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J. B. Collins volume 2
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Language
English
Description
"The president of the United States . . . is missing." WIth these words, New York Times journalist J. B. Collins, reporting from the scene of a devastating attack by ISIS terrorists in Amman, Jordan, puts the entire world on high alert. The leaders of Israel and Palestine are critically injured, Jordan's king is fighting for his life, and the U.S. president is missing and presumed captured. As the U.S. government faces a constitutional crisis and...
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Series
A Joe DeMarco Thriller volume 5
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
388 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
63) Shattered
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Over a span of twenty years, four boys have been kidnapped from their bedrooms, suffocated, and buried nearby in a shallow grave. Serial killer or coincidence? That's the question investigative reporter Maxine Revere sets out to answer when an old friend begs her to help exonerate his wife, who has been charged with their son's recent murder. But Max can do little to help because the police and D.A. won't talk to her--they think they have the right...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a rural Wiltshire town lies the Devil's Corridor--a haunted road which has witnessed eerie happenings, from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying in the night. In this bucolic stretch of Southwest England famous for its otherworldly sites, nothing is more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls were driving home. After their car crashed only one--Olivia--was found. What happened to the girls who disappeared? On the twentieth...
Author
Series
Bella Vista chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
While transforming Bella Vista, her childhood home, into a destination cooking school, chef Isabel Johansen finds her plans interrupted by war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill who has arrived to dig up old history.
68) The lies I tell
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be. A college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. But nothing about her is real. She slides alongside you and tells you exactly what you want to hear, and by the time she's done, you've likely lost everything. Kat Roberts has been waiting ten...
70) The rescue
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Rescue is a gripping thriller that explores the strength of the human-animal bond and how far we will go to protect what we love by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. While reporting on a Tijuana animal shelter, journalist Bettina Blazak falls in love with one of her story's subjects-an adorable Mexican street dog who is being treated for a mysterious gunshot wound. Bettina impulsively adopts...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.
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English
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Description
In 1960, Jennifer Stirling wakes in the hospital and remembers nothing--not the car accident that put her there, not her wealthy husband, not even her own name. Searching for clues, she finds an impassioned letter, signed simply "B," from a man for whom she seemed willing to risk everything. In 2003, journalist Ellie Haworth stumbles upon the letter and becomes obsessed with learning the unknown lovers' fate--hoping it will inspire her own happy ending....
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this suspenseful and heart-pounding novel from New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley, an ambitious young journalist unravels a dangerous mystery that threatens to devastate the British monarchy. Keeping secrets is a dangerous game. When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five, he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, it could rock the...
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Language
English
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Description
Published in March, 1991, The Firm was hailed by reviewers, booksellers, and readers alike, and soon became the number one bestseller across America. Now comes Grisham's equally gripping new novel: an unforgettable story that begins with the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court justices. . . .
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Language
English
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Covering the annual Easter egg hunt for the Pennysaver is always one of Lucy Stone's favorite assignments. But when Lucy arrives with her three-year-old grandson, W's normal welcoming gates are locked, and a man dressed as the Easter Bunny emerges only to drop dead moments later. The victim is Van Vorst Duff, W's grandson. It turns out that all is not as idyllic as it seems at Pine Point. As Lucy gathers a basketful of suspects, she must find a killer...
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Language
English
Description
Even good people are drawn to do evil things Twelve-year-old Rain Winter narrowly escaped an abduction while walking to a friends house. Her two best friends, Tess and Hank, were not as lucky. Tess never came home, and Hank was held in captivity before managing to escape. Their abductor was sent to prison but years later was released. Then someone delivered real justice and killed him in cold blood. Now Rain is living the perfect suburban life, her...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2014, c2012
Edition
1st William Morrow pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
471, 10 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Scandal has derailed Journalist Kitty Logan's career, a setback that is soon compounded by an even more devastating loss. Constance, the woman who taught Kitty everything she knew, is dying. At her mentor's bedside, Kitty asks her, "What is the one story you always wanted to write?" The answer lies in a single sheet of paper buried in Constance's office--a list of 100 names--with no notes or explanation. But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it...
78) Without warning
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Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Language
English
Description
When the president erroneously believes that ISIS is about to be defeated, foreign correspondent J.B. Collins informs him he is wrong and argues for a capture, or kill, order for the leader, Abu Khalif.
79) Reykjavik
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lara decides to spend the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavik. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. Time passes, and the mystery becomes Iceland's most infamous unsolved case. What happened to the young girl? Is she still alive? Did she leave the island, or did something happen to her there? Thirty years later, as the city...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Language
English
Description
Manhattan journalist McKenna Jordan is chasing the story of an unidentified woman who heroically pulled a teenaged boy from the subway tracks when she discovers that the woman in the subway's video bears a strong resemblance to Susan Hauptmann, a close friend who disappeared without a trace a decade earlier.