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Against
the Law by Michael
C. Eberhardt (Dutton, 1995)
Set against the exotic, politically incendiary backdrop of contemporary
Hawaii, Against the Law is a riveting thriller that revolves around the
investigation of the slaying of the governor, found brutally stabbed to
death alongside a dead prostitute. Instead of prosecuting the prime suspect,
Peter Makai, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Dan Carrier decides to exonerate
the man - a longtime friend of his - and carries out the investigation
personally. Shocking details are revealed, and Carrier begins to suspect
Makai's son of setting up his own father. As the islands erupt with political
unrest, the prosecution becomes hellbent on a fast conviction, and Carrier
is forced to unravel a mystery that could topple the state and destroy
his family.
"Worthy of Perry Mason"--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A page?turner!"--The San Francisco Chronicle
*Literary Guild main selection
*Mystery Guild main selection
The Baynes Clan Series by John
S. McCord (Doubleday Western, 1995)
A powerful saga of frontier America. Follow the Baynes Clan as they flee
the carnage of the Civil War and move to the American west. In the wilderness they learn
to survive according to their own code of honor· and their gunfights become legend across the
lawless West.
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California
Angel by Nancy
Taylor Rosenberg (Dutton, 1995)
Is Toy Johnson an angel of mercy gifted with miraculous psychic powers?
Or is this strikingly beautiful woman a kidnapper and killer, with a growing
list of children as victims? This is the startling question bestselling
author Nancy Taylor Rosenberg poses in her remarkable novel. Who she really
is and what she really does are bewildering questions even for Toy Johnson.
She only knows that a near-death experience has launched her on a journey
into the unknown - a journey she is destined to repeat again and again
with astonishing results. When she returns to her familiar work world
as a teacher in Southern California and her seemingly ideal marriage to
a brilliant surgeon, she is haunted by dreamlike memories of children
on the brink of death - children she believes she somehow has saved. Her
husband, Stephen, thinks she is hallucinating. Her best friend, Sylvia,
thinks she is suffering from the frustrations of a childless marriage.
The staff of a high-tech Manhattan hospital thinks this is how she deals
with her mysterious and frightening malady. Yet despite what anyone thinks,
when Toy sees herself on television rescuing a boy from a deadly fire,
she knows she is a purveyor of miracles - a living angel. But this newfound
vision of herself is challenged when she is arrested for kidnapping and
charged with murder.
Dangerous
Attachments by Sarah
Lovett (Villard, 1995)
As a consultant to the New Mexico prison system, Dr. Sylvia Strange has
probed the minds of some of the most disturbed and dangerous criminals.
But nothing prepares her for the madness of Lucas Watson. When Lucas escapes
from the state pen, the two are caught in a harrowing cat-and-mouse game
only one of them can win. Previously published by Random House.
Sick
by Jay
R. Bonansinga (Warner Books, 1995)
Sarah Brandis, a disillusioned stripper, is battling a brain tumor with
"creative visualization." The tumor goes into remission, but Sarah starts
blacking out... and waking to find that people she knows have been murdered.
As her mind begins to unravel and bodies continue to surface, Sarah plunges
into a spiral of terror and shattering revelations.
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Trial
by Fire by Nancy
Taylor Rosenberg (Dutton, 1995)
Brilliant, hard-driving Stella Cataloni is the star of the Dallas District
Attorney's office with an amazing 100 percent conviction rate. But the
conviction she most desperately wants agonizingly eludes her. The fire
that killed her parents years ago and scarred her life remains unsolved.
When her ex-boyfriend Tom Randall, who Stella is convinced set the fire,
suddenly reappears in Houston, Stella vows revenge. But when Randall is
brutally murdered, his death puts the arson case in a new light and gives
Houston D.A. Holly Oppenheimer the ruthless opportunity to put Stella
behind bars for both crimes. Once Stella's friend, Holly becomes a formidable
adversary, willing to use her knowledge of Stella's personal secrets to
her own advantage. As headlines scream BATTLE OF THE WOMEN D.A.'S and
the media circus begins, Stella's key hope of proving her innocence is
to do what the police cannot or will not do: find the killer who has mocked
the law not once but twice. Stella finds herself in a maze of intrigue
and corruption stretching back fifteen years - and leading to ugly revelations
behind flawless masks of innocence. Plagued by suspicions that seem too
horrible to be true yet refuse to be denied, she realizes she is being
shadowed by a murderer as she seeks the truth in her own defense. Even
as she uses every tool - from forensic animation to virtual reality -
to turn the tide of the courtroom battle, Stella must apply every ounce
of her nerve and brains to escape the unseen enemy who will stop at nothing
to see her dead.
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Whatever
Mother Says: An Incredible True Story of Death and Destruction Inside
One Ordinary Family by Wensley
Clarkson (St. Martin's Press, 1995)
Raising her five kids alone in a rundown section of Sacramento, Theresa
Cross Knorr seemed like the ultimate survivor. But her youngest daughter,
16-year-old Terry, told police another story, one almost too terrible
to believe. According to Terry, Theresa - no longer the petite brunette
she once was - had become insanely jealous of her pretty eldest daughters
and enlisted the help of her two teenaged sons in a vicious campaign against
their sisters. Terry's gruesome tale told how Theresa had drugged, handcuffed
and shot 16-year-old Susan, allowing her wounds to fester until the day
she ordered her sons to burn their sister alive. Next, Terry said Theresa
severely beat 20-year-old Sheila and then locked her in a stifling broom
closet, so that when the girl finally starved to death, her sons were
again ordered to dispose of the body. It took Terry five years to convince
the authorities to investigate her grisly accounts of burning flesh, starvation
and torture... of a mother from hell, so sadistic, that she had become
her children's executioner.
Sting:
The Secret Life of Gordon Sumner by Wensley
Clarkson (Thunder"s Mouth Press, 1995)
The bestselling biographer of Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson now examines the
life of Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting, from his troubled boyhood marked
by domestic turmoil to his rise to the top of the charts--first as lead
singer of The Police, then as a respected and top-selling solo artist--along
the way touching on his failure as a box-office star and his involvement
in environmental activism.
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Getting
the Money You Need: Practical Solutions for Financing Your Small Business
by Gibson
Heath (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1995)
Ideal for large companies, veteran small business owners, and individuals
working out of their homes, Getting the Money You Need has the answer
to all the readers' funding questions. While no one can guarantee that
a firm will get a small business loan, the odds are greatly improved by
knowing the correct steps and establishing timely, realistic goals. Getting
the Money You Need provides practical solutions and sound advice for finding
the money necessary to turn a small business from an idea into reality.
Clear, concise, and easy-to-read, this book details a wide variety of
programs to suit any specific funding and ongoing financial needs. From
government to grassroots programs, Heath offers a solid review of traditional
resources as well as an update on the newest funding alternative. Specific
topics include: Both state and federally sponsored lending programs; Microenterprise
lending programs; Developing community loan funds; Financing through banks;
Venture capital, initial public offerings, and other options.
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