Hardy, Thomas
Summary: In a drunken haze Michael Henchard sells his wife and child to a sailor for five guineas at the local fair. The next morning Henchard awakes, realizes the magnitude of what he has done, and swears he will not drink again. More than two decades later, Henchard has grown wealthy and is the Mayor of Casterbridge--but he can never escape the tragic repercussions of his past.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARBronte, Charlotte
Summary: In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned bt the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1980
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BROBrontë, Charlotte
Summary: A young governess finds romance, mystery, and heartbreak when she accepts a position in the home of the brooding and arrogant Mr. Rochester.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BROCoben, Harlan
Summary: "When Grace Lawson picks up a newly developed set of family photographs, she finds a picture from at least twenty years ago. In the photo are five people: four that she has never seen before and one who very much resembles her husband. Though he denies that he is the man in the photo, Jack drives away later on that night without an explanation, taking the photograph with him. In the days that...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CobenMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Precious Ramotswe's husband, J.L.B. Matekoni plans to do something special for their adopted daughter, but when his plans hit some snags he's happy to be married to resourceful and understanding Precious.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCGramazio, Holly
Summary: When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together for years. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GRAFlynn, Gillian
Summary: Gone Girl's toxic mix of sharp-edged wit with deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every turn.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape/Random House Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FLYWare, Ruth
Summary: Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect: her. Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WARHilderbrand, Elin
Summary: Irene Steele's idyllic life is shattered when her beloved husband is found dead on St. John's island, a tropical paradise far removed from suburban life. Irene immediately flies down to the Caribbean, but once there, she makes another shocking discovery: her husband had a secret second family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC HILRay, Elka
Summary: When single mom Jo Dykstra was at her lowest, her childhood friend Dana McFarlane helped her out big-time. So, when Jo gets a frantic late-night call from Dana, sobbing and desperate for help, it feels like a chance to help her friend in return. The last thing Jo expects to see when she arrives at Dana's oceanfront mansion is her friend's husband dead, sprawled face down on the floor. Dana...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: MP3CD FIC RAYEvanovich, Janet
Summary: When Stephanie's beloved Grandma Mazur's new husband died on their wedding night, the only thing he left her was a beat-up old easy chair...and the keys to a life-changing fortune. But as Stephanie and Grandma Mazur search for Jimmy Rosolli's treasure, they discover that they're not the only ones on the hunt. Two dangerous enemies from the past stand in their way--along with a new adversary...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2020
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC EVACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M EVAOates, Joyce Carol
Summary: When a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC OATMiller, Sue
Summary: Graham and Annie have been married for nearly thirty years. A golden couple, their seemingly effortless devotion has long been the envy of their circle of friends and acquaintances. Graham is a bookseller, a big, gregarious man with large appetites, curious, eager to please, a lover of life, and the convivial host of frequent, lively parties at his and Annie's comfortable house in Cambridge....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MILHilderbrand, Elin
Summary: "Irene Steele is still recovering from the shock of her life: her loving husband, father to their grown sons and successful businessman, was killed in a helicopter crash. But that wasn't Irene's only shattering news: he'd also been leading a double life on the island of St. John, where another woman loved him, too. Now Irene and her sons are on St. John, determined to learn the truth about the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HILHilderbrand, Elin
Summary: A year ago, Irene Steele had the shock of her life: her loving husband, father to their grown sons, and successful businessman was killed in a plane crash. But that wasn't Irene's only shattering news: he'd also been leading a double life on the island of St. John, where another woman loved him, too. Now Irene and her sons are back on St. John, determined to learn the truth about the mysterious...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction HilMichaelides, Alex
Summary: Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MICBowen, Rhys
Summary: Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a police captain in turn-of-the-century New York City, is in a precarious position. The new police commissioner wants him off the force altogether. So when Daniel's offered an assignment from John Wilkie, head of the secret service, he's eager to accept. Molly can't draw any details of the assignment out of him, even where he'll be working. But when she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BOWJenoff, Pam
Summary: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021