Scott Sowers
1) Down river
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Adam Chase has a violent streak, and not without reason. As a boy, he saw things that no child should see, suffered wounds that cut to the core and scarred thin. The trauma left him passionate and misunderstood -- a fighter. After being narrowly acquitted of a murder charge, Adam is hounded out of the only home he's ever known, exiled for a sin he did not commit. For five long years he disappears, fades into the faceless gray of New York City. Now...
2) Sea change
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When a woman's partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise, police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it initially appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be a treacherous and emotionally charged investigation. Florence Horvath was an attractive, recently divorced heiress from Florida; she also had a penchant for steamy sex and was an enthusiastic participant in a video depicting...
3) High profile
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When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Paradise, police chief Jesse Stone finds himself at the center of a highly public case. When another dead body-that of a young woman-is discovered just a few days later, the pressure to solve the crimes becomes almost unbearable. Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. Yet what...
4) Hope to die
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Alex Cross novels volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family--his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?"...
5) Tick tock
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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A rash of horrifying crimes rips through the city, throwing it into complete chaos. It's clearly the work of a calculating, efficient, and deadly mastermind. The city calls on Detective Michael Bennett, pulling him away from a seaside retreat with his children and their beloved nanny, Mary Catherine. This tears apart their first vacation since Michael's wife died--and leaves the family open to attack. Bennett enlists the help of former coleague FBI...
6) Quiver
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One of the most riveting and powerful new voices in crime fiction, Peter Leonard delivers a razor-sharp debut thriller.
Kate McCall's husband has been killed by her son, Luke, in a tragic bow-hunting accident. While Kate struggles with her son's surly guilt, her first love, Jack, an ex-con, reappears, along with a crew of his former "colleagues." While Jack must convince his partners in crime that he really did lose the heist money, his appearance...
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Kyle Swanson was once sniper in the Marine Corps, and is now a member of a special operations team known as Task Force Trident. Juba, a twisted mastermind and sniper, who is determined to seize control of the terrorist world from Al Qaeda, tests a new, devastating chemical weapon developed by Islamic terrorists at a British royal wedding in London, killing hundreds of people. It's Swanson's mission to hunt down Juba.