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1) Cross
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Among the villains Alex Cross has faced--Gary Soneji, Casanova, Kyle Craig, The Wolf--one psychopath tops them all. Alex knows him as his wife's killer. Alex may have a chance to catch his wife's murderer after all these years. Is this a chance for justice at long last? Or the culminating scene in his own deadly obsession?
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Block
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A story "recounted in journal form by its protagonist, and begins when he walks into a roadhouse outside of Bakersfield, California, and walks out with a woman. And rapes and murders her. But, um, not in that order. Right. But it's what he does with the rest of his life that's really interesting..."--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
c2007, 2010
Language
English
Description
"Naomi Jenkins knows all about secrets: three years ago something terrible happened to her, so terrible that she's never told anyone about it. Now, Naomi has another secret: her passionate relationship with the unhappily married Robert Haworth. When Robert vanishes without explanation, Naomi knows he must have come to harm. But the police are less convinced, particularly when Robert's wife insists he is not missing..."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office, and he's picky about who he works for, but it doesn't matter. His chops from thirty years with the LAPD speak for themselves. Soon one of Southern California's biggest moguls comes calling. The reclusive billionaire is nearing the end of his life and is haunted by one regret. When he was young, he had a relationship with a Mexican girl, his great...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture. A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home--the place doesn't matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
With the 125th anniversary of Buckhorn, Montana, on the horizon, it's the job of straitlaced marshal Leroy Baggins to keep the peace during the four-day celebration. But his focus is distracted when private security owner TJ Walker arrives to help with the event. She's clearly someone who doesn't play by the rules, a loose cannon who pushes him outside his comfort zone.
Author
Series
Nameless Detective mysteries volume 39
Publisher
Forge, A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Cheryl seeks assistance from Nameless when her son, Cody Hatcher, is accused of three rapes in Mineral Springs.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A novel in prose and verse by the author of the National Book Award-longlisted Blood Water Paint follows the experiences of a teen who finds courage in the story of a 15th-century avenger when her sister's rapist is set free without prison time.
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 12
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross's storied career in private practice, with the FBI and as a Washington, D.C. cop has brought him into contact with all kinds of seriously disturbed killers, but his 12th outing my be the ultimate in lunatic deadliness.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The amateur DNA sleuth who solved one of the most infamous cold cases in American history-the Golden State Killer crime spree-tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have forever changed criminal investigations. In the span of just a few years, Barbara Rae-Venter went from researching her family history as a retiree to finding a serial killer who had baffled law enforcement for decades. I Know Who You Are tracks...
Author
Series
Jazz age series (Dorothy Garlock) volume 4
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When April Asbury arrives to work as Dr. Forbes' new nurse. Taking a room at Mrs. Poole's house, she feels uneasy, which is only right since the widowed Mrs. Poole and her brother are involved in creepy, secret activities. The attractive young nurse is besieged by admirers and viewed askance by the numerous ladies who have set their hats for the doctor.
14) River rising
Author
Series
Jazz age series (Dorothy Garlock) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking a job as nurse to the local town doctor, newcomer April Asbury attracts the attention of Joe Jones, whose family is disrupted by an unstable widow's claims about the paternity of Joe's youngest sister.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Alex Taylor opens her eyes, she is hooked up to an IV, restrained to an operating table, her legs raised in stirrups. Disoriented and alarmed, she assumes she's been anesthetized and brought to surgery after being in an accident. But the man standing over her, with his face hidden behind a surgical mask and wielding instruments, is no doctor she recognizes at the hospital where she works as a successful and respected physician. He's a stranger—and...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"For more than two years, a rapist prowled the night streets of the homey, All-American city of Spokane, Washington, terrorizing women, sparking a run on gun stores, and finally causing one newspaper to offer a reward--the calls taken by the distinguished managing editor himself, Gordon Coe. In March 1981, luck and inspired police work at last produced an arrest, and Spokane shuddered. The suspect was clean cut and conservative...and Gordon Coe's...
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Language
English
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Description
Ten years ago, Carolyn Sullivan recommended a 44-year sentence for vicious murderer and serial rapist Carl Holden, the kind of criminal the death penalty was made for. But when the forensic evidence is discredited, Holden is a free man, and Carolyn is his assigned parole officer. She knows Holden for what he is--a stone-cold sociopath--and she's determined to see him back behind bars. Then she meets charming and wealthy Marcus Knight, who seems to...
18) Trust me
Author
Series
Last Stand thrillers volume 1
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
After a rapist attacks her in her home, Skye Kellerman and Sacramento detective David Willis help put him in prison. But when her would-be rapist is back out on the street and begins threatening Skye, David must protect her at any cost.
19) The dark hours
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year's Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to find justice for an innocent victim in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer-- the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade-- from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case. For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding...