series
Derek Harrington novels volume 1
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Derek Harrington, retired Marine Force Recon and SERE instructor, is barely scraping by teaching the basics of wilderness survival. His fledgling bushcraft school is on the cusp of going out of business and expenses are piling up fast. His only true mission these days? To get his ailing father into a full care facility and to support his ex-wife and their son. When one of his students presents him with an opportunity too good to be true-$20,000 to...
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