Books from Putnam Adult
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House of Corrections
By Doug J. SwansonTorres was about to say something else when one of the detectives rapped on the window that fronted the squad room . “ Sit tight , ” he told Jack and walked out . Jack stayed on the wooden bench , watching through the window as Torres ...
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Three Complete Novels
By Robin CookMr. Brian Pearson would like to address the court . ” " And who is Mr. Brian Pearson ? ” ' Judge Burano demanded . “ I am counsel for the Women's Clinic , Your Honor , " Mr. Pearson said . “ It was within the premises of the Women's ...
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The Red Room
By Ridley PearsonPressured into brokering an art deal in Istanbul, surveillance expert John Knox and his partner, the fearless Grace Chu, orchestrate a brief meeting with a mysterious man only to be thwarted by an unexpected number of adversaries.
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Plague Ship: A Novel of the Oregon Files
By Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du BrulA new installment in a series featuring Captain Juan Cabrillo and his intelligence-gathering ship-for-hire finds the crew encountering an adrift cruise ship filled with hundreds of dead passengers that eventually leads to the discovery of a ...
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper--case Closed
By Patricia Daniels CornwellExamines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.
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Unnatural Exposure
By Patricia Daniels CornwellReturning home from Ireland, where she had been called in to examine the remains of a murder victim whose body was marked by the signature of a cunning serial killer, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is shocked when another body turns up, ...
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Mind Over Media: New Ways to Improve Your Child's Reading and Writing Skills
By Masha Kabakow Rudman, Barbara Kaplan LeeOinkers Away : Pig Riddles , Cartoons and Jokes . New York : Archway , 1981 . Wagner , Richard . Spacecraft and Spacemen to Color , Cut - Out and Fly . Los Angeles : Price Stern , 1980 . Reference Blumberg , Dorothy Rose . Whose What ?
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Dune
By Frank HerbertOpposing forces struggle for control of the universe when the archenemy of the Emperor is banished to a barren world where water is the most precious commodity
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Three Complete Novels
By Tom Clancy“ You can say anything you want to me , but don't snap at her , ” he warned . ... “ Why didn't you think about all this before , dammit ! ... state troopers at the door , and another at the nurses ' station down the hall .
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Separated @ Birth: A True Love Story of Twin Sisters Reunited
By Lisa Pulitzer, Anais Bordier, Samantha FutermanTraces the remarkable story of how a pair of identical twins, adopted and raised separately in different countries, discovered each other by chance on social-media sites and worked together to piece together their origins. 30,000 first ...
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The Way of the Saints: Prayers, Practices, and Meditations
By Thomas Dale CowanGathers brief profiles of saints, from Saint Ambrose and Saint Bernard to Thomas More and Saint Veronica, and suggests prayers and spiritual exercises to honor each saint
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The Magician's Tale
By David HuntA colorblind photographer investigates the murder of Tim Lovsey, a handsome San Francisco prostitute who had been her subject in a photo shoot
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The Barbarians are Coming: A Novel
By David Wong LouieThe author of the awardwinning Pangs of Love returns with a powerful portrait of the ChineseAmerican experience centered on Sterling Lung, a man caught between two worlds. A first novel.
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Kate Remembered
By Andrew Scott BergThe following September , Dominick Dunne wrote a profile of Warren Beatty for Vanity Fair , which detailed how Beatty had seduced Hepburn into appearing in his film . What struck me most in the article was a line toward the end of the ...
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Full Court Press
By Mike Lupica“ W - R - I - G - H - T . Earl Wright . ” Ellie Ryan said that she had really begun watching basketball again on the television after Earl Wright passed on . She loved women's college basketball , especially when it was Tennessee versus ...
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The Passenger
By Patrick A. DavisAssigned to the Pentagon after being injured in action in the Middle East, Colonel John Quinn is called in to investigate the crash of a military Learjet carrying the president's brother and discovers that too many people have a stake in ...
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The Tentmaker
By Michelle BlakeLily James Connor, a female Episcopalian priest, takes an interim position, called a tentmaker, in a rich Boston parish, after the death of the much-loved old priest, and begins to suspect the circumstances surrounding his sudden death.
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Food to Die for: Secrets from Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Marlene BrownThe best-selling crime writer shares culinary favorites of Kay Scarpetta, including recipes for chili, grilled group, chocolate pecan pie, lasagne, pizza, and much more. 85,000 first printing.
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Bump and Run
By Mike LupicaBabs and her husband , Chappy , and Kenny and his wife , Ashley , were next down the aisle . Kitty and I were next . She was dabbing away imaginary tears . She said , “ How long are you in town for , Jack ? ” I nodded up ahead to Kenny ...
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The New Longevity Diet: How to Stay Young, Stay Healthy, Stay Slim by Eating the Foods You Love
By Henry MallekGuyton , K.Z. , Gorospe , M. , Wang , X. , Mock , Y.D. , Kokkonen , G.C. , Liu , Y. , Roth , G.S. & Holbrook , N.J. Age - related changes in activation of mitogen - activated protein kinase cascades by oxidative stress .