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41) Fatal witness
Author
Series
Pearl River volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Although she witnessed the murder of her parents 25 years ago, Dani Bennett has no memory of the event. However, it's clear that the killer remembers her when she returns to Pearl Springs in search of answers. Local K-9 Deputy Mark Lassiter is determined to protect her but who will protect her heart?"--
42) His to defend
Author
Series
Harlequin romantic suspense volume 2166
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Amina Kelly broke Sergeant Maxwell Layton's heart when she married his best friend. But the detective never forgot her...or the sizzling attraction they never acted on. Years later, while Maxwell and Amina work together to find her ex's killer, Maxwell finds his desire for the nurse stronger than ever. As he puts his life on the line to keep Amina safe, Maxwell realizes that the greatest risk of all might be to his heart.
43) His to protect
Author
Series
Harlequin romantic suspense volume 2134
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Connie Shaw witnesses a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, security specialist Trace Halstead makes himself her personal protection detail. Days and nights together make it impossible for Connie and Trace to resist the attraction burning between them. But Connie doesn't know which she fears more ... the threat from the man who wants to end her life or the love of the man trying to save it?"--Back cover.
44) No good deeds
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestseller
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan—first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues—becomes involved in a complicated investigation that will force her to question her loyalties.
"Chilling, insightful, and edge-of-your seat exciting."—USA Today
For Tess Monaghan, the unsolved murder of a
...Author
Series
Orphan train novels (Jody Hedlund) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1850, Sophie Neumann flees New York with her two young charges after witnessing a crime. Reinhold Weiss has finally purchased his own small farm when an old friend shows up, pleading for help. But how can he help her when mounting debts and past scars still haunt him?"--
1850. After witnessing a crime, Sophie Neumann needs to flee New York with her two young charges. She manages to find passage to Illinois on an orphan train, with the aid of...
Author
Series
Marshall Grade novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Ex-undercover cop Marshall Grade is hiding out in New York City when he learns that federal agent Lucas Cohen has survived a kidnapping. Cohen was Marshall's ticket into witness protection, and his captors have a simple question: where's Marshall now? Marshall's undercover work gave him a long list of enemies, and the enemy in this case is a corrupt businessman named Dexter Vine. Vine's almost broke, in debt to people even worse than himself, and...
48) The other sister
Author
Series
Agent John Adderley novels volume 2
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Alicia Bjelke is the coding genius behind the successful dating app she started with her sister Stella. Because her face is disfigured, Alicia has always stayed in the background while beautiful Stella is the public face of the company. When Stella is murdered, the case is assigned to John Adderley, who discovers the sisters had a difficult relationship and the murder may be part of a larger crime.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When her husband's medical bills become overwhelming, Paula starts a side job as an Uber driver. One night, she picks up a quiet stranger and drops him off at a suburban Chicago address. When she later recognizes him as the musician husband of a famous actress--an actress who is obviously not the woman she saw him embracing that night--Paula does what any down-on-her-luck bystander would do: She asks for money to keep quiet. But the biggest risk...
51) The safe house
Author
Series
Black market (Kiki Swinson) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all paid and money in her pocket. But the plan fell apart and now she's made an enemy. He's a drug cartel leader out to destroy any competition--and get payback by any means necessary . . ."--
It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. She knows whom to trust, where to eat, when to move locations, and how to take care of her dog. It's the only home she has. When she unwittingly witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator, her relatively stable life is upended. Suddenly, everyone from the police to the dead boys' parents want...
54) Snitch: a novel
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"On the streets of Jersey City there is a simple code. You don't talk to the cops. You don't snitch. Period. But when young bus driver Andre Bolden witnesses a crime on his route, he is compelled to make a choice. If he keeps silent, he might lose his job and be gnawed by his conscience. If he snitches, he could lose his family-- even his life. This explosive story explores the clash between a working man and the code of the streets"--P. [4] of cover....
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When her grandmother and guardian suffers a stroke, twelve-year-old Poppy Parker's life turns upside down--but when she witnesses a murder and has to go into witness protection with Detective Brannigan's mother it becomes hard to believe she will ever find a way home, let alone save Gunner, a beautiful German shepherd with an uncertain future.
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A suspenseful, paranoiac tale about an innocent citizen whisked into the witness protection program because he knows something that he doesn't know he knows"--Provided by publisher.
"What if a man is placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program against his will? And doesn't even know what he supposedly knows that merits a new name, a new identity, a new life? Jay Johnson is an Average Joe, a thirty-something guy with a job in telephone sales,...
Author
Series
Ryan Strickland novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After his sister disappeared, FBI consultant and psychologist Ryan Strickland spent years looking for answers in an investigation gone tragically cold. But in his work, Ryan has built a reputation for getting reluctant victims to speak. A witness has been found who can identify an elusive serial killer whose crimes reach back decades. However, Olivia, the silent and scarred young woman in Ryan's care, isn't telling all. Yet. As a guarded trust develops...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When the woman he loved and lost needs a place after witnessing a murder, Max Wilde, determined to keep her safe on his ranch, tries to maintain his distance, but the more time they spend together, the lies and half-truths that once drove them apart bring them back together.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
An NYPD robbery detective uses his insider cop knowledge to rob rich criminals. The latest from Ben Sanders, following his novels American Blood and Marshall's Law. Rip-offs are a dangerous game, but heist man Miles Keller thinks he's found a good strategy: rob rich New York criminals and then retire early, before word's out about his true identity. New town, new name, no worries. Retirement can't come soon enough, though. The NYPD is investigating...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Seven months after their last encounter, retired FBI agent Jack Kale and Atlanta Police Detective Beth Sturgis are reunited by a new case that pits them against the Sandman, a nearly perfect assassin who leaves no clues, can change his appearance seemingly at will, and has eluded police on four continents for years. Now, it's a race against time to protect the Sandman's next targets--two witnesses scheduled to testify before a grand jury by the end...
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