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When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim's home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are, for different...
2) Near miss
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Stone Barrington novels volume 64
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English
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"Stone Barrington faces down a deadly foe in the latest thrilling adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the baggage of a persistent ex-boyfriend intent on retribution. As Stone skillfully dodges each disturbance, it becomes clear that there's...
3) The hustle
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2019]
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English
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Two female scam artists decide to work together to bring down the men who have wronged them.
4) Overboard
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Lionsgate
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[2018]
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English
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When an arrogant wealthy yacht owner falls overboard and suffers from amnesia, a mistreated employee develops an elaborate plan to get her revenge.
5) Darkman
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English
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Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
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MaddAddam trilogy volume 3
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English
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Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, which is being fortified against man and giant Pigoon alike. Accompanying them are the Crakers, the gentle, quasihuman species engineered by the brilliant but deceased Crake. While their reluctant prophet, Jimmy--Crake's one-time friend--recovers from a debilitating...
7) Nobody
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2021]
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English
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When a man beats up a gang of thugs, it turns out that one of them is the brother of a mob enforcer who now wants to avenge him.
Hutch Mansell is an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody. When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake, is disappointed in...
8) Bright leaf
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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c2010
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English
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Brant Royle buys and sells tobacco, building a cigarette manufacturing empire, but his empire is starting to crumble. He is romantically drawn to the daughter of the tycoon who had earlier brought ruin to his family, and she may have an agenda of her own.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
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Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back
"Gatsby embodies the naive American notion that it is possible to invent oneself and persuade the world to accept that definition. Gatsby's youthful neighbor, Nick Carraway, fascinated by both the display of enormous wealth and the essential integrity that he perceives in Gatsby's vision,...
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