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Aloysius Archer novels volume 1
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English
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In 1949, World War II veteran and recent convict Aloysius Archer is released on parole with instructions to stay out of trouble, but when he becomes the suspect in a murder, he must track down the killer to avoid being sent back to prison.
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"New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman tells the story of Amber Glass, desperately trying to get away from her tabloid past but compulsively drawn back to the city of her youth and the prom date who destroyed everything she was reaching for. Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as "Prom Mom" the girl who allegedly killed...
3) The broker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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John Grisham delivers another legal thriller of unparalled suspense. With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy. But Blackman has serious enemies from his past. As the CIA watches him closely, the question is not...
4) True blue
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Fresh out of prison, disgraced ex-cop Mason "Mace" Perry, along with the help of her police chief sister, aids Roy Kingman, a lawyer trying to track down the killer of one of his law partners, all while a U.S. attorney looks for any reason to put Mace back behind bars.
A former Washington D.C. police cop out to prove herself and a young lawyer from aprestigious law firm meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they...
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Over the course of one year, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted by its most annoying customer.
A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve...
6) Road dogs
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The refined bank robber Jack Foley is back again, along with two other illustrious characters: Dawn Navarro, a gorgeous psychic, and Cuando Rey, a rich Cuban refugee. Here, Foley gets nabbed by the police during a routine robbery and is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
7) Atonement
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 22
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In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis wildly misinterprets the relationship between her sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, childhood friends home from Cambridge. So when her young cousin is assaulted, Briony gives in to her hyperactive imagination and blames the atrocity on Robbie. It is a terrible decision that alters lives and fills Briony with an everlasting sense of guilt.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 28
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English
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Just released from prison, Shadow encounters Mr. Wednesday, an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world.
Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral,...
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 15
Pub. Date
2016.
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"Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter usually tries to avoid taking on new cases at all costs. But this time, he's happy--eager, even--to take the case that's just come his way. Andy's long-time friend Martha "Pups" Boyer takes in stray puppies that the local dog rescue center can't handle, raises them until they're old enough to adopt, and then finds good homes for them. Not everyone admires the work Pups does as much as Andy does, however. With Christmas...
10) The upside
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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When a recently paroled ex-convict is hired to care for a quadriplegic man, they become friends and give each other a new perspective on life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
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A propulsive, gritty novel about a girl marked for death who must fight and steal to stay alive, learning from the most frightening man she knowsher father. Eleven-year-old Polly McClusky is shy, too old for the teddy bear she carries with her everywhere, when she is unexpectedly reunited with her father, Nate, fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car. He takes her from the front of her school into a world of robbery, violence, and the constant...
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Outlaw mail order brides volume 4
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English
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When he meets prison inmate Adeline Jancy through correspondence and then in person, outlaw and ex-preacher Ridge Steele realizes she is the woman for him, but then her past catches up with her, threatening to destroy their future together.
13) Gone
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Detective Michael Bennett must stop master criminal and assassin Manuel Perrine who has sworn to find and kill Bennett and everyone dear to him.
Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatric and ruthless Mexican strongman, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suits. Detective Michael Bennett is the only US official ever to succeed at putting Perrine behind bars -- but now Perrine is out,...
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Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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The new season finds Lucas, having escaped detection after being interrogated by FBI agent Jim Racine, with his hands fuller than ever as sheriff, dealing with (among other things) the murder of a Kinaho tribe girl, the continuing escalation of tensions between Amish overlord Kai Proctor and Kinaho tribe leader Alex Longshadow, as well as the unwelcome appearance of a surprise visitor: the reprobate son of the real (and late) Lucas Hood.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Released from prison, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter, but with everyone against her, she turns to local bar owner Ledger Ward who, risking everything, secretly helps her make amends.
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Even Ray Donovan's actions have consequences and he soon learns that clean slates are a dirty business. Ray has taken some hits that would leave lesser men down for the count, but what doesn't kill a Donovan only makes him stronger. One thing's for sure, whether you're with him or against him, it may be a new day, but it's the same Ray.
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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One of the most critically acclaimed dramas on television is back with its most exciting season yet! After the bloody Minassian shootout, Ray Donovan is focused on healing himself and his damaged relationship with his family. But Ray is soon pulled back into his old life by a troubled boxer and an enigmatic art dealer with ties to the Russian mafia.
20) Raising Arizona
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English
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An ex-convict with a taste for convenience store robberies and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have, nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of the wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at family life is complicated by co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
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