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1) On the edge
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Edge series (Ilona Andrews) volume 1
Language
English
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From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of the Kate Daniels novels comesan edgy new series about a world on the border of fantasy and reality, packed with pulse-pounding action and white-hot romance.
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In Death series volume 36
Language
English
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"On Manhattan's Upper East Side a woman lies dead at the bottom of the stairs, stripped of all her valuables. Most cops might call it a mugging gone wrong, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better. A well-off accountant and a beloved wife and mother, Marta Dickenson doesn't seem the type to be on anyone's hit list. But when Eve and her partner, Peabody, find blood inside the building, the lieutenant knows Marta's murder was the work of a killer who's...
4) The panther
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Series
John Corey novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
Anti-terrorist task force agent John Corey and his FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, search for the mastermind behind the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen -- one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. They haven't been given much information about their mission, except that they will be working with a small team to track...
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While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest languishes in prison. Forty years have passed since he last saw daylight. His crime? Claiming to know the true location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Then the miraculous happens -- a mortar strikes the prison and he is free! Old, frail, and injured, he escapes to the jungle, where he encounters two Western journalists and a beautiful freelance photographer taking refuge from the carnage....
6) Vicious
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Series
Villains (V. E. Schwab) volume 1
Language
English
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Ten years after an experiment designed to tap a human's supernatural abilities goes terribly wrong, Victor breaks out of prison and resolves to track down his former roommate, Eli, who is on a mission to eliminate the world's superpowered people.
"Victor and Eli started out as two brilliant but arrogant college students who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death...
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San Francisco judge Ramsay Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, begins the murder trial of Clive and Cindy Cahill only to have federal prosecutor Mickey O'Rourke, known for his relentless, aggressive style, suddenly turn tentative and distracted. Hunt suspects that something is very wrong -- and then O'Rourke goes missing and Judge Hunt gets shot in the back. Savich and Sherlock receive news of the attack as a mysterious...
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English
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Charles Lenox is at the pinnacle of his political career and is a delighted new father. His days of regularly investigating the crimes of Victorian London now some years behind him, he plans a trip to his uncle's estate in Somerset in the expectation of a few calm weeks to write an important speech. When he arrives in the quiet village of Plumbley, however, what greets him is a series of strange vandalisms upon the local shops: broken windows, minor...
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English
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While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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When her sister is wrongly implicated in an explosion that has destroyed her family's priceless antiques business and killed an employee, Hannah struggles to find clues in the ashes and discovers a life-threatening secret from the past.
12) Vicious circle
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Series
Hector Cross novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Hector Cross left behind a career of high risks and warfare when he married his beloved Hazel Bannock. But after his new life is tragically upended, he recognizes the ruthless hand of an old enemy behind the attack. Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends and fellow warriors to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones. For he and Hazel have a child, a precious daughter, whom he will go to the ends...
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Kate Shugak mysteries volume 20
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English
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The villages of Kushtaka and Kuskulana sit across the river from each other, but Kuskulana's always thrived while Kushtaka is slowly dying out. One hundred years of bad blood between the communties threaten to come to a boil when the body of a young Kushtaka ne'er-do-well is found wedged in a fish wheel. Sergeant Jim Chopin gets the unenviable task of investigating -- difficult since members of both tribes refuse to speak to Jim, and yet also critical...
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Series
Hector Cross novels volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ex-SAS warrior and former private security consultant Major Hector Cross is forced to take the law into his own hands to stop old and new enemies intent on global domination.
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Regency England, September 1812: After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military comrade, heartsick Sebastian learns of a new calamity. Russell Yates, the dashing onetime privateer, who married Kat a year ago, has been found standing over the corpse of Benjamin Eisler, a wealthy gem dealer. Yates insists he is innocent, but he will surely hang unless Sebastian can unmask the real killer.
17) Slow bullets
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Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
Description
On the brink of the ceasefire of a war encompassing hundreds of worlds, conscripted soldier Scur is captured by a renegade war criminal and left for dead, but she revives aboard a prisoner transport vessel on which something is terribly wrong.
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Emperor series volume 5
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The assassination of Julius Caesar sets in motion political intrigue, epic battle, and righteous retribution throughout the ancient Roman empire as Marc Antony and Gaius Octavian marshal their forces into an avenging army on a mission to reunite all that Caesar's fall has torn asunder.
20) Against gravity
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Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Kendrick Gallmonk is a survivor of the Maze, a research facility where thousands of political prisoners were forced to be guinea pigs in experiments designed to create the perfect soldier. One day his heart stops beating and a ghost urges him to return to the source of all his nightmares....
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