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2041) Little Boy Lost
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"Attorney Justin Glass's practice, housed in a shabby office on the north side of Saint Louis, isn't doing so well that he can afford to work for free. But when eight-year-old Tanisha Walker offers him a jar full of change to find her missing brother, he doesn't have the heart to turn her away. Justin had hoped to find the boy alive and well. But all that was found of Devon Walker was his brutally murdered body--and the bodies of twelve other African...
2042) Blood Game
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Eve Duncan novels volume 9
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When a Georgia senator's daughter is found murdered, and her body drained of blood, Eve Duncan is drawn into the web of Kevin Jelak--a serial murderer who is on Eve's short list of killers who might know something about her missing daughter Bonnie.
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Flavia De Luce mysteries volume 2
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[2010]
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Flavia de Luce applies her skills in the chemistry lab to solving the murder of a master puppeteer, a case that is further complicated by her tormenting sisters.
2044) Excise
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[2017]
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"Medical examiner Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman was not meant to be idle, which is why she's back at a murder scene even while reeling from recent chemotherapy treatments. Having undergone a double mastectomy, all she wants to do is dive back into her medical examiner job. It's a gruesome world, yet Schwartzman takes comfort in its science and precision. But the crime she's dealing with brings her right back to the cancer ward: the victim is her own oncologist,...
2045) Fatal affair
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[2014]
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Washington, D.C., Metro Police Detective Sergeant Sam Holland needs a big win to salvage her career-and her confidence-after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O'Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed, and she's assigned to the case. Things get complicated when she has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O'Connor's friend and chief of staff…and the man she had a memorable one-night stand with years earlier....
2046) Love is murder
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Thriller volume 3
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A collection of heart-pounding suspense stories by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing suspense today, including Allison Brennan, Roxanne St. Claire, William Bernhardt, Heather Graham, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Carla Neggers, Brenda Novak, Debra Webb, and Lee Child.
2047) Lost city
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NUMA files volume 5
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Kurt Austin and the NUMA team have their work cut out for them when people are killed trying to harvest an enzyme that affects longevity that was found at the bottom of the Atlantic, while scientists in a remote Greek village are disappearing one by one, and a body turns up frozen high in the Alps.
2048) A Killer Collection
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Antiques and collectibles mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Molly Appleby is a young writer for Collector's Weekly, and when the attractive reporter isn't covering auctions and antique shows all over the South, she's trying to get her new relationship with a coworker off the ground. When her latest assignment takes her to North Carolina pottery country to cover an exclusive kiln opening, she's certain that the show promises surprising offerings and rare finds. What she doesn't expect to find is a dead body....
2050) Capturing the Devil
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Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19
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"Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World's Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved murders. Determined to help, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin their investigations, only to find themselves facing a serial...
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Texas John Slaughter volume 2
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It's been barely a decade since the notorious gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Rustlers and outlaws still terrorize the land, and the citizens of Tombstone are at the end of their ropes. The new sheriff, Texas John Slaughter, with a young pretty wife, a sprawling cattle ranch, and a backbone of steel to match the iron law of his badge, he is determined to bring peace to this desert hell even if it kills him. Which it just might. When word gets out about...
2052) Trusting Molly
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Silverstone novels volume 3
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When Mark "Smoke" Chamberlin ventures into the Nigerian jungle with his team of government assassins, his mission is clear: get in, kill the target, and make it out alive. With his extensive military experience, Smoke has no problem heading into dangerous territory. When it comes to love, though, he's always been a little wary. But then he meets the beautiful, intrepid Molly Smith. Schoolteacher Molly has been trying to outrun a lifetime of bad luck,...
2053) Untraceable: a novel
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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"In 2018, a former Russian secret agent and his daughter were poisoned with a lethal neurotoxin that left them slumped over on a British park bench in critical condition. The story of who did it, and how these horrendous contaminants were developed, captivates and terrifies in equal measure. It has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev's latest page-turning novel. At its center is a scheming chemist named Professor Kalitin, obsessed with developing...
2054) For the dogs: a novel
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[2012]
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When the other members of her family are murdered by a hit man while she is on vacation in Europe, Ella finds her own life in terrible danger and returns home, torn by grief and driven to exact revenge.
2055) An affair of vengeance
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[2012], p2012
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Undercover agent Evangeline Quill knows the dangers of getting personally involved in her cases. But this one is unavoidable: someone murdered her parents, and she's sure she knows the killer. To hunt him down, she'll need evidence...and someone to lead her straight into the murderer's lair. Enter handsome and elusive Oliver McCrea, a man with ties to the criminal world. Although McCrea wears a tough outer shell, Evangeline senses something vulnerable...
2056) The vig
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 2
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Rusty Ingraham, friend of former cop and prosecutor Dismas Hardy, disappeared leaving behind a murdered woman and a houseboat splattered with blood. Hardy must find out if Ingraham is dead.
2057) Beloved enemy
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Jack McClure novels volume 5
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In the stunning follow-up to Father Night, Jack McClure faces a choice: help the woman he loves or destroy her as the enemy she is. Shortly after McClure leaves a meeting with Dennis Paull, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Paull is found--shot dead. The president is furious but equally frightened of a scandal, since Jack McClure is one of their own--an operative and Paull's friend. Who will protect the country if even McClure cannot be trusted?...
2059) Shades of twilight
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Roanna Davenport's dreams are shattered forever when her older cousin Webb leaves Davencourt following the murder of his wife Jessie, but years later her grandmother sends her to bring him home, where they face the past and the future together.
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[2013]
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Trading in Texas heat for Maine's tangy salt air, Natalie Barnes risked it all to buy the Gray Whale Inn, a quaint bed and breakfast on Cranberry Island. She adores whipping up buttery muffins and other rich breakfast treats for her guests until Bernard Katz checks in. The overbearing land developer plans to build a resort next door where an endangered colony of black-chinned terns is nesting. Worried about the birds, the inevitable transformation...