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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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"Extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God. At the core of Krakauer's book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from...
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cook have a lot in common. High-flying army career women, both are victims of sexual harassment from their superiors; both are forced to resign from the service. And now they're both dead. Their unmarked bodies are discovered in their own homes, naked, in baths filled with army-issue camouflage paint. Expert FBI psychological profilers start to hunt for a serial murderer, a smart guy with a score to settle,...
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Series
Language
English
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Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder of Innocence," in which a global effort captures a serial predator; and "A Murderous Affair," in which a rookie FBI agent is set up by his informant.
Murder of innocence: It's impossible to resist Andrew Luster. He's rich, charming, and good-looking, and dozens of women have fallen under his spell. But Andrew is no mere womanizer. He's a predator, and it'll take a global effort to put him behind bars.
A Murderous...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
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Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem.
Author
Series
Liv Bergen mystery volume 5
Publisher
River Grove Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As Liv Bergen investigates the unsolved murder of her niece, she uncovers a dangerously-guarded secret-and stumbles into one of the most prolific killers she's faced yet.
Author
Series
Fear Street. Original series volume 26
Publisher
Pocket
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A bony hand beckons from a shallow grave, but only Ellie Anderson can see the skeletal hand. Ellie has visions, and her visions have led her to the body of a girl who was killed two years before. Now her power may help her find the murderer... unless he finds her first!
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Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Reminiscent of Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich's The Fact of a Body and Maggie Nelson's The Red Parts, a perfect balance of memoir and true crime, The Book of Atlantis Black will have you questioning facts, rooting for secrets, and asking what it means to know the truth. A young woman is found dead on the floor of a Tijuana hotel room. An ID in a nearby purse reads "Atlantis Black." The police report states that the body does not seem to match the identification,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pieces? Identify the suspect? Journalist Billy Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common - it didn't have an ending. The killer was still out there. But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer Michelle McNamara, Billy became fed up. Following a dark...
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Series
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English
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In July 2011, billionaire Jonah Shacknai's Coronado, California, mansion was the setting for two horrifying deaths only days apart--his young son's plunge from a balcony and his girlfriend's ghastly hanging. What really happened? Baffling questions remain unanswered. Rule looks at the closed cases through the eyes of a relentless crime reporter. The second probe began in Utah when Susan Powell vanished in a 2009 blizzard. Her controlling husband,...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves--until the police knocked on their door with a search warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori's children back in Idaho--Tylee and JJ--who hadn't been seen...
13) Scary movie 4
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Cindy Campbell and her self-serving, sex-crazed pal Brenda are joined by Tom Ryan, a cute, but utterly clueless guy. Together, they battle to save the world from a ruthless alien invasion. Cindy moves in next to Tom because she's taking care of an elderly lady. She finds out the house is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest in the village to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and Cindy has to uncover...
14) Four Brothers
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem.
15) Freezing
Author
Series
Jayne and Steelie mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When a bundle of unidentified body parts tumbles out the rear door of a van on a Los Angeles freeway, FBI agent Scott Houston knows just where to go for an off-the-record analysis: Agency 32/1, a non-profit missing persons identification resource center run by forensic anthropologist Jayne Hall and Steelie Lander.
16) A few good men
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Disc one: When a woman with the controlling interest in a magazine disappears before a business meeting, Columbo is ready to throw the book at her partner. A man with strong political connections and a strong motive for murder is the last person to see a supposed suicide victim alive.
Disc two: Columbo's case is personally and deadly serious when the wife of a man he helped put in prison is on a quest for revenge. Columbo gets to the root of the...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
V for Vendetta: Set in a future where Germany has won World War II and Britain has become a fascist state, this is the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Temperence Brennan is a brilliant, but lonely, forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington D.C. After consulting on a case for the FBI, she is approached by Special Agent Seeley Booth. He wants Dr. Brennan to help the Bureau solve crimes by identifying human remains that are too far gone for standard FBI forensic investigations. Brennan's empirical, literal view of the world causes friction with Booth, creating...
Author
Series
Murder is forever volume 4
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
As seen on Discovery ID, these two true-crime thrillers follow a neighbors' quarrel that turns violent and cyber-bullying that explodes in a double murder
Murder Thy Neighbor: Ann Hoover is a nice woman but she's come to hate her neighbor. Roy Kirk moved in next door with plans to renovate. But as the weeks go by, his DIY construction turns to shambles. When Ann takes him to court, Kirk's retaliation will be shockingly gruesome
Murder IRL: Jenelle...