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1) Obsession
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brought in to recover a young Croatian billionaire's wife, who was kidnapped while her husband was making a deal with Centurion Studios, Teddy Fay quickly comes to realize dark forces are at play, while dealing with an obsessive fan with deadly intentions who weasels his way onto the film set.
3) Break of day
Author
Series
An Annie Pederson novel volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Annie Pederson's happily ever after is finally within sight . . . if she can stay alive long enough to grasp it. Return to the beloved town of Rock Harbor in the final installment of the Annie Pederson trilogy by bestselling suspense author Colleen Coble"--
Author
Series
The Firm volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of...
Author
Series
A Royal Street novel volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Crescent City, with its long and tangled history, its glorious architecture and subtropical allure, along with its inarguably dark past and requisite restless spirits, is a forgiving place. A city with accepting arms for society's lost and hungry souls, and a haven for people like me who'd stumbled and fallen yet managed to pull themselves back up. People who were brave enough to try again in a place known for its extremes, or simply too hardheaded...
6) The guardian
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a member of the elite Air Force Pararescue, Travis Lane abides by the motto "These things we do, that others may live." After an injury forces him to consider retirement, he is blindsided when his brother-in-law is killed in the line of duty, leaving Lane as the sole support for his sister and the family farm they can no longer afford. Desperate for something to help them keep the farm, Lane accepts an offer to join Broadside Solutions, a private...
Author
Series
Hard Case Crime book volume HCC-161
Publisher
Hardcase Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Hardcase Crime edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The lawyer, the jeweler, the art critic, and the oil-company man...self-possessed, independent Lora Winter has had a child with each of them. But when one of these men drives up to her house with a fifth man in the car, Lora runs to hide...a masterful psychological jigsaw puzzle that is miles from a traditional crime novel, but whose desperate characters nevertheless resort to kidnapping, blackmail and possibly even murder"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lisbeth Salander returns, in a trailblazing new installment to the best-selling Millennium series. Change is coming to Sweden's far north: its untapped natural resources are sparking a gold rush with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it's not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas. She has been named guardian to her niece Svala, whose mother has disappeared. Two things soon become clear: Svala...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When an explosion at the local elementary school results in the abduction of a 2-year-old boy-the son from her husband's secret other life, Beatrice Wicker must decide whether to help find him, which would destroy the façade of her perfect marriage and idyllic life-and reveal her darkest secret.
10) The bootheel
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
All Tyler ever wanted was to be a cowhand. Virgil Hutt, The Bootheel's owner, brought the orphan boy to the ranch and raised him like a son. Word comes that rustlers have made off with The Bootheel's cattle. Tyler, Hutt, and the other ranch hands find the outlaws. They find a captive Indian girl, Luak, and take her back to The Bootheel. Though Luak can't speak English, Tyler's affection for her grows. Dalton Fox and his men capture Tyler and Luak....
Author
Publisher
GCP, Grand Central
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Investigation, In Light of All Darkness embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories of our generation--the kidnapping of Polly Klaas--a case as pivotal in the history of the FBI as the Unabomber or Oklahoma City bombing. On October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a...
Author
Series
Show Me a Sign volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
288 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a young teacher on Martha's Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc--and bring back their methods to America.
But the endeavor comes at a cost: The missionaries' plan to "save" deaf children is questionable...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Being Madame Ariadne, Psychic Dream Consultant, wasn't Prudence Ryland's ideal gig, but it paid well which was reason enough to do the work--until she realizes that her latest client intends to kill her. It doesn't seem likely that rumored crime boss Luther Pell or his associate, Jack Wingate, believe her claims of being a target of a ruthless vendetta. So no one is more shocked than Prudence when Jack says he'll help her. Of course, his ideas for...
14) Dead silence
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After receiving a strange package with the doll named Billy, Jamie's wife is murdered. Determined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair where the ventriloquist Mary Shaw used to perform and is buried. After she went mad in the 1940s, Mary was accused of kidnapping a young boy who yelled out in one of her performances that she was a fraud. Because of this she was hunted down by townspeople, who in the ultimate act of revenge,...
15) The fourth enemy
Author
Series
A Daniel Pitt novel volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark--and dangerous--secrets in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his--and the firm's--reputation. The trouble is, Malcolm Vayne, the man on trial, has deep pockets, and even deeper connections....
16) The Loudness
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
330 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry Long doesn't have a heart. He doesn't go to school. He doesn't have a girlfriend. He doesn't have a clue. Two of those things are about to change.
Since the Tragedies, Henry Long doesn't have much: just an annoying low-watt buzz from his makeshift heart transplant, skinny arms, and a dusty library attic, from which he charts the reconstruction of the Green Zone, the last habitable neighborhood of his ruined coastal city. While his parents work...
17) Good half gone
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped--so why does no one believe her? Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister's fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold. Now an adult, Iris wants one thing--proof. And if the police still won't help, she'll just have to find it her own way; by interning...
Author
Series
Ill-Mannered Ladies volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
605 page (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gus," and her twin sister, Julia, need to rescue their friend's goddaughter, Caroline, from her violent husband. The sisters set out to Caroline's country estate, but their carriage is accosted. In the scuffle, Gus accidentally shoots and injures the ruffian, only to discover he is Lord Evan Belford, who was charged with murder twenty years ago. What follows is a high adventure full of danger, clever improvisation, heart-...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to prevent the apocalypse.
Author
Series
Asker volume 1
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
453 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a high-profile kidnapping case goes wrong, criminal inspector Leonore Asker is relegated to the so-called Department of Lost Souls where she, drawn into a peculiar case, one possibly linked to the kidnapping, is led to the darkest recesses of the city where an unusual kind of evil lurks in the shadows"--