A young widow. A husband she thought she knew. On the picturesque Italian coast of Amalfi lies a chocolatier's destiny... San Francisco, 1953: Heartbroken over the mysterious death of her husband, Celina Savoia, a second-generation...
California--San Francisco
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Author:Moran, Jan.Summary: -
Author:Tierney, RonaldSummary:In this work of crime fiction, forensic accountant Peter Strand investigates an arts-oriented nonprofit.
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In Telegraph Hill, private detective Ray Infantino searches for a missing girl named Tania. The case takes him to San Francisco, the city he abandoned years ago after his fiance was murdered. Thrust into his old city haunts, Ray finds...
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Author:Maleeny, TimSummary:Soon after an ancient talisman is smuggled out of Hong Kong, a container ship filled with Chinese refugees runs aground on Alcatraz, the crew murdered. The Chinese Triads suspect one of their own, a female assassin named Sally known to...
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Author:Elliott, Cjane JaneSummary:Sometime in the last few months, aspiring musician Bryan Roberts lost the spark that made him love to sing. But when he meets singer/songwriter wannabe Mark Miller at an open mic night, the music starts to speak to him once more....
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Author:Dumas, MargaretSummary:Charley Van Leeuwen can tell by a man’s kiss whether he’s been drinking Taittinger or Veuve Clicquot. Not that she kisses many men, a fact her friends deplore. So imagine their surprise when she comes home to San Francisco with her new...
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Author:Ford, RhysSummary:There’s a dead man in Miki St. John’s vintage Pontiac GTO, and he has no idea how it got there. After Miki survives the tragic accident that killed his best friend and the other members of their band, Sinner’s Gin, all he wants is to...
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Author:Johnson, Claire M.Summary:Mary Ryan, San Francisco pastry chef, is happy to be teaching at her old alma mater. But she’s barely in the door when she realizes that the teaching staff are at loggerheads with each other. Adding to her dismay, ex-lover and Homicide...
- Author:Rivers, FrancineSummary:
Sold into prostitution as an orphan, Angel has never believed in love. Then Michael Hosea pursues her, showers her with unconditional love, and marries her. Through his caring, Michael slowly melts Angel's icy heart.
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Author:Gayle, A. B.Summary:Fresh from backwoods Minnesota, actuarial student Ben Dutoit is ecstatic to land a job with Sydney Sutherland Family Insurance, one of the few companies that offers life insurance to people in the high-risk category. The fact that he...
- Author:Allende, IsabelSummary:
Both historical novel and family saga and set in 19th-century Chile, this story concerns Aurora del Valle's search for the mystery of her past, a trauma so brutal that it erased from her mind all recollection of the first five...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, Past Perfect is a spellbinding story of two families living a hundred years apart, who come together in time in a startling moment, opening the doors to rare friendship and major...
- Author:Locke, M. LouisaSummary:
It’s the summer of 1879, and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, is in trouble. Annie’s husband squandered her fortune before committing suicide five years earlier, and one of his creditors is now threatening to take the...
- Author:Doctorow, CorySummary:
Marcus aka “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s...
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Author:Burke, ZoeSummary:Meet Annabelle Starkey. A shrewd, sweet, and sexy Stephanie Plum without the Jersey girl attitude. She’s a one-man kind of girl who loves hats and shoes. Annabelle also loves movies. She can’t help but wonder why her own life doesn’t...
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Author:Maleeny, TimSummary:When the most hated landlord in San Francisco takes an unexpected jump off the roof of his own building, it isn’t too hard to find suspects. But the police want to call it a suicide, since both the Mayor and press are complaining about...
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Author:Morris, LynnSummary:Cheney Duvall travels from New Orleans to San Francisco, escorted by Shiloh Irons. In the St. Francis de Yerba Buena Hospital, Dr. Baird and most of the others treat her with respect, but she finds some of the medical personnel are...
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Author:Dumas, MargaretSummary:Charley Fairfax—heiress, theatrical producer, newlywed—has every intention of living happily ever after with her tall, dark, and sarcastic husband Jack. The only mysteries she faces are which play to choose for next season and how to...
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Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:Levi Hayes is out for gold — and blood — in this high-magnitude historical tear through the mean streets of San Francisco
In the days before the great earthquake and fire of 1906, Levi Hayes returns from San Quentin...
- Author:Doctorow, CorySummary:
In Cory Doctorow's wildly successful novel Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco—an experience that led him to become a leader of...
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