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Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Terry Naughton, head of Orange County's Crimes Against Youth Unit, is pitted against a brilliantly insane sex offender called Horridus, who kidnaps children from their beds, dresses them as angels, and releases them the next day with a piece of snakeskin tucked into the folds of their gowns. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the madman's crimes escalate, Naughton races to find him while struggling to confront his own dark and violent past....
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"1978: At her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont, the brilliant psychiatrist, Dr. Helen Hildreth, is acclaimed for her compassionate work with the mentally ill. But when's she home with her cherished grandchildren, Vi and Eric, she's just Gran-teaching them how to take care of their pets, preparing them home-cooked meals, providing them with care and attention and love. Then one day Gran brings home a child to stay with the family. Iris-silent,...
84) Lost innocents
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"When a fifteen-year-old baby-sitter vanishes with her towheaded charge, Maddy Blake, like the rest of her sleepy, suburban town, is shaken. When the teenager's naked body is recovered and a manhunt for the missing toddler turns up nothing, Maddy, like the entire community of Taylorsville, is horrified. She follows the case with some detachment - until the police arrive at her door."--BOOK JACKET. "Her husband, Doug, has become the prime suspect....
85) The Bishop
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Series
Bowers files volume 4
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
"A young woman is found brutally murdered in Washington, D.C. as her killers conduct a spree of perfect crimes in the Northeast. With nothing to link the crimes to each other, Agent Bowers faces his most difficult case yet, even as his personal life begins to crumble."--p. [2] of jacket.
86) One breath away
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits. Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town's children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren by the daughter who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and wonders if he has failed his child again....
89) Out of reach
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Spunky kids at the mercy of bad guys are once again the focus of this second suspense novel by Lewin, in which a covert CIA operative and martial arts expert goes up against a child kidnapping ring.
90) Grave surprise
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Twenty-something Harper Connolly has a gift. After being struck by lighting as a child, she discovered an eerie ability to locate the deceased. In Memphis, skeptical Professor Nunley wants her to demonstrate that skill at an ancient cemetery. There, Harper stands atop a grave and says there are two bodies entombed: one centuries old, but the other, a young girl named Tabitha. Her assertion holds water. Tabitha has been missing for two years--and now...
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Pub. Date
2000.
Description
The death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey at Christmas 1996 galvanized America. Years after the event, the mystery endures. Who killed the young beauty queen and why? Thomas explores the case in detail, pointing the way towards an analysis that some might find too shocking to consider.
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Series
Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James volume 12
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
A priceless heirloom and a murder long hidden send Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James in pursuit of a ruthless killer in this latest thrilling entry in the award-winning mystery series.
95) Around town
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Teaches children the different ways to keep safe when they are in the park, in stores, or out in the street.
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Series
Eve Quinn and Bonnie volume 14
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
When Eve Duncan gave birth to Bonnie, she experienced a love she never knew existed. Eve's entire life came into focus and nothing was going to stand in the way of giving her daughter a wonderful life--the kind of life she herself never experienced. And then, the unthinkable happened. On an ordinary class trip to a local park, seven-year-old Bonnie vanished.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband -- these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village.... And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone... can see that these dreams aren't too far out of reach.... But the girl's dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest...
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine's frightened voice: "She's gone. Elizabeth is gone." At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine's seeming bad dream would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone.
99) Stranger safety
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
The Safe Side gives parents simple, fun and interesting ways to discuss difficult information with their children how to make smart decisions in potentially harmful situations.