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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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690L
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Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie,When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,Oh wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?Rex Fortesque was not so fortunate. He wasn't presented with a pie--he was murdered! The only clue is the rye found in his trousers pocket. When two more murders ensue only Jane Marple is able to see a pattern: a childhood rhyme with a link to the victims' past. Murder...
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You can sense him. Some refer to it as the Colony. To others, it's a cult. But few locals in the Oregon coastal hamlet of Deception Bay have ever been invited to the inner sanctum of Siren Song. Even the sisters who live there, far from strangers who might recoil at their unnerving psychic abilities, don't know all the terrors buried within its walls... You fear him Eight months into a surrogate pregnancy for her sister, Kristina, Detective Savannah...
3) Nemesis
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"Miss Marple receives a letter from a dead man instructing her how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime. In utter disbelief, Miss Marple reads the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel--an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime...
4) Third girl
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"From her tousled appearance to her perplexed stare, there was much about the young girl that struck Hercule Poirot as peculiar. But it was her vague confession to a possible murder she's not even sure she's committed that really threw the brainy Belgian detective for a loop. And now she's missing! Where might she be? No one knows--and no one seems to care."--p. [4] cover.
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Carnivia trilogy volume 1
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THE VICTIM: On the steps of Santa Maria della Salute lies the body of a woman, wearing the robes of a Catholic priest. In the eyes of the Church, she is an abomination. THE INVESTIGATOR: Captain Kat Tapo has matched the victim's tattoo to graffiti in an abandoned asylum. Now she's been ordered to close the case. THE HACKER: Carnivia.com is a virtual Venice that holds the city's secrets. Only its reclusive creator can help Kat unearth the shocking...
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2018.
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When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past - until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems. It's not long before an overheard conversation draws Karen into the heart of a different case, however - a shocking...
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Jessica Blackwood novels volume 2
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In this electrifying sequel to the crowd-pleasing thriller Angel Killer, magician-turned-FBI agent Jessica Blackwood must once again draw on her past to go up against a brutal murderer desperate for revenge at any price.
After playing a pivotal role in the capture of the Warlock, a seemingly supernatural serial killer—and saving the FBI's reputation in the process—agent Jessica Blackwood can no longer ignore
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"Detectives Cara Elliott and Noah Deakin are on the case of a series of seemingly unconnected murders, each different in method, but each shocking and brutal. As the body count increases, they can't ignore the details that echo famous cases of the past--Manson, Kemper, Dahmer, and more. As Elliott and Deakin get closer to unmasking the killer, the murders are moving closer to home. Meanwhile, Jessica Ambrose is on the run. She's been implicated as...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
710L
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On a quiet morning in St. Mary Mead, a maid wakes Colonel Bantry and his wife to inform them that a young woman is dead in their library. The victim is dressed in a tawdry dress, with dyed hair and heavy make-up. Mrs. Bantry knows that as long as the murder remains unsolved her husband will be the target of suspicion and gossip, so she asks Miss Marple for help. The victim is 18-year-old Ruby Keene, a dancer at the Majestic Hotel, whose body is identified...
10) The other child
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2013.
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Investigating two murders that occurred months apart in the quiet seaside town of Scarborough, detective Valerie Almond seeks a connection between the two victims and instead discovers a link to the evacuation of children to Scarborough during World War II.
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When widow Mrs Pargeter has her morning coffee, her intention is to admire her beautiful garden in peace and quiet. Little does she expect one of the patio's paving slabs to crack in two, revealing a human skull with a neat hole in the middle of its forehead! Mrs Pargeter decides to investigate. And who better to assist than her late husband's 'business associates', private investigator Truffler Mason and chauffeur Gary? The trio are soon certain...
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Alex Morrow novels volume 5
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"A wealthy businesswoman disappears from her Glasgow home without a trace, leaving her husband and children panicked but strangely resistant to questioning. Tracing the woman's cell phone, police detective Alex Morrow discovers a call made from an unlikely location. A sleepy seaside community, Helensburgh is the last place you'd go looking for violence. But Morrow's investigation uncovers disturbing clues and a dead body in a nearby lake. When a connection...
13) Dead giveaway
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The Reverend Lee Barker went missing nineteen years agoAnd the people of Stillwater, Mississippi, believe they know why. They're convinced he was murdered--by his stepson, Clay Montgomery. But only Clay--and his mother and sisters--can say for sure. They were the only ones there that fateful night, the only ones who know what really happened. And they're not talking.Allie McCormick is a cold-case detective from Chicago. After a particularly difficult...
14) Heart of ice
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"Three bodies, three different towns. Each victim was a sorority girl - pretty, privileged, and brutally murdered. There are no fingerprints, no clues. He is scrupulously careful, craving those exquisite seconds when the light fades from his victim's eyes. But the rush never lasts, and the killing won't stop - not until one special woman has been made to suffer..." - from back cover.
15) Chosen to die
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"The cold of winter isn't just a nuisance in the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. It's merciless and brutal--a weapon that a twisted serial killer uses to torture vulnerable women. Detectives Regan Pescoli and Selena Alvarez have spent months tracking down the Star-Crossed Killer, as he's dubbed by the press. They know how devious and patient he can be. What they couldn't have guessed is that Pescoli would be abducted by the very monster she's been...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone--even in the vicar--wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit...
18) The samaritan
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Carter Blake thrillers volume 2
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English
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When "the Samaritan," a sadistic serial killer who preys on lone female drivers whose cars have broken down, leaves behind a new victim in the Santa Monica Mountains, LAPD Detective Jessica Allen must find a way to stop him with the help of skilled manhunter Carter Blake.
"The Samaritan" is a sadistic serial killer preying on lone female drivers whose cars have broken down-- and has been undetected for a decade. When Carter Blake shows up to volunteer...
20) Left to die
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Deep in the winter wilderness of Montana, a serial killer sets up car accidents for women driving down secluded roads, rescues and seduces them and then ties them to trees and leaves them to die. As the bodies pile up, Det. Selena Alvarez and Det. Regan Pescoli search desperately for clues.
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