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Alex Cross novels volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim. Determined to catch the culprit, Cross joins forces with his lover, Detective Brianna Stone, and persues the case all the way to the seediest section's of...
83) Criss Cross
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Series
Alex Cross novels volume 27
Language
English
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"In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse. 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.' Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as 'M' lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with...
84) Toxic toffee
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Series
Language
English
Description
Baily King is wrapping up a T.V. shoot in New York for her Amish cooking show and working on a commission for a giant toffee bunny for an Easter festival. When someone keels over in front of the big bunny, Bailey has to investigate.
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Series
Killstraight stories volume 3
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
His Arrows Fly Straight into the Hearts of His Enemies was the Comanche name given him by his father. But the Pale Eyes gave him a new name, Daniel Killstraight, and that was the name by which he was known after his return to the reservation of the Kowas, Comanches, and Apaches. He became a native police officer, called a Metal Shirt by the Indians. When Toyarocho, drunk on contraband whiskey, rolls over onto the body of his four-year-old daughter,...
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 16
Language
English
Description
Carter Crossing, Mississippi. 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover--to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish.
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English
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"Three Pines is a village just above the U.S. border where everybody knows everything about each other--until now. Everybody in Three Pines is shocked when their favorite local bistro becomes the scene of a devastating crime. A stranger's corpse has turned up there, and Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate. But no one can believe it when Olivier, the owner of the bistro, becomes a suspect: Why does every lead in the investigation find...
88) The jury master
Author
Series
David Sloane thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In a courtroom, David Sloane can grab a jury and make it dance. He can read jurors' expressions, feel their emotions, know their thoughts. With this remarkable ability, Sloane gets juries to believe the unbelievable, excuse the inexcusable, and return the most astonishing verdicts.
The only barrier to Sloane's professional success is his conscience -- until he gets a call from a man later found dead, and his life rockets out of control.
89) Stranded
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Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
Super sleuth Ivy Malone's inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Still on the run from the mob, Ivy ends up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest with a broken-down motor home, a young traveling companion running from a violent husband, and a stray cat. With no way to fix their vehicle, Ivy and her companion are invited to stay in an old Victorian house by a compassionate...
90) That darkness
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"In this psychological suspense, Cleveland forensic investigator Maggie Gardiner and police detectives endeavor to identify a Jane Doe and apprehend her killer. Homicide detective Jack Renner, tired of seeing the guilty walk free, has become a vigilante and will challenge everything Maggie believes about justice, morality, and the true nature of evil"--
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let's get started"--...
92) Proof positive
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Series
Amanda Jaffe novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
"Doug Weaver is a defense attorney who always believes the best of his clients, and Jacob Cohen, on trial for murder, is no exception. Jacob may be homeless and mentally ill, but Doug can't imagine that this meek and intensely religious man could have killed and dismembered a woman. Yet Bernard Cashman, a forensic expert at the Oregon State Crime Lab, finds evidence that indisputably connects Cohen with the crime." "Frustrated and confused, Doug consults...
93) By its cover
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the thefts of rare book pages from a prestigious Venetian library, Commissario Guido Brunetti is stymied by numerous possible suspects and the murder of a seemingly harmless theologian.
94) Striking range
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Called to help investigate the murder of a young woman who had recently given birth on the mountain, Mattie and her team search for the missing baby while going up against a criminal mastermind who is behind several murders, including her father's.
96) The Texas Ranger
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English
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"Across the ranchlands and cities of his home state, Rory Yates's discipline and law-enforcement skills have carried him far--from local highway patrolman to the honorable rank of Texas Ranger. A tough case in Waco has jeopardized Yates's chances at promotion, and he decides to take time off to recharge with his family in their small-town hometown, Redbud. He arrives and finds a horrifying crime scene--and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect...
97) The search
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
When detective Luke Reynolds enters a Kentucky Amish community to investigate the mysterious death of Perry Borntrager, the case becomes complicated when he falls for the woman Perry had been courting before he disappeared.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Cork O'Connor is sitting in the shadow of a towering monolith known as Trickster's Point, deep in the Minnesota wilderness. With him is Jubal Little, favored to become the first Native American elected governor of Minnesota, and who is slowly dying with Cork's arrow through his heart. Although they have been bowhunting, this is no accident. Cork understands full well that he has been set up - and that he must track the real killer.
Author
Series
Men of valor novels (Irene Hannon) volume 2
Language
English
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"FBI Special Agent Lance McGregor, a former Delta Force operator, is assigned to the case when Christy Reed receives mail claiming her sister is still alive. She believed Ginny died in a house fire, so if she is still alive, who is the woman buried in her grave and is Christy a pawn or a target?"-- Provided by publisher.
100) Dangerous refuge
Author
Publisher
William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Environmental conservancy advocate Shayne and big city cop Tanner join forces to uncover the truth behind Tanner's uncle's death. When Shaye becomes a killer's target, Tanner realizes he'd give up anything to protect her -- including his life.
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