Central Skagit Library District

"The "master of ticking-bomb suspense" (People) Jeffery Deaver delivers the latest thriller featuring his beloved protagonists Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs as they search for a criminal whose fascination with breaking locks terrorizes New York City"-- A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment’s supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion,...

"Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan, where he works as an entry-level analyst at the city's most prestigious investment firm. In the mornings, he gazes out the train window at the lavish homes of the uberwealthy, dreaming about joining their ranks. In the evenings, he listens to the fiscal news on his phone, already preparing for the next grueling...

Book three in the compelling Team Hope series by Susan May Warren, the name to watch in romantic suspense. Alaskan bush pilot Andee MacLeod has spent her life searching for the one thing that can stop her running—a family. Now Andee has one last flight to make before she heads down to the Lower 48 for the winter. But she has no idea one of her passengers is a terrorist. And another passenger is FBI agent Stirling “Mac” McRae. Mac and Andee are...

"When young Henry Thorne is kidnapped and held prisoner in a remote farmhouse surrounded by miles of forest, he finds himself connecting with a strange force living in the woods--using that bond to wreak havoc against his captors. Unknown to the boy, however, is that this ancient being has its own reasons for wanting the interlopers gone--there is something hidden beneath the house, tucked away in the dark, damp root cellar . . . waiting for its return."--...

"Investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier, the newest resident of Burning Cove, is unsettled when her boss suddenly goes on a health retreat at an exclusive spa and disappears without another word. Lyra knows something has happened to Raina Kirk, and she is the only one who can track her down. The health spa is known for its luxurious offerings and prestigious clientele, and the wealthy, socialite background Lyra desperately wanted to leave behind is...

"A riveting debut novel of psychological suspense about a young archivist whose obsession with her subject's mysterious death threatens to destroy her fragile grasp on sanity"-- Callinas, California. Famed photographer Miranda Brand died mysteriously at the height of her career. Decades later her son, Theo, hires ex-journalist Kate Aitken to create an archive of his mother's work. As Kate pieces together a portrait of a vibrant artist buckling under...

Con un lenguaje llano con pocos tecnicismos, esta obra trabaja sobre los diferentes institutos regulados por los convenios colectivos del rubro hotelero-gastronómico, que se comentan a lo largo de la obra. Se parte del Convenio Colectivo 389/04 que sirve de base a los demás, usando el sistema de análisis exegético y glosado, por artículo, para hacer más fácilmente ubicables los temas. Como aporte técnico legal se procuró insertar doctrina...

La escritura de un anteproyecto de investigación demanda pensar y repensar las ideas, formularlas en el papel y pulirlas hasta dejarlas a punto; en otras palabras, volver concreta, comprensible y factible la investigación que antes estaba solo en la cabeza. Por eso, un anteproyecto elaborado con juicio es de gran utilidad: les da estructura a las ideas, demarca el camino a seguir, asegura el feliz término del trabajo y, como si fuera poco, garantiza...

El territorio guaraní misionero posee, aún hoy, un rico acervo histórico arqueológico materializado en su paisaje, testimonio de una experiencia singular, que se desarrolló entre los guaraníes y los padres jesuitas de la Compañía de Jesús. Un patrimonio común compartido entre los países de Argentina, Paraguay, Brasil y Uruguay. Cuyos diferentes pueblos, ahora herederos de este legado histórico, se han visto en la necesidad de fortalecer...