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Janet Evanovich - Fearless ​Fourteen
Janet ​Evanovich's lovable and hapless heroine is back for her fourteenth adventure. With an offer from Ranger of some night work she can't refuse, personal vendettas, hidden treasure and a monkey named Carl, it's not long before Stephanie Plum is embroiled in her most explosive adventure ever!

Janet Evanovich - Lean ​Mean Thirteen
New ​secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet! MISTAKE #1 Dickie Orr Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on her with her archnemesis, Joyce Barnhardt. Another fifteen minutes after that, Stephanie filed for divorce, hoping never to see either one of them again. MISTAKE #2 Doing favors for super bounty hunter Carlos Manoso (aka Ranger) Ranger needs Stephanie to meet with Dickie and find out if he’s doing something shady. Turns out, he is. Turns out, Dickie’s also back to doing Joyce Barnhardt. And it turns out Ranger’s favors always come with a price. . . . MISTAKE #3 Going completely nutso while doing the favor for Ranger, and trying to apply bodily injury to Dickie in front of the entire office Now Dickie has disappeared, and Stephanie is the natural suspect in his disappearance. Is Dickie dead? Can he be found? And can Stephanie Plum stay one step ahead in this new, dangerous game? Joe Morelli, the hottest cop in Trenton, New Jersey, is also keeping Stephanie on her toes---and he may know more than he’s saying about many things in Stephanie’s life. It’s a cat-and-mouse game for Stephanie Plum wherein the ultimate prize might be her life. With Janet Evanovich’s flair for hilarious situations, breathtaking action, and unforgettable characters, Lean Mean Thirteen shows why no one can beat Evanovich for blockbuster entertainment.

Janet Evanovich - Finger ​Lickin' Fifteen
Janet ​Evanovich's lovable and hapless heroine, Stephanie Plum, is back! Her fifteenth adventure is guaranteed to be her most fantastic, hilarious and most outrageous ever! The next Stephanie Plum novel, in which complications arise, loyalties are tested, cliffhangers are resolved, and donuts are eaten.

Janet Evanovich - Hot ​Six
Bounty ​hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's at the scene, he's with the victim, and he's the number one suspect. Manoso is former Special Forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue-chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He's Stephanie's mentor-- the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he's more than her friend. Now he's the hunted and Stephanie's the hunter, and it's time for Stephanie to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him... what then? Can she bring herself to turn him in? Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at night. Her maternal grandmother has set up housekeeping in Stephanie's apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her love life is in the toilet, she's adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she can't button the top snap on her Levis. Experience the world of Plum-- in Janet Evanovich's new thriller. It's surreal, it's frenetic, it's incendiary. HOT SIX. It's the best yet.

Janet Evanovich - Seven ​Up
New ​Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the trail of semi-retired bail jumper Eddie DeChooch, an old man who can still slip out of sight. When a corpse is found in Eddie's garden and two of her friends vanish, Stephanie finds herself making a devil's bargain with her mentor, the Ranger, who'll give her all the help she needs--if she gives him everything he wants.

Janet Evanovich - To ​The Nines
Stephanie ​Plum's got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli...oh, the list goes on). An ordinary person would cave under the pressure. But hey, she's from Jersey. Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she's pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way...and she always gets her man. In To The Nines, her cousin Vinnie (who's also her boss) has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an immigrant who becomes an illegal alien by violating his Visa and extending his stay in the United States. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word "hunter..." In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey Turnpike to the Vegas strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life.

Janet Evanovich - Hard ​Eight
Take ​a read on the wild side with the #1 bestselling phenomenon! Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum has a big problem on her hands: Seven-year-old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared. Evelyn's estranged husband, Steven, a shady owner of a seedy bar, is not at all happy. During the divorce proceedings, he and Evelyn signed a child custody bond, and Steven is demanding the money guaranteed by the bond to find Annie. The money was secured by a mortgage on Evelyn's grandmother's house, and the True Blue Bonds Bail Agency wants to take possession of the house. Finding a kidnapped child is not an assignment for a bounty hunter. But Evelyn's grandmother lives next door to Stephanie's parents, and Stephanie's mother and grandmother are not about to see their neighbor lose her house because of abduction. Even though Stephanie's plate is full with miscreants who missed their court dates, including old nemesis and violent drunk Andy Bender and an elusive little old lady accused of grand theft auto, she can't disappoint Grandma Mazur! So she follows the trail left by Annie and Evelyn-- and finds a lot more than she bargained for. Steven is somehow linked with a very scary Eddie Abruzzi. Trenton cop and on-again, off-again fiance Joe Morelli and Stephanie's mentor and tormentor, Ranger, warn Stephanie about Abruzzi, but it's Abruzzi's eyes and mannerisms that frighten Stephanie the most. Stephanie needs Ranger's savvy and expertise, and she's willing to accept his help to find Annie even though it might mean becoming too involved with Ranger. Stephanie, Ranger, Lula (who's not going to miss riding with Ranger), and Evelyn's lawyer/laundromat manager set out to find Annie. The search turns out to be a race among Stephanie's posse, the True Blue Bonds' agent, a Rangerette known as Jeanne Ellen Burrows, and the Abruzzi crew. Not to mention the fact that there's a killer rabbit on the loose! Strap on your helmet and get ready for the ride of your life. Hard Eight. The world of Plum has never been wilder.

Janet Evanovich - Visions ​of Sugar Plums
It's ​four days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for fugitive apprehension agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not a twinkle light anywhere to be seen in her apartment. And there's a strange man in her kitchen. Sure, this has happened to Stephanie Plum before. Strangers, weirdos, felons, creeps, and lunatics are always finding their way to her front door. But this guy is different. This guy is mysterious, sexy--and he has his own agenda. His name is Diesel and he is a man on a mission. Diesel is unlike anyone Stephanie has ever met before in her life. The question is, What does he want with her? Can he help her find a little old toy maker who has skipped out on his bail right before Christmas? Can he survive the Plum family holiday dinner? Can he get Stephanie a tree that doesn't look like it was grown next to a nuclear power plant? These questions and more are keeping Stephanie awake at night. Not to mention the fact that she needs to find a bunch of nasty elves, her sister Valerie has a Christmas "surprise" for the Plums, her niece Mary Alice doesn't believe in Santa anymore, and Grandma Mazur has a new stud muffin. So bring out the plastic reindeer, strap on your jingle bells, and get ready to celebrate the holidays--Jersey style. Visions of Sugar Plums--the world of Plum has never been merrier!

Erin Morgenstern - Éjszakai ​cirkusz
1886-ban ​egy rejtélyes utazócirkuszból nemzetközi szenzáció lesz. A _Cirque des Rêves_ csak éjjel van nyitva, fekete és fehér színekben pompázik, és mindenkit vár, aki felfedezné kör alakú ösvényeit vagy felmelegedne tüzeinél. Noha itt is találhatóak akrobaták, jósok és kígyóemberek, az álmok cirkusza nem szokványos látványosság. Egyes sátraiba beköltöztek a felhők, másokban jég van. Mintha valamiféle varázslat bűvkörébe vonná a szerelmeseit, akiket rêveurnek, vagyis álmodozónak hívnak. A történet középpontjában két fiatal mágus áll: Celia és Marco. Kisgyermek koruktól fogva arra tanították őket, hogy mágikus erejük segítségével győzelmet arassanak a másik felett. Amikor Celia véletlenül rájön, hogy Marco az ellenfele, együtt lenyűgöző varázslatba kezdenek.

Janet Evanovich - Smokin' ​Seventeen
Where ​there's smoke there's fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. The bail bonds office has burned to the ground, and bodies are turning up in the empty construction lot. To make matters worse, Stephanie is working out of a motor home she shares with a dancing bear, and Joe Morelli's old world grandmother has declared a vendetta against her. And just when Stephanie decides it might be time to choose between the two men in her life, Morelli and Ranger, a third man from Stephanie's past moves back to Trenton... Break out a cold drink and slap on some sunscreen, this summer is sure to be a scorcher with Smokin' Seventeen.

Christopher Moore - Mocskos ​meló
Halálnak ​lenni mocskos egy meló. De valakinek ezt is meg kell csinálni. Charlie Asher egy normális fickó, aki kifejezetten jól érzi magát a saját kis normális életében. Kicsit neurotikus, kicsit túlaggódja a dolgokat, de azt is a normalitás határain belül teszi. Inkább bétahímnek lehetne nevezni őt, mint alfának, de Charlie már hozzászokott ehhez az állapothoz. Felesége okos, csinos, bájos nő, aki pontosan azért szereti őt, mert annyira normális. Gyermekük születik, és úgy tűnik, a dolgok nem is alakulhatnának jobban Charlie számára. De aztán az emberek úgy kezdenek hullani Charlie körül, mint a legyek. Sötét árnyak suttognak neki a csatornákból, ismeretlen nevek jelennek meg a noteszében, bizonyos tárgyak vörösen izzanak a közelében. Igen, minden jel arra mutat, hogy valamiféle titokzatos erők új munkakörre jelölték ki Charlie Ashert. Mostantól ő lesz a Halál. Másoknak ez a vég. De neki csak a kezdet.

Marian Keyes - Lucy ​Sullivan is Getting Married
What ​happens when a psychic tells Lucy that she'll be getting married within the year? Her roommates panic! What is going to happen to their blissful existence of eating take-out, drinking too much wine, bringing men home, and never vacuuming? Lucy reassures her friends that she's far too busy arguing with her mother and taking care of her irresponsible father to get married. And then there's the small matter of not even having a boyfriend. But then Lucy meets gorgeous, unreliable Gus. Could he be the future Mr. Lucy Sullivan? Or could it be handsome Chuck? Or Daniel, the world's biggest flirt? Or even cute Jed, the new guy at work? Maybe her friends have something to worry about after all....

Janet Evanovich - Explosive ​Eighteen
Bounty ​hunter Stephanie Plum's life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich. Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she's knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she's flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now he's dead, in a garbage can, waiting for curbside pickup. His killer could be anyone. And a rag-tag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph the dead man was supposed to be carrying. Only one other person has seen the missing photo--Stephanie Plum. Now she's the target, and she doesn't intend to end up in a garbage can. With the help of an FBI sketch artist Stephanie re-creates the person in the photo. Unfortunately the first sketch turns out to look like Tom Cruise, and the second sketch like Ashton Kutcher. Until Stephanie can improve her descriptive skills, she'll need to watch her back. Over at the Bail Bonds Agency things are going from bad to worse. The bonds bus serving as Vinnie's temporary HQ goes up in smoke. Stephanie's wheelman, Lula, falls in love with their largest skip yet. Lifetime arch nemesis Joyce Barnhardt moves into Stephanie's apartment. And everyone wants to know what happened in Hawaii? Morelli, Trenton's hottest cop, isn't talking about Hawaii. Ranger, the man of mystery, isn't talking about Hawaii. And all Stephanie is willing to say about her Hawaiian vacation is . . . It's complicated.

Christopher Moore - Biff ​evangéliuma
Jézus ​születésének történetét jól ismerjük. Csakúgy, mint bölcs tanításait, dicső cselekedeteit és isteni önfeláldozását a harmincadik születésnapját követően. De Isten Fiának gyermekkoráról és felnőtté válásának történetéről senki nem tud semmit - Biffet, a Messiás legjobb haverját kivéve, akit most az Úr parancsára feltámaszt egy Raziel nevű botcsinálta angyal, hogy írja meg a saját evangéliumát. Úgyhogy Biff egy szállodai szobába zárva nekiáll elmesélni az elveszettnek hitt évek történetét. Senkit és semmit nem kímélve végre kipakol a maga sajátos stílusában (persze, hogy nem véletlenül törölték ki őt az evangéliumokból), és megosztja velünk, hogy hogyan is történt minden valójában, a betlehemi jászoltól egészen a Golgotáig. Biff evangéliuma tele van izgalmas kalandokkal, szerelemmel, varázslattal, gyógyítással, kung-fúval, halottkeltéssel, démonokkal és dögös csajokkal. De bármi is történjen velük, egy biztos: Biffet nem olyan fából faragták, hogy csak úgy szó nélkül hagyja a legjobb barátját keresztre feszíteni. Nem. Ő harcolni fog a végsőkig.

Kerstin Gier - Anyák ​maffiája
A ​35 éves, kétgyermekes Constanze jómódú, békés életét bombaként tépi szét férje bejelentése: válni akar. Nagyvonalúan neki ajándékozza elhunyt szülei házát, amelyről kiderül, hogy őskövület, a gyerektartásból pedig éppen kenyérre és vízre futja. 14 éves lánya a tinikor problémáival küzd, négyéves fiát viszont felveszik a kertvároska óvodájába. Constanze ennek köszönhetően hamarosan megismerkedik a település szupermami egyesületével, mely kezdetben segítőkész, összetartó csapatnak látszik. Lassanként azonban bepillantást nyer a felszín alá: valójában rosszindulatú, önző, irigy nők gyülekezete, akik nem mennek a szomszédba ötletért, ha mások életének megkeserítéséről van szó. Conny lassan felismeri az erőviszonyokat, és barátnőivel létrehozza kreatív ellenmozgalmát: az Anyák maffiáját. Idővel a szerelem is megjelenik Conny életében egy jóképű ügyvéd személyében... Magyarországon is aktuális társadalomkritikát tart kezében az olvasó; a könyv bepillantást nyújt a jómódúak lakta kertváros sznob családjainak életébe, akik azt hiszik, pénzzel mindent megvehetnek, s ezáltal eleget is tesznek nevelési kötelezettségüknek. A szerző kidomborított, karikírozott jellemvonásokkal dolgozik, s miközben Connyval együtt ádázul haragszunk a gonosz némberekre, remekül szórakozunk a fergeteges humorú regény olvasása közben.

Kerstin Gier - Halálom ​után felbontandó
Kerstin ​Gier könyve tipikus „női regény”, melyben sikeresen ötvöz egy kényes tabu témát egy napjainkban játszódó történettel. Mindezt szarkasztikus, jó humorral tálalva, miközben olyan örök témák, mint család, barátság, házasság és hűség is terítékre kerülnek. Megéri élni! Vegyük bátran kezünkbe a sorsunkat! Vállaljuk fel az életünket és ne mások elvárásainak akarjunk megfelelni… – üzeni olvasóinak. Pedig főhőse, Gerri úgy érzi, hogy az élete vakvágányra került. Teljesen kilátástalannak látja a jövőjét, hiszen még mindig szingli, váratlanul elveszítette az állását is, és senkire sem számíthat. Kétségbeesésében úgy dönt, hogy véget vet az életének, de elhatározza, hogy előbb búcsúlevelet küld a rokonainak, barátainak, ismerőseinek és végre szembesíti őket az „igazsággal”, azaz fellebbenti a fátylat a képmutató viselkedésükről. Egy váratlan esemény következtében az alapos előkészítés és tervezés ellenére Gerri terve azonban meghiúsul, és ekkor elszabadul a pokol, hiszen a levelei már eljutottak a címzettekhez. Viszont ez a véletlen vagy netán karmikus esemény új, izgalmas fordulatot hoz Gerri életébe.

Sue Townsend - The ​Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
The ​day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance. Her husband Brian, an astronomer having an unsatisfactory affair, is upset. Who will cook his dinner? Eva, he complains, is attention seeking. But word of Eva's defiance spreads. Legions of fans, believing she is protesting, gather in the street, while her new friend, Alexander the white-van man brings tea, toast and sympathy. And from this odd but comforting place, Eva begins to see both herself and the world very, very differently...

David Lodge - Deaf ​Sentence
_Being ​deaf is less an affliction than a sentence..._ Retired Professor of Linguistics Desmond Bates is going deaf. Not suddenly, but gradually and - for him and everyone nearby - confusingly. It's a bother for his wife, Winifred, who has an enviably successful new career and is too busy to be endlessly repeating herself. Roles are reversed when he visits his hearing-impaired father, who won't seek help and resents his son's intrusions. And, finally, there's Alex. Alex is a student Desmond agrees to help after a typical misunderstanding. But her increasingly bizarre and disconcerting requests cannot - unfortunately - be blamed on defective hearing. So much for growing old gracefully...

J. K. Rowling - Harry ​Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
There ​is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? Here are just a few things on Harry's mind: - A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey. - A venomous, disgruntled house-elf - Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team - The looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams . . . and of course, the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew, boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice. Though thick runs the plot, listeners will race through these tapes and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back.

Jonathan Safran Foer - Extremely ​Loud and Incredibly Close
In ​Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer tells the story of a precocious 9-year old boy, Oskar Schell. Oskar is very intelligent and independent, writes letters to Stephen Hawking, designs jewelry, and wanders about New York City wearing only white while playing the tambourine. On 9/11, he discovers the family's answering machine contains 5 messages from his father trapped in the north tower before he dies, and he hides the messages from his mother. Oskar struggles to deal with this inconsolable loss, distancing himself from his mom who eventually finds another man, and dreaming of fanciful inventions that can protect people from harm. When he finds a key in his father's closet with the word "Black" on the envelope holding it. Oskar seaches the city for every family named Black in hopes they can tell him the secret of the key, in hopes of understanding his father better. Oskar's grandmother lives across the street from him, and she struggles with the loss of her son while remembering her own survival during the bombing of Dresden and the damage it did to her family. Jonathan Safran Foer explores the psychological fallout from 9/11 through an unlikely boy whose pain and ideas ring all too true. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has received high praise with the Rocky Mountain News saying, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a complex, hilarious, tear-jerking and terribly intimate story."