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61) Down river
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"In the churning water, she felt her future slipping away...Attending a corporate retreat at a remote resort in Alaska, Lisa Vaughn is plunged into the frigid rapids of the Wild River. Swept away, battered and alone, she has been left for dead. Lodge owner Mitch Braxton knows something is terribly wrong when Lisa fails to turn up for a private meeting to clear the air and close the book on their broken engagement. Embarking on a heroic search that...
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Butcher's boy volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
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"Michael Shaeffer is a retired American businessman, living peacefully in England with his aristocratic wife. But her annual summer party brings strangers to their house, and with them, an attempt on Michael's life. He is immediately thrust into action, luring his lethal pursuers to Australia before venturing into the lion's den--the States--to figure out why the mafia is after him--again--and how to stop them. Eddie's Boy jumps between Michael's...
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"In 1881, Jacci Reed is only five years old when a man attempts to kidnap her from the steamboat her mother, Irena, works on. Badly wounded during the confrontation, Irena takes Jacci aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, a showboat tied up beside them. There, Jacci's actor grandfather tends to her mother and Jacci gets a first taste of the life she will come to lead. Fifteen years later, Jacci is an actress aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, and...
65) Lie to me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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"Ever since Amelia woke up in the hospital, she's been suspicious. Her friends, family, and doctors insist her near-fatal fall was an accident, but Amelia is sure she remembers being pushed. Then another girl is found nearby--one who fell but didn't survive. Amelia's fears suddenly feel very real, and with the help of her new boyfriend, Liam, she tries to investigate her own horrific ordeal. but what is she looking for, exactly? And how can she tell...
66) Paws for alarm
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1998, c1984
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The Harpers have traded their New England home for a cottage in the original England-just for the summer. Their cozy new house even comes complete with Esmond, a timid marmalade cat.
But the peaceful village starts to feel less welcoming when an attempt is made on Mr. Harper's life. Now, amid secrets and suspicions, they must sniff out the truth-with a little help from Esmond.
67) Stolen lives
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Jade de Jong investigations volume 2
Pub. Date
c2011
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Jade de Jong gets sucked down into the dark world of human trafficking when she finds a connection between the attempted killings of a wealthy couple and the kidnapping of the son of her lover, police superintendent David Patel.
68) Double take
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Lake City heroes volume 1
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"She survived a murder plot and her attacker is dead--isn't he? Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army's Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he's rooming with his good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics. Physician Assistant Lainie Jackson is eighteen months out from an attempted murder perpetrated by...
69) Defense breach
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[2018]
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"Counting the days until she's officially an agent, Secret Service trainee Skylar Austin is blindsided when she's nearly killed during a training exercise at the White House. Veteran agent Grady Farrow recognizes a dead-serious threat when he sees one. Someone is gunning for the pretty young rookie. But if they want to get to Skylar, they'll have to go through Grady first." -- Page [4] cover.
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Fever Devilin mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2011.
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Fever Devilin is killed by an intruder. He doesn't stay dead--thanks to an emergency medical team--but he does slip into a months-long coma. When he comes out of it, there are two things he now knows: he's been dreaming about the legendary Paris cafe scene and that his would-be killer was after a blue tin box, containing a photo of what Fever believes to be an angel.
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2018.
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MURDER BEYOND THE GRAVE -Stephen Small has it all-a Ferrari, fancy house, loving wife, and three boys. But the only thing he needs right now is enough air to breathe. Kidnapped, buried in a box, and held for ransom, Stephen has forty-eight hours of oxygen. The clock is ticking . . .MURDER IN PARADISE. High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, developers Jim and Bonnie Hood excitedly tour Camp Nelson Lodge. They intend to buy and modernize this beautiful...
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[2020]
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"As a Secret Service agent, Nick Averose spent a decade protecting the most powerful men and women in America and developed a unique gift: the ability to think like an assassin. Now, he uses that skill in a little-known but crucial job. As a "red teamer," he poses as a threat, testing the security around our highest officials to find vulnerabilities--before our enemies can. He is a mock killer, capable of slipping past even the best defenses. His...
73) In an evil time
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"Jack Hollis had finally steeled himself for what had to be done: When a man is threatening your daughter and grandson, when reason can't stop it, when restraining orders don't work and the police can't help, then a father's choices are limited. David Rakubian was vicious, abusive, powerful, deadly - and Angela's husband. Everyone Hollis knew, the members of his family, his friends, all wanted to help save Angela. But this was something Jack had to...
74) The Terminator
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1984.
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In 2029, giant super-computers dominate the planet and in order to destroy man's future by changing the past, they send an indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to kill a woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace?
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Byronic book volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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This bluestocking would do almost anything to save her reputation and her grandfather's legacy, even marry a scandalous duke. No-nonsense Jane Delaney divides her time between her grandfather's beloved bookstore and writing newspaper columns, determined to overcome a past that's left her with scars on her face and in her heart. But when the store ends up in unexpected financial jeopardy and Jane's secrets are threatened by a mysterious blackmailer,...
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Silver bear thrillers volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
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Anti-hero Columbus endures self-imposed exile in the aftermath of losing his family, before elements from his past arrive to kill him in one of several possible, endlessly brutal ways.
77) Keegan
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Texas rascals volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"The tall, dark stranger needed Wren Matthew's help--and the shy schoolmarm couldn't turn away a man in distress. She didn't know why Keegan Winslow was out in the middle of an ice storm, but the spirit of the holidays compelled her to open her home to him. And although she'd sworn off men, she couldn't deny the sparks that crackled between them. Keegan was a cop on a mission when sweet, lovely Wren rescued him from the storm."--Back cover.
78) Left for dead
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After a day in Seattle, San Juan Island resident Claire Shaw wakes up in the hospital, the single surviving victim of "Rembrandt," a vicious serial killer. Her life continues to be in danger as she is the only one who can identify the killer, but the trauma erased her memory and she doesn't know who to trust.
79) 13 minutes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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""Mean Girls for the Instagram age." --The Times (London) The New York Times bestselling author known for her thrilling twists is back: They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely,...
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c1992
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From an award-winning journalist, this "grippingly suspenseful true-crime tale details the foiling of a wealthy Texan's plot to have his wife murdered" (Publishers Weekly).
To the world, Linda DeSilva's marriage to Robert Edelman was perfect. He was her college boyfriend turned wealthy and successful husband, and the father of her children. But what friends and family didn't know was that the Texas real estate tycoon who set her up with a luxurious...