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Dual Meaders, Doc Taulbee, and their gang of city slickers set out to steal thousands of dollars worth of homemade Kentucky Whiskey from Son Martin, a hell-raising country boy, during the midst of Prohibition.

Bookseller and burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr knows that Hank and Wanda Colcannon's Chelsea apartment is empty while they are out of town. But it's lousy luck that somebody beats him to the job and ransacks the place before he arrives.

Tormented by the slaying of the hooker who turned to him for help just before her death, cop-turned-private eye Matthew Scudder begins an investigation into the woman's past that reveals secrets that could be deadly for him.

Whether it's the sudden snapping of bonds between lovers or shopping on Oxford Street, Maeve Binchy finds the unexpected truth in experiences so real that every woman will recognize them. Filled with her delicious humor and warmth, the twenty-two stories in London Transports will delight and captivate as they take us to a place that is far away—and yet so familiar...Where having an affair with a married man brings one woman to a turning...

Faced with a mountain of unexpected debts, Eden has sold off her family home and possessions, and moved from her plush house in Philadelphia to a cabin in a summer girl's camp. Partnered with her best friend Candy, Eden has started Camp Liberty, and is determined to make it work. Terrified but resolute, Eden sets out down a path of self-discovery.

New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author DIANA PALMER serves up one of her most popular Texans Jason Donavan in a thrilling story destined to enthrall her many readers! Texas rancher Jason Donavan is known for his temper, his brooding nature and his deep distrust of women. No one at the Diamond Spur ranch can stand his moods except Kate Whittman. She might be young, but she knows Jason is the only man for her. Kate wants him more than anything,...

"The Caseys and the Yorks share a history laced with bitterness. But when Diandra Casey and Greg York- rivals since childhood- are forced to work together, competing family legacies and the uncovering of family disputes are not the only things they struggle with. The hostile atmosphere suddenly becomes charged with something quite different - something hot, primal, and eternal - a love they're powerless to deny." --

As Jennifer Davies and her attorney, Sam Bogardus, attempt to search out her natural father with only an ancient parchment for a clue, they discover a deadly web of art theft, intrigue, and murder.

In Night Fire, Arielle Leslie is a sixteen-year-old forced to wed Pairsley Cochrane, a sadistic old man who abuses her.

"Who but Sharyn McCrumb can make a skull with a bullet hole funny? Those who like sardonic wit, slightly bent characters, and good fun will love Lovely in Her Bones."—Tony Hillerman
When an Appalachian dig to determine if an obscure Indian tribe in North Carolina can lay legal claim to the land they live on is stopped on account of murder, Elizabeth MacPherson—eager student of the rites of the past and mysteries of the...