West Routt Library District

When the other members of her family are murdered by a hit man while she is on vacation in Europe, Ella finds her own life in terrible danger and returns home, torn by grief and driven to exact revenge.

"At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a young boy named Archie learns about community, genuine connection, and how not to lose hope"--Provided by publisher. Archie's life--and the whole world--is turned upside down by Covid-19. Suddenly there are no more Friday night dinners out, no more going to school, no more hanging out with friends...no leaving the house at all. Even though he's inside with his family all day every day, Archie can't help...

When Los Angeles psychologist and sleuth Alex Delaware becomes embroiled in a long-unsolved case of brutal murder, he finds his own life and that of his longtime friend, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, at stake.

Now a major motion picture starring Billy Bob Thornton, this is the story of three men who stumble upon an extraordinary amount of money and create a simple plan to hide, keep and eventually share the cash. But this seemingly simple plan quickly gives rise to suspicion, blackmail, betrayal and, finally, murder.

It is the mid-1980s, and a civil war is raging on the tiny island nation of Sri Lanka. Each day, fresh corpses inundate emergency medical clinics-many of them so mutilated that they are unidentifiable and can only be classified as "disappearances." Anil Tissera, a 33-year-old forensic anthropologist born in Sri Lanka and educated abroad, returns to the island as part of a United Nations human rights campaign to prove that mass murders are taking place....

"Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison’s writing career has bottomed out: his latest manuscript has been rejected by seventeen publishers, which stings all the more because his previous novels have been 'critically acclaimed.' He seethes on the sidelines of the literary establishment as he watches the meteoric success of We’s Lives in Da Ghetto, a first novel by a woman who once visited 'some relatives in Harlem for a couple of days.' Meanwhile, Monk struggles...

Best friends Lennie and George find themselves unemployed in Depression-era California, unable to maintain a stable working pattern for long because of Lennie's infantile mental capacity. They get hired at the Tyler Ranch but soon their work is ripped apart by tragedy when Curly's beautiful but unhappy wife becomes the innocent victim of Lennie's compassion.

Bookstore owner A. J. Fikry is offered the chance to make his life over when a mysterious and unexpected package arrives on the heels of the theft of his most prized possession, a rare collection of Edgar Allan Poe poems.

En una isla cerca de la ventosa costa de Irlanda, se reúnen los invitados de la boda del año, el enlace entre Jules Keegan y Will Slater. Viejos amigos. Resentimientos del pasado. Familias felices. Envidias ocultas. Trece invitados. Un cadãver. En el momento de cortar la tarta, uno de los invitados aparece muerto. A su vez, una tormenta desata toda su furia sobre la isla. Todo el mundo estã atrapado. Todos tienen un secreto. Todos tienen un motivo."--Back...