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81) Hidden
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Series
Alex Verus novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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When Anne Walker, who has cut all ties with the mage community after getting kicked out of the apprentice program, is kidnapped, Alex Versus, with his talent for divining the future, must journey deep into the shadow realm of Sagash to rescue this woman who no longer trusts him.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Forced out of her isolated life, Nell Ingram{u2014}referred to PsyLED, a government agency policing paranormals by skinwalker Jane Yellowrock{u2014}is thrust into an investigation that leads her to the vampire Blood Master of Nashville and deep into the heart of the very cult she fears.
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English
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"Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o' joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose. Del Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, its strong cups of coffee--and a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff--an election her adorably meddlesome parents entered her...
84) Ruthless
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
©2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"When Ruth is kidnapped, she's determined not to become this serial-killer's next trophy. After she's able to escape, her captor begins stalking her through the wilderness"--
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English
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When a string of high-profile kidnappings in Washington, D.C., escalate upon the discovery that the victims are being murdered, an eventual ransom demand triggers terror throughout the country and covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is summoned to put an end to the crisis.
86) In a dark house
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Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James mysteries volume 10
Language
English
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Lovecraft Country volume 1
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English
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Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George-- publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide-- and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite, heir to the estate that owned one of Atticuss ancestors, they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of...
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Artemis Fowl series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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In order to free his father from the Russian Mafiya, Artemis must join forces with the fairy police and his familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short.
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Jonathan Grave thrillers volume 4
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English
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When a bus full of teenagers on a church mission is taken hostage and the ransom demands are explicit, rescue specialist Jonathan Grave, who doesn't believe in ultimatums, discovers that someone within the U.S. government is willing to sacrifice innocent lives in order to protect a deadly secret.
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Jesse Stone mysteries volume 7
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English
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Apache hit man, Wilson "Crow" Cromartie returns to Paradise after ten years to take Amber Francisco back to her father in Florida, but before returning he is suppose to kill her mother Fiona. It's up to police chief Jesse Stone to provide protection to them.
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English
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When she was twelve years old, Kirra Mandarian's parents were murdered and she barely escaped with her life. Fourteen years later Kirra is a commonwealth attorney back home in Porte Franklin, Virginia, and her goal is to find out who killed her parents and why. She assumes the identity of E.N., Eliot Ness, and gathers proof to bring down the man she believes was behind her parents' deaths. She quickly learns that big-time criminals are very dangerous...
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Ill-mannered ladies volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman. Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gus," is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age of forty-two. She and her twin sister, Julia, who is grieving her dead betrothed,...
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Amara Alvarez volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez discovers that a tragic accident involving a school bus full of kids may not be what it seems. One of the children may still be alive, and if he is, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie"--
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Sigma Force novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
Arriving home, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend's wife, Kat, unconscious on the kitchen floor. His one hope to find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to what happened. But the injured woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot speak. --
96) Southernmost
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"When an evangelical preacher in Tennessee offers shelter to two gay men after a catastrophic flood, he's met with resistance by his wife and congregation, and eventually loses custody of his son. He decides to kidnap his son and flee to Key West, where he suspects his estranged gay brother is living"--
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Series
Carnivia trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
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When a U.S. Army officer's daughter is kidnapped from an American base in Venice, Second Lieutenant Holly Boland, Venetian police captain Kat Tapo, and a genius webmaster join forces to find the missing girl and unravel a plot that reaches back to Italy's wartime past.
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English
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Eliza Blake, host of the top-rated KEY News morning show, has witnessed tragedy and danger in her career. But nothing the accomplished professional has experienced has prepared her for when her seven-year-old daughter, Janie, is snatched from summer camp. She and the rest of the Sunrise Suspense Society--brilliant producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman extraordinaire B.J. D'Elia, and psychiatrist Dr. Margo Gonzalez--will band together to outwit a cunning...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
100) Kidnapped
Author
Series
Irene Kelly mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
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