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"The true story of the world's most prolific art thief -- a spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Woods. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years--in museums and cathedrals all over Europe...
Author
Series
Book of the Holt volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This first book in a new fantasy series from the author of the acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series follows an unlikely pair as they expose the secrets at the heart of the mountain city of Ancris"--
3) Dark canyon
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Gaylord Riley set up a cattle range bordering Dark Canyon, a tough stretch of country. Rustlers used it to drive stolen cattle across the mountains. Desperate men skulked in it when they were in trouble. It was a road for bandit raids. When Gaylord Riley chooses the notorious Dark Canyon, the lair of ruthless outlaws, to set up his cattle ranch, he finds himself struggling to cope with rustlers, a deadly feud, bandit raids, and his own less-than-law-abiding...
Author
Series
Kithamar trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countless thousands live and their stories endure. This is Garreth's. Garreth Left is heir to one of Kithamar's most prominent merchant families. The path of his life was paved long before he was born. Learn the family trade, marry to secure wealthy in-laws, and inherit the business when the time is right. But to Garreth, a life chosen for him is no life at...
Author
Series
Phantom thief Red volume 1
Publisher
JY
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Asuka Kouzuki is just a normal twelve-year-old girl on spring break -- until she learns she's from a long line of phantom thieves! For generations, her family has been stealing from bad guys and helping others, and her dad has been secretly teaching her the skills for the job her whole life. Now that she's about to turn thirteen, it's time for her to take on the role alongside her cousin Kei, a genius with an IQ of 200. Thanks to her superhuman athletic...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"For Dan Killoe, leading a cattle drive across harsh wilderness newly won in the war with Mexico meant a chance to prove himself to his father and his friends. It also meant riding alongside the man who had been like an older brother to him, a charismatic gunman named Tap Henry. But there was a lot about Tap that Dan didn't know. Through miles of dust, nights under the stars, and a battle with Comanches, they would ride together, until Tap revealed...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books / Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The single greatest work of art in the world is not in the Louvre or The Met, or in any private collection. In fact, its whereabouts are unknown. Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them to acquire the greatest works of art through theft, bribery,...
Author
Publisher
Black Odyssey Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Before her Hollywood dreams were shattered, Pearle Monalise Brown was the tenacious aspiring actress from Compton's unforgiving, scarred streets. Never broken, Pearle switches gears to a fallback plan--resorting to her beauty and acting skills to swindle money and expensive jewels. When she's hired by the Colombian cartel to steal a priceless Basquiat from the debonair kingpin and art collector, Blaque, her talents might not be enough to keep her...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous murder in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. Malcolm MacArthur was a well-known Dublin socialite and heir. Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his inheritance had dwindled to almost nothing, a desperate...
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For Balthazar and his family of thieves, stealing a statue during the annual celebration of the god Karanis was just a good bit of fun...or a way to stick it to the governor who murdered his parents. And yeah, the small fortune in reward doesn't hurt--even if his boss also hired the mysterious Queen of Days to join the crew as "the weapon of last resort..." Whatever that means. But Bal doesn't know the ceremony isn't simply empty words and dusty...
11) Dirty thirty
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Stephanie Plum, Trenton's hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe. Stephanie is also looking for another troubled man, Duncan Dugan, a fugitive from justice arrested for robbing the same jewelry store on the same...
12) Lucero
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this electrifying conclusion to the epic trilogy, the prince and the thief must band together one last time to stop the magical imbalance before Sombra regains his full strength once more--and to fulfill their prophecy before darkness reigns.
In the aftermath of Sombra's return, the balance between light and dark magic has been destroyed and chaos has broken out in Castallan and around the world. Sombra's shadows have taken over to create monstrous...
13) Malibu burning
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Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles' history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years-in museums and cathedrals all over Europe-Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief,...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Against the unforgiving landscape of a hospital, a group of terminally ill patients embraces the joys within their reach: friendship, freedom, rebellion. Each in their own way is broken; each in their own way is stronger for it. In the midst of pain and loss, they find community, even miracles, and together they are determined to reclaim from life what illness has taken from them. But a singular heartbreak has led one to swear off love forever. The...
Author
Series
Trilogía Stella Nera volume 1
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Aurora es conocida en todo el mundo como "la ladrona de guante negro", la experta criminal que se esconde tras los mayores robos de joyas de la historia. Lleva años burlándose de la policía y sus actos la han convertido en una mujer cruel y despiadada, en alguien que no le teme a nada y que es incapaz de resistirse a las piedras preciosas más singulares. Aurora nunca ha tenido rival y su fijación ha encontrado un nuevo objetivo: el Zafiro de...
17) The frame-up
Author
Publisher
Del Rey, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Dani Poissant is the daughter and former accomplice of the world's most famous art thief. There was no job too big for Maria and her loyal crew. The secret to their success? A little thing called magic, kept rigorously secret from the non-magical world. They seemed unstoppable... until a teenage Dani turned her mother over to the FBI. Ten years later, with Maria still in prison, Dani finds herself approached for a job thtat only Maria and her crew...
Author
Series
Gods of night and day volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The first in a new epic fantasy series from David R. Slayton, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea is a powerful story of divine betrayal, ghosts, and self-discovery, perfect for fans of the Dark Souls series or Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. When Phoebe, goddess of the moon, is killed by the knights of the sun god, Hyperion, all who follow her are branded heretics. With Phoebe gone, the souls of the dead are no longer ferried to the underworld, and instead linger...
19) Airlock
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, nonbinary teen Brick must rescue the crew of the spaceship they snuck onto when it is taken over by pirates."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The drama of Dungeons & Dragons has come to brilliant life via the epic stories played out live on the hit streaming show Critical Role. Now the adventures take all-new twists and turns in the first official novel based on characters from the popular series. Kith & Kin will follow a brand-new story, featuring the cunning ranger Vex'ahlia and the conning rogue Vax'ildan (and, of course, Trinket) years before they meet Vox Machina. After leaving the...
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