Crowley County Combined Library

John Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his immensely popular first novel, "A Time to Kill," with this wholly surprising collection of stories.

Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Ana cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Ana learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven,...

Marissa Fordham was brutally slashed, mutilated and murdered. Four-year old Haley witnessed the murder of her mother. To protect their fragile witness, the police call in Anne Leone, child advocate. But when one loose thread begins to unravel the shroud of lies behind the case, a truth more terrible than anyone could have imagined is revealed--a truth that will put Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer.

Nina Romano, finally free to pursue her own adventures after raising her daughter, falls for innkeeper Greg Bellamy, a single father with two children of his own.

First published in 1920, this collection of short fiction by the author of The Great Gatsby presents eight classic stories, including--Bernice Bobs Her Hair, The Offshore Pirate, The Ice Palace, and Benediction.

NUMA director Dirk Pitt searches for the connections among newly discovered Roman artifacts, the rise of a fundamentalist movement, and the existence of a mysterious long-lost "manifest," which, if discovered again, may change the history of the world.

"Lily wants many things, including a new bike! But which of those things she wants does she actually need? Young readers will learn along with Lily about the difference between a want and a need"--

A dark episode from college haunts Kyle's future after he graduates from Yale and takes a shady job at a large law firm where his new employer blackmails him into unethical work, which includes a scheme that could put Kyle in jail, or even get him killed.

Centuries ago, by a scaffold in Manhattan, rose petals drifted gently to the ground... ...like snow on a wintry Massachusetts night. Melody Tarleton is driving home for Christmas when a man-clad in Revolutionary War-era costume-appears out of nowhere, right in the path of her car. Shaken, she takes in the injured stranger, listening with concern to Jake Mallory's fantastic claim that he's a Patriot soldier, sentenced to death by British authorities....

Edgar Roy, an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility, is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins - en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered.