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61) The shards
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasingly unsettling preoccupation with the Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It all happens so quickly. One day you're living the dream, commuting to work by ferry with your charismatic neighbor Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn't turned up for the boat and his wife, Melia, has reported him missing. When you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. Another passenger saw you and Kit arguing on the boat home the night before and the police say that you had a reason to want him dead. You protest. You and Kit...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec vow to discover the truth behind the untimely death of their friend Vincent van Gogh, which leads them on a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late-nineteenth-century Paris.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this riveting narrative of friendship and exploration, and an homage to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, follows the unforgettable writer as he pioneered new mail routes across the globe, while dealing with a world torn apart by wars and political factions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When his father{u2019}s former law partner is murdered while being celebrated as "Man of the Year," Raymond Donne fights his old police instincts and vows to stay out of the investigation, that is until his childhood home is broken into and one of his students is threatened.
Author
Publisher
A King Production
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Alex and Deion were born in the projects of Atlanta. Their mutual determination to escape their poverty stricken existence fueled a friendship that was unbreakable. But as they grew from to boys to men, the trappings of the streets introduced them to a life of crime and endless money. Those same streets may end up being their ultimate downfall. Can two men share all that power or can there only be one?
68) Of mice and men
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the California's 1930', two unlikely friends, Lenny and George, dream of owning a farm together. Now that they've landed a job on a farm in the Salinas Valley, the dream seems within their grasp. But, the boss' son has a flirtatious wife and a few minutes alone with her dashes all hope of their leading a normal life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When the prestigious law firm of Wayne, Rothstein, and Lincoln catches two major cases--a rape case against a white NBA star who allegedly raped a black stripper, and a murder case against a black rapper who allegedly killed a gay couple and two policemen--Bill O'Neil and Ben Turner are tasked with handling these racially charged litigations."--Publisher's description.
70) Take a chance
Author
Series
Bridgeport Social Club volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kurt Holland moves to Bridgeport to give his younger brother more opportunities, but soon Sam gets in trouble at school. All the stress might be worth it, when he meets Sam's English teacher, Emily.
Kurt Holland moves to Bridgeport, Ohio so his younger brother Sam will have more opportunities, maybe even a scholarship to college. When Sam gets in trouble for fighting at school, Kurt meets Sam's English teacher. Emily Springer is passionate about...
72) Final spin
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A powerful novel of brotherhood and the search for happiness from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Jocko Willink. Johnny is stuck-living at home and watching after his brother while working as a stock boy is not what he dreamed about. But when he and his best friend, Goat, see an opportunity to break free of the monotony and take care of Johnny's brother all in one shot, they jump on it. Now they're on the run and about to find out the price...
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 22
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Seemingly out of the blue, Stone Barrington and NYPD detective Dino Bacchetti receive a most welcome invitation from the White House. It seems that President Will Lee needs their investigative talents -- and legendary discretion -- for a particularly sensitive case. For his part, Stone is pleased to discover they'll be working with his former partner in crime (and in bed), CIA agent Holly Barker. In the exclusive world of Washington politics, power...
Author
Series
Dandelion dynasty volume 3
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gondé to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and ten thousand people...In Dara, the Lyucu leadership as well as the surviving Dandelion Court bristle with rivalries as currents of power surge and ebb and perspectives spin and shift"--
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1989 rural England, two very different men undertake an extraordinary project, forming crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns, but when their work attracts media attention and the authorities, they must race to finish the most stunning and original crop circle ever conceived. Moving and exhilarating, tender and slyly witty, The Perfect Golden Circle is a captivating novel about the futility of war, the destruction of the English countryside,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Peter Straub's Ghost Story meets Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies in this American Indian horror story of revenge on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Four American Indian men from the Blackfeet Nation, who were childhood friends, find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives, against an entity that wants to exact revenge upon them for what they did during an elk hunt ten years earlier by killing them, their families, and friends."--Provided...
77) The other
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When two boys--John William Barry and Neil Countryman-- meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they're brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington's remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family...
Author
Series
Tarot sequence volume 3
Publisher
Pyr
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As Rune Saint John grapples with the challenges of assuming the Sun Throne, a powerful barrier appears around New Atlantis's famed rejuvenation center. But who could have created such formidable magic . . . what do they want from the immortality clinic . . . and what remains of the dozens trapped inside? Though Rune and his lifelong bodyguard Brand are tasked with investigating the mysterious barrier, Rune is also busy settling into his new life at...
79) Boys come first
Author
Publisher
Belt Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After a devastating layoff and sudden breakup, Dominick Gibson flees his life in NYC to try and get back on track in his hometown of Detroit. His one objective-exit the dating pool ASAP and get married by thirty-five. The deadline's approaching fast. Dominick reunites with his best friend, Troy, and meets Remy, a successful real estate agent who's got relationship problems of his own. And when a high-stakes deal threatens to blow up their friendship,...
Author
Publisher
A King Production
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In the conclusion of Power, the best of friends may become the worse of enemies. Alex is determined to seek revenge for the death of his fiance but can a new love heal the pain from losing his first love? Deion continues on his path of destruction but will the streets finally deal him a hand he can't win? As both men struggle with personal and business difficulties their once unbreakable bond seems to be on the verge of complete devastation. More...
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