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1) Late edition
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author, this is "a page-turner... the perfect blend of mystery, adventure and romance" (The Charleston Mercury).
Teresa "Toots" Loudenberry has a knack for finding adventure, even when she's not looking for it. But ever since her friend Sophie convinced her to start holding regular séances, life in Los Angeles is getting a little too dramatic even for Toots's tastes. When their...
Teresa "Toots" Loudenberry has a knack for finding adventure, even when she's not looking for it. But ever since her friend Sophie convinced her to start holding regular séances, life in Los Angeles is getting a little too dramatic even for Toots's tastes. When their...
2) Lion & lamb
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"They can catch a killer-if they don't kill each other first. Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb are rival PIs working the same intense headline-making case"--
3) The alibi
Author
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Aspiring district attorney Hammond Cross, having just dumped his lover and rival Steffi Mundell, finds himself falling for a mysterious woman who turns out to be the prime suspect in a sensational murder--a case that could make or break Hammond's career.
Author
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
An unlikely witness threatens a high-level government cover-up--orchestrated by the Secret Service and a ruthlessly loyal White House chief-of-staff--of a brutal murder involving the president and his mistress.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Middle school student Henry and his mother have just moved to the strange town of Ravens Pass and their new apartment is not only dirty and smelly, it also seems to be haunted by the former tenants.
6) The likeness
Author
Series
Dublin murder squad volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
�2008
Language
English
Description
"Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She's transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam O'Neill, but she's too badly shaken to make a commitment to him or to her career. Then Sam calls her to the scene of his new case: a young woman found stabbed to death in a small town outside Dublin. The dead girl's ID says her name is Lexie Madison--the identity Cassie...
Author
Series
Jane Smith volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date" --
8) Guilty
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Kate White, single mother and assistant Philadelphia DA, must fight for her life and the life of her son as the terrible events of her past return with a vengeance and the only hope she seems to have lies with homicide detective Tom Braga--a man she has no reason to trust.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Gert Dooley, smitten with Ethan Chapman, the reluctant sheriff of Fergus, Idaho, in 1885, forms the Ladies' Shooting Club to teach women how to protect themselves after murder taints the small town, and she proves herself invaluable to Ethan in more ways than one when she catches the killer.
Author
Series
Publisher
B & H Pub. Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"While her Cleveland friends relocated to Southern California and Italy, 24-year-old computer whiz Chloe Humphrey moves with some uncertainty to Appleseed Creek to direct technology services at a nearby college. Her first acquaintance is Becky, an ex-Amish teenager looking for a new home. While driving Chloe's car, Becky collides with a buggy, killing an Amish bishop. But what looks like an accident is soon labeled murder when police discover the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty."--
"Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the...
12) The third twin
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Research scientist Jeannie Ferrami discovers a chilling conspiracy when her study of the genetic components of aggression reveals a plot by the government, a biotech company, and her own university to reshape society through genetic manipulation.
13) Stone cold
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
While trying to protect his identity from a man seeking revenge for the death of his father, Oliver Stone, a former CIA assassin, and a group of justice seekers protect Annabelle Conroy, a woman who stole millions of dollars from a casino owner in retaliation for her mother's murder.
14) The crush
Author
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Dr. Rennie Newton, having served on a jury that acquitted notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada, forms an uneasy alliance with Fort Worth detective Wick Threadgill when Lozada makes her the target of his fatal attentions.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Already coping with battle fatigue following his return from Afghanistan, journalist Dawson Scott receives a tip he cannot ignore about a potentially huge story involving the son of terrorists at-large for forty years.
Dawson Scott is a well-respected journalist recently returned from Afghanistan. Haunted by everything he experienced, he's privately suffering from battle fatigue which is a threat to every aspect of his life. But then he gets a call...
16) Phantom evil
Author
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Heading a group of paranormal investigators for the government, Jackson Crow, part English, part Cheyenne, uses his link to the realm of spirits to help solve the mysterious death of a senator's wife with the help of Angela Hawkins, a police officer with paranormal intuition.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Alicia is a tech giant, wealthy beyond compare. Kelly is a stay-at-home mother and Stanford legacy. Maren makes three: single, broke, and out of place among the rich and elite. All their daughters are natural choices for Stanford: except the school can only recommend one student. As the competition heats up, an attempt is made on one of the girl's lives and the community spirals into panic. Now the mothers have to decide if one of them is capable...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of Fairham Island, is dead. The police say it's suicide, but Keith, her estranged son, doesn't believe it. Keith bears scars--both physical and emotional--from his childhood, but he's worked hard to overcome the past. After walking away from his mother and her controlling ways five years ago, he's built a new life in LA. He's also accumulated a fortune of his own. But as soon as he learns of his...
20) The evil inside
Author
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"For as long as it has stood overlooking New England's jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness-- and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims. Until now. A member of the nation's foremost paranormal forensic team, Jenna Duffy has made a career out of investigating the inexplicable. Yet nothing could prepare her for the string of slayings once again plaguing...