Greaney, Mark
Summary: "An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series. Josh Duffy lives by a simple code: Duty. Honor. Family. But sometimes it's hard to know what order the words go in. Josh Duffy and his wife, Nikki, are both working for the State Department's Diplomatic Security...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GREANEY 2Morrell, David.
Summary: Hired by a brilliant scientist who is seeking protection from a powerful drug lord, bodyguard Cavanaugh is shocked when his teammates are killed in a vicious attack that implicated his new employer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MORRELLGarwood, Julie
Summary: "Isabel Grace MacKenna had a hundred things to do today. Killing someone wasn't one of them. It was supposed to be a quick visit to Boston, then on to Scotland. But she ends up with a wounded man stumbling into her arms and his shooter coming after them. When she fires back in self-defense, she doesn't expect him to drop dead. After Isabel endures an interrogation by police, she is free to go,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LARGE PRINT FICTION GARWOODHawke, Richard
Summary: When New York's Thanksgiving Day parade is torn apart by a gunman's rampage, private detective Fritz Malone discovers that the mayor had known about the shootout before it happened and investigates a possible conspiracy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY HAWKEWaggoner, C. M.
Summary: "A charming historical fantasy with a tender love story at its core, from the author of Unnatural Magic. Hard-drinking petty thief Dellaria Wells is down on her luck in the city of Leiscourt--again. Then she sees a want ad for a female bodyguard, and she fast-talks her way into the high-paying job. Along with a team of other women, she's meant to protect a rich young lady from mysterious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 2021
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1 available in Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Call number: FANTASY WAGGONERLowell, Elizabeth
Summary: Protecting a river guide with ties to the art world, private information collector and reluctant bodyguard Zach Balfour realizes his charge is in more danger than previously known, a situation that pits them against the ruthless multi-million-dollar Western art circuit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY LOWELLArcher, Jeffrey
Summary: "London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the "people's princess." Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION ARCHERParker, T. Jefferson.
Summary: Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit, Stromsoe gave up the last thing that held any meaning for him--his job on the police force--and proceeded to hit rock bottom, hard. That was a lifetime ago, and finally the spiral of personal destruction and despair seems to have come to an end. The man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY PARKERGarwood, Julie
Summary: "A Navy SEAL will need every bit of his extensive skill set when he appoints himself as bodyguard to a woman determined not to need one in this thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood. Isabel Grace MacKenna had a hundred things to do today. Killing someone wasn't one of them. It was supposed to just be a quick visit to Boston for the Buchanans' anniversary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GARWOODHarris, Charlaine
Summary: Gunnie Lizbeth Rose has been hired by a pair of Russian sorcerers as both their local guide and muscle through the small towns of East Texas as they search for a distant relative of an infamous sorcerer, Rasputin, whose bloodline can help save their emperor-in-exile as an ever-increasing number of assassins tries to stop them. Time is middle 20th century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga, an imprint of Simon & Shuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Call number: FANTASY HARRISChild, Lee
Summary: "Throughout his career, Lee Child published tales about a range of characters on both sides of the law. Packed with action and suspense, the stories show the author's mastery of the short form, and they've never been collected before now. Together these stories are a riotous calamity of criminals and crime fighters; individually, they are piercing tales that hit hard enough to leave a mark....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LARGE PRINT MYSTERY CHILDGaiman, Neil
Summary: As Shadow is about to be released from prison, he learns that his beloved wife has been killed in an accident. Feeling he has nothing else to lose, he becomes involved in a dangerous scheme that could cause him to lose more than he ever imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2001
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1 available in Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Call number: FANTASY GAIMANGreaney, Mark
Summary: Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent--a professional bodyguard--and, as such, he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is he was until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his primary out alive, but the cost was high--the loss of Josh's lower left leg. There's not much call for a high-end guardian with such an injury. So, Josh has to support his family working as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GREANEYHooper, Kay
Summary: Guardian John Brodie must keep Tasha Solomon, who has psychic abilities not even she is aware of that could save the world, safe from those who would sacrifice everything they have to destroy her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HOOPER v.3Meyer, Deon.
Summary: Emma Le Roux hires a personal security expert when her believed-dead brother is named as a suspect in the murders of five people, a situation that exposes her to political tensions, corruption, and life-threatening violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY MEYERRucka, Greg
Summary: From New York’s Russian enclaves to the Swiss Alps and the Caribbean, Atticus becomes Drama’s protector, and her only hope for survival as she tries to outlive and outrun her bloody past. But once immersed in Drama’s high-stakes, covert world, Atticus breaks a cardinal rule: He gets to know Drama as a woman rather than just a client — and it’s a bond that could cost them both their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION RUCKAWesterfeld, Scott
Summary: In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey's existence, because she has been raised to be her sister's body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family's political power--but when their father sends Frey in her sister's place as collateral in a tricky deal, Col, the son of a rival leader, gets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018