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Roughhouse

by Hess, Jeffery

Book - 2021

Fresh off a three-year stretch at Starke for keeping Pearce family secrets, Scotland has a new place to call home on Fort Myers Beach. All should be perfe...Show more Fresh off a three-year stretch at Starke for keeping Pearce family secrets, Scotland has a new place to call home on Fort Myers Beach. All should be perfect except Scotland’s wife is going to die unless he comes up with $100,000. He enlists a trusted friend to help him rob a Tampa casino to pay for her unconventional treatment. Great read for intriguing local mystery and suspense. Show less

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Ditching Mr. Darcy

A Novel

by Whitman, Samantha

Book - 2017

What would you do if you crashed your car and woke up as the main character of your favorite book? What if you met the dreamiest romantic hero in literary...Show more What would you do if you crashed your car and woke up as the main character of your favorite book? What if you met the dreamiest romantic hero in literary history and yet you fell in love with someone else? What would happen if you never woke up again? Elizabeth Baker is about to find out. Show less

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Juice

by Miller, John Charles

Book - 2020

Lemuel Shattuck Mercer, an angry and proud man, wants to make certain he is properly buried when he dies. Something has revived him and restored his body....Show more Lemuel Shattuck Mercer, an angry and proud man, wants to make certain he is properly buried when he dies. Something has revived him and restored his body. Eventually, he finds the cause, and begins to bring other dead people to life. The process of life-restoration has changed him. No longer angry, he wants to be better than his former self. This is a different take on the usual zombie tropes of late. Show less

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A Deadly Referral and Other Mystery Stories

by Lynch-Harris, Ashley

Book - 2019

Can Private Investigator Hugo Flynn solve the peculiar case of one man and both of his deaths, or uncover the deadly meaning behind a series of numbers wh...Show more Can Private Investigator Hugo Flynn solve the peculiar case of one man and both of his deaths, or uncover the deadly meaning behind a series of numbers whispered by a doctor in his dying breath? After ten years, Dr. Finch's return to the small town of Lucea, Jamaica, incites poisonings and unearths past crimes. The locals blame Obeah-witchcraft-but Dr. Finch suspects something far worse. Show less

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The Beginning

by Nutter, Frank

Book - 2019

For 50 years a Top Secret Government Program has controlled the lives of 718 Vietnam Era Servicemen. The recent deaths of the RECALL Program Manager and h...Show more For 50 years a Top Secret Government Program has controlled the lives of 718 Vietnam Era Servicemen. The recent deaths of the RECALL Program Manager and his Secretary will lead Palmer Arnold on a journey that involves a conspiracy within the Highest levels in Department of Defense, National Security Agency, NASA and the Vatican. Show less

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Undaunted Valor

An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam

by Jackson, Matt

Book - 2019

Colonel Cory recounts some of the most intense helicopter and ground combat of the Vietnam war from the two combat tours there. From being shot down by en...Show more Colonel Cory recounts some of the most intense helicopter and ground combat of the Vietnam war from the two combat tours there. From being shot down by enemy fire, to leading his air crew to repel an enemy assault, Colonel Cory’s firsthand accounts of the Vietnam War are awe inspiring. Awarded the Silver Star, and two Bronze Stars for Valor, Cory’s hair-raising accounts of what it was like to fly over the Jungles of Vietnam will make you feel as if you are right there with him. Show less

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Gone Too Long

A Novel

by Roy, Lori

Book - 2019

On the day a black truck rattles past her house and a Klan flyer lands in her front yard, ten-year-old Beth disappears from her Simmonsville, Georgia, hom...Show more On the day a black truck rattles past her house and a Klan flyer lands in her front yard, ten-year-old Beth disappears from her Simmonsville, Georgia, home. Seven years later, Imogene Coulter is burying her father--a Klan leader she has spent her life distancing herself from--and trying to escape the memories. But Imogene is forced to confront long held family secrets while clearing out her father's apparent hideout on the day of his funeral, she finds a child. Show less

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The Gaspar Triangle

by Cross, T. Michael

Book - 2016

After a tragic mistake that cost a young Spanish girl her life, Thomas Raymond's career as a marine archeologist and treasure hunter came to an abrupt end...Show more After a tragic mistake that cost a young Spanish girl her life, Thomas Raymond's career as a marine archeologist and treasure hunter came to an abrupt end. An enigmatic business man offers Thomas a chance to jump back into the life he had by searching for the lost treasure of the infamous pirate, Jose “Gasparilla” Gaspar. With the once dormant treasure hunting juices flowing again, he dove in with both feet and soon realized he was in way over his head. Show less

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Running to Graceland

A Novel

by Slayton, John

Book - 2018

In the summer of '81, Jack has graduated from high school and is headed out on one last road trip with his friends Curtis and Bruce. When Curtis shoots an...Show more In the summer of '81, Jack has graduated from high school and is headed out on one last road trip with his friends Curtis and Bruce. When Curtis shoots an old man who catches the boys trespassing, Bruce decides to go home and face the music. Jack can't bring himself to abandon his best friend. He and Curtis flee north, directionless... until the ghost of Elvis appears in Jack's dreams, and things take a turn for the bizarre. Show less

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The Disappearing

A Novel

by Roy, Lori

Book - 2018

Just six months after moving back to Florida from New York, Lane Fielding's oldest daughter disappears. Lane initially fears a serial killer - like the on...Show more Just six months after moving back to Florida from New York, Lane Fielding's oldest daughter disappears. Lane initially fears a serial killer - like the one who traumatized north Florida in the 1970s - has again set his sights on her small town. But when Lane's younger daughter admits to having made an odd new friend, Lane must consider that her older daughter's disappearance is payback for her father's crimes. Show less

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The Listener

by Miller, John Charles

Book - 2020

Milo Herskovitz, a computer geek, escapes his dominating family in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to start a new life in the small town of Dorado. Milo overhear...Show more Milo Herskovitz, a computer geek, escapes his dominating family in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to start a new life in the small town of Dorado. Milo overhears a conversation about a possible murder coverup. A friend tells Milo about his grandmother placing her head on family tombstones to communicate. One day, while visiting a friend's gravesite, he tries it and is met with an astonishing surprise. Show less

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Mistakes by the Lake

Stories

by Petkash, Brian

Book - 2020

Set in Cleveland, Ohio, from its earliest beginnings as a forested frontier to the urban blight of modern times, Mistakes by the Lake is a collection of t...Show more Set in Cleveland, Ohio, from its earliest beginnings as a forested frontier to the urban blight of modern times, Mistakes by the Lake is a collection of thematically linked stories. A motorman navigates his 1920's trolley until he snaps; A stockyards knocker encounters the Virgin Mary; A wannabe wrestles his unruly mind along the flammable 1960's Cuyahoga River; a reinvention of Henry IV, a young man must stick with his criminal crew or uncover legit ways to support his mother and transgender Gramps. Show less

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Canarytown City of Grief

by McCullough, M. Brooke

eBook - 2020

A police detective pursues a serial killer stalking the streets of a south Chicago neighborhood and learns that what first looked to be random murders are...Show more A police detective pursues a serial killer stalking the streets of a south Chicago neighborhood and learns that what first looked to be random murders are not random at all. The story exudes a noir detective aura populated by a supporting cast of criminals, cohorts, and dark city scenes that will strike a familiar chord with crime detective story enthusiasts. Show less

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