Anna Fields
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
930L
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English
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Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked,...
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English
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Advice columnist Julianne Ambrose Gillis is used to giving other people advice. But, she's at a loss for words when her husband of 20 years suddenly leaves her and their three children. Not long afterward, Julianne is diagnosed with a serious illness and her children undertake a dangerous journey to bring their wayward father home.
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English
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Three women do not consider themselves victims of rape--they are survivors and helped in the investigation that caught their attacker. Now they are prime suspects in his murder. Could one of these women have been driven to do the unthinkable? When another woman is attacked, the survivors club fear they fingered the wrong man. Now the real killer is still out there.
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Chicago Stars volume 7
Language
English
Description
Taking to the road between seasons, attractive Chicago Stars quarterback Dean Robillard meets the beautiful and infuriating Blue under unusual circumstances and draws on his competitive skills to overcome her wariness of relationships.
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Series
Chicago Stars volume 6
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English
Description
Annabelle, the lone failure in a family of overachievers, is determined to make her matchmaking business a success by signing sports agent Heath Champion, one of the most eligible bachelors in Chicago, but she must first deal with competition from Portia Powers, owner of the slick Power Matches, as well as her own growing attraction to her wealthy client.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
"It's a boiling summer in Boston. Adding to the city's woes is a series of shocking crimes that end in abduction and death. The pattern suggest "the Surgeon," serial killer Warren Hoyt. But Hoyt is behind bars, so this time it's a copycat killer. Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case, determined to finally end Hoyt's influence."--from NoveList.
7) The sinner
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Series
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series volume 3
Rizzoli and Isles novel volume 03
Rizzoli and Isles volume 3
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles novel volume 03
Rizzoli and Isles novel volume 03
Rizzoli and Isles volume 3
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles novel volume 03
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English
Description
After two women are killed, medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli uncover an ancient horror in a cloistered convent that leads them toward a dawning revelation about the killer's identity -- one that's too shattering to consider.
8) Alone
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English
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An elite sniper is forced to question his instincts when he is accused of shooting the wrong man.
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Love medicine volume 08
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Faye Travers, a middle-aged divorcee and specialist in Native American antiquities, discovers a rare ceremonial drum while assessing the estate of a New Hampshire man descended from an Indian agent, and, when she hears the sound of the drum without even touching the instrument, she feels compelled to steal it and return it to a North Dakota reservation where its remarkable history is revealed.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Emily Parmenter lives on a plantation where her father raises hunting spaniels and her only friends are her dog and the housekeeper. When troubled debutante Lulu Foxworth moves in to recuperate, Emily is forced to grow up faster than she had expected.
11) Gone
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Series
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English
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The estranged wife of ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy disappears, her abandoned car is found on the Oregon highway with the engine running and her purse on the driver's seat. Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions he's been afraid to ask.
12) Hot ice
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English
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Rich, gorgeous Whitney MacAllister likes fast cars, vintage movies, and dangerous men. But even this jaded, high-living Manhattan socialite is taken by surprise when a stranger in black leather hijacks her Mercedes--just before the bullets start flying. International jewel thief Douglas Lord is used to living life on the run--part of the lure of his chosen profession is the thrill of the chase. But he has one iron-clad rule: he always works alone....
13) Suture self
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Series
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English
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Judith McMonigle Flynn fears her hip replacement surgery as two other patients have recently lost their lives during "routine operations," and she becomes compelled to get to the bottom of what could be the worst malpractice case ever recorded.
14) The killing hour
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Series
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English
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Each time he struck, he took two victims. Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered--a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited...prey to a slow but certain death. The clock ticked--salvation was possible. The police were never in time. Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls have...
15) Wild justice
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Series
Amanda Jaffe novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
It seems a serial killer is at large and the modus operandi points to the murderer being a medic. Vincent Cardoni, a brilliant but unpopular surgeon, is suspected and certain pieces of evidence found in his apartment make the police believe they have a solid case. But the trial collapses when an officer lies on oath and Cardoni disappears, having firmly stated his belief that he was set up by his estranged wife, Justine, who is also a surgeon. A few...
16) Baker Towers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In a stunning follow-up to her best-selling debut, Mrs. Kimble, Jennifer Haigh2 second novel, BAKER TOWERS, is a compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town in the years after World War II. Bakerton is a company town, built on coal; a town of church festivals and ethnic neighborhoods, hunters2 breakfasts and firemen2 parades. Its children are raised in company houses - three rooms upstairs, three rooms down. Its ball club...
17) First lady
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Series
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English
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How does the most famous woman in the world hide in plain sight? The beautiful young widow of the President of the United States thought she was free of the White House, but circumstances have forced her back into the role of First Lady.
18) Broken for you
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English
Description
“A dazzling mosaic of intersecting lives and fates . . . Comparisons to John Irving and Tennessee Williams would not be amiss in this show-stopping debut” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
The national bestseller and Today Show Book Club selection, Broken for You is the story of two women in self-imposed exile whose lives are transformed when their paths intersect . . ....
The national bestseller and Today Show Book Club selection, Broken for You is the story of two women in self-imposed exile whose lives are transformed when their paths intersect . . ....
20) Sleight of hand
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Series
Barbara Holloway novels volume 9
Language
English
Description
Attorney Barbara Holloway faces an ethical dilemma when she obtains evidence that could clear Vegas entertainer Wally Lederer of charges of theft and murder, but she knows using the information will destroy another life.