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Author
Series
Cinder spires volume 1
Publisher
ROC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An airship's crew become humanity's lone defenders when an ancient enemy reawakens and threatens the world with monstrous creatures and perpetual darkness.
23) The fallen angel
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 12
Language
English
Description
When the body of a woman is found beneath Michelangelo's dome, Gabriel Allon is summoned by Monsignor Luigi Donati to secretly investigate this mysterious death that has been ruled a suicide--a case that brings about an unthinkable act of sabotage that will plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A prequel to "The Godfather" continues the saga of the Corleone family during the Great Depression, when Vito hides the truth of his occupation from his children and engages in violent measures to secure his family's fortunes at the end of the Prohibition Era.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned for her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident. Are the mind games their long-lost brother Garth has been playing turning physical? Or is someone else out to get them?
27) The forgotten
Author
Series
John Puller novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. Now he has a new case -- but this time, the crime is personal: his aunt has been found dead in Paradise, Florida. A picture-perfect town on Florida's Gulf Coast, Paradise thrives on the wealthy tourists and retirees drawn to its gorgeous weather and beaches. The local police have ruled...
28) His right hand
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
In Draper, Utah, a tight-knit Mormon community is thrown into upheaval when their ward's second counselor -- one of the bishop's right-hand men -- is found dead in an elaborately staged murder on church property. Carl Ashby was known as a devout Mormon, a pillar of the community, and a loving husband and father. Who would want him dead? Linda Wallheim, the wife of the ward's bishop, can't rest as long as the ward is suffering. She is particularly...
29) The sixth man
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Edgar Roy -- an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility -- is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins -- en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered. It is now up to them to ask the...
30) You can't hide
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli is confronted with a dilemma when someone begins to stalk her patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and she finds herself bound by her medical oath not to expose her patients' privacy despite the growing danger.
Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Ex-SAS warrior and former private security consultant Major Hector Cross is forced to take the law into his own hands to stop old and new enemies intent on global domination.
32) Dark Skye
Author
Series
Immortals after dark series volume 15
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eternal Obsession. Though centuries have past since Thronos, Lord of Skye Hall, lost the one woman meant for him, nothing can cool his never-ending need for Melanthe. She was the girl he loved and lost as a boy, the girl who nearly destroyed him. Desperate Yearning Lanthe, a once-powerful sorceress struggling to reclaim her gifts, searches for love and acceptance with all the wrong immortal suitors. But she's never forgotten Thronos, the fallen angel...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bridesmaids meets The In-Laws in a novel told from the alternating perspectives of two women who define the term frenemies. From New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster. Jacqueline Jordan knows conflict. A fearless journalist, she's spent the past decade embedded in the world's hot spots, writing about the fall of nations and the rise of despots. But if you were to inquire about who topped Jack's enemy list, she'd not hesitate to answer:...
34) Torture town
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
In the town of Thirty-Four Corners, Colorado, Matt Jensen rides into a savage blood feud. Thirty years ago two friends came West and built a thriving cattle business. Now, their families have become kill-crazy enemies and the town is awash in a frenzy of killing. Add in hired gunmen on both sides of the fight, and two lovers crossing the dividing line, and the terror will never end.
35) Vicious
Author
Series
Villains (V. E. Schwab) volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-- brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things...
Author
Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
For centuries there have been rumors of another continent on the dragons' planet -- another land far across the ocean, populated by tribes of dragons very different from those we know. But there's never been any evidence, and most dragons dismissed the rumors as fairy tales. Until now. Because it turns out the stories are true. And the other tribes are coming.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Summoned by her brother, the king, when the body of a murdered noble is discovered near Cashel in 670 Ireland, Fidelma and her companion, Eadulf, follow scanty clues linking the victim a violent uprising under the leadership of a religious fanatic.
Author
Series
Raven's shadow volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order. The brothers of the Sixth Order are devoted to battle, and Vaelin will be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate and dangerous life of a warrior of the Faith. He has no family now save the Order. Vaelin's father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the Unified Realm. Vaelin's rage at being deprived of his birthright and dropped at the doorstep...
Author
Language
English
Description
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa will keep them safe from the war raging across Europe. Eighteen-year-old Cristina spends her days swimming in the pool, playing with her young niece and nephew, and wandering aimlessly amid the estate's gardens and olive groves. But when two soldiers, a German and an Italian, arrive at the villa asking...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Caught up in a moment of boyhood competition, William Bellman recklessly aims his slingshot at a rook resting on a branch, killing the bird instantly. It is a small but cruel act, and is soon forgotten. By the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, William seems to have put the whole incident behind him. It was as if he never killed the thing at all. But rooks don't forget ....
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