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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the meaning of home.
In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old...
In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old...
2) Driven
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On the hunt for a serial killer called "the Surgeon," Angus Force is teamed up with Deep Ops Unit psychiatrist Nari Zhang and the attraction between them is as dangerous as the killer.
3) Behave
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"In 1920, when she graduated from Vassar College with her degree in psychology, Rosalie Rayner took a coveted position at the Johns Hopkins research lab to assist the charismatic John B. Watson, the man who pioneered behaviorist psychology. Together, John Watson and Rosalie Rayner conducted experiments on hundreds of babies to prove behaviorist principles of nurture over nature. They also embarked on a scandalous affair that cost them both their jobs....
4) Big bad wolf
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Third Shift volume 1
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"Joe Peluso has blood on his hands. He took out the mobsters responsible for killing his foster brother, and that one act of vigilante justice has earned him countless enemies in New York's supernatural-controlled underworld. He knows that shifters like him deserve the worst. Darkness. Pain. Solitude. But meeting Neha makes him feel human for the first time in forever. Lawyer and psychologist Neha Ahluwalia knows Joe is guilty, but she's determined...
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Grace Blades is a master psychologist, respected by her peers and adored by her patients. She is hardworking and highly competent, a model of self-control. But in private, Grace indulges a secret thrill-seeking darkness, pursuing danger as an escape from the regimented life she's established. Closing her eyes as she flies down the Los Angeles freeway or targeting a stranger in a hotel bar for an anonymous moment of passion, Grace craves the rush....
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A young American au pair, Charlotte Clancy, vanishes without a trace in Mexico City. The case is left cold, but its legacy will be devastating.
A decade later, LA is shaken by a spate of violent murders. Psychologist Nikki Roberts is the common link between the victims, her patients at the heart of this treacherous web. When someone makes an attempt on Nikki's life, it's clear she is a marked woman.
Nikki makes a living out of reading people, drawing...
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Avalon trilogy (Indigo Bloome) volume 1
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A 36-year-old psychologist specialising in visual perception comes to Sydney to give a series of lectures and meets up with Dr Jeremy Quinn, an ex-lover whom she hasn't seen for years. After a few glasses of champagne in his luxurious hotel penthouse, he presents her with an intriguing offer: stay with him for the next 48 hours and accept two extraordinary conditions. She knows he will challenge her every inhibition, but she soon finds herself seduced...
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Logan Point volume 1
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Criminal profiler Taylor Martin closes in on the truth about her father's disappearance only to be targeted by a stalker, while mystery novelist Nick Sinclair's attempt to find his estranged brother leads him to Taylor instead.
10) Noonday park
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Douglas & McIntyre
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When Dr. Boudreau is informed that her patient Danielle has been reported missing and theres a suicide note, Dr. Boudreau is shaken. Once again, Dr. Boudreau is on a mission to discover what really happened and joins forces with Danielles estranged father Ivor, a former radical journalist turned right-wing crank.
11) Gangster's girl
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Aaron D McClelland
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"Jessie is the adopted daughter of the powerful boss of the Di Napoli Crime Family and grew up around gangsters, but does she have what it takes to navigate that world and survive? Two weeks from earning her PhD in Psychology and armed with highly tuned skills on how to spot deception, Jessie sets out to follow a trail that she hopes will lead to the person who ordered the attempt on her father's life and [is] determined to finish the job"--Amazon.ca....
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Scumble River mysteries volume 12
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School psychologist Skye Denison reluctantly agrees to act as maid of honor in her California cousin's over-the-top platinum-style wedding- and is also expected to assist the control-freak wedding planner. But when Skye discovers the planner dead, just one week before the big event, Skye is suddenly working double-duty.
While overseeing every nuptial detail, she's also helping the police find out who hated the bridal consultant enough to kill...
While overseeing every nuptial detail, she's also helping the police find out who hated the bridal consultant enough to kill...
13) A lethal legacy
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New York Confidential volume 4
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When his cousin's business partner is found dead on an island he inherited, Special Agent Craig Frasier agrees to investigate with psychologist Kieran Finnegan and they discover that the property comes with strange lore and a blood-soaked past.
14) The institution
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Avon
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Dr Connie Woolwine has five days to catch a killer. On a locked ward in the world's highest-security prison hospital, a scream shatters the night. The next morning, a nurse's body is found, and her daughter has been taken. A ransom must be paid, and the clock is ticking. Forensic profiler Dr Connie Woolwine is renowned for her ability to get inside the mind of a murderer. Now, she must go deep undercover among the most deranged and dangerous men on...
15) Therapy
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Alex Delaware novels volume 18
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Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thriller his own gripping province with his bestselling series of Alex Delaware novels. Now, Delaware’s new adventure leads the sleuthing psychologist on a harrowing exploration into the realm he knows best: the human psyche, in all its complexity, mystery, and terrifying propensity for darkness.
“Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit,” homicide detective Milo Sturgis...
“Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit,” homicide detective Milo Sturgis...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed by criminal psychologist Seonkyeong. Seonkyeong agrees out of curiosity. That same day Hayeong, her husband's eleven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, shows up at their door. Seonkyeong wants her to feel at home, but is gradually unnerved as the young girl says very little and acts strangely. At work and at home, Seonkyeong starts to unravel the...
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Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Provides an account of the life and accomplishments of the efficiency expert, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and the first female psychologist to have a postage stamp issued in her honor.
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Hailey Dean, the heroine of Nancy Grace's mystery series, was a successful felony prosecutor, but years of crime scenes and autopsy photos took its toll and Hailey leaves it all behind for a new life in Manhattan. Resuming her practice of psychology in the city, she's lured on camera as a TV crime fighter. There, she learns the TV industry isn't as glamorous as it seems. "Plotline", like the first Hailey Dean novel, "The Eleventh Victim", is inspired...
20) The absolution
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Children's House volume 3
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Hodder & Stoughton
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English
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