Del Norte Public Library

"On the first Tuesday in October, Rosa Hartung is returning to her job as minister for social affairs following a year's leave of absence--granted after the dramatic disappearance of her twelve-year-old daughter. Linus Bekker, a mentally ill young man, confessed to her killing, but is unable to remember where he buried the various parts of her dismembered corpse, leaving Rosa with no choice but to try to move on without closure. The same day Rosa...

In a chilling literary hall of mirrors, Patricia Highsmith introduces Tom Ripley. Like a hero in a latter-day Henry James novel, Ripley is sent to Italy with a commission to coax a prodigal young American back to his wealthy father. But Ripley finds himself very fond of Dickie Greenleaf. He wants to be like him, exactly like him. Suave, agreeable, and utterly amoral, Ripley stops at nothingcertainly not only one murderto accomplish his goal. Turning...

Peter studied, courted and married three heiresses. The first two died under mysterious circumstances. The third is Rainie. He beat and abused her. Faking her own death to escape her murderous husband, Rainie Hall takes refuge in the rural community of Crystal Falls, where she finds work as a bookkeeper on a horse ranch run by dangerously good looking Parker Harrigan. But as their initial attraction blossoms, Rainie fears she can never escape retribution...

For almost three decades, the Winter Family traverses America's untamed terrain both serving and opposing the fierce advance of civilization. Led by Augustus Winter, psychopath Quentin Ross, the cruel Empire brothers, impassive ex-slave Fred Johnson, and child prodigy Lukas Shakespeare create an ultraviolent storm. Whether as political thugs in a brutal Chicago election or as bounty hunters in the deserts of Arizona, there's a hypnotic logic to Winter's...

Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in the past. Once again Petra is at the center of the action. After investigating a drive by shooting in L.A. Petra follows her instincts to follow a possible eyewitness whose life is in danger. Meanwhile departmental politics threaten to sabotage her case, and her personal life isn't much better. Further complicating things a whiz-kid grad student is...

A seemingly mild-mannered, neighborly man who kidnaps young women and holds them in a cage in his basement meets a grocery store checkout girl who becomes his ultimate target before he intends to cease his violent activities.

Forensic psychologist and single mother Ann Bailey has joined forces with Montana Highway Patrol officer Bryce McCabe. An expert in untangling the motives of depraved minds, Ann is tasked to help solve the mystery of two murdered women doused with gasoline and set aflame. It’s not hard for Ann to be reminded of the charismatic Elijah Weston, who served a decade in prison for arson—a crime that nearly cost Ann her life. Elijah may have been exonerated,...

Enlisted by the FBI for his former successes, forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger is assigned the case of the elusive Highway Killer, who is profiled as a brilliant psychiatrist and who engages in a confrontational letter campaign with Clevenger through a national newspaper.

Although the littlest student in his class, thirteen-year-old Baron Braun calls upon the strength and wisdom of his Mohawk ancestors to face both man and beast when he tries to get help for his classmates, who are being terrorized during a school field trip in the Adirondacks.

Twenty years ago, a darkness descended upon the Walkers of Tucson, Arizona - an Anglo family with solid ties to the legends and history of the Tohono O'othham Indian nation. A personified evil named Andrew Carlisle, a psycopath in the guise of a nondescript college professor, brought blood and terror into their world, stalking, attacking, and nearly murdering Diana Ladd Walker and her young son, Davy. But Diana fought back, blinding and crippling...