Leslie Hope
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Architects Hallie and Donnalee, approaching their mid-30s, realize that building their business doesn't mean that they can't also build personal relationships. Their pursuits of love are echoed by their pursuit of a major building project for an eccentric billionaire, Adam Barr. Amid all this activity, Hallie, who has been searching for the man of her dreams, suddenly finds him right next door
2) Doppelganger
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
A writer with a room for rent acquires a strange new roommate with a psychotic alter-ego that follows her wherever she goes.
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Jack Bauer, head of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit, is thrust into a 24-hour marathon of death, deception, and terror as he struggles to prevent the assasination of a presidential candidate, find the traitor within his own organization, and save his kidnapped wife and daughter.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the city's only female private detectives as they take on cases the police don't want to touch. In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention. The Private Detectives take on cases that explore every cross-section of Toronto, from gospel church choirs, bathing beauties and the early cinema scene, to the homes and private parties...
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Three years after thwarting a terrorist attack on the United States, Jack Bauer is back in L.A. working undercover to bring down drug lord Ramon Salazar. The FBI receives a phone call threatening to release a deadly virus in Los Angeles, if Salazar is not released from prison within six hours.
8) Men at work
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
With little respect for their superiors, and even less for the law, garbage collectors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez have made trouble a way of life. Practical jokers with a gift for the truly twisted gag, the two pranksters glide through work with one eye on the ladies and the other on the surf shop they dream of owning. Their fun-loving life is turned upside down when they discover the corpse of a local politician and realize that they will be...
10) Crimson Peak
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of a family tragedy, an aspiring author finds herself caught in a struggle between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay is a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever.
11) Formosa betrayed
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When a Taiwanese-American professor is murdered, FBI agent Jake Kelly races to track the killers back to Taiwan. Kelly soon finds himself immersed in a dangerous conspiracy as he dodges forces ranging from the U.S. State Department to the Chinese Mafia.
12) 24: season one
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Jack Bauer, head of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit, is thrust into a 24-hour marathon of death, deception, and terror as he struggles to prevent the assasination of a presidential candidate, find the traitor within his own organization, and save his kidnapped wife and daughter.
13) Never back down
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
At his new high school Jake Tyler, a rebellious teen, is lured into an ultimate underground fighting club in a Backyard Fight. Jake finds a mentor at the club, a mixed martial arts veteran. When Jake begins to receive threats regarding the safety of his friends and family he seeks help from the veteran fighter in order to train his mind and body for one final no-holds-barred elimination fight with his unrelenting personal nemesis and local martial...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Jesse Stone is shot while moonlighting on a Boston stakeout, leaving his friend fighting for his life and Stone out for justice. His rogue investigation to find the shooter leads him into Boston's shady underworld. This leads him right into the bed of a Boston PD investigator, who wants his head on a platter if he continues to pursue the case. Meanwhile, Stone is approached by a broken-hearted mother who is convnced her kidnapped son is still alive....
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 13
Language
English
Description
A prominent abolitionist is murdered minutes after giving an impassioned speech at Rebecca's church. Parishioners describe a mysterious veiled woman who left before the service ended. Racial tensions and threats from the chief constable pressure Murdoch to resolve the case quickly.
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Description
A phone operator with a penchant for amateur sleuthing claims she overheard the strangulation death of a young woman. Is the wannabe detective crying wolf, or is a real predator on the loose in Toronto? Murdoch taps into the phone system to prevent a killer from striking again.
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