Curtis Brown: 56 books

FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR... Her time may be up… With her amazing job and loving son, single mom Allison Clemmins seems to have the perfect life – but only on the outside. She keeps her past in the dark, refusing to dwell upon that horrifying day when, years ago, she...

FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR... Edie Carpenter has it all, a hot Detective boyfriend and a successful career as a true crime writer.  When she lands the deal to write a book about a woman who’d been kidnapped and held for three years before being released by her captor, Edie has no...

Offsides is both the poignant story of one girl’s coming of age and a delightfully surprising look at American life in the 1970s. Liz Donegal’s world is always on the brink of change. Her dad, an assistant football coach, uproots his family from one place to the next with the changing of the football...

Here's a fact-filled, funny, and informative book that contains everything kids--and grown-ups--would ever want to know about the $500 million industry that is bubble gum. From the gum the Native Americans chewed to bubble gum's role in American history and the lowdown on the newest trends and brands, Bubblemania presents a fascinating compendium of bubble gum lore.

Nick and his best friend, Chip, are sure they will win the prize for best costume at their neighborhood Halloween party. Dressed as a two-headed ghoul, they stand out from the crowd. How could they lose? But when Nick is forced to bring his little sister along, he and Chip become less than certain of their straight shot to the win. Surprises are in store for the Ghoul Brothers!

“According to my waterproof watch with the Velcro band and digital read-out I had been in the shower exactly 38 minutes, 42 seconds.  See, I planned to stay in the shower the rest of my life. That way, I wouldn’t have to go back to my fifth grade classroom and face . . . The Eye.” Jeffrey's...

Two years after her father left and to live in Hawaii, Drew goes to stay with him and his girlfriend in their island paradise for her summer vacation. Will a summer in paradise help Drew figure out something about relationships and makes them go wrong or right?

We eat it in cups or cones. We drink it in sodas or shakes. We like it slathered in hot fudge sauce, wallowing in whipped cream, or balancing atop a slice of pie. We love it all year round.Ice cream was once so rare and expensive that it was considered the dessert of kings. So, how did this treat for the elite become America's favorite sweet?

Rob wants to start middle school with a brand new image: Normal. But that might be impossible. Because Rob comes from a much publicized, hugely embarrassing family of weirdos. And Rob fears some of their weirdness might just rub off on him...

Not a Monster of a Chance is a short story set in Scumble River, once again featuring Skye Denison. It is set during her summer vacation where she has taken a job as a lifeguard to supplement her income and a drowning victim disappears. What happened to the woman? Is she a victim of the Scumble River Monster?

In the fifth Matt Riordan novel, Riordan had hoped to leave law forever. But when his ex-girlfriend, attorney Elizabeth Kleinfeldt, reveals her startling conviction that Robert Polhaus, known for abusing women for his own sexual gratification and this history helps convict him of murdering two prostitutes,...

What's a midlife community college prof like Bel Barrett doing in the notorious New Jersey Meadowlands? Leading members of the Urban Kayaking Club as they observe flora and fauna native to the infamous swamp. But before you can say "Jimmy Hoffa," the battered corpse of one of the kayakers...

Can fifty-something English prof Bel Barrett track down the killer of River Edge Community College President Dr. Altagracia Garcia while having hot flashes and senior moments? Bel needs to clear the bad boy culinary arts major accused of icing the president instead of the cake before the real perpetrator...

It's murder having a midlife spiritual identity crisis, especially when you're Jewish fifty-something community college English Prof Bel Barrett. Bel has barely begun to prepare for her adult bat mitzvah when former student Ashley Roberts turns up in her study group. Ashley's close dot-com colleague...