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"Thelonious "Monk" Ellison's writing career has bottomed out: his latest manuscript has been rejected by seventeen publishers, which stings all the more because his previous novels have been "critically acclaimed." He seethes on the sidelines of the literary establishment as he watches the meteoric success of We's Lives in Da Ghetto, a first novel by a woman who once visited "some relatives in Harlem for a couple of days." Meanwhile, Monk struggles...
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Alex Cross novels volume 24
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Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, DC. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to crack the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread -- the victims are all criminals....
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
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Convicted of a murder that took place twenty-five years ago, an innocent Rufus Harms secretly files an appeal with the Supreme Court, but the real killers embark on a deadly campaign to ensure that the case will remain closed, eliminating all who could reveal the truth
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Alex Cross novels volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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Two killers compete with each other for who can commit the most murders. One lives in Los Angeles and specializes in dismembering his victims, the other operates in the Carolinas, his specialty being college girls. By the author of Along Came a Spider.
''As two serial killers terrorize different regions of America, the FBI begins to suspect that the two are competing with each other, and Washington, D.C., police detective Alex Cross embarks on a...
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Alex Cross novels volume 26
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When the U.S. president is assassinated by an unknown sniper, Alex Cross takes a personal role with the FBI to lead an unprecedented investigation that is complicated by Constitutional crises.
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"Framed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land in this electrifying tale from the author of The Night Agent-a propulsive political thriller reminiscent of the best early Baldacci and Grisham novels"--
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Avery Keene thrillers volume 1
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Plunged into an explosive role she never anticipated, Avery Keene, now the legal guardian of power of attorney for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, must unravel the clues he left behind in regards to a dangerous conspiracy that has infiltrated the highest power corridors of Washington.
"An inside-Washington thriller about an ambitious law clerk thrown into a life-or-death treasure hunt with major national implications when the Supreme Court justice...
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Alex Cross novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 15
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Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are his own special vulnerabilities.Jezzie Flanagan is the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
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A corporate lawyer in Washington goes to war against his own company to defend the homeless. It happens after Michael Brock is abducted by a homeless man and held hostage. The homeless man is killed by a police sharpshooter and the lawyer is rescued, but the experience changes his life. Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better;...
11) 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...
12) Brazen virtue
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An irresistable police detective and an eccentric mystery writer struggle to separate business from pleasure while pursuing a deranged murderer.
13) Alex cross, run
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Alex Cross novels volume 20
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Detective Alex Cross arrested renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail and he's made sure that no one will recognize him by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer, he's...
14) Exclusive
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After the U.S. president's wife hints that the death of her newborn son was not from natural causes, Washington reporter Barrie Travis travels to Wyoming to visit the First Lady's lover. On her return to Washington she finds that her house has been firebombed and the president's wife has gone into seclusion. By the author of The Witness.
15) Cross down
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"Alex Cross is gravely injured. Only his partner and friend John Sampson can keep him safe . . . and get justice. For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC’s, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them. When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random—Sampson’s...
16) Naughty neighbor
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Louisa Brannigan is a Washington D.C. press secretary whose annoying neighbor gets her involved in the case of a missing pig. Little does she know that the quest for this MIA swine might just lead to unexpected romance.
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Culper Ring novels (Brad Meltzer) volume 3
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Brad Meltzer returns with the next novel in the bestselling Culper Ring series. Beecher White makes an alarming discovery on the White House grounds: there is a severed arm buried in the Rose Garden. As he investigates, he realizes it's a message ... one that may have dire repercussions for the president. Even worse, the message turns Beecher's personal life upside down, pointing him toward the dark truth about his father's death.
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"An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. 'Drop whatever you’re doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,' DC Metro Police dispatch says. 'A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto.' Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn’t fail—it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War–era machine gun. The...
19) Term limits
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Three of Washington's most powerful and least scrupulous politicians are executed with surgical precision by a team of military commandos demanding that the government restore power to the people, and only one congressman can stop them.
Politics and riveting suspense collide in this white-knuckled thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin-now a major motion picture. In one bloody night, three of Washington's most...
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Alex Cross novels volume 16
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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James Patterson delivers the fifteenth installment of his acclaimed Alex Cross series. During a family reunion, Detective Alex Cross receives word that a close relative has been brutally murdered. Determined to catch the culprit, Cross joins forces with his lover, Detective Brianna Stone, and pursues the case all the way to the seediest sections of Washington's underbelly.
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