Of
Fathers and Fire: Steven Wingate
When Richie Thorpe and his ragtag religious band of
ex-thieves arrive in the High Plains town of Suborney,
Colorado, Tommy Sandor is captivated by the group. It's
the summer of 1980 in the dusty, junkyard town, and the
seventeen-year-old is wrestling with the forces shaping
America and himself: the Iran hostage crisis, the
incoming tide of Ronald Reagan's presidency, and the
political rise of the Christian Right. As Tommy is
increasingly drawn to the group, his mother, Connie,
grows frantic. She has been hiding the truth from her
son, telling him that his father was a saxophonist from
New York who never knew he had a child, and is lying low
in Suborney to hide from Tommy's actual father - Richie
Thorpe. Connie knows Richie has come for his son, and
though she has witnessed Thorpe's mysterious powers, the
desperation to protect her lie, her son, and their life
begets a venom with an elemental power that threatens
the whole town.
ORDER # G419-1
$28-90 ISBN 9781496211866
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The
Memory House: Rachel Hauck
When Beck Holiday lost her father in the North Tower on
9/11, she also lost her memories of him. Eighteen years
later, she's a tough New York City cop burdened with a
damaging secret, suspended for misconduct, and
struggling to get her life in order. Meanwhile a
mysterious letter arrives informing her she's inherited
a house along Florida's northern coast, and what she
discovers there will change her life forever. Matters of
the heart only become more complicated when she runs
into handsome Bruno Endicott, a driven sports agent who
fondly recalls the connection they shared as teenagers.
But Beck doesn't remember that either.
ORDER # G419-2
$23-90
ISBN 9780310350965
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I
Am Heathcliff: Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights:
Kate Mosse
In 'Terminus' a young woman hides in an empty Brighton
hotel; in 'Thicker Than Blood' a man sits in a hot tub
stalking his newly-married love on social media; and in
'A bird half-eaten' an amateur boxer prepares for a
match. A woman recalls the 'Heathcliffs I Have Known'
and the physical danger she has borne at their hands; in
'Anima' a child and a fox are unified in one startling
moment of violence; and in 'One Letter Different' two
teenagers walk the moors and face up to their respective
buried secrets. Curated by Kate Mosse and commissioned
for Emily Brontė's bicentenary year in 2018, these
fresh, modern stories pulse with the raw beauty and pain
of love and are as timely as they are illuminating.
ORDER # G419-3
$24-90
ISBN 9780008257460
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The
Vets: Stephen Leather
Hong Kong. The British administration is preparing to
hand the capitalist colony back to Communist China with
the minimum of fuss. Colonel Joel Tyler, however, has
other plans for the British colony - plans that involve
four Vietnam War veterans and a spectacular mission
making use of their unique skills. But while the vets
are preparing to take the country by storm, their
paymaster, Anthony Chung, puts the final touches to an
audacious betrayal. The future of Hong Kong is at stake.
ORDER # G419-4
$24-90
ISBN 9780340597705
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Everything
You Do Is Wrong: Amanda Coe
Harmony's teenage craving for drama is answered when a
body is discovered by her aunt Mel on Evensand beach.
But the naked, lifeless young woman turns out -
problematically - to be alive. Unable to speak or
remember where she came from, the woman is named Storm
by her nurses. Surrounded by doctors, psychiatrists and
policemen, Storm remains provocatively silent. Harmony
is desperate to fill in the gaps in Storm's story, while
the responsibility Mel feels for the woman she rescued
begins to skew the course of her own settled life. Their
efforts to solve the mystery clash with the efforts of
rookie constable Mason, assigned to the case and
determined to help this damsel he feels to be very much
in distress.
ORDER # G419-5
$23-90
ISBN 9780349005072
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