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13141) Lethal White
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An unsettling cold case investigation ensnares Cormoran Strike and his partner in a web of dangerous secrets in this #1 New York Times bestseller, the inspiration for HBO Max's acclaimed series C.B. Strike.
When a troubled young man named Billy asks Cormoran Strike to help him investigate a crime he witnessed as a child, the private eye is left deeply troubled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed...
When a troubled young man named Billy asks Cormoran Strike to help him investigate a crime he witnessed as a child, the private eye is left deeply troubled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed...
13142) The takeover
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
A plot by Wall Street financiers to topple a liberal U.S. president by creating a crisis on world markets. The operation, which requires several murders, including that of the Federal Reserve chairman, is prompted by the president's proposal for a 90 per cent inheritance tax which the rich oppose.
13144) The dolls
Author
Series
Publisher
[Distributed by Recorded Books]
Pub. Date
℗2017
Language
English
Description
The Dolls are perfect lovers, perfect companions, perfect killers. Investigative reporter Lila Wallace has covered many crimes of passion in 10 years. But nothing will prepare her for the dark secrets of ... the Dolls.
13145) Finders keepers: a novel
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes" --
""Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a...
13147) Bleeding Kansas
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
The year of her 15th birthday is one that Lara Grellier will never forget. The first Gulf War is raging in the Middle East; her unstable mother has become increasingly erratic in her behavior; the townspeople in Lawrence, Kan., are leery of the two unmarried women who have moved into the area and are rumored to be Wiccans, and Lara's brother has run off to join the Army.
13148) Billy Boyle
Author
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
Quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner, Amelia Sachs, engage in a two-day race against time when a twisted killer, exploiting the modern world's drive toward sustainable energy, uses an everyday energy source as a weapon.
13150) A fountain filled with blood
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Language
English
13151) City of orphans
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
13152) The woman on the stairs
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A missing painting. A mysterious woman. Her husband and her lover... A brilliant and naïve young lawyer's life is changed forever when a painter and his subject--a breathtakingly beautiful woman--appear at his office in Frankfurt. The woman's husband is deliberately marring the painting of his wife he commissioned the artist to make. Now the woman and the artist want the painting back. Simple enough--or so it seems before the lawyer becomes enmeshed...
13153) A truth to lie for
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe-unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientist from Hitler's clutches-in this action-packed mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry. It is summer 1934, and Hitler is teetering on the edge of supreme power. Any small step forward could vault him toward European domination. When Britain's MI6 gets word that a pair of German scientists have made a breakthrough in germ warfare, they send Elena Standish...
13154) Before I let go
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When Corey moves away from Lost Creek, Alaska, she makes her friend Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she's a stranger. With every hour, Corey's suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets-- but piecing together the truth about what...
13155) The professor
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On a spring afternoon in Athens, Georgia, Ethan Haddock is discovered in his apartment, dead, apparently by his own hand. His fatality immediately garners media attention: not because his death reflects the troubling increase of depression and mental health issues among college students, but because the media has caught the whiff of a scandal. His professor, Dr. Verena Sobek, has been taken in for questioning, and there are rumors his death is the...
13156) The Cliff House strangler
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution. Solve the murder to save what's left of the world. Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two...
13158) Reckless endangerment
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
In New York, deputy district attorney Butch Karp and the security expert Marlene Campi investigate the murder of an elderly Jewish couple. Palestinian terrorists are suspected.
13159) Nature girl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a rude telemarketer calls while Honey Santana and her son are having dinner she decides to teach him a lesson in good behavior. She lures him and his mistress with a pitch for Florida real estate and includes her ex-husband and 12-year-old son in her plot.
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