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Author
Publisher
Plaza y Janés
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Madrid, actualidad. Ana García-Brest, experta en arte, recibe la llamada de Martin, el joven y misterioso buscador de tesoros a quien conoció fugazmente durante la búsqueda de El Astrólogo en La Tabla Esmeralda. Han asesinado a un magnate italiano y un poderoso tesoro está en peligro: el Medallón de Hiram, una reliquia mágica que perteneció al arquitecto del templo de Salomón. Nadie conoce el paradero exacto de la pieza y Martin necesita...
83) Rain on the dead
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In the past few years, the killing and capture of many Al-Qaeda leaders has left the terrorist organization wounded--but by no means dead. And they intend to prove it. On a dark summer night, two Chechen mercenaries emerge from the waters off Nantucket to kill a high-value target, the former president of the United States, Jake Cazalet. Unfortunately for them, Cazalet has guests with him, including black ops specialist Sean Dillon and his colleague,...
Author
Series
Lincoln's bodyguard volume 1
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
Villianized by the South for killing John Wilkes Booth, thereby saving President Lincoln, Joseph Foster disappears following the kidnapping of his daughter, years later he recieves a plea for help from Lincoln.
85) The Union
Author
Series
Union volume 1
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Saige Wilde, a mixed-race enslaved girl saves her from an assassination attempt, 18-year-old Avi Jore, born to a powerful father and destined to rule, find their paths becoming intertwined in ways they never imagined as their efforts spark a revolution -- and underscore the staggering power of friendship.
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The brilliant new novel in Robert B. Parker's New York Times-bestselling series featuring police chief Jesse Stone. All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing, too, because Jesse Stone is preoccupied with the women in his life, both past and present. As his ex-wife, Jenn, is about to marry a Dallas real-estate tycoon, Jesse isn't too sure his relationship with former FBI agent Diana Evans is built to last. But...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them....
Author
Series
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2021].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated when he was shot by Charles Guiteau in July 1881, less than four months after he was elected president. But Garfield didn't actually die until 80 days later. In this page-turner, award-winning author Gail Jarrow delves into the fascinating story of the relationship between Garfield and Guiteau, and relates the gruesome details of Garfield's slow and agonizing death. She...
Author
Series
Dreamspun desires volume 80
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Prosecutor Camden Warren is on the fast track to professional nirvana. With his charm, his sharp legal mind, and his father as chief judge in the highest court in NY, he can't fail. Nothing can derail his rise to the top... until an attempt on his life forces him to accept the help of a man he walked out on five years ago. Wounded in the line of duty, Lieutenant Elijah Stephenson wants to ride his new desk job until retirement - not take a glorified...
91) Hawken's heart
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Government agent Crash Hawken awakens in a hospital to learn that he is the prime suspect in the attempted assassination of a commanding officer. Charged with treason, conspiracy, and murder, he is alone--except for Nell Burns. Now they are determined to uncover what really happened.
92) Season of fear
Author
Series
Cab Bolton novels volume 2
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
[2014], 2015.
Language
English
Description
Politician Diane Fairmont is running for the Florida governorship, but a chill is cast over the campaign when she receives an anonymous note announcing the return of the assassin who killed her husband ten years earlier. Because of complicated ties between Fairmont and his mother, movie actress Tarla Bolton, Detective Cad Bolton is assigned to the case. A desperate race against the clock ensues as Bolton tries to unlock the secrets of a poisonous...
96) Diamondhead
Author
Series
Mack Bedford novels volume 1
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
97) We have tired of violence: a true story of murder, memory, and the fight for justice in Indonesia
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A chilling work of true crime about the midair murder of Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in 2004, set against a riveting political drama in the world's fourth-largest nation"--
Author
Series
Reaper novels (Nicholas Irving) volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A convoy of cars carrying several family members of the President's cabinet to Camp David for "Family Day" is ambushed, killing and wounding wives, husbands and children. Immediately in the aftermath, Vick Harwood watches a Facebook live feed of his former ranger buddy Sammie Samuelson's apparent suicide and confession in his Thurmont, Maryland apartment, just one mile from Camp David. Remnants of a firefight are in the background: sniper rifle,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A historical narrative of the events surrounding the death of the 35th president is set against the backdrop of an escalating Cold War and describes the many political challenges Kennedy was facing before his assassination, in an account that also describes Lee Harvey Oswald's story and the events surrounding his death.
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