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1) Void Moon
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A novel on a casino robbery in Las Vegas carried out by a woman. She is Cassie Black, a professional thief who thought she was stealing a quarter million dollars. Instead, the loot turns out to be two million and the mob sends a killer after her.
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"Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds--especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women to five-star restaurants, splashy shows, and limo rides--and then he teaches them how to kill. Private Jack Morgan spends most of his time in Los Angeles, where his...
4) Whiplash
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Champions (Janet Dailey) volume 2
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2021.
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When Val Champion returns to the family ranch, she's ready to put her past behind her. Her dreams of a Hollywood acting career have become a nightmare of fear. But once she sees rodeo man Casey Bozeman facing down a bull in the arena, she knows she's no safer at home. Face to face with her first and only true love, Val can't deny her still powerful feelings for Casey. Val's the one who got away, the woman who broke his heart so hard he still feels...
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Susan Pulaski series volume 2
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As a killer stalks the streets of Las Vegas, using numerology to target his victims, outcast detective Susan Pulaski is reunited with autistic savant Darcy O'Bannon, who may be the only one who can understand the murderer's complex mathematical game.
6) Hot shot
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Men of the sisterhood volume 5
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The Sisterhood: a group of women bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Now their male allies, the Men of the Sisterhood, have formed a top-secret organization of their own, with the same goal of helping the helpless and righting the wrongs of the world . . . Loyalty is a way of life for the Sisterhood and their significant others. When lawyer Lizzie Fox's husband, Cosmo Cricket, is left critically injured after being shot by an unknown assailant,...
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Rarities Unlimited volume 2
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Follows events in the Las Vegas desert setting of Rarities Unlimited, an exclusive appraisal house where passion, dangers, and suspense are part of everyday life.
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"Rainy lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Cloistered in pine trees and fog, it's a sanctuary, a new life. She can hide from the past she wants to forget. When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a girls' weekend in Vegas, she's prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But after a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn't come back to the hotel room. And then Rainy gets the text message, sent from Braithe's phone: someone has her. But Rainy...
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Susan Pulaski series volume 1
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[2005]
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Psychologist Susan Pulaski, who has a near-empathic gift for understanding the thought processes of criminals, is a consultant for the Las Vegas police force. When the city is galvanized by a brutal murder case stemming from the death of a young woman who has been buried alive, Police Chief Robert O'Bannon calls on Susan's services. Susan, in turn, relies on the help of O'Bannon's 26-year-old son, Darcy, a high-functioning autistic savant with a prodigious...
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Butcher's boy volume 1
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2003
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Elizabeth Waring, an investigator for the Justice Department, and the Butcher's Boy, a professional assassin, both search for the person who ordered the deaths of a United States senator and a union official.
12) Wanna get Lucky?
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A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the pirates' lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 p.m. pirate show. Everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim, except Lucky O'Toole. As head of Customer Relations at Babylon megacasino and resort, she's got a lot on her plate, but she can't resist getting involved in this one.
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A mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the desert and Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe sets out to determine who could have committed the murder and the brutal desecration that followed. His team of investigators include the tall and lusty Steve Jensen, novice Patricia Deluca, and medical examiner Rukmani Kalil. The relations between the four are complex and add depth to this tale of deadly dealings: Poe carries a torch for Jensen's mentally...
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The librarians (Greg Cox) volume 1
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2016.
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"Ten years ago, only Flynn Carsen, the last of the Librarians, stood against an ancient criminal organization known as The Forty. They stole the oldest known copy of The Arabian Nights by Scheherazade, and Flynn fears they intend to steal Aladdin fabled lamp. He races to find it first before they can unleash the trapped, malevolent djinn upon the world" --Publisher description.
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On his third day in Death Valley, Rick Fallon comes upon a deserted Toyota Camry, and soon thereafter, the almost-dead body of Casey Dunbar. Having rescued her, Fallon soon learns what had driven her to give up on life--and, his own life on hold, he resolves to unravel the twisted and dangerous strands of hers, a quest that leads him to the glitter-dome of Las Vegas.
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2009.
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Though not officially a Manning groom, James Wilkens almost became a part of the storied Manning clan -- because he almost married Christy Manning. James was jilted in a most auspicious manner -- his finacee got married to another man while they were engaged. With that broken engagement finally behind him, he spends New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, where he meets Summer Lawton--Cover.
17) Tick tock
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Sisterhood series volume 34
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"The women of the Sisterhood have developed a motto: "Whatever it takes." Regardless of how dangerous an adversary may be, the group's devotion to each other and to their cause has helped them achieve the seemingly impossible. But in the course of their official careers and their top-secret missions, the Sisterhood have acquired enemies. On their trail is a vicious felon with scores to settle and a network of accomplices willing to do his bidding,...
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D'Angelos volume 2
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[2023]
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"With two protective older brothers and a traditional Catholic Italian mother, it's surprising that Chloe D'Angelo can manage a date without someone in the family naysaying her romantic choice. And Dante Mancuso...oh, no. Her brother's best friend is not a dating-app right swipe. But when they are left unsupervised on a late night in Vegas, all of that changes. Add in a Vegas wedding chapel and a couple of "I dos" and Chloe wakes up with a ring on...
19) To the Nines
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she's pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way...and she always gets her man. Her cousin Vinnie (who's her boss) has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an illegal immigrant. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the...
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"The book revolves around Crissy, the star of a beloved Princess Diana tribute show in Las Vegas, and her estranged sister Betsy, a therapist who works with children and adolescents in Vermont. Betsy's boyfriend Frankie works in a mysterious branch of cryptocurrency and, seemingly out of nowhere, proposes that they move to Las Vegas together. Betsy and Crissy must navigate how to go about their newfound physical proximity to one another and their...