Las Animas - Bent County Library District

"Rye Mallett, a fearless "freight dog" pilot charged with flying cargo to far-flung locations, is often rough-spoken and all business, but soft on regulations when they get in the way of meeting a deadline. But he does have a rock-solid reputation: he will fly in the foulest weather, day or night, and deliver the goods safely to their destination. So when Rye is asked to fly into a completely fogbound northern Georgia town and deliver a mysterious...

Dr. Toby Harper, attempting to track a patient who disappeared out of the Springer Hospital emergency room, finds herself on the trail of a deadly epidemic.

Leaving behind her Charleston forensic pathology practice to accept an assignment in New York City, Kay Scarpetta learns the story of an injured psychiatric patient who claims he was attacked by a stalker who was killing someone else at the time.

American media mogul Stephanie Gallo's daughter is kidnapped in Afghanistan by a terrorist group. When the group explains that they'll trade Gallo's daughter for Mustafa Khan, a top Al-Qaeda operative, the U.S. president calls in Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath. Without back-up or resources, Harvath must sneak into Afghanistan's Policharki prison and not only bust out Khan, but also figure out a way to outsmart the...

Medical examiner Sara Linton finds herself at the center of a terrifying hostage crisis when an assailant shoots down a police officer and wounds sheriff Jeffrey Tolliver in the Grant County police station, while Lena Adams, recently reinstated on the force, and Frank Wallace, Tolliver's second in command, work outside the station to rescue their friends.

A terrible secret haunts Dr. Jama Keith. But she must return to her past-her hometown of River Dance, Missouri-and risk exposure. She owes a debt to the town for financing her dreams. If only she can avoid ex-fiancé Terell Mercer-but River Dance is too small for that. The search for young Doriann could cost Terell and Jama their lives. But revealing her secret shame to the man she loves scares Jama more than the approaching danger.

"The book of the dead is the morgue log. For Kay Scarpetta, it has a new meaning. Moving to Charleston, she opens a forensic pathology practice in which she and her colleagues, including Pete Marion and her niece, Lucy, offer expert crime-scene investigation and autopsies to communities that lack access to modern technology. It seems like an ideal situation, until the battles start with local politicians, with entrenched interests, with someone whose...

Dr. Claire Elliot, having moved from the city with her son to set up practice in Tranquility, Maine, is looking forward to a peaceful life, but when the town's teenagers start committing violent acts, Claire knows she has to find the cause before it ruins Tranquility and her family.

Dr. Sara Miles's teenage patient is on the brink of death from a highly resistant infection with Staph luciferus, known as "the killer." Only an experimental antibiotic developed and administered by Sara's ex-husband can save her. But the drug's potentially lethal effects send Sara and colleague Rip Pearson on a hunt for hidden critical data that will let them reverse the effects before it's too late. What is the missing puzzle piece? And who is hiding...

Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby, she witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals, a couple identified as the Landrys. The only person to see the shooter's face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation.