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Jack McEvoy novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
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Newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus and that the real killer is operating completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.
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Jeremy Logan novels volume 6
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"A blockbuster new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Child, centered on a dominant tech company-Chrysalis-whose groundbreaking virtual reality technology is redefining the way we live . . . and possibly introducing a catastrophic danger to the world. Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things) has grown to rely on his incredible new tech device. Made by...
Author
Series
Jack McEvoy novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Description
Newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus and that the real killer is operating completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.
5) Monkeewrench
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Monkeewrench volume 1
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Haunted by their pasts, Grace McBride and the crew of her software company, Monkeewrench, create a computer game in which a serial killer is always caught. But their game becomes a nightmare when someone begins duplicating the fictional murders in real life.
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Stone Barrington novels volume 23
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When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems an easy enough job; no one knows the hidden sins and temptations of the ultra-wealthy better than Stone. But as he and his erstwhile protege, Herbie Fisher, probe deeper into the case - and an old one comes back to haunt him - Stone realizes that even he may have underestimated just how far some people will go to cover up their crimes and plan new...
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[2020]
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"Lucas and Margo are fed up. Margo is a brilliant programmer tired of being talked over as the company's sole black employee, and while Lucas is one of many Asians at the firm, he's nearly invisible as a low-paid customer service rep. Together, they decide to steal their tech start-up's user database in an attempt at revenge. The heist takes a sudden turn when Margo dies in a car accident, and Lucas is left reeling, wondering what to do with their...
8) Antitrust
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
A young computer whiz gets caught up in a web of deceit and conspiracy after his best friend is murdered.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"When the world's largest search engine/social media company, the Circle, merges with the planet's dominant ecommerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous--and, oddly enough, most beloved--monopoly ever known: the Every. Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire at the Every. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot,...
10) Run
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Marc Bowman is an in-demand hired gun, a computer consultant for AmeriTel, the huge technical corporation where his wife Carolyn happens to work as a high-powered executive. Then, one morning, AmeriTel unceremoniously fires Marc with no notice and no cause. Furious, Marc turns to Carolyn for an explanation--and is stunned when she sides with her employer. Suddenly, things are happening in Marc's life that he can't explain; strange men are following...
11) Steve Jobs
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A biopic of Steve Jobs that takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution in order to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
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Pub. Date
2011
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"Jack McEvoy tiene los d©Ưas contados como periodista de sucesos; sus momentos de gloria languidecen y su nombre se baraja en las listas de recortes previstos por Los ©ngeles Times. Sin embargo, guarda todav©Ưa un ©ðltimo cartucho: la redacci©đn de la que pretende que sea la cr©đnica criminal m©Łs impactante de su carrera. Para este prop©đsito, elige a Alonzo Winslow, un drogadicto de diecis©♭is a©łos encarcelado tras confesar...
13) For the win
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 27
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A group of teens from around the world find themselves drawn into an online revolution arranged by a mysterious young woman known as Big Sister Nor, who hopes to challenge the status quo and change the world using her virtual connections.
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Monkeewrench volume 5
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With the help of local law enforcement and the FBI, the Monkeewrench crew tracks a serial killer using savvy computer technology.
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Pub. Date
c2003
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Haunted by a series of horrifying and violent episodes in their past, Grace McBride and the oddball crew of her softwre company, Monkeewrench, create a computer game where the killer is always caught, where the good guys always win. but their game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life, down to the last detail.
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Pub. Date
2010
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“[Larry Kramer’s] MarketWatch.com is not just my favorite business website, it’s my personal homepage.” —Warren Buffett
“[Larry Kramer] is the toughest and most ethical foe imaginable. His observations reflect a deep understanding of how the media works and what consumers want.” —Jim Cramer
From Larry Kramer, the founder of MarketWatch.com and former president of CBS Digital Media, comes
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company does with the data they collect, he's fired...then black-balled across Silicon Valley. With time on his hands and revenge on his mind, Max and his longtime friend (and secretly the love of his life) Akiko, decide to get even by rebooting the internet. After all, in order to fix things, sometimes you have...
18) Dead run
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Series
Monkeewrench volume 3
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Breaking down while en route to Wisconsin, Grace MacBride, Annie Belinsky, and deputy Sharon Mueller stumble upon a nearly deserted town fraught with signs of foul play and are horrified to witness a double murder
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Series
Paul Turner mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2001
Description
"Craig Lenzati, the rich and powerful CEO of Chicago's answer to Microsoft, is found brutally murdered with stab wounds all over his body. The murder is reported anonymously, and a quick and quiet resolution to the case is demanded by City Hall. Meanwhile, the list of suspects is almost endless and that along has the powers-that-be breathing down the necks of Chicago Police Detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick. But as the two struggle to untangle...
20) JPod: a novel
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Pub. Date
2006
Description
Trapped in the bureaucratic morass of JPod, on the fringes of a huge Vancouver video game design company, Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers wage a daily war with the demands of the company's idiotic marketing department