Britton Summer Reading Club

Act of War by Dale Brown

Designing an array of futuristic infantry weapons and devices to hunt down enemies, army engineer Jason Richter joins with FBI special agent Kelsey Cornell for a mission in which they must prevent terrorists from attacking oil refineries.

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

The murder of a world-famous physicist raises fears that the Illuminati are operating again after centuries of silence, and religion professor Robert Langdon is called in to assist with the case.

The Best Revenge by Stephen White

Convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, Tom Clone spends 13 years in prison until new evidence reveals his innocence, and psychologist Alan Gregory is called in to ease his return to life beyond prison.Convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, Tom Clone spends 13 years in prison until new evidence reveals his innocence, and psychologist Alan Gregory is called in to ease his return to life beyond prison.

The Color Of Light by Karen White

Pregnant and recently divorced, Jillian Parrish comes to Pawleys Island, S.C., with her seven-year-old daughter to seek solace in a place marked by happy childhood memories, only to come face to face with the confidant of her youth, Linc Rising, the one-time boyfriend of her best friend Lauren Mills, who had vanished 16 years earlier.

The Da Vinci Code: A Novel by Dan Brown

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.

Deathstalker Coda by Simon Green

With the Empire threatened by a mysterious entity known as the Terror, Owen Deathstalker returns as foretold by prophecy to save the known world, leaving his descendant Lewish with the unenviable task of marshalling an army to destroy the dark legions of the madman who has usurped the throne.

Edge Of Battle: A Novel by Dale Brown

With tensions escalating along the U.S.-Mexican border, the U.S. launches Operation Rampart under the command of Major Jason Richter and his Task Force TALON, who find themselves targeted by drug kingpin Ernesto Fuerza.

Everglades by Randy White

Meeting a former lover whose husband has disappeared and been pronounced dead, Doc Ford investigates the woman's suspicions of foul play and finds himself deep in the Everglades.

Family Trust by Amanda Brown

Ambitious Becca Reinhart enjoys her solo life, as does footloose playboy Edward Kirkland, but their lives are turned upside down when the two strangers receive co-guardianship of spirited four-year-old Emily.

Killings by A. W. Gray

When a key witness is found murdered, the victim of a serial killer with an apparent taste for blood, Bino Phillips wonders about the disappearance of another witness and is distraught when the would-be Dracula targets Bino's secretary.

Kingdom Come by Tim Green

A Shakespearaean take on murder, deceit and vengeance in the story of King Corporation, a family-owned company that instills greed and competition among friends.

The Long Drift by Sam Brown

Two cowboys desperate for work join a cattle drive from Mexico to South Dakota, but it seems suspiciously jinxed from the start, with cattle dying - and soon men are dying, too.

The Long Season by Sam Brown

Jesse Coldiron comes to Texas in 1884 to gather his cattle, scattered in a winter storm, where he encounters both a thief, J. W. Cain, and a beauty, Tracey James.

Ricochet by Sandra Brown

When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove treatment are the keys to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job. At first glance, the case appears open-and-shut: Elise, the judge's trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progress and killed the intruder in self-defense. But Duncan is immediately suspicious of Elise's innocent act. His gut feeling is that her account of the shooting is only partially true. Duncan investigates further and quickly finds his career, as well as his integrity, in jeopardy - because he can't deny his increasing attraction to Elise Laird, even if she is a married woman, a proven liar, and a murder suspect.

Sour Puss: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Brown

In small-town Crozet, Va., Harry Haristeen is kindling her romance with a veterinarian, when their bliss is threatened by the murder of Professor Vincent Forland, a world-renowned grape and fungal expert visiting local vineyards.

Swapping Lives by Jane Green

Longing for a traditional family life in the country in spite of her successful career, magazine director Vicky Townsley participates in a contest that has her switching places for one month with Amber Winslow, a busy wife and mother.

The Sword In The Stone by T. H. White

At a medieval manor, Kay and Wart (later King Arthur) learn the attributes necessary for becoming a successful knight.

The Trickster by Muriel Gray

While strange murders spread throughout a remote ski resort town high in the Canadian Rockies, Sam Hunt, a Native American, begins suffering blackouts, waking up miles away from home with no memory of his actions.

Way Past Legal by Norman Green

Longing to break free from a criminal past, Manny flees the Russian mobsters from whom he stole his latest score and moves to a Maine wilderness community with his son, inadvertently placing unlikely new friends in danger. By the author of The Angel of Montague Street.

Wish You Were Her by Rita Brown

Mary Minor Haristeen, postmistress of Crozet, Va., joins forces with her willful cat, Mrs. Murphy, and her Welsh corgi, Tucker, to investigate a series of bizarre postcards sent to the town's inhabitants that forecast impending death.

The Witness by Sandra Brown

Kendall Deaton courageously risks her own life and that of her unborn child to testify against her ex-husband, a violent white supremacist, and his father.