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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. But everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 32
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1974
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew comes to the aid of the owners of a local dancing school when they receive an anonymous note threatening their lives.
4) Trackers
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When he agrees to help smuggle a pair of rare black rhinos out of Zimbabwe, freelance bodyguard Lemmer experiences unexpected complications in the form of a fledgling private investigator and a journalist who recently left her abusive family.
Author
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Spencer Lark already knows too many secrets about Arizona Storm, including the nightmare she survived and her resulting trust issues. But in order to expose a smuggling ring -- and continue avenging his own tragic past -- the bounty hunter reluctantly agrees to make Arizona a decoy. Yet nothing has equipped him for her hypnotic blend of fragility and bravery, or for the protective instincts she stirs in him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In order to inherit a large fortune, Christopher "Kit" Ellingsworth must marry within a month and chooses Tamsyn Pearce, who runs a secret smuggling operation, only to discover after their wedding that she now controls the money.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this high-stakes romantic suspense novel where tensions mount on both sides of the border, bestselling author Kelly Irvin explores what happens when the past explodes against the present and the only person you can turn to is the one who broke your heart"--
Laredo, Texas. When a man she's never met shows up at her restaurant, a bullet in his chest and her brother's name on his lips, Gabriella realizes he is connected to a powerful ring of criminals...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping Regency romance of smugglers, adventure, mystery, and life-changing love from celebrated author KJ Charles. Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and well-used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming man in a London molly house, he falls head over heels--until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York's Chinatown managed a mulitmillion-dollar business smuggling people."--Page 4 of cover
Author
Publisher
& Other Stories
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back. Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young woman who knows only too well how to survive in a violent, macho world. Leaving behind her life in Mexico to search for her...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and anthropologist Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet media and politicians have always characterized smugglers-or coyotes,...
15) Inside out
Publisher
WWE Studios
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When his best friend Jack disappears after a contraband smuggling deal goes awry, ex-convict AJ is forced to protect Jack's family from the mobsters intent on recovering their goods.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author Brownsville and Amigoland--a stunning and timely new novel about a Mexican-American family in a Texas border town who reluctantly become involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States. Brownsville, Texas, has a dangerous reputation: it sits on the U.S. side of the bridge into Matamoros, Mexico, a city controlled by notorious cartels. But that isn't why 12-year-old Orly doesn't want to visit. Though he's still grieving...
Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 2
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Milo is stuck spending the winter holidays in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem-again! He will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul"--
18) The marble mask
Author
Series
Joe Gunther mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, "Dear Dull Derring," is a lot more interesting--and perfidious--dead than alive. It's a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero...
20) Sands of Dune
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Collected for the first time, these four previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to the splendor of the imperial homeworld of Kaitain, readers...
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