James Patterson
1) Ambush
Author
Series
A Detective Michael Bennett thriller volume 11
Language
English
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Description
An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup. An officer is taken down--and, despite the attackers' efforts, it's not Michael Bennett. New York's top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett's children sustains a mysterious injury. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer with a flair for disguise. Bennett taps his best investigators...
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Series
Women's murder club volume 17
Language
English
Description
"A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a methodical yet unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant's tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department itself. The hunt for the killer lures Lindsay out of her jurisdiction, and gets inside Lindsay in dangerous ways. She suffers unsettling medical...
3) NYPD red 4
Author
Series
NYPD Red volume 4
Language
English
Description
When a murder and robbery take place at a glitzy movie premiere, Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald must scour the city's seedy underworld, celebrity penthouses, and everything in between to find the killer before he strikes again.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A new bind-up with three exciting thrillers featuring NYPD Detective Luc Moncrief, a Paris detective who's about to learn that NYC is a whole other ballgame in the world of crime. French Twist: Gorgeous women are dropping dead at upscale department stores in New York City. Detective Luc Moncrief and Detective Katherine Burke are close to solving the mystery, but looks can be deceiving. French Kiss: Very handsome and charming French detective Luc...
5) The Lost
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
The city of Miami is Detective Tom Moon's backyard. He's always kept it local, attending the University of Miami on a football scholarship and, as a Miami PD officer, protecting the city's most vulnerable. Now, as the leader of an FBI task force called Operation Guardian, he is combating international crime. Moon's investigative team discovers that the opportunistic "Blood Brothers"-- Russian nationals Roman and Emile Rostoff-- have evaded authorities...
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English
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Description
In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court.  Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There’s only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets.Â
7) Liar, liar
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Series
Harriet Blue volume 3
Language
English
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Description
In the space of a week, she has committed theft and fraud, resisted arrest, assaulted a police officer, and is considered a dangerous fugitive from the law. It's all because of one man, Regan Banks. He viciously killed the only person in the world who matters to Harriet--and he plans to kill her next. As she recklessly speeds toward the dark side--and finally crosses it--Harriet won't stop until Regan pays for the many lives he has taken.--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
During the holiday season, a family of three, missing someone very dear to them, find their house filling up with unexpected guests, making Christmas memories to last a lifetime.
After their mother's death on Christmas Day five years ago, Will and Ella Sullivan, and their father, Henry, come to a family agreement: Christmas is a holiday for other people. At their brownstone in Harlem, stockings go unstuffed, tinsel unstrewn, gifts unbought, mistletoe...
9) Haunted
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push him, and his family, to the brink. He settles on an idyllic, small town in the beautiful Maine woods, a recommendation from a former colleague. But just when Bennett thinks he can relax, he gets pulled into a case that has shocked the tight-knit community. Kids are disappearing left and right with no explanation -- until several bodies turn up in the woods. As Bennett...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder Thy Neighbor," depicting a man's violent retaliation against a local who would protect property values; and "Murder IRL'" in which an isolated girl's social-media war upends the target of her misguided affections.
11) The murder house
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Language
English
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Description
"Number 7 Ocean Drive is a gorgeous, multimillion-dollar beachfront estate in the Hamptons, where money and privilege know no bounds. But its beautiful gothic exterior hides a horrific past: it was the scene of a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty, and rumored to be cursed, it's known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance. Detective Jenna Murphy used to consider herself a local, but she hasn't been...
12) Texas Ranger
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Language
English
Description
"Across the ranchlands and cities of his home state, Rory Yates's discipline and law-enforcement skills have carried him far--from local highway patrolman to the honorable rank of Texas Ranger. A tough case in Waco has jeopardized Yates's chances at promotion, and he decides to take time off to recharge with his family in their small-town hometown, Redbud. He arrives and finds a horrifying crime scene--and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect...
Author
Series
Mitchum volume shots 1-3
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
430 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
14) 1st case
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Language
English
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"Recruited into the FBI when her unorthodox programming skills get her kicked out of MIT, a computer genius tracks a killer who has been targeting young women through a sophisticated messaging app."--
15) Never never
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Series
Harriet Blue volume Book 1
Language
English
Description
When Sydney police department sex crimes detective Harriet Blue is called into her boss's office, she never imagined it would be to tell her that her brother is the prime suspect in the brutal murders of three women. Shocked and in denial, Harry is transferred to Perth to avoid the media exposure this case will attract. Harry is sent into the outback - the never never - to investigate the disappearance of mine worker Danny Carter. The mining town...
16) The black book
Author
Series
A black book thriller volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A devoted Chicago cop from a family of career detectives miraculously survives an attack that kills his partner but that he cannot remember himself, an event that causes him to be charged with double murder and tasked with uncovering what really happened to clear his name.
17) The games
Author
Series
Private volume 12
Language
English
Description
Two years after averting disaster while overseeing security for the World Cup, Jack Morgan, the head of international investigation firm Private, returns to Rio to secure the Olympics, only to confront a Brazilian saboteur who is hatching a lethal plot.
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Series
Alex Cross volume 26
Language
English
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Description
A leader has fallen, and the procession route from Capitol Hill to the White House is lined with hundreds of thousands of mourners. None feel the loss of a President more keenly than Alex Cross, who has devoted his life to the public good. A sniper's bullet strikes a target in the heart of DC. Alex Cross's wife, Bree Stone, newly elevated chief of DC detectives, faces an ultimatum: solve the case, or lose the position for which she's worked her entire...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Three stories from the world's best-selling author include the tale of a pair of divorcees who begin a strangely intense game of make-believe and a popular advertising exec who notices the people around him are being murdered. The wealthiest zip code in Florida doesn't just have billionaires, yachts, and private planes, it also has the best murder plots money can buy.
The Palm Beach murders: Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
The good: New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons, the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit. The bad: Seated at a nearby table, reporter Nick Daniels is conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with a legendary baseball bad boy. In the chaos, he accidentally...