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New Jersey
- Author:Johnson, George M.Summary:
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
It's five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not a...
- Author:Kingsolver, BarbaraSummary:
The New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards-including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize-...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
Irrepressible bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds herself on the trail of a killer who happens to have a distant relative who's a vice cop with questionable ethics, a libido in permanent overdrive, and a habit of horning in on Stephanie'...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
Stephanie Plum's career has taken more wrong turns than a student driver on the Jersey Turnpike, and her love life is a hopeless tangle. In order to save someone dear to her, she'll have to straighten things out in Twisted Twenty-Six...
- Author:Tresniowski, Alex, Fronczak, Paul JosephSummary:
Paul Fronczk, acting on long-held suspicions, took a DNA test that proved he was not the son born to his family, placing him now at the center of two half-century-old mysteries.
- Author:EVANOVICH, JanetSummary:
Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter but she's pretty damn good at turning situations her way. Her cousin Vinnie has posted bail on Samuel Singh, who mysteriously disappears just as his work visa is running out.
- Author:Glatt, JohnSummary:
One by one, three waterlogged suitcases were pulled from the Chesapeake Bay. In each were body parts of a man. In a forensics room, the truth was discovered: William McGuire had been horribly murdered and dismembered. William and his...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
Cursed with a disastrous new hair color and unable to shake Lula--a 230-pound former prostitute and bounty hunter wannabe--Stephanie must find Trenton's most beloved citizen before it's too late.
- Author:Golding, Theresa MartinSummary:
Carly Chambers spends her summer days delivering mysterious packages for her harsh father but when she sneaks out at night to find some freedom, she faces danger from all sides.
- Author:Watkins, EileenSummary:
With no ID for his pet, an agitated young man shows up at Cassie's Comfy Cats claiming his house has burned down and he needs to board his big brown cat, Ayesha. But after a bath washes dye out of the cat's coat and reveals beautiful...
- Author:Patton, StaceySummary:
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stacey Patton penned this moving memoir describing her tumultuous childhood growing up first in a state institution and then in a fractured foster family. She makes a strong case to illustrate how the...
- Author:Rosenfelt, DavidSummary:
Edgar-nominated author David Rosenfelt returns with his hero, Andy Carpenter, who must defend a football player accused of murder. The Giants' running back Kenny Schilling stands accused of killing Troy Preston, a wide receiver for the...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
Semiretired mob guy Eddie DeCooch is caught trafficking contraband cigarettes through Trenton, New Jersey. When DeCooch fails to show for a court appearance, bond enforcement agent Stephanie Plum is assigned the task of finding him and...
- Author:Colfer, EoinSummary:
Colfer adds an entirely new chapter to the adventures and misadventures of Daniel McEvoy, the down-on-his-luck Irish bouncer at a seedy New Jersey bar who, with the help of a motley crew of unlikely characters, solved a bizarre string...
- Author:Weinman, SarahSummary:
In the 1960s, Edgar Smith, in prison and sentenced to death for the murder of teenager Victoria Zielinski, struck up a correspondence with William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review. Buckley, who refused to believe that a man...
- Author:Brennert, AlanSummary:
Sharing a family life in the 1930s near the legendary Palisades Amusement Park, a family of dreamers explores ambitions and cultural boundaries that are challenged by the realities of the Great Depression, multiple wars, and the park's...
- Author:Rosenfelt, DavidSummary:
"There is nothing like a golden retriever. I know, I know, it's a big planet with a lot of wonderful things, but golden retrievers are the absolute best. Mine is named Tara . . . The only problem she has ever caused is that I spend so...
- Author:Morrow, JamesSummary:
Rejoice! A new messiah has come, and her name is Julie. Born to Murray Katz, the solitary (and celibate) keeper of an abandoned lighthouse on the Jersey shore, our protagonist arrives on Earth boasting supernatural abilities evocative...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
Presents Stephanie Plum, a gritty female detective from New Jersey.