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481) The fourth enemy
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Series
Daniel Pitt novels (Anne Perry) volume 6
Language
English
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Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark -- and dangerous -- secrets in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his -- and the firm's -- reputation. The trouble is, Malcolm Vayne, the man on trial, has deep pockets, and even deeper...
482) Little secrets
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Language
English
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"Overwhelmed by tragedy, a woman desperately tries to save her marriage in award-winning author Jennifer Hillier's Little Secrets, a riveting novel of psychological suspense. "Suspenseful and compelling-Hillier is a masterful storyteller." -Chevy Stevens. All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret... Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're...
483) Show me a sign
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...
484) A minute to midnight
Author
Series
Atlee Pine novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, travel to Atlee's rural Georgia hometown to investigate her sister Mercy's kidnapping thirty years earlier, but end up looking into a series of bizarre murders.
485) Gold rush girl
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
While her father mines for gold in 1848 San Francisco, Tory embarks on a search for her kidnapped brother among Rotten Row's hundreds of abandoned ships.
Author
Series
Wilde Island chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books, an imprint og Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In 1210 AD, Uma, a Healer raised by a tribe of people native to Wilde Island, must complete an impossible task for the English queen or be burned alive, and her only ally is the part dragon, part fairy Pendragon prince who is struggling with a secret ofhis own.
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Series
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English
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"When midwife Sarah and detective Frank Malloy's friend and new partner Gino Donatelli is accused of murder, he and Sarah must catch the real killer to keep him alive. . . . A young woman is missing in the upper Manhattan neighborhood called Italian Harlem, and everyone knows who's responsible--the Black Hand, a notorious group known for terrorizing their own community with violence and kidnappings. Gino and Frank set out to learn more about the disreputable...
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Language
English
Description
"Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half sister named Baby. Baby brings in a client to the detective agency, a young man who claims he was abducted. During the course of the investigation, Rhonda and Baby become entangled in a dangerous case...
490) Piece of my heart
Author
Series
Under suspicion (Mary Higgins Clark) volume 7
Language
English
Description
Television producer Laurie Moran and her fiancée, Alex Buckley, the former host of her investigative television show, are just days away from their midsummer wedding, when things take a dark turn. Alex's seven-year-old nephew, Johnny, vanishes from the beach. A search party begins and witnesses recall Johnny playing in the water and collecting shells behind the beach shack, but no one remembers seeing him after the morning. As the sun sets, Johnny's...
491) Live to see tomorrow
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Catherine Ling: raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she has been a shadowy CIA Operative since she was fourteen years old. Now, years later, Catherine is as lethal as she is beautiful. There are only a few things in life she cares for. One is her son. Kidnapped when he was only two, Catherine has only recently been reunited with him and the vow of her heart is never to let him face danger again. The other is her mentor, Hu Chang. Mysterious, brilliant,...
492) Boots
Author
Series
League of Secret Heroes volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Mae's Aunt Willa and Aunt Jane, both pilots, are kidnapped by evil Metallic Falcon, Josie, Mae, and Akiko, the Infinity Trinity, pursue them from Chicago to Sweetwater, Texas, to Paris, France.
Author
Publisher
37INK, Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Description
"A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South -- and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"--Publisher.
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Series
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English
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"In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt itself, most of civilization is on the verge of war. The young Gordianus--a born-and-raised Roman citizen--is living in Alexandria, making ends meet by plying his trade of solving puzzles and finding things out for pay. He whiles away his time with his slave Bethesda, waiting for the world to regain its sanity. But on the day Gordianus turns twenty-two, Bethesda is...
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Whisked out of Paris ahead of the Prussian army in 1870, twelve-year-old Irene Adler is reunited in London with her friends, Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin--but Arsène's father has been arrested for murder and the kidnapping of a famous opera singer,and it is up to the three young detectives to solve the mystery.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Description
For the athletes and fitness enthusiasts, including CrossFit, Tough Mudder, and Spartan Race participants, marathoners, and barefoot runner. While researching "Born to Run," Chris McDougall encountered the story of Pheidippides, the legendary ancient Greek "all-day runner." Inspired by their heroic acts, McDougall sets off to discover the lost art of the hero, both throughout history and across the world. "Natural-Born Heroes" will inspire casual...
498) The good hawk
Author
Series
Shadow Skye series volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books, a division of Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Agatha is a Hawk, brave and fierce, who patrols the high walls of her island home. She takes pride in her duties, though some in her clan whisper that she has only been given them to keep her out of the way, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime, thoughtful and anxious, is an Angler, but he hates the sea. To make matters worse, he's been chosen for a duty that has been outlawed by the clan for generations: to marry. The elders won't say...
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Language
English
Description
"From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined. Kim Stanley Robinson once again turns his eye to themes of climate change, technology, politics, and the human behaviors that drive these forces. But his setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world -- rather, he imagines a more hopeful future, one where humanity has managed to overcome our challenges and thrive"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes wakes on her birthday to discover that her mother has disappeared from the family's country manor, leaving only a collection of flowers and a coded message book. With Sherlock and Mycroft determined to ship her off to a boarding school, Enola escapes, displaying a cleverness that even impresses the elder Holmes. But nothing prepares her for what lies ahead."--
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