Books from Putnam Adult

Mr. Phillips
By John Lanchester
You would need someone to cook , like Mrs Mitchinson , whom Mr Phillips had worked with at Grimshaw's and who was forever talking about , thinking about , shopping for , and cooking food . Her husband was a small round very silent man ...
Crash Course: The Instant M.B.A.
By Suzanne Lainson
Crash Course: The Instant M.B.A.
Man Eater
By Ray Shannon
Finding herself in trouble after interfering in a hired thug's attempt to reclaim stolen drug money, Hollywood executive Ronnie Deal finds assistance from ex-con and aspiring screenwriter Ellis Langford. 25,000 first printing.
H.E.L.P.: The Healthy Exchanges Lifetime Plan : It's Not a Diet, It's a Way of Life
By Barbara Alpert, Inc, JoAnna M. Lund
A sensible approach to weight control and good health combines nutritional eating, moderate exercise, realistic life goals, and a positive attitude into a program that allows readers to lose weight and restore health.
Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder, and the Price of Truth
By Rick Kogan, Maurice Possley
A tense, page-turning true-crime thriller follows Bob Lowe, a young mechanic and family man, who became the sole witness to a brutal 1972 mob hit in Chicago as he struggles with his new role in life and tries to survive as a "protected" ...
Black City
By Elizabeth Richards
Ash, a twin-blood who sells his addictive venom, "Haze," to support his mother, and Natalie, the daughter of a diplomat, discover their connection in the Black City, where humans and Darklings struggle to rebuild after a brutal war.
Restless
By Rich Wallace
Frank, a teen-aged ghost who has not been able to move on to a higher realm in the afterlife, tries to connect with his younger brother Herbie, a high school senior who was eight years old when Frank died. Reprint.
Grand Theft
By Timothy Watts
His profitable career as a high-end automobile thief abruptly thwarted when he is set up for the murder of a Philadelphia mob boss, Teddy Clyde finds himself struggling for survival while working to outmaneuver a mobster with a grudge, an ...
Otherwise Engaged
By Amanda Quick
Barely escaping a would-be abductor who has left a trail of victims in his wake, world traveler Miss Amity Doncaster discovers that her attacker has become obsessed with gossip that ties Amity to scientist Benedict Stanbridge, a spy for the ...
Blown Away
By David Wiltse
Trailing a highly sophisticated bomber whose target is New York City, FBI agents John Becker and Pegeen Haddad must sift through the remains of a bridge, a tram, and even a tunnel as they close in on the sinister terrorist.
Angels Along the Way: My Life with Help from Above
By Della Reese, Franklin Lett, Mim Eichler
So she agreed. The result: the biggest surprise network hit in a decade-one that has made Della popular with millions of new fans. Angels Along the Way is the story of a remarkable woman whose life has been filled with surprises.
Critical Mass
By Steve Martini
Jocelyn "Joss" Cole, a burned-out public defender from L.A., has opted for a quieter life in the San Juan Islands of Washington state.
Dead Famous
By Carol O'Connell
In the wake of two murder cases--one involving a Chicago FBI agent, the other murdered jurors from New York--Mallory is challenged to link the two crimes despite federal resistance. 60,000 first printing.
Winter House
By Carol O'Connell
When a burglar is caught in the act and killed by an ice pick-wielding home owner, Mallory discovers that the home owner is actually a long-lost child who vanished sixty years earlier following the massacre of her entire family with an ice ...
The Death Trade
By Jack Higgins
When an eminent scientist makes a startling breakthrough in nuclear weapons research only to have the lives of his family threatened if he does not give his technology to the Iranian regime, Sean Dillon, Afghan war hero Sara Gideon and the ...
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
By Tom Clancy
The Soviet Union and United States Star Wars race escalates, Colonel Mikkail Filtov, America's agent in the Kremlin, is about to be betrayed, and only Jack Ryan can save Filtov--and world peace
Retribution
By Jilliane Hoffman
As prosecutor C.J. Townsend faces the most vile predator she has ever encountered, she is forced to make a painful choice between justice and vengeance.
Wild Horses
By Dick Francis
After mistaking his filmmaker friend Thomas for a priest, racing expert Valentine Clark makes a daunting deathbed confession, and now, possessing this knowledge, Thomas will require superhuman cunning to stay alive
Mind Prey
By John Sandford
In the wake of the abduction of a woman and her two young daughters, deputy chief Lucas Davenport faces the most challenging case of his career, while the victim, psychiatrist Andi Manette, applies all her skills to outwit her captor. 275 ...