The Fear Index
Dr. Alex Hoffman’s name is legendary in the elite circles of the rich. A programmed computer he developed called VIXAL-4, which measures economic fear and forecasts financial markets, has made his hedge fund worth billions. Then an intruder breaks the security of his mansion, and soon after, VIXAL-4 begins to have a mind of its own. Hoffman has had a mental breakdown in the past, but he knows someone is out to discredit him. How can he prove it and convince everyone else? A frantic thriller from the author of Conspirata (2010).
I've Got Your Number
During a chaotic hotel fire drill, bride-to-be Poppy Wyatt loses her antique engagement ring and her cell phone is stolen. She finds another cell phone in the hotel lobby's trash can, so she gives that phone number to the concierge in case anyone finds her ring. Her perfect plan is upended when she discovers the phone once belonged to the former assistant of businessman Sam Roxton, who wants it back pronto. Poppy schemes to keep the phone until the ring is found, promising to forward Sam's important messages, and back and forth email and texting ensues. Hilarious, romantic chick lit from the author of Mini Shopaholic (2010).
Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command: A New Janson
“Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) would have been proud of Paul Garrison’s fine thriller that picks up where Ludlum’s The Janson Directive (2002) left off,” writes Publishers Weekly. Paul Janson was once a covert operative and assassin in the U.S. government’s top-secret Consular Operations, but now he runs his own security business called CatsPaw Associates with his girlfriend and sniper, Jessica Kincaid. When former Cons Op agent Doug Case asks for Janson’s help in rescuing a doctor abducted by pirates near Africa’s Isle de Foree, there’s enough action scenes, weaponry, and plot twists to leave Ludlum fans waiting for more.
The Snow Child
Set during the 1920s, childless, middle-aged Jack and Mabel are struggling to build their homestead on cheap land and survive in the harsh Alaskan wilderness. To distract themselves from their hardship, they build a girl out of snow wrapped in a scarf--and both are gone the next day. When they spot a mysterious blonde-haired girl named Fiona in the forest near their cabin, Jack and Mabel begin to regard her as the daughter they never had. Or is she? The Snow Child is debut novelist Ivey's sparse and captivating modern retelling of a Russian fairy tale.
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day
Neuroscientist Dr. Daniel Amen follows up his bestselling The Amen Solution (2011) with an anti-aging program geared for your brain. Our brains become less active and nimble with age, and Amen's research shows that a healthy brain is key to a healthy body. Here he shares ten simple steps that will boost your brain and increase your memory, mood, attention, energy, and lifespan while decreasing the risk of Alzheimer’s and the outward, physical signs of aging.
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