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2) Mercy
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
When esteemed Justice Department attorney Theo Buchanan is struck ill at a New Orleans gala, Dr. Michelle Renard works fast to save his life. Soon, Theo finds himself in a race to save her when Michelle is targeted by a deadly crime ring. They call themselves the Sowing Club, a devious foursome driven by greed to accumulate millions in a secret bank account.
Author
Series
Dave Robicheaux volume 3
Language
English
Description
Evil crept into Dave Robicheaux's bayou world one night and destroyed the woman he loved. Now it's threatening the life of his innocent child. Framed for murder, the Cajun ex-cop is traveling far from his Louisiana home to clear his name, to help a friend, to save what remains of his family--seeking justice and revenge in the Big Sky Country of Montana.
Author
Series
Leopard volume 5
Language
English
Description
When Sarah Boudreaux finds a dead body in the Louisiana bayou near her home, her first instinct is to go to the police. But there's a problem--it looks like the victim may have been killed by a big cat, and her brothers are all shape-shifting leopards.
Author
Series
Quinn and Costa thriller volume 3
Language
English
Description
For three years, women have been disappearing--and eventually turning up dead in the small bayou town of St. Augustine, Louisiana. Police detective Beau Hebert is the only one who seems to care, but with every witness quickly silenced and a corrupt police department set on keeping the cases unsolved, Beau's investigation stalls at every turn. With nobody else to trust, Beau calls in a favor from his friend on the FBI's Mobile Response Team. While...
Author
Language
English
Description
For Mirielle West, a 1920's socialite married to a silent film star, the isolation and powerlessness of the Louisiana Leper Home in Carville is an unimaginable fall from the star-studded parties of Hollywood's Golden Age. Diagnosed by leprosy, at first she hopes her exile will be brief. But those sent to Carville are more prisoners than patients: the disease has no cure. Mirielle must find community and purpose while struggling to redefine her self-worth,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrie, is the last dragon on Earth and is hiding out in a Louisiana swamp. He strikes a deal with Cajun swamp rat Squib: Squib will keep him company and fetch supplies for him and Vern will protect Squib from the dirty cop that is chasing him. However, there will be soon be a fiery reckoning, in which dragons will either finally become extinct... or Vern's glory days are back.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the explosion at the vampire summit, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse confronts the disappearance of her boyfriend Quinn and dramatic changes in the world of the vampires and weres.
After Hurricane Katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit in New Orleans, Sookie Stackhouse faces danger, death, and, once again, betrayal by someone she loves.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman who is under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate and up against a Fae who wants her...
11) My sunshine away
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A man reflects on the summer of his fourteenth year, where in Baton Rouge he fell in love with a golden-haired girl across the street before an unspeakable crime shattered illusions in his seemingly idyllic neighborhood.
12) Gone to green
Author
Series
Green volume 1
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Lori Barker trades in her life as a corporate journalist for ownership of a tiny rural newspaper, but when she arrives at the village, she finds herself battling prejudice and inner doubt while making friends with the quirky villagers.
Author
Series
Bayou volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
After her father's mysterious death, Vivian Patin decides to restore the family's recent inheritance, a plantation named Rosebank, into a resort hotel, but murder and mystery abound.
14) Robicheaux
Author
Series
Dave Robicheaux volume 21
Language
English
Description
"Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. From the acts he committed in Vietnam, to his battles with alcoholism, to the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Molly, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable memory to the next. Images of ghosts pepper his reality. Robicheaux's only beacon remains serving as a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana. It's in that capacity that Robicheaux crosses paths with powerful mob boss, Tony Nemo. Tony has a Civil War sword he'd...
15) Dead until dark
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Love blossoms between Sookie Stackhouse, a cocktail waitress in rural Louisiana who keeps to herself because of her ability to read minds, and Bill, a tall, dark, and handsome vampire with ties to a creepy crowd that may be responsible for the death of one of Sookie's coworkers.
Author
Series
Dave Robicheaux volume 5
Language
English
Description
Detective Dave Robicheaux travels to the mountains of Montana to help his best friend and unearths a larger plot that threatens them both. Oil speculator Weldon Sonnier is the patriarch of a troubled family intimately bound to the CIA, the Mob, and the Klan. Now, the murder of a cop and a bizarre assassination attempt pull Detective Dave Robicheaux into the Sonniers' hellish world of madness, murder, and incest. But Robicheaux has devils of his own--and...
Author
Language
English
Description
In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in...
19) Sunset limited
Author
Series
Dave Robicheaux volume 10
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A journalist has asked Dave to help her investigate rumors of police brutality in the Iberia Parish jail. But since her father was murdered in the same jurisdiction years before, her interest in police affairs may be more personal than professional.
20) Red River
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"The intertwining stories of two Louisiana families--three generations of African-American men--and their struggles to make a place for themselves in a country deeply divided in the aftermath of the Civil War and beyond"--Provided by publisher.
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