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61) Dark horse
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"After Evan Smoak broke with the Orphan Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission--The Nowhere Man. Having survived an attack on his life, Evan isn't interested in taking on a new mission, but one finds him anyway. Aragon Urrea is a kingpin of a drug-dealing operation in South Texas. However, for all his money and power, he's helpless when one of the most vicious cartels kidnaps his daughter. With no other way to rescue her, he turns to The...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In a tale inspired by the brutality and beauty of life on the Arizona-Mexico border, September 11 widower Gil Castle finds his efforts to heal challenged by dark truths about his fearsome grandfather and retaliations against an act of kindness.
63) White cargo
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A man is left for dead when Columbian pirates raid his yacht and murder his wife and daughter. But soon after, he receives a phone call which reveals that his daughter is still alive.
64) The safe house
Author
Series
Black market (Kiki Swinson) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all paid and money in her pocket. But the plan fell apart and now she's made an enemy. He's a drug cartel leader out to destroy any competition--and get payback by any means necessary . . ."--
It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all...
65) High stakes
Author
Series
Men of the sisterhood volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Investigative reporter Dennis West joined forces with the men of the Sisterhood to help fight corruption and greed on behalf of underdogs everywhere. Now he and his band of brothers are on a mission to help an old friend in danger: Toby Mason was a whip-smart college nerd - nothing like the buff dancer at the Supper Club who's reached out to Dennis. The owners of the Supper Club adult-entertainment franchise have expanded their empire through tours,...
66) Mercy River
Author
Series
Van Shaw novels volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Helping a fellow veteran accused of murder, Van Shaw is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth involving smuggled opioids, ruthless mercenaries, and deadly family secrets that will challenge his notions of brotherhood and justice --
Author
Series
Logan Point volume 4
Language
English
Description
Two years ago, Bailey Adams broke off her engagement to Danny Maxwell and fled Logan Point for the mission field in Chihuahua, Mexico. Now she's about to return home to the States, but there's just one problem. After Bailey meets with the uncle of one of the mission children in the city, she barely escapes a sudden danger. Now she's on the run--she just doesn't know from whom. To make matters worse, people who help her along the way find themselves...
68) Killer dolls
Author
Series
Killer dolls (Nisa Santiago) volume 1
Publisher
Melodrama Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Aoki and her friends, Ri-Ri and Tisa, agree to help a friend with his drug game, their escapade is caught on camera and goes viral, but this newfound fame leads to jealousy and envy.
69) Above the paw
Author
Series
Paw enforcement volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When college students fall seriously ill after ingesting a club drug, Officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner Brigit go undercover to infiltrate the drug ring and are led in an unexpected and dangerous direction that places their lives at risk.
70) Rosarito beach
Author
Series
Agent Kay Hamilton novels volume 1
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, A member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Moving to San Diego in the aftermath of a notorious case in Miami, brash DEA Agent Kay Hamilton is unwittingly embroiled in a personally wrenching, international sting involving the younger brother of Mexico's most brutal drug lord.
Author
Series
Agent Kay Hamilton novels volume 3
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Interrupting a heist that has left her employer at the shady Callahan Group seriously injured, covert intelligence agent Kay Hamilton follows a whispered clue to unexpected adversaries at the NSA.
73) The committed
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The astonishing sequel to The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, The Committed follows the "man of two minds" as he comes to Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend,...
74) The cut: a novel
Author
Series
Spero Lucas mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After returning home from serving in Iraq, Spero Lucas makes a living doing special investigations for a defense attorney and catches the attention of a high-profile crime boss who offers Lucas a high paying job he can't refuse.
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 22
Language
English
Description
Reacher is taking the bus north from Milwaukee, and at a comfort stop in Wisconsin he takes a stroll. Among the cheap junk in a pawn shop window he notices a West Point class ring for sale. It's tiny. A woman cadet's ring. Why would she pawn it? Reacher knows what Serena Sanderson must have gone through to get it. In following the trail of the ring, he'll have to fight through a biker gang and a South Dakota gangster, in search of Major Sanderson.
The...
Author
Series
Wifey volume 9
Publisher
Dafina
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Aware that danger is lurking around the corner, Kira surrounds herself with help, namely her fiancé Dylan, but when he comes up against her father about a life-threatening issue, Kira must determine where her loyalty lies.
77) The deceivers
Author
Series
Vale Hall volume 1
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Brynn Hilder's academic record and talent for running cons earns her a place at Dr. Odin's exclusive private school Vale Hall, where students are trained to collect secrets that have the power to overthrow corrupt politicians.
78) The obsession
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After freeing her mother from an abusive relationship, Delilah Wong refuses to play a part in Logan's delusional romance -- but how can she convince him to let her go?
79) The contractors
Author
Series
Jon Cantrell novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Joe Cantrell, a disgraced ex-cop, works for a private military contractor. He's a DEA agent paid on a commission basis, patrolling one of the busiest drug-hubs in the country: Dallas, Texas. When Cantrell confiscates the wrong shipment of drugs, he finds himself in possession of a star witness in a cartel trial that could destroy the largest criminal organization in the hemisphere.
80) The block
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Kensington Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"On the outside, Tone seems to have it all. He has a father he looks up to and an older brother who keeps him under his wing--until the day his father crosses a line that changes everything. Tone is forced to enter a world he knew nothing about."--P. [4] of cover.
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