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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Robert "Cali" Callahan, seventeen, gets swept up into the private-investigator business and must deal with the ramifications of looking for fellow runaways who may not want to be found--and with falling in love with one of them.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Forensic expert Maggie Gardiner continues her uneasy partnership with vigilante homicide detective Jack Renner to investigate the murder of a newspaper copy editor.
A copy editor at the Cleveland Herald is found hanging above the grinding wheels of the newspaper assembly line. Forensic investigator Maggie Gardiner has her suspicions about this apparent suicide, and when the evidence suggests murder, Maggie has no choice but to place her trust in...
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 7
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Dr. Kendra Michaels, blind for the first twenty years of her life before gaining her sight via a revolutionary surgical procedure, is a renowned investigator known for her razor-sharp sensesh́oned during her years in the darkánd keen deductive abilities. Now her skills are needed uncomfortably close to home. Two staff members have been murdered at a school for the blind where Kendra spent her formative years. But the murders are puzzlingly dissimilar:...
6904) Balthazar
Pub. Date
[2020]-
Description
As a forensic pathologist in Paris, Raphël Balthazar can make the dead speak like no one else. He solves the city's most disturbing crimes with no-nonsense chief inspector Hélène Bach, who, in Series Two, helps him reopen the one case that still haunts him: his wife's murder.
6905) Hero: rescue mission
Author
Series
Hero volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Ben and Hero, the incredible search-and-rescue dog, have saved the day before but never like this. Ben's town is in trouble when two convicts escape from a nearby prison. His dad, a police officer, sets off to find the men and bring them to justice, but then Ben's dad disappears and the trail goes cold. Ben knows that it's up to him and Hero to solve the case. As they embark on their most dangerous mission yet, the two best friends must stock up on...
6906) The night women
Author
Series
The Louise Rick/Camilla Lind volume Book 8
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Detective Louise Rick is investigating the murder of a young woman when her friend calls with news that her ten-year-old son found an abandoned baby on his way to school. As Louise digs deeper into the parallel mysteries, every clue points to organized human trafficking.
6908) Public enemies
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
6909) In a split second
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Bound together by the devastating consequences of a terrorist attack on a London market, teenagers Charlotte (Charlie) and Nat appear at first to have much in common. But, as Charlie gets closer to Nat and his family, she begins to wonder if perhaps he knows more about the attack than he has let on. In a Split Second is an action-packed thriller that shifts between the perspectives of its two main characters as their courage and their loyalties are...
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Description
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others,...
6911) Monster
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]-
Description
"Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there's no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples' lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension. Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification...
Author
Series
Bruno Johnson novels volume 5
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Bruno Johnson, a newly minted LA County Sheriff Violent Crimes detective, gets the worst assignment possible--infiltrate a sheriff's narcotics team that may be involved in murder for hire. Gain their trust and be brought into the scheme. If he succeeds, he will have to arrest and testify against his fellow deputies. To make matters worse, his ex-girlfriends shows up on his doorstep with their daughter, stunned and terrified, he now faces immediate...
6913) Holy rollers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Sam Gold reluctantly studies to become a rabbi to please his family. His neighbor senses Sam's discontent and propositions him to transport 'medicine' for an Israeli dealer. Exposed to the exciting worlds of Manhattan and Amsterdam nightlife, Sam spirals deeper into the lifestyle. As his double life begins to rip his family apart, he realizes the facade behind the easy money and parties. Caught between the two worlds, Sam must make a decision that...
6914) The dragon turn
Author
Series
Boy Sherlock Holmes volume 5
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Young Sherlock Holmes helps his friend, Irene, celebrate her sixteenth birthday in the summer of 1869 by taking her to see the latest sensation to hit London--the magician, Alistair Hemsworth. He promises to make a real dragon appear on stage--but before the act, Hemsworth is arrested for the murder of his rival, and though he has a motive, Sherlock is not convinced he is guilty.
6915) Batman: White knight
Author
Series
Batman white knight volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"The impossible has happened: the Joker has become... sane. Now calling himself Gotham's newest protector, the Joker now spearheads a task force to take down the dangerous masked vigilante known as Batman. Visionary creator Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, American Vampire) unveils his radical take on the greatest rivalry in comics in Batman: White Knight! After years of epic battles, the Dark Knight finally finds a way to cure the twisted mind of his...
6916) The Fire Court
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
The Great Fire has ravaged London, wreaking destruction and devastation wherever its flames spread. Now, guided by the incorruptible Fire Court, the city is slowly rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away. When James Marwood's father, a traitor, is run down and killed, he is determined to uncover the truth.
6918) A most violent year
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The tale of an immigrant and his family trying to live the American Dream in the 1980s and expand their business amidst rampant violence, urban decay, and corrupt city officials during one of the most dangerous years in the city's history.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
The Supa Buddies have been working hard to help Dog Man overcome his bad habits. But when his obsessions turn to fears, Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain! Meanwhile, Petey the Cat has been released from jail and starts a new life with Li'l Petey.
"Los superamigos han estado trabajando duro para ayudar a Hombre Perro a superar sus malos hábitos; pero cuando sus obsesiones se vuelven fobias, ¡Hombre Perro se convierte en...
6920) The royal secret
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate - but the task brings unexpected dangers. Meanwhile, architect Cat Hakesby is working for a merchant who lives on Slaughter Street, where the air smells of blood and a captive Barbary lion prowls the stables. Then a prestigious new commission arrives. Cat must design a Poultry...