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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"When Abbie Adams, a historian-turned-journalist, is hired to investigate a cold-case murder from 1969, she jumps at the chance. But soon after she begins researching the case, she realizes that Frank Wexler, the faculty advisor who tanked her thesis and a member of a powerful family in town, is connected to the crime and is definitely not talking. As Abbie tracks down the remaining living witnesses, she slowly pieces together the events of that fateful...
83) Anxious people
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and writer of astonishing depth (The Washington Times) comes a poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.
Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a...
84) How it went down
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
86) Risky reunion
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Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"As a novice FBI agent, Jackson McGraw was deeply touched by the young single mother--a murder witness--in his protective custody. When her baby girl was almost killed, Eloise fled--selflessly leaving her child in his care with a note to find her a good Christian home. Now, twenty years later, the mob is obsessed with retaliation against the woman whose testimony imprisoned their late don. Jackson is determined to track Eloise down to protect her--and...
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Series
Love inspired suspense volume 1036
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
After witnessing a murder outside of her café, Rachel Miller runs for her life and turns to Amish farmer Jacob Strauss for protection. Now in a killer's sights, Rachel and Jacob must figure out how to keep her safe. After evading several kidnapping attempts, Rachel realizes the danger may be linked to her past--but searching for hidden truths could prove deadly.
88) Seeing red
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Pub. Date
c2009
Description
When a brave little girl and the women of Cornwall flap their red petticoats at Old Boney, Napoleon imagines that he sees redcoats and retreats to France with his men and his warships.
89) Mountain rescue
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Series
Operation K-9 brothers volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021].
Description
The sole witness to a murder, stuntwoman Rachel Denning thought shed found the perfect hideout in a remote cabin just outside Asheville, North Carolina. Until a strange man appears in her bedroom. After a few terrifying moments, she realizes its a mix-uphes not there to kill herand Rachel finds herself with an unexpected protector in the form of a navy SEAL. Dallas Manning is just trying to recover. After being rescued from the Taliban, hes on extended...
90) Renegade
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Series
Elite Ops volume 5
Pub. Date
2010
Description
A bridal shop owner, Mikayla Martin, witnesses a murder. The man she identifies as the killer swears he is innocent and seeks help from his friend Elite Ops agent Nikolai Steele. Nik goes to Mikayla to set her straight but is smitten by her beauty. When someone wants Mikayla dead, Nik must find a way to keep her safe and clear his friend's name.
91) Lethal
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When Honor Gillette's four-year-old daughter, Emily, informs her that a sick man is lying in their front yard, Honor rushes out to help him. But the "sick man turns out to be Lee Coburn, accused of murdering seven men in cold blood the night before. Dangerous, desperate, and armed, he promises Honor that she and her daughter won't be hurt as long as she does everything he asks. She has no choice but to accept him at his word. But everything changes...
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Attorney Gail Brevard is faced with a big problem when her key witness, Clinton Bolt, goes on the lam to Mexico. An arson death and an unexpected kidnapping are just a few of the issues she and her colleagues must deal with while preparing for a trial with millions of dollars at stake. A whirlwind trip across the border gives Gail the upper hand - but not for long, as the criminals are still at large. Where will the unknown assailant strike next -...
93) You belong to me
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Series
Baltimore novels (Karen Rose) volume 1
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Description
Years ago, a young woman was beaten and raped while onlookers did nothing. Now those witnesses are becoming victims themselves. Baltimore homicide detective J.D. Fitzpatrick has seen a lot of horrific violence, both as a cop and during his deployment in Afghanistan. But nothing like the trail of tortured bodies that are turning up throughout the city. He's up against a brutal killer with a very personal vendetta, and now J.D. is beginning to suspect...
94) Club Dread
Author
Series
Hunted volume 2
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When sixteen-year-old Chastity witnesses the murder of a pop star, her hopes of settling down with her mother in San Francisco seem to disappear.
95) The Reapers
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As a small boy, Louis witnesses an unspeakable crime that takes the life of a member of his small, southern community. He grows up and moves on, but he is forever changed by the cruel and brutal nature of the act. It lights a fire deep within him that burns white and cold, a quiet flame just waiting to ignite. Now, years later, the sins of his life are reaching into his present, bringing with them the buried secrets and half-forgotten acts of his...
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Series
Serge Storms novels volume 26
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Description
"Serge A. Storms is back on the road in the latest zany Florida caper from the "wickedly funny" (Entertainment Weekly) Tim Dorsey"--
98) The Amen sisters
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Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
After witnessing the suicide of a churchgoing young woman, Minister Francine Amen blames herself: After this young woman had accused their pastor of sexual abuse, Francine rejected her as a friend. Francine's guilty feelings land her in a mental hospital, and after her release she vows to restore her ministry by making amends to every person she's ever hurt, especially her sister Dawn Amen. Dawn's husband Sly-- formerly Francine's boyfriend--is spending...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
A detective on the brink. An assassin out for revenge. A desperate mother racing against the clock. While the high-profile murder of a young country singer turns Nashville inside out, danger lurks in the woods beyond the city's border. There was a witness to the terrible crime, a college student who stumbled onto the scene. When the girl goes missing, the police don't know if she's run for cover or been taken... or if something more sinister is happening....