Frank Carlson Library

A pious family man is pulled back into his sordid past-and into a race to stop a terrorist plot-in this thriller by an Edgar Award–winning author. Sustained by a deep religious faith, Jason Harrow has built a stable family and become a pillar of principle and patriotism in the Midwest. Then the phone rings, and his past is on the other end of the line. A woman with whom he once shared a life of violence and desire claims her daughter is missing-and...

In this debut novel, a mild-mannered teddy bear named Winkie finds himself on the wrong side of America's war on terror.--From publisher description.

After a teacher saves his students from a terrorist attack, he finds himself at the center of the investigation. Coney Island is a weird place, packed with people from every walk of life, and David Fitzgerald fits in well. An English professor at a tough public school, he works hard to connect with students with whom he has little in common. Sometimes he succeeds; sometimes he fails. But one of his failures is about to become a catastrophe. A former...

Navy SEAL Thomas Crocker and his highly trained team must break through a web of terrorist cells to find a ruthless sheikh who is at the helm of an international kidnapping ring.

An attack on a luxury cruise liner sends Department of Homeland Security agent, Allison Quinn to the Gulf Coast of Texas. She'll be working with Donovan Steele, a man who is sometimes her friend, sometimes her partner, and occasionally her archnemesis. And while she works to stop the attack, she’s determined to find the persons responsible for her father’s death.

"When a New York City construction crane mysteriously collapses, causing mass destruction and injury, Rhyme and Sachs are on the case. A political group claims responsibility for the sabotage and threatens another attack in twenty-four hours, unless its demands are met. The clock is ticking. Then a clue reveals to Rhyme that his nemesis, known as the Watchmaker, has come to town to fulfill his promise of murdering the criminalist. Now Rhyme and Sachs...

British intelligence needs to get Brosnan, an expert killer, out of prison to assassinate a man. But Brosnan has a plan of his own--assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

In the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a deep-sea diver out for revenge must thwart a deadly terrorist conspiracy   Harry Manning fled Cuba for the Bahamas to escape the chaos of the Revolution; to find solace in a bottle of rum and comfort in the arms of his girlfriend, Maria. But when Cuban terrorists bomb a plane in which Maria is traveling, Manning's quest for a separate peace gives way to a thirst for vengeance.   To take down the terrorists,...

Epic vacation. Epic romance. Epic trouble... All former spy and current national security agent York Newgate wants is to propose to the woman he loves, RJ Marshall. Then they can move to Shelly, Washington, and start the calm, safe life he's been dreaming of for over a year. Too bad trouble doesn't agree... Or maybe RJ simply attracts trouble because she's just going out for coffee when she spots a wanted, known terrorist standing in the middle of...

Her worst nightmare has happened...but RJ refuses to believe it, and until she has proof, she's going to keep searching for answers. And most of all, for the man she loves, even if it means diving into the past he always wanted to keep secret. It'll take a trip back to Russia, to the sketchy and dark history of York's life to find the clues to the sinister plans of a global terrorist, as well as answers that she hopes will lead to a happy ending....