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Author
Series
Burke novels volume 12
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"It's not an unusual job for Burke -- ex-con, career criminal, and ultimate urban man-for-hire -- to act as middleman in an exchange of cash for a kidnapped child. But this time the only things exchanged are bullets. Burke loses his beloved partner, and lies in a hospital bed close to -- or maybe even past -- death, hovering in a netherworld of nightmares and hallucinations. When he finally escapes from the hospital, his appearance has changed radically...
3) The goats
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Stripped and marooned on a small island by their fellow campers, a boy and a girl form an uneasy bond that grows into a deep friendship when they decide to run away and disappear without a trace.
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Language
English
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Description
"1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed, listening to her parents entertain New York's gilded society in their Thousand Islands castle; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead in his smoking room. 1992. Though Chloe Ridell lives in the shadows of Poppy's castle, now in ruins, she has little interest in the mystery that still captivates tourists and locals alike. She is focused on preserving...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Language
English
Description
Two young children disappear from their East Side home in New York City, their nanny killed in cold blood. As Lieutenant Eve Dallas begins to unravel the crime scene and search for Henry and Gala MacDermit, shes drawn into the twisted mind of a kidnapper who will stop at nothing to take revenge. Horrific threats concerning the brother and sister hit far too close to home for Eve, drawing her back into memories of her own tortured childhood. But Eve...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Details the experiences of the Patz family after the abduction of six-year-old Etan in 1979, who went missing between his home and the bus stop in the family's downtown Manhattan neighborhood, and describes their search, the police efforts and investigation, and other topics.
8) The liar
Author
Series
Eddie Flynn novels volume 3
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When wealthy businessman Leonard Howell's daughter is kidnapped, the police jump on it straight away. But Howell knows this won't be straightforward - he needs someone willing to break the rules. Once a con artist, now a hotshot lawyer, Eddie Flynn's learnt that fast talk and sleight of hand are just as important in the courtroom are they are on the street. Knowing what it's like to lose a daughter, he'll stop at nothing to save Howell's. With a client...
11) Away: a novel
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Language
English
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Description
Away is the story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine. When her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. When word comes that her daughter, Sophie, might still be alive, Lillian embarks on an odyssey that takes her from the world of the Yiddish theater on New York's Lower East Side, to Seattle's Jazz District, and up to Alaska, along the fabled...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"A gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation"--
Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change.
When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the...
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
El desfile m�s famoso del planeta. Una ni�a de tres a�os desaparecida. �D�nde est� Kiera Templeton? Nueva York, 1998, cabalgata de Acci�n de Gracias. Kiera Templeton desaparece entre la multitud. Tras una b�squeda fren�tica por toda la ciudad, alguien encuentra unos mechones de pelo junto a la ropa que llevaba puesta la peque�a. En 2003, el d�a que Kiera habr�a cumplido ocho a�os, sus...