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61) Beyond risk
Author
Series
Florida wildlife warriors volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Former Fish & Wildlife Officer Charlotte "Charlee" Tanner still carries the guilt of a tragic drowning accident that occurred on her watch. She hoped moving back home to the wilds of central Florida would provide a safe haven-until she learns the death was no accident, and she's the intended target. Tough and decisive, Lieutenant Hunter Boudreau loves his new job as a law enforcement officer with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission....
63) Shock wave
Author
Series
Bill Tasker novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
64) Blood sugar
Author
Language
English
Description
"'I could just kill you right now!' It's something we've all thought at one time or another. But Ruby has actually acted on it. Three times, to be exact. Though she may be a murderer, Ruby is not a sociopath. She is an animal-loving therapist with a thriving practice. She's felt empathy and sympathy. She's had long-lasting friendships and relationships, and has a husband, Jason, whom she adores. But the homicide detectives at Miami Beach PD are not...
65) Power play
Author
Series
Kingdom keepers. Original series volume 4
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
For the five teens who modeled as Disney Hologram Imaging hosts, life is settling down when an intriguing video arrives. The Overtakers are plotting to attempt a rescue of two of their leaders, both of whom the Disney Imagineers have hidden away somewhere following a violent encounter in Epcot. An attack by new Overtakers at Downtown Disney, startles the group. A dark cloud in the Kingdom Keeper era is unfolding, and with dissension in their ranks,...
Author
Series
Little Bridge Island volume 2
Language
English
Description
A broken engagement only gave Molly Montgomery additional incentive to follow her dream job from the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Keys. Now, as Little Bridge Island Public Library's head of children's services, Molly hopes the messiest thing in her life will be her sticky-note covered desk. But fate, in the form of a newborn left in the restroom, has other ideas. So does the sheriff who comes to investigate the 'abandonment'.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Documents the horrifying practices witnessed by the authors at their 1950s reform school, where students were terrorized by sadistic guards who assaulted, raped, and possibly murdered students, and traces the authors' efforts to expose and confront their abusers.
Author
Series
Skink novels (Carl Hiaasen) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew draws individuals who prey on the storm's victims. They find easy targets for their insurance scams, but are unprepared for their opposition led by a tough ex-governor.
70) Heart of palm
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
When a business opportunity comes to the small town of Utina, Florida, it causes strife within the Bravo family.
71) Camino winds
Author
Series
Camino Island novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen - even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime ... Just as Bruce Cable's Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. Florida's governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce...
72) If I survive you
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the couple and their two children learn, is far from the promised land. Excluded from society as Black immigrants, the family pushes on through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living in a house so cursed that the pet fish launches itself out of its own tank rather than stay. But even as things fall apart, the family remains...
73) Monitor lizard
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses monitor lizard, problems they cause, and what can be done to do to get rid of them.
75) Tourist season
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reporter-turned-private eye moves from muckraking to uncovering murder in a caper that mixes football players, politicians, and a very hungry crocodile.
76) Be my ghost
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maureen Doherty and her golden retriever Finn have taken possession of a charming old inn--only to discover that it's already possessed by tenants whose lease on life already ran out . . .Maureen's career as a sportswear buyer hits a snag just before Halloween, when the department store declares bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Finn's lost his way as a guide dog after flunking his test for being too friendly and easily distracted. Sadly, only one of them can...
Author
Series
Jack Carpenter novels volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
78) Skin tight
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Nick Stranahan--a 42-year-old private investigator with an unusual record of marital failure--murders a would-be assailant by skewering him with the razor-sharp bill of a stuffed marlin, he sets off a roller coaster ride of events that will drop-kick him into the deep slime of Miami's prosperous and sleazy plastic surgery industry.
Author
Series
Doc Ford novels volume 7
Publisher
G.P. Putman's Sons
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
80) A gentle rain
Author
Publisher
Belle Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Kara Whittenbrook is an unlikely heiress. Down-to-earth and lovably quirky. She's never fit in with the stodgy Whittenbrook clan of Connecticut. Growing up at her parents' rainforest preserve in Brazil, she has a quaintly off-beat view of life. Now her beloved parents have died in a plane crash, and Kara's learned a stunning truth. She was adopted. Her birth parents are Mac and Lily Tolbert. They live and work on a backwoods cattle ranch in northern...
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