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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When long-buried mistakes of her youth begin to resurface, old hatreds are rekindled and Alexia De Vere, the conservative party's newest superstar, finds herself on the brink of losing everything -- her power, her family, and even her own life.
63) Tyranny
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
West Texas rancher G.W. Brannock decides to fight the government over their claims of his owing back taxes and having no legal deed to his family's land, and, when word gets out, an army of ordinary citizens arrives to fight with him.
Author
Series
Carter Ross mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Traces the investigation of reporter Carter Ross into the house fire deaths of two boys whose mother claims she was working two jobs to support them, a story that is thrown into dispute by a corrupt government program and the disappearance of the mother's boyfriend.
67) Turbulence
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 46
Language
English
Description
In the electrifying new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington finds himself pitted against both man and nature. Stone Barrington and several friends are vacationing in Florida when an extreme weather event puts a damper on their trip. Even worse, the hurricane-force winds blow a powerful, noxious politician straight onto Stone's doorstep. Though they part ways before long, Stone soon learns that he hasn't...
68) The short drop
Author
Series
Gibson Vaughn novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard-then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency-disappeared in the most sensational missing-person case in the nation's history. Still unsolved, the mystery remains a national obsession.
Author
Series
Art Oveson novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A historical mystery set in 1930s Salt Lake City finds a rookie investigator and Mormon family man partnering with a foul-mouthed, vice-ridden former strikebreaker to solve the murder of a beautiful socialite.
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Forced back into the working world after her lawyer husband's downfall, Helen discovers a talent for public relations and is tempted away from her dysfunctional family by her childhood crush, who needs her professional assistance.
74) Breach of trust
Author
Series
Jason Kolarich novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Blaming himself for the deaths of his wife, his infant daughter, and an informant a year earlier, vigilante Jason Kolarich is forced by the FBI to bring down the organization of a corrupt governor of Illinois, a case that reveals devastating truths about his family's deaths.
75) The vaults
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian 1930s America, a chilling series of events leads three men down a path to uncover their city's darkest secret. A mysterious duplicate file is discovered deep within the Vaults, and their investigations call into question whether their most basic beliefs can be maintained in a climate of overwhelming corruption and conspiracy.
76) Silken prey
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At 1:15 a.m, a Minnesota political fixer answers his doorbell. The next thing he knows, he's waking up on the floor of a moving car, lying on a plastic sheet, his body wet with blood. When the car stops, a voice says, "Hey, I think he's breathing," and another voice says, "Yeah? Give me the bat." And that's the last thing he ever knows. Lucas Davenport is investigating another case when the trail leads to the man's disappearance, then--very troublingly--to...
77) Deep harbor
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Carol Ann "CJ" Jansen lost her beloved older brother, Kick, in a boating accident, she came adrift. Kick had taken on the role of caring for his little sister after their parents were killed in a car crash. Inheriting half his fortune has left CJ financially secure--yet needing a purpose. As administrative assistant to powerful congressman Snapper Lewis, she's immersed herself in the exciting and often tumultuous world of politics. But suddenly,...
78) House revenge
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 11
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Joe DeMarco's powerful congressman boss dispatches him to Boston to help an elderly woman who's holding out against a real estate developer intent on tearing down her apartment building. The congressman wants her to take a buyout, but she doesn't, and the developer disrespects him.
Author
Series
Malcolm Fox mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Malcolm Fox, a member of the Internal Affairs department that roots out dirty and compromised cops, investigates a neighboring police force and finds a trail that leads to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist.
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