Frank Carlson Library

Between 1976 and 1978 the San Diego Police Department operated a small experimental field unit charged with cracking down on bandito crime against illegals entering the city from Mexico. The Border Alien Robbery Force--. . .the Barf Squad--consisted mostly of Mexican-American officers, led by a . . . sergeant named Manny Lopez. {Wambaugh presents an account of the squad's activities.}"

A good cop, Robbie Brownlaw was thrown from a sixth-floor window of a downtown hotel and miraculously survived. The traumatic incident left Robbie with a fast-track career in the San Diego P.D.'s Homicide division . . . and a rare neurological condition that enables him to see people's emotional words as colored shapes-green trapezoids of envy, red squares of deception . . . Another good man lies dead in a blood-splattered Ford Explorer-an ex-cop-turned-ethics...

"A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps. When Executive Order 9066 is enacted after the attack at Pearl Harbor, children's librarian Clara Breed's young Japanese American patrons are to be sent to prison camp. Before they are moved, Breed asks the children to write her letters and gives them books to take with them. Through the three...

Who is the true heir to the Farnleigh estate? Two men claim to be the legal heirs. When a meeting is called to determine the legal heir one of the men is found dead in a garden pond. Detective Gideon Fell is put on the case to unmask the murderer and reveal the true heir.

Juliet has just moved to a beachside town with her newly separated mother and her moody older sister. When she meets their new neighbor, Emma, the girls form an instant bond. Emma's big family takes Juliet in, and the girls have fun together -- starting with the night they throw bottles with secret messages into the sea. Then someone writes back to Juliet's message. An email arrives, inviting her to join the Starry Beach Club. All she has to do is...

"After marriage, Steve Dancy has quietly settled in San Diego. He can hardly remember his days of wanderlust, and he's grateful to have left behind the violence of a raw frontier. In a celebratory mood, Steve invites his mother to a meet her new grandchild in a chic resort in Monterey, California. With the delivery of a handwritten note, his world suddenly reverts to the savagery of his bygone days. There will be no peace"--Provided by publisher.

Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom.

Katie and Micah are a young middle class couple who are engaged to be married. After moving into a suburban 'starter' house in San Diego, California, they begin hearing noises while trying to sleep. Not knowing if the presence is demonic or not, they attempt communicating through a Ouija board, angering the spirit further. Now they may never sleep again, or they may never wake up!