George Guidall
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When a billionaire heiress connects a recent high-profile murder to an unsolved killing from fifteen years earlier, LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker schedules an interview with a detective from the first case, only to learn of the man's suspicious suicide, which prompts his collaboration with his wife and daughter to solve the case.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The investigations of Navajo Tribal Police sergeant Jim Chee and his love interest border patrol officer Bernadette Manuelito converge when the murder of an ex-CIA agent on reservation property turns out to be tied to an exotic game ranch near the Mexican border, and the embezzlement of tribal funds.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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As the FBI ineptly pursues three men who raided a Ute tribe's gambling casino, Joe Leaphorn uncovers a pattern connecting this crime with the exploits of a legendary Ute hero-bandit, and Jim Chee finds a fatal flaw in the federal theory that makes a wounded deputy a suspect.
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Paul Madriani novels volume 10
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English
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Paul Madriani investigates the case of a woman accused of murder and a million-dollar heist, a trial that will unravel a conspiracy involving rare coins, an ex-CIA agent, a former Soviet scientist, and a missing nuclear device being prepared for a trip to the U.S.
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Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries volume 18
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 18
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 12
Leaphorn and Chee volume 18
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Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 18
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 12
Leaphorn and Chee volume 18
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Since his retirement from the Navajo Tribal Police, Joe Leaphorn has occasionally been enticed to return to work by former colleagues who seek his help when they need to solve a particularly puzzling crime. They ask because Leaphorn, aided by officers Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito, always delivers. But this time the problem is with an old case of Joe's -- his 'last case, ' unsolved, is one that continues to haunt him. And with Chee and Bernie just...
6) First frost
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"Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of characters from Abaroska County tasked with solving a crime even more challenging than the last. Walt Longmire returns in this twentieth installment of the award-winning and bestselling series that has been a hit on both the page and the screen. Set in the unpsoiled countryside of Wyoming, Sheriff Walt Longmire has to navigate his own increasingly complicated...
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"Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear embark on their latest adventure in this novella set in the world of Craig Johnson's New York Times bestselling Longmire series--the basis for the hit drama Longmire, now on Netflix When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred to the beautiful and imposing landscape of the Wind River Canyon, an area the troopers refer to as no-man's-land because of the lack of radio communication, she starts...
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Doc Ford novels volume 25
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in the thrilling new novel in the New York Times-bestselling series. Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this. His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical Resources. Its...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Pickax columnist Jim Qwilleran receives unexpected insights into the suspicious death of an out-of-town actor, and the theft of a rare book, while conducting research on Hibbard House,a historic guest residence whose latest visitor has provoked unusual behavior in Qwill's perceptive Siamese cat, Koko.
10) Deep blue
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Doc Ford novels volume 23
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English
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"Doc Ford has long lived a double life. This time, it may finally have caught up to him. "I'll make an example of someone close to you." On a moonless night on Sanibel Island, Florida, marine biologist Marion "Doc" Ford carefully watches a video of a hooded man executing three hostages. The man is an American working with ISIS, and in the next few days, it'll be Ford's job, as part of his shadowy second life, to make sure he never kills anybody else...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Twenty-five years ago, Jim Qwilleran walked into my life...huffing into his large moustache, spelling his name oddly, drinking black coffee at the Press Club bar. He was tall but seemed world-weary. His entire earthly possessions fit into two suitcases. He was a down-and-out crime reporter willing to cover any minor beat if it could get him back into newspapering. Then, almost overnight, peculiar circumstances made him the richest man in northeast...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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As the Highland Games approach, Jim Qwilleran and the citizens of Pickax prepare to celebrate their Scottish heritage. But the revelry is marred when a visiting jewelry dealer is found dead in his hotel room. His assistant is missing, and the winner of the caber-tossing contest disappears as well. Qwill has a lot of mysteries to sort out, including Koko's sudden interest in photos, pennies, and paper towels.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
910L
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English
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Persuaded by his beloved companion to join her in a group tour of Scotland, Qwill expects to revel in his Scottish heritage while keeping Polly Duncan safe from the Pickax Prowler. Instead, his trip is cut short when a thief swipes a suitcase, the bus driver disappears, and a fellow tourist is found dead - all in the same day. Distraught over the death of one of their own, the remaining tour members return to Pickax, only to find the town in a tizzy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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The affluent owner of a historic steam locomotive and private railcar disappears with millions of dollars belonging to Moose county investors. Journalist-detective Jim Quill probes the embezzlement with the aid of his Siamese sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum. The case is complicated by a train wreck and a murder in a railroad tavern. By the author of The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, the book which launched the 17-volume series in 1966
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Qwill and his felines are hoping for a peaceful month at their lake-side cabin but when rumors begin to circulate that UFOs are responsible for the disappearance of a stray backpacker, discovered dead at the lake shore, Qwill finds it difficult to maintain a vacation mode.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Pickax loves a big occasion. The Great Food Expo is about to begin, introducing new restaurants, country inns, food specialty shops and a new food page in the 'Moose County Something'. Lurking in the background is a killer determined to make this an event Pickac City will never forget. The Expo begins with a literal bang: a bomb wrecks the hotel, killing a housekeeper and causing extensive damage. Luckily for pIckax, Qwill is on the scene, his moustace...
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Cat Who mysteries volume 20
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IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
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HL 810L
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English
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An old woman is killed in a suspicious fire, some works are stolen from the new Art Center, and Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats have another mystery on their hands.
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Paul Madriani novels volume 9
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English
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A hate crime involving the murder of a legal scholar, who had made his career by penning controversial works, places defense attorney Paul Madriani in a media spotlight that compromises his investigation into an elusive witness within the cloistered confines of the Supreme Court.