Barbara Rosenblat
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 19
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English
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In 1922, as her husband Radcliffe Emerson unsuccessfully tries to persuade his rival Howard Carter to turn over digging rights in the Valley of the Kings to him, Amelia Peabody and her family head for Luxor to search for the long-lost tomb of King Tut.
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Panoramic in scope, Away is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine. When her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. When word comes that her daughter, Sophie, might still be alive, Lillian embarks on an odyssey that takes her from the world of the Yiddish theater on New York’s Lower East Side, to Seattle’s...
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Mrs. Pollifax mysteries volume 8
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English
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Mrs. Pollifax's approaching vacation to Thailand is given a spin when Mr. Carstairs of the CIA hires her to pick up a small package.
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 17
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Darkness descends upon New York City's picturesque Manhattan waterfront as Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman, forced to split up as they seek a cunning killer, explore their budding relationship and face a threat that strikes far too close to home.
6) Lady killer
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Rosato and Associates novels volume 10
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English
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Mary DiNunzio's teenage angst comes flooding back when her high school nemesis, Trish Gambone (dubbed "Trash" by Mary) comes seeking her help. It doesn't matter that Mary is now the rainmaker of Rosato & Associates, Trish's mere presence is enough to make Mary feel like she's at the bottom of the food chain. As it turns out, however, Trish's life has taken a horrifying turn. She is terrified of her live-in boyfriend, an abusive South Philly mobster,...
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 18
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein delivers a heart-pounding thriller that explores the dark secrets of Manhattan's iconic fashion scene in her latest Alexandra Cooper novel. New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well-known for its glamour and style. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the runway, where American haute couture continually astounds with its creativity, daring, and innovation in the name of beauty....
8) Hell gate
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"In 'Hell Gate', Alex finds her attention torn between investigating a shipwreck that has a contraband cargo-- human cargo-- and the political sex scandal of a promising New York congressman now fallen from grace"--Container.
9) Night watch
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Forty-eight hours after Alexandra Cooper arrives in France to visit her boyfriend and famed restaurateur, Luc Rouget, her vacation in paradise is cut short when a young woman from the village is found murdered. The only evidence discovered on the body is one of Luc’s matchboxes promoting his new restaurant in New York. But before the investigation begins, Alex is summoned back to New York to handle a high profile case. Mohammed Gil-Darsin, the distinguished...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Stink's parents win tickets to an aquarium sleepover for the whole family, could it be science-freak Stink's dream come true or his worst nightmare? He loves learning about sharks, but does he want to sleep in the same room with them? He's nuts about gross stuff, but does he want go to bed thinking about the eating habits of the vampire squid? Especially Bloody Mary, the mutant, glowing Frankensquid that's supposed to be on the prowl? Creepy,...
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 16
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English
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From the world́'s largest Tiffany clock decorating the 42nd Street entrance to its spectacular main concourse, Grand Central has been a symbol of beauty and innovation in New York City for more than one hundred years. But the world's loveliest station is hiding more than just an underground train system. When the body of a young woman is found in the tower suite of the Waldorf Astoria, one of the most prestigious hotels in Manhattan Assistant DA...
12) Death angel
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Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman race to track down a serial killer before yet another young woman is found dead. Is the body found in the ramble the first victim of a deranged psychopath, or are other missing women in years past? Is this enormous urban park a sanctuary in the middle of the city, as it seems to the thousands of New Yorkers and tourists who fill it every day, or is it a hunting ground for a killer with a twisted...
13) Deadfall
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 19
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Hunting a killer within New Yorks urban jungle becomes the biggest case of Alexandra Coopers career in New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairsteins latest riveting thriller. A wild heart beats within New York City. Amid concrete and skyscrapers, the Wildlife Conservation Society works to preserve and protect the animal kingdom both within and beyond the borders of the five boroughs. But dangerous creatures don't always have claws and fangs,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hold on to your umbrella and stock up on marshmallows, Elmer is coming to town! Hurricane Elmer, that is. Judy and Stink and the whole Moody family hunker down with beans and batteries, ready to wait out the storm. Along with massive rain and strong winds, Elmer throws down ghosts, squirrels, and aliens. Just when things couldn't possibly get any freakier, flicker, flicker, gulp; the lights go O-U-T out. The Moodys are smack-dab in the middle of a...
15) Hunting season
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Working at Mt. Locust, a historic Mississippi plantation, park ranger Anna Pigeon comes upon the body of the brother of a local candidate for sheriff, and must deal with dark family secrets and political intrigue as she investigates the crime.
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Mrs. Pollifax mysteries volume 1
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English
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In the first appearance of Mrs. Pollifax, Emily leaves New Brunswick, N.J., travels to Langley, V.A. and persuades a skeptical CIA recruitment officer that she is the best person for a job in Mexico. It's a simple courier job, no real spy work. Soon, however, she finds herself kidnapped, taken to Albania and imprisoned in the company of the mysterious John Sebastian Farrell.
“Should delight you whether youre looking for smiles or thrills.”The...
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After eluding a kidnapper in London, an unperturbed Amelia Peabody accompanies her unconventional family to Cairo once more—only to be ensnared almost immediately in a web of stolen treasures and bloodthirsty cults. Villainy is running rampant in Egypt this 1907 archaeological season, but the members of the intrepid Peabody-Emerson clan have already proven themselves to be formidable adversaries. However, when a mint-condition papyrus of
...18) Liberty falling
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Park ranger Anna Pigeon, in New York to visit her desperately ill sister, becomes drawn into an investigation of a series of strange murders in Statue of Liberty Park.
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It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park. Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed...
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Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of an elderly pigeon racer, Tony Lucia, who has been arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony," as he's known, confesses to Judy that he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more than fifty years ago. Her client's guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy's problems. The Coluzzi family wants revenge, and they are determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the...