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1) House Rules
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Description
They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that there's a wider one to explore. But try having a son who is locked in his own world, and still wants to make a connection. A son who tries to be like everyone else, but truly doesn't know...
Author
Series
Daniel Pitt novels (Anne Perry) volume 3
Language
English
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Description
When a desperate woman comes to Daniel Pitt seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Daniel is convinced of the young man's innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and of setting a fire to conceal the body, but Daniel is sure that science can absolve him--and Miriam fford Croft is the best scientist he knows. Miriam connects Daniel with her former teacher Sir Barnabas Saltram, an expert in arson, and together, they reveal Adwell's innocence...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues, and it's more than a year before the man is identified.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Language
English
Description
"The first death was ruled an accident. But when a second accountant from A.D.E.-a popular relief organization that resettles East African refugees-turns up dead, FBI Special Agent and forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick is called in to lend her expertise in an increasingly troubling case. Not only is the charity backed by a powerful U.S. senator, but the investigation reveals that its funds have been siphoned off to bankroll terrorist cells in black...
Publisher
Acorn Media Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Cutting-edge Victorian science meets cunningly plotted mystery in this award-winning Canadian TV drama. William Murdoch is a detective in Toronto in 1895, using new forensic techniques like fingerprinting and psychological profiling. He crosses paths with famous figures including Arthur Conan Doyle and H. G. Wells.
Author
Series
Dark biology volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Dr. Alice Austen, an officer with the Epidemic Intelligence Service branch of the Centers for Disease Control, goes to New York to investigate the hideous and mysterious death of a seventeen-year-old girl, and uncovers a terrorist plot involving the use of biological weapons.
8) Shutter
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases-she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. As a lone portal back to the living for traumatized spirits, Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won't let...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edward Warren has been living in Thailand for six years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But when he learns that his dad lies comatose in a hospital, gravely injured in a car accident that also involved his younger sister Cara, he quickly returns to the United States. Luke is an animal conservationist who became famous after living with a wolf pack in the Canadian wild. It's impossible for his...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Detective Murdoch and his team tackle cases involving a seemingly invisible man, the political killing of a French diplomat, a possible alien invasion, and one of their own suspected of murder. Along the way, they encounter the greatest minds of the time, including architect Frank Lloyd Wright, entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden, and inventor Nikola Tesla.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the 1890's, Detective William Murdoch adopts modern techniques like 'finger marks' and forensics to track Toronto's most sinister killers. Though derided by his skeptical boss, Murdoch finds friends and allies in a lovely pathologist and an eager-to-learn constable. Along the way they cross paths with some of the era's most famous figures, including Nikola Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Prince Alfred
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"In season 13, Murdoch's wife, Dr. Julia Ogden, faces difficult decisions as a surgeon, Inspector Brackenreid safeguards his fragile family life, Constable Crabtree meets a long-lost relative, and former Pinkerton detective Rober Parker joins the team. While contending with gastly crimes and complicated personal lives, they encounter the greatest minds of the day, including Nokola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and Harry Houdini." --container...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
Winningly clever and playful, this acclaimed Canadian series returns with new mysteries set in Edwardian-era Toronto. In Season Nine, Detective William Murdoch and his wife, Dr. Julia Ogden, plan their dream home; Constable Crabtree faces dire consequences for his decisions; and Dr. Emily Grace experiences a personal crisis. Meanwhile, Inspector Brackenreid endures an eccentric houseguest, and a new morgue cleaner turned lab attendant brings fresh...
17) At risk
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Massachusetts district attorney running for governor wants to use some radical new DNA technology to solve a long-ago murder. The result? A new round of violence.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In Season 8 of this delightful detective show, joy and heartbreak await Detective William Murdoch and his friends in turn-of-the-century Toronto. After his brutal beating by the dockyard gang, Inspector Brackenreid's future remains uncertain. Constable Crabtree faces life-altering changes, including a new romance, while Dr. Emily Grace and Dr. Julia Ogden join the women's suffrage movement. And in the show's 100th episode, wedding bells ring as Murdoch...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye) and his friends face new challenges in Edwardian Toronto as the award-winning Canadian mystery returns. With Murdoch languishing in jail for murder, Constable Crabtree (Jonny Harris, Still Standing), Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig, Coronation Street) , and Detective Watts (Daniel Maslany, Goliath) race to prove his innocence, while Dr. Julia Ogden (Gemini winner H�l�ne...