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A vacation to Sunset Cove was her way of celebrating and thanking her parents. After all, Claire Dellamore's childhood was like a fairytale. But with the help of Luke Elwell, Claire discovers that fairytale was really an elaborate lie.The minute she steps inside the grand Inn at Ocean's Edge, Claire Dellamare knows something terrible happened there. She feels it in her bones. Her ensuing panic attack causes a scene, upsetting her parents. Claire attempts...
62) Holly: a novel
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When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down. Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture...
63) The investigator
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Letty Davenport novels volume 1
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English
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Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investigative reins in the newest thriller from #1 bestselling author John Sandford. By age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master's in economics, she's restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. Letty's ready to quit, but her...
64) Ghostly echoes
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Jackaby volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"The highly anticipated third volume of the paranormal detective series perfect for "readers who enjoy Doctor Who, Supernatural, Grimm...and of course, Sherlock Holmes stories, and who are ready to say up into the wee hours." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold...
65) Dark angel
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Letty Davenport novels volume 2
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English
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Letty Davenport's days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas and her incredible skills with firearms draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work. The Department of Homeland Security and the NSA have tasked her with infiltrating a hacker group, known only as Ordinary People, that is intent on wreaking havoc. Letty and her reluctant partner...
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Max Revere novels volume 1
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2014.
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English
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Maxine Revere, a nationally renowned investigator of cold cases, looks into the suspicious suicide of an old friend in an attempt to clear his name in the killing of Max's best friend thirteen years earlier, when they were all high school students.
67) Blue moon
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Mundy's Landing volume 2
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HarperCollins
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[2016]
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English
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Hair neatly braided, hands serenely clasped, eyes closed, the young woman appeared to be sound asleep. But the peaceful tableau was a madman's handiwork. Beneath the covers, her white nightgown was spattered in blood. At daybreak, a horrified family would discover her corpse tucked into their guest room. The cunning killer would strike again ... and again ... before vanishing into the mists of time. A century ago, the Sleeping Beauty murders terrified...
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Ballantine Books
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[2023]
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English
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"The amateur DNA sleuth who solved one of the most infamous cold cases in American history -- the Golden State Killer crime spree -- tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have forever changed criminal investigations. In the span of just a few years, Barbara Rae-Venter went from researching her family history as a retiree to finding a serial killer who had baffled law enforcement for decades. I Know Who You...
69) Deep freeze
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"Class reunions: a time for memories--good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, deadly--in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota, a little too well. A few years back, he investigated the corrupt - and as it turned out, homicidal - local school board, and now the town's back in view with more alarming news: A woman's been found dead, frozen in a block of ice. There's...
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Princeton University Press
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[2021]
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English
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"The findings of forensic science--from DNA profiles and chemical identifications of illegal drugs to comparisons of bullets, fingerprints, and shoeprints--are widely used in police investigations and courtroom proceedings. While we recognize the significance of this evidence for criminal justice, the actual work of forensic scientists is rarely examined and largely misunderstood. Blood, Powder, and Residue goes inside a metropolitan crime laboratory...
73) The gone world
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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[2018]
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English
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Time-travel secret agent Shannon Moss visits future time periods for clues about a Navy SEAL astronaut's murdered family and the disappearance of his teenage daughter, a case that is complicated by the SEAL's and Shannon's own impact on the timeline.
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd and his cold case team tackle their cases with a new colleague, Sarah Cavendish, a brilliant ex-counter-terrorism officer who has fallen from grace. Will she help or hinder the team₂s searches for a killer with a twisted mind; the perpetrators of crippling state childcare; and the murderer of a veteran-turned-peace activist, rumored to have been killed by the government. Will Boyd find justice for sixteen dismembered...
75) Thick as thieves
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2020.
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English
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Twenty years ago, four seemingly random individuals pulled the ultimate heist and almost walked away with half a million dollars. But by daybreak, one of them was in the hospital, one was in jail, one was dead, and one got away with it. Arden Maxwell, the daughter of the man who disappeared all those years ago presumably with the money after murdering his accomplice, has never reconciled with her father's abandonment. She decides to return to her...
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.When Marshall McEwan left his hometown at age eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away ultimately spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington D.C. But just as the political chaos in the nation's...
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Crown
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English
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When the body of a college friend is discovered twenty years after her disappearance, Judith, the only witness who can testify to the innocence of the chief suspect, is forced to confront dark secrets from her past that compromise the healthy life she has built for her family.
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Samantha Owens novels volume 3
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English
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After suffering a terrible personal loss, Dr. Samantha Owens is settling into a new job at Georgetown University when she recieves a letter from a dead man asking to solve his murder. As she investigates the man's death, she is pulled into a twenty-year-old mystery involving a kidnapped child as well as the present-day death of Timothy Savage.
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Real pigeons volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! Did you know your city is protected by a secret squad of crime-fighting pigeons? It's true! With master of disguise Rock Pigeon, bendy Tumbler, strong Frillback and super-finder Homey, the Real Pigeons will solve any mystery and fight any bad guy to keep the city safe!
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Wedding cake decorator and maid of honor in her beloved cousin's wedding, Piper Donovan must save the day when the impending nuptials are threatened by the disappearance of a bridesmaid, the discovery of a body on the wedding beach, and the arrival of the lecherous, ex-drug dealer best man.
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