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41) Midnight rider
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hired to help steal $50,000 in gold bullion, ex-Pinkerton Avrial "Rock" Rochenbach must earn the trust of some of the West's most notorious outlaws.
42) Breaking in
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Millie has one goal: to make a movie in tribute to her late father. At the Manhattan Movie Academy, run by Ricky O'Naire, her favorite director, she's determined to make it happen. But before she can finish her project, the academy is shut down. Seven months later, she sees a preview for the new O'Naire movie--and he's stolen her idea. Outraged, she reunites her former film crew to steal the movie and hold it for ransom days before its high-profile...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew investigates when someone steals a basket of gourmet dog biscuits from a dog show.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Lulu has always been taught that money is the ticket to a good life. So, when Shanghai’s most eligible bachelor surprises her with a proposal, the only acceptable answer is yes, even if the voice inside her head is saying no. His family’s fortune would solve all her parents’ financial woes, but Lulu isn’t in love or ready for marriage. The only people she can confide in are her two best friends: career-minded Rina, who is tired of being...
45) Killer summer
Author
Series
Walt Fleming novels volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming returns in this high-intensity thriller as he thwarts a plan to steal a rare wine at the annual wine auction. When a bomb detonates just as the auction revs up, the investigation explodes as well, pulling Walt in a dozen different directions.
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eva's teacher, Miss Featherbottom, is getting married, but when her special necklace disappears, Eva and her friends set out to track down the thief and return the necklace before the wedding.
51) Good rich people
Author
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Parasite and Ready or Not--a destitute woman pretends to be someone else and moves into the lower floor of a Los Angeles duplex, and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs. All out of money and friends' couches to sleep on, Demi is desperate. Lucky for her, a stranger presents her with the chance of a lifetime: a new identity and the downstairs apartment in a secluded Beachwood Canyon duplex....
52) Treasure state
Author
Series
Cassie Dewell novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
"Private Investigator Cassie Dewell's business is thriving, and her latest case puts her on the hunt for a slippery con man who's disappeared somewhere in the "treasure state." A wealthy Florida widow has accused him of absconding with her fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. The trail takes Cassie to Anaconda, Montana, a quirky former copper mining town that's the perfect place to reinvent yourself. As the case develops, Cassie...
53) Christmas sweets
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nightmare on Elf Street: "Aside from the mortifying costume, how bad can a gig as a mall Santa's elf be? Jaine Austen finds out when she's teamed up with the Santa from Hell. But things go from bad to worse when he's found murdered on the job--and Jaine is a suspect. Now all she wants for Christmas is to find the real killer..." -- Page [4] cover.
The Christmas Thief: "Elizabeth Stone is ready for a white Christmas in Tinker's Cove, Maine--until...
54) Vanishing act
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When Yoko's fiance Harry Wong becomes the victim of a ruthless identity theft ring, the Sisterhood must do what they can from their mountaintop hideaway to restore Harry's identity and deliver justice to the bad guys. Meanwhile, the Sisterhood must prevent Yoko from making a foolish mistake.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Richard Osman is back with everyone's favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of The Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first-an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read"--
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat...
Author
Series
Lois Meade mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After her own daughter's grocery shop is the latest establishment hit in a series of robberies in Long Farnden, Lois Meade tries to track down the thieves.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Teen celebrity socialite Margo leads a double life as a cat burglar with a crew of four kickboxing drag queens, but when a big job goes belly-up, each one of them must rely on their special skills to survive the night.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Lauren begins stealing to help children who, like her brother, are on the autism spectrum, and Sierra, in foster care in Lauren's neighborhood, fears she will enable Lauren's lawbreaking. Told half in prose, half in verse.
59) The Jackals
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Jackals, a group of justice fighters brought together by fate, find themselves in possession of stolen property that belongs to the Hawkin gang and must prepare for a bloody showdown in order to earn five thousand dollars.
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