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8521) The death dealer
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As a killer obsessed by Poe's macabre tales selects his victims from members of a literary society devoted to the master writer, author Genevieve O'Brien, fearing that her mother will be next, enlists the aid of P.I. Joe Connolly to stop the murders.
8522) Dracul
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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It is 1868, and a twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes, holy water, and a rifle, he prays to survive a single night, the longest of his life. Desperate to record what he has witnessed, Bram scribbles down the events that led him here ... A sickly child, Bram spent his early days bedridden in his parents' Dublin home, tended to by his caretaker, a young woman named Ellen...
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A billionaire has an idea for reversing global warming, but will it work? And what will the consequences for the planet be? A disparate group of characters from around the globe fight to solve the problem of global warming, but some of their ideas may be worse than climate change itself.
8524) The warriors
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Michael Parson thrillers volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson has seen plenty of action lately, so he's happy with his new assignment as safety officer at a Kyrgyzstan air base. It's a pretty laidback way to spend the next year. Or so he thought. On his second day, a C-27 crashes on the runway with a load of electronic gear--and opium. Recruiting his battle companion Sergeant Major Sophia Gold as interpreter, he investigates not only the crash but the source of the cargo, and...
8525) 8 bodies is enough
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Body movers novels volume 8
Publisher
Stephanie Bond, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Carlotta and the gang head to Vegas, each with their own secrets and motivations. Carlotta is determined to find out what happened to her long-lost mother, but a dead man foils her plans!
8526) A dangerous man
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"A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre--and Joe Pike's most perilous case to date. Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two...
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[2016]
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English
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"In San Francisco's seamy Tenderloin district, a teenage street hustler has been murdered in a shelter for boys. And the dedicated priest who runs the struggling home stands accused. But despite damning evidence that he's a killer - and worse - Father Thomas Martin stands by his innocence. And attorney Peter Donley stands with him. For three years Donley has cut his legal teeth in his uncle's tiny, no-frills firm, where people come before profits....
8528) The Genesis secret
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Scotland Yard Detective Forrester is investigating a series of ritual murders throughout Britain and discovers, with the help of reporter Rob Luttrell, a possible connection to an archaeological site of an ancient civilization in Kurdistan and the existence of a mysterious Black Book.
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The 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"It started with a kidnapping. A shadowy organization known only as the Vespers snatched seven members of the Cahill family and demanded a series of bizarre ransoms from around the world. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister Amy began a global treasure hunt, determined to bring back whatever Vesper One needed, so long as it kept the hostages safe. But when they deliver the last ransom, Amy and Dan discover Vesper One's terrifying endgame....
8530) Targeted
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On his quiet fishing trip, Detective Mason Callahan finds the body of his boss, Denny Schefte, near their remote Oregon cabin. The FBI assigns the case to Special Agent Ava McLane, Mason's fiancé, when they learn of the mask left at the scene. The FBI realizes that they are hunting a serial killer that targets police officers.
8531) Hot stuff
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Bartender Cate Madigan's roommate has gone missing, leaving behind a bullmastiff named Beast. At work, an ex- cop name Kellen McBride has made Cate's bar his nightly hang-out. When her apartment is later ransacked, she realizes that Kellen may know more than he's saying, but she also wonders if he has an ulterior motive for getting close to Cate.
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Serving a ten-year sentence in a Nevada prison for armed robbery, Ethan Lockhart hopes that he can one day become a productive, law-abiding member of society. But society has other plans for Ethan. When he's given a forty-eight-hour furlough to attend his sister Abby's funeral, he learns that her body was never found--just enough blood to declare her dead instead of missing--and he begins to suspect that there's more to her death than was reported....
8534) Bait
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In the next thrilling Duty & Honor novel, a female CIA agent and a Delta Force soldier must catch a deadly assassin ... but do they know where the danger truly lies? After several assassination attempts on an allied royal, the CIA sends in operative Christina Madison--who bears a striking resemblance to the monarch--to pose as the famous princess and draw out her would-be killer. When Delta Force Lieutenant Gabriel Morgan's team is assigned to Christina's...
8535) Eden's children: a novel
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"When former teacher Paula Eden adopts Faith and Trevor, she is astounded by their natural intelligence and decides to homeschool them to nurture their brilliance. But as the years go on, Faith and Trevor itch for more independence. When Faith sets her sights on a handsome young man visiting from out of town, Paula grows increasingly desperate to preserve her small family and her plans for the children to carry on her legacy. Luckily, she has a cohort...
8536) In The Dark
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On learning that her wealthy aunt has disappeared, veterinarian Alyn Blum-Jones also learns that she is the main beneficiary and the prime suspect. So begins a romance with Peter Youngblood, hired by the insurance company to determine which of the two she is.
8537) Cut and run
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Lucy Kincaid thrillers volume 16
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is dead-set on solving a cold case, even if the original investigators stonewall her every step of the way. A violent storm has uncovered the remains of a family that authorities assumed fled the country years ago to avoid prosecution. But the body of the youngest Albright son never turned up. If the child is dead, why wasn't his body found with his parents? If he's alive, where has he been, and what does he know? Now Lucy and...
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2017.
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English
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"For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and Orphan Train, the author of the "thought-provoking" (Library Journal, starred review) and "must-read" (PopSugar) novel The Gilded Years crafts a captivating tale of three young people divided by the horrors of World War II and their journey back to one another. During the turbulent months following the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor, twenty-one-year-old Emi Kato, the daughter of a Japanese diplomat, is locked...
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Slow burn volume 5
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Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Raised in a strict religious cult since she was a young girl, Jenna has no connection to the outside world beyond vague flashes of memory that seem to be from another life. Memories she clings to when the cult leaders discover her extraordinary ability to heal--and punish her. Years held captive and forced to do the cult's bidding have turned Jenna into a meek, timid woman, or so they think. In truth, she is merely biding her time, waiting for the...
8540) All the pretty girls
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Taylor Jackson novels volume 1
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English
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Homicide detective Taylor Jackson teams up with her lover John Baldwin, an FBI profiler, when the sadistic serial killer he is tracking comes to Nashville, while ambitious TV reporter Whitney Connolly, believing that this killer is her ticket out of Nashville, will do anything to break the case.