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281) Out of the black
Author
Pub. Date
p2013
Description
After Matt Caine loses his wife in a car accident, all he has left is his daughter, Anna. But just as the little girl, who survived the accident, finally starts thriving, Matt's former in-laws threaten to take her away via a bitter custody battle. Desperate to keep Anna and in debt to some dangerous local thugs, Matt has no good options. But he does have Jay, one very bad friend. Just out of jail and plagued by drug addiction, Jay tempts Matt with...
282) The chase : Lion Boy
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Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
This second book in the trilogy finds Charlie Ashanti right where readers left him: on a train with escaped circus lions in the King of Bulgaria's bathroom. But although the previous book ended with Charlie and the lions abruptly finding safety and warmth, "without a doubt, there were going to be troubles ahead." That is an understatement. Charlie and the lions manage to travel from the Alpine mountains to Paris and then on to Venice, eventually ending...
Author
Series
Secret diary of Hendrik Groen volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Hendrik Groen and Evert Duiker see each other once a week to play chess. But one day, Evert shows up with an unexpected little guest. He spotted a stroller with an unattended baby in it and, in a moment of utter madness, decided to take it for a walk. After Evert regains his sanity, the two seventy-year-olds resolve to return the child to its parents. But the quiet neighborhood is now swarmed by police officers, and getting rid of their accidental...
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Pub. Date
2007.
Description
In 2001, audiences first met and fell in love with a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind named Artemis Fowl. Since then, the series has sold over seven million copies in the United States alone. Now, this phenomenally successful series is being translated into a graphic novel format. Eoin Colfer has teamed up with established comic writer Andrew Donkin to adapt the text. For the first time, rabid fans will be able to see what Foaly's tin hat looks...
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Series
A Decker/Lazarus novel volume 27
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Peter and his partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, are thrown into an unsolved case and propelled into action when a body is found in Upstate New York, in the very woods where a man previously went missing ... But that's not the only crisis that Peter has to deal with. Teresa McLaughlin, the biological mother of Peter and Rina's foster son, Gabe, has fled to Los Angeles with her two other children in tow, hoping to avoid a court injunction amid a messy...
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries.Super edition volume 1-4
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate possible crime at a summer camp, search for treasure in Plymouth, Massachusetts, hunt for the President's missing dog in Washington, D.C., and have a spooky experience during a sleepover in Sleepy Hollow.