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Author
Series
Gideon Crew volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left...
Author
Series
The three novels volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the chaos that ensues when a cruise ship is stranded and passengers fall ill amid rumors of shadowy figures on the lower decks.
Author
Series
Cab Bolton novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When her husband, a former teacher, is wrongly accused of a local murder after a scandal involving one of his students, Hilary Bradley resolves to prove his innocence and finds a lone supporter in quirky detective Cab Bolton, who confronts shocking local secrets.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A NICE, NORMAL HOUSE ... Linda has lived in a quiet neighborhood ever since fleeing the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is--pushing the vacuum around and cooking fish sticks for supper is a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy catalogues coming through the mail slot addressed to the previous occupant, Rebecca. A NICE, NORMAL HUSBAND? Terry isn't perfect--he...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
There she sits, the girl on the train. What she sees gazing out the window, will change everything. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She looks forward to it. She's even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason...
Publisher
Focus on the Family
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The new kid in town isn't exactly cool. Dylan will have to see past Elliot's 'nerdy' ways. A critical choice and a powerful lesson of friendship and love. Then, Whit's working on a secret invention, but Dylan and Sal can't stand not knowing what it is. When they sneak into the workshop, they discover that every action, no matter how small it may seem, can have big consequences. Next, Connie and Dylan have gotten caught up in a mystery movie and now...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A spooky and witty Knives Out-style whodunnit featuring a long-ago love affair, icy death, and a rich family gone bad, from Kat Rosenfield, the acclaimed author of the Edgar nominated No One Will Miss Her"--
"On Christmas Eve, eighty-five-year-old Miriam Gardiner walks onto the vast frozen river behind her home. As a younger woman, she used to steal out on winter nights to meet her lover, walking straight across the ice to their secret meeting place....
9) The fallout
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A sequel to The Compound finds Eli and his family struggling to acclimate to the outside world after escaping the compound where his father imprisoned them for six years, an effort that is complicated by an intrusive media and disturbing revelations about his father's company.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The peaceful life of two aging sisters is shattered when they take in a young Polish violinist who they find injured after having been washed ashore near their coastal English home. Their town is suspicious of any visitors and things get worse when he befriends a Russian woman who is visiting the town.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In a modern-day Britain experiencing widespread drought, Ruth Ardingly becomes a target of suspicion as her farm remains green and lush, and when her seven-year-old grandson drowns in one of the few remaining ponds in the countryside, Ruth believes his death was no accident.
Author
Publisher
Scarlet
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After a lifetime of hardship, Jessica Thornton finally has the life she's dreamed of: a new marriage to a realtor with burgeoning success; a daughter whose athleticism has won her a scholarship to college; and a freshly-secured grant from her bank to finally complete her own higher education. Her life today is a complete reversal from the not-too-distant past, when the death of her first husband left her penniless and desperate to provide for her...
Author
Language
English
Description
A dark, riveting, beautifully written book--by "a brilliant novelist," according to Richard Bausch--that combines noir and the gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder. Late one winter afternoon in upstate New York, George Clare comes home to find his wife killed and their three-year-old daughter alone--for how many hours?--in her room across the hall. He had recently,...
14) Yesterday's kin
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Marianne Jenner, a geneticist and mother of three, has 10 months to try to avert a disaster and keep her family intact after aliens land in New York.
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The twelfth installment in Stephanie Barron's fan-favorite Being a Jane Austen Mystery series. Christmas Eve, 1814: Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at The Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family. As the year fades and friends begin to gather beneath the mistletoe for the twelve days of Christmas festivities, Jane and her circle are in a celebratory mood: Mansfield...
16) La ley del padre
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Existe un mundo que solo pertenece a una elite. Una realidad que los demás creemos anhelar, pero que apenas un puñado de escogidos conocen. Es el mundo de las grandes fortunas y el poder. Un universo donde todos tenemos un precio, siempre que haya alguien dispuesto a pagarlo. Esta es la historia de una familia con mucho dinero y muy pocos escrúpulos. Los Gómez-Arjona son dueños de un enorme imperio mediático y su patriarca, Arturo, parece tenerlo...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Ben Garner is about to go from Good Samaritan to murder suspect after he discovers the body of his neighbor's son in the woods. As Detective Andrea Cornell digs for the truth, town secrets and lies come to the surface and no one is above suspicion.
18) Shadow ridge
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Echo Valley, Colorado, is a place where the natural beauty of a stunning river valley meets a budding hipster urbanity. But when an internet stalker is revealed to be a cold-blooded killer in real life the peaceful community is rocked to its core. It should have been an open-and-shut case: the suicide of Tye Horton, the designer of a cutting-edge video game. But Detective Jo Wyatt is immediately suspicious of Quinn Kirkwood, who reported the death....
19) Gone West
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Visiting a friend in 1926 Derbyshire, Daisy learns that her friend has been ghost-writing a popular novelist's most recent, and more successful, works while the novelist succumbs to a suspicious illness, compelling Daisy to investigate other members of his household.
20) Temptation
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Wall Street broker Callie Smith is taken by surprise with TV network president Jason Kane's offer of a recurring role on a failing soap opera, not to mention his romantic attentions or her growing closer to her mother and family.
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