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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
376 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Interviewing a distressed and disoriented woman who has fled the scene of an accident, Baltimore County police department detective Kevin Infante is amazed when she claims to be the younger of a pair of sisters who were abducted thirty years earlier.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
410 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Propelled by his best friend's impending move out of state and inspired by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, sixteen-year-old Harrison plans a farewell through Baltimore that includes a road trip, their first Pride, and a rooftop dance party.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
186 p. ; 19 cm.
Description
Four years after leaving the Amish community to marry an outsider and live in Baltimore, Anna Mae McDonough, expecting her first child, returns with her husband at Christmas in hope of a reconciliation with the family that shunned her.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
viii, 373 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Dr. Nick Garrity and psych nurse Gillian Coates determine that one-by-one, each of those in the operating room for a fatally botched case is dying. Their discoveries pit them against genius Franz Koller--the highly-paid master of the "non-kill." As doctor and nurse move closer to finding the terrifying secret behind these killings, Koller has been given a new directive: his mission will not be complete until Gillian and Garrity, the last surgeon,...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2011?], c2008
Physical Desc
158 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Pregnant Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan probes the disappearance of a chic blonde green-raincoated dog walker she'd been watching from her comfy prison. Tess also takes in the missing woman's abandoned green-slickered Italian greyhound from hell and unravels a complex scam.
7) Clock dance
Author
Description
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Elijah, seventeen, has always been sure of just one thing--basketball--and believes it will be his way out of West Baltimore, but when gang violence knocks him down, helping a veteran repair his rickety home helps Elijah see what really matters.
9) Hush, hush
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Series
Formats
Description
Taking a case that challenges her busy schedule, Tess Monaghan and new partner, Sandy Sanchez, assess the security needs of an imperious Baltimore woman whose family reunion is overshadowed by a violent stalker.
10) The clock winder
Author
Description
"Mrs. Emerson, widowed with seven adult children, lives alone in crumbling Victorian mansion outside Baltimore with only a collection of antique clocks to keep her company. Elizabeth Abbott-twenty-three years old, aimless, bohemian, and beautiful-leads a vagabond lifestyle until she happens upon Mrs. Emerson's home and convinces the older woman to hire her as a handyman. When three of the strange, idiosyncratic Emerson children return to their childhood...
Author
Description
"Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is grounded by loneliness and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts when he meets Muriel, a deliciously peculiar dog-obedience trainer who up-ends Macons insular worldand thrusts him headlong into a remarkable engagement with life"--From publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
437 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
"En 1975, las hermanas Bethany, de once y quince años, desaparecieron en un centro comercial. Nunca regresaron, sus cuerpos nunca fueron encontrados y cientos de preguntas quedaron sin respuesta: ¿cómo pudieron secuestrar a dos niñas en un centro comercial atestado?, ¿quién o qué consiguió atraerlas sin dejar ningún rastro? Treinta años después, una extraña mujer que se ha visto envuelta en un accidente de tráfico asegura ser la pequeña...
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"The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman. In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know--everyone, that is, except Madeline "Maddie" Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This...
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Description
"Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These...
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Description
The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping...
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