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In one way or another,
everybody abused Carrie. Her fanatical mother forbade this
sixteen-year-old misfit everything that was young and fun.
She was teased and taunted by her classmates, misunderstood
by her teachers, and given up as hopeless by almost
everyone.
But Carrie had a secret: she possessed terrifying
telekinetic powers that could make inanimate objects move, a
lighted candle fall, or a door lock. Carrie could make all
kinds of startling bizarre, and malevolent things happen.
And so she did one night, when feeling scorned and
humiliated...and growing angrier and angrier... |
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When a former soldier
and recluse murders two 17-year-old students at a posh
Edinburgh boarding school, Rebus immediately suspects
there is more to the case than meets the eye. Army
investigators show up to snoop around the scene of the
crime, and links between the killer and a local group
of "Goths" (a morbid clique of black-clad teens who
listen to heavy metal music) begin to surface.
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When a NASA satellite discovers
an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the
floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory—a
victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the
impending presidential election. To verify the authenticity of
the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence
analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts,
including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel
travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of
scientific trickery—a bold deception that threatens to plunge
the world into controversy. |
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A superintendent in the Thames
River Police, William Monk is on a patrol boat near Waterloo
Bridge when he and his men notice a young couple standing at
the bridge railing, apparently engaged in an intense
discussion. The woman waves her arms and places her hands on
the man’s shoulders. A caress or a push? He grasps hold of
her. To save her or to kill her? Seconds later, the pair
plunges to death in the icy waters. |
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It's a beautiful summer night
in Portland, Oregon. Ami Vergano, a young attorney and single
mother, arrives at her son Ryan's little league game with their
tenant and new friend, Dan Morelli. When the assistant coach
calls in sick, Morelli seems happy to help out. But then one
player roughly blocks another and a fight erupts. Before the
game ends. Ami witnesses violence that shocks and horrifies her
and makes her question everything she thought she knew about
Morelli. |
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The sleepy, forgotten town hasn't seen a crime in decades, but
within the span of three days it witnesses events that leave
everyone stunned. An unidentified man is found beaten and shot
to death on a lonely country road. The police chief and his
wife are butchered on a quiet Sunday morning. Then a bank
executive disappears from his home, leaving his keys on the
table and his wife frozen with fear.
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How many people get to solve
their own murder? Anne Murphy is smart, gorgeous, and young, the
red-headed rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato &
Associates. She leaves town for the Fourth of July weekend to
prepare for a high-profile trial, but when she buys her morning
newspaper, her own photo is plastered all over the front page.
And the headline -- LAWYER MURDERED -- supposedly refers to her.
Anne sets out to find her killer, playing dead in order to stay
alive. |
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