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101) The angel
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After purchasing a run-down nineteenth-century carriage house on Boston's North Shore, Tess Haviland finds a skeleton inside the basement wall that mysteriously vanishes when she brings her neighbor, Andrew Thorne, over to see it.
102) Margin of Error
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A movie star comes to Miami-and mayhem ensues-in this crime thriller by an Edgar Award finalist.
Crime reporter Britt Montero had to shoot a man to save her own life, and the memory of it is tormenting her. So when a major Hollywood actor strides into the newsroom, hoping to do research for the character he portrays, the seemingly cushy job is given to Britt in the hope that it will help her recover from her traumatic experience. But the assignment...
103) Late edition
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Godmothers novels volume 3
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Godmothers series) volume 3
The godmothers volume 3
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Godmothers series) volume 3
The godmothers volume 3
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Teresa "Toots" Loudenberry has a knack for finding adventure. But ever since Sophie convinced her friends to start holding regular seances, life in Los Angeles is getting a little too dramatic even for Toots' tastes. When Ida receives a message suggesting that her late husband was murdered, Toots decides it's time the Godmothers left L.A. for her hometown of Charleston...Meanwhile, Mavis has been acting suspiciously and refuses to divulge what she's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
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"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase...
105) The Fury
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This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. I tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time―it caused a real stir in...
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"Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words is a locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet. She's not the agency's best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications, and no discernible talent in...
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"An annual backpacking trip has deadly consequences in a chilling new novel from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd. Emily is having the time of her life--she's in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of their trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker...
109) Serial murders
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
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This book describes several typical cases of serial murders, including the cases of Jack the Ripper, Peter Kurten, George Joseph Smith, the Boston Strangler, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, and the Yorkshire Ripper.
110) A Salt and Battery
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Rusty Gun, Texas will never be the same once filming for the wildly popular reality television program, Top Shelf Chef cooks up more of a mystery than hot entrees. Death makes for an exciting recipe when Agatha and Hank are serving it up.
Wedding planning and forensic evidence don't make for a very good reception. Unless you're a crime-fighting couple.
111) Blood on my hands
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Thrillogy volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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Callie becomes a suspect in the murder of her best friend, Katherine, when Callie is the first to find Katherine's body lying in the woods and, assuming the scenario is part of a Halloween prank, picks up a bloody knife only to discover it is real.
112) The Lying Game
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Lying game novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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Seventeen-year-old Emma Paxton steps into the life of her long-lost twin Sutton to solve her murder, while Sutton looks on from her afterlife.
113) Mind burn
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From USA Today bestselling author Rhett C. Bruno and T. E. Bakutis, Mind Burn is Ready Player One meets Minority Report, in which Detective Soto must hunt down a dangerous criminal capable of hijacking and controlling people through their cybernetic implants.
When your new employer tasks you with investigating the first successful mass shooting in twelve years, it's understandable to be nervous. Fortunately, detective-in-training Cowan Soto has a...
114) One for the money
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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Out-of-work Stephanie Plum blackmails her bail bondsman cousin into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Her first case involves tracking down a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one, a man who also happens to be her former lover.
115) Don't look back
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In Fossum's moody and subtle U.S. debut, the fifth in her Inspector Sejer series, the popular Norwegian mystery writer displays her mastery of psychological suspense. Richly drawn characters reveal much about Norwegian society, though the setting, a picturesque valley town northwest of Oslo, isn't distinctive. A little girl disappears from her middle-class neighborhood, then returns home unharmed. Meanwhile, the search party discovers the nude corpse...
116) Flashback
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America, 2036. Powerful magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs ex-cop Nick Bottom's services, and, in particular, his memories. As head of the original investigation into the murder of Nakamura's son, Bottom's flashbacks hold the key to solving what was the toughest case of his career. But as Nick delves deeper, the harder it becomes to trust those around him. And when he uncovers a connection to his wife's death, it is not only Hiroshi Nakamura who wants...
117) Clutches and curses
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Haley Randolph mysteries volume 4
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When professional fashionista Haley Randolph is cursed by an irate customer and then experiences a run of bad luck, including the discovery of a dead former classmate in the menswear department, she races against time to catch the real killer.
118) The grandmother plot
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"Freddy leads a life of little responsibility, following his own meandering path. His only real attachment is to his memory-challenged grandmother, whose nursing home he regularly visits. His far-flung sisters may belittle his artistic ambitions, and his grandmother only occasionally knows who he is, but he can go with the flow. When another nursing home resident is murdered, though, Freddy panics. He can't take care of his grandmother alone, and...
119) Anathema
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Visitors come to Parke County, Indiana to enjoy the lush farms, to buy the Amish quilts, and to experience the peaceful ways of the Amish families who live there. But when a double murder rocks this quiet community, the Amish residents resolve to forgive even this unfathomable offense.
120) The wilderness of ruin: a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer
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Documents a series of child abductions against the backdrop of the Great Boston Fire of 1872, and the discovery of the teenaged killer that sparked a system-changing investigation and influential debates among the world's most revered medical minds.