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2007.
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English
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In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. As James Lee Burke's new novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown, begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe....
2) 13 1/2
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In present-day New Orleans, Polly Deschamps finds herself at yet another lonely crossroads in her life until she encounters architect Marshall Marchand, a lifelong bachelor who spends most of his time with his brother Danny. When Polly's two young daughters from her previous marriage are likewise taken with Marshall, she marries him. But then an ominous prediction by a New Orleans tarot card reader proclaims that Polly will murder her husband, and...
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[2000]
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels has captivated readers worldwide with her heart-stirring stories of love and family, friendship and renewal. With Listen to Your Heart, she spins the unforgettable tale of a young woman who might be falling for a match made in heaven. . .
Listen To Your Heart.
With her beloved mother gone, her twin sister about to be married, and no hint of Mr. Right on the horizon, Josie Dupré is lonesome. Luckily,...
4) Lasher
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Mayfair witches volume 2
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the second installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles—the inspiration for the hit television series!
“[Anne] Rice’s descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight.”—The Washington Post Book World
In seventeenth-century Scotland, the first “witch,”...
“[Anne] Rice’s descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight.”—The Washington Post Book World
In seventeenth-century Scotland, the first “witch,”...
5) The alchemy
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Creoles series volume 3
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English
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Each book in The Creoles Series revolves around one of four girls who become close friends while attending a convent school in New Orleans. The third book, The Alchemy focuses on Simone d'Or, a vivacious young woman hardened by high society life, and Colin Seymour, a talented young man from humble beginnings. As the famed singer and composer Lord Beaufort nurtures Colin's singing voice, Colin rises to stardom in the opera world. At first, Simone judges...
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Stacey Killian thrillers volume 3
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Rediscover this thrilling mystery from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler.
In 2005, hurricane rescue workers made a grisly discovery at one of the massive refrigerator "graveyards"-six female hands.
Captain Patti O'Shay, a by-the-books cop, is assigned to the case. But with the evidence lost to time and the elements, the heinous incident goes unsolved. The perpetrator, known only as "The Handyman," remains at large.
Two years...
7) Line of duty
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Newpointe 911 volume 5
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English
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When a bomb explodes in the 30-story Icon International building, fire departments from around the area are called in to battle the blaze. But as they work to evacuate the upper floors more bombs explode, trapping firefighters and civilians beneath the rubble. When the smoke clears, lawyer Jill Clark Nichols realizes that her firefighter husband, Dan, is missing. Can Jill's faith carry her through the long days of pain and uncertainty?
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Creoles series volume 2
Publisher
Westbow Press
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
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For her sixteenth birthday, Damita De Salvado receives a beautiful slave girl, Rissa, but mistreats her, revealing Damita's prejudice and hardening Rissa's heart. When her family experiences financial hardships, Damita grudgingly sells Rissa to a mysterious Christian doctor, Jefferson Whitman, who is Rissa's adopted brother. Now the tables have turned: Rissa is a wealthy, free woman, while Damita's family struggles to keep the plantation. Will both...
10) The Chef
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Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted. In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty--as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste for murder? While fighting the charges against him, Rooney...
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Mayfair witches volume 1
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the first installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles—the inspiration for the hit television series!
“Extraordinary . . . Anne Rice offers more than just a story; she creates myth.”—The Washington Post Book World
Rowan Mayfair, a beautiful woman, a brilliant practitioner of...
“Extraordinary . . . Anne Rice offers more than just a story; she creates myth.”—The Washington Post Book World
Rowan Mayfair, a beautiful woman, a brilliant practitioner of...
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 12
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English
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When a beautiful teenage girl is killed, the victim of a particularly savage rape, New Iberia, Louisiana police detective Dave Robicheaux senses from the very start of the investigation that the most likely suspect -- Tee Bobby Hulin -- is not the actual killer. Though a drug addict and general ne'er-do-well, Hulin doesn't fit the profile for this brutal crime. But when another body turns up -- a drugged-out prostitute who is the daughter of a local...
18) Killer chef
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English
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Chef and police officer Caleb Rooney searches for a murderer who kills by poison at top New Orleans restaurants.
20) A thin dark line
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Broussard and Fourcade novels volume 1
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English
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New York Times best-seller Tami Hoag leads listeners through a dark, twisted nightmare in this tightly woven tale of suspense and terror. Exploring the "thin dark line" between attraction and obsession and between law and justice, she affords listeners a frightening insight into the dark rage that sometimes sends people over the edge. Because of a legal technicality, a sadistic murderer is free to walk. Two concerned police officers are committed...
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