The following is a list of the top ten books placed on hold by KPL cardholders as of the current month.
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Worst Case
by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
From the authors of The Quickie comes their most action-packed series yet. When the children of many of New York's elite become murder victims, Detective Michael Bennett and FBI agent Emily Parker set out to capture a killer before he sends a deadly message for the entire city to witness. |
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U Is for Undertow
by Sue Grafton
It's April, 1988, a month before Kinsey Millhone's 38th birthday, and she's alone in her office doing paperwork when a young man arrives unannounced. 21 years earlier, a four-year-old girl disappeared, and the young man believes he stumbled on her lonely burial many years ago. |
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Fantasy in Death
by J.D. Robb
Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, enters his private playroom, and eagerly can't wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to play the role of a sword-wielding warrior king, in his company's latest top-secret project, Fantastical. The next morning, he is found in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case NYPSD Lt. Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game. |
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The Shadow of Your Smile
by Mary Higgins Clark
When Olivia Morrow married Jonathan Williams, she joked that it was a good thing she was a psychologist. Jonathan and his identical twin brother, Charles, were brilliant obstetricians, renowned for their research. Olivia, like most people, had difficultly telling them apart. Five years later, Charles is found murdered in his midtown apartment, apparently the victim of a robbery. But as the months pass, Olivia begins to suspect that perhaps it was not Charles who was killed ... but her husband Jonathan instead.
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Caught
by Harlan Coben
In this explosive new thriller, a reporter's investigative work has resulted in a man being taken into custody in front of a shocked television audience. But months later, she realizes she may have unwittingly been part of a grand manipulation aiming to destroy an innocent man. |
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Split Image
by Robert B. Parker
The body in the trunk was just the beginning. Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable "retirement" in the nicest part of Paradise. Stressed by the case, his failed relationship with his ex-wife, and his ongoing battle with the bottle, Jesse Stone needs something to keep him - and the case - from spinning out of control, and private investigator Sunny Randall may be the answer.
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Deeper than the Dead
by Tami Hoag
California, 1984. Three children, running in the woods behind their school, stumble upon a partially buried body -- and that's just the start of this heart-pounding ride. |
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Sizzle
by Julie Garwood
New York Times-bestselling author Garwood weaves magnificent stories of passion, adventure, and intrigue. Now she raises the heat and spices up the action with a sexy, smart, daring new heroine and a smoldering thriller. |
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Not My Daughter
by Barbara Delinsky
When Susan Tate's 17-year-old daughter, Lily, announces she is pregnant, Susan is stunned. A single mother, she has struggled to do everything right. As Susan struggles with the implications of her daughter's pregnancy, her job, financial independence, and long-fought-for dreams are all at risk. The emotional ties between mothers and daughters are stretched to the breaking point in this emotionally wrenching story of love and forgiveness. |
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The Bishop's Man
Linden MacIntyre
From an award-winning writer and one of Canada’s foremost broadcast journalists, comes a deeply wise and moving novel that explores the guilty minds and spiritual evasions of Catholic priests. Father Duncan MacAskill has spent most of his priesthood employed by his bishop to discipline wayward priests and suppress potential scandal. Now, he is about to be sorely tested himself. |
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Debt-Free Forever: take control of your money and your life
by Gail Vax-Oxlade
"Money isn't rocket science - it's discipline." Debt-Free Forever gives you a road map to getting out of the red in 36 months or less. By following Vaz-Oxlade's detailed plans and drawing on her unflagging faith in people's ability to take control, readers will reach the right destination: a debt-free life. |
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Committed: a skeptic makes peace with marriage
by Elizabeth Gilbert
At the end of her memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, under any circumstances get married. But then the US government gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Gilbert's second memoir, told with wit, intelligence and compassion, is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.
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Have A Little Faith: a true story
by Mitch Albom
Best-selling author Mitch Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots with a timely, moving, and inspiring look at faith: not just who believes, but why they believe. |
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Three Cups Of Tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations, one school at a time
by Greg Mortenson
Mountaineer Greg Mortenson, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built 55 schools - especially for girls - that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. |
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Food Rules: an eater's manual
by Michael Pollan
Simple, sensible, and easy to use, Food Rules is a set of memorable rules for eating wisely, many drawn from a variety of ethnic or cultural traditions. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat-buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat. |
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Superfreakonomics: global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance
by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first. |
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Stones Into Schools
by Greg Mortenson
The author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea offers the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through education. Filled with rich, personal stories and insights into the Middle East, this book is an inspiration - and a call to action. |
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The Art of Eating In: How I learned to stop spending and love the stove
by Cathy Erway
An underpaid executive assistant in New York City, Cathy Erway was struggling to make ends meet when she decided to swear off all restaurant food. The Art of Eating In chronicles the delectable results of her 24-month experiment, with 30 original recipes included. |
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Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the race of a lifetime
by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
In 2008, the Presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. In Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, two of the country's leading political reporters, use their unrivaled access to pull back the curtain on the Obama, Clinton, McCain, and Palin campaigns. Character driven and dialogue rich, replete with extravagantly detailed scenes, this is the occasionally shocking, often hilarious, ultimately definitive account of the campaign of a lifetime. |
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The Case for God
by Karen Armstrong
Focusing especially on Christianity but including other religions, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion during a time when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God, or question the efficacy of faith. |
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