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21) American rust
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English
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Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, a lush landscape as deceptively promising as the edifices of the abandoned steel mills, "American Rust" is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation that arises in its absence. Left alone to care for his aging father after his mother commits suicide and his sister escapes to Yale, Isaac English longs for a life beyond his hometown. But when he finally sets out to...
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Finlay Donovan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Finlay Donovan is--once again--struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she's dealt with lately is that of her daughter's pet goldfish. On the not-so-bright side, someone out there wants her ex-husband, Steven, out of the picture. Permanently. Whatever else Steven may be, he's a good father, but saving...
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Millennium novels (Stieg Larsson) volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 30
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English
Description
Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-sweat thriller that crackles with stunning twists and dismisses...
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Women's Murder Club volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Join the Women's Murder Club on an exhilarating thrill ride as love and murder test their friendships like never before.
Someone is killing the richest people in the city-and the Women's Murder Club will pay a high price for hunting him. At the party of the year, San Francisco's most glamorous couple is targeted by a killer-and it's the perfect murder. While Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile killings, a saintly street...
Someone is killing the richest people in the city-and the Women's Murder Club will pay a high price for hunting him. At the party of the year, San Francisco's most glamorous couple is targeted by a killer-and it's the perfect murder. While Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile killings, a saintly street...
25) "P" is for peril
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Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Kinsey reluctantly takes on the case of a missing doctor whose ex-wife is convinced that he ran off from his current wife--and while theories abound as Kinsey investigates, facts run slim.
26) Born to die
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Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Dr. Kacey Lambert begins to suspect something sinister when several women who bear a striking resemblence to her are killed in seemingly random accidents, and, with the help of detectives Salena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli, Kacey uncovers a shocking secret from her past that links her to a dangerous killer.
27) Hot mahogany
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Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Stone Barrington, having accepted an assignment to watch over CIA agent Lance Cabot's brother who is suffering from amnesia, finds out that the man he is guarding had stolen gold coins from the South Vietnamese government and may be responsible for the theft of a twenty-four million dollar antique secretary.
28) Zero days
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect--her. Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer...
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Covenant Communications, Inc
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English
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Anna Coughlin is a modern 1920s woman, armed with a college education and a partiality for numbers. Now, within the walls of a fantastic castle-like mansion in the hills of Virginia, her skill will be tested as never before. Hired to serve as financial advisor to wealthy Lawrence Richardson, Anna finds the welcome she receives anything but warm. Lawrence's handsome but antagonistic son Tyler wants nothing more than to send her packing. The household...
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Nancy and her friend Helen visit their friend Emily Willouby at the Lilac Inn, which Emily now owns, to help her plan her wedding. Emily plans on selling inherited diamonds in order to help fix up the Lilac Inn. However, Nancy soon learns that someone has been impersonating her and making expensive purchases under her name. Soon after, Emily's diamonds are stolen! Can Nancy find the thieves and recover the missing diamonds?
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On a dark stormy night, reporter Moira Harrison suddenly sees a person in the road hitting him before crashing into a tree, then a man opens her door and promises to call for help before she passes out, but when she wakes she is alone and no one believes her story.
32) Predator
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Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Dr. Kay Scarpetta, working for the National Forensic Academy, joins her colleagues in a bizarre case that leads them on a trail of horrific crimes from Florida to Boston.
33) Rules of prey
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English
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A young attorney who kills for the sheer contest of it is tracked by Lucas Davenport the only member of the Twin Cities Special Intelligence Department.
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As the residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, prepare for their annual Fourth of July celebration, Hannah Swensen, owner of the local bake shop, spends her time perfecting her pie recipes and setting up house with her boyfriend, but when Hannah discovers a dead body at her new home, all the residents begin pointing fingers and hunting down the killer.
35) The neighbor
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Detective Sergeant D.D. Warren struggles to understand what is going on beneath the surface of wholesome normality projected by the Joneses, a young South Boston couple who have become the objects of a media frenzy since Sandra, a beautiful young teacher, disappeared, leaving her four-year-old daughter asleep in the house, and making her husband Jason, a reporter, look like suspect number one.
36) Running blind
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Across the country women are being murdered, victims of a disciplined and clever killer who leaves no trace evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an apparent motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, there's only one thing that links one victim to the next. Each of the women knew Jack Reacher. And this time, even he's running blind.
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"The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room. Security guards immediately appear and instruct everyone inside to stay put until they determine there is no threat. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers who had been sitting in the reading room get to chatting and quickly become friendly. Harriet, Marigold, Whit, and Caine...
38) Touching evil
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Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes tries to hide the secret behind her rare talent, but when a madman begins abducting women and leaving them for dead, Maggie's secret, and her own dark connection to the madman, may be revealed.
39) To Die For
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Blair Mallory series volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Howard brings her usual high level of intelligence and flair to her latest tale of romantic suspense (after Kiss Me While I Sleep). Successful health club owner Blair Mallory is the only witness when a troublemaking member gets shot behind her North Carolina gym. Since the killer may not realize that Blair hasn't seen his face, she needs police protection̮but her difficulties only escalate when Lt. Wyatt Bloodworth, with whom she had a short but...
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