Graham Halstead
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English
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From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders.--
"Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders,...
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English
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Wealthy, beautiful Nane�e was born with a spirit of adventure that transcends her Midwestern roots. When German tanks roll across the border and into Paris, Nan�ee joins the resistance. Known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding, Nane�e uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety. Inspired by the real life Chicago heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who worked with American journalist Varian...
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Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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In this coming-of-age debut, a seventeen-year-old boy has one week in the aftermath of a disastrous prank to prove to the authorities, and to himself, that he's not a worthless jerk who belongs in jail.
Moses and his cousin Charlie were best friends, wisecracking pranksters, unstoppable forces of teenage energy-until the night they became accidental arsonists and set in motion a chain of events that left Moses alone, guilt-stricken, and most likely...
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Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she's found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband's office shelf. The sports trophy...
5) The store
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English
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Imagine a future of unparalleled convenience. A powerful retailer, The Store, can deliver anything to your door, anticipating the needs and desires you didn't even know you had. Most people are fine with that, but not Jacob and Megan Brandeis. New York writers whose livelihood is on the brink of extinction, Jacob and Megan are going undercover to dig up The Store's secrets in a book that could change the entire American way of life -- or put an end...
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English
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"A missing woman receives a second chance at life, thanks to her billionaire husband--but the consequences are deadly in this gripping psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before. Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's an icon of the tech world, the founder of a lucrative robotics company. He tells...
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English
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"Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton, the leafy and imposing Vermont estate that is not only the filming site for "Bake Week" but also the childhood home of the show's famous host, celebrated baker Betsy Martin. The author of numerous bestselling cookbooks and hailed as "America's Grandmother," Betsy Martin isn't as warm off-screen as on, though no one needs to know that but her. She...
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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The united village of sheep and wolves leads its steady and peaceful life when two unexpected guests suddenly arrive, a Polar fox and a small ewe, who bring mortal danger with their arrival. Grey, the new leader of the united tribe, must convince the sheep and wolves that unity is the only solution to any obstacle.
10) Heart of stone
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English
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Boone Sinclair is a hallmark Diana Palmer hero: tall, strong and handsome. A businessman and a rancher, Boone had it all except for Keely Welsh. The first time he spotted her on his property, he was determined not to let her get away from him. The lovely beauty would be his ... Every Long, Tall Texan gets his woman, and this one would not be denied.
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Set in the richly drawn art world of nineteenth-century Paris, this stunning historical novel imagines Édouard Manet's last days in an indelible snapshot of genius, illness, and the dying embers of passion.
Suffering from the complications of syphilis toward the end of his life, Édouard Manet begins to jot down his daily impressions, reflections, and memories in a notebook. He travels for healing respites in the
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Charlotte Holmes volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When Jamie and Charlotte join the theater program at Oxford, accidents start anew, giving them no choice but to throw themselves into a cold case.
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English
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In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him. Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"From the former Stanford University sailing coach, the first person sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit, about the sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising, and about the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect"--
16) Finding Orion
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Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations, and his father makes funky-flavored jellybeans for a living. One sister acts as if she's always on stage, and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is more odd than Rion's grandfather, Papa Kwirk. He's the kind of guy who shows up on his motorcycle only on holidays handing out crossbows and stuffed squirrels as...
17) Horse
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English
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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
18) A list of cages
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Adam,a high school senior, rescues Julian, a freshman, from an abusive situation"--
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English
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"A cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable--and unsettling--friendship, with blood-chilling twists, crackling wit, and a thrumming pulse in its veins--from the nationally bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Survivor Song. What if the coolest girl you've ever met decided to be your friend? Art Barbara was so not cool. He was a seventeen-year-old high school loner in the late 1980s who listened to hair metal,...
20) Legacy of kings
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Series
Blood of gods and royals volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Katerina, on a mission to kill the queen, falls in love with Alexander, Prince of Macedonia. Jacob will go to unthinkable lengths to win Katerina, even if it means having to compete with Hephaestion, a murderer sheltered by the prince. And far across the sea, Zofia, a Persian princess and Alexander's unmet betrothed, wants to alter her destiny by seeking the famed and deadly Spirit Eaters.