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1) Spy cat
Author
Series
Pete the cat (Peg Kehret) volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie, but the bad guys are no match for the very protective family cat and Benjie's "spy" skills.
Author
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"At 49, Beatrice Billings is rudderless. Her marriage is stale, her relationship with her son Thomas is limited to text messages--hostile haikus that he sends from university--and she is the primary caregiver for her mother, who is in the early stages of dementia. She has a complicated relationship with her older sister Ariel, with whom she carries on ongoing arguments in her head. Bea laments the loss of momentum she remembers feeling in her thirties,...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Faced with finding a connection between two murders and an explosion in the middle of a popular tourist area in downtown Bruges, Inspector Van In and feisty assistant DA Hannelore Maartens thwart a series of terrorist plots to save innocent lives.
6) Dead even
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Heart-stopping intensity." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Meltzer has come up with a gem of a plot....It breezes along in high gear....[A] highly recommended suspenser." —Chicago Tribune
In this second novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, husband and wife face off in a legal thriller that poses the most chilling question of all: How far would you go to save the
...7) Identity
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner party--attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who'd been chatting her up at the bar--her carefully built world is shattered. The back door glass is broken, cash and jewelry are missing, her car is...
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An ex-con is desperate to repay the debt he owes his ex-wife, and plans a heist at the home of his new employer. Little does he know that a second criminal has already targeted the property and has rigged up a series of deadly traps.
Author
Series
Lois Meade mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A wedding is always a happy occasion, even if Lois Meade must remind herself she isn't losing a daughter, but gaining a policeman. Luckily, her new son-in-law is in the Tresham force, and is the nephew of her friend and collaborator Inspector Cowgill. So, Lois looks forward to having another link to the law at her disposal. But sleuthing suddenly seems a little too close to home when her youngest son invites a mysterious young woman, Akiko, as a guest....
10) A deadly cliché
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, you'll find plenty of characters, ne'er-do-wells, and even a few celebs trying to duck the paparazzi. But when murder joins this curious community, The Bayside Book Writers are there to get the story.--From back cover.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Nestled on the edge of Chicago{u2019}s gritty west side, Oak Park is a suburb in flux. To the west, theaters and shops frame posh houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. To the east lies a neighborhood still recovering from urban decline. In the center of the community sits Ilios Lane, a pristine cul-de-sac dotted with quiet homes that bridge the surrounding extremes of wealth and poverty. On the first warm day in April, Mary Elizabeth McPherson, a...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Emmy and her classmates start a secret community service project to help a hungry family, but soon Emmy finds herself involved in a home burglary ring operated by the family's neighbor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
For the first time ever, all of Bernie's short-form appearances in one complete volume - plus two new, unpublished pieces. In all of mystery fiction, there has never been a character like Bernie--and in this book, he demonstrates all the charm and wit and kleptophilic ingenuity that has made two generations of readers welcome their favourite burglar into their homes.
15) Criss cross
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An armored car driver is suckered into a burglary by his ex-wife and her hoodlum husband. Multiple back-stabbing and double-crosses ensue.
16) Risk factor
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Acting Sheriff Buddy Steel's idyllic mountain retreat is cut short when he's called back to Freedom, California to investigate a gang-related home invasion-at his father's address. To complicate matters, the break-in is just one in a series perpetrated by a group of tech-savvy millennials who also happen to be the untouchable offspring of elite cartel and gang leaders. Already on the trail of the serial burglars is LAPD Gang Enforcement and foremost...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries across the state. In addition to the usual items targeted in such crimes -- flat screens, computers, and stereos -- someone has also been stealing unique and hard-to-fence objects such as antiques and jewelry. Meanwhile, in Boston, an elderly woman is viciously murdered in her Beacon Hill home during a burglary. The Boston police find that...
19) Don't breathe
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they'll get away with the perfect heist. They're wrong.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 104
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when a new store called the Game Spot opens in town and the neighboring shops are robbed.
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