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Ruinous love trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss's biggest client, Lachlan knows he'll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she'll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first. And they can't stand each...
Author
Series
Finlay Donovan novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun-the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Dating. Diapers. And dodging bullets. Who said single moms can't have fun? Finlay Donovan has been in messes before-after all, she's an author and single mom who's a pro at getting out bloodstains for rather unexpected reasons-but none quite like this. After she...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"The tense, darkly funny, unputdownable debut novel from one of the most successful screenwriters of the past 20 years--the tale of a hit man mistaken for a hero whose sudden, unwanted fame makes him a target for the surprising number of people who want him dead"--
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English
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QUARRY'S BACK – FOR HIS TOUGHEST JOB EVER.
The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hitman into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one: Why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead?
And why in hell does he care?
On the 30th anniversary of the enigmatic assassin's...
The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hitman into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one: Why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead?
And why in hell does he care?
On the 30th anniversary of the enigmatic assassin's...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Soon to be a Prime original limited series premiering March 13, 2020, starring Rufus Sewell and Kaya Scodelario!
In the classic mystery by Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie, an elderly priest is murdered, quite possibly doomed by a woman's deathbed confession and by the secrets kept safely locked behind closed doors of a mysterious local pub.
When an elderly priest is murdered, the killer searches
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Series
Nadia Stafford duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Nadia Stafford isn't your typical nature lodge owner. An ex-cop with a legal code all her own, she's known only as "Dee" to her current employer: a New York crime family that pays her handsomely to bump off traitors. But when Nadia discovers that a troubled teenage employee and her baby have vanished in the Canadian woods, the memory of a past loss comes back with a vengeance and her old instincts go into overdrive.
7) Silence
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Six years ago, Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear. But now her ex-boyfriend and former business partner, Eric Fuller, is being framed for her presumed murder in an effort to smoke her out, and Till must find her before tango-dancing assassins Paul and Sylvie Turner do. The Turners are merely hired to do a job, though, and prefer to remain anonymous. When they find that a middleman has let the true employer know their identities, finishing the...
Author
Series
Quarry novels volume 8
Language
English
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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS
Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels – most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin’s final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).
But where did Quarry's story start? For first time ever, the best-selling author ofROAD TO PERDITION takes us back...
Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels – most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin’s final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).
But where did Quarry's story start? For first time ever, the best-selling author ofROAD TO PERDITION takes us back...
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Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Finding a single assassin in a city of nine million is daunting. Finding five is a nightmare. Join the NYPD Red team in their most explosive case ever. The series from James Patterson and Marshall Karp has always been a must-read. But Karp's latest, NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority, tops them all, making it a must-read-now! Lower Manhattan: A sniper's bullet ends the life of a high-profile New Yorker. Five miles uptown, a second prominent victim has...
11) The wrong quarry
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Hitman Quarry, who helps his marked-for-death clients by eliminating the killers sent after them--and finding out who hired them--wonders if he has the wrong target in his sights when he zeroes in on the grieving family of a missing cheerleader.
12) The Cartel
Author
Series
Cartel novels volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Language
English
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Description
When Carter Diamond, the leader of The Cartel, which controls eighty percent of the cocaine industry, dies, his illegitimate son, Carter Jones, takes his place and starts sleeping with the enemy--Miamor, the leader of The Murder Mamas, who wants to take down The Cartel.
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Language
English
Description
"The kinetic story of a sixty-five-year-old female assassin who faces an unexpected threat in the twilight of her career--this is an international bestseller and the English language debut from an award-winning South Korean author At sixty-five, Hornclaw is beginning to slow down. She lives modestly in a small apartment, with only her aging dog, a rescue named Deadweight, to keep her company. There are expectations for people her age--that she'll...
Author
Series
Butcher's boy volume 1
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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Description
Elizabeth Waring, an investigator for the Justice Department, and the Butcher's Boy, a professional assassin, both search for the person who ordered the deaths of a United States senator and a union official.
15) Envy the night
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Series
Cartel novels volume 4
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
"The Diamond family has survived murder, deceit, and betrayal. Through it all, they're still standing tall, and a new era has begun. After surviving an attempt on her life, Breeze has moved into the queen's position by Zyir's side. Zyir has taken over the empire and locked down Miami's streets; the world is in his hands. But there is always new blood ready to overthrow the throne. Young Carter has retired and moved away from the madness -- that is,...
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Series
Cross series volume 3
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Cross and his team claim to have identified a pattern to the signature-kills and believe they can predict a forthcoming strike. They are prepared to personally confront-and-capture, but financial arrangement alone not sufficient. What you describe as a requested "Get out of jail free" card is hereby approved.
18) Hard rain
Author
Series
John Rain novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Organization l volume 1
Publisher
Cool Gus Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The follow up to Agnes and the Hitman. No one warned Shane or Agnes that it was going to be a red wedding. It's eight months after the first, bloody, wedding at Two Rivers and things have calmed down and seven weddings have been hosted without a problem. But no longer. Bring on an eclectic hitwoman, an amiable Duke, an icy Duchess, a lot of sharp swords, a crazed ex-Duchess, a computer hacker and a dog named Rhett, and you've got a recipe for an action-packed,...
20) The good guy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Timothy Carrier is sitting in a bar when the man next to him mistakes him for someone else and hands him an envelope with $10,000. The man leaves after handing Tim a photo of a woman marked for death and her address. Soon the killer arrives believing Tim is the one who wants to hire him.
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