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Trapped in the library of an old Brownstone with a monster filled with terrible power and darkness, street thief Kierse, when, instead of killing her, the monster offers her a job -- gets a glimpse into who she really is, which could be something far worse than a monster.
Some things aren't supposed to exist outside of our imagination. Thirteen years ago, monsters emerged from the shadows and plunged Kierse's world into a cataclysmic war of near-total...
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Mistborn novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 33
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Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.
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Black Dagger Brotherhood. Main series volume 16
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English
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Longing for the man she left behind when she ran from a drug lord's family, former cat burglar Sola Morte returns to her past when he falls into a coma, but his secret may have her running again.
Sola Morte, former cat burglar and safecracker, is on the run from a drug lord's family. Her heart, though, is back up north, with the only man who has ever gotten through her defenses: Assail, son of Assail, who never meant to fall in love-- and certainly...
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Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne's docks, is nothing her unique abilities can't handle. But unbeknownst to her, Sancia's been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The Merchant Houses who control this magic--the art of using coded commands to imbue everyday objects with sentience--have already...
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Nick Miller novels volume 1
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English
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A detective takes on a vengeful ex-con in London’s seedy underworld in this classic thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell.
After nine years in prison, thief Ben Garvald has been released, and he’s headed back to the old neighborhood. His remarried ex-wife and sister-in-law aren’t happy about it, and they’ve asked for police protection. Det. Sgt. Nick Miller,...
After nine years in prison, thief Ben Garvald has been released, and he’s headed back to the old neighborhood. His remarried ex-wife and sister-in-law aren’t happy about it, and they’ve asked for police protection. Det. Sgt. Nick Miller,...
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Another Coop heist volume 2
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English
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Master thief Coop and his DOPS teammates trigger unexpected chaos when they steal a not-quite-dead and very lovesick Egyptian mummy that wields terrifying magic.
8) Bloodshot
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Cheshire red reports volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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When blind vampire Ian Stott hires thief Raylene Pendle to steal medical documents that may help restore his sight, Raylene learns about Bloodshot, a government-sanctioned project that involved performing cruel experiments on vampires. With the proverbial men in black closing in on her, Raylene follows the Bloodshot document trail from Seattle to Atlanta, where she teams up with a deadly drag queen whose sister was one of the project's victims.
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2019.
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"Growing up during the Depression in the segregated coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, the bright and willful Doris Payne dreamed big. Fascinated by the fine clothes, jewels, and lifestyles in magazines such as Town & Country and Harper's Bazaar, she imagined a world beyond herself, one in which she did not carry the weight of limitations that others imposed on her and where her beloved mother was free from her father's abuse. After the...
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Another Coop heist volume 1
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English
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"Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels--a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back. again and again. 2000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world...
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Pandava volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.
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2020.
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English
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"A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series...
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Ancient blades trilogy volume 3
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Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Armed with one of seven Ancient Blades, Malden was chosen by Fate to act as savior..and failed dismally. Suddenly friends and former supporters alike covet the young hero's magic while seeking his destruction.
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Riley Wolfe novels volume 2
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"A masterful thief plots an impossible crime in Book 2 of the Riley Wolfe series"--
Pulling off an impossible crime is the only way he can stay alive. Stealing a Faberge egg. Surviving a double cross. And pulling off the most incredible robbery ever, for the world's most demanding--and dangerous collector. This will be the challenge of thief extraordinaire Riley Wolfe's life. -- adapted from dust jacket
15) The Jensen brand
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Jensen brand (William Johnstone) volume 1
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English
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After Smoke is injured in a shootout with some cow thieves, his wife, Sally, puts out a call for help to the entire Jensen clan, a force to be reckoned with ready to face down the deadliest of outlaws.
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2022.
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English
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"An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins. A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts: A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he's forbidden to wield and carves...
18) Thieves like us
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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After ditching "the world's worst husband," Janet Aims hocks her wedding ring and a ridiculously tacky necklace to cash in on her marriage losses. But just when Janet thinks she's buried the past, the police claim that the necklace is part of the stolen Pellinni jewel collection. With Colombian gangsters hot on her trail, Janet turns to ex-con Rocky Hernandez, the one man who knows the ins and outs of Detroit's seedy underbelly.
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KS Publications
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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An urban tale about a cunning, street savvy chick named Tina Martin who also goes by the name Green Eyes. She is a master manipulator, who takes from her victims until she can't take anymore.
Tina Martin, aka "Green Eyes", never caught a break in life until she got hired as a housekeeper at one of the most lavish, five star hotels in Atlantic City. Recruiting her baby sister Shelby Martin, to be her partner in crime the two found a lucrative, side...
20) Say no more
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Gravediggers (Liliana Hart) volume 3
Publisher
Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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