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1) Murder Games
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English
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A tenacious Manhattan police officer determined to stop a serial killer who leaves playing cards at the scenes of unrelated victims teams up with a brilliant professor whose book has been connected to the murders against a backdrop of high-profile tabloid speculation.
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When Paul Rogan sets off a bomb at his office, killing eleven people, no one can understand why. He was a loving husband and father, with everything to live for. Then his wife and daughter are found chained up in the family home, and everything becomes clear. Rogan had been given a horrifying choice - set off the bomb, or see his loved ones suffer and die. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows the violence won't end here. The men behind the attack are determined,...
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A one-night stand spirals into a web of dark secrets in James Patterson's steamy thriller of love, lust, and murder. Lauren Stillwell is not your average damsel in distress. When the NYPD cop discovers her husband leaving a hotel with another woman, she decides to beat him at his own game. But her revenge goes dangerously awry, and she finds her world spiraling into a hell that becomes more terrifying by the hour. In a further twist of fate, Lauren...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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The perfect life
A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
The perfect lie
Nina's secret life began 18 years ago. She had looks to die for, a handsome police-officer husband, and a carefree life in Key...
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English
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Haunted by childhood losses in spite of successful medical careers in 1883 New York City, surgeon Anna Savard and her obstetrician cousin, Sophie, consider taking in a child and helping a desperate young mother, while avoiding dangerous anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"In a single, engaging volume, The Great Gatsby presents a helpful literary guide to one of America's most prized classic novels. First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby captured the spirit of the Jazz Age and examined the American obsession with love, wealth, material objects, and class. Considered one of the great novels of the 20th century, Fitzgerald s famous work remains relevant for its observations on the pursuit of...
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English
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In this book, the author tells the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces...
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Publisher
[Hachette Audio]
Pub. Date
[2021].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 sound discs (10 hours and 30 minutes) : digital, CD audio 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A new bind-up with 3 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...
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English
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Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband’s venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the...
10) Deacon King Kong
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Pub. Date
2020
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English
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"From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, comes a wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this...
11) The final detail
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Bolitar volume 6
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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When Myron Bolitar's best friend and partner is arrested for the murder of a client--a fallen baseball star attempting a comeback--Myron and his sidekick Win plunge into their most difficult and bizarre case yet.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When Washington retreated from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over, but he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York known as the Culper Spy Ring. These six individuals with identities unknown until the twentieth century, turned the tide of the war.
13) Remember when
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English
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Laine Tavish's past as the daughter of a con man comes back to haunt her, and she joins forces with sexy Max Gannon to uncover the truth about a case that will not be solved for years, until NYPD Lieutenant Eve Dallas get on the case.
15) Strategic moves
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A Stone Barrington Novel volume 19
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English
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Hand-picked by a million-dollar client for his undercover dealings with MI6, Stone Barrington is made a partner at the Woodman & Weld law firm before learning that the lucrative new client may be a Bernie Madoff in disguise.
16) The father hunt
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Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p1999
Physical Desc
5 CDs (5 hr., 43 min) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Hired to locate Amy Denovo's long-lost father, Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin, discover that the missing man has a deadly and dangerous secret to hide.
17) Button men
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Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (10 hours) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
"Following up The One Man and The Saboteur, Andrew Gross's next historical thriller audiobook brings to life the dramatic birth of organized crime in 1930s New York City from the tale of one family."
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Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Detective genius Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin, are private investigators based in New York. With Wolfe's unmatchable wits and Archie's tireless legwork, no mystery is unsolvable. In this installment, Wolfe must prove the innocence of colleague Orrie Cather who is being charged with the murder of Isabel Kerr. As Archie deals with a colorful cast of characters, including Isabel's sister, brother-in-law, and benefactor, Wolfe uses mathematics...
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English
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"When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be separated, they allow their friendship to blossom into love and marriage, and start a new life on the Lower East Side, working at grueling, poorly paid jobs. Decades later, through talent, faith, fortune, and relentless hard work, Jakob has achieved success...
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Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
5 CDs (6 hours, 4 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
When a young lad seeking the woman with golden spider earrings is murdered, Nero Wolfe focuses his considerable intelligence on the case. As Wolfe and Archie Goodwin get deeper into the mystery, blackmail, racketeering, and more murders are revealed.