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1) Jackaby
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Jackaby volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature.
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Reggie, a successful architect who left her hometown and the horrific memories of a long ago summer behind, gets a call revealing that her mother has been found alive--a call that forces Reggie to confront the ghosts of her past and find the serial killer known as Neptune before he kills again.
3) Jump
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Ex-police officer Sam McGowan knows he is a prime suspect in the murder of his hated landlord, who was pushed from the top floor of Sam's apartment building, but as Sam tries to track down the real killer, the body count begins to rise and Sam wonders if he is next on the killer's list.
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Hana Westerman thrillers volume 1
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"An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand's indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Māori screenwriter and director. A tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a secret room and a puzzling inward-curving inscription....
5) Girl, 11
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VICTIMS
Twenty years ago, the Countdown Killer went on a deadly killer spree. Each victim was a year younger than the last.
VIGILANTE
True-crime podcaster Elle Castillo has long been hellbent on finding him and serving historic justice.
VENGEANCE
Now, he’s back.
Elle must stop the countdown before the killer can claim his next victim.
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John Cleaver novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. John is obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he's written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation. Dead bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually....
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Two murders. Twenty years. Now the killer is back for more...A darkly compelling debut crime novel. The start of a brilliant series, perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid, and James Oswald. DCI Matilda Darke has returned to work after a nine month absence. A shadow of her former self, she is tasked with re-opening a cold case: the terrifyingly brutal murders of Miranda and Stefan Harkness. The only witness was their eleven-year-old son,...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad," but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer, "The Impressionist."
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Dave Gurney novels volume 1
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Recently retired after a prestigious career with the NYPD, homicide detective Dave Gurney is pulled back into service when an old college friend receives threatening letters from a murderous sender who has an uncanny ability to read a person's thoughts.
11) Preacher's purge
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First mountain man series volume 29
The First Mountain Man volume 29
The First Mountain Man volume Book 29
Thorndike Press large print hardcover western
The First Mountain Man volume 29
The First Mountain Man volume Book 29
Thorndike Press large print hardcover western
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"When greed overtakes men's souls, it falls to the righteous mountaineer known as Preacher to rain fire and brimstone upon them from the barrels of his guns . . . Preacher has agreed to escort Barnaby Cooper through Dakota Territory's hills to establish a trading post. Accompanied by his friends Lorenzo and Tall Dog, the mountain man hopes they'll be able to protect Cooper from Sioux warriors who don't want any white man trespassing on their sacred...
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Dr. James Verraday is a professor of forensic psychology specializing in eyewitness recall and criminal profiling. He's a brilliant original thinker with a passion for social justice and a very antagonistic relationship with authority, especially the police force. So when Detective Constance Maclean appears in Verraday's lecture hall at the end of one of his classes, he bristles. But the body of a young woman has just been found in a cranberry bog...
13) The other woman
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Jane Ryland mysteries volume 1
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Tracking down a candidate's secret mistress days before a pivotal Senate election, reporter Jane Ryland discovers links between her story and a serial killer investigation by detective Jake Brogan, with whom she partners to stop a killer in the face of dirty politics and betrayal.
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Body finder novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Violet, having only told her family and boyfriend that she can sense dead bodies and agreed to join forensic psychologist Sara Priest's team of eclectic investigators after Sara learned about her ability, works on a case involving the murder of a college girl by a serial killer dubbed "the girlfriend collector" and runs the risk of becoming his next victim.
15) Private justice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
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A dark shadow of fear has fallen over Newpointe, Louisiana. First one, then another of the town firemen's wives has been murdered, and a third has barely escaped an attempt on her life. Incredible as it seems, a serial killer is stalking this sleepy little southern community.
A serial killer is stalking the wives of the firemen in a Louisiana town.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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Jazz Dent, who has been shot and left to die in New York City, his girlfriend, Connie, who is in the clutches of Jazz's serial killer father, Billy, and his best friend, Howie, who is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazz's own home in tiny Lobo's Nod, must all rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy.
17) Counterfeit son
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
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When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life. But when his father's old accomplice tracks him down, will Cameron give up his new identity to protect the victim's family?
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IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEEDIts been seven years since the Seattle Strangler terrorized the city. His victims were all young, pretty, their lifeless bodies found wrapped in a home-sewn white dress. But there was one who miraculously escaped death, just before the Strangler disappeared . . . KILLLara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas...
19) Now you see me
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Lacey Flint novels volume 1
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"One night after interviewing a reluctant witness at a London apartment complex, Lacey Flint, a young detective constable, stumbles onto a woman brutally stabbed just moments before in the building's darkened parking lot. Within twenty-four hours a reporter receives an anonymous letter that points out alarming similarities between the murder and Jack the Ripper's first murder--a letter that calls out Lacey by name. If it's real, and they have a killer...
20) The body finder
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Body finder novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 13
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High school junior Violet uses her uncanny ability to sense murderers and their victims to try to stop a serial killer who is terrorizing her town, and although her best friend and would-be boyfriend Jay promises to keep her safe, she becomes a target.