Adam Verner
1) Skin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 14
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As a freak storm with tornadoes is bearing down on the town of Summerville, Nevada a much more ominous threat looms as a vindictive killer has left a string of victims in his wake, and is now bent on exacting his final revenge on the unsuspecting town.
2) We, the jury
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"On the day before his twenty-first wedding anniversary, David Sullinger buried an ax in his wife's skull. Now, eight jurors must retire to the deliberation room and decide whether David committed premeditated murder--or whether he was a battered spouse who killed his wife in self-defense. Told from the perspective of over a dozen participants in a murder trial, We, the Jury examines how public perception can mask the ghastliest nightmares. As the...
3) Placebo
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Jevin Banks experience volume 1
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While covertly investigating a controversial neurological research program, expos©♭ filmmaker Jevin Banks is drawn into a far-reaching conspiracy involving one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms. After giving up his career as an escape artist and illusionist in the wake of his wife and sons' tragic death, Jevin is seeking not only answers about the questionable mind-to-mind communication program, but also answers to why his family suffered...
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"Stay and die, or run and survive. Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to collapse around them as a deadly contagion steadily wipes out entire populations and a devastating world war rages on. When Tommy is drafted for the war, the twins are faced with a choice: accept their fate...
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The Book of Stone examines the evolution of the terrorist mentality and the complexities of religious extremism, as well as how easily a vulnerable mind can be exploited for dark purposes.
Matthew Stone has inherited a troubling legacy: a gangster grandfather and a distant father—who is also a disgraced judge. After his father's death, Matthew is a young man alone. He turns to his father's beloved books for comfort, perceiving within
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F.B.I. Agents Jack Harper and Oscar Hidalgo are burned out from too many cases so they schedule a two-week vacation. Jack plans to hang out with his son, followed by some fishing in Baja. Then Jack gets a phone call from his snitch and on-again-off-again girlfriend, the sexy and unpredictable car thief, Michelle Wu. Michelle's sister has been kidnapped. Terrified that she will be killed, Michelle begs Jack to come to Santa Fe at once. Jack owes Michelle...
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It's the war story he's dreamed of. But the battle may cost him his mind. Military journalist Raymin Dahl thinks he's finally getting the story of a lifetime. Secret peace talks on a remote tropical moon are about to surrender five colonized worlds - and six hundred million civilians - to a ruthless enemy. But when his commanding officer, Captain Ansell Sterling, is fatally wounded before the negotiations can begin, Dahl can no longer just report...
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"When a popular high school senior is shot by police following a late night robbery, chaos ensues. The actions of the officer are immediately called into question. Amid community protests, political grandstanding, department leaks, and reluctant witnesses, Byron and his team must work quickly to find the missing pieces. And when an attempt is made on the officer's life, Byron shifts into overdrive, putting everything on the line. Was the attack merely...
9) Once a liar
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Cold and heartless Manhattan defense attorney Peter Caine meets his reckoning when he's accused of the brutal murder of his former lover, Charlie Doyle, the daughter of the Manhattan DA.
10) Zeb Carter
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"Do yourself a favor. Read Zeb Carter. You won't regret it.”If this is the first Ty Patterson thriller you read, it WON"T be the last'
WOULD YOU BETRAY YOUR COUNTRY TO ESCAPE YOUR GUILT?*
Former Special Forces operative Zeb Carter couldn't save his family from terrorists. He's never forgiven himself. To escape his guilt, he throws himself into missions-the riskier, the better.
The lone wolf mission in Afghanistan, to rescue American hostages...
11) Burn Rate
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Ty Patterson belongs right up there, alongside Lee Child, Vince Flynn and Gregg Hurwitz'ZEB CARTER HAS ONE CHANCE TO SAVE THE WORLD ORDER. LITTLE DOES HE KNOW HOW WRONG HE ISZeb Carter goes against a deadly spymaster who intends to attack New York's G20 Summit and destroy the world order.But that's not all that his enemy wants.Breakneck action, knife edge tension and zero-to-thrills in a page flip mark Burn Rate's explosive story, a plot that's scarily...
12) The Last Job
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Eric Lamb is a world renowned hit-man. He's the best there is. He's the number one go-to man when a job pops up. But Lamb is getting tired of his profession. The constant killings, some seemingly innocent, have finally taken their toll on him. And he's about to do something about it. After he's contracted to do a new job, he decides he's had enough. All in the hopes of saving a young girl he doesn't even know. And it will probably cost him his life....