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481) Golden State
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Growing up as the youngest child in one of California's prominent political families, Natalie worshiped her big brother, Bobby, a math prodigy. After Bobby left home at sixteen on a Harvard scholarship, he retreated deeper into his own head. Now Natalie has a lawyer husband, two young daughters, and a house in the Berkeley Hills. Then, a bomb explodes on the Stanford campus that her oldest daughter attends. As other attacks by the "Cal Bomber" follow...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Maren Winter is a world-renowned restaurateur who has built an empire. No one heeds the whispers of her retirement more closely than her three daughters, all in service to their mother's legacy. On the night of Maren's annual New Year's Eve party, a line is crossed, and word of a humiliating family meltdown spreads like a Northern California wildfire through the culinary elite. It's a golden opportunity for one of them to step into power-and a trigger...
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe novels volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"It is the early 1950s, Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Marlowe sets off on his search, but almost immediately discovers that Peterson's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest families...
484) Cowboy brave
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In "Cowboy Brave," Emily Baker takes the seniors she cares for to a ranch where she meets a sexy cowboy, and in "Second Chance Cowboy," Jack Everett requires help from the woman who broke his heart to save the failing vineyard he inherited.
485) Calico
Author
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
There's a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert--The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away. But it's the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, after a staggering fall from grace, could get another badge...and a shot at redemption. Over a century ago, and just a few miles further into the bleak landscape, a desperate stranger ended up in Calico, a struggling mining town, also hoping for a...
486) A midnight puzzle
Author
Series
Secret staircase mystery volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business-known for bringing magic into homes through hidden doors, floating staircases, and architectural puzzle walls-is at a breaking point. No amount of Scottish and Indian meals from her grandfather can distract Tempest from the truth: they're being framed. When Tempest receives an urgent midnight phone...
487) Circle in the water
Author
Series
Sharon McCone mystery volume 36
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
San Francisco is home to more than 200 privately owned streets. Most are alleyways, but a select few look torn straight from the pages of a magazine. Lined with mansions and elaborate gardens, the properties are luxurious and perfectly maintained; security guards patrol the grounds to keep the curious at bay. Few know of these exclusive enclaves, but those who do prowl for availability, ready to make a grab for the precious real estate if opportunity...
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